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| In 1914, Thomas Edison, at the age of 67, lost his factory. _ 1 _He got almost no pay for what was burnt. Edison watched his lifetime effort go up in smoke and said, ''All our mistakes are burnt up. I can have a new start. 2 "Just three weeks later after that, he invented the phonograph(留声机).What a man! He surprised the whole world ! 3 Thomas Edison failed almost 10,000 times while he was working on the light bulb(灯泡). Henry Ford was as poor as he was young when he reached the age of 40. Young Beethoven was told that he had no ear for music, 4 5_ _A setback can make you stand again and also teach you how to face the difficulty. Find a way to encourage yourself while you are sad, and also have confidence in overcoming(战胜)the setback.
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| Many people know Robert Schumann (舒曼) was an important musician, but they don't l his wife, Clara Wieck Schumann, was in fact more famous than he in their time. Clara was born in 1819. In her 2 , most women didn't go out. Clara, however, 3 to play the piano in public at the age of nine and was very _ 4 . In 1840, Clara got married (结婚). She became very 5 with the housework and her children. It was hard for her to find time to practice the 6 . But Clara could never 7 her love for music; she felt she had to 8 it with other pcoplc. In 1842, Clara began to play again. When Robert died in 1856, Clara had to make money for their children by herself. She 9 music'and played the piano around Europe. During this hard time, music always made her happy. Clara died at 77. Now she is still thought to be onc of the bcst 10 in history. | ||||
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| Have you heard of Zhou Yang? She is now well known __1__ an excellent short track speed skater (短道速滑运动员). Zhou Yang is not an overnight __2__. She was born in a poor family in Changchun on June 9th, 1991 and started __3__ at the age of 8. She fell in love with the __4__ at once when she put on her skate shoes to train for the first time. Soon her talent (天分) for short track speed skating was __5__. Zhou Yang trained hard and made her way into the national team __6__. In the world championships (锦标赛) in 2008, Zhou Yang set a world record in the 1,500m event. Zhou Yang __7__ herself again at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her performance gave China the __8__ gold medal in the women's 1,500 meters in the Winter Olympics — China had never won the event before. "Winning 1,500m is my dream, __9__ I still have one more dream, winning the relay (接力) competition," Zhou Yang said. Her "one more dream" __10__ when she and her teammates won the women's 3000m short track relay with a new world record. | ||||
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