Ilovetoroller-skate，althoughIreallycouldn'tskatewelluntilafewyearsago．Ibeganskatingatmyneighborhoodskatingrink（滑冰场）．EveryMondaynightagroupofyoungpeoplewould（36）___attherink．Itseemedthat（37）

　　I love to roller-skate，although I really couldn't skate well until a few years ago．I began skating at my neighborhood skating rink（滑冰场）．Every Monday night a group of young people would （36）___ at the rink．It seemed that （37）___ else in the group could skate well and most of them could （38）___ skate backwards．But not me．In the end，I told myself：I'm going to learn to skate backward．It took a while，but my hard work finally paid off．I could skate backwards!

　　（39）___ I hadn't been to the rink for a couple of weeks，no one in my group of skating friends knew about my new skill．I looked forward to showing it （40）___ to them．Another Monday night finally came．As I turned round，I felt a little shaky，and I almost （41）___ my balance．But I didn't fall．I picked up speed，and all my friends cheered me on．

　　Feeling a little（42）___，I started skating a little too fast．I made the turns a little too wide．Suddenly I realized that I was out of （43）___，and I knocked into the rink wall．Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in the back of my head．

　　But along with the （44）___ pain of my accident，I felt the pain of shame．Before opening my eyes，I already （45）___ that my friends were laughing at me．When I came to my senses，though，my friends were helping me get up to my skates again．And not one of them was laughing at me．A few of them even （46）___ me，"Keep going!You're doing well，"they said．

　　That day I learned a very important lesson．Falling is part of any leaning （47）___．And picking yourself up and going on，is too．

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