The year I went away to college was a very difficult transition(过渡期)for me. 20 is probably true with many people, I got quite homesick and 21 thought about going home.
Although the 22 time for many students is getting 23 from home, my mailbox was frequently 24 . One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard 25 out at me. I sat down to read it, 26 a note from someone back home. 27 I became increasingly puzzled as 28 postcard were like this: It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and 29 about it.
Several days later I 30 another postcard, this one 31 news about Maybelline, Mabel’s cousin. Soon after, another card arrived and then another, 32 full of news of different people. I began to 33 look forward to the next one, 34 to see what this author would come up with 35 . I was never 36 .
Finally, the cards 37 coming, right about the time I had begun to feel 38 about college life. They had been such a happy distraction (调剂) that, I have 39 all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a life.
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