WhenIwasgrowingup,Idonotrecallhearingthewords“Iloveyou”...

问题详情：

When I was growing up, I do not recall hearing the words “I love you” from my father. When your father never says ___1___ to you when you are a child, it gets tougher and tougher for him _2_____ (say) those words as he gets ___3___ (old). To tell the truth, I could not honestly remember ___4___ I had last said those words to him either. I decided to set my ego (自我) aside and make the first move. ___5___ some hesitation, in our next phone conversation I blurted out (突然说出) the words, “Dad … I love you!”

There was a silence at the ___6___ end and he ___7___ (awkward) replied, “Well, same back at you!”

I laughed and said, “Dad, I know you love me, and when you are ready, I know you __8____ (say) what you want to say.”

A few weeks later, Dad concluded our phone conversation ___9___ the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was at work during this conversation and the tears were rolling down my cheeks __10______ I finally “heard” the love. As we both sat there in tears we realized that this special moment had taken our father-son relationship to a new level.

【回答】

1. them   2. to say   3. older   4. when   5. After 

6. other  7. awkwardly    8. will say  9. with   10. as/because

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