2 . I had plans to meet two of my friends downtown, so I took a shower and left home despite the rain. It was just an ordinary day, but deep in my heart, there was a shadow of _______ .

It was because of the COVID-19. At that time, there weren't yet _______ cases in our city. But still I could smell the fear _______ among the crowd. We had lunch together and hung about for some time in the busiest district before I returned home.

That evening _______ , I began to cough slightly at first and then it got worse. I took my body _______ again and again to make sure I didn't have a fever. In spite of the _______ words from my parents that I just caught a cold from going out in the _______ after a shower, I was terribly frightened. For a few nights, I lay _______ in my bed, worrying that I had already got the disease and possibly the virus was in my body.

I took my mom's _______ to exercise at home. I also read, watched films and painted, just to __________ my anxiety. And it worked. A few days later, I was fully __________ .

As I watch the news about how many people are dying of the disease and how brave medical workers are,   __________ their own lives to help their patients, I'm deeply __________ that I'm one of the lucky ones.

Now, I'm sitting at my desk and taking a class __________ . The little insects of early spring fly around my bedroom, and a beam (束) of sunlight shines through my windows. It's just another ordinary day. But after that, I've learned to __________ the day's beauties, however small they are.