Years ago my three-year-old son, Jeremy, and I walked to our car. He _______ me with excitement. I found he was holding a _______ in his little hand. I hadn’t given it to him, so I asked, “Where did you get that?” He _______ to the store we’d just _______. But we hadn’t paid for it.

I had a lot of things to do that day, but taking _______ of this moment to teach character to my son just moved to the _______ of my to-do list. I sat him in the front seat next to me in the car without _______ it, so the two of us could talk. I _______ to him that we couldn’t just take things from stores without _______ them. When he realized he’d done wrong, tears ________ up in his eyes. I looked at my ________ boy and said, “Here’s what we have to do. We have to go back to the ________. I want you to tell the manager that you took it, and you’re sorry.” We walked back to the store, and I asked for the ________. “My son has something to tell you,” I told her. Jeremy ________ the toy and said, “I took this, and I’m sorry.” The manager ________ it beautifully, and a little boy learned an important ________.

My son is now 40, with children of his own, but he still clearly ________ that day. And, now, I’m so ________ that those character traits I tried to teach him took ________ in his heart and life. He’s now teaching them to my beloved ________.

We can impact our world by teaching our children character-by being examples of them.

I was so sad that __________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your early reply.

Your friend,

Li Hua

   Sarah grew up on a fishing boat. Her father, _____ to make enough money to buy a house, had _____ her within their only small boat since his wife died.

One morning, Sarah saw a _____ above the sea, which was close to them, and the boat began to rock as waves grew. ____  the mountain of clouds approaching from the south, she rushed below deck (甲板) ,“Dad, _____!”

“What?” her drunken father asked _____.

“Dad, a big storm is coming. We need to get out of here.” She grabbed his shoulders and _____ him.

He got angry, shouting, “What are you doing?”

“Dad, we have to _____ the boat. There’s a big storm coming.”

Her father _____ her at last. He walked to the deck, saw the ______ and fired up the engine.

“Dad, what are you doing?”

“Sarah, ______ we stay here, we will die. We need to go out to the sea. We must ride the waves; that’s our only ______.”

Their boat headed into the storm ______. Above them were black clouds and in front of them were dark waves. It was so ______.

Hours passed. The dark day turned into darkness totally. They held each other for ______, but the experienced fisherman needed no ______ because he had fought many such battles.

Eventually, the waves ______ and the sky brightened. Sarah was ______ and hugged her father, “You did it, Dad.”

They sailed back into the port. Other boats had been destroyed. Their boat was the only one to ______ the storm. Sarah hugged her father again. “Dad, you made it. You ______ us.”

“No, Sarah,” he held her by his arms, “we did it together.”

Right since my childhood，I have always been encouraged by my parents. They have stressed the 【小题1】（important）of being a good human. Both my parents were doctors，【小题2】 I was sure they would have expected me 【小题3】（become）a doctor. But my parents gave me the freedom to choose football 【小题4】 my career.

They often told me that 【小题5】 was not the career but your attitude（态度）to it that influenced you. In fact，I knew a lot of my friends，【小题6】  were not allowed to do what they liked，but I was a 【小题7】（luck）child. Today，when I am a father of two lovely kids，I always fall back on my parents' teaching when it comes to 【小题8】（teach）them. I know what difference my parents 【小题9】（make）to my life in the past，so I now try and do the same to my kids. Of course，it is a different generation，but yes，I am a better father because of my own father. I also 【小题10】（deep）admire（饮佩）my mom because of the way she balanced her career，home and kids.

As a working mom with three young sons，keeping the house clean is a big challenge. 【小题1】 we clean the house every week，one hour later after cleaning our bedrooms and bathrooms are back to their 【小题2】（mess）look. When asked, my boys will help neaten their room, clear their plates from the table and pick up their school junk. But I need to remind them 【小题3】 it again and again.

If I don't remind them, I will step over all the things 【小题4】 make my house look like a garbage can. This is quite 【小题5】 change from my pre-kid years when I never 【小题6】 (leave) any waste in the house. 【小题7】 seems that I cannot get these days back again at my own house.

When last week I found a program 【小题8】 (call) Share a Healthy Habit in a newspaper, I saw a great chance to engage my sons in doing chores. Why not encourage these behaviors during the 【小题9】 (relax) life in summer vacation?

The goal for my boys is to clean their own bedrooms themselves when they are free. The rewards for clean habits start young and continue as they get 【小题10】 (old), so I need to start my plan as soon as possible.