I'm 16. The other night, while I was busy thinking about important social issues, like what to do over the weekend and ___1___, I overheard my parents talking about my future. My dad was upset -- not the usual stuff that he and Mom and, I guess, a lot of parents worry about, like which college I'm going to, how far away it is from home and how much it's going to cost. Instead, he was upset about the world his generation is turning over to mine -- a world he fears has a dark and difficult future, if it has a future at all. He sounded like this: "There will be a pandemic that kills millions, a devastating energy crisis, a horrible worldwide depression and a nuclear explosion ___2___." As I lay on the living room couch, ___3___ their conversation, starting to worry about the future my father was describing, I found myself looking at ___4___ family photos. There was a picture of my grandfather in his Citadel uniform. He was a member of the class of 1942, the war class. Next to his picture were photos of my great-grandparents, Ellis Island immigrants. Seeing those pictures made me feel ___5___. I believe tomorrow will be better than today -- that the world my generation grows into is going to get better, not worse. Those pictures helped me understand why.

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1.who to do it with
2.set off in anger
3.eavesdropping on
4.some old
5.a lot better

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