【推荐1】With the successful launch of the Shenzhou 14 manned spacecraft, astronaut Chen Dong once again came into people’s view. But this is not his ________ space travel. As early as 2016, Chen Dong took the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft and realized his flying dream.

Chen Dong used to cause ________ from time to time as a child and was often told off by his parents. However, a little thing ________ him. One day, when playing with a group of friends, he destroyed the head teacher’s ________ that were handed out by the school. With butterflies in his stomach, Chen Dong knew that he was in trouble. To his very ________, instead of criticizing him, the teacher ________ said to him: “I know you didn’t do it ________, but in this way, I have no vegetables to eat. No matter what you do in the future, you must think more about others.” For the first time, Chen Dong realized what ________ and tolerance are. From then on, he worked hard, helped others, and thus grew better and better.

Flying higher has always been the ________ of Chen Dong for far too long. During the training program for astronauts, no matter how difficult, the idea of giving up never ________ in his mind. In order to fully prepare for the space mission, Chen Dong almost ________ contact with the outside world. He ________ almost all his energy and time to the training program. Even his twin sons could ________ meet their father. Although he can’t ________ them all the time, Chen Dong uses other ways to express his love. He takes pictures of the stars that can only be seen from space and imagine how ________ and proud the children will be when they receive them.

【推荐3】When I was a baby, my parents gave me anything I wanted. I would play with a toy for a while, get ________ and ask my parents for a new one. ________ my dad died when I was 2. My mom continued to treat me to ________ I wanted until I was 7 and my world ________.

That was when the real estate market (房地产) crashed. My mom had thought buying houses was a good idea as a way to invest her money to ________ us, but all of money was gone. After the crash, I would ask for a new toy or bike, or even to watch a movie. My ________ would say “I’m sorry, honey, but we really can’t ________ that right now.” My mom had grown up in a family where ________ was never a problem, so this change was as big for her as it was for me. My constant ________ for toys and video games deepened her concern about our financial ________.

Then ________ happened that would change my way of thinking forever. My mom had been working really hard all year, just to ________ the necessities, like our house rents, water and power bills. When she asked me what I wanted for my ________, I said that I wanted a new video gaming system. I didn’t know that it was ________.

On my birthday, I started opening presents, believing that I would get what I asked for. As I ________ opened the last gift box, however, I found nothing other than a pair of jeans. All at once I frowned and then burst into tears. My mom could tell how ________ I was and she started crying. I hugged her harder than I had ever hugged anyone before. I ________ came to realize how hard she was working to ________ me and cover our expenses and that she couldn’t afford to give me anything I didn’t need.

The feeling of having ________ earned something was one of the best feelings in the world. Meanwhile, I was also ________ to my mother, who had given me all she could give.

【推荐1】I’ve been working hard with my children on recognizing when someone does something nice for us. He doesn’t have to do something super _________, but small things around us, like offering to open a door for us, and stopping his car to let us _________ the road. We should say thank you in recognition of that gesture. Also we recognize that someone may _________ our help and we offer assistance without expecting anything _________.

Recently we were in a small shopping center and stopped for a (n) _________ bite to eat at noon. I didn’t bring my kids _________ as we weren’t going to stay there for a long time. Kids being kids, of course couldn’t _________, so they wondered if they could go to the supermarket to _________ a bottle of water each. I gave them my gift card and said _________. Afterwards they came running back with a big __________   on their faces. They told me they saw an old man behind them in the shopping line with lots of things in his arms and they __________ let him go first to the cash register. I __________ how it made them feel to be able to do a kind thing for someone else. They replied that it made them feel really good.

It wasn’t a big gesture. However, it made my heart swell (充满) with __________ as they noticed a way they could make someone’s day a little __________. It seems that we can gain little by helping others, but I believe being a caring and helpful man is the best __________.

【推荐2】For Aaron White, his efforts to build a long-lasting connection with his daughter began well before her birth. At her 13 weeks he would speak to his wife's womb (子宫), and he knew that she could ________ him. Aaron White thought that was where the ________ began.

White himself grew up without a dad, which ________ affected him. But it did not ________ him from dreaming of becoming a ________ one day. His daughter, is now 3 years old.

“I ________ to be present,” he said. “When I'm home, my time belongs to my ________. My daughter very rarely sees me with the TV or a device that would take me away from her. Eye contact (目光接触) is ________.”

White said that he first had to do the hard work of ________ his own father.

“Forgiving my father allowed me not to live with any burdens,” he said. But, it took ________.

“I had to recognize that I was ________,” White said. “From there, I realized: Wait, I get the ________ to change this. I realized I could change the course of where my family goes.”

White believes that his daughter's ________ grows daily as she receives his love and ________.

“It builds self-esteem (自尊) by her knowing that my time and ________ are all hers,” White said. “When she walks into the room and says, ‘Daddy, look what I'm ________!’I can respond with so much ________ like, ‘Wow! You look beautiful! ’” White believes it's the small things that ________.

He also shared a message with all dads out there.

“Fathers, just be_________” White said. “When you're present, you'll get a chance to ________ your child and see what your child needs.”