题目内容：

I bought a jasmine（茉莉花） plant for my office. When I bought it， I 1.__________(tell) it would bloom（开花） and the sweet smell 2.________(fill) my office. I had the plant for two months， and every day I looked at it， but there3.__________( be not) any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy， so I gave the plant to my friend Linda.

One day， another friend Mary called and 4.________( invite) me to her office. When I walked in， her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached out 5.___________(touch) the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn't help smelling them. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers， I suddenly 6.________(understand) something.

Mary bought her plant the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine7.___________(bloom). I was so impatient for mine to bloom； regretfully， I gave it away.

In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need 8._______(be) patient and let things happen.

Last Sunday Linda told me that she 9._________(go) abroad the next week. Before she left， she returned the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I 10._____________(learn) that when we want something in our life， we have to be patient. I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom.