On the first day of my university, I made a special friend. Our professor asked us to get to know someone who we ________. I stood up to look around. At that time, ________ gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around and found a little old lady looking up at me ________ a smile. She said, “Hi, handsome! I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed, “Of course!” I wondered why she went to university at this age. “I always dreamed of having a university ________ and now I’m getting one,” she told me.

We became friends. Every day we left class together and talked for hours. It was so interesting ________ to this human “time machine” when she shared her years of wisdom and experience with me. Over the years, Rose became a campus icon (校园偶像) and she ________ made friends wherever she went. At the end of the term, we invited Rose to speak at a student gathering. I’ll never forget ________. “We grow old because we stop playing. There ________ few secrets to staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You ________ have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.” she said. “There is huge difference between growing older and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability,” she added. “________ growing up requires finding the chance in the change.” Rose taught us that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.