Recently, a young man failed in his postgraduate (研究生) exam and then he sent a message to his father who died three years ago. In the message, the young man said to his father, “Dad, I _______ you so much. Would you appear in my _______? I really want to meet you.” To his _______, he received a “reply” and found out that the message was from a person. The person is using his father’s old phone number now. The message said, “Never mind, boy. You will _______ through failures. Cheer yourself up and keep _______. I know my boy is the best. I miss you, too.”

“Having seen such a message from ‘my dad’, my tears came out,” the young man said. People need love and care, especially in _______ times of their life. If they fail, they are thirsty for comfort and help from their parents and friends, so the reply from a(n) _______ person really gave him encouragement.

“_______, I thought someone had sent a wrong message,” the “father” said. “But after reading it again, I found out the sender must be in trouble and need some _______. So I decided to reply in his father’s name. It is normal that people who have _______ their parents will miss them more than usual, especially in trouble.”

Xiong Chuanfa often appears in one of the liveliest areas in Nanchang. As he creates a sugar human, children feel _______. In their eyes, he _______ a magician. In fact, Xiong has been working on this traditional Chinese folk (民间的) art for 20 years. Every morning, he _______ syrup (糖浆) and drives to start his magic show. Many children like the sugar art very much, but this craft (手工艺) is dying _______. With the time passing, it might disappear in the near future.

Ngendakumana comes from Burundi. He fell in love with one of sugar humans called “Bing Dwen Dwen”. He couldn’t stop trying making one _______. But he couldn’t make it, and then he _______ it wasn’t so easy to do. With Xiong’s help, he was finally able to make a horse. He looked so _______.

Xiong said the sugar art can be back to the Ming Dynasty and his family has passed down this art _______ for four generations (代). His wife and his son also had this skill. Ngendakumana was deeply _______ after learning the family’s story. “It is an important part of Chinese ________ and it is known around the world,” he said.