1 . For weeks, I carried out a campaign for traveling alone to New York. My father was _______ and felt I would give up sooner or later. He was _______. I was seventeen, a college freshman. I felt quite old enough to make the _______. I'd take a plane to New York City and then get on a bus for the rest of the trip. People did it every day. It would be easy, but I did need his _______.

With my grandparents' _______, my father finally _______. My father wasn't happy and secretly hoped that I would _______ the plan.

The December evening finally came, and I was too _______ to sleep on board. When I landed, I got my heavy suitcase and _______ to pull it to the bus station which was crowded with all kinds of people. I was dragging my heavier - by - the - minute luggage when a tall, young man __________. I thought he was coming to help, but before I could __________, he grabbed (抓住) the handle and began to move __________ away from me.

“DROP IT!” came a __________ voice from behind me. The young man let my suitcase __________ as he began to run away. Then a gentleman came, lifting my suitcase and took me to get on the __________. I thanked the man but he only said to me, “Take care of yourself, Jeanie Girl.” As I sat down, I was __________ that he knew my name. I didn't __________ telling him. I looked around, but he was __________ to be seen.

Who was he? And how did he get my name? I have no way to __________, but I can tell how I felt about him - very __________, because the only other person to ever call me “Jeanie Girl” was my own sweet father.

2 . When I was a teenager I took part in a six-week summer learning program-Upward Bound at a college. It helped disadvantaged kids get a ________ of what college is like. We stayed in the dorms. In the mornings we ________ college classes and in the evenings we had fun ________ . We did have a(n) ________ in the afternoons, however. On one of these afternoons, my friend, Claude and I ________ an old basketball and headed to an outdoor basketball court for a game of one on one.

I was gangly (身材瘦长的), ________ only 140 pounds at the time but Claude was ________ and even skinnier than me. He had the ________ in the game then and I fell behind fast. I was ________ , though, so I drove hard to the basket but missed a lay up. Then, just as I was about to ________ the ball, I saw an elbow above my face. As Claude grabbed the ball, his elbow came down hard, right into my eye. The skin below it was split(划破)and it really ________ Claude kept ________ over and over while I found myself ________ through the pain. I spent the next few days walking around with a mark on my left ________ and a black eye, but it was worth it.

In this life we all ________ get an elbow in the eye. Things may not happen in the way that is ________ or may even work against us. The twists and turns of life take us where they may. When this happens, it is best to ________ the matter using laughter, love, acceptance and ________ In this way you can turn your ________ into joy and you can learn and grow. Fill your days with laughter and love then. And keep a(n) ________ on your face even when there’s an elbow in your eye.