I still remember the happiest moment of my life．I decided to hold a party for my Italian friends while living in Florence，Italy．My friends didn't speak any English，and I vividly remember

（61）___（try） to only speak Italian in （62）___ party．And then，someone asked me to tell a joke．

I don't know if you know this，but （63）___（tell） jokes in another language is one of the （64）___（painful） experiences you can imagine．

I began the joke．"C'era una volta （Once upon a time）…"

Halfway through the joke，I began to get nervous，so I suddenly forgot the Italian word．And 30Italians were staring at me，（65）___（wait） for the joke to end．

At the last minute，I remembered and completed the joke．I waited for the sound of crickets…But instead I experienced a （66）___ （thunder） laugh and a round of applause．I had made dozens of Italians laugh，in their country，in their language．

（67）___today，that memory continues to be one of the （68）___ （happy） moments I've ever experienced．And it's the reason （69）___，over the last four years，I （70）___ （study） languages and now speak five：English，Italian，Spanish，Portuguese，and German．