My dance school has a float in our town’s parade (游行) every year. I was so exciting when I got been selected to be part of the special dance. The rehearsals (排练) did conflict to a few of my soccer games. However, their teacher said it’d be okay as soon as I practised the steps at home. Well, I should have practised hardly! We were right in middle of the routine, and I turned right while the rest of the class went left. My mess-up caused a whole row of dancer to knock over. I heard the whole town went silent as they watched!

3 . Back in the day when I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life, I liked to help others, so I was studying to become a firefighter. My parents always encouraged me at that time. As a firefighter, you’re constantly thinking of other people and trying to help them. It’s the mindset. which is the most difficult part in this job!

One night I was heading home and decided to stop off at a burrito (玉米饼) place. I was approached by a homeless man. He was very dirty and obviously hungry. He asked me for some change to buy a little food. As I was pulling some change out, I had an idea.

I decided to see if he wanted to eat a real dinner, so I asked him to follow me back into the Burrito Joint to order. When he followed me in, the people behind the counter refused to let him in. After some arguing, so I had to encourage him to order whatever and however much he wanted. He ended up ordering enough to fill his stomach at least 3 times over!

For someone who has been on the edges of society it seemed like he was very surprised at my kind behaviour. But to me, it was what any “human being” should do or at least offer. I know we see these people every day asking for money but you had to be there to see the look in his face. To me, it reminded me when I was young and my mum brought out a big birthday cake for me on my birthday, with all the candy, getting to experience a big meal. And I think he felt special, like he was getting attention. Again something that I could see he hadn’t experienced in a long time.

I often think about this story, because to me it’s not just about helping someone out by feeding them, but giving him the respect of being a human being and allowing him to feel good about himself was very rewarding.

7 . Four years ago Rita Gaviola was a beggar in a small Philippine town. Now she works as a fashion _________, starring on TV shows and _______ many Instagram (照片墙) followers. It all started with a (n)_______ photo.

Back in 2016, she was _________on the streets of Lucban. Her father was a garbage collector and her mother a housewife. The family _________ managed to put food on the table, so Rita often went out to ask for _______ or food donations.

One day a photographer Topher Burgos happened to be attracted by her_______beauty. He changed the girl’s _________ completely by posting the photos of her on the Internet, which was done with a single _______ click of the ‘upload’ button.

One of the photos became a hit immediately, with people praising her ________ of nature. She was nicknamed “Badjao Girl” and __________ several Filipino beauty queens, who did their best to help the girl __________. Then she began to model for various clothing brands and________ small roles in TV series. All the hype (炒作) around Badjao Girl also helped her________ an online audience, including________from abroad, some of whom helped her family financially. In 2018, Rita __________ a YouTube video showcasing (展现) her family’s new house and thanking a loyal US fan for __________ the construction.

Even though the hype has__________ , she remains very popular on Filipino social media through her own efforts. Rita is seen as proof that Cinderella-like (灰姑娘般的) stories are__________ in real-life. In Rita’s case, all it took was a photo and her__________ in the right place, at the right time.

8 . Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough. Success_______fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the_______in our lives.

When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931, he had no_______ that his life was to change_______. The class experiment that day was to_______how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling (冒泡) to the surface._______, the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat _______held something more volatile (易挥发的) than water. When Wilson heated it, the container_______, leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes.

When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later, his parents_______to find a way to deal with the catastrophe (灾难) that had________to their lives. But Wilson did not regard the accident as________. He learned braille (盲文) quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind. There, he not only did well as a student but also became a(n)________public speaker.

Later, he worked in Africa, where many people suffered from________for lack of proper treatment. For him, it was one thing to accept his own________of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue________it could be fixed so easily. This moved him to action. And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the ________Wilson made to preventing the________.

Wilson received several international________for his great contributions. He lost his sight but found a ________. He proved that it’s not what happens to us that________our lives—it’s what we make of what happens.