If what your friend comes up with surprise you, don’t reject it immediately. _____, imagine that it is true.

However weak we are，we can still do something against the powerful nature so long as we are     prepared．

.—Jenny, I've finished my summer school classes.—Well, Chinese is _______ difficult to learn, isn't it?—It seemed that _______ at first. But after a while it starts to get easier. I got an A in the exam.

Although the old man was ____ , but he didn’t feel ______. He had a dog as a company.

My parents lent me the money. ________, I couldn’t have afforded the trip.