I never expected to spend some of my first year at university filming The Finnegans. I'd only ever acted at school, but I'd loved the book _______ I was eleven. My grandmother used to say I was just like Polly Finnegan and I always _______ myself playing her.

I'd taken a year off to go travelling before university. While I was in Chile（智利）, my mother emailed me to say there were plans to turn the _______ into a TV drama. I knew I had to go for the part. She was _______ at first, but sent my photo to the _______ and asked him to meet me. I flew back and got the _______.

The outdoor _______ started, so I got permission（同意）from the university to be away for three weeks. Once I was back at university, I got up at 6：00 a. m.to write essays（论文） I'd _______. I didn't tell my university friends, but they found out and thought it was great.

It was an amazing experience-I'm so _______ .When I graduate from university, I surely want to make ____________ my work.