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为which was established的省略形式。
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My
Forever Valentine 我永远的“情人”
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Valentine’s Day was
the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life.
Over the years I fondly (天真的) thought 1 him as my “Valentine man”.
My first recollection
of the 2 he could bring to Valentine’s Day came
when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a
gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was 3 “Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with
a small piece of red glass to 4 my birthstone, a ruby (红宝石). There is 5 difference between red glass and rubies
to a child of six, and I remember 6 that ring with pride that all the cards
in the world 7 not surpass (超越).
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I grew older, the gifts gave 9 to heart-shaped boxes filled with my 10__ chocolate and always included a 11 card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years
my thank-you became 12 of a perfunctory (敷衍) response. The cards seemed less 13 , and I took for granted that the
Valentine would 14 be there. I had 15 my hopes and dreams in receiving cards
and gifts from “significant others” and “Love Dad” just didn’t seem quite 16 .
His final card remains
on my desk today. It’s a 17 of how special fathers can be and how
important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who
continued a 18_ of love with simple acts of understanding
and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
Those things never 19 , nor does the memory of a man who
never 20 being my Valentine.