Vicky Lawrence and Elliott Brock are a special pair of friends. They are not of the same age. Elliott is about 20 years older than Vicky. They ________ each other 14 years ago, but Elliott saved Vicky’s life.

In 2008, doctors told Vicky’s parents that ________ daughter was seriously ill. If she didn’t get a bone marrow transplant(骨髓移植), she would die(死) in a few ________. Elliott donated(捐赠) his bone marrow to Vicky. Thanks to him, the little girl became ________ again. Elliott was happy to know that and he thought that was the end of the story. Things changed in 2015 when Vicky wrote Elliott a letter and they finally decided ________. Then they became friends. Vicky is now a student learning medicine. She lives ________ happy life and travels around the world, does sports and plays music.

In 2019, Vicky thought they could run a marathon(马拉松) together. But they ________ join in a virtual(虚拟的) marathon because of COVID-19. Last October, the pair finished that dream. As they ran the marathon, they ________ got money to help others.

Vicky said running the marathon was great; running next ________ Elliott made it even more wonderful. She hopes more people can become bone marrow donors ________ “doing so is just really important”.

My name is Cathy. Here is my story.

Two years ago, I became too heavy     66     I didn’t exercise and ate a lot of fast food, too. I was often ill so I went to see a     67     and I missed days of school. One day I looked at     68     in the mirror(镜子). “I look terrible,” I thought. I tried to touch my toe but I couldn’t do it. I found an old dress. It was too small for me to     69     on. Yes, I was too fat.

The next day I decided to lose weight. I started to run every morning. At first running was very     70    . I just couldn’t run, but I didn’t give     71    . I keep running. Two weeks later, I felt that running was easy.

Now I like eating     72     vegetables than meat. Four months ago, I stopped eating fast food. About three months ago, I bought     73     bike. I go to school by bike now. And these days I’ve started doing yoga exercise. Now I find doing more exercise and eating healthily can really help me to     74     weight. My mother runs     75     me in the morning and my father rides bikes with me in the evening. They also lose weight and get healthy.