【推荐2】My father and I have always had a difficult relationship. He thought I wasn’t what a good daughter should be. Whatever I did was never good enough in his eyes. So when I tried to look for approval, I was________ disappointed.

My mother was gentler and when my father would ________ me, she’d have my back. Five years ago, she died from a disease and, ________ her there, my relationship with my father became ________. I felt like he was trying to control me and this caused ________ and panic in me. I realized that I couldn’t continue the________ with him, so I left home eventually and________ contact with him.

About a year later, I was out campaigning and I saw him alone. I ________ him and asked how he was. He was hesitant, but I could see in his eyes that he was ________ I’d come over. He said he was proud that he had a daughter who went to the House of Lords to talk about women’s rights. I realized that, having decided I didn’t need his ________, I finally had it.

Our relationship isn’t ________ now, but we see each other every few months and I value the time we have together. Last year, on his birthday, I sent him a card and he________ phoned me to say thank you. I’ve realized that if you want to have somebody in your life, you have to________ them as who they are. And I’m proud of myself. I don’t need anybody else to give me that sense of________. And because of that, our relationship is no longer a________.

【推荐1】Can you imagine being able to remember every single experience of your life and every word in your favorite book? That’s___ Becky’s life is like.

Three years ago, Becky was reading a   newspaper   article   which mentioned that it was_____ for people to _______   the details of their   life in the first three years. “What __________!”   she thought,   because   she could____ remember her life all the way back to when she was just 12 days old. Her parents had   carried her to the driver’s seat of their car and___ her down for a photo.

But it wasn’t nonsense. She was just one of only 80 known people_____ a   mysterious condition   called HSAM. Becky’s unusual_____ was   shown   on   a program called 60   Minutes, where   reporter   Allison _______   her ability by asking her about her favorite book series, Harry Potter. Allison would pick up a ______ and open a page and read her a line. _______ Becky would name the book, chapter number, chapter name and could recite every word___ Allison told her to stop.

Being able to remember every little ______   is great, but   as every HSAM sufferer will tell   you,   it’s also_____ to deal with it. We   always ______ things to get over sad experiences in our lives, but it’s     something that people like Becky can’t do. Even walking on the street and lightly______ somebody can bring back ________   memories from Becky’s childhood. Also, like Becky, people with HSAM _________   do well in school, because they have problems picking up the important information from what they’ve learnt. Becky’s great brain could help scientists find a___ for terrible mental illnesses like Alzheimer. Her condition could hold the secret to treating or even___ Alzheimer.

【推荐2】Hardship comes in different shapes and sizes. But few things in life are as _______ as feeling cut off from the people we love.

Recently, while _______ against the COVID-19, my grandkids and I have to stay indoors and started _______ via Wechat. Mostly, I read to them because I love doing it, but I also do it for their parents' mental health. Besides having to stay indoors, they are _______ to homeschool their kids, who can't go to school or play with their friends.

Reading to each other is an age-old practice to me. It has _______ and healing (治愈的) power especially in current situation. When we read, we see the words with our eyes. But hearing them read is a different _______, we just need to be quiet and listen. Sometimes, the voice and the love it_______ mean far more than the words. Today, I wechatted with my grandkids, Ran and Wey, and read them a book my kids loved long ago, and they thought it _______, frequently bursting out laughing.

Now more than ever, while keeping a safe distance, we all need to _______ each other. Sometimes the words we read are so powerful that they will never be ________.