On Monday, two groups of boys had a fight at Southwood High School. The following day, two groups of girls ________ where the boys had left off. In just two days, 23 students were taken to the police office.

So when Craig Lee, a business owner and community activist, was told about the ________ gang (帮派) tensions, he ________ Michael La’Fitte, who had a daughter at Southwood. They held a meeting and the ________ in attendance decided to make their ________ known on campus.

“We’re dads,” said La’Fitte. “The best people to ________ our kids are us.” That’s how Dads on Duty was born to ensure kids’ ________ . They sacrifice their own ________ . Some are fathers of kids at the school, ________ others are uncles, grandfathers and men like Lee, who volunteered to help the youth in his ________ .

Since then, ________ have dramatically declined and gang battles have stopped. “The school has been ________,” said one student. “They ________ with us like we’re their own children.”

But it’s not just cheerful greetings and funny jokes that have ________ Southwood. It’s the Positive Presence Promotion, developed by Dads on Duty, which means getting involved in home lives, engaging in dialogue about gang culture, and, ________ , making sure every kid has an adult they trust to ________ in times of crisis.

The presence of dads is meant to be ________ . One day after school, Dad on Duty Mike Morgan ________ some students wandering outside were waiting for their target of bullying. He found the target and steered (引导) him clear of the area. So to detect such a situation requires dads to be more ________ .

These dads have partnered with fathers in other counties who’ve followed their ________ . As La’Fitte said, “We’d like this to happen in every school.”

Dash of Hope

"Dash" is a symbol which represents everyday we've spent alive on earth. Therefore, how you spend your "dash" is important.

Recently I_________ about a little girl named Hope. After learning more about her life，I couldn't help but feel it was not by coincidence，nor happenstance，that she had been named "Hope". The strong feeling of sympathy and generosity housed in her young heart made a lasting impression on me and countless others. _________ I never had the opportunity to meet her，I wish I had. It seems as though she was wise beyond her tender years and very，very special.

Hope was a twelve-year-old girl who was offered a "wish" in early December 2010 by the "Make-A-Wish" Foundation after being _________that she had a rare type of bone cancer. However，when she found out that more than 150 children in her area were waiting for their wishes to be granted(实现)，she unselfishly used her wish to _________that those children have their wishes granted. She also asked it to be done by January 16，2011. Unfortunately， however，the organization informed her that her _________request could not be granted as the funds(资金) were simply_________. They calculated that they would need to raise more than one million dollars in thirty days in order to grant her wish. Disappointed，but not discouraged，she turned her disappointment into an enthusiasm that inspired caring _________ to take up helping grant the wishes of the other children, and eventually hers as well. Newspaper columnists and reporters for radio and TV stations shared the story of this caring young girl who had_________the hearts of so many and as word spread，the community was challenged. Committees were fanned and schools，corporations and various organizations assisted in_________money to help make Hope's dream come true.

Her efforts were not in vain as they continue to help others，not only physically，but spiritually and emotionally as well. At the gathering to celebrate her life， "A Celebration of Hope" on January 16， 2011， the __________was made that they had indeed received donations totaling more than one million dollars. Her wish had been granted!

Christmas 2020 was a heartbreaker for Melanie Lee. A few weeks earlier, her 33-year-old son had_______ his battle with cancer. Then the engine of her car _______, and she couldn't afford to have it fixed.

“When it broke down, I broke down,” Lee told CNN. “Now I don't have my baby or transportation. How can I _______ active in my future life?”

Eliot Middleton is the owner of a _______ and former mechanic who, in his free time, repairs and gives away used cars. He'd learnt Lee's _______ from her nephew Frank McClary, the mayor of the town. On Christmas morning, Middleton showed up _______ at Lee's home with a gift: a 1993 Oldsmobile.

“I had no idea what was going on,” said Lee. “He handed me the _______ and asked for nothing.”

The idea for the used-car _______ came to Middleton a year earlier during a food drive he'd organized when many lining up for a meal _______ up to four miles to get there.

“Cars are ________ in this town, ” Middleton told CBS. “There's no public transportation to take people to schools, hospitals, even food shopping.” So he posted on Facebook an offer to ________ barbecued ribs of his restaurant for broken-down vehicles. Since then, friends and strangers have ________ over 100 cars in disrepair. Many sit in Middleton's yard waiting to be ________ and donated, usually to those he's heard about through word of ________.

“People think Eliot is a(n)________,” McClary told NBC. “And I do too.”