【推荐2】At precisely 6 a.m., the sound of the alarm clock rings in the air. Sandy _________ herself out of bed and begins her morning _________ with a quick shower. After her shower, she prepares a simple _________. Grabbing a clean bowl from the dishwasher, she _________ into it a packet of instant oatmeal (燕麦片). She _________ in a cup of milk, stirs (搅动) and heats the _________ in the microwave. While waiting for her oatmeal to cook, she dresses for the day, _________ of the weather.

Fully _________ now, she removes her oatmeal from the _________, which has now ____________ just enough to suit her taste. It is her favorite flavor. As she enjoys each bite, she is ____________ of her mother, who always made sure Sandy ate a ____________ breakfast before leaving the house in the morning.

Checking the time on her phone, she ____________ swallows the last few mouthful of oatmeal before ____________. As she steps into the street, a gust of wind blows back her hair. She covers her head with the hood of her coat,____________ the scarf around her neck, and walks to the ____________.

After ____________ into her seat on the train, ____________ of her mother stir again. She takes out her phone and ____________: “Hey mom, thanks for the ____________ you knit me. It came in real handy this morning. Love always”.

【推荐1】The first time my grandma came to visit us in Canada she was a little upset. She ________ that there was nothing to do. Before my grandma arrived, I used to tend the flower in our garden. But while I was at school and my parents were at work, my grandma, feeling ________, came down upon the little piece of land. She pulled out the annuals (一年生植物) and ________ those with orderly rows of green cabbages, onions and other ________. I told her to stop, to keep the flowers. “They’re pretty but they’re ________,” she said matter-of-factly. I was annoyed until I learned something about her past. Grandma was ________ at the time of a severe famine (严重饥荒). She lost her parents and did everything on her own. ________, she never cried about it to anyone. Different times ________ unique characters. My grandma was shaped by the ________ of her family members and the difficulties in China’s recent history. Those who experienced the famine are ________ unwilling to use valuable land to plant flowers. Her ________, responsibility, diligence and frugality (勤俭), helped her through those difficult years, some of which were laid down by the hands of time, and to change them now would ________ her. She is an essential ________ between my family’s past and future — she ________ her times challenges to support the next generation. Someday, I will be like my grandma and ________ my small part to human’s moving on.

【推荐2】It feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into a(n) _________. We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly my mother will push the _________ into the Third World War. She’ll talk about my lack of a bright future because I don’t plan to be a doctor. And much to her _________, I don’t want to do any job related to science, _________. In fact, when I said that I planned to _________ in English, she nearly had a heart attack.

“Why can’t you be like my co-worker’s son?” she shouts all the time. Her co-worker’s son _________ a four-year scholarship and is now _________ 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I don’t know what to say except that I simply can’t be like Mr. Perfect as I’ve called the unnamed co-worker’s son. I can’t be like him.

I understand why my mother is _________ about my future major. I’ve seen my mother _________ to raise me on her small __________ and work long hours. She leaves the house around 6:30 am and usually comes back home around 6:00 pm or even 7:00 pm. __________ as she is, she still cooks supper for me and then does other housework __________ late into the night. Additionally, she never wears fancy clothes and expensive jewelry.

I am fully __________ that what my mother has done is out of her deep love for me. However, I want her to know that by becoming a(n) __________, it doesn’t mean I’ll be successful. I’d rather __________ my dreams and create my own future.