阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Steveis interviewing the famous biographer (传记作家)Garen Thomas.
Steve：Thomas, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a famous writer, would you please tell ussomething about yourself and your new books?
Garen：Of course.
Steve：Where were you born?
Garen：I was born in Chicago, but I spent most of my childhood inNew York.
Steve：{#blank#}2{#/blank#} was your childhood like?
Garen：I had pretty strict parents. They wished me to be successfulin studies. So I think my childhood was {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(bore)and I was always complainingabout it.
Steve：Do you get along well {#blank#}4{#/blank#} your parents now?
Garen：Oh sure, I have reached middle age now. So far I {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(understand) their love for me.
Steve：Where did you go to university?
Garen：I graduated {#blank#}6{#/blank#} Yale University with a degree in EnglishLiterature.
Steve：How did you start writing?
Garen：I like writing from young, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it is not easy for me toenter this occupation. You know, I once worked in companies. I started writingfor magazines and eventually {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(ask) to write books, so I was pretty lucky.
Steve：{#blank#}9{#/blank#} did you begin to write the book about the presidentObama?
Garen：From the beginning of 2008, it {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(take) me 6 months toprepare for it, interviewing and finding information about him. Obama told memany stories about his life and family.
Steve：Sounds interesting.
