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| Another person's enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother. I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father 1 me to her with these words: "I would like you to meet the fellow who is 2 for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no 3 than tomorrow morning." My stepmother walked over to me, raised my head slightly 4 , and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and 5 , "You are wrong. This is not the worst boy at all, 6 the smartest one who hasn't yet found an outlet (释放的途径) for his enthusiasm." That statement began a(n) 7 between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my 8 as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that. She changed many things. She 9 my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father's career could be more 10 and my brothers and I could be better educated. When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand 11 and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I 12 it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her 13 and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of 14 that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life's work later. I wasn't the 15 beneficiary (受益者). My father became the 16 man in town. My brothers and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president. What power 17 has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one's purpose and is 18 strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible (不可抗拒的)force which poverty and temporary defeat can never 19 . You can communicate that power to 20 who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm. | ||||
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Once a farmer had some puppies to sell. He painted a(n) 1 advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. 2 he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a sudden pull on his trousers.He_3_down into the eyes of a little boy. "Mister, "he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies." "Well, "said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his 4 , "these puppies come from fine parents and 5 a good deal of money." The boy 6 his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of 7 and held it up to the farmer. "I've got thirtynine cents. Is that enough to take a look?" "Sure, "said the farmer. And with that he 8 a whistle, "Here, Dolly!"he called. 9 from the doghouse and down the road ran Dolly 10 by four little balls of fur. As the dogs made their 11 to the fence, the little boy noticed something else moving inside the doghouse. 12 another little ball appeared, this one noticeably smaller. The little pup began walking unsteadily toward the others, d oing its best to 13 . "I want that one, "the little boy said, 14 at the runt (矮个子). The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you 15 want that puppy. He will never be able to 16 and play with you as other dogs would." With that the little boy 17 back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his 18 . In doing so he showed a steel brace(支柱) running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a 19 made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see, sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands." The 20 is full of people who need someone who understands. | ||||
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