I live in central London. It’s _______ . I see tons of people every day. The Uber driver. The office workers at rush hour. The cashiers at Sainsbury’s... Deep in my thoughts. I encounter and interact with people _______ like a robot sometimes, without giving it much thought. It’s becoming _______ for me to make spontaneous(自发的) friendships.

My mom was and still is the _______ of spontaneous friendships. She is the kind of person who will talk to a cashier and know her life story, talk to a sales assistant and become her _______ and talk to a man sitting nearby, get his number and have me visiting his workplace to get _______ on job hunting. These mindless chats have _______ her many friends, and they have also _______ many problems. I can’t remember how many times she did her magic and _______herself out of a bad situation. Sometimes I wish I could be ________ like her.   But on reflection, it’s something I can ________ and you can too.

For me to   ________, I had to make a habit of some sort.Here are three affirmations(肯定) I tell myself every day to be more open to people.

We are all ________. We are all in this world together so we might as well be ________ and make a connection with a fellow human.

Today is going to be a great day. Maybe I’ll meet someone who will ________ my day. I might be saved by a stranger. I might even meet my future ________before even applying.________ are created by people. Whether it is a job or anything else, opportunities come from people ________ each other.

So next time you wait in line or even sit in the underground, don’t be afraid to interact with a ________. You might get to that opportunity or solution that was ________ in them,waiting to be found.

Alexis Lewis, a 7-year-old girl, set out with her family on a trip to explore different parts of the country. During the hours on the road, her grandfather, a rocket scientist, would_________cool ideas with Alexis about science. Eventually, everything her grandfather said_________Alexis to become a (n)_________.

Fast forward to the 2017 Kid Inventors' Day event_________on January 17 in Brooklyn, New York. Alexis 17, was one of the seven kid inventors who attended the_________. With an audience of 50 people in_________and more than many others watching on Facebook Live, Alexis_________her award-winning invention, the Bamboo Travois. It is a lightweight device made of bamboo, a net rope_________wheels. A person can use the travois to carry someone else while walking long_________.

Alexis also____________another one of her inventions: the emergency Mask Pod. It is a football-shaped canister (小罐) that____________a smoke mask and can be thrown____________the of a____________building. People inside the building can put on the mask to____________themselves from smoke inhalation (吸入).____________firefighters helped her test the____________by throwing it hundreds of times into windows of second-storey buildings.

The world____________new thinkers like Alexis and other young inventors who____________the event. Kids are the ones who can solve the____________that the older generation creates. It's our job as adults to show kids the possibilities of____________they can make and create.

As the train picked up its speed, the passengers slowly settled down on their seats. I _________ the lower bed, so that I could enjoy the beauty outside from the moving train. I don't know why I always preferred to get the _________ seat. An elderly _________ took the front seat of mine. I looked at her. She must be in her eighties, I guessed. At one point, we met our _________. She smiled at me. With politeness, I gave her my response. Both of us were _________. By that time, the train was at its full speed.

It was 6: 50 pm, evening time. So, _________ time was still a long way. I couldn't _________ myself any longer and asked, “Auntie! Where are you going?” She looked at me and said in a _________ way, “Army camp, dear.” Suddenly my enthusiasm _________ to know the reason. I politely said, “Auntie, you are visiting someone?” She smiled ____________ and said, “Yes!”

Just to ____________ the conversation, I talked to her in a very happy mood, “Auntie, you must be feeling so ____________ to see your child and your grandchildren?” Perhaps, this ____________ hurt her a little but courageously she answered, “Oh, dear! You are so sweet! ____________, I had only one son who joined the army and was ____________ by the terrorist attack just a few days before. I bought so many new clothes with the winter items for him. So, I thought why not I would ____________ my son's clothes for some other soldiers, so that I would ____________ my sorrow and would be happy thinking that my own son has ____________ it. He was single, so I don't have any grandchild.”

I was amazed hearing her heartbreaking ____________! But I respected the old lady from the center of my heart. I was thinking of her ____________ heart!