Nine year old Barack Obama was looking through a magazine．But the AfricanAmerican
1 was shocked by a series of photos．The pictures were about a black man who 2 his skin with chemicals(化学制品)that promised to 3 him white．
For the first time, the boy began to doubt who he was．“I stood
4 the mirror and wondered if something was wrong with me, ”Obama said．
However, now the boy who used to struggle with his identity(
身份)doesn't see it as a problem any more, but an advantage for his 5 career．Obama made history by being elected as the first 6 president of the United States．He 7 John McCain in a landslide(压倒性的)victory．
Obama's
8 starts in opposite corners of the world．His white mother was born in the heartland of the US．His black father 9 in a small village in Kenya．They met during college in Hawaii, 10 his father left the family when Obama was just two years old and his mother moved to Indonesia．
11 10, Obama moved back to live with his white grandparents in Hawaii．At his class, a white boy asked Obama 12 his father ate people．Out of embarrassment(尴尬), Obama 13 his classmates that his father was a prince．“I kept 14 who I am and I ended up trying drugs and drinking, ”Obama recalled(回忆)．
Things came to change
15 the young man made friends with those with a similar background at college．16 experiences helped Obama to finally face up to his 17 origin(血统)．He worked hard to become a 18 at Harvard Law School．
Obama
19 his pain of growing up into a tool to make Americans believe：“There is not a black America and a white America, a Latino America, an Asian America．There's the United States of America．”
“Obama's success has made Martin Luther King's dream come true．That is：A man should not be judged by the
20 of his skin, but by the content(内涵)of his character(性格), ”wrote ABCNews．
Before the 1950's, running the mile in under four minutes was considered impossible．Gradually though, times for the mile run did 1 ．By the early 1950's, it looked as though a four minute mile was indeed 2 ．
A British 3 , Roger Bannister, decided to try to break the four minute barrier．The decision to work for this 4 meant hours of painful, boring preparation ahead of him, but to Bannister, the goal was well worth the 5 ．
In December, 1953, his 6 began．It included a series of ten quarter-mile sprints(全速跑)，to be done in sixty seconds each．He 7 himself a two-minute rest after each quarter-mile．By early February of 1954, he had gotten his time down to 8 seconds; this meant a mile．Here Roger reached a plateau(停滞)．He couldn't 9 to get his time for the quarter-mile down to 60 seconds 10 , he and a friend took time away from training to go mountain climbing in Scotland for three days．This 11 was considered quite reckless(轻率的)，since a sprained ankle(扭伤踝骨)could 12 him weeks of valuable training．
However, the mountain climbing 13 gave him the mental advantage he needed．When he 14 training, he ran the ten quarter-miles again; his time was down to 59 seconds for each quarter-mile sprint When 15 day arrived, strong winds were blowing and running conditions were poor．What a 16 decision!Should he run, going for the 17 ?Or, should he wait for the next race, days later, hoping for the 18 to improve?If he did wait, he risked losing his peak physical and mental 19 ．Bannister decided to go ahead．It was the 20 decision．At race time, the wind died somewhat, and Bannister ran effortlessly, the fastest mile in human history－in under four minutes．
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．
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a mile．Here Roger reached a plateau(停滞)．He couldn't 9 to get his time for the quarter-mile down to 60 seconds 10 , he and a friend took time away from training to go mountain climbing in Scotland for three days．This 11 was considered quite reckless(轻率的)，since a sprained ankle(扭伤踝骨)could 12 him weeks of valuable training．