When I was a boy,smart phones and computers were not available,and our television only got one channel clearly.Still,the fields,hills,and woodlands around my home never got me bored.  (1)   

I can remember once hiking to a nearby lake.At the backside of it I was amazed to find an old dirt road that I bad never seen before.It was full of potholes and muddy tire tracks and deep woods on both sides.  (2)  

  (3)  The dirt road gave way to a gravel（碎石）one and then a paved one,yet there was still neither a car nor a house in sight.I noticed the sun was starting to go down and I didnˈt want to end up trapped on this road in the dark of night,but I was afraid it would be dark before I could make it back to the lake again.

  (4)  My heart was pounding and my legs were aching.I was almost in tears when I turned one last curve（弯道）and saw something in the distance.It was a house that recognized.

My heart beat fast!  (5)  It was still over a mile away,but my legs felt like feathers and I hurried back to my house in no time with a big smile on my face.Then I ended my adventure with a good nightˈs sleep.

There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving birds   (1)  . She cared them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song. The girl felt the great love from the birds.

  (2)    . The larger and the stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that he would fly away. As he flew close, she grasped him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him. （3） . She opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird. Her desperate love had killed him.

She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for freedom. He needed to fly into the clear, blue sky（4）  . The bird circled once, twice, three times.

The girl watched delightedly at the bird’s enjoyment（5） . She wanted the bird to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest songs that she had ever heard.

The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight, while the best way to keep love is to give it wings!

I don’t believe that there is any secret to success.  (1)  . The more factors you have, the more likely you are to succeed, and positive attitude is just one of those factors. Here are seven additional factors that are also important.

Knowledge

A good knowledge about the area in which you wish to succeed is often one of the key building blocks of success.

Natural talent

  (2)  . Find this out for yourself by trying a lot of different activities and seeing what comes easy to you.

Clear goals and plan

Much like a trip, it’s a lot easier to get where you want to go if you know where you’re going and spend time planning the route you’ll take to get there.   (3)  , and then decide some of the things that need to be done to help you move towards it.

Passion

  (4)  . Similar to your natural talent, the way to find your passion is to have a try in a lot of different areas and see what excites you most.

Focus / continuous effort

Hard work is another key to achieving success.  (5)  . If you want to succeed in a certain area, work hard in that area and go beyond what others are doing.

 Losing weight is tough. For most people, it requires a change in diet, a change in exercise habits, and a change in attitude.  (1)  

l Set healthy goals.

If you’re overweight and want to change that, the first step is deciding what your target weight is.  (2)  

l Start small.

Making major behavior modifications（行为矫正）isn’t something that happens overnight.  (3)  Commit to eating 5 servings of vegetables a day and exercising 2 days a week for the first week, then add a little more each week.

l Track your diet and exercise.

Now it’s time to start working toward that goal. The best way to stick with your diet and exercise rules is to track it.   (4)  Or you can do it the old fashioned way and keep a written food and exercise journal. Find what works for you and write down what you’ve accomplished every day.

l   (5)  

Every month you should take a look at your goal and see what type of progress you’ve made toward accomplishing it. If you’re not where you want to be, make minor adjustments. Try doing different exercises or cutting back on certain types of foods that you may be eating too much of.

Losing weight and keeping it off is a highly personal thing. Find what works for you and stick with it.

Public Speaking Training

Ÿ Get a coach

    36 ______________, so get help. Since there are about a billion companies out there all ready to offer you public speaking training and courses, here are some things to look for when deciding the training thatˈs right for you.

Ÿ Focus on positives

    Any training you do to become more effective at public speaking should always focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well. Nothing can hurt confidence more than being told that you arenˈt doing well. 37 ______________, so good public speaking training should develop those instead of telling you what you shouldnˈt do.

Ÿ 38 ______________

    If you find a public speaking course that looks as though itˈs going to give you lots of dos and donˈts, walk away! Your brain is so full of what youˈre going to be talking about.

39 ______________. As far as weˈre concerned, there are basically no hard and fast rules about public speaking. Your audience can be your friends.

Ÿ You are a special person not a clone

Most importantly, good public speaking training should treat you as a special one, with your own personal habits. 40 ______________. Your training course should help you bring out your personality, not try to turn you into someone youˈre not.

A. You arenˈt like anybody else

B. You already do lots of things well

C. Turn your back on too many rules

D. Check the rules about dos and donˈts

E. Whatever the presentation, public speaking is tough

F .The one thing you donˈt want is for them to fall asleep

G. So trying to force a whole set of rules into it will just make things worse

Four Habits to Help You Succeed
    We all want to succeed, whether it’s in losing weight or learning the guitar. For those who have tried and failed, success seems difficult to understand. Why does one person succeed where another person fails?   (1)  
    Identify your core values.
    Finding your core values is in line with creating inner motivation.    (2)  Pick a handful of things and actually write them down. Remind yourself of your values every day, and reflect on whether you are honoring those values through your work.
    Pick a goal and focus on it.
    Choose one goal to start something large enough that will give you a sense of accomplishment, while adjusting well to your core values. Focus is key here.   (3)  If you perform many tasks at a time, you might never complete your projects because they will take far too long.
    Set a deadline for success.
    Set a date for success. Identify when you hope to achieve your goal.    (4)  By setting a time limit, you are making the process more real.
       (5)  
    Failure can’t be avoided when you take risks, by its very definition, the desire to succeed means you are risking failure. Many people tend to give up far too early. Don’t fall into this trap! Remember your mindset earlier. Know it will happen. A failure is merely you working out the details, and learning what works and what doesn’t. Use failure. Treat it as a good thing, and march on!

     (5)   Having your child try to work through the problem and figure out how to deal with it on his own will help develop his reasoning skills，which is good for his self-development．In this way，he will know what he should do if a similar situation arises in the future．

Stop Negative Talk

    “I’m so fat,” one of your friends says. The girl next to her joins in, “Well, I hate my hair today.” Without thinking, you respond: “No, you are not fat! I am fat. And my hair is flat and boring.”     (1)  

     It is easy for people to engage in self-critical conversations, and once it starts there is often pressure for you to join in.     (2)   Maybe it is because “just talking” feels harmless. But before you know it, those opinions flow out of your conversations and into your life, where they start eating away at your self-respect.

         (3)   When you start talking about yourself in a negative way, you are not only affecting your self-respect, but your friends’! When you criticize yourself, your friends might think you have the same standards for them. You have heard that it is important to treat others the way you want to be treated, but there is also value in treating yourself like you treat your friends. If you wouldn’t criticize your friend for the same thing, chances are that you are being too hard on yourself. So, don’t start it.

     But what if someone else starts? For example, your friend feels insecure about how well he played in his soccer game, so he puts himself down: “I suck at soccer.”    (4)   Ask him, “Do you really think that? Why?” Maybe he is actually upset about a comment someone made, or is just getting down on himself over one bad play. Whatever it is, talking through the real issue will help him more than slipping into another negative talk.

It is important to talk to your friend about your insecurities, but make sure you are not talking about them just to put yourself down.  (5)   Instead of just focusing on the negative, talk about what makes you and your friends beautiful and unique—including what you love about your body and what you have accomplished. When you show yourself love, you set yourself as an example, and everyone benefits from you positively.