2 . It was an evening class on Wednesdays. Fifteen boys and girls were running and skipping in a circle on brightly colored _________. Music was blaring from a loudspeaker: “Animal action...Move like a lion!” and suddenly everyone was crawling on the ground_________like lions. I was right beside them making the sound too. It’s _________that the kids are so excited!

These kids were not at school or day care center but at a tumbling (翻腾运动）_________in which I had the opportunity to co-teach when I was only twelve years old. I came upon this opportunity when my gymnastics coach started_________tumbling for kids aged from three to seven. My sister _________ immediately. Despite my going with her to her first practice, she was more_________than I had ever seen her, so the coach invited me to join in to make her more_________. The practice needed high energy and non-stop _________, and I spent the practice teaching the kids how to do cartwheels (侧手翻）and playing games like “Animal action”. I began going to all of the practices with my sister and __________ in any way that I could. Afterwards, I __________ looked forward to the weekly classes, where I could improve my ability to __________ other individuals.

One of the __________moments of my time as a coach was when I taught one of my students how to do a walkover (软翻). I had watched her making progress as a __________ for two years. Seeing the pride she took in herself after she__________accomplished a walkover on her own made the __________not only an accomplishment for her, but one for me as well.

For two years I was a(an)__________coach and during those two years I __________as a person in many ways. I learned a lot about what it __________to be a coach and that being a coach didn’t mean giving orders, but giving kids a role __________to admire and learn from.