It was the first day of school. I had a new classmate, a little old lady with a warm smile.

She said, “Hi, young man! I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I said ________, “Of course!”

“Why are you in college ________ such an age?” I asked.

She joked, “I’m here to meet a ________ husband, get married, have children, and then travel around the world.”

“No, seriously,” I asked.

“I always ________ of having a college education. Now I’m getting one!” she told me.

After a year, Rose became popular. She easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention (关注) from ________.

At the end of the term we invited Rose to ________ at our party. I’ll never forget what she taught ________.

“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow ________ because we stop playing. Here are the ________ of staying young. You have to laugh and find humour every ________. You’ve got to have a dream. When you ________ your dreams, you die (死亡)!” she said.

“There is a big ________ between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn’t take any talent (天赋) or ability,” she added. “But to ________, you have to find the chance in change. Have no regrets (遗憾). We usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for (而不是) ________ we did not do.”

Finally we graduated (毕业) from the college with Rose. One week ________ graduation (毕业), she died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.