Brad Ryan had been feeling burnt out from veterinary (兽医的) school when he visited his 85-year-old grandma back in 2015. He hoped that spending some _________ family time in his hometown would help to lift his spirits.

As he was telling his grandma some _________ of his travels, he was _________ to hear her confess (承认) that she had never seen the sea or mountains. Ryan then asked his grandmother if she would like to _________ the Smoky Mountains with him. Needless to say, she was more than _________ to go with him. Then Ryan made a plan and they set out on their _________.

They have since visited 29 different national parks across America-from the breathtaking slopes (斜坡) of the Great Sandy Dunes in Colorado to the attractive shores of Acadia National Park in Maine.

Over the _________ of the last three and a half years, Ryan says that he and his grandma have _________ driven 25,000 miles through 38 states, and it has _________ his quality of living.

“Seeing it through my grandmother’s eyes, who every morning wakes up and is __________ to be alive, has taught me how to __________,” Ryan said. “With her, I’ve had to __________ and see my life in a different way, which has made it much __________.”

“I __________ my grandma, and our journeys really gave me a lot of peace before she eventually passed on. I can __________ these places and feel her spirit and feel connected to her, because she set her eyes on the __________ things,” he added.

Ryan, who has been __________ all of their adventures online, hopes that their social media presence will __________ other youngsters to spend more time with their elders.

“I want people who are still __________ to know, it is cool to hang out with your grandparents,” Ryan said. “There’s so much __________ and knowledge we can get from our elders.”

For most people, a family member would be their inspiration. As for me,_____my mother and father were both great influences, my greatest influence came from a television program Gilmore Girls. Nearly every day after school, I would come home,_____on the couch, and turn on the television.

Upon hearing the theme song and seeing the_____faces, I was overcome by a sense of_____and total peace. All the day’s hardships would_____. I would forget about any_____stress. When it was about five o'clock, I would sit in front of the TV to watch another episode of Gilmore Girls. It was what I had to_____in my day, because I was having a tough day and I simply loved to laugh at their humorous dialogues. Each of the characters had a_____personality, unlike anyone I had ever known. The more I watched Gilmore Girls, the more I found myself wanting to be a “Rory Gilmore”. Much of Rory’s success came from her mother. In the process of_____Harvard or any college, I have recently discovered it is a long process. My mother has also encouraged me to follow my dreams and to make my own______. I am a particularly hesitant person, so______this task is not easy for me. In______and developing into her own person, Rory Gilmore discovered her dreams and how to achieve them; that was how she______me.

Although I am a girl who is still trying to find my true self, Rory made me feel as if I could______everything. No matter which college I may______, I’ll always know that the road, which I travel to get there, is a road well worth traveling.

I teach economics at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I_______asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said his weekend had not been so good. He had his wisdom teeth_______. He then asked me why I_______seemed to be so cheerful.

His question_______me of something I’d read somewhere before:“Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about what you want to_______life that day,” I said I_______to be cheerful.

I continued to address the students in the class._______teaching here, I also teach out at the community college in Henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day I drove to Henderson, but on the way my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn’t turn_______. So I put my flashers on, grabbed my books, and_______down the road to the college.

When I told the secretary this was my lucky day, she was________. “Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?”

“I live 17 miles from here.” I replied. “My car could________down anywhere along the freeway. It didn’t.________, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway,________walking distance of here. I’m still able to teach my class, and I’ve been able to________for the tow truck(拖车) to meet me after class. If my car was________to break down today, it couldn’t have been arranged in a more convenient fashion.” The secretary’s eyes opened wide, and then she smiled. So ended my story.

________the early hour, no student seemed to be asleep.________, my story had touched them. Or maybe it wasn’t because of the story but my cheerfulness________it had all started.

Just as an Indian wise man said, “Who you are speaks louder to me than________you can say.” I suppose it________be so.