Most young people are always on their phones, which may upset many people. ___________, a group called Girl Scouts are receiving _________ for setting up their first walk-in clinic for elderly people, who have difficulty understanding how to ___________ the secrets of their smart phones.

Each teen spent at least an hour of one-on-one time with their oldsters. Based on their _________ knowledge, each Girl Scout was assigned to ___________ different aspects of Android and Apple phones.

Some of the oldsters actually wanted to take part in e-commerce (电子商务), and needed help to _________ a payment account on their smart phones while others simply had _________ when learning how to send messages to their family members. "I was teaching this older woman how to _________, and the first thing she did was to send a message to her daughter,” one of the Scouts said. “How ___________ it was! It just made me feel really, really happy.”

In addition to arranging group lessons for all of the seniors to ____________ together at the end of the clinic, the youngsters even printed out brochures and guides for the seniors to take home in case ____________ seniors would encounter problems with their smart phones in the future.

The eighth graders earned their “Silver Award,, for their job. After experiencing the ____________ of their project, the girls hope to organize more ____________ in the near future. “Those girls were just great,” said Nancy, a great-grandmother who once ____________ the clinic. “They were ready for us and had a very mature attitude about answering our questions, and they ______________ the praise.

I was born in the slums (贫民窟). _________, my father didn’t let me attend school. I was always jealous (羡慕的) when my brother went to _________ each day. So, one day, I _________ him and hid under the teacher’s desk. She noticed me and sent me home. She _________ my father to put me in school. Much to my pleasure, my father agreed.

I loved learning, and I _________ moved to the top of my class. When I graduated from high school, I wanted to become an engineer. My father _________ me to attend university, but he said as a girl I should study food science instead. My first reaction was that food science was the _________ thing I wanted to study. After a childhood preparing meals for my family, there was nothing I hated more than _________. I went in for a food science program anyway, and I _________ that food science wasn’t so bad at all.

In the years that followed, I received a Ph.D. in food engineering. I worked with a company that wanted to __________ malnutrition (营养不良) in the slums. I __________ the ingredients (原料) in a traditional flatbread. I realized it was the most effective __________ to introduce more nutrition into the diet of __________ people, because it was the food eaten at every meal. My work has won many prizes.

In my life, I’ve faced many __________, but I didn’t let them hold me back. I hope others can take __________ from my story and realize that — though they may be facing challenges — they, too, can keep going and succeed.

It all started with a commercial. I watched the baby take his first_________ on TV, right before his family left for a trip to Disney World. An idea came to my mind: I wanted to go to Disney World. For most young kids, it's a(n)       _______ request, but for me, it is unique. I was born with cerebral palsy (脑瘫), which doesn't________ me to walk on my own. Over the next three years or so, I worked with physical therapists and practiced walking, standing, and balance all   __________that I would need to turn my goal into a reality.

I remember the feeling when my legs would_________ doing any more work, practically turning to jelly(胶状物). __________ this, everyone else told me I could do it, so I persisted. I walked, stood, balanced, until the ______came. On June 9, 2008, I stood in the tunnel leading into Main Street, looking around at my adoring fans, otherwise ________ as my family and friends. My dad asked me if I wanted any help doing this thing. I promptly replied, “No!” and situated myself ________ the end of the tunnel, feet_________ firmly, heart most likely beating out of my chest. Step, step, step, step, bump. I __________quickly what had happened: I ________ my momentum (冲力)and my focus, bumping into something. _________, we had practiced this type of ________ beforehand. Holding fast onto the handlebars, I gathered all of my six-year-old ___________and straightened out, _________my pace once again. It wasn't too long before the__________became louder because I had made it to the end, where my mom was waiting with tears in her eyes.

Looking back on that experience, I realize something thoughtful. Every once in a while, life will________   a few bumps in the road. _______ it may set you back for a bit don’t let it ________ you. Pick yourself back up and finish. It’s worth it.