I spent two months with an American family last year when I studied in America. It is said，“The best house is in the U.S.A.， the best wife is in Japan， and the best food is in China.”

So I took___________ and pleasure to___________“the best food” for my American family. Each day，regardless of my poor skill of cooking. I performed， my play in___________ way：changing the dishes' colour， the meat's type or the soup's style. Thus， my American friends could discover the ___________ of eating Chinese food. Because of my “___________ ”job， I was often rewarded by their___________of appreciation such as“very tasty”，“ excellent”，etc.

But the joke was here: yesterday， I cooked Sichuan-style ___________ for dinner. I was_______at my achievement.

When all the family members arrived at the table， they first looked___________ at the fish，then looked at me.“Why do all the fish have their ____________？” they asked， “It's horrible！”

Horrible or beautiful？ I don't know. But I ____________ know that fish heads are delicious. The ______________is the best part of fish； in ____________ only the respectable guest can have the special ____________of enjoying it.

Another ____________thing is： the American friends often said to me“____________”as they____________fruits or other things。

According to Chinese tradition， I would simply smile in answer to their kindness____________actually helping myself to any of the food.____________I said“help yourself ”to them whenever I brought home fruits. Dear me， no matter how much or how often I brought home food， as long as it was nice to their taste， they ____________ hesitated （犹豫） to use their hands to“help themselves”until all was finished.

When I tell people I wrote a book with my dad, they usually say, “It must be nice to think of the legacy (遗产) you created with someone who means so much to you.”

This was a ____ idea, but it was not the way I, or my dad, ever thought about the cooperation. Though we created something we’re____, “nice” is not the word either of us uses to____the process.

“It was more confrontation (对抗) than____,” my dad likes to say. I agree.

When we landed a book deal, we began a writing ____ that was more difficult than either of us had ____, but also far more rewarding.

For almost three years, we met once or twice a week at my parents’ house and talked daily to plan and ____ each chapter. After these meetings, one of us would write a____ draft that the other would build on. I wanted the book to ____ on positive vices (不良习惯). ____, my dad felt the book should include chapters dealing with things like walking and spending time with family. Ultimately, I saw it his ____. He said the book was about more than just good vices. It was about ____ people to enjoy life in healthy ways.

Writing this book was a(n) ____ that our family members share not only our faults but also our strengths. My dad is smart, funny, critical and caring. He has a strong passion for the truth. I hope I share these great ____. For this book, he researched each topic with____I’d never seen from him, and he insisted that we constantly ____ and critically analyze every piece of information. He was ____ to cooperate on a book, not because he couldn’t write one on his own, but because he believed that we could create something ____ together than we could alone.

I’m not sure ____ our cooperation led to better writing, but it led to a better writing experience. Writing this book was difficult, sometimes more difficult than past projects, but it was never ____.

I had watched our new refrigerator being delivered, and then I did what any child would do with a huge box - turning it into something wonderful. In my case, it was a _______ where I was going to help people.

Over the next few days, I readily _______ everyone I saw. Our dogs and cats, along with Grandma, made up the majority of my _______.

My box room _______ pretty quickly after that, but the dream stayed. _______, it went into sleep for a while. After graduating from high school, I couldn’t _______ to go to university. So I decided to work and take _______ classes instead.

Though years passed, my _______ didn’t. As I worked job after job, I always managed to set aside _______ time and money to take college classes at night. Over time, I received my first college ________. As my regular jobs ________, so did the amount of effort and funds I could spend on my university classes. Before I knew it, another college degree had been ________. And so it went, after working for years and ________ every part of education, I acquired my eighth and final degree. I ________ became a doctor as I had wished.

________ is a joyful lifelong process, and I managed to reach my goal over the years by taking one class at a time.