If you lose 12 times in a row (连续地), will you just give up? Dale Carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and self-development, kept trying. And he became famous by showing people how to be successful.

Carnegie was born into a poor family in the United States. The boy didn’t see a train until he was 12 years old. In his teens, he had to get up at 3 am every day to milk cows for his family.

When Carnegie first entered college, he felt upset because of his worn-out clothes and common looks. His mother encouraged him, “Why not try to be better in other things instead of just dress and good looks?”

Carnegie tried to be more active in college. He joined the debate (辩论) team. But one after another, he lost 12 competitions. The young man was very disappointed with himself. He said later that he thought of killing himself after failing so many times. But soon Carnegie was seen practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work paid off at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech contest and became famous. “Believe that you will succeed, and you will,” he said.

In order to share his success, Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His best-sellers include How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. More than 50 million copies of his books have been translated into 38 languages. They are still helping people on the road to success.

(回答下面的问题,每题答案不超过6个词)

1.Why did Carnegie have to get up very early every morning in his teens?

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2.What did his mother do when Carnegie felt upset in the college?

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3.What made Carnegie be well-known?

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4.How did Carnegie share his success?

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5.What should we do after failing many times from Carnegie’s story?

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Would you like to improve the culture in your classroom and your life? Try gratitude (感激).

In the past ten years, gratitude has made me teach better, thank my students, grow in my work, and enjoy life. Using gratitude, I am able to model one of the most important lessons in life, having a positive attitude (积极的态度), especially about the ways of life that used to challenge me most, which is the biggest change for me.

To get started in your classroom with gratitude, I suggest actually writing your own gratitude list for a few weeks and feeling its power. Then you can share your example and start the activity with your students.

My students use a notebook and start every day by writing five things about gratitude. Once a week, we go around the class and share our favorite gratitude. This helps build a positive culture in our classroom. I am always encouraged and surprised by what my students share.

Keeping a gratitude journal helps student achieve higher grades, higher goals and more joy with relationships, life, and school and they prefer to give back. Keeping a gratitude journal makes both students and adults be more positive, experience more social satisfaction, exercise more often, have fewer physical problems, and sleep better.

I see these positive changes in my students. One of them shared gratitude journals with her family. Her mom was in a nursing school and was very stressed. At the dinner table, they would share their gratitude for the day and grow as a family. The mom came to me and thanked me for teaching gratitude to her daughter and cheering up her family.

1.What was the biggest change in the writer after trying gratitude?

A.She enjoyed the pressure of life. B.She was more skilled at teaching.

C.She could stay positive about life. D.She could get on well with her students.

2.What does the underlined word“This”in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A.Listening to others’ true ideas. B.Keeping the daily gratitude in mind.

C.Students’ sharing their gratitude in class. D.The writer’s telling her life stories to students.

3.According to Paragraph 5, keeping a gratitude journal .

A.is good for students’ study and health B.can be difficult for some students

C.can always bring good things to people D.is not fit for little children

4.Why does the writer give the example of a girl’s family?

A.To introduce a way to be more helpful.

B.To explain why she began trying gratitude.

C.To tell how her students finished perfect gratitude journals.

D.To show gratitude journals even helped a student’s family.

5.What would be the best title for the text?

A.Gratitude — a way to become successful. B.Gratitude — a way for your family to get together.

C.Gratitude — a powerful tool for the classroom. D.Gratitude — a new way to understand others.

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