On August 23rd, my son was out mountain biking with his teacher and friends. _________, we were waiting at home with lunch ready. At 12:15, he still hadn’t _________ . Then, we got the call that he was badly hurt.

We _________ up the mountain in the car. He was in the kind of _________ you never want to see. We got him to the hospital for X-rays to be told his collarbone(锁骨) was broken. Collarbones are incredibly _________ to treat, as you can’t just put them in a cast(石膏).

We got him a“figure-of-8”support that keeps both his shoulders aligned(成一直线). It was the best _________ for making sure the bone grew back straight. Sleeping was very painful for him, and in the next few months everything came _________ . No sports. No activity. _________birthday party plans. We got into a new _________ at home. We found other things for him to do that weren’t __________, such as reading and making artwork.

I would never __________ an injury on anyone; yet, it is an __________ way to learn how to be patient with life, with the __________ , and with each other. My __________ lesson has been that my child may have learned more from this injury than anything else he’s gone through this year, and, __________, it will serve him for life.

In October, our student union held an online culture cafe to allow our schoolmates to learn how to make Chinese dumplings together. The international group ________ members from China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia.

After ________ the process of making dumplings, we wrapped the meat filling into the center of the dumpling. Some foreign schoolmates were quite ________ because they didn’t know how to do that. Therefore, we Chinese people taught our schoolmates step by step. To make a beautiful dumpling, it’s important to pinch (捏) its edges a little ________ and push the sides toward the center to seal (封入) them to ________ that the filling will not ________ while they are being ________.

One schoolmate from Australia said she ________ knew how much fun it was to make dumplings before, and she was curious about why dumplings are so ________ Chinese people. Born in a traditional Chinese family, I shared my ________ with her.

When I was a kid, my grandma told me the culture of dumplings is its inclusiveness (包容性) and ________. Different types of fillings suit different eating ________ for Chinese people. For example, there is no one ________ filling for all types of dumplings. Furthermore, dumplings will come with a ________ of fillings, such as pork, cabbage, chicken, mushroom and shrimp fillings. No matter what types of fillings are in dumplings, people focus more on their ________ and expectation.

The online session (课程) was ________. Not only did we have an enjoyable ________ about making dumplings, but we also ________ a positive and inclusive attitude toward cultural diversity. It was a positive ________, and the foreign schoolmates got a better understanding of Chinese ________ and culture.

At 13, I read a magazine filled with all sorts of easy tips to go green. I started doing that____. I mean, it is kind of a big deal considering Earth doesn't have an unlimited _____of fresh water.

My parents were also ____ for recycling and reusing, so we became the ones who _____ rejected containers and used them for _____ , and the ones who carried our own bags to the grocery store and our own_____ to the coffee shop.

Later, I tried to let my     _____ flag fly! I either called out to whoever littered in public or collected magazines from my friends to     _____. Then the strangest   thing happened: people started _____me. One by one, my friends began to turn off the lights, buy recycled notebooks, and ______paper back into the printer to make use of the other ______. It's not that they were so______ about the environment, but they were drawn to my confidence.

I'm wild about environmental protection and would stand______, saying, “Yeah, this is what I'm into.” ______ others don't share your enthusiasm, they will envy your confidence and want to be like you, and that means     _____your example.