Do you sometimes try something new and expect to be successful for the first time? Are you angry with yourself if you aren’t?

Do you know a baby how to learn to walk? When a baby falls, the loving parent   (1)  her, “That’s OK. Try again.” Can you imagine if after many falls, the parent  (2)   the baby and said, “well, I guess you’ll   (3)  be good at walking,” and didn’t let the child continue to try?

Remember the first time you   (4)   your bike? I do. I didn’t lose my confidence. I went back and tried again. Didn’t you?

When I was a kid, my dad told me, “You know, I invented 4UP（一种汽水饮料）, but it wasn’t very good, I went back to the lab and   (5)  5UP and still, it wasn’t right. Finally I tried 6UP, but it didn’t sell. So I stopped. If I went on trying, maybe 7UP would  (6)  !” he told me. Time after time, he said he   (7)   too soon. He told me, “If I  (8)   one more, I could have been a rich man.”

Thomas Edison failed over a thousand   (9)   before he found the filament (灯丝) material that would make an electric light bulb shine.

  (10)  we try something new, we need practice. No matter how well we plan, there are unexpected problems happen.

Success really is not an option(选择). It is a chance only for those who try.

Years ago I worked at a factory in a small county. Every day I got up very early and often did much extra work at night.  I was so tired and exhausted. My whole life was hopeless. Then one day I read the following article from a magazine:

   “A woman went to live with her husband in camp on the Mojave Desert during the war. She simply hated the place: the heat was almost unbearable, 125 degrees in the shade, the wind blew incessantly, and there was sand--sand everywhere. Finally, in desperation(不顾一切地)she wrote her parents in Ohio that she couldnˈt stand it another minute and was coming home.

 Quickly came the reply by airmail from her father--just two lines:

  ‘Two men looked out  from prison bars. One saw the mud, the other saw stars.’

  The daughter did some real thinking, not only with the intellect (思维)but also with her heart. She decided to stick to her post. She made friends with the natives,  learned to love the country, and eventually wrote a book about it. The desert hadnˈt changed, but her attitude had. Because she listened with her heart to the words her  father sent, a whole new world opened up to her.”

   A change of attitude could change everything.

   After reading the article, I was deep in thought（陷入沉思）…

Friendship is something that everyone needs. Success is nothing without friends. You share life, happiness and sadness. A friend is someone you can depend on in a time of need and that can trust you with every secret he or she has.

   So what happens when a friendship of eight years is broken over something out of their control? Does that mean it was never a true friendship to begin with?

   My friend and I met in high school and have known each other for nearly eight years. What happened recently broke our lifelong friendship.

   This makes me think about what friendship really means. I always thought my friend and I could get through any argument, fight, or the sadness of life. We promised each other we'd always be friends, through thick and thin. We even joked about how we would sit in a circle and laugh at some jokes when we had grandchildren. We always laughed at every little thing.

   But then her grandfather passed away and suddenly our friendship was nothing. It happened so suddenly that I never found out about it until I discovered a note she had written on the interact. I was sad and hurt that she would post what I told her for other people to see. I understand that she was sad and wanted to vent (发泄) her sadness, but I wish she'd kept everything between us.

   I don't understand why she broke our friendship, and I don't think I ever will. I think friendship means we'll always forgive each other for our mistakes. I hope that finally I'll find that a true friend who will always be there for me, I there for her.

The teacher stood before his class of 30 students and hand out the final exam papers. “I know how hard you have all worked to prepare for this test.” he said, “And because I know you are all able to understand this material, I am ready to offer a “B” to anyone who would prefer not to take the test.”

   A number of students jumped up to thank the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the remaining students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a “B”? This is your last chance.” Two more students decided to go.

   Seven students stayed. The teacher then handed out the papers. There were only three sentences which were written on the paper：Congratulations! You have received an “A”. Keep believing in yourself.

   I never had a teacher who gave a test like that, but I think that it is a test that any teacher could and should give. Students who do not have confidence in what they have learned are “B” students at most.

   The same is true for students in real life. The “A” students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have learned from both success and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, whether from formal education or from events in their lives, and have become better people. Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you realize that you have some limits. However, there is nothing you can’t do. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the top of Mount Qomolangma said, “We do not conquer the mountain, but ourselves.”

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One day the son came to his father.”Dad, I can’t do this anymore. Those lessons only make me tired, and the result doesn’t change. It must be not suitable for me to play football and my dream will never come true.” said the son.

The father looked at his son with loving eyes.Here is what the father said.”You know son, every person in life has a dream, a goal of his life.They are the ones that make us do what we are doing because they are what we should do. We have to fight for what we believe in. The easiest way is to quit everything and not to go until the end because the path is difficult. We want everything to be easy.But the wishes are just wishes! This is how our dream dies, and the goal becomes unreachable.

But you only need to remember one thing: never give up, and fight for it.It doesn’t matter that you have lost one battle(战役)and even dozens of battles.Life goes on! Your biggest enemies are hiding in you---laziness,fear, doubt. Be warrior(勇士)of your dream, your goal and your wishes!

Do you think of your parents? “Yes, of course. ” you may answer, “I often buy presents   (1)   my parents on their birthday . ” Then what about the other days of a year? Always remember to think of your parents, not just on some   (2)   days.

I have a friend. She   (3)   alone, because her parents live in a different city. One day I went to see her. We had a   (4)   talk. Then she wanted to make a telephone call. She dialed (拨) the number, but then she put down the   (5)  . After about ten seconds, she dialed the number again. “Hi, Mom …”

Later, I asked, “Why did you dial the number   (6)  ?” She said, “My parents are old. They can’t get   (7)   the telephone quickly(快速地). I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them   (8)   time to answer the call. ”

My friend is just such(这样) a good girl. She is always   (9)   her parents, so why not   (10)   her? You’ll also be a good son or daughter.

When I was about 12 years old, I really wanted a new bike! I   (1)   my parents my birthday wish, but I knew there was little hope because my family could   (2)   have the money.

   On my birthday my parents told me they had my   (3)   outside in the back yard. There was my back,   (4)   it wasn’t the bike that I thought it would be. This one was yellow, old. It was so

  (5)  ! But I put on a smile(微笑),   (6)   as fast as I could and didn’t look back.

   As time went by, I began to understand my parents gave me   (7)   much more than just an old bike. They gave me a life lesson about   (8)  . When you give something out of love, it doesn’t matter what it is in fact. What matters is the love that is in it. I like to remember this   (9)  

because giving a gift is not about money. It’s about how much love you can feel from it. Do remember, a gift that   (10)   two dollars isn’t any less valuable(有价值的) than an expensive one.

A girl complained(抱怨) to   her father about her hard life. She didn’t know what she had to do and wanted to   (1)   ­­ . She felt tired for fighting and fighting. One problem had been finished but another came.
Her father, a cook, took her   (2)   the kitchen. He poured water into   the pans and boiled(煮) it.When the water was boiling,in the first pan he put some carrots, in the   (3)   he put some eggs and in the last he put some coffee. He   (4)   them for a few minutes without any words.
The girl closed her mouth and waited impatiently（无耐心地）,not knowing
  (5)     her father was doing that. After about 20 minutes, her father turned   (6)   
the stove（炉子）,took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took out the eggs and put   (7)  in another bowl. After that the  (8)   was poured into a cup. Turning back to his daughter, he asked, “What do you    (9)   ?” “Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she answered.
Her father told her to    (10)   her eyes and let her touch(触摸) the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take eggs and    (11)   them. Then, she got boiled and hard eggs. At last, the father asked her to smell the coffee. “What’s the meaning, Father?” He    (12)  that each one had the same unlucky experience — the boiled water, but   (13)  had a different reaction (反应). The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after being in the boiling water. The eggs became hard    (14)    being cooked. The coffee was very special and it changed the water. “Who are you?” asked her father, “When something unlucky knocks   (15)   your door, what’s your reaction? Are you carrots, eggs or coffee?”

I am always not sure whether my parents love each other or not. Every day they are very busy making money so that they can   (1)   a good life for my sister and me. They don’t act in the usual ways that I read in books or I see on TV. Also, they never send   (2)   to each other on Feb, 14.

     One day, my mother was sewing(缝合) a quilt(棉被). I quietly sat down beside her.

     “ Is there love   (3)  you and Dad?” I asked.

     With a little surprise in her eyes, my mother stopped to raise her head and   (4)     me. She said   (5)   for long time. At last I heard my mother’s voice:

      “Jane,” she said, “look at this thread  (6)   sometimes it appears, most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and lasting. If life is a quilt, then   (7)   should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there, and   (8)   disappears.”

      I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her   (9)   the next spring, when my father suddenly got  (10)  seriously. My mother had to look after him in the hospital for a month. When they   (11)  home, every day in the morning and evening, my mother helped my father walk slowly. They often walked without a word. And after two months, my father still couldn’t walk by   (12)    All of us were worried about him very much.

     “Dad  (13)   are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.

     “Jane, nothing serious. To tell you the truth, I just like   (14)  with your mom. I like this kind of life, even if I cannot walk anymore.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

      Once I thought love meant good presents and sweet kisses. But now, I understand that love is just like a thread in the quilt. Love is inside, Making our   (15)    nice and warm.