【推荐1】Even armed with a Ph.D.in developmental psychology, I remember the____first moments after bringing my newborn daughter home from the hospital.I wasn't sure what to do-and not at all____that I was capable of being the parent she____me to be.

Popular accounts of parenting and child development research were not particularly____,either.I feared that my daughter's formula milk powder would____lower IQ.And, since she started elementary school, I have,many times,called her“____”instead of more appropriately praising her effort, as so many articles advise.

My personal experiences as a parent are in part why I study the experiences of other parents.I have tried to____this"parenting perfectionism".

So what does a“good"parent look like? Good parenting has a lot more to do____the“how”than the “what".Good parents are those____are sensitive to their children's needs, and able to adjust their parenting as children grow up and desire greater____.Children develop when their parents hold high ___for children's behavior, explain the reasons behind their rules and negotiate when necessary.

Greater stress about parenting further consumes parents' psychological resources,which may____affect their ability to adapt to the changing needs of their children and regulate their own emotions and behavior when parenting their children.In other words, when you lack confidence and feel constantly stressed about parenting, it is hard to be____,warm and consistent.

So don't sweat the small stuff.Remember, the best ___you can give yourself and your children may be permission to be___

【推荐2】A few summers ago my daughter and I were swimming in our pool. This day had been like most others, _______I had no way of knowing that this one would _______in our family history as a memory we _______and still talk about from time to time.

The sun was setting and the night was _______approaching. For the shallow end of our pool, my daughter _______it first. Right about eye level, a spider was spinning her _______by the pool. It _______me that my daughter noticed this, and it surprised me even _______that she wasn’t afraid of the spider.

Instead, she delightfully _______as the spider busied herself in the cycle of life. As we both gazed at this __________of nature, a very simple thought __________me. I had lost track of time. I honestly didn’t know __________we had been just standing there and staring at that spider __________her web. But, regardless of what ever amount of time had passed, the __________was that we were simply having fun. We were having fun __________really doing anything really BIG or special. I thought. However, in contrast, I believe that by sharing this __________of the spider building her web we were __________just as fulfilled as if we had done something very important.

Remember that the __________things are the best things in life. Spend time together appreciating the simple things in __________, and even more importantly, __________time together talking about life. Do this and you’ll have special moments and special memories that will last a life time.

【推荐3】A farmer wanted to sell some baby dogs. He painted a _________ advertising (做广告) them and then set about nailing (用钉子钉牢) it to a post beside his yard. As he was driving the last nails into the post, he felt a sudden _________ on his trousers. He looked down into the eyes of a little boy. “Mister,” he said, “I want to buy one of your little dogs.”

“Sure,” said the farmer.

And with that he let out a whistle, “Here, Dolly!” he called.

Out from the doghouse and down the road ran Dolly the mother _________ by four little balls of fur. The little boy _________ his face against the fence. His eyes danced with _________.

As the dogs _________ their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else moving inside the doghouse. _________ another little ball appeared, this one _________ smaller. In a somewhat _________ way the little dog began hobbling (蹒跚) towards the others, doing its best to __________.

“I just want that one,” the little boy said, pointing to it.

The farmer said, “He is not a wise __________ as he will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would.”

With that the little boy __________ from the fence, and began rolling up one leg of his __________. In doing so he showed a steel brace (钢支架) running down both sides of his leg. “You see, sir, I don’t __________ too well myself, so I know he will need someone who __________ him,” he said.

The world is full of people who need someone that understands.

You’re probably about 15 years old, so I don’t expect you to be very_________to want a little girl on your skate ramp (溜冰坡道).

My daughter has been wanting to skateboard for months. But she immediately wanted to_________and go home when we walked up to the skate park and saw that it was full of teenage boys.

I_________wanted to go too because I didn’t want to have to put on my mom_________and exchange words with you. But I also didn’t want my daughter to feel like she had to be_________of anyone.

So when she said, “Mom, it’s full of_________boys.” I calmly said, “_________, they don’t own it.” She then went down.

She only had two or three runs in before you_________her and said “Hey, excuse me …” I immediately prepared to deliver my “She’s_________to use this park just as much as you guys”__________when I heard you say, “Your__________are wrong. Can I help you?”

You spent almost an hour with my daughter showing her how to________,and you helped her get up when she fell down.

I know you live nearby and I am proud that you are part of my__________, and I want to thank you for being __________to my daughter, who left the skate park with the confidence that she can do__________.

Jeanean Thomas, Cambridge

【推荐2】When is that magical day going to come when everything is perfect and we can finally be happy? Well, we may sometimes _________ a day like that. But for the most time there is always something that upsets us. And that is _________. Life is a mixture of happy, neutral, and not-so-happy _________.

The _________ is in what you concentrate on, which _________ your mood. I love the saying "Seize the day". To me it means that we should not just look forward, _________ the happiness to come from the future. _________ is here and now. It is in the little moments, and you'll _________ have to understand that good things are _________ around you. The other day I did have a try. That day I paid attention to everything I ____________ in my day. I liked the sunshine, birdsong, and morning coffee. I liked the purr of a cat, and my ____________ jeans. I liked the roads that were in good ____________. I liked the leaves of spring. I liked the chat with co-workers ... You could do this with your phone too. Take a picture of everything that you like during the ____________. At the end of it, ____________ your pictures, and maybe write a page about these good things into a ____________. If you use a computer, paste the ____________ to your electronic diary.

Another thing I do is see the good even in the ____________. Here's how it works: You suffer a terrible thing, but you tell yourself the good aspects of it. You really ____________ the day when you are able to concentrate on it. One day it was raining. People were not ____________ about it — it was dark, gloomy and wet. Our climate here is not ____________, which explains the attitude.

【推荐3】It was a cold rainy day. I made no _______ to drive up the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn’s house. But she had insisted that I come to see something at the top.

So here I was, unwillingly making the two-hour journey _______ fog. that hung like veils (面纱). Sadly, by the time I saw how _______ it was near the top, I’d gone too far to _______ . Nothing could be worth this, I thought as I _______ along the dangerous highway.

“I’ll stay for lunch, but I’m heading back down the moment fog _______.” I announced when I arrived. At my words, Carolyn asked me to walk along a quiet. path thick. with old pine trees. Gradually the _______ of the place began to fill my mind.

I stopped at a corner, amazed. Rivers of daffodils (水仙) were in sight! All kinds of _______ — from the deepest lemon to the most vivid pink — shone brightly like a carpet before us. It looked as though the sun had tipped over (倾斜) and _______ gold down the mountainside.

Questions formed in my mind. Who created such beauty? Why? How? As we reached the house lying in the center of the land, we saw a(n) ________ that read: “Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking.” The first answer was: “One Woman-Two Hands, Two Feet, and Very Little Brain.” The second was: “One at a Time.” The third: “Started in 1958.”

As we drove home, I was moved by what we had seen. “She ________ the world,” I said, “One bulb (水仙球茎) at a time. She started 40 years ago, probably just the beginning of an idea, but she ________ at it.”

“Imagine,” I said, “if I’d had a ________ and worked at it just a little bit every day, what might I have ________ ?” Carolyn smiled. “Start tomorrow,” she said. “ ________ yet, start today.”

【推荐1】When I entered the 9th grade, I fell in love with college, wanting to pursue art for the rest of my life. To me, ________ means a chance to further my education and my abilities in art. I want to ________ in Game Art and Animation to develop characters and their stories that I do now through drawing, hoping to be ________ in the game industry like Bill Gates known in the computer world. I long for a kind of busy lifestyle ________ new things, so Game Art will not be the ________ thing that I will be known for. I plan to make a career out of every talent I have, developing each ________ to the fullest.

I think as I get older my curiosity will ________ to the height I have ________ thought possible. I remember when in the 3rd grade my teacher Mrs Green said something to us in Spanish. I never understood ________ she did that, but now I realize she wanted to expand our little brains, showing us that there was ________ our neighbourhood in the world. I ________ her greatly for that. Back then I didn’t really care for anybody else’s ________, but now I’m teaching myself Japanese and Spanish. Culture is a very important part of life and college will help me ________ different cultures.

Collegeis also a(an) ________ to meet new people. Looking forward to attending college outside my ________, I believe being in a different environment will ________ me to learn and create. I will feel ________, surrounded by people with dreams and even more individuals willing to help others ________ their dreams.

I wish to inspire future generations just like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did! College will take much time and ________, but I am ready to consider it as both a challenge and a fun ________.

【推荐2】I was out for my usual morning run and found myself in the late-summer heat, thirsty. If only I had taken a_______bottle. After I stopped under a bridge to shelter myself from the sun for a moment of_______, I saw two young,_______men standing next to their sleeping bags. One smiled and gently_______his hand as if he were about to say hello, but he didn’t say a word. He wasn’t asking for_______. I smiled and raised my hand, too.

As I started back on my_______, I thought about how much we all_______to connect with other people. At that moment, this homeless man seemed to want to connect with someone else_______he wanted food or money.

We have all had_______of feeling separate and lonely. I once felt lonely being in a relationship that________an emotional connection. Feeling separated doesn’t have anything to do with being alone,________is about the human desire to feel________by being seen and valued by another person.

We all________from connection. That homeless man affected my day. After meeting him, I felt more grateful and it made me________all that I have. He made me feel concerned for him. I had the choice to move toward________or connection. Separation is looking at the homeless person and focusing on how________he looks. Connection is understanding that he influenced my day by________to me. I can________times in my life when, like him, I was in a situation I had never expected. There have been times when I felt down, and times when I needed someone to________what he was doing and say hello to me.

Pay attention today and notice whether you tend to move toward separation or toward connection. If your tendency is to spend time alone,________saying “yes” to invitations. Practice moving toward rather than away from people.

【推荐3】Very few of us become fluent in another language by learning it in high school.

I went to university and then moved across the country to seek a_______ job, married and raised children. I made an effort to_______ the little bit of French I learned in school, but eventually I realized that this was really_______. I was quite aware that new languages are best learned when young, and that our abilities in that regard decline with _______.

However, just before my 50th birthday, I _______French classes. After I was tested to see which group I belonged to, I was placed at almost the introductory _______. When I looked around at my first class, I was _______that many of the students were learning French as a third, fourth or even fifth language.

Contrary to my _______ that learning a new language was impossibly difficult, there were people who learned new languages as a matter of course.While I had always thought of myself as a _______ learner, that was no longer the case. I ________ new vocabulary rather slowly.What I learned one week seemed to ________ as soon as I learned the next skill. I had to look up the________words and language structures over and over. Now, after several years of learning, I can listen to the news in French and ________90% of it on the first try, read a novel if the language isn't too ________ and hold up my end of a conversation if it doesn't go loo fast. I've learned so much beyond grammar and vocabulary. I've met people from around the world and all walks of life who have the ________to make fools of themselves in order to learn something new. I've been taught by________ and inspirational teachers from many comers of the world. Listening to the news as it is ________ to the people of France, I have a renewed understanding of how something can look ________different from another viewpoint. I've learned that a language is not just a set of words, but a way of________. But most of all, I've learned that it is never too________to learn something new.