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