I’m much more used to the simple language of chopsticks. To me, the art of chopsticks carries_________than any silver knives or forks ever could.

My grandfather’s language of love is_________. I still remember his_________clearly, “Only your first two fingers should be moving, and your two chopsticks must never cross.” He can use chopsticks_________. He shows me chopstick tricks and we play games with chopsticks.

What about my_________? No doubt it is_________. In her hand, chopsticks are no longer just cutlery (餐具),_________ a tool to show her concern. “Come,_________ more,” she always says while using chopsticks to_________food for me. When my grandfather comes home from a long day’s work,__________ all the nagging (唠叨) that she gives to him, my grandmother always,__________ places the best part of their food onto his plate with chopsticks, and takes the__________for herself. There is no need for any words, when the love can be__________with a pair of chopsticks.

Using chopsticks__________practice, patience and perseverance (毅力). After more than fifty years of marriage, my grandparents are still__________it and practising it, with every meal and every mouthful.

A few years ago, I was working in a small office. I noticed that even though the organization was not _______, we often worked in separate teams, and while everyone was friendly, we were not very close to each other and not very _______.

One particular week, I decided to make people _______, but I wanted to do it secretly, perhaps with the slight _______ that it’d invite a sense of trust or playfulness in the work culture. So one evening, I wrote a few _______ with quotes which I felt have _______ me over the years. The next morning , I went to work a bit early and _______ posted them up by the sinks and mirrors in the office restrooms. Maybe people would _______ the quotes and perhaps it might just help _______ someone’s day.

For the next few months, some of the quotes got taken down, but a couple __________. So perhaps others liked them, too.

Finally, I __________that organization and went to work for another company. A couple of years passed during which time I’d still get emails __________ from my old boss and teammates every so often.

A few months ago, I was __________ to a reunion with them to hear how the project I had __________ was going. I had really enjoyed working with my team, and was __________ to see them all again. Towards the end of the event, I went to the __________ and noticed the quote I had written three years ago was still up in the __________ spot by the mirror! It read:

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but seeing with new eyes.

-Marcel Proust

Maybe the quote simply blended into (融合) the background for the employees, or perhaps it still __________ as a shining reminder of something important.

It was such a __________ reminder. We never know how long a seed(种子) will take to come out and give fruit, but we should simply keep __________ seeds of kindness in our hearts.

When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn’t very _________ about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got_________ upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish.” I remember being even more upset then because, “I’m not a fish!” I didn’t know how to_________the same thought. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think_________what a fish does?

As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really_________. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending meetings _________. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very_________to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is_________. Besides, water is usually with higher temperature in direct sunlight than in the shade._________, fish don’t have any eyelids (眼皮) and the sun hurts their eyes. The more I understood fish, the more I became__________at finding and catching them.

When I grew up and entered the__________circles, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like__________.” But it didn’t completely__________. My dad never once said. “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” Years later, with great efforts to promote__________ services to people much older and richer than me, I came to__________what we all need is to think more like customers.