【推荐1】Luther Younger is a 99-year-old loving husband. His wife was diagnosed with cancer nine years ago, and doctors _________ she’d have just five years to live. _________, the couple have remained strong.

Over the last nine years, Luther takes a six-mile _________ every day to visit his wife in the hospital. He always stays by her side, encouraging her, showering her with _________ and their daily kiss. Luther could get a ride or even take the bus, but he _________ to walk the whole journey to help clear his mind and to _________ everything about his wife. Passersby often recognize Luther and stop to offer him a ride, but he _________ their kindness. His daily walk is _________ of how much he loves his wife.

Luther’s daughter hoped he could _________ accept rides, especially on extremely hot and snowy days, but Luther __________ walking himself so she just lets him have it his way.

__________ walking six-miles each day in the heat and snow would be too much, when you’ve walked through __________ with someone, what’s another six miles? Luther is always __________ to leave his love before returning home every day, but he knows that each tomorrow, __________ the weather, he will be on his way again. He can’t bear to live a single day without __________ his wife. “She made a man out of me. She made me more than I ever could have been, I love my wife.” Luther Younger said.

【推荐2】Dad was not only my best friend, but my compass (指南针). While he was alive, he _________ me with his actions and advice. He taught me one important _______, “Believe in yourself.”

If there was one phrase my dad _______ liked to hear, it was “I can’t.” He never got to finish high school and took two jobs to support his large family, _______ he never complained. Through education and years of hard work, my dad became an excellent journalist.

When I was in high school, I had a _______ time with math. He tried to help me, but I _______ struggled. So my math teacher suggested I meet with him at 7:00 each morning before school for _______ help. I told Dad, “That’s crazy! I’m tired! I can’t do that!” He replied, “You are doing it. I’ll send you to school.” Every morning at 6:45, we’d leave the house. Despite working 12 hours every day, Dad never once _______ driving me to school.

After months of _______, I was facing the final exam. I was so ________. On the day of the final, my dad hugged me and said, “Luke, ________ yourself. You can do it.” His words made me realize I needed to trust in my ability and in the hours of study I’d put in. When I got my grade proudly, the first person I called was my father. He cried, “Yes! You deserved it!”

Even now, whenever I ________ that a task is too much for me, I think back to that exam. No matter how ________ something is, if you’re willing to work, you can succeed. I’m forever ________ to Dad for that lesson.

【推荐3】My father and I have always had a difficult relationship. He thought I wasn’t what a good daughter should be. Whatever I did was never good enough in his eyes. So when I tried to look for approval, I was________ disappointed.

My mother was gentler and when my father would ________ me, she’d have my back. Five years ago, she died from a disease and, ________ her there, my relationship with my father became ________. I felt like he was trying to control me and this caused ________ and panic in me. I realized that I couldn’t continue the________ with him, so I left home eventually and________ contact with him.

About a year later, I was out campaigning and I saw him alone. I ________ him and asked how he was. He was hesitant, but I could see in his eyes that he was ________ I’d come over. He said he was proud that he had a daughter who went to the House of Lords to talk about women’s rights. I realized that, having decided I didn’t need his ________, I finally had it.

Our relationship isn’t ________ now, but we see each other every few months and I value the time we have together. Last year, on his birthday, I sent him a card and he________ phoned me to say thank you. I’ve realized that if you want to have somebody in your life, you have to________ them as who they are. And I’m proud of myself. I don’t need anybody else to give me that sense of________. And because of that, our relationship is no longer a________.

【推荐2】Ironing has been my love since my mother taught me how to use it. I was delighted at seeing the _________. Ironing was also a great thing to do while I was _________ my favorite TV programs. My mother had the ironing board _________ in our TV room. When I went to college, my mother ensured that I had an iron _________ for a college dormitory room. _________ I began to work, I could _________ spend time in ironing, for I was always busy. However, I found it relaxing, and still _________.

I’ve now retired and started to _________ other passions. My parents have passed away, and I’ve been _________ their home and things. Throughout the house, I’ve found closet after closet of __________ironed bed covers, table cloths, and clothes — all done by my mother.

After almost a lifetime of ironing, I now realize that my __________ is grounded in much more than delighting in neatness. Ironing was central to my mother’s __________: She was lovely, thoughtful, and careful. Her approach to caring for our family and home __________ those personalities. I even still __________ playing happily at my mother’s feet while she was doing the ironing. Until now I come to realize that my __________ in ironing was deeply __________ by my mother. For my mother, ironing was a good way to __________ her enormous gratitude for her life.

Recently, I have been ironing my mother’s __________ of old table cloths, clothes...

I think it is really a good way to show my __________ for her. It is also an important task to iron them. __________, it’s also become a good way for me to show my gratitude for life!

【推荐1】A father and his son were travelling in a car. The son was ________ and the father sat on the seat next to him. Just then, a terrible storm broke.

The son said to the father, “Dad, the storm is very________. What should we do now?” The father answered, “You don’t________ driving the car.” A while later, the son noticed that many people were stopped by the storm and waiting for the storm to ________. The son asked his father what to________. The father said, “________ driving the car.” The son said, “Dad, I can hardly________ things. Many people have stopped their________.” The father said, “Don’t ________ these people. Just keep driving.” After some time, the son started seeing everything________. He found the________ had stopped and that the sun had come out. The father said, “Stop the car.” They found those people who stopped were________ stuck in the storm.

“If you had done the same as those people, you would be stuck in the storm too,” the father said. The________ time often comes in people’s life. If you lose your ________ during the hard time, then you will be stuck in it. If you keep going with courage, you will get through the difficult time and achieve ________ at last.