My name is Li Hua. I’m writing this letter ______________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

   Ever since I was seven years old, my body clock has been set to "nocturnal （夜间活动的） ". If I try to go to sleep earlier, I just lie awake, not sleepy at all. If I try to get up any earlier, it’s not a matter of being "a bit tired" ; I am hardly able to do anything. I feel groggy and find it hard to concentrate.

This caused lots of problems at school: I would wander around unconsciously, not taking anything in refused to go to school and my mum was blamed （责怪） for not being stricter about bedtime, but in reality there was nothing she could do. My mum would get annoyed but she knew that there was no point trying to sleep because she had the same problem.

Finally I was allowed to have classes in the afternoon with a tutor （家庭教师）. This enabled me to get a place at university, but the problems came up again. At first I forced myself to get up for 9 am lectures, but after five mornings I was crying from tiredness. I managed to pass my exams. It was a moment of success for me, proving I had imagination and determination after all these years of being misunderstood and called lazy.

But still I wondered why I couldn’t change my body clock. I have tried everything to change my sleeping habits — forcing myself by going to bed 15 minutes earlier every night, sitting in front of a light box in the morning, using blue candles and cutting out caffeine — but nothing has worked. I even tried sleeping pills, which put me to sleep earlier but didn’t help with the morning experience.

I was sad to discover there was no cure, but I wouldn’t give up.

I'm glad to share my experience of being a volunteer teacher for the Rural Education Support Project.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours,

Li Hua

   At 7a.m.on October 2，2016，I got up，feeling excited and nervous. The first thought in my mind was，"Today's game is my first _____ football game." I'd played before but not like this，not in pads（防护垫），not with a helmet on my head and my heart started beating faster. I _____ finished breakfast and left for the field.

The whole time on the bus，I felt sick and nervous. Finally，I reached the field. ____that white numher7 jersey（运动套衫）for the first time made me feel ____ .I felt like football was my fortune.

We stood there. By the look on our faces，you could see who had _____ before and who hadn't. To me，it felt like a war. I was a（n）_____ soldier going into battle. Now I know that feeling was fear. We had _____ ，but not the real game. In training，we took a form and knew each other. In the _____ you don't know your opponent's strength. Everything just happened _____ you know it was happening.

We did warm-ups and some of us couldn't ______ to play，jumping around and yelling. Others stood still waiting for the direction. The referees（裁判）came out. We knew the game ______ came. As a captain，I went out for the coin toss to see which team would get the ball first. Campus Magnet won the coin toss. They ______ to receive.

Soon the game ______ and I caught up with the ball carrier and ran at a full speed. I lowered my shoulders and ran to his side with all my _____ ，knocking him down and at the same time knocking my ______ out. I rose to my feet and ______ what I had done. I'd made my first tackle（阻截）.I was ______ my dream，feeling renewed. That tackle encouraged me，giving me strength，______ and the desire to go on.

We ______ that game--8 to 6. That year we went undefeated, ______ every team on our schedule, and I was rated the best receiver in our division.