After I moved to the US with my family, I experienced many “first times”. The one that would never forget was my________musical show(音乐剧).

I acted a police officer in a musical show called Guys and Dolls in the ________ , and had only one line(台词) to sing.

Our teacher, Ms. O'connor, was a serious artist. Under ________strict training, we were close to giving a great show. I was very excited when I imagined how ________I would look on stage in my beautiful clothes.

But soon, I started to feel ________ every time I said my line. I felt that the audience(观众) were all looking at me. Was I doing OK? Were my clothes pretty? ________ the worries, my movements and expression became unnatural(不自然的). I even couldn't ________ others in the show, just like a walking robot.

________, Ms. O'connor guided me onto the right way. She saw I was nervous and said to me, “I ________ how you feel. It is natural. As I always tell my students, you should love the art in ________, not yourself in art.” What she said is ________. It's not about how much the audience like us. It's about how ________we try to act. When we love the art in ourselves, we don't mind ________ alone or in front of the audience. So I began to forget myself on the stage and face the audience naturally.

The ________ in our school was a success at last. It was also one of the most ________ lessons that I have learned in my life.

One day, a teacher was giving a speech to his students. He put up a glass of water and asked them, “How ________ do you think this glass of water is?”

The students began to think and ________. Their answers were different, from 20g to 500g. It does not matter how heavy this glass of water. “It ________ how long you hold it. If I hold it for a ________, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance(救护车).

In fact, the weight of the glass of water doesn’t ________, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. What we have to do is to put the glass down, ________ for a while before holding it up again.

“If we carry our burdens(负担) ________, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry it.”

What do you have to do at this time? You just need to ________ the glass, and rest for a while before holding it up again.

So ________ you return home from work tonight, put away your work. Don’t carry it back home. You should learn to ________ yourself. You can pick it up tomorrow.

Life is short but amazing. Enjoy it!

Never give up! This is one lesson I learned when I was very young.

At the age of four, not knowing a single word of _______, I started school. I felt _______ because I couldn’t talk to other kids. Maybe I was shy because I never got used to(习惯于) talking with others. I only know Spanish, and English is just a mixture (混合) of _______. When the teacher spoke English, the words became faster and faster and then became a tornado(龙卷风) ripping(划破) _______ my mind. I was unable to _______. I got so confused(困惑的) and didn’t know what to do. I sometimes felt like crying, but I kept telling myself never to _______.

I started to learn English hard. At the end of the year, I could understand, read, speak and write English. The next year I _______ my friend Jack. It was his first year of school and he didn’t know English like me in the beginning, so I started to teach him this difficult language. At first it was very boring, but at last he got used to English and picked it up quickly. We _______ learning more and more every year, and now we are both very good English _______.

I also began to teach my younger sisters because I didn’t want them to feel isolated(孤立的) and shy as I did.

This year I am in the eighth grade and have got straight. As in every class since kindergarten. My secret? I never give up. Now I am learning Japanese. It may be a little difficult, but I will keep on learning it. No matter how hard something is, I keep trying _______ I do it right.

Nothing is difficult in the world if you put your heart into it.