When I was fifteen, I announced in my English class that I was going to write my own books．Half the students sneered(冷笑), and the 1 nearly fell out of their chairs laughing．“Don't be silly, only 2 can become writers, ”the English teacher said, ”and you are getting a D this term．” I was so 3 that I burst into tears．
That night I wrote a short 4 poem about broken dreams and mailed it to the newspaper．To my 5 , they published it and sent me two dollars．I was a published and 6 writer．I showed my teacher and fellow students．They 7 ．”Just plain dumb luck．”the teacher said．I tasted 8 ．I'd sold the first thing I'd ever written．That was more than any of them had done and if it was just dumb luck, that was 9 with me．
During the next two years I sold dozens of 10 , letters, jokes and recipes．By the time I 11 from high school, with a C minus average, I had had many scrapbooks filled with my published work．I 12 mentioned my writing to my teachers, friends or my family again．They were dream killers and 13 people must choose between their friends and their dreams, they must always choose their 14 ．
I had four children at the time, and the oldest was only four．I wrote what I felt．It 15 nine months, just like a pregnant woman．I mailed it without a self addressed and stamped 16 and without making a copy of the manuseript．
A month later I received a(n) 17 , and a request to start working on another book．The worst year I earned two dollars．In my best year I earned 36, 000 dollars． 18 years I earned between five thousand and ten thousand．No, it isn't enough to live 19 , but it's still more than I'd make working part time, People ask what college I 20 , what degrees I had and what qualifications I have to be a writer．The answer is：“None．”I just write．I'm not a genius．
New York－a team of engineers with expertise in high-rise design, collapse and blasts prevention will 1 why the damaged World Trade Center(WTC)buildings and part of the Pentagon broke into pieces after September 11's 2 attack, they will determine 3 future buildings can be designed to protect more lives 4 disasters．
A 5 of well-known engineers and members of the American Society of Civil Engineers will begin analyzing videotapes and photographs of the attack and the 6 collapse of the two 7 towers as soon as the rescue efforts come to an end, W．Gene Corely, senior vice president of Construction Technologies Laboratories Ince, said．
In addition to studying the crashes, the 8 and the collapses, the team will analyze modifications made at both sites－the World Trade Center's repair after the 1993 basement bombing there and the Pentagon's 9 renovation．
The team also will analyze the size, speed and fuel load of the speeding jets and their 10 as they cut through the buildings．
“From this, we 11 we will be able to determine some things that might be done differently if the building were designed to resist this type of attack and make some 12 related to 13 construction of buildings that might be subjected to this sort of attack, ”Corely said．
The WTC towers built in the late 1960s and early 1970s, were designed to withstand the impact of a Boeing 707 jetliner．But those plans did not l4 in the effect of the fuel explosion 15 created fireballs at the giant towers．
Based 16 a preliminary review of the events, Corely said the WTC steel-framed towers collapsed not so much because of the impact but 17 the fire that followed．As the 18 from the fire rose, the steel weakened．
Although the towers once were the tallest buildings 19 , their height was not a factor in their collapse, but the fire, Corely said．A shorter building, 20 , would likely have resulted in fewer deaths．
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Even though he has been caught, the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is still causing trouble．His arrest 1 as many questions as it has answers．Top of the list is 2 should happen to Saddam now, closely 3 by calls for information from him about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction．
He is currently being held by 4 troops at a secret place．The US says he will stand trial for his cruel actions during his years in 5 ．This is likely to take place at a court 6 two weeks ago by the US-backed Iraqi Governing Council．The council's president Abdul Aziz al-hakim has warned Saddam could be executed(处死)if 7 guilty(有罪的)by the court．And the US 8 this．
“I think he ought to receive the 9 punishment for what he has done to people, ” said US president George W．Bush, 10 directly stating that Saddam should be put to death．
However, many 11 , including Saddam's long time enemy Iran, believe he would receive a fairer trial in an international court． 12 Britain, American's closest supporter, said it would not take part in any trial that could lead to Saddam's execution．
The UN Security Council has yet to 13 its position clear．But UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan 14 say that“the UN does not support a death penalty．”
Besides waiting for a trial of Saddam, the world wants to see 15 the US and Britain can find the 16 weapons they gave as the 17 for the war in Iraq．Asked if Saddam's capture(捕获)could 18 a breakthrough(突破)in the hunt for the weapons of mass destruction, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said, “ 19 obviously that possibility there．But I think we should 20 what we're doing in Iraq．”
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The war against Iraq is a battle between Saddam Hussein and George W．Bush and his ally(盟友), Tony Blair．
Saddam Hussein, 65, has set up 1 over the past 50 years．For 2 reasons, Saddam has several look-alikes．It’s believed that, since the mid-1990s, Saddam has become unreasonably 3 of being followed after many murderous attempts against him．
When 4 talk about him, they use only nicknames(绰号)for fear of 5 ．They refer to him as “uncle” or “the old man who talks too much”．
Even though the allied forces 6 by the US drove Iraqi troops out of Kuwait in 1991’s Gulf War, Saddam’s now describing the Gulf War as a 7 ．
George W．Bush, 56, is a man of strong 8 and little self-doubt qualities that have made him a 9 leader in the war on terrorism(恐怖主义)．He has expressed a personal hatred for the Bush family’s long-time 10 , Saddam Hussein．He’s called the 11 part of an “ axis of evil(邪恶轴心)．”
Since September 11, he has 12 the world that “ you’re either with us, or you’re with the 13 ．” The war against Iraq could finish what his 14 started in the 1991 Gulf War．
Tony Blair, 49, is seen by some as George Bush’s foreign minister, or even his pet dog．He has little in 15 with Bush．While Bush is 16 for his mispronunciation and verbal slips(口误), Blair is regarded as one of the better international speakers of the 17 ．He ‘d never talk about his personal life as 18 as Bush does．He’s leading one of the great old working class parties of Europe, the Labour Party, whose 19 are very different from Bush’s．But now his political career depends on whether the war can be won 20 and with few casualties(伤亡)on both sides－and that depends largely on the US president．
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Have you ever imagined that you could be cloned(克隆)like Dolly, the sheep, in the not too distant future?
The news that a human embryo(胚胎)has been 1 cloned for the first time has caused mixed reactions(反应)．
The 2 was carried out by scientists from the Advanced Cell Technology Inc(ACT), in Massachusetts, US．The group 3 the news on November 25．
This is not a cloned human being．“A 4 is alive, it walks, it breathes, ”said Jamie Grifo, an expert on the study of cloning at New York University School of Medicine．
“This is a set of cells in a lab that will be used to 5 someone's life．”
Such research could lead to treatment for 6 such as heart disease, AIDS and even cancer, 7 scientists．
Despite high hopes from other scientists, the news 8 concerns immediately from religious and political leaders．Several 9 in the US do not allow human cloning．President George W．Bush also made it clear that he is 10 any type of human cloning．However, the 11 at ACT said they have no interest at present in developing an early embryo into 12 ．
Animals have been cloned repeatedly since Dolly, the sheep, 13 in 1997．And there were no real technical 14 to stand in the way of scientists making a cloned human embryo．
This time the research group used traditional cloning technology with a human 15 ． 16 it was given DNA from an adult cell, the egg began to 17 ． 18 it was stopped from becoming a baby-at a stage in which it was 19 a ball of cells．The 20 technology has been used to clone sheep, cattle and monkeys．
