Time flies fast. When I was a little girl, I remember that when my dad was repairing something, every time he asked me to _______ the hammer, just so we would have a time for a（n）     _______ with each other. I _______ saw my dad drinking or taking a night out, and all he did after _______ was taking care of his family.

I _______ and left home for college and since then, my dad had been calling me every Sunday morning. And when several _______ later I bought a house, my dad was _______ it by himself for three days in the 80°F summer heat. All he _______ was to hold his paintbrush and talk to him. But I was too _______ in those days, I did not find any time for a conversation with my dad.

One Sunday __________ we had a telephone talk as usual, and I noticed that my dad had __________ some things that we discussed lately. Because I was in a hurry to deal with something, our conversation was __________. Few hours later that day came a call. My father was in hospital with an aneurysm（动脉瘤）.__________ I bought a ticket for a flight and __________ I was thinking about all __________ occasions（机会） to have a talk with my dad.

By the time I __________ at the hospital, my father had passed away. Now it was he who did not have __________ for a conversation with me. After his death I __________ much more about him, and even more about myself. All he ever asked me was my time and __________. And now he has all my __________ every single day.

I was travelling on an overnight bus from Kolhapur to Aurangabad in India. The bus—an ordinary, non-air-conditioned one—was more than _________. All 55 seats were taken and there were some 20 people _________ in the aisle (过道). The hot day _________ the discomfort of the 10-hour journey. Because I was travelling on a student bus pass, I had no choice but to stand.

After around two very long hours, I was _________ with sweat in the noise of the bus. I suddenly sensed a hand tapping my hand, asking for _________. Turning around, I found a middle-aged man with a kind smile looking up at me. He stood up and said I could _________ his seat for some time. I was pleasantly _________ and immediately accepted his offer, my entire body feeling a sense of relief. And the man stood next to me, _________ around. After about 20 minutes, I signaled him to _________ his space. A man, who was sitting by the window on the other side of the bus, had observed our __________.

Just then, something __________ happened. Our observer stood up and offered his seat to another standing man. All of a sudden, we had caused a chain reaction: almost all the standees got a(n)__________ to be seated. More surprisingly, people even started chatting with each other while exchanging positions, and soon began sharing jokes. Needless to say, the rest of the journey was quite __________.

The bus reached its destination in the next morning. As I stood in the early morning light, waving goodbye to the groups, I was __________ of an important life lesson—that we can all __________ what we have, including our burdens, and help our co-passengers in the journey of life.