2 . At 29 years old, Chris Punsalan isn’t exactly living a typical, 20-something life. While his peers are _______ with friends, partying, traveling, or chasing their dreams, he’s at home, taking care of his 97-year-old grandmother.

In 2015, Chris and his family were faced with the difficult _______ of what to do with his aging grandmother. _______ severe health problems, she could no longer take care of herself. The family had two _______: send her to a care centre or find a full-time caregiver.

In his final semester of college, seeing his grandmother in poor health, Chris determined to be _______ for looking after his beloved grandmother after _______. It was, after all, she that had taken all the troubles to _______ his growing up happily.

As a digital content creator and musician, Chris is _______ about preserving memories. In 2019, _______ to give the world a glimpse into life as a caregiver, he posted a video online. And ________, his video went viral! He and his grandma became famous overnight.

________ by the reaction his video received, Chris now regularly ________ their daily activities and heart-warming interactions. He also posts many helpful ________ for others who find themselves in similar caregiving situations.

While Chris may have discovered fame with his grandma, it’s the ________ time they have to spend together that means the most to him. “Life is so fragile. ________ your grandparents and your loved ones in general,” Chris says.

3 . In March of 2018, Molly Baker lost her husband in a skiing accident. In the first few weeks after his death, her friends and family provided a lot of ________. But after a while, the cards and meals ________ decreased. “People have to get back to their normal life. And so things kind of ________,” Baker recalled.

That was when Baker’s friend, Carla Vail, thought up a way to ________ the help for an entire year. She called it the “Calendar Girls”. Vail gathered the ________ of 31 of Baker’s friends who wanted to help, and ________ each a particular day. “On that day, they would reach out to me in some ________ — maybe a phone call, maybe a card,” Baker said. “It didn’t have to be anything ________.”

Vail also gave Baker the names on the calendar, so Baker could know what to ________ each day. “So I could look at the ________ and be like, ‘Oh, it’s the sixth today. And so-and-so’s assigned,” Baker said. “And I could reach out to them as well if I needed some ________ support, or just needed something.”

Looking back, Baker feels that Vail’s ________ was essential to helping her cope with her husband’s death. Today, Baker tries to do something ________ for her own friends going through ________. In hard times, she knows how ________ it is to have something to look forward to every day.

4 . As a teenager growing up in Great Britain, Lola Anderson was inspired by the rowing events at the 2012 London Olympics.

Moved by the athletes' strength and determination, she decided to_________the sport herself. In her diary, she expressed her dream of winning an Olympic gold medal in rowing. Embarrassed by her_________dream, Lola tore out the diary page.” I threw that away because I didn't believe, “Anderson_________” I was 14 then, so why would I believe? Young girls struggle to see themselves as strong, athletic individuals, but that's_________now." Despite her initial_________, Anderson pursued rowing with her father's support.

In 2019, as Don Anderson_________cancer, he presented Lola with a_________. He held open his hand to_________the page she had torn from her diary years earlier. Don had found it in the trash(垃圾筒) and kept it, _________she would need it one day, Don__________months later, but his faith in his daughter's dream remained.

His predictive gesture__________on Wednesday when Anderson competed in her first Olympic Games as part of the women's quadruple sculls(四人双桨)rowing team. Her team__________the gold medal by a mere 0.15 seconds. After the race, Anderson reflected on her father's firm support.

“It's a piece of paper,but it's the most valuable thing I have," she said. " Maybe jointly with the__________now." Lola Anderson’s__________from a self-doubting teenager to an Olympic champion serves as__________of the power of dreams and the lasting impact of a father's love.

7 . I was sort of a difficult student in school, always seeking the easy way out. One day, my teacher asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. Without a second thought, I told her I just wanted to be happy. She told me I was _________ the whole point of the question. “Happiness is exactly what I live for,” I responded _________.

That evening, when I got home, my father looked unusually _________. I knew I couldn’t _________ what was in store for me. After taking a deep breath, I _________ myself to him and then came the _________ conversation. He stared at me in the eyes and started, “Son, it doesn’t matter what you do for a living as long as it brings you happiness. But happiness doesn’t come _________. Your mother finds her _________ in helping others as a nurse, and I find mine in teaching language. We both find happiness in the _________ work we do each day. How are you going to find your happiness?”

His __________ left me deep in thought. I realized that I had been __________ the opportunity to experience the true essence of happiness. Ever since then, instead of shying away from difficult situations, I have chosen to face __________ that came my way. Guided by my father’s __________, I’ve achieved happiness now by __________ hundreds of people who eventually realize, and more importantly, __________ on the very idea.

9 . Almost every kid has eaten a Hershey chocolate bar. But do you know the founder of the chocolate empire, Milton Hershey?

In 1872, at age 14, Milton took a ______ at Royer’s Ice Cream Parlor in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. At 19, he started his first company in Philadelphia, selling taffy. He loved to ______ with candy recipes and soon came up with a soft, chewy caramel (焦糖) that proved to be a big ______. Things went well for the company for a while, but Milton gradually found it hard to deal with ______ competition. In the year he turned 24, his company collapsed.

______, Hershey tried again in Denver, Chicago, and New York. However, his businesses in these cities all ______ bankruptcy (破产). If ______ is the best teacher, young Milton Hershey could argue that he had earned a ______.

Some people in the same situation might have ______. Not Milton Hershey. He went back to Lancaster and ______ a new enterprise — the Lancaster Caramel Company. This time, Milton got it right. Having learned much from his earlier mistakes, Milton and his new company ______ quickly. At the 1893 Columbian Exposition, he discovered chocolate- making equipment, ______ him to purchase a full set and shift focus to chocolate. In 1894, he opened his first chocolate factory in Derry Church, which was ______ and has been known as Hershey ever since.

He was to ______ what Henry Ford was to automobiles and Steve Jobs was to computers. He ______ a luxury for the few into a treat for the masses.

10 . As a shy teenager in New Orleans, I was encouraged by my parents to join a youth group at St. Mark’s Community Center. To me, _______ with boys and girls outside of school seemed an adventure, but it brought me a powerful lesson.

During the first meeting, we were _______ with a scavenger hunt (寻物游戏). Feeling like a(n) ________, I followed at a distance as my group collected items from our list. As the deadline _______, we were left with one final item: a political button (竞选徽章). With no _______ in the neighborhood, I gathered the courage to suggest the local television studio, WWL-TV, as a _______ source.

My _______ was met with approval, and I found myself in the studio's hall, nervously explaining our _______ to a receptionist. He searched but had no such _______ . Just as I was about to leave, he _______ to check with others. Moments later, out walked Hap Glaudi, a local sportscaster and my role model.

I _______ made my request, worried about the disturbance. Mr. Glaudi, however, _______ with a button from a past election and said:“ Polite requests open doors for others to be _______. There’s no need to feel shy about asking.” With the button in hand, we won the hunt.

His advice, given years ago, still _______ me. It gives me the courage to pursue interviews, ask for donations, and seize opportunities that a polite request could _______.