1 . Dan Mancina is a professional skateboarder known for being visually impaired and sharing clips of his skating on Instagram. He has a large following of fans, all _________to see his skillful tricks. And videos of him using his walking stick a she boards inspires curiosity and _________from fans around the world.

The Michigan native started skating at 7, and took it more _________at 13, developing a love for the sport which he says helps him express himself. A rare genetic eye disease began to_________his vision at 15, and after a year and a half, he completely lost his _________.

He stopped skating for a couple of years. This was the _________point of his life._________letting his blindness dominate what he could or would do, he gradually_________to doing what he loved—spending time outdoors.

One day, he wanted to see if he could still skate, so he _________a video of a trick, which eventually got __________on social media and received great feedback. That inspired him to try a bit more, and slowly he got back into skateboarding.

In order to help make skateboarding more __________to people with vision impairments, Dan has started a fundraising__________to build the world’s first adaptive skate park. Mancina has __________around $40,000 for the park. He hopes to be__________skate workshops for visually impaired kids by next spring or summer.

“I’m honored I can be a (n)__________for our community. Never let others define you and what you are capable of,” he said.

2 . On a long trip to Brisbane we stopped into a service station in Kilcoy for a bathroom break and some fuel. We went into the shop to the bathroom first and then the _________ to pay. My son was a little eccentric (搞怪的) and life loving, so as he usually did. He was dancing as he walked, twirling (扭动) his hips and _________ to his own moves. Since I was totally _________ to his moves, it didn’t _________ my mind at all until the young gentleman working behind the counter _________ his “brilliant dance routine”.

He told my son that he loved his moves and it was a _________ to see him come into his shop. My boy felt so _________ with himself that he continued to dance around gently as I paid and _________ the gentleman for his kind remarks. As we went to leave, the gentleman gave my boy a lollipop (棒棒糖) as a_________. I was absolutely blown away by his kindness. It might be __________, but to us it wasn’t.

Not many people __________ the time out of their days to talk to children. However, the young gentleman was more than __________ and happy to have a chat. My son felt important and __________ loved his treat. I also personally really appreciated his kind __________. As a parent on a long drive with small kids, it is these small acts that will __________or break our day.