As we all know, swimming is great fun. But it often comes with ________. Drowning is a real possibility even for the most ________ swimmers. However, this dangerous situation can be changed with watchful eyes. This summer in Florida, two young men helped to ________ one drowning death.

Griffin Emerson, a 6-year-old child, swam in an apartment block’s pool. He enjoyed the pool’s ________ area. But he began to ________ toward the deeper part slowly, struggling to keep his head above water. All that came about as no one else, including his mother, seemed to ________ him. Griffin’s frightening ________ in the water happened over the course of a full minute, ending up with the child going down to the ________ of the pool.

However, one young man, Noah, did find Griffin in the pool. He told his friend Weston to call 911 at once. And Noah ________ to jump into the pool to ________ the 6-year-old. Noah made it to Griffin, caught him and ________ him to the surface and then to the side of the pool. Before the emergency services’ arrival, Noah and Weston tried their best to ________ life-saving steps.

________, a few minutes later, Griffin recovered his breath. Griffin’s mother was ________ to Noah and Weston for their heroic actions. But the two young men thought it was no big deal and hoped that this act of kindness would be ________.

Joy, a ten-year-old boy, was playing on the grass in a garden after school. Joy loved _________ and he was always ready to _________ others, whether animals or humans.

Suddenly, a little bird _________ onto the ground before his eyes. Being a(n) _________ lover, he couldn’t _________ to see the little creature suffer. He remembered his teacher’s _________ to do a good deed every day, and he decided to _________ the bird.

He _________ the bird and rushed to his room, where he found some water in the kitchen

Later, the bird __________ and flew close to its mom, who was watching from a distance. __________ by the boy’s kindness, his teacher __________ him for his good deed. The boy smiled, feeling __________ of himself and knowing that he had done something good in the world.

As the sun began to set and the boy made his way back home, he felt a sense of peace and __________.

In denying ourselves the chance to see a situation from different perspectives, we rob (剥夺) ourselves of many wonderful opportunities. By choosing not to ________ all possible outcomes of a situation, we may choose a direction that actually________us rather than allows us to flourish (茁壮成长).

Since the moment I discovered music as a ________ of mine, I have always known that I don’t want to teach it. To me, music is something that cannot be ________. It is not a step-by-step ________ in my opinion. You must have some sort of talent to build on. ________ , as I began my reluctant (不情愿的) search for vocal teaching positions, you can imagine my ________ at how rewarding the profession sounded. The job advertisement was offering a teaching ________ in a highly reputable music school. They ________ that their teachers work to “develop students” and to “prepare them for performances at school and around the community.” This is something that________me. I didn’t realize just how much I ________ to give young students with a passion for music the same nurturing (培养) in their ________ growth that I received.

I was extremely ________ when I didn’t find many job ads requesting singers or entertainers which I planned to be. Had I not been ________ , I wouldn’t have considered music teaching nor would I have discovered all the ________   things that come along with it. By not limiting my path, I suddenly saw many roads I could follow. So, as the old saying states, “Don’t knock it, til you try it.”