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As we all know, there is an atmosphere of boredom and tension in hospitals.【小题1】 (much) often than not, I dress up as a clown to help children by entertaining them,【小题2】 will make the hospital a friendlier place to visit. In the middle of this particular scene I spot a small girl 【小题3】 (cry) in pain and her ankle is twice its normal size. The on-duty nurse tells me that Lara 【小题4】 (fall) off her bicycle the other day. Although it’s the doctors and nurses 【小题5】 will treat her injury, it’s my job to make her feel better. While the doctor concentrates 【小题6】 examining Lara’s ankle, I get her attention by doing a magic trick.
While she is clearly still in some pain, her 【小题7】 (scare) and anxious look has been replaced—first by a small smile, and then by loud【小题8】 (laugh) as I “magically” produced her sock from out of my pocket. Seeing their daughter so much happier, Lara’s parents are feeling in 【小题9】 good mood. From this experience, I realize that 【小题10】 is true that, “laughter is the best medicine”.
