【推荐1】Every Saturday morning, I’d awaken to the smell of garlic and pepper. I would go into the kitchen to find my grandma sitting over a large silver bowl, _______ the fresh cabbages with garlic, salt, and red pepper. That was how the tasty Korean dish, kimchi (泡菜), was _______ every weekend at my home.

Our dinner table was always _______ by my grandma’s specialty as kimchi filled every _______. And the delicious smell of garlic would never leave our home, _______, the delicious food was defenseless against the _______ of Alzheimer (阿尔茨海默病) she was suffering from. Within a year of discovering the disease, she lived with us like a total _______. She would look at me and ask, “Who are you?” The ceremony-like rigor (严格) of Saturday mornings came to a _______ and during dinner, the _______ taste of factory-made kimchi only highlighted the ________ of the family tradition.

One day, my mom ________ some fresh cabbages and red pepper home. She began to make kimchi. The ________ smell excited my nose. ________ and slowly, my grandma stood up from the couch, and as if ________ by the smell, sat by the silver bowl and dug her ________ into the seasoned cabbages. Though her hands no longer ________ the swiftness and accuracy they once did, her face presented the aged rigor of a ________. That night, we ate not-so-perfect kimchi. I still remember my grandma picked up a piece and said, “Here, Dong Jin. ________ it, my boy.” That moment of ________ thinking seemed short-lived. My grandma used to say,“Tigers leave furs when they die; humans leave their names.” What she left was the smell of garlic that ________ around my house.

【推荐3】When Megan Becker was five years old, she created something special for her dad Glenn Becker on Father’s Day. It was a paper craft tie! After several hours of ________ using construction paper and crayons, Megan couldn’t ________ to present it to her dad.

Glenn told his baby girl it was a(n) ________ gift, and he would not only keep it forever but also wear it on her wedding day. Her father then ________ the tie over his bedroom mirror to display his favorite gift. Even though as a teenager Megan thought it was ________, it touched her heart that her father cared so much.

But ________, the tie Megan made for her dad as an art craft ________ around the time she was getting married. At that time her parents had ________ and Glenn said it had gotten lost somewhere in the packing.

With no more ________ of the tie, Megan walked down the aisle (通道) to get married with her father proudly ________ her away. But when it was time for the father-daughter dance, Glenn ________ on the dance floor wearing the crayon-colored, paper tie!

Megan was surprised and burst into ________. It turned out Glenn, who was a big jokester, ________ the tie in his toolbox until the wedding. He was using it to ________ her daughter on her wedding day! Glenn’s act of love is an incredible ________ of how father loves his children.