奇速英语

With a birthday usually comes a party, as well as a cake, presents and wishes from friends. But beyond these, what does a birthday ___1___mean?

One year I spent my birthday alone in a completely new place. Calls and messages poured in as usual.___2___, I was uncertain what to do. I had nowhere to go, nor did I know anyone with whom I could go out and share the ___3___ of the event.

At that moment, my mother called me, asking, “What are you ___4___for your birthday?”

“I’m not sure, Mum. There’s ___5___ here,” I said in a low voice.

“You don’t always need a lot of people for your birthday. Just follow your heart and make this day yours.” What Mum said made me feel less ___6___.

Then I picked up a book and lost myself in it, with music on. I did exactly as my mother told me and ___7___ “my own day”. Unexpectedly, I got connected with my inner self. It was a ___8___ but satisfying day. I realized for the first time that I had fully grown-from the preschool child who shared chocolate with the whole class on my birthday to someone who could now ___9___it with myself.

When I lay in bed that night, I remembered my mother’s words. “You came into our lives this day,” she said. Her voice was filled with joy and ___10___for the coming of my life. And indeed, that is the true ___11___of birthday celebrations-the valuable gift of life itself.

I spent a birthday ___12___a party. It made me realize the spirit of birthday itself.