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　　Steven and David joined a wholesale company together just after graduation from college the same year．Both worked very 　　1　　．After several years, however, the boss 　　2　　 David to the position of manager but Steven remained a(n)　　3　　 employee．Steven could not take it anymore, handed in his resignation to the boss and 　　4　　 the boss did not value hard working staff, but only promoted those who flattered (奉承)him．

　　The boss knew that Steven worked very hard for the years．He 　　5　　 for a moment and said, "Thank you for your criticism, but I have a(n)　　6　　．I hope you will do one more thing for our company 　　7　　 you leave．Perhaps you will change your mind and take back your resignation．"

　　Steven 　　8　　．The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the 　　9　　．Steven went and returned soon．He said he had found out a man selling watermelon．The boss asked how much per kg? Steven 　　10　　 his head and went back to the market to ask and returned, telling the boss ＄1.2 per kg．

　　The boss told Steven to wait a second, and he called David to come to his office．He asked David to do the 　　11　　 thing as he had told Steven to．David went, returned and said, “ Boss, only one person selling watermelon, ＄1.2 per kg．＄10 　　12　　 10 kg, he has 340 melons in 　　13　　．On the table 58 melons, each weighs about 2 kg, 　　14　　 from the South two days ago．They are fresh ,red and of good quality．”

　　Steven was very 　　15　　 and realized the difference between himself and David．He decided not to 　　16　　 but to learn from David．

　　My dear friends, a more successful person is better at 　　17　　, thinks more and explores in depth．　　18　　 exists in the daily details．For the same matter, a more successful person sees more and 　　19　　 so that he can find out an opportunity and catch it to realize his 　　20　　．If a person sees one year ahead while you see only tomorrow, the difference between the two is 365 times．How could you win?

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　　A few months ago, I was reading a magazine at the dentist’s and there was a story writing competition in it．The story had to have crime(犯罪)as a 　　1　　, and although I haven’t got much 　　2　　 of writing, I made up my mind to 　　3　　 it．

　　On the way home, I came up with this idea about a man who so 　　4　　 the idea of burglars and burglary that he decided to take revenge(报仇)and to go around 　　5　　 from burglars’ houses．Of course, I didn’t know much about 　　6　　 burglars work, so I had to do some 　　7　　 by asking a friend in the police station, and then I 　　8　　 out the plot of the story．

　　The difficult thing was getting 　　9　　 with the story, so I decided to leave the opening 　　10　　 till the end, after I’d done a draft(草稿)of the 　　11　　 thing．At that stage I gave it to my husband to get feedback on it and he thought it was quite good, but 　　12　　 to be shorter, I read it again, 　　13　　 to make it more brief．In fact it was my 　　14　　 who thought up the title–“Don’t take it personally”．

　　　　15　　 the time I finished, I was feeling 　　16　　 confident about it and almost gave up the idea, but in the end, I 　　17　　 to send it off to the magazine．After all I had managed to cut a long 　　18　　 short．This morning I received a letter saying that I’d 　　19　　 the second prize and my story would be 　　20　　 in three weeks’ time．How excited I was!

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