A wave hit my face and I swallowed salt water. My chest was already burning as I struggled to_________. I had no air to call for help. In desperation I _________ one hand and waved it to get the lifeguard’s attention.

Two young men were suddenly near me. “Help,” I _________ to whisper.

One of them grabbed my arm. The other grabbed his arm. Together they pulled me toward the_________. The lifeguard entered the water with his _________. “You can stand here,” he said. “The water’s shallow.”

I shook my head. I was too _________ to stand, much less walk. They _________ me over the board.

“You were caught in a riptide (激流),” the lifeguard said _________ the three of them carried me onto the sand, still shaking, trying to catch my breath.

“Are you all right now?” one of my _________ asked.

I looked up at the two of them and ____________. For the first time I got a really good look at them. They looked ____________. as if they were twins.

“Thank you so much for saving my life. And thank you too,” I said to the lifeguard.

The few others had ____________ on the beach. I felt embarrassed and____________to walk back to my towel. After just a few ____________ I looked back again for the twins.

“There you are!” Dom said when I got back to the towel. I looked back at the____________. Then I sat clown with my friends to tell them about the angels.

I don't know your name, and I'm guessing that you are about high school age. I ______ you in action yesterday as you saved a little boy from ______ at Lake Elmo beach.

I was sitting on a bench with my friends, ______ their children played in the water. I remember ______ you taking off your shorts, grabbing your ______ device and heading into the water. My friends and I noticed at that moment the little boy's ______ moving up and down. He couldn't have been more than two years old and ______ to be alone in the water.

You got to him, put your flotation device around him, and ______ him back to shore. We could see the boy was ______ as you carried him out of the water and laid him on the ______. You started doing compression（按压）on his chest, and that is when we knew it was a bad ______. We reached you and knew you needed ______. I picked up my phone and dialed 911.

Soon, the ambulance ______ and several doctors were there to assist you. You appeared ______ as you walked away, as anyone would be. I ______ if this is your first rescue — it doesn’t matter. What you did was heroic, and I ______ you.

Had you been a few seconds later, this ______ could have ended quite differently. You were alert and ______ what was going on in the water, responsible for watching over a hundred kids at that time. ______ your fear, you took action. Because of you, the little boy and his family are ______ together today.

In 2019, Wang Jibing, a food delivery rider, had an ________ experience due to the wrong address left by a customer. Wang searched three buildings and climbed 18 floors before he finally managed to ________ the food to the customer, who rudely spoke to Wang ________ arriving late. As the primary breadwinner for his family, Wang silently ________ financial responsibilities, leading him to express his ________ through poetry.

Wang’s poems, simple yet real, are seen as a/ an ________ to process his emotions, especially the personal ________ he has during his work. His heart is ________ by writing the poems, and he has ________ them with his friends. In 2022, one of his friends ________ Man in a Hurry online. It quickly became a ________ and was viewed for over 20 million times. The same year, Wang published a ________ of more than 180 poems, under the same title. So far, Wang has written about 4,000 poems. This April, Wang published his second poetry collection, titled I Love This World Clumsily, featuring about 130 poems he has written since July 2022.

Wang views poetry as both a ________ from stress and an opportunity to document and understand his life. He expressed gratitude for the encouragement received from readers but remained ________ his regular job and family responsibilities, ________ that his poetry springs from a real love for life’s challenges.