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