阅读短文，根据其内容，完成下列任务。

My dear son,

It seems like yesterday that we brought you home from the hospital, and now you are my little man. Your father and I were very nervous being first-time parents. I have been a mother for five years. When I look back these days, I cannot help but smile.

Every milestone（里程碑） of yours was a kind of personal success for me. Your first smile your first word, your first step…As years passed, things started to get very challenging. Sometimes I found myself in very difficult situations. The mess you made and the millions of naughty things you did really stressed me out. The times I was worried the most were when you were sick.

Now I have learnt to deal ① ________ them calmly. The one thing that helped me through the hard times was your smile — it made me forget everything and realize it was all ② ________ it.

Soon it was time for preschool（幼儿园）. I prepared you as much as I could for that terrible first day, but you cried so much and I sat down and cried with you. After the first week, you felt better, but I still cried because I didn’t want to let go. But I want you to enjoy yourself, enjoy your schoolwork, make good friends and most important of all be a good man. The conflict（矛盾） has troubled me for a long while.

I have learned so much from you and will continue to do so in the following years. How to forgive（原谅）, how to love unconditionally（无条件地） without expecting anything in return, how to enjoy the small things in life…The list is too long…Thank you! You have made my life meaningful! Wish you good luck!

Love and always,

Mom

任务一：请根据短文内容，分别写出①、②处所缺单词。（每空限填一词）

（1） ① ________ ② ________

任务二：阅读短文，从短文中找出与下面句子意思相近的句子。

（2）When you were ill, I was worried the most.

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任务三：请把上文中划线的句子翻译成汉语。

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任务四：请根据短文内容回答下列问题。

（4）For how many years has the writer been a mother?

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（5）What helped the mother through the hard times?

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