It was an early blow to my self-confidence. I was attending my first group meeting in the lab _______ a postdoc (博士后), and I was _______ that I could follow most of the discussion. Then, in front of everyone, the professor turned to me and asked about my previous accomplishments. I _______. As a PhD student, I had achieved lots to be _______ of. But _______ of those were in my home country of Brazil. Now I was in Washington D. C. and I didn’t know what the word “accomplishment” meant. So all I could say was “I don’t know”.

I had decided to do a postdoc abroad because I thought the training would _______ me a teaching position. I applied for it and received a Brazil in government fellowship to spend 18 months working abroad and got a position in a lab. It all seemed so easy—until I _______ started.

In a new country, I _______, After the _______ lab meeting incident, my confidence took another ________. The paper I had finished painstakingly did not ________. I used to be invited to give talks. Now, I was asked to speak more ________ because of my accent. My confidence was ________.

After months of ________, I reminded myself that I had ________ of success. I needed to do something to ________ my confidence. I thought a change of environment might be what I needed. So I made the ________.

In another new lab, I still felt insecure. ________, I was determined to make the most of the time I had. There were more opportunities to interact with other, which forced me to ________ more. It was awful at first, but with practice I began to feel more confident in my English. I proposed new projects. I began to receive ________ feedback on my presentations.

My confidence is back.

Over the weekend, a ______damaged houses, roads, and bridges, leaving many people nowhere to go. The powerful flood damaged Hagan’s bridge, leaving him and his wife______from the community (社区). He turned to social media but never______he would receive a call from his grandson’s coach Ryan Jesop. “The Hagans have done so much for this area, so it was a/an______decision to help,” Jesop said.

The Switzerland County football coach drew up a plan telling his team to build a new bridge ______the old broken one. Hagan received a(n)______that a team would be at his house Monday at 9 a.m. to work. “People I’d never seen before were walking down my driveway to help us,” Hagan said. “It was______and brought tears to my eyes.”

______, the steel frame base structure (钢架基础结构) of the bridge wasn’t damaged by the flooding. Dozens of people went to the bridge and______the old one plank (木板) by plank. Then the team built it back up by______an assembly line (流水线). “The______of our team is to help them through teamwork,” student Linebacker Gabriel Rose said. The team______the project in only a few hours. “They were here at nine o’clock, and I looked at my______when it was done and it was 11:45,” Hagan said. The Hagans now reconnected with their______thanks to their grandson’s football team. As for Coach Jesop, he is chalking it up as the biggest______of the season.

It was a common summer day, and I was hiking in the woods. As I walked along the path, a sudden noise drew my attention. I froze,_________ of what to expect. That was when I caught sight of a lovely deer. It looked at me and my heart started racing.

For a few moments, the deer stood still, seemingly _________ whether to run away or stay. I also didn't move, not wanting to _________ it off. After a while, the deer seemed to be a little _________ and changed its position. I slowly reached out my hand. To my _________, it came towards me and touched my hand with its nose. I felt great _________ in my heart. From that moment on, this deer and I formed a(n)_________ connection. Every time I went hiking, I would _________ it. Gradually, I felt a deep sense of _________ towards it, determining to protect and care for it.

One day, I __________ the deer lying on the ground, injured and in pain. I knew I had to take action quickly to help it 31________. I immediately contacted a wildlife rescue charity, and they came to take it to a nearby animal hospital.1 __________ to it every day, bringing it food and comforting it to aid in its __________. It was a long and difficult process, but __________, the deer was well enough to be sent back into the wild.

Years have passed since that unforgettable __________ but I still think of the deer sometimes. It taught me invaluable lessons about love, friendship, and the importance of living in harmony with the natural world.