When Bob Cialdini was a senior in high school, he was really good at baseball. Good enough that a scout (球探) ________ at his last game of the year, and offered him a ________ to play in the minor leagues.

The scout then had a  ________with him. “‘So tell me something. Are you any good at school?”’ Cialdini recalled him asking. “I said, ‘Yes, I am.’ He said, ‘Good enough to get into ________?’ ‘Yes, I am.’”

He pushed Cialdini about his interest in college, asking him if he ________ academic work. When Cialdini said he did, the scout put the contract away.

“He said, ‘Go to ________ because most likely, you won’t get to the major leagues (职业体育总会). But what you’ve told me is that you’re ________ at something you really like. That should be where you go.’”

Cialdini ________ the scout’s advice. Instead of pursuing professional baseball, he went to college. It  ________ : he became a well-known psychology researcher on the science of influence.

Decades later, Cialdini is still ________ by the way the scout looked out for his best ________. Cialdini shared the scout’s  ________ with his students, as they make major  ________ about what to do next in life.

“Don’t just go where your ________ is,” he tells them. “Go where you have the ________ to realize the dream.”

I was sending my mum and sister off at the train station after their holiday visit. On the way I saw a man in a _______ in an empty place. It looked like he wasn't _______ shoes. _______ saying goodbye to my family, I went back to the place and he was there. His chair was on the incline（斜坡）leading to the street and it looked like he was _______ with his bare（赤裸的） feet to keep from _______ into the street.

I asked if he wanted me to _______ him back up. He nodded. I asked him to _______ his feet and pulled him back up into the place. He didn't answer me when I asked if this was _______ enough. Then, I opened the box I had _______ with me. It was a shoe box with an old pair of shoes that I had kept in my car. When I passed the shoes to him, you could have imagined the ________ on his face. First it was ________﹔and then it was happiness. When he spoke, I couldn't ________ what he said, but I knew he was thanking me ________.

On the way back to my car I saw a couple who were badly ________ and gave them a couple of my.________bags. As I drove past the ________ man, I saw he had already ________ one shoe and was working on the other.

Keeping old pairs of shoes and unused bags in my car for ________ like this is so much more important than ________ them out or selling them at a yard ________.