【推荐1】Over the last 15 years, as a doctor, I have had heart-to-heart conversations with countless patients near the end of their lives. The most common emotion they express is _______. And that’s _______ I came up with a project to encourage people to write a(n) _______ letter to their loved ones. It’s a lesson I learned years ago from a memorable _______ patient.

He was a retired _______, who had lived on a staple diet of Semper Fi (永远忠诚) and studied silence all his life. He, a proud and reserved man, was admitted to the hospital for unbearable pain from widely spread cancer. Every day, his _______ spent many hours at his bedside watching him watch television. She explained to me he had never been much of a _______ in their 50-plus years of marriage.

But he seemed quite _______ to share his ideas with me, especially when it became clear his days were _______. He spoke of his deep regret for not having spent enough time with his wife, whom he loved very much, and of his great __________ in his son, who had joined the Navy in his father’s footsteps.

One afternoon, when I mentioned these __________ to his wife and son, they looked disbelievingly at each other and then __________ at me. They thanked me for being so kind but __________ my patient was unlikely to express such feelings. To make sure his family could actually hear his __________, I took my huge family video camera with me the next morning and with the patient’s __________, recorded an open letter from him to his family. When I gave them the __________ letter, both his wife and son were moved to tears.

The experience __________ an idea that has grown into the Stanford Friends and Family Letter Project, which can help people complete their life review tasks: remembering treasured moments; apologizing to those we may have hurt; __________ those who have hurt us and saying “I love you”.

It may take tremendous courage to write a life review letter. For some people, it __________ deep and troubling emotions. __________ it may be the most important letter you will ever write.

【推荐2】“I am leaving home.” When Timmy, my 10-year-old son eagerly announced that he couldn’t wait to ________, the feeling of guilt peaked as I tried to figure out the ________.

“So, I can get a dog,’’ he stressed.

But I stayed ________—we didn’t need a dog to complete our life— and he gave up. Until the day I ________ Timmy, with his brother, discussing his moving plan. Suddenly, the situation ________: gain a dog or ________ a child, I felt my determination ________. “We can look into it,” I replied doubtfully, but the kind of dog we wanted cost a ________ $ 1,000! Yes, love had a price. I ________ for thought, again.

I shared my present ________ with my friend whose love for dogs was quite sensible. He ________ me to his pet keeper friend who got a pregnant (怀孕的) dog and the baby dogs were due soon. A few days later, we took a surprise trip to the countryside when the little dogs were ________. I would admit that all my previous ________ reappeared after watching a group of blind things, but it was too late. Among screams of 5________, we chose one of the little dogs as ours.

We attempt to ________ our kids in a healthy way—I didn’t realize the added dimension (方面) of love and ________ that a dog would teach my kids. On a hot day, Timmy cut short his outing to ________ if Odie, the dog, had enough water. When Odie was sick, my elder son made fresh soup and ________ fed it to him.

My children no longer talk about leaving home ________ there is the troublesome issue of who will take the dog. They quietly learn how to give and receive love. If having a dog means linking my children even closer together, it will be a mother’s prayer ________.

【推荐3】I was touched, so much. A while back, my three-year-old son and I settled back for his goodnight_________We lay down in little bed and he said,” Daddy, when I get big, can I live with you?” I_______him he could live with me any time he wanted to.

A moment later he said, "When you die you're going to feel_______on your face and it will be me touching you. " Then he promised, "I will kiss you." He moved over, kissing me. I was aware of tears suddenly_______in my eyes. I didn’t want to_______why I was crying; as I opened my eyes to look at him, he was already _________.

I spent some time looking at him,_______the minute and wondering about the depth of the_______I’d had. It occurred to me that I didn't remember having much of this kind of_______time with my father, and that this was a line that would be____________short-lived. This time of____________that forms a three-year-old’s life, would soon be__________What would remain, however would be the____________of this short while reoccurring in my mind non-stop. It made all of the difficult____________of being a father worthwhile.

Sometimes, being a____________father can feel like you're____________the doorkeeper, driver, and cleaner in the house. Then you will have a____________,one like this in which your child____________absolute, pure, and unconditional love for you.

When your kids have____________home and you look back at these years, all of these will be strung together to__________the memories of their lives with you.

【推荐1】A Tribute to the Dog

The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ______. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name may become traitors to their faith.

The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of _____ action. The people who are prone to fall on their ______ to do us honor when success is with us, may be the first to throw the stone of malice(恶意) when _____settles its cloud upon our heads.

The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never ______ him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in ____ and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives _____, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to _____.

He will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the ______ of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master ______ he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings, and reputation falls to pieces, he is as ______ in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.

If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the ______ dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to _______ him against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when the last _______ of all comes, and death takes his master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by the graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in ______watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.

【推荐2】I was successful at my job. I worked very hard, but it ________ me and my family a fabulous (极好的) lifestyle. I’d worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director. ________, one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was ______ explained to me that they were letting me go. I just sat there ______ they talked on and all I could think was, “I’ve ________.” I’d been so well respected; ________ I was of no value.

For six weeks, I was in a very ______ place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸). I could ______ things needed doing, but would not do anything. My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive (积极的) in everything ________ me .

Then, in late June, my youngest son’s football team made the city cup final. The year before, he’d been very sad when I _______ the same final, so he was ________ when I told him I’d go. Not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me ________ him on was unbelievable. From then on, I spent the summer enjoying my sons and their passions (激情). I attended match after match and performances of my elder son’s band —I ________ went to another city to watch him play. These moments were so ________. My life had been so much devoted to ______ for so long, and I felt ______ that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world.

________, being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose — I was someone’s mum! I felt a sense of being _________ again. Now I feel more positive about my professional ________ and I’m getting on better with my family than I ever have. Losing my job made me realize just how ______ it is to achieve real balance in life.

【推荐3】Once upon a time in a far-away place lived an old doll-maker. He had spent his long life creating dolls of all     ______, making all the little girls in the world______. He had kept up in the______of the world and made dolls that say “mama” and_______by themselves. The doll maker was very______, and he knew that his time for special contribution was growing short. So, with______determination in his heart, he made his most beautiful _____. He gave her brown hair, and the bluest eyes. This special doll was given long legs with which she could______and play. She had a beautiful face and he planned this so that she could see the______in others.

On the last day when she was _____, he lifted her up with great care and set her______in front of a large mirror. He asked, “Are you not the most beautiful doll in the world?” The doll looked through her long lashes(睫毛)______of excited expectation._______her pretty face clouded up and then stormed over. “Oh doll-maker, I_______brown hair and I have always longed for green eyes. These re not the_______I’d have chosen for myself, ______look how long my legs are! How unfashionable they will seem to the world. Oh doll-maker, I am not a beautiful doll______!”

We have been created with the most beautiful _______. Don’t look into life’s ______and wish you were_____you’re not. May we thank the great doll-maker for what we have been given.

【推荐1】One of the greatest challenges in life is being yourself in a world that's trying to make you like everyone else. In a research, scientists made a _______and very interesting experiment.

These scientists placed 5 monkeys in a _______, with a ladder (梯子) in the middle and bananas on the top of the cage. Every time a monkey went up the ladder to get the bananas, the _______ soaked(浇湿) the rest of the monkeys with cold water. After a while, whenever a monkey _______ to climb the ladder, others would beat him up. After some time, no monkey _______ to go up the ladder for fear of being beaten. Scientists then decided to replace one of the monkeys. As _______, the new monkey instantly _______into the temptation (诱惑)and was beaten up by the rest. After several beatings, this new member _______ not to climb up the ladder even though he never learned the _______reason. Then, a second monkey was brought in and the ________ thing happened. The first monkey ________ the beating of the second monkey. The replacements ________ until the whole group of 5 monkeys had all been ________ one after another and the group was changed into another group. Even though the ________ group of monkeys never received a cold ________, they continued to beat any monkey that tried to climb the ladder. If you asked any of the new monkeys why the beatings took place, the ________ would probably be, “Well, how do I know? I ________ that’s how things are done around here!”

In our daily life we will never ________ the world if we continue to do things the way they have always been done. So try your best to be ________, and take the path（道路） the others haven’t taken. If you do that you’ll ________ make a difference or leave a big echo （回声，共鸣）behind.

【推荐2】One day, a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited worriedly at their desks for the test to begin. The professor ________ the question papers, with the paper facing down as usual. After he gave them all out, he asked his students to ________ the paper and begin. To everyone’s surprise, there were no ________, just a black dot (小圆点) in the center of the page. The professor, seeing the ________ on everyone’s face, told them the following:

“I want you to write what you ________ there.”

The students got started on the inexplicable (费解的) task.

At the end of the class, the professor ________ all the answer papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with no ________, described the black dot, trying to explain its ________ in the middle of the sheet, etc. After all had been ________, the classroom was silent, and the professor began to ________: “I’m not going to grade this. I ________ wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the ________ part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot, and the same happens in our ________. We have a white paper to observe, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a ________ given to us with love and care, and we always have ________ to celebrate: nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us, the job that ________ our livelihood and the miracles (奇迹) we see every day.

________, we insist on focusing only on the dark spots: the health problems that worry us, the lack of money, the   ________ relationship with workmates, the ________ with a friend, etc.

The dark spots are very ________ compared to everything we have in our daily life, but they are the ones that pollute our minds.

【推荐3】I have always been hard-working in school. And I enjoyed gaining new understanding about study. One way was making___________.

___________ has always been my favorite subject. During each Math class, while ___________, I waited for my golden opportunities to show myself, which were ___________. When they came, I would ___________ my hand. Answering them ___________ made me feel I was recognized by my classmates and teacher. The only problem was that I wanted to be ___________ to be right every time.

As it turned out, reaching this standard was ___________. In one class, I stood up ___________ but gave a wrong answer. Even though I knew this was certainly not my first mistake in life, something ____________ had come at that moment. I thought that my classmates might think I was ____________. The beautiful castle that I had built up ____________ after my mistake.

In the following classes, I was in low spirits and became ____________. Even if I may have known the answer, I was ____________ to take the risk of damaging myself-confidence anymore. ____________ my abnormality(异常), my math teacher talked with me and learned my problem. She told me that mistakes are an important part of learning ____________ they can point out our weakness and help us ____________. I should set up the principle of ____________ mistakes.

From that experience, I realized that even though I thought I was right about most things, I was wrong in my ____________. School is not a place to ____________ but a place to learn. What I now know is that by holding fast to humility(谦虚) and learning to grow from my mistakes, I can truly learn in a way I could never in the past.