1 . Harry Depp will always treasure his experience of getting accepted to Yale Law School.

Harry had a happy life growing up until his mother _______ the family and moved out of the county when he was 8. His father then worked several jobs to _______ Harry and his older brother, but the family struggled _______. They often had no food or electricity.

Harry’s academics significantly suffered. As his grades _______, he channeled   his energy into sports. He was_______ in boxing and won national and international games, which he hoped would become his way out of_______. However, his dream were _______ when he suffered a shoulder injury in the 12th grade.

Harry’s poor grades as a senior resulted in him being _______ by every college he applied to. So he took a job at Bates Trucking and Trash, _______ rubbish and cleaning dustbins.

Rather than add to his despair (绝望), the job marked a ________ point in his life. His co-workers found his ________ , uplifted him and urged him to go back to school. Finally he was ________ to Bowie State University. By the end of his second year, Harry decided he wanted to go to ________ school.

Harry was ________ for the support he got from his co-workers. “It was the first time in my life that a group of individuals had really just ________ me, and told me I was intelligent."

2 . When I was a child, my father taught me five words: stand porter to your mind. I’ve used it all my life - in my acting career, as a mother, and in my _________ activities.

Nowadays this phrase might seem old-fashioned, but it still _________ A porter is a gatekeeper, someone who stands at a door letting people in or out. Dad would _________ me to picture myself stopping _________ things - such as fear - at the door, but saying “Come in” to faith, love and confidence.

As an actress, before I went on camera, I’d make sure anxiety stayed out and confidence in my ability _________. And as a mother, when I was _________ about my children, I would try not to let worry in but would fill my mind with trust in them.

Of course, there were always times when I’d _________ those words. I remember one time _________. In 1972, my husband and I opened our own _________. This was a new business venture for us and it was more __________than we had figured. Something was always going wrong. Once, a flu epidemic (流行病) suddenly left us with no maids. Then there was the __________ crisis. The price of gasoline doubled, and tourism in California __________. How could we fill our beds? What if we kept losing money? Here I was at the front desk of the hotel and those old uninvited guests, fear and worry, were slipping in. But I __________ them just in time. I stood porter. I stood in the door of my mind and sent fear __________.

These days at the hotel, whenever fear tries to __________, I just smile and point to the sign that reads No Vacancy (客满).

5 . When I was fifteen, I announced to my English class that I was going to write my own books. Half the students smiled unkindly, _______ nearly fell out of their chairs laughing. “Don’t be _______ , only geniuses can become writers,” the English teacher said, “And you are getting a D this term.” I was so ashamed that I burst into_______ . That night I wrote a short sad poem about broken dreams and mailed it to the newspaper. To my _______, they published it and sent me two dollars. I was a published and paid writer. I showed my teacher and fellow students. They laughed, “Just plain dumb luck,” the teacher said. I _______ success. I’d sold the first thing I’d _______written. That was more than any of them had done and if it was just dumb luck that was fine with me.

During the next two years I sold dozens of poems and letters. By the time I graduated from high school, I had scrapbooks (剪贴簿)_______ my published works. I never _______ my writing to my teachers, friends or my family _______ because they were dream killers.

I had four children at the time. ________ the children slept, I typed on my ancient typewriter. I wrote what I felt. It took nine months. I chose a ________ and mailed it. A month later I received a contract, an advance on payments, and a request to start ________ another book. Crying Wind, became a best seller, was translated into fifteen languages and sold worldwide. My first book also became ________ reading in native American schools in Canada.

The ________ year I ever had as a writer I earned two dollars. In my best year I earned 36,000 dollars. People ask what college I ________ , what degrees I had and what qualifications I have to be a writer. The answer is: “None.” I just write. I’m not a genius. But I’ve written eight books. To all those who dream of writing, I’m shouting at you: “Yes, you can.” Writing is easy, it’s fun and anyone can do it.

6 . I wasn’t prepared for the way I felt when my 18-ycar-old son, Dylan, left for Asia during his winter break. I was _________ the moment he first told my husband and me that he wanted to use some of his _________ to go around China. We were excited for him to explore the world. We told him that _________ was one of the best ways to spend his money and that the _________ will last a lifetime.

On the morning of Dylan’s departure, he _________ a few more things in his bag. Before he and Michael _________ for the airport, I yelled, “Be safe, and _________ when you arrive.” That night, _________ he was flying somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, it hit me that Dylan was really on his _________. I woke hourly, each time __________ the clock and counting the hours before he would land the following morning. __________ my decision to let him go alone, I prayed and thought about all the things that could go __________. And then I heard from him. The first text said he’d arrived. The second text said his luggage didn’t __________ it. Feeling anxious, I madly attempted to __________ his luggage. And I persuaded him to go back to the __________ and go to the airline’s office. My efforts __________. All the while Dylan was texting me he was all right.

After that, there was no more talk about lost luggage, __________ I knew that he’d figure it out, and that the life lessons would be __________.

Several days into the trip, Dylan sent a photo from the top of Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. “I thought I could __________ study abroad anywhere but Europe. However, I could definitely do it here,” his note read. And I was __________.

9 . It seems like just yesterday that I was driving my mom to the hairdresser’s or out to go shopping. She would always sit in the passenger seat, examining her bag ________. For a long time, my mom carried a newspaper. The ________ was about a boy going to school. She always told me how she had gone to school with him, but I had no ________ of knowing for sure. My mom had Alzheimer’s disease.

Something about this story ________ in her mind, so she put the newspaper in her bag. She frequently ________ the things in her bag to make sure it was still inside. She also looked for her ________ , because my dad probably ________ her to make sure she could answer it.

It made me ________ . I shouted at her and told her the more she ________ it and took everything out, the more likely she would be to ________ something. But none of that ________ . She always had her ________

Finally, she stopped worrying about the bag ________ . She put it down one day and never picked it up again. And she never woke up again. I found her bag lying on the kitchen table one day and it ________ me. I never thought I would be so sad to ________ this bag. It caused me so much ________ for so long, but there I was, crying at the sight of it.

This bag symbolizes a time when my mom was able to get into the ________ and go out with me. I wish I could go back in time to a day when my mom ________ the old bag in her arms. Whatever you are going through right now and whatever your ________ is, you are going to ________ the thing that drives you mad someday.