Putri Prihardinni, a freshman at the Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, is amazed at how traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has continued to develop since she began studying it a year ago.

When she was 10, she _________ from constant headaches. So, her mother took her to see a TCM doctor near their home in Indonesia. After several weeks of _________ the bitter herbal medicine, her symptoms disappeared.

“His medical skills were like magic,” Prihardinni recalls. The _________ of being cured by TCM encouraged her to _________ TCM study.

Also from Indonesia, 21-year-old Banon Sayekti is one of Prihardinni’s _________. As she has never been _________ to TCM therapy before, Sayekti found it _________ to understand this branch of medicine at the beginning of her first semester.

“Chinese people believe that good health requires a _________ of yin and yang, and TCM doctors not only _________ a patient’s symptoms, but also to his or her __________ physical condition.” Sayekti says.

Many overseas students, __________, face difficulties in fully understanding the meaning and function of TCM medical terms __________ cultural and language barriers. To help them, the university offers various training courses for freshmen.

“People in my country are becoming increasingly interested in TCM. Numerous social media vloggers(视频博主) in my country are __________ their experiences with Chinese medicine,” Sayekti says. She plans to open a TCM clinic after graduation. “I want to tell my friends Chinese medicine is a __________ choice.”

As for Prihardinni, she wishes to obtain a postgraduate degree. “TCM study is a lifelong __________. I know it is not easy to persist, but I would like to give it a try.”

I was nine when I arrived at the Children’s Home in Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1965. I _______ the third grade test that year, only just made it through a second time, and had managed to get through the fourth grade test by the time I _______ Pauline Jambard’s fifth-grade class at Charlotte Avenue Elementary School.

I was _______ that I wasn’t “intelligent” like the other kids, _______ I hoped I could make it through the fifth grade. Ms. Jambard took an immediate liking to me. Of all the _______ in school, reading was my favorite. She would tell me, “Terry, _______ reading until you can understand what you’re reading, and then you’ll be _______ than most kids.”

That December, the children _______ a Christmas party for family and community members, but my brother and I had no family to _______. I still remember looking up and seeing Ms. Jambard walk through the front doors of the children’s home and ________ she was there to see me. That was the best ________ of my life.

After I graduated from Ms. Jambard’s class in 1969, my brother and I ________, and I lost all touch with my ________. In 1983, I was on a business trip and had to drive through Nashua. I took a chance and ________ Charlotte Avenue Elementary. I was________toward her classroom when she came out in the hallway and said, “Terry!” It was as if I had ________ left.

We have stayed in touch, and I call Pauline at least once a year.________the confidence she taught me, I went on to have a successful________in engineering and law. I don’t know if Pauline realizes how much she was________, however, I’ll never forget her________and her faith in me.

“Where could Michael be?” I wondered aloud.

Michael was my classmate. He liked playing tricks on others.

He once put a sign that said “Sing to Me!” on ________back. It was terrible. Everywhere I went, people I didn’t even know started singing to me. When I realized what was happening, I got really ________.

Another time, he embarrassed Nicole during sharing time. Nicole was shy. She ________ shared; she always said, “Pass.” But what did Michael do when it was his turn to share? He asked, “Did everybody ________how Nicole’s new blue dress matches her eyes?” Nicole’s face turned bright red. Poor Nicole!

It was Valentine’s Day that day. I was sure Michael was up to something somewhere, ________he always was. I couldn’t let him ruining someone’s Valentine’s Day.

I ________him everywhere. Lunch break was almost over. I must find him and stop him. When I got to the classroom, there was Michael Peterson, at Michael Rogers’s desk, digging in his valentine’s ________!

“Hurry and help me,” said Michael as soon as he ________me.

At first, I thought he was stealing valentines from Michael Rogers’s box. However, the more I watched, the more puzzled I became. He was putting valentines ________.

Seeing my expressions, he told me that he found Michael Rogers’s box was ________when he was passing out his valentines. Michael Rogers was new and Mrs. Karcher must have forgotten to put his name on the list, so ________made him a card.

I suddenly realized I had also ________to prepare a valentine for Michael Rogers.

“But everyone made one for me,” Michael continued, “So I’m giving him my ________since we’ve got the same name — Michael.”

I stood there, not quite believing ________I was hearing. “Is Michael Peterson the one who always played tricks on us?” I asked myself. Maybe he was kind of ________… in a hidden sort of way.