With a birthday usually comes a party, as well as a cake, presents and wishes from friends. But beyond these, what does a birthday ___1___mean?
生日通常伴随着派对、蛋糕、礼物以及朋友的祝福。但除了这些，生日确切意味着什么呢？
One year I spent my birthday alone in a completely new place. Calls and messages poured in as usual.___2___, I was uncertain what to do. I had nowhere to go, nor did I know anyone with whom I could go out and share the ___3___ of the event.
有一年，我在一个全新的地方独自度过了我的生日。电话和信息像往常一样纷至沓来。然而，我不确定要做什么。我没有地方可去，也不认识可以和我一起出去分享这个事件喜悦的人。
At that moment, my mother called me, asking, “What are you ___4___for your birthday?”
就在这时，我妈妈打电话给我，问：“你为你的生日计划了什么？”
“I’m not sure, Mum. There’s ___5___ here,” I said in a low voice.
“我不确定，妈妈。这儿没人，”我低声说道。
“You don’t always need a lot of people for your birthday. Just follow your heart and make this day yours.” What Mum said made me feel less ___6___.
“你生日不一定需要很多人。只要随心而动，让这一天属于你自己。”妈妈说的话让我感觉不那么不快乐了。
Then I picked up a book and lost myself in it, with music on. I did exactly as my mother told me and ___7___ “my own day”. Unexpectedly, I got connected with my inner self. It was a ___8___ but satisfying day. I realized for the first time that I had fully grown-from the preschool child who shared chocolate with the whole class on my birthday to someone who could now ___9___it with myself.
然后我拿起一本书，在音乐声中沉浸其中。我完全按照妈妈说的去做，享受着“属于我自己的一天”。出乎意料的是，我与自己的内心产生了联系。这是宁静而满足的一天。我第一次意识到我已经完全长大了——从一个在我生日时与全班分享巧克力的学龄前儿童，变成了现在可以自己庆祝它的人。
When I lay in bed that night, I remembered my mother’s words. “You came into our lives this day,” she said. Her voice was filled with joy and ___10___for the coming of my life. And indeed, that is the true ___11___of birthday celebrations-the valuable gift of life itself.
那天晚上躺在床上时，我想起了妈妈的话。“你就是在这一天来到我们生活中的，”她说。她的声音充满了对我生命到来的感激和喜悦。的确，这就是生日庆祝的真正意义——生命本身这一宝贵的礼物。
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