Four years ago we found out about the cancer growing inside you. You told me the news that it had already spread and that you didn’t know how long you had ______.

I was still at university. A parent dying was something that happened to ______ people-people older than me. I spent the first few months in ______. For the first time I felt ______. I wished I could just ______ you and take the cancer out. But there was nothing I could do.

We’ve been ______. You reacted well to treatment and you’re still here, though we don’t know for how much ______.

I’ve always wanted to say that I love you, and that I’m ______ for everything you’ve given me. But I can’t. It feels like it is this unwritten ______ in our father-son relationship that ______ it. You’re a man conservative and guarded with your ______. You keep them to yourself and ______ others to do the same.

But I know you ______. I’ve seen your proud looks when I’ve told you about my ______ at work and school over the years. I’ve seen your ______ when things haven’t gone well. I remember all the offers of help.

I wish we could talk about what we ______ to each other. I wish you could tell me you’re ______ and I could tell you I love you. I wish these ______ concepts of masculinity (男子气概) weren’t so deeply ______ in both of us. Maybe we will still see our way to that ______ before you go. But whatever the case, I just need to say it—I love you, and thank you.

【推荐2】My husband grew up on a farm. After I knew more about farm life, I _______ to go back to the way he grew up.

In 2015 we started to _______ the perfect little farm. It was a year-long process. In 2016, we moved to a little _______ with a small orchard(果园) of about eighty apple trees. We have a good size garden where we _______ as much of our own produce as possible.

We've been on our farm one year now. And I must say it's pretty _______.

As a homeschooling mom, I love any chance we have to _______ .Over the past year, my children have learned so much about healthy food and how our food _______ our bodies.

Knowing how _______ it is to grow good food, we have all developed a deeper appreciation for what we_______. Tomatoes are not just tomatoes. It's planting, watering, picking and preparing. An egg is not just an egg. It's daily ________ for a chicken.

I focus(集中注意)on my children. But I must ________ that I've been learning just as much as my children by ________ on a farm. Growing up I didn't have any assigned(分配的)family ________. My mom did everything. In one year, with the help of my husband, I've ________ my-comfort area and started helping with duties I ________ thought I would be able to do.

I ________ that I get to keep learning right along with my children. We are doing this ________. My goal this year is to research how to keep a chemical-free orchard. We were so ________ this past a to invite lots of friends over to ________ from our orchard, knowing that the apples had not been sprayed(喷药) at all.

I never want to ________ learning. And I don't think I ever will here.

【推荐3】At primary school in New Zealand，I was introduced to a school savings account run by one of the local banks．When our money box was ____ ，we took it to the bank and watched with ____ as our coins flowed across the counter．As a ____ ，we could choose our next money ____ from a small variety，and start the whole savings ____ again．Every week I watched my parents ____ the housekeeping(家务开支)and“make ends meet”．Sometimes it was ____ to wait for things we really felt we needed．

Later，as a university student，I ____ on an extremely small student allowance．Students were ____ by banks then，because we were so ___   and there was no way I could have gotten credit，even if I had tried．We ____ our allowance three times each year，put it into a bank to the best advantage and withdrew it little by little to last ____ the next payout of the allowance．

When our daughter，Sophie，began to walk，we made a purposeful choice to encourage her to use money ____ ．We often comment when the TV tells us“You ____ it to yourself to borrow our money”—to whom do we really owe it? And what would happen if our income were ____ or dried up? Now，as a 12-year-old child，it’s almost ____ to see her tight “financial policy”．and wait for the unavoidable holiday sales to buy ____ she wants．

I agree that ____ education in schools is very important．But the root of the problem ____ with us and the way we behave as role models to those who ____   ．

【推荐1】It was a cold winter afternoon. Robert stopped for a moment as he crossed the bridge and looked down at the river below. There were hardly any________on the river. Near the bridge, however, almost direct below. there was a small canoe(独木舟), with a boy in it The boy was wearing________and shivering(颤抖) with cold, Robert noticed.

Just then he heard a cry, “Help! Help!” The cry________from the river. Robert looked down. The boy was________the water and his canoe was floating away. “Help! Help!” he called again.

Robert was a good________. Taking off his clothes, he jumped into the river. The cold water made him tremble(颤抖) all over,________in a few seconds he reached the boy. “Don’t be afraid,” he said and started to swim towards the river bank,________the boy with him. But at that________he noticed a large motor boat under the bridge. There were several people on the boat, all________in his direction. Robert________to swim towards the boat.

“Give me a hand,” he shouted________he got near the boat. He looked up into a row of faces. “It’s funny,” he thought.” They look so________.” Silently they helped the boy into the boat and wrapped him in a blanket(毯子). But they did not move to________Robert

“Aren’t you going to pull me________, too?”

“You!” said one of the men. Robert noticed that he was standing next to a large________.” You Why, we were making a film and you spoiled(破坏) a whole afternoon’s work You can stay in the water!”

【推荐2】Hello, everyone. It’s my honour to recommend ( 推 荐 ) “Educator of the year”. I’m sure everyone has a(n) _________teacher that they will be able to _________for years to come. There is one famous teacher that everyone wants to have in our middle school—Ms Sullivan, whose_________you must often hear at school. Ms Sullivan does a lot of things to make herself _________. First of all, she has great enthusiasm for her_________. She teaches many different classes—Language Arts Enrichment, Writing for Publication and Reader’s Theatre, though most teachers in middle school only teach one _________, such as Maths, Social Studies, Science, etc. Ms Sullivan is also responsible for_________the school play. Every year she devotes her time into_________ an amazing school play. Luckily I have been a part of it and_________it so much!

In addition, Ms Sullivan always shows her students that she__________us, whether in our study or in life. Some teachers teach us the lessons in a strict way, __________Ms Sullivan shows us that she is always __________like a friend. In writing classes, she makes us have a group discussion first, which I think is a good way to __________our creative thinking. Then she lets us __________ write our stories at our own speed. She __________everything we write and gives us a(n) __________ opinion about it. We are getting more __________writing a composition, and no longer consider it hard work. Last but not least, she also makes each of her classes __________.__________, I think Ms Sullivan should be “Educator of the Year”. Even if she doesn’t get the__________, she still deserves our respect and love!

【推荐3】The garden that Sijo Zachariah and his father planted made sure their family had food to eat. But it also helped their _________ and was likely to change the _________ of his life.

With the pandemic (疫情) _________, food stores in the area were nearly _________. Places that sold plants for gardening were closed. People had no enough vegetables to eat. So Zachariah and his father _________ seeds from whatever fruits and vegetables they could find to plant on the _________ of the garden. They also watched YouTube videos to learn about _________ and remembered information that Zachariah’s grandfather had _________. Over time, the garden would help _________ 20 other families in their community.

Zachariah came to learn that farming should work with nature instead of trying to control the land. In the past, Zachariah worked in Wales in Britain as an teacher. He __________ why the food he ate in Wales was better than the food he ate at home. Zachariah realized that the food was __________. It came from local farms __________ and was not treated with chemicals.

Zachariah is now considering a(n) __________ profession: farming. “It will be my __________ in the future. I am quite __________ at helping others and being in nature now.” he said.