About five years ago, I found myself working in a terrible middle school. The hours were long and the work was boring.________, the pay was low. Every day the job seemed a physical ________ for me. My neck would burn with pain from the constant bending. My feet would ache from ________ the entire day. The skin around my fingernails would split because of the work my hands were doing. I tried to keep my ________ up while I worked there, but day by day I felt myself wear down (疲惫). Every morning I would press sticking-plaster on my neck, place Band-Aid around my fingers and ________ my worn-out shoes. And every night I would ________ myself home and fall onto the couch.

One evening I felt like I could ________ it no more. As I drove home alone, I said to myself. “Why am I working myself here just to ________? Why couldn’t I find a better job than this? Why do I have to ________ this right now?”

I wasn’t really expecting a(n)________, but life always loves to surprise us. As I struggled up the steps to my front door, I found my wife and my son waiting for me with smiling faces. “Daddy, Daddy!” my son yelled. I smiled and picked him up with my ________ arms. Then after hugging and kissing him, I laughed for the first time in days and sat down ________. At that time, I found the answer which would give me the ________ I needed to go on.

Eventually I moved on to a better school, but I ________ forgot that answer, which had gently reminded me of the simple truth. We may have to work to live, but we live to ________. May you always fill your days with love and joy.

I have a degree in business. But it was my father’s ________ for me to seek a business major. He thought that having a business major would ________ me more available choices and make me more competitive in entering a global labor market. I ________ his advice. However, even though my college experiences were ________, I had no interest in any ________ of commerce, let alone having a long-term career as a businesswoman.

After I graduated, I worked as a marketing planner at a computer company. My ________ and working environment were great; yet I ________ didn’t feel happy doing something that held little appeal for me. After two months of working there, I made up my mind to ________ and decided to do what I love, namely (也就是) ________ history. I have now been doing this job for over twenty years. I am fond of being with my students.

If you are in a ________ where you don’t love what you are learning or doing, please ask yourself what you are really ________ about, and what you truly want for your life. Don’t ________ to get yourself a quick answer. Take some time to think about what career could bring ________ to you.

I like this motto “Success is not the key to happiness.________, happiness is the key to success.” Happiness ________ the inside of you, not from the outside. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

I’m a capable female manager. But I had to go extra distance to make people understand I was a (n) _________ manager, because I have neither _________ looks nor personality which makes people think I’m a friendly person.

My employees were attending a career training lecture. “Any other question?” asked the _________ before he ended his lecture. “Shall we have a 2-hour lunch break?” asked a girl. Everyone _________ laughter. I wondered whether she had any _________. Then my mind said, “You are jealous(嫉妒的)of her”. Yes I was. She was beautiful with a pleasing _________. Now they were there for lunch. I could hear her laughing in the distance, _________ by people. “Her life must be easy!” I thought to myself.

I hardly had any friends, so I had to have the lunch _________.

“Shall I _________ you?” she approached my table. “Sure, why not?” I said. She sat next to me. “I wish I were like you,” she said. What? Wasn’t this what I was thinking about her? “You know people never take me __________. They think pretty women generally don’t have brain, I hope they think I’m __________ in my work,” she complained, When I told her that my __________ were just the opposite of hers, we laughed together. We had a good __________ over lunch.

I realized nobody is perfect, If one __________ something, try to restore it, If one cannot change it, __________ it and live with it.