As a young man, I wanted to see the world and be inspired by new cultures. So with a full backpack, an open mind and lots of curiosity, I set off. _________the familiarity of what call home.

I remember feeling both anxious and excited about the _________that day before setting off. Traveling _________me to new people, places and experiences I _________ how different the world was from where I_________. I saw the sharp_________ between advanced and developing countries and how _________the infrastructure(基础设施)and environmental conditions were in developing countries, making me want to help _________ the gap between these two worlds.

I became an engineer_________, developing technologies and infrastructure to help society ____________ more efficiently. Young engineers should always be ____________and motivated, which are the two words that I have always____________, and this mindset has helped me understand and ____________ to today's changing world.

As a young engineer, I saw technology as the____________ to carbon reduction. But technology alone is not ____________. There also has to be cooperation among different parties to make a real ____________.

One day, I would like to become a(n) ____________again, but this time I dream of traveling with my son, who has only seen ____________ of developing countries on the Internet. He should experience other cultures in person, which would____________ make him curious to learn more about the world and ____________ him to help build a better future.

The pandemic didn't allow Debra Ferrell, from Roanoke, Virginia, to gather with her whole family for her birthday. _______ , she celebrated the day by _______ —with 53 gifts from her heart.

“This period is one of the _______ times in my history, so I _______ why not make other people smile,” said Ferrell. She went on social media and asked people for _______ on acts of kindness that she could _______ for others during her birth month, one for every year that she’s been _______.

The requests for her Oct, 4 birthday arrived from across the U. S: Parents who hoped for words of _______ for their kids on their first year of virtual school. A woman who wished for a gift basket for her doctor. A friend of a family in Minnesota that _______ their 4-year-old to cancer, who wanted them to feel that they were not ________.

For them, Ferrell found a memorial wind chime (风铃) with a ________ that says, “When you ________ the wind, I am with you.”

“________ others is just one of my favorite things to do,” said Ferrell. “I just feel that if we live our life trying to make other people ________ , I’m the one who gets the ________ out of it.”

Before retiring, my father was a successful corporate executive. Growing up, I got used to learning that he had received________, from vice president to executive vice president to senior executive vice president, and so on. I was always impressed by my father’s________and viewed him as a wonderful role model.

Therefore, I couldn't have been more________when my father got annoyed with me after I showed him one of my new business cards,________“Tina L. Seelig, President. ”I had started my own business and________my own business cards, My father looked at the cards and said, “You can't just call yourself president.” In his experience, I had to wait for someone else to promote me to a leadership role and the thought of my________myself with that title________ him.

I have________his mentality（心态） time and time again. Twenty years ago when I told a friend I was going to write a book, she asked, “What makes you think you can write a book?” She couldn’t________taking on such a project without the________of someone in a position of greater authority. I, on the other hand, felt confident I could do it. The task was certainly________,but why not try? I put together a detailed proposal, wrote some sample chapters, shopped it around, and________a contract.

Over time, I've became increasingly________that people are divided into two categories. Some look inside themselves for________and others wait to be pushed forward by outside forces. From my experience, there’s a lot to be said for________opportunities instead of waiting for someone to hand them to you.