【推荐2】

When I was growing up, I was embarrassed (尴尬) to be seen with my father. He could not walk well and I had to help him. When we walked together (盯) at us.

Our usual walk was to or from the underground, which was how he got to work. He almost _________ missed a day. He would go to the office _________even if others could not. It was one of his proudest things in his life.

When snow or ice was on the ground, it was _________ for him to walk a long way. On days like this, I would pull him _________ the streets on a child’s sled (雪橇) to the underground.

He never took pity on himself or envied other people who could _________ well. What he looked for in others was a good heart. To him, that _________ more than anything else.

My father still tried to do the same things that others did, even if he couldn’t do them the same way. For example, he liked to go to _________, where he could have a good time just sitting and watching instead of dancing.

I now know he took part in some things through me, his only son. When I played basketball, he “played” too. When I joined the navy (海军), he “_________” too. When I visited his office, he would introduce me, “This is my son, but it is also me, and I could have done this, too,if things had been different.”

He passed away many years ago. I wonder if he ever _________ that I was embarrassed to be seen with him during our walks. If he did, I want to tell him how _________ I feel. I often think of him when I envy others, when I don’t have a good heart.

【推荐3】One year ago, I worked at a Chinese traditional medicine store. Business was not bad. Every day we mixed medicinal herbs for ______, so the store was always ______ a strong herbal smell.

After I had worked there for a time, a boy of 13 or 14 started coming and sitting on the stairs outside the store for a while every day. It seemed ______ to me.

“Do you like the herbal ______?” I asked him one day.

“I grew up ______ this kind of smell,” he said. He told me that his mother took herbal medicine for ______, so he could mix herbs for his mother when he was very young. He mixed the herbs with deep love, hoping his mother would get ______ as soon as possible.

“Is your mother well now?” I asked.

He shook his head. “My mother ______ three years ago.” Looking up into the sky, he went on: “When I first passed by here and smelled the herbs, I thought of my mother. It is comforting to ______ those days when she was alive. So I come here every day to sit for a moment. When I sit around this smell, I feel ______ my mother is still alive and is waiting for her medicine in her room.”

【推荐1】When the weather is hot, you go to a lake or an ocean. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel ________. Why? The sun ________ the earth hot, but it cannot make the water hot. ________ the air over the earth becomes hot, the air over the water stays cool. The hot air over the earth goes up, and then the cool air over the water moves in and takes the air near a lake or an ocean, you feel the cool air when it ________ around you. You feel the wind, and the ________ makes you cool.

Becky was in the bathroom. She was brushing her _________ and the tap（水龙头）was on. “Turn that tap off,” a voice came out. Becky was scared. She looked around, but saw no one. “Turn off that tap. You are _________ water!”

“Who...who are you?” Becky’s voice was _________.

“I’m a drop of water. Do you know _________ I’m from?”

“From the tap, I think,” said Becky.

“Yes. But a few days ago, I was in a cloud. Then I dropped into a river. The river _________ me to a lake. Then I travelled to your city and it was time to get cleaned up.”

“Get cleaned up?” Becky asked.

“Yes. I was _________ during my journey, so they must clean me up. Then I travelled _________ the pipes（水管）under the ground. I waited there _________ you called me, and here I am. After you’ve finished with me, I’ll go to a sewage plant（污水处理厂）. Then they’ll push me into the river and I’ll go _________ to the sea again.”

“Again?”

“Yes. So remember not __________ me or waste me!”