【推荐3】Extremely tired from work, I finally made it back home at 1 a.m., to find my husband drinking whiskey with a stranger in our lounge. What an unusual _________!

Out of _________, I had to stay up and _________ them. “Hello!” I said, waiting for some kind of introduction or _________. They said nothing, just smiling at me.

“So? What’s going on then?” I asked. My husband replied, “I _________ a new friend at the pub. It’s Andre Agassi, the world No. 1 tennis player.”

I was now _________. It was late and this was no time for childish _________.

“Agassi” _________ into his back pocket and _________ in it for something. Then he pulled out a photo.

“I’m not Andre Agassi, but you do __________ me. The last time you saw me, I looked like this.” He __________ a passport photo of my cousin, Ali, at age 5. I had not __________ him since my childhood.

At the age of 12, I was brought to America, leaving all my family behind. It was __________ and I missed them all terribly at first. But __________, they all became a distant memory.

Ali, a child then, once had a passport photo taken. He looked so __________ in it! This photo became a favorite within our entire family. Everyone got a __________.

And now, here was this __________ man, sitting on my sofa. I buried my face in my hands and just __________. Ali and that little photo __________ my childhood life, my entire family, my history! Suddenly they were all __________agai, no longer a vague memory.

How is everything going? I think you're supposed to say yes to helping take care of your aunt's cat. _________ you do the one thing that I didn't do when I _________ with my neighbor's dog---Rascal. My friend Ollie and I have played with Rascal since he was a little _________, so when Mrs. Gonzales asked if we'd like to take him to the park once in a while when she was away doing shopping, we nodded _________.

Not long before we arrived at the park, Rascal found a giant puddle(水坑) and jumped into it, _________ around until every inch of his furry body was dripping with mud. “I guess we should take him back home so he can _________,” said Ollie. Unfortunately, when we got to Mrs. Gonzales's house, she didn't answer the doorbell. Therefore, we put the   _________ key Mrs. Gonzales left to us into the lock. The instant I opened the door, Rascal _________ inside and started zooming all over the living room. “Stop!” I _________. But instead of stopping, he jumped on the __________. “No, Rascal!” Ollie shouted. “Sit!” But Rascal rolled all over the couch. Luckily for us, when Mrs. Gonzales came in with her __________ and saw her muddy puppy and muddy couch, she started to laugh, explaining that he was named Rascal due to the fact that where there was trouble, he was __________ to find it. We should have told Rascal to “stay" before we open the door. And __________ telling him to “sit” when he jumped on the couch, we should have said “off”.

So, dear Unsure, make sure to ask your aunt lots of questions to __________ you know as much as you can about that particular beast. When it __________ taking care of animals, you need to be extra careful and safe.

Yours,

Arizona

【推荐2】A Letter to Oneself

Don’t be afraid to allow yourself to be ambitious(有抱负). People tend to ________ on your failures rather than your successes, and they are imperfect. But remember that you are also not ________. They are lost in everyday life, ________ you are riding the highs and lows of a dreamer.

Be more ________ with others than you are with yourself. When they fail to perform, smile and don’t seek absolute perfect. When you fail to perform, take it ________. Every moment of delay is a needle in the heart of your ideals. Do not let this ________ be heavy with the weight of a thousand needles. ________ the needles one by one.

Make a plan for the long term. Force yourself to ________ the skills it takes to be successful. Keep learning. Your hours of reading, ________ with other writers, and researching will add ________ to your work.

To plan and to follow through is to ________ these wonderful opportunities that you are given. Forget about your dreams and work hard right now. You are the ________ of your future self.

Blame no outside source for the pain you are ________. Being honest about your failures is just as important as being honest about your ________. Understanding the various aspects of each failure will help you ________ them the next time they approach and lead you to succeed in the end.

Welcome to the world! Your mom and I are so excited to see who you will become.

When your sister, Max, was born, we wrote a letter about the _______ we hoped she and now you will grow up in --- a world with better education, fewer diseases and greater _______. We wrote that with all the _______ in science and technology, your generation should live _______ better lives than ours, and we have a/an _______ to do our part to make that happen. Even though headlines often _______ what’s wrong, we still believe these positive _______ will win out.

But rather than write about _______, we want to talk about childhood. The world can be a _______ place. That’s why it’s important to make time to go outside and ________.

You will be busy when you’re older, so I hope you take time to ________ all the flowers . I hope you read your favorite books so many times until you start ________ your own stories. I hope you ________ as many laps around our living room as you want. And I hope ________ in your dreams you can feel how much we ________ you.

Childhood is ________. You only get to be a child once, so don’t spend it ________ too much about the future. We’ll do everything we possibly can to ________ a better world for you, Max and all ________ in your generation.

August, we love you so much and we’re so ________ to go on this adventure with you. We wish you a life of joy, love and the same hope you give us.

Love,

Mom and Dad