【推荐2】My father was raised in a poor family without a father. The family of five struggled hard to_________, which caused my father to be extremely _________with his money.

When we children—two older brothers and myself—asked him for spending money, his face turned cold, saying “If you are old enough to ask, you are old enough to ________”. So when the need ________, we tried to seek jobs in the neighborhood or sell produce from the garden.

His attitude didn’t ________as we grew into adulthood and went to jobs or college. Since none of us had a car, we had to take the bus whenever we came home. Though the bus stopped about two miles from home, father never met us, even in fierce weather. If someone ________, he would say, “That’s what your legs are for!”For me, the walk didn’t bother me as much as the fear of walking alone along the highway and country roads. I also felt that my father didn’t seem concern about my safety. That feeling ________one spring evening.

It had been an extremely ________week at college. Tests and long hours in labs had left me ________. I longed for home and a soft bed. As other students were met at their stops, I gazed ________out of the window. Finally, the bus stopped at my destination. I ________and walked home with my luggage.

A row of hedge(树篱) was along the driveway that climbed the hill to our house. Once I turned off the highway and saw the hedge, I was always ________because it meant that I was almost home. On that particular evening, the hedge had just come into ________when I saw a(an) ________moving toward the house along the top of the hedge. Upon closer ________,I realized it was my father. Then I knew—each time I came home, he stood behind the hedge, watching until he knew I had arrived safely. I swallowed hard against the tears. He did care, after all.

【推荐1】I have been engaging in a spot of emotional therapy (治疗) over the last 2 weeks. I make an effort to try to _________ difficulties in life so that I can feel good within myself and find more _________ for my steps ahead.

The first day here I just couldn’t stop _________ at the breakfast table and another woman was very kind to me. Most people _________ to be there for each other when needed, which is highly _________.

Today one of the older women had a bit of a _________ during lunch and rushed out of the room with her plate in hand. I asked her if she was OK as she went past me but she could not answer. So, I _________ to a young girl to go after her to check and see if she was fine. Glad she did and I really hope it _________. I can only imagine it is really hard for all of us in one way or another as we all have our own _________ and do not know each other properly.

Whether we do or don’t get to know each other is another matter and at the end of the day, it really does not __________. For now we are all ships in a __________ and are getting our torn sails repaired before we are able to __________ to more restless waters. Although some days are easier than others, it takes time, a lot of patience and the right expert __________.

Please say a little prayer today for those with mental health __________. Oh yes… during my first week here, I bought a nice __________ plant at the local market for the TV room. Today it is in full bloom (开花)! I have learnt so far that every today has special little moments.

【推荐1】About a year ago, as I prepared to leave the house, the telephone rang. For a moment I had the idea of not answering it, but I ran back to the kitchen anyway.

My husband _________ and said, “Sorry, honey, but I have to work overtime. Guess you’ll have to _________ Taylor at school today. I’ll be home as soon as I can.” Each week I set aside several hours to bring a little joy to the _________ at a nearby nursing home. On this particular day, I hurried to the school and _________ picked up my boy, then we proceeded to send my freshly cut red and yellow _________ to the ladies at the nursing home.

_________ by my unexpected companion, we started our rounds with bunches of blossoms (花朵) in my arms and Taylor at my side. After we visited the third room, I _________ that, just as we were ready to leave each room, my son would try to _________ his little arms around each woman and then _________ something to her. Because I wanted to make sure that we had enough time to __________ all of the residents, I didn’t ask him what he was whispering, but he earned a __________ from every lady.

Later that evening, during dinner, my husband asked how my volunteer job worked out with our son as a(n) __________.

“It was actually lots of fun,” I said. “What Taylor did was the __________ of our volunteer job.” Whatever Taylor said to the ladies, from their smiles, it definitely brought tremendous(巨大的) happiness. Puzzled, I stopped and glanced across the table at our son. “What was it that you whispered?”

Looking at both of us with a(n) __________ face, he responded, “All I said was ‘I love you, Grandma. You look so beautiful today.’ I wanted to make them feel __________.”

【推荐3】It was 9:55 am on Sunday. When I woke up, the first thing I saw was the shining mobile screen. I _________ it and found that it was a call from my boss. He screamed, “At 10:25. the meeting is going to start. If you _________ to bring the files to my office before the time, I would not hesitate to fire you.” I remembered taking his files and _________ to give them back to him that day, but I forgot to remove them from my bag.

With my bag, I _________ to the nearby bus stop and got into a bus which was already packed up with lots of people.

_________, I found a comfortable place. But the driver announced that we had to get down and _________ the bus. I checked for other choices but none were _________. So I _________ pushing it with others. After a few seconds, the engine _________ and I jumped inside the bus and said, “Fast, I am late.” But the bus was unbearably __________. Only seven minutes remained by then.

It was not expected that the bus broke down. I didn't wait any longer and started to run along the footpath. I__________ that I would still reach there in time. I wanted to run faster but it seemed that my __________ didn’t want.

At last, I arrived at my __________ before a minute or two. “Sir, I brought the files in time,” I said with a feeling of __________. “Then give them back to me,” he said hurriedly.

I turned only to __________ that I had left my bag IN THE BUS!