1 . This was the big game. The boys were _________ and excited. It was a clear night, and my son Andy’s baseball team, which had _________ all year, had shocked the better teams by making it to this championship game. The atmosphere was _________: the other team’s slugger (强击手) ,a big kid, was like a snake, dangerous and ready to ___________.

Nervously, I looked out Andy’s way. I was _________ to see Andy looking straight up at the night sky! Obviously he wasn’t _________ on the game. I was horrified that he wouldn’t even know the ball was coming. “Come on, Andy. _________out there,” I said to myself. Thank goodness the big kid made a mistake. We (Andy and I) had been _________ and our team still led by one run.

Andy ran up to me at the _________. I was about to __________ him when he said loudly, “Did you see that shooting star?” Andy’s eyes were glowing (发光) with __________ I paused. “Yes.” I said. “Well one inning (局) to go. Hit a homerun (全垒打) !Okay!” said Andy, and her an back to his __________

I suddenly realized it was nice my son would take timeout to __________ the wonder and beauty in life. You might be surprised by the beauty you can find when you least __________ it. Andy hit a triple (三垒打) in that last inning But I still wish I had __________ that shooting star, too.

3 . I used to be fit. But _____ a mounting list of injuries, the most active workout I do these days is _____ in front of the TV. But when I _____ a big European study on the benefits of chair yoga in the newspaper, I made up my mind to try it. Chair yoga _____ poses like twists and bends that are changed to be done while sitting on a chair.

I choose a chair yoga video on YouTube. The 10-minute _____ is a combination of slow movements every day. In each _____ my body remembers all that yoga I used to do 15 years ago. That isn’t to _____ it’s not challenging. And _____ I probably couldn’t get through a regular yoga class anymore, this way I still get to experience some of the sense of focus and _____ of being in that yoga   “flow”. Because it doesn’t need too much _____ I can even do it in that _____ dead time in the evenings when I’m too worn out to work but I can’t settle into a TV show because my kid isn’t in bed yet.

Chair yoga probably isn’t going to turn me into a _____ gym girl, but I notice that my neck and shoulders— _____ sore from staring at a computer too much—become less tight, and it’s also useful for helping my _____. It’s almost like mentally changing the channel—even for such a short period of time. It _____ my brain-from a state of great anger to one of just breathing. I’ll take it.

4 . Exercise and I have never had a good relationship because of my fear of sports.   From a young age, my dad __________ me into a dozen sports. I didn’t like any of them, __________.

When I entered University of Regina, my dad __________ telling me “You have to find a way to stay __________ ”or “You don’t want to get the Freshman 15, do you?” So I __________ to give swimming a shot, but I __________ managed to go to the pool twice during the fall semester (学期). Worse still, I was __________ to convince myself that “Yeah, that’s OK. ”

The spring semester came.   A friend of mine __________ me one day asking if I wanted to go to Zumba with her. All I knew about Zumba was that it was basically exercise dancing to Latin and pop songs. It didn’t sound too bad, but I couldn’t be __________ .

I went, and that was it. Zumba became my __________ of tea. The instructor would always say: “Don’t worry about the steps. Have fun. Do your own thing.” That removed my __________ about sports. I didn’t have to be __________. I didn’t even have to be good. I just needed to __________ the music and move. Zumba did __________ me from the Freshman 15, but it also did so much more. It let me make __________ with my unpleasant past with physical fitness, and enjoy staying healthy.

5 . I played a racquetball (壁球) game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most ________ and tiring games I’ve ever had. When Ed first phoned and suggested we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an ________ victory. After all, Ed’s idea of exercise has always been nothing more ________ than lifting a fork to his mouth. ________ I can remember, Ed’s been the least physically fit member in the family, and ________ proud of himself. His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often ________ about that, Ed refused to buy a larger T-shirt or to lose weight. So when Ed ________ for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly ________, I was so surprised that I was speechless. My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape. ________, at the point in our game when I’d have predicted the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was ________ 7 to 9 — and Ed was _______. The sudden realization was painful. We continued to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up, I was having serious ________ about staying alive until 21 years old, let alone ________ that many points. When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs, too tired to ________. In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Ed my ________.

6 . It’s my dream. I’m nine years old now, but have been _________ competitively since I was six. I love it, because it makes me feel good. I have a lot of _________to use up and I can do it by just moving my legs.

One recent Sunday morning, my mum drove me to a 5 km race in Minnesota.

The starting line was_________because there was also a 10 km race. That morning, I was running confidently and feeling _________. At one point, I came to a _________ in the course. A woman who was directing us _________ the route I thought I was meant to take and told me to go the other way. I was confused, but I had to follow her _________.

After a while I saw route directions for a 10 km race. I was worried, thinking I was _________, but had to keep going. My body started to get _________. I said to myself, “You’re almost there. Just keep __________. ”

__________ I saw the finish line. I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t even know I was running a 10 km and I had __________ it. I didn’t do this on purpose. It was a __________. I felt happy and proud. It was my first time running such a(n) __________.

It has made me want to do more 10 km races. I hope my story__________ other people to run, too.

7 . Last year, Doctor Steve Lome came to truly understand what it means to be at the right place at the right time. During a half-marathon, he found himself in the position to _________ not one, but two runners. Things had been going _________ up to that 3-mile mark, but that’s when Steve noticed a (n) _________ runner named Gregory.

Gregory had just reached the peak and was _________ to see that he would run downhill for a bit. This was the last thing he _________ before collapsing. Meanwhile, Steve saw this happen, and he could _________ it wasn’t a simple fall. Steve stopped immediately to perform CPR. Once it was _________ that Gregory was doing well and an ambulance took him away, Steve continued the race.

The rest of the race itself was _________ but when Steve crossed the finish line, his life-saving _________ was needed once more. A man named Michael began to feel dizzy moments after crossing the finish line. Then, just like Gregory, he __________.

“I never expected something like that would happen to my life, let alone in the same __________,” Steve said. The __________ of this entire situation is truly remarkable. Had Steve not __________ to help Gregory, he would have crossed the finish line much sooner than Michael, __________ he wouldn’t have been around to save him, too. Thankfully, the events had a happy __________. Now the three remain good friends.

10 . No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own ______ .

I learned this lesson from a(n) ______ many years ago. I took the head coaching job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the ______ team at the end of spring practice.The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to ______ the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldn’t ______ I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to ______ that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were depending on me. I had to change my ______ about their ability and potential.

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little pride. Most important, I began to treat them like ______ . That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and ______ passing and kicking the football.

Six months after suffering our ______ on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to improve. Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a ______ for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest ______ of my life!

From the experience I learned a lot about how the attitude of the leader can ______ the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and ______ them. I helped them to see themselves ______ , and they built themselves into winners.

Winners are made, not born.