1 . My Ph.D. adviser called me into his office saying, “You are fired from the lab.”

I had moved to Israel to study for a Ph.D. At first, things went well in my new lab. Then I ________ some problems. I made a few mistakes in the lab that slowed my ________ , but he never spoke to me about any concerns. I`m still not ________ why he fired me, but I guess it was because of those mistakes. He wasn`t confident that I could ________ my research in time as we`d planned.

The first few days after I was fired were especially ________. I spent hours staring at my computer screen, unable to get anything done. I tried to ________ his mind with promising results, but he ________ to his decision. I could not tell the news to my family in India, as the fear of ________ them overwhelmed (压垮) me. I soon got into a ________ of sadness and anxiety.

Around that time, I watched a movie — Dasvidaniya. One line from the movie stuck out to me, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. What kind of lemonade could I make out of my present ________ My desire to complete a Ph.D. was never in doubt. After much ________, I told myself that one ________ attempt was not the end of the world, and that I needed to give it another ________. With renewed ________, I emailed expected advisers and applied to other programs. Within 2 months, I ________ an offer from a Ph.D. program in Italy.