My deskmate admires my fluent English very much and I usually feel _______(encourage) by his compliments。
One day, when we learned the new word “eccentric” _____ 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 out _______(laugh) and my deskmate’s face turned red. After class, I learned from the teacher that my deskmate would have dropped out of school _______ 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 ______(hurt) others if we can’t always be encouraging when we speak。