Sometimes, I thought I was a good mother; while sometimes, I thought I spent too much time nagging (唠叨) my kids instead of ________ to them, especially my son. However, a ________ get-together taught me a ________ lesson.

My son was eleven at that time and we were on a late night family ________ trip to my hometown for the family get-together the next day. I was driving while my ________ and my small daughter were ________. My son, full of energy, was wide awake in the back seat. I ________ to stay awake to drive the car, but I didn’t want to ________ the radio, so I asked him to talk to me to help keep me ________. “Sure, Mom,” he said, “what do you want to ________?” I told him I was willing to talk about ________ he wanted to talk about. “How about frogs?” he asked. I said that would be ________, and for the rest time we talked about the ________ between frogs and toads (蟾蜍). Later, we also discussed ________-basketball and soccer. He was quite ________ when we talked about Michael Jordan and Michael Jackson and ________ asked how they got to be so famous. Now and then he would ________, but we would continue to talk as I drove down the dark road.

About two hours later, when I finally ________ at my parents’ house, the bright lights of my car woke everyone, and then the magic of our discussion disappeared. But I knew that I had taken the first ________ toward changing a bad listening habit with someone I ________ very much.

When I was growing up I do not recall hearing the words “I love you” from my father. It gets _________ for him to say those words as he gets older. _________ speaking, I could not remember when I had last said those words to him either. I decided to _________ my ego (自我) and make the first _________. After some _________, in our next phone conversation I spoke out, “Dad... I love you!”

There was _________ at the other end and he awkwardly _________, “Well, same back at ya!” I chuckled and said, “Dad, I know you love me, and when you are _________, I know you will say what you want to say.” Fifteen minutes later my mother called and _________ asked, “Paul, is everything okay?”

A few weeks later, Dad ____________ our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was at work then and tears ____________ my cheeks as I finally “heard” the love. As we both sat there ____________ we realized that this special moment had taken our father/son relationship to a new ____________.

A short while later, my father narrowly ____________ death following heart surgery. Many times since, I have wondered, if I did not take the first step and Dad did not ____________ the surgery, I would have never “heard” the love.

There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school（寄宿学校）.Before being sent away, this boy was the _________ student in his class. He was at the top in every _________ , always with high marks.

But the boy changed after _________ home and attending the boarding school. His grades started _________ . He hated being in a group. He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he _________ committing suicide（自杀）. All of this was because he felt worthless and no one loved him.

His parents started _________ about the boy. But they even did not know what was _________ with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and talk with him.

They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and _________ . After some time his dad said, "Do you know, son, why I am here today?"

The boy answered back, "To _________ my grades?"

"No, no," his dad replied. "I am here to tell you that you are the most __________ person for me. I want to see you __________ . I don't care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE."

These words __________   the boy's eyes to be filled with tears. He __________ his dad. They didn't say anything to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He __________ the whole world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him __________ !