The decision to set up a No Homework Day every week is ______ (欢迎)by all students.
My father was a self-taughtmandolin(曼陀林琴)player. He was one of the best players in our town. He could not (1) ______ music, but if he heard a tune(曲子)a few times, he could play it. When he was young, he was a (2) ______ of a small country music band. They played at local dances and the radio station.
At home Dad often got out his mandolin and played for the family. We three children sang along. (3) ______ played the mandolin like my father. He could (4) ______ your heart with the music that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his (5) ______ in his ability to play so well for his family.
But Dad had to find another (6) ______ in a factory later because the money he made at the band wasn’t enough to (7) ______ the family. Unluckily he had an (8) ______ one day and lost one finger. He couldn’t play as (9) ______ as before. From then on, every time we asked him to play, he would make up reasons to (10) ______ down our request. However, we missed his performance so much. (11) ______, he agreed and said “Okay, but remember, I can’t hold down on the strings(琴弦)the way I (12) ______ to”. When he played the old mandolin, it carried us back to a (13) ______, happy time in our lives.
Dad was that kind of man. (14) ______ was what he was doing all his life. If he could give (15) ______ to others, he would, especially his family. He was always there, sacrificing(牺牲)his time to see that his family had enough in their life.