Life is like a journey on a train with its stations, with changes of routes（路线）and with accidents.

At birth we get on the train and _______ our parents. They are the ones who give us tickets. We believe they will always _______ by our side. However, at some station our parents will get off the train, leaving _______ on this journey alone.

As time goes by, other people will get on the train, many of whom will be important—our brothers, sisters, friends, children, and _______ the love of our life.

Many will get off during the journey and stir（打动）our hearts.

Many will go so unnoticed that we won't even know when their seats are left _______ .

This train ride will _______ happiness, sadness, expectations, hellos and goodbyes.

The mystery to everyone is: We don't know at which station we ourselves will _______ . So, we must live in the best way—love, forgive, and show the best of ourselves to others. It's important to do this _______ when the time comes for us to get off and leave our seat empty, we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will _______ to travel on the train of life.

Thank you for being one of the ________ on my train. Have a great journey of life!

How cruel could a war be? The Battle at Lake Changjin would show you.

The story _________ during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (抗美援朝). It was _________ there—the temperature was -40℃. The Chinese soldiers only had _________ winter clothes and could not keep up with food or weapons (武器). The US army, on the other side, had much better weapons. However, the soldiers didn’t give up and _________ fighting. There are some _________ touching scenes in the film. The Chinese soldiers had nothing to eat but potatoes, but these potatoes were frozen _________ the cold weather. The soldiers had to wait for the potatoes to thaw (解冻) before being able to eat them. After watching The Battle at Lake Changjin, Ms. Chi, a blogger on Tik Tok, decided to go home and try eating a frozen potato. She cooked the potato and put it in the _________. She wanted to experience the hard-ships of the _________ eating the frozen potatoes like in the movie.

Unlike ice- cream, frozen potato is rock-hard. Ms. Chi could _________ eat it and felt very sad after taking the first try. She almost cried as she __________ that our happy lives of today came from the great struggles of heroes.

When I was about 12, I had a friend who often pointed out my shortcomings(缺点). Sometimes she said I was very short. Sometimes she said I was too lazy. Sometimes she said I was careless. Sometimes she said I talked too much, and so on. I became so ________ that I couldn’t stand her at last I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me ________ and asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Jane, didn’t you ever ________ what you’re really like? Go and make a list of everything she said and write down the points that are ________. Pay no attention to the other things she said.” I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I ________ that about half the things were true. Some I couldn’t change, like being very ________. But many I could and I wanted to change. For the first time, I bad a better understanding of myself.

I brought the ________ back to Daddy. He refused to read it. “That’s just for you,” he said, “You know the truth about ________ better than any other person. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be helpful to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, ________ only hear the truth and do what you think is right.”

Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve ________ had a better piece of advice.