As a graduate student, I got my first job as a dance teacher at a community college. ________ I did the same things to earn my bread.

One day, a mother, took her daughter, Emily, to attend my jazz class. I had to pay more ________ to the girl because she had a cerebral palsy(脑瘫) and had to ________   her sleeping difficulties. Her mother needed to come along to my class for ________ her.

Because of the cerebral palsy, Emily’s ________ seemed a little strange, but she soon became the hardest-working student in my class. Emily always kept smiling, it seemed that she would never feel ________ for herself. Some days later, I found that Emily sometimes missed my class. But when she came to my class, she would arrive ________ with her mother. She always came to chat with me, and I knew she practiced a lot and ________   all the lessons she had learnt.

One day, she talked about the reason why she was_________ at times. She was working in a special project – which was set up for people like her – to make their life meaningful. As her teacher, I couldn’t help ________her spirit.

Emily kept learning. Around half term, Emily’s mother came alone. She told me her daughter would ________ attend the course again because of her illness. I felt very bad. However, she added, those days had been the most _________time in Emily’s life. Her words ________ me a lot. Then she gave me a cute Teddy Bear, which was made by Emily for thanking my patience.

Years ________, I still kept the Teddy Bear. ________ I wanted to give up, the bear would remind me to go ahead.