One year，my family had a birthday party for my father.1 we sang the Happy Birthday song，my father made a2 and blew out all of the candles.Can you guess3 his wish was？He was going to learn to skate.He said that it was his4 for many years.
There is a beautiful5 in our city.In winter，it freezes（结冰）and becomes a wonderful skating place.Dad often walked on the river in winter and6 young people skate.He wanted to learn to skate himself，but he always thought of his age—he thought he was too 7 .
He finally made a decision this time.We bought him a pair of ice skates（溜冰鞋）and helped him 8 .I showed him how to stand on the ice.My sister told him to9 his body low.Dad learned like a young student，listening10 to us.Watching him walking like a toddler（刚学步的小孩），my sister and I laughed.After the first ten minutes，Dad11 stand on his ice skates.Thirty minutes later，he started to move across the ice slowly.We12 the whole day on the river，having fun watching Dad skate.From that day on，Dad went13 more often than anyone else in our family.A few days later，compared14 others，he was a good skater.
Now，we often spend a lot of time skating on the river together because Dad has15 ice skating.
