Ritch Addison was ashy kid. In elementary school, he didn’t speak up for himself, and he    1    (worry) a lot. But once he went to high school, he made up his mind    2    (develop) a sense of humor to make more friends. His new approach worked and he started to become known for his jokes—like the time he made fun     3    a classmate’s poor score on a math test.

“It turned out that I had gotten a hundred on the test and he didn’t do so well,” Addison recalled. “And I joked heartlessly about it.”

Then one day, his good friend, Holly, pulled him aside and said, “Ritch, sometimes you really hurt     4    (people) feeling.”

Addison    5    (shock). He had always seen himself as the one who made his friends laugh. He couldn’t imagine that he might be hurting them.

“But I kept thinking about what Holly said. Finally, I realized that she was     6    (absolute) right. I started paying attention to     7    other people was reacting to my humor,” he said.

It couldn’t happen overnight,    8    . “Over the years, I worked on    9    (be) more compassionate(同理心的) toward the people around me since I wanted to have    10    different kind of relationship with them,” he said.

Today I want to show you in three minutes what I have learned from my recent online course.

Tu Youyou,     1     research led to the discovery of artemisinin, is a     2     (commit) and patient scientist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2015.

Another Chinese scientist Yuan Longping passed away at 91 (due to illness) but his mission     3     (end) hunger will live on and his legacy     4     (remember) for generations.

Albert Einstein, who is perhaps the greatest scientists in modern physics, is often considered not only a genius, but also a     5     (courage) and kind figure loved by many people.

What makes me excited is that in the not-too-distant future, we     6     (live) in smart homes, which will keep us secure, save us energy and provide a more comfortable environment to live     7    .

To keep the natural state of the amazing and incredible theme park, no one is allowed to live in ill, and all new     8     (develop) is banned within the park boundary.

Life is a stage, and the world is waiting to be created. As students, we should set lofty goals just like scientists. Living without     9     aim is like     10     (sail) without a compass.

When I decided to major in English, I thought it would be fun. However, it turned out to be much     1    (hard) than I thought it would be. The differences in the language over thousands of hundreds of years made many passages hard     2    (understand). Trying to understand Shakespeare and Chaucer gave me a headache     3     reading Byron and Shelley also took lots of effort. However, there were times     4     I read passages that gave me wisdom(智慧).

One of these was by William Wordsworth. It went, “The best portion(部分) of a good man’s life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.” The first time I read it, I was deeply impressed by the wisdom     5    (convey) in it. Over the years I began to fill my days     6     acts of kindness and love.

What would happen if everyone followed Wordsworth’s wisdom and lived the best part of     7    (they) life? What would happen if all of us     8    (practice) acts of kindness and love all our lives? Would we stop    9    (hate)? Would we put an end to war? Would this world     10    (transform) into a beautiful, loving place? Let’s all live our lives with acts of kindness and love.

Your outlook on life,     1     (basic) your attitude can determine your     2     (happy) and success in life. Attitude is     3     you view your world. Do you see the positive or do you focus on the bad? Our perception (观念) of different    4     (event) in our life can be attributed (把……归因于) to our attitude. How can you change your attitude when    5     (deal) with a situation? Try and find the good in it. Focus on the good instead of the bad. Depending on the situation, you sometimes have to look hard     6     (find) the good but it is there. By doing this you start changing negative attitudes to positive attitudes.

Remember the saying, “You can’t change other people: you can only change yourself.” So if someone     7     (tell) you that you have a poor attitude, focus on how you can change instead of trying to change their mind.

Can you change attitudes of other people? Again, I would refer    8     the saying, “You can’t change other people: you can only change yourself. You will end up becoming very    9     (discourage) if you try to change other people. Remember, you can only change yourself     10     how you deal with that individual.

If you can dream it, you can do it. I don’t know what your dream is. I don’t care how     1     (disappoint) it might be as you’re working toward that dream. But that dream that you’re holding in your mind is possible, though in     2     process of chasing your dreams, you are going to encounter a lot of pain.

There will be     3     (moment) when you are going to doubt     4     (you). You’ll say, “Why? Why is this happening to me? I’m just trying to take care of my children, and my mother. I’m not trying to steal or rob from anybody. How did this have to happen to me?” For those of you who     5     (experience) some hardships already—don’t give up on your dream. The rough times will come, but they will not stay, and they will come to pass.

Many of you fail     6     (seek) your purpose in life and you should have you dream and then follow it up with a list of all the reasons why the dream is not     7     (achieve). You fill your life     8     excuses and “I can’t.” The only true limits     9     you experience in life are those you create or those you allow others to impose upon you. If you can     10     (true) dream it, you can do it!

People who forgive others are often less depressed, angry and stressed, while also being more hopeful. Many     1     (time) the person who hurt you has no     2     (intend) of apologizing. So if you wait for people to apologize, you could be waiting a very long time. Keep in mind that forgiveness does not     3     (necessary) mean reconciliation (和解) with the person     4     upset you. Take the control away from your offender. Mentally replaying your hurt     5     (give) power to the person who caused you pain.

Instead of focusing on your     6     (wound) feelings, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you and try to see things     7     the other person’s point of view. If you understand that person’s feelings, you may realize that he or she     8     (act) out of ignorance, fear or even love. What’s more, don’t forget to forgive     9     (you). For some people, forgiving themselves is     10     biggest challenge.