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When I was young I hated languages.My dad spoke several and was 61. (ambition) for me. It was not until my graduation from high school 62. I considered learning a second language-Spanish.
I was working in a school for disabled children in a class of six. Only two children could speak,but I realized 63.
(gradual) that every child could communicate. Some of them used physical signs and movements 64. (express) themselves. Others used their voices 一 they made noises which changed depending 65. how they felt. They even “talked” to each other,66. (have) arguments and friendly chats like anyone else. Every child in that room had likes and dislikes,desires and fears 67. they communicated every day,without saying a single sentence.
As time went on,I learned not only Spanish 68. the language of everyone of the children I cared for. I had been making excuses for not trying all these years and here 69. (be) a group of disabled children showing me 70. important communication really is. It made me want to challenge myself and really learn Spanish.