My story is pretty simple and it's still unfolding. My in-laws are in their eighties and facing many ______ problems. My father-in-law has mild Parkinson（帕金森病）. Recently after an incident with the ancient plumbing（管道系统）at their house, my father-in-law came to ______ with us. He has stayed with us before for a few days to give my mother-in-law a break. The last time was for two weeks and a half. This time it's been a month and ______ . When we bought our house a couple summers ago we made sure to get one with a（n） ______ bedroom so we would have this as a（n） ______ .

I feel that my father-in-law's ______ helps us be more of who we were ______ to be. I don't know how long we'll be able to manage having him with us as his condition ______ , but we're ______ to making it work as long as we're able. We are ______ that our work situations allow someone to be home with him ______ .

Recently we bought him a used Airdyne. This is a very ______ exercise bike that works the arms and legs, and he ______ to use one a lot many years ago. When we went to see if the bike would still work for him now, in his condition, he climbed up ______ , rode for five minutes, got down and told the seller, "We'll ______ it." And after we got it into the home the next day and he climbed up once again, the look of ______ on his face as he started to operate it just ______ my being with joy.

If anyone has the chance to bring a（n） ______ parent into their home, I encourage you to give it a（n） ______ . It might ______ better than you expected!

Most Africans are poor, not because they are really poor, but because _______ decides to describe them as such.

My 95-year-old grandfather is “poor”, too. He certainly lives on “less than a dollar a day”. But during all his past time, he has never been _______ anything, and not begged. He was only in school for a year in the 1930s and learned to read and write. This is _______ he is living.

My grandfather usually goes to pick up bananas for his dinner on his farm when he wants _______ . There are other fruits and all kinds of vegetables. 365 days a year, he raises tens of cows that _______ him with milk every day. He also has about 20 goats. In Uganda (乌干达), goat milk is generally not considered _______, possibly due to too much cow milk that tastes good, so we never milk goats. He would _______ a couple of them to get enough money to send his children to school. He also kept a few chicks _______ a hobby.

His farm produces more than he can use. He sells some of them to buy something _______ for life. He has eleven children, and my mother was his first kid. He sent ________ of them to school, and saw eight of them through college. He sold at least two cows, some goats and something else each school term to send his every child to school.

He has never ________ food and daily things. He has been like this for the past 75 years.

Why the long story? My grandfather is ________ poor, just like millions of other Africans. He holds almost no money with him, and in fact he ________ needs it. He produces most of what he needs. But using the Standard World Bank, my grandfather is really poor.

But what’s the ________ ? I live in the city and can earn about 12,000 dollars a year after tax, which is a high salary in Uganda. But I can hardly support my family as ________ and comfortably as my grandfather. So what on earth is poor?

When I’m asked what the biggest culture shock is for me after coming to America, my answer will be the food. Eating roast turkey at Christmas always makes me homesick. What a food ______ is not only about the taste, but also the sense of ______ and the concern from loved ones.

I spent my high school years in a city far away from my hometown. I lived at a school apartment for most of the year and could only go home during long ______. Getting off the train, unloaded the heavy luggage, stepping into the ______ house, one thing that never changed was a steaming bowl of kelp (海带) and pork rib (排骨) soup on the table. This is a dish that requires half of a day to ______ . People who want to cook it for supper need to start preparing at ______, putting kelp and pork rib in water and letting them ______ over low heat for several hours.

The process of waiting for this dish to be ready is like a mother ______ awaiting her son’s return. When the time is up and the lid (盖子) is ______, it’s like when I open the door coming home. Kelp ______ with the hot soup into my stomach, ______ my body and heart. The soup ______ the homecoming of a traveler and a mother’s ______ for her son. The taste of the soup is ______,similar to my mom’s gentle love for me, which makes me feel warm without any ______ of words.