1 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式或根据首字母补全单词。
When I was growing up, I do not recall 1 (hear) the words “I love you” from my father. When your father never says 2 to you when you are a child, it gets more difficult for him 3 (say) those words as he gets older. To tell the 4 (true), I could not remember 5 I had last said those words to him either. I decided to change it and make the first move. After some hesitation (犹豫), in our next phone conversation I spoke out the words, “Dad … I love you!”
There was a silence at the 6 end and then he 7 (embarrass) replied, “Well, same back at you!”
I laughed and said, “Dad, I know you love me, and when you are ready, I know you 8 (say) what you want to say.”
A few weeks later, Dad ended our phone conversation 9 the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was at work during this conversation and the tears were falling down my face because I finally “heard” the love. As we both sat there in tears, we r 10 that this special moment had taken our father-son relationship to a new level.