填空( 2015 江苏卷) I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel's books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on. The stories of his unconventional 1 and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so 2 to me and had such a big 3 on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to 4 my own cancer experience? I'm an ambitious 5 , and when I started going through chemo( 化疗 ), even though I'm a very 6 person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the 7 . One day, while waiting to go in for 8 , I had one of Dr. Bernie's books in my hand. Another patient 9 what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me 10 he had one of his books with him as well. It 11 that among other things, he was an eighty-year-old writer. He was 12 a published author, and he was currently 13 on a new book. We would see each other at various times and 14 friends. Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell myself, he was definitely a(n) 15 of Dr. Bernie. He really put a 16 on my face. He unfortunately 17 last year due to his cancer, 18 he left a deep impression on me and gave me the 19 to pick up my pen again. I 20 to myself, "If he can do it, then so can I."