【推荐3】My grandpa Ken is 86 and has been faithfully married to my grandma for 60 years. But now his memory is_________ and he’s really starting to slow down.

Yesterday, he asked me to take him to the ________ because he wanted to get out of the house. I was ________ he asked because he shouldn’t be driving by himself. It would also ________ grandma to have the ________ to herself for a while, not having to worry about grandpa for a few hours.

I watched him, cane (拐杖) in hand, taking the tiniest ________ all around searching through the shelves. I had no idea what he was ________; but, as I observed each item he put in the cart, I noticed a striking ________. They were some of my grandma’s ________ things.

He got the type of soda she liked. He ________ picked out a bag of seedless grapes she had talked about several days ago. He even ________ her a small lemon pie! And then, ________ filled my eyes as I watched him hobble (蹒跚) over to the fresh ________ and pick her the bouquet that had the most purple, her favorite color.

On our way home, he ________ we stop and grab a sandwich to take home for grandma’s lunch. May we all take a lesson from grandpa Ken. Never stop ________ for our loved ones.

【推荐1】I never thought that I had to move to another state at 14. I was doubly _________ for I had just lost my father.

My family got _________ in giving away all the things we could not carry with us. On top of the _________ was a wooden cradle (摇篮). Cradles are _________ meant for newborns, but my mother decided to _________ this big one to my friend Sara as she used to love playing in it.

Soon I got _________ with the new schedule of school, adjusting to the new city. Times fled quickly until I _________ the news of Sara’s marriage. My thoughts wandered about her and our good _________ in the native town of Kerala.

I happened to _________ the town after 20 years. What a (n) __________ -Sara’s daughter was sleeping in the very cradle from my mother. I also came to know Sara was __________ on her mother’s decision to donate this cradle and she refused. Sara, even today, treats this gift as a blessing and a sign of __________ from my mother to her. She now __________ the cradle to other babies and fetches it when they start walking.

“This is not just a material thing; this indicates our strong __________. The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its __________,” Sara said.

【推荐2】In America, teenagers start learning how to drive at fifteen. And they are ________ to test for their licenses at sixteen. Unfortunately, I was unable to test for my ________ at that age.

So here I am eighteen years old, and taking my test along with “children” much ________than I am. Today I sat in my car, just like them, ________ because of the coming test. I tried to calm down. I told myself that ________ I failed the first time, I could just retake it during winter break. However, I couldn't ________ sweating (出汗). All I could think about was safety instructions my instructor told me.

The last time I felt this ________ was in tenth grade when I was waiting for my turn to play the piano during a performance. I ________ choking (窒息) during that performance — my sweaty fingers hit the wrong   keys and the piece was ________. I was worried the ________ thing would happen this time.

Once the drive tester came into the ________ and I turned onto the road, I was ________ and felt confident. The ________ was over in six minutes. As soon as my tester instructed me to pull into the parking lot, I was sure I had ________. I walked into the department of licensing, and greeted my dad, who had been patiently ________ me. Suddenly, a flood of feelings filled me. I thought about my dad who ________ me to ride a bike when I was five. ________ could thirteen years have passed already? Now I was driving a(n) ________ vehicle, one that would take me farther and farther away from him.

________, it wasn't really about passing a test anymore. It was about not disappointing people. So maybe my license ________ more than I think.

【推荐3】It was an after-dinner walk around the neighborhood. My 12-year-old daughter, Audrey, told me that she would never _________ this pandemic, and that she would never take for granted having friends around, visiting _________ family or hugging her grandparents again. She _________, though, whether people would really live with new appreciation. Over time, would we all forget? Would a _________ or a handshake become commonplace again?

“Write down how you feel so your future self will remember,” I _________.

Audrey was only a toddler when her father—my husband—_________ at age 33. I learned that it takes intention, hard work and a lot of hope to make it through grief.

Living through that _________ didn’t automatically give me a lasting appreciation for life.

Wisdom, I found, is not a guaranteed byproduct of losing a _________ one, or a job or a sense of normalcy as we have during this pandemic. For me, that kind of _________ took lots of reflection and introspection (自省) —which is why I advised my daughter __________ her feelings.

The next day, I spotted this letter on my daughter’s desk,__________ herself to read it in the future and remember what’s important in life, and __________ her of it.

The letter is in full of affection, and she has gladly given __________ for it to be published, with the hope of inspiring others. As we start to see a __________ at the end of the tunnel with the vaccine approval, it might be __________ for other people to write letters of their own.

【推荐3】It is during times of great challenge that the best of humanity comes forward, and Hyderabad’s Ramu Dosapati is just one more example of this.

To prevent further _________ of the disease, the government has carried out social distancing, _________ shutting down many small businesses and leaving thousands out of work. _________ by the wife of a security guard, who, despite their _________ salaries, fed laid-off migrant workers during lockdown, this HR manager created a year-round ‘Rice ATM’ to help out-of-work individuals unable to _________themselves. “I _________ a good salary, my family is in comfort and I _________ there is nothing that stops me from helping those in need,” Ramu told The Indian Express. Dosapati used his _________ fund, credit card and part of the _________ from selling his land in Nalagonda to establish the distribution centre. He designed an ATM that __________ rice instead of cash. He arranged for the ATMs to be __________ on streets in cities across Vietnam. While the __________ was intended to remain open only until things come to __________, the 43-year-old was simply unable to turn away those who continue to reach out for help. The ATM completed 250 days of operation on 19 December 2020. It has inspired __________ movements nationwide to help those in poverty survive the pandemic, which, of course, __________ hope to the people in need.