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