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　　Sharon wrote this when she was 16 and in the ll^th grade．Her goal is to become an international diplomat(外交官)and peace-maker．

　　It was my first day at school．I felt 　　1　　 and scared．I went to all my classes with no 　　2　　．It felt like no one 　　3　　．I listened anxiously to all the lessons and waited for lunch 　　4　　 at 1∶00．Then finally the bell rang．It was time to talk and have 　　5　　．

　　In the lunch line I met a new friend who wore a hijab(穆斯林妇女戴的面纱)on her head, and though I am 　　6　　, we got along fine, and I was so 　　7　　 when she said, “Sit with us, at our table．” She pointed to the one next to the door．

　　So I 　　8　　, and took my tray and was 　　9　　 to walk with her across the floor, when suddenly I felt a jog．“Hey, I saw you on the bus,” said a tall girl in a long skirt．”I see your Jewish star necklace．You 　　10　　 sit with us．”

　　At that moment I looked around, and that's when I 　　11　　, to my surprise, the nations of the world, 　　12　　 themselves．That’s what I saw through my own eyes．

　　The Spanish only sat with Spanish, the Hindus only with Hindus, the Russians always with the Russians, and 　　13　　 the Arabs with the Jews．

　　I saw the reason why 　　14　　 got started．Everyone 　　15　　 to their own kind．The 　　16　　 was just like a map of the world, where there should never have been so much separation among nations．But why was everyone so 　　17　　?

　　And so I turned 　　18　　 this girl, and went with the first, and there was no offence, I built a 　　19　　 between two worlds when I sat with those 　　20　　 from me．

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　　Today I am known for my voice．But it 　　1　　 a long time to believe I could read well．When I was young I stuttered(结巴)　　2　　 badly that I was completely 　　3　　 to speak in public．

　　　　4　　, when I was 14, Professor Donald Crouch came to our school．He was a retired college professor．He held a book of poems 　　5　　 it were a diamond necklace．When he heard our school was 　　6　　 Shakespeare, he could no longer 　　7　　 not being a part of our school．

　　When he 　　8　　 that I not only loved poetry but was 　　9　　 it, we became closer．There was, however, one 　　10　　 between us－Professor Crouch could not stand the 　　11　　 that I refused to read my poems to the class．

　　“Jim, poetry is 　　12　　 to be read aloud,”he said．“You should be able to speak those beautiful words．”I shook my head and 　　13　　．

　　Then he tricked me．After handing in a poem, I waited for his 　　14　　．It didn't come．Instead, one day as the students gathered together, he said to me,“Jim, I don't think you wrote this．”I 　　15　　 him in disbelief．“Why”, I started,“of course I 　　16　　!”“Well, then,”he said,“you've got to prove it by getting up and reciting it 　　17　　 memory．”

　　With knees shaking, I walked up．For a moment I stood 　　18　　．Then I began, and kept going．I recited my poem all the way through!

　　Afterwards, Professor Crouch congratulated me, and 　　19　　 me to read other writers' poems before the public．

　　Before long, I discovered I did have a(n)　　20　　 and found my fellow students actually looked forward to hearing me recite．

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　　I truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine, and to my future as happy wife and businesswoman．When Mum 　　1　　 in October 2007, I was cook．In December that year，while I was working for a wedding，a pearl necklace Mum had left me 　　2　　．I was distraught(忧心如焚的)．Some days later, I was 　　3　　 that a guy who was working with us that day．“could probably have made a fortune 　　4　　 the necklace he found．” 　　5　　, he returnde it．Hearing he I’d 　　6　　 Mum for six months before her death, he said，“Christmas is going to be 　　7　　－why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks．

　　I come to Morzaine, a small, friendly village in the Alps and 　　8　　 fell in love with it．What was 　　9　　 to be a stopgap(权宜之计)trip turned into a new life．I kept traveling between London and here and felt 　　10　　 than I had in months．In December 2008, I was 　　11　　 as a hotel manager and moved here full time．

　　A month later, I met Paul, who was traveling here．We fell in love．In the beginning, I didn’t want to discuss 　　12　　, because the sadness of losing Mun 　　13　　 felt great．Paul understood that and never 　　14　　 me．But, by summer, we got married．A year later, we used his saving, and the money from the sale of Mom’s house, to build our own 　　15　　．

　　We want to give our guests a 　　16　　 feel, so each room is themed(以……为题)around memories from our lives．There are also styles to remind me of Mom－a tiny chair which 　　17　　 be in her bedroom is set in one room．

　　We are having a wonderful life Mum 　　18　　 naturally part of it, 　　19　　 there's no way we would be here．If it wasn’t for the 　　20　　 she gave me．I know she’s here in spirit, keeping an eye on us．