Lesson 1 Life Is Experience
When Were You Bravest?
What does it ____ to be brave?
____ is no single definition, but everyone is brave in their own way.
Here are three young people sharing their bravest moments in ____.
Jason
One evening, I went to a convenience store to buy ____ snacks.
No one was at the counter, so I thought the clerk was working in the ____.
The ____ started ringing, but no one came to answer it.
I ____ something was wrong.
I looked ____ the counter and saw the clerk lying on the floor.
I ____ called 911 and explained the situation.
The operator asked me to perform CPR on the ____ until the paramedics arrived.
I was ____, but I remembered learning CPR at school.
I checked for a pulse on his ____. Fortunately, he was still breathing.
Then I started to push down on his chest, ____ that I was doing it right.
A few minutes later, the paramedics ____ in and took over the situation.
Luckily, the ____ regained consciousness.
____ putting the clerk in the ambulance, the paramedics said
“Thank ____ for being brave. You did a wonderful job.”
It ____ great to help save someone’s life!
Olivia
I dreamed of being an Olympic ____ and field athlete.
My room was full of medals and awards ____ races I had competed in.
During the national 100-meter championship race, however, my Olympic dreams came to a sudden ____.
I was about to take the lead in the race when I ____ felt a pain in my knee.
I ____ to the ground and had to be carried off the track.
At first, I didn’t ____ much of the injury. I thought I would get better soon.
But the test results from the hospital were not ____.
The doctors said my knee injury would prevent me from running ____.
Every ____, I had flashbacks of my injury.
I ____ not watch sports anymore because it was just too painful.
So I shut out everything related to ____ from my life.
Two years passed and I was ____ trying to get used to my ordinary high school life without sports.
Then one day, I came across an interesting ____ major called sports medicine.
It ____ with the treatment and prevention of sports injuries.
A light bulb went on in my head. This was my chance to ____ running away from my problems and fears.
So I made up my ____ and applied to this major.
Today, ____ to my brave decision, I am studying to be a star on the sidelines instead of on the playing field.
Yuna
Ever ____ I was young, I have admired great public speakers.
I hoped to ____ and move audiences like them someday.
But every time I had a chance to ____ in front of people, I would get scared.
I ____ want to make a fool of myself.
This fear kept me behind the ____ rather than on it.
That’s why I never entered the ____ speech contest at my school.
I ____ wanted to, but I just didn’t have enough courage.
Last year, however, was my ____ chance before graduating high school.
When I saw the poster on the class board, my mind began to fill with ____ of the school speech contest.
I ____ a voice growing louder in my head, saying “Go for it!”
I decided to sign up for the contest. To make a ____ story short, I did it.
I ____ my speech to the entire school. How did I do?
Honestly, I don’t remember much ____ the contest because I was so nervous.
But my act of ____ taught me a valuable lesson:
I can do ____ that I put my mind to.