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Hi, everyone. My name is Minji Song, and I ____ the editor of an online teen magazine, Teens Today.

I am honored to have been asked to give a ____

Many of our high school student subscribers send me messages with ____ about their future.

So today, I will talk ____ the value of experiences in making a better future.

For this talk, I asked my old friends ____ write down stories about what they experienced when they were younger.

I would like to start by reading ____ one by one.

I was fond of ____

____ summer day, I was watching an Olympic swimming event on TV.

The gold medalist looked fantastic, and I ____ to be just like him.

I ____ my parents if I could learn to swim.

They ____ and said, “Yes.”

Swimming ____ difficult at first, but after a year, I became a good swimmer.

I ____ tired but happy when I was out of breath after every practice.

As I practiced more, my times ____ better and better.

One ____ my coach suggested that I enter a competition.

He also advised me ____ for good results I should build muscle strength through weight training.

The training was demanding, leaving me exhausted at ____

Whenever I felt ____ way, I told myself, “No pain, no gain.”

I ____ to be quiet and shy when I was a child.

My homeroom teacher told me one day that she was putting ____ a play for our school festival.

She suggested that I take on a small role, saying that ____ in a play would be a good experience.

So, ____ decided to do it.

I was ____ nervous at the first rehearsal that I could not say my lines at all.

However, as I practiced ____ lines more, I became more and more confident.

On the day of the performance, I got anxious ____ my mind went blank just before I stepped on the stage.

My classmates tapped ____ on the shoulder and encouraged me.

Thanks to this, I was able ____ perform my lines perfectly.

I wanted to be a landscape ____

One day, I saw a poster advertising ____ city’s landscape design contest.

The instant I saw it, I ____ interested.

After doing some research on ____ Internet, I discovered that landscape designing involves arranging and decorating outdoor spaces.

I thought a landscape architect’s work was impressive because the arrangement ____ plants and structures can transform a space.

This inspired ____ to think about becoming a landscape architect.

I ____ out that I had to be good at math and science in order to become a landscape architect.

This is because landscape architects must calculate the dimensions and slopes of land as well as thoroughly examine ____ factors such as soil, air, and climate.

I was not good at either subject at the time, so I decided to ____ more effort into studying them.

When I was fourteen, I ____ hospitalized for several weeks.

One day, I saw a piece of paper ____ the table.

I was bored, so ____ picked it up and began writing things down to pass the time.

I felt a sense of ____ when I wrote what I wanted to do after leaving the hospital.

____ evening, I asked my mother to buy me a notebook.

As I filled page after page, I realized that writing was more than just a way to ____ time.

As the years passed, ____ passion for writing grew stronger.

So I ____ writing short stories and sharing them with my friends and family.

I felt a sense of accomplishment whenever they told me my ____ were good.

Can ____ guess what my friends do now?

Are they a swimmer? An actor? A landscape architect? ____ novelist?

Actually, all four of these people are ____

I ____ work as a magazine editor.

____ you can see, my preferences have changed over the years as I was exposed to new experiences.

Every time my interest changed, I was worried about what I was going to become in ____ future.

Changes in your interests and ____ are completely natural.

Try to accept this process and keep an ____ mind.

Exploring new things can sometimes lead to valuable experiences ____ will help shape your future.

I myself tried ____ different things before I finally became an editor because I enjoyed writing.

Thanks to these many interests, ____ can write articles about math and science, speak confidently in front of an audience, and relieve my stress by swimming.

Allowing yourself ____ opportunity to experience a variety of things is not a waste of time.

Your school days are a time of ____ and personal growth.

As you spend each day wisely, you will be able to figure out what kind of person you are ____ what you enjoy doing.

Do not ____ to define yourself in just one way as you undergo this process.

Be flexible. Remember that ____ potential is limitless.

____ you for your time.