【推荐2】There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know a thing about being a good father. I couldn’t   ______ him ever saying the words “I _______you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “No” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a _________Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad—he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.

So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and _______every penny I could and________I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to________it off to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I’ll only________you five dollars.” I offered with a smile. “I see,” was all he said.

One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a ________to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house, _______it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a(n) ________day. As I dropped my dad off, I_______him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his _____ from the truck (车尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were ________lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher (水泥修整工).

In that instant, it_________to me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete (混凝土) to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out, however hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him _____   about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he “ _____” us for it.

When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to     _____me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my ______. Don’t work too hard. I love you.”

His _______ met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he_______ his throat and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”

【推荐3】Many times, the small things in life, which we often ________, are more important than the ones that we consider far more valuable.

This theme is highlighted in Kenny Roger’s song Buy Me a Rose.

This song tells the ________ of a wife whose husband ________ her very much. However, she thinks that the ________ her husband shows her his love is not ________ .

According to her husband, the best way of showing his love to his wife is by ________ her with all the wealth and comforts of life. ________, he works hard day and night and is thus not able to ________ any of his time to her.

His wife, however, ________that this is not what she wants. All she wants from him is to show her more ________ by giving her more of his time, caring for her and by ________ his feelings for her. These are the things that she ________ in her life and not the big, flashy things that he has given her.

“Buy me a rose, call me from work.”

Open a door for me, what would it hurt?

Show me you love me by the look in your eyes.

These are the little things I ________ the most in my life.”

To her, these are all the things that can ________ great joy and happiness.

Although her husband loves her very much, his way of showing his love for her is creating ________ between the two.

This song leads us to ________ on how we lead our lives and how to make a person ________ .

People who are closer to us ________ more sincere expression of our love. Spending time with them ________ spending money on them is a better way of expressing our love. We should learn to express our feelings than to show our love through ________ goods.

【推荐1】I was just starting my copywriting internship(实习) at Wunderman. I was filled with ______ about doing new things in my life and reaching new levels of personal growth. _______, it was then that I realized I wasn't good at making friends and that the ______ of making new friends could kill my creativity and humanity. I wanted to _______my communication skills, but I didn't know how. Then, I _______it would take only one simple "hello". A simple hello could lead to a million things, right? I believed that if I started this_______ process of making people my friends, I would never _______.

On the same day, I decided that it was time for ______ . I decided that I would say hello to the first person that I would make eye contact with. So, while I was reading a book during my lunch break, I_______ a person in a cafe, and he was alone. At that time, I ______ this was the perfect moment to say hello. This was my time to ______ . This was my moment to prove myself wrong and defeat all my negative impressions of ______ and have the courage to grow as a(n) ______ .

It wasn't _______at all. It took only one simple hello to create new chances for me. As a matter of fact, the person that I started ______ appeared to be an intern in the same company as me! How ______ is that! Basically, we started to talk about everything — our dreams, goals, values, our future, how we got into the ______ company, and so on — it was a never-ending journey of right ______ .

It's almost been a month since we became friends. Deep inside I feel like the whole world is on my side. We are ______ each other in everything we do. You see, friendships can be complex but it's worth the ______ . Friendships require a combination of trust, respect, courage and support.

【推荐2】One summer evening as I was cooking dinner, there was a knock at the door. I ______ it and saw an old and strange-looking man. But his voice was ______ as he said, “Good evening. I come to see if you have a ______ for just one night. I came for a(n) ______ this morning from the eastern shore. I live far away from here, ______ there's no bus till next morning. ” He told me he had been ______ for a room but with no ______. “I guess it’s my face… I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments I will _______ from it.” He said.

I told him we would ______ him a bed, but it was not comfortable. I went inside and prepared dinner. When we were ______, I asked him if he would like to ______ us. “No, thank you. I’ve had plenty.” When I finished the dinner, I went out to talk with ______ . It didn’t ______ a long time to see that this old man had oversized heart crowded into that tiny body. He told me he fished for a living to ______ his daughter, her five children, and her husband, who was ______ disabled from a back injury and too weak to do anything. At bedtime, we ______ a bed in the children's room for him.

On his next trip, ______ a gift, he brought us a big fish , some fresh oysters (牡蛎) and some fresh vegetables. In the years he came to stay overnight with us, and there was ______ a time he did not bring us some fish or vegetables from his garden.

I know our family will always be ______ to have known him, from whom we learned what was to accept the ______ without a complaint (抱怨) and the good with thanks.

【推荐3】I’m terrible at throwing away old clothes. Some people cannot ________ this. If it’s old, ________ or too small, why would you want to keep it? Well, the ________ is simple. Clothes are memories and, just like memories, they can be ________.

My favorite item of clothing is a black and white wool ________. There are several holes in it, bits of wool hanging off it and ________ a big hole in the pocket. I really should ________ it away but I can’t bring myself to do it. It ________ me of one of my favorite trips. I ________ it in a market in Lima, Peru. The first time I ________ it I was on a trip to an amazing water and light show in a park on that same day. My friend and I had so much fun and I’ve made many ________ wearing that jacket since.

It’s the same with ________, too. My friend made me a beautiful necklace with a piece of glass from one of the beaches on the island where I ________. She gave it to me so I would always have a feeling of home with me. It’s one of the loveliest ________ I’ve ever received and I haven’t taken it off since she gave it to me. It will probably ________ one day, but I will never throw it away.

【推荐1】More than birthday dinner

The other day my daughter and I went out for dinner to celebrate her birthday. We went to a place she loves. The ________ is on top of a hill and when we ________, the sun was setting behind the mountains.

The kind waitress________ us at the door but________ that we would have to wait a very long time for our ________ because it was short staffed. She said that it could be over an hour before we got our dishes. Well, we decided that we would ________ because she strongly advised that we should!

We stood outside________ what to do next when the owner came out and ________ that we stay! So we went back in. The waitress was ________. We waited about an hour before we got our foods!

But do you know what? It was OK because we had tea and we enjoyed some great ________ and a lot of laughs. In the end, the ________ was beautiful in so many ways. Everyone dining there knew that the owner and staff were struggling.

We were all facing this together and everyone seemed to be very________ and appreciative. When we were leaving we gave the waitress a peace dove. Even before I could ________ to her what it was, she burst into ________! She explained that she was a high school student from overseas and was having a hard time________ school and work and didn’t have many friends.

As she held the dove ________ to her heart, she said we had no idea how much it ________ to her! We were all in tears. Shortly afterwards, the cook came out to apologize for the________ and we told him that everything was perfect. No apologies were ________.In fact, we were so ________ for everything. It couldn’t have been better!

【推荐2】When I was about twelve, I was taken out for dinner with my family one day. As we headed towards the______, a girl about my age came up to us and asked if we had any spare______. My mom asked where she kept her things. She pointed to an old car. She said there were six of them ______ in that car, which was the same size as my______.

After ______ her a few dollars, we said goodbye. Then, my mother sent me inside the restaurant with my dad and my______. But she didn’t come. ______, she had gone home and ______our cupboards into a few bags. She brought all the ______ over to the car and handed the bags to the family. I wasn’t there when that______, but I could imagine the______appearing on their faces.

Later, when I ______about what she had done, I asked her______she helped them. She told me that the girl’s family ______needed help. The girl and I were the same______, yet we lived ______ lives.

Here I stood, ______ in good clothes, headed to dine(用餐) in a restaurant and then back home to the bedroom I ______with my sisters. I remembered thinking that the other girl didn’t have any food to eat and had to share an old car with five other people.

After______ this picture in my mind, I understood why my mom had done what she had done. She ______ me one of the best lessons I ever learned.

【推荐3】My name is Timothy. I’m 21 years old and I’ve been diagnosed with autism (自闭症) since the age of 2. I’d like to       _______ my story with you about my life with autism.

Firstly, autism makes me a loner. I can’t easily____________too much human-to-human communication at the same time. I find it difficult to process all that spoken and unspoken information. I also__________some other stuff that has been a rocky roadblock during my life. It’s very____________to live through the times that I put up with during my life_________ teasing, struggling to adapt to new__________like schools, on and off depression._______seeing my relative’s death and the struggles with my disability. Well,__________all of those horrible barriers that tried to cut me down, I have overcome them.

Those things I mentioned are just a(n)_________part of my life.__________, there are good things in my life. Currently, I work at a local library to get some_________. Outside of that, I’m a writer and motivational speaker to reach people and__________their spirits. Now, I’m writing a book titled Through My Eyes: Tim and his Poetry, which is about my life and the 50_____________I’ve written.

Every day, there will be______________challenges that are going to fall on me, but I will get stronger as I conquer them. Now, autism can still___________me and I go back into my own little__________for a short time, then I bring myself back by trying to be as___________as I can. I have a few__________ to be sociable with people. The first one is to ask others about how their day is going.__________ the reply, and then try to talk about something we have in____________.