I was walking towards my office when my colleague Philip stopped me.He __  (1)  __ me to Stephen，a young man who would take one of my classes.With a (n)__  (2)  __expression，Stephen asked if my class was going to be hard.I __  (3)  __ that he was afraid of failing __  (4)  __before the opening day of classes.When I told him it was a __  (5)  __in which students should recite a lot of facts，I saw his eyes getting __  (6)  __ with fear.

Then I remembered a Chinese __  (7)  __：“One bite at a time.”I told him to finish his work that way __  (8)  __finish all the work at a time.

Later I learned __  (9)  __ of Stephenˈs story.His family members who treated him badly kept __  (10)  __him that he was a failure.__  (11)  __he still kept at it and got his diploma(毕业证)．Now，faced with their __  (12)  __ attitude and doubt，he had enrolled(报名)in college.

Stephen didnˈt become an “A” student.__  (13)  __，he managed to pass most of his courses by __  (14)  __his studying into bite-sized parts.Slowly，he began to gain a lot of __  (15)  __and was brave to face difficulties.He was a great singer and he was __  (16)  __the school team.

Every time I saw him on campus he would say，“One bite at a time”．Whenever he introduced me to his friends on campus，he would __  (17)  __ that he was succeeding when he was __  (18)  __to be failing.His __  (19)  __，he said，was that he was practicing what I taught him __  (20)  __classes ever started.I asked for the answer and he said，“Take it one bite at a time”．