A few weeks ago, I followed a friend into an art supply store. I found him picking out tubes of
water-color paint, which   1   me because he's not an artist "I
        2   up for a water-color class, and it starts next week," he said."I really don't have   3   for it,
but it was on my list of 50 things to do before I die, so I   4   it. Every few months 1 look at the list
arid decide what to focus on next.   5   I had the list, I complained a lot about what I was   6   in my
life. Now 1 just bury myself in doing these things. Write your own list. and you'll   7   what I mean."
     So that night. I did just that, and he was right. The list revealed (顯露出) a whole lot about what
was   8   to me. It also revealed how   9   behind I am at getting to the things I really want.
     I filled up the first twenty  10  quickly, but then began to think carefully.
     Eventually I  11 , items I've thought about for years, and   12   I've carried with me since I was
young. When I  13  he list later, some entries surprised me.
     First, I want to  14  much more, particularly now that my children are  15  arid can go with me-to
see the world. I would like to take them to bike through Denmark and camp in the Canadian Rockies.
     I'm also surprised to  16  some things on the list that need to be done soon. If I'm going to learn to
roller-blade (輪滑),  17 , I'd better start before I turn 50.
     Like my friend, I now have an alternative to  18 .When I'm bored with life, I take out my list.
     My friend told me the  19  was preparing the ground so that life could- work in mysterious ways."If
you want your ship to come in, you must build a dock (碼頭)," he said. Thanks to my  20 , I'm working
on some big docks.

     Five and a half years ago my father was suddenly rushed to the hospital for an operation.At the time,we had no idea that he was__1__ill.The operation did not go well and he remained__2__.Due to the laws of
our state,we were__3__to keep him on a ventilator (呼吸機(jī)) for 72 hours against his wish of stopping
medical treatment if he was too ill.
     At the end of day two,I was__4__in the waiting room and watching others walk their fathers around
who had had__5__.Typically,I am very happy for others that are__6__,but that evening,I guess I was a
little__7__because I finally realized I would__8__be able to hold my father's hand and walk down the hall again.
     I had to jump up and run down the hall to__9__everyone.This was not in my nature but I just had to be__10__.After running for what seemed like a long time,I went into a rest room.I sat in a stall (小隔間) and__11__for at least five minutes.
     When I came out of the stall there was a__12__by the sink.I went to__13__on the water to wash my
face and she came to hug me though I didn't know her.She held onto me__14__I finally stopped crying.
Then she grabbed a paper towel,wet it and__15__it to me.She looked at me and smiled and then left.She never spoke one word but she touched my__16__.
     She__17__me that you do not need to be a conversationalist to help__18__the hurt in others.Never
__19__to hug someone who may need it today.You can make a__20__in someone's life without ever
speaking one word.