【推荐1】When I was growing up, my family was so poor that when I was 7, we had borrowed from every _________ person in my hometown, sold our valuables, and so on, just to _________ as my parents were both _________. When my dad finally got hold of a job as a janitor, my mother started working as well. Finally after we had gotten on our _________ and were comfortably living, she became a stay-at-home mom. At the time our total _________ for my parents and my brother and I, was roughly 23K a year.

That’s not enough to have a maid _________ you lobster in the halls of a big house. But it is _________ to see a loving parent present you with a home-cooked meal and nothing but _________ in their hearts. Now, as I get _________ to turn 18 in late August, I have a father and a brother. I wondered to myself why I didn’t ____________ as many of my friends did with depression or ____________ thoughts, and so on. It wasn’t because I found a religion, or because I started getting ____________.

I was given a ____________. Not only that, but I was given parents who loved me ____________ and would give anything for my ____________. I knew that when I went home and closed the door behind me, my dad was in his room ____________ (working the graveyard shift is a pain), and my mom was making sure I came home to a meal, a smile, and open ____________.

Parents. Love your children. ____________ for them. Let them know that their problems are your problems and that you ____________ them no matter what will happen. Children. Love your parents, help them and most of all, ____________ them. If you’re reading this, that probably means in less than a decade you won’t come home from school every day to see their smiling faces or loving embrace.

【推荐2】Sara Duncan, a mother of two and teacher from Fredericktown, Missouri, posted a picture on the Internet after she took her younger daughter lo the hospital together with her husband. Joe Duncan. The picture of the father sleeping on the hospital floor is causing a lively _________ about equal parenting.

Sara posted the picture _________, because she knew she didn’t give him enough _________ for how impressive he is as a husband and a father.

Sara _________ why she wanted to photograph the moment. Joe works as a technician and had just _________ a 12-hour shift (轮班) that night on March 23. Sara told him she wanted to bring their daughter to hospital after _________ she was breathing with great _________. Sara knew her husband was _________, and had to return to a morning shift a few hours later. But he was a very _________ person. He didn’t want his wife to __________ to their child on her own in the hospital. Sara said her child received small treatment and was __________ to go home after two hours. When she looked down on the ground, Sara __________ Joe had already fallen fast asleep. She looked at him thinking how __________ she was to him.

Sara’s post was __________ more than 31,000 times. She wrote: “Wives and their husbands __________ shared parenting roles and responsibilities, but the share isn’t always 50/50. Sometimes it’s 60/40, 70/30, or __________ 80/20. The everyday housework heavily __________ women. And husbands have to be __________ to spare no efforts.”

It’s important to discuss your expectations of __________ and responsibilities if parents and all people are to be valued __________ and if we’re going to keep moving forward in our culture.

【推荐2】When Muhammad Ali was 12 years old, someone stole his bicycle. It was a shiny new bike. Ali was very __________ and told a policeman he wanted to use his __________ to kill the thief. The officer __________ him to back up those “fighting words” by learning how to box.

During the next 25 years, Ali had a burning __________ to become one of the best boxers of the 20th century. He won a gold __________ at the Olympic Games. He went on to earn the title of world heavyweight boxing champion three __________ times. __________ his fights became major events watched by millions of people around the world.

Young Ali quickly made his mark in the __________ ring (拳击场). Instead of being a(n) __________, he turned professional after winning a gold medal in the Olympic Games in 1960. Four years later, he __________ Sonny Liston to __________ his first world heavyweight champion title.

In 1974, Ali __________ the world heavyweight title again by __________ George Foreman. Then he met Joe Frazier in the Philippines, to do __________ for the third time. It was __________, but Ali won that fight. Ali __________ his heavyweight title six more times before he __________ to Leon Spinks in February 1978. But Ali beat his __________ and got back the title seven months later.

Ali __________ in 1981 with a record of fifty-six wins and five losses. In 2005 he was __________ the Presidential Medal of Freedom.