【推荐2】Losing a childhood friend at a young age would leave many feelings helpless and alone. But for 14-year-old Aidan Jackson of Widnes，England，such a _______instead empowered him and benefited his community.

Aidan’s friend Olivia Walker _______ at just 15 years old from severe illnesses. After her death，Olivia’s family set up the Olivia Alice Foundation to _______ money for medical equipment and family _______ in children’s hospitals. Aidan decided to collected teddy bears to _______ Olivia Walker.

Aidan with his mother Caroline Jackson came up with the idea of placing _______ on each seat of the local stadium，the Select Stadium，which _______ more than 13，000 people—no small undertaking.

Caroline was _______ to see Aidan make efforts and gain confidence by honoring his _______. To help Aidan，the Jacksons emailed nearby schools and businesses，________ local press，and even posted leaflets(宣传页)door to door，asking people to ________ a teddy and a pound. The response from the community was ________，with nearly 2，000 bears flooding in almost ________. When things slowed down，the Jacksons strengthened their social media presence，spreading influence far and wide. While every bear was appreciated，some were especially ________ .

Aidan set them up in Select Stadium with the help of his family and some community ________ . Having problems with his legs，he had to rest and then seat teddies on the lower levels of the stadium. Even so，he always wanted to keep going.

【推荐1】My 23-year-old son Dan packed, ready for the journey to work abroad for a year. It was a milestone, _________ the transition from his school days to adulthood.

I looked _________ at his face when we were to say goodbye, trying to remember every feature, meanwhile, _________ to say something that had long buried deep in my heart. However, not a sound came over my lips.

This wasn’t the first time I had let such an opportunity _________. On his first day in preschool, I accompanied him to the bus stop. His _________ and curiosity filled all the way. But even still, he boarded the bus and disappeared, I was _________. There still were many other _________ like this.

Now I stood in front of him, trying to recall all the times I had let go of. How often has that not happened to us all? A son graduates or a daughter is married. But at those ceremonies, we don’t seize the _________, telling them what they _________ to us.

Here and now, I knew it really mattered; but I still found myself nervous and uncomfortable. Why does it have to be so __________?

I gathered all my courage. “Dan,” I __________ stammered out (结巴地说出), “If I had the choice myself I would have chosen you.”

I was not sure whether he __________ what I meant. But then he stepped __________ me and put his arms around me. For a short while the world and everything was gone, there were only Dan and me.

What I told Dan was clumsy and commonplace. Yet it was __________.

Then he __________ the airport with his girlfriend in a taxi.

【推荐2】Auntie Zeny took care of me from the time I was born until I was 15. She didn’t join us for ________, eating at a small table attached to the washing machine. I remember lingering around her and wondering why she ate ________. She would give me a motherly smile and ________ me back to the dining room. They are your parent; I am not, was the ________ she seemingly wanted to make clear.

It was ________ for me to view Auntie Zeny as anything but a second mother. Whenever my real mother talked to her about not completing certain housework properly, I would ________ Auntie Zeny. Every evening before my parents came home, she would patiently listen to me ________ about classmates and homework. Then she would comfort me and offer ________ in the form of Christian stories. Meanwhile, all her kids had to crowd around the phone once a week, ________ to hear their mother’s voice on the other side of the line.

After leaving Hong Kong to attend high school in the USA, and ________ university in Canada, I still found myself ________ Auntie Zeny. So I flew to visit her in the Philippines. I met some of her kids, now adults. Perhaps due to my guilt for having taken ________ away from their mom, I expected that I would be ________, but they spoiled (善待) me, serving me big portions at every ________ meal!

Now, my parents regularly send some of their allowance to Auntie Zeny to show their ________ because she greatly influenced my emotional and moral development.