【推荐1】When Amanda Moore noticed that the new student from Mexico always sat alone at lunch, she decided to befriend Rafael Anaya. She also noticed that he________ to understand English. Then she used the Google Translate app to hand-write a letter in Spanish asking him to________her for lunch. Her action________her the “Student of the Month” award for October at school.

Actually, Rafael always________ because he felt so lonely. “He always ate lunch alone and I felt ________ about that，” Amanda said. She knew he spoke Spanish and he seemed lonely. She spent the whole afternoon ________ writing the letter, using the app to help her.

The next day Amanda handed the letter to Rafael and waited for his________.It wasn’t until their math class that he said “yes”. The two had been________together for lunch ever since. The letter helped Rafael feel more comfortable and encouraged him to________his English harder. “I think for Rafael it made a huge________，”said their teacher. “He really wants to learn English to talk to Amanda. The two used hand gestures and Google Translate for ________now but they hoped it would become ________ when Rafael's English improved. And, Amanda was learning some________.

Amanda’s mother felt________moved by her daughter’s action. “It is just so sweet，”she said. I think this ________ is special.”

【推荐1】In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a large clock. When I was a child, the old clock_________me very much. I was surprised at how the clock would chime (敲) three times, six times or more, with a wonderful clear_________. I often paid attention to it instead of the foods when I had_________. And always the clock stood like an old family friend,_________the family. I found the clock comforting and familiar. Year after year, the clock became a part of my memories.

It was even more_________to me when my grandfather carefully wound up (上发条) that clock with a special_________each day. The key was_________to me. It kept the clock_________. It kept the clock chiming. How did it do that? I watched as my grandfather took the key from his pocket and_________the door in the old clock and used the key to wind it up. He never let that clock wind down and__________. When I got a little older, he taught me how to open the door, __________let me wind up the clock myself. I remember the__________time I did, I felt so excited…

After my grandfather__________, every time I saw the clock, I couldn’t help crying. Never could I see him again. The__________ on the clock were frozen. It stopped. I took the key with my__________hand and opened the door. All of a __________, I was a child again, watching my grandfather. He was there, smiling at me. I stood there,__________in the memories. Then slowly and__________, I wound up the clock. Tick-tock, tick-tock…The dining room and the house seemed to be filled with__________. In the image of the clock, my grandfather also__________again.

【推荐2】When I was two years old, I lost my father forever, who had a traffic accident and passed away. Three years later, my mother_________ from serious health problems, leaving me to care for her. This _________ reversed (翻转)our roles as child and caretaker. While I knew my mother was sick, I _________ that everything would be okay. _________, in 1997 everything went terribly _________, and my life changed forever.

Adoption(收养) is a(n) _________ word to a five-year-old child, but when I realized that my mother had signed me over to _________, I felt it was the ultimate betrayal(背叛). I suffered from shock, _________, and confusion as I attempted to _________ my new family. I did learn to love my new parents though I couldn't __________ my mother for betraying me. Hearing people tell me that she did it in my best interest and that she actually loved me, I felt even bitter. I firmly believed that __________ she had truly loved me she would have made it work for our little family.

However, the older I got, the more I began to understand how __________ our situation had been. We had been __________ boxes of noodles. I have started to understand the __________ she put me up for adoption, and that she really did save me.

Only recently have I begun to __________ how a mother could give her child to strangers, and I realize now what a sacrifice(牺牲) it must have been for her to let me go. She was __________, but even in her state she understood that she was pulling me down with her. She loved me __________ anything, so she wanted me to have a chance in life, one she realized she could no longer __________ me. When I look back now, I am __________ to her. Even though I hated her for a long time, I now know my life has been a special gift only because she was__________ enough to give me up.

【推荐3】Every year on my mother's birthday I will think of the same story in my heart, the story of repairing a relationship and building bridge.

I had many________ with my mother while I was growing up. After I was married for a few years my mother invited me to meet her for lunch. It sounded serious but I was a dutiful daughter and of course I said yes. ________having a discussion about something I did wrong or something she didn't like or something she wanted me to change as before, she asked me if I wanted to be her friend. I Was ________ . We'd been more like enemies than________   I responded with yes since I Always________ a friendly relationship.

Our relationship ________ for many reasons but there was really only one at the core. Our perception(观念) of each other was skewed (有偏颇) by________

There were many things we needed to do to repair our relationship but it began with these two-- question and listening: questions like “What were you thinking when you ...” or “Why did you do ... ”and listening that didn't lead to________   , but accepting the other's view as their truth.

We explained how we felt when the other had done certain things we were hurt, angry or upset about. We both held the same goal of________ so we didn't hold anything back and were especially ________

We saw trust in each other's eyes through the sharing. I felt a beautiful hope rising in my heart like the golden sun rises over the ocean. Our misunderstandings were ________ and trust grew. My mother and I became extremely ________ and it all began with a simple ________

Our relationship suffered________my mother and I shared our different views and ________. Perception is powerful and changes everything.