My deskmate admires my fluent English very much and I usually feel ____(encourage) by his compliments。
One day, __ we learned the new word “eccentric” in class, we ____(ask) to make a sentence with it. I volunteered to do it by saying “My deskmate is an eccentric boy ____ clothes never fit him。” ___(Hear) this, the whole class burst into ___(laugh) and my deskmate’s face turned red. ____ class, I learned from the teacher that my deskmate would have dropped out of school if he hadn’t been helped by others. My mindless words must___(hurt) him deeply。
Not until then did I realize words could be powerful in___positive and negative ways. We should avoid hurting ___(other) if we can’t always be encouraging when we speak。