My uncle Meyer is not a famous person but has done a lot of great things in his life. He is a ______ who has been teaching languages and history at a college in the past 45 years. He has ______ some young people to love languages. He often ______ letters and e-mails from students who studied with him years ago. Many of them finished ______ and then had their own jobs and families. They tell him what they have learned from ______ and how much he has influenced them.

A second great thing about my uncle is that he is also a teacher ______ the classroom. When we were children, we used to follow him to the museums on weekends. He always ______ money to support the museums. Many times we wondered ______ he did that. He told us, "The real world is ______ than the classroom. Museums can ______ us with something we cannot learn in the classroom."

A third great thing about Uncle Meyer that ha never stops ______. He's 68 years old now, and he is taking Chinese lessons although he can already speak Russian and German pretty well.

Uncle Meyer finds it difficult to learn Chinese ______, he never gives up. He thinks learning languages is fun ______ he has made great progress so far. He's hoping to go to China and visit some famous cities next year with the ______ to speak some Chinese.

Some people think Uncle Meyer is old and he should stop working, but he has never thought about that. He loves to teach and learn. He believes that it is ______ to learn and lead other people to learn. Uncle Meyer is always on the way.