Sometimes you may feel busy and worried. You may have a lot of things to do, but time isn’t enough. You may wonder, “Where did time go?” Here are some i    23     to help you make use of it and f    24     more free time to enjoy your life.

Plan ahead of time. It’s necessary for you to make a plan at the b    25     of a week or a day. Think of w    26     you really need and don’t need to do. Spare（匀出）some time to have a short rest and look back on what you’ve done. You may have a sense of success.

Say no to yourself. If you are not excited about a    27     a social activity, then don’t go. Stay at home to have a rest. If you plan to go to a supermarket but it is raining h    28     , why not stay inside? It’s fine to change your mind and go shopping another day.

Change your pace（节奏）. If you go shopping on Saturday, choose a weekday evening to go i    29    . The stores are less crowded on Wednesday evening than Saturday afternoon. You can feel better if you regard your way home a    30     taking a free walk after supper.

Focus on（关注）simple pleasures. When your day’s work is done, it’s time to get yourself r    31    . A pleasant bath, a cup of coffee or a gentle song can be enough. A    32     expensive relaxation is nice, you can also get more simple pleasures.

Robby was 11 years old when his mother sent him to have his first piano lesson. I always think that a good learner should begin at his _______ age, but Robby said that it had always been his mother’s dream to hear him play the piano. So I _______ him as a student.

Robby didn’t have a basic _______ of music, but he tried very hard. However, he continued and at the end of each weekly lesson he’d always say, “My mom is going to hear me play some day.”But it seemed _______. He didn’t have a natural ability for music.

One day Robby stopped coming to our lessons. He told me that his mom had been sick and unable to take him to piano lessons, but he was still _______. He asked if he could take part in my concert (音乐会) and I _______.

The night of the concert came. The concert hall was _______ with parents, friends and relatives. The concert was going well. Then, Robby came on stage (舞台). Loudly and clearly he said that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I heard next. His _______ danced on the keys.

He played so well that everyone was on his feet, clapping (鼓掌) excitedly. In tears (眼泪), I ran up on stage, “Oh, Robby! How could you do it?” “Well, Miss Hondorf, remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, the fact is that she had a serious blood disease and passed away this morning. And well… she was born _______, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play. I wanted to make ________ special and show her I could do it! My mother’s dream came true at last.”