It was four o'clock in the morning, when I received a phone call.

"This is the emergency room calling and your son was just ___in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n)___and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle." Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately it was ___.

The doctor described the ___which caused the burns. Our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they ___the charcoal (木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline. The flames ___my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head. __, one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and ___him on the grass. While the boy saved his life, it was not in ___to save him from severe burns and terrible scars (伤疤).

After he ____from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery (整容手术) within six months ____it took that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.

When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very ____scar on her arm, " Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not ____it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you."

I ____this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to ____and returned to school with his head held high — glad he was alive.

By the end of the six-month waiting period, he thought that the scars did not ____, so he made the ___to give up any plastic surgery.

We all have "scars" that we believe ____people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if we look different, or dress differently, people will like us better.

But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same ____standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value ____yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

Long ago there was a poor farmer called Fred. Fred and his wife, Doris lived ________ together in their small old house. One winter night, the Luck Fairy (仙女) visited them.

“Fred, you’re a ________ farmer. I’d like to give you a wish,” said the Luck Fairy.

“A wish?” Said Fred.

Fred and Doris smiled at each other. Then Fred said, “Thank you, Luck Fairy. We’re very ________ and happy.”

“________ we’re old, we still work in the field every day,” said Doris.

“You wok very hard but you ________ very little money. Would you like some gold coins” asked the Luck Fairy.

“Oh no, my dear Luck Fairy. We’re poor. But we have ________ food to eat.” Replied Fred.

“You can use the gold coin to buy some clothes. The winter here is very cold,” said Luck Fairy.

“Though we haven’t got ________ clothes, we’ve got enough,” said Doris.

“Well, what about a nice new house?” Asked Luck Fairy.

Thank you, but I ________ my small old house very much. I’ve lived here since I was born. I don’t ________ a new house,” said Fred.

“You’re quite different from other people. I like you very much,” said the Luck Fairy. “I wish you happiness and luck forever.” Then the Luck Fairy ________ and never came back.

Labor is important and necessary for everyone. I am glad that I learned the_______of work when I was a child.

I grew up on a farm. We had to care for such _______as cows and sheep from morning till evening, seven days a week. _______during school vacations and on weekends we still had_______work to do. I was paid for my work. From the age of 10, my parents_______me $1 an hour. Because of this, I learned how to_______money. When I was only 11, I saved enough to buy a ten-speed bicycle. In high school, I_______a job in a nearby town during the summer to save money_______college. I learned how to manage money at an _______age.

I also learned the satisfaction of work well done. The young animals were my responsibility. Most________often had problems with their young cows getting sick. I was proud that my young cows were usually ________. I loved it when the whole family ________together to get in hay (干草) before a rainstorm. It was exciting when we jumped out of bed in the middle of the night to________the cows in the field after they had escaped through a broken fence. Doing hard work at an early age________me how valuable it can be. And from these________I learned to be confident and self-disciplined (自律的).