It was a dark day, one of depression, sorrow and anger．As I climbed out of the 1 , after witnessing my time in the 100 yard freestyle, I did not feel like speaking to anyone．I saw the bright smiles of swimmers who had just 2 a best time． 3 , I had failed．Or at least that is what I thought at the time．
I was lying on my cool bed when an idea 4 me．Success is the 5 to go from failure to failure without losing your 6 ．At practice the next day, I told my swimming teammates about my goal time and they all either laughed or replied with a 7 similar response like, “You can't do it” or “Probably not”．Believe it or not, these are the responses that make my goal 8 ．
Finally came the day when I had to 9 to myself and others that with 10 there is no limit to your achievements．
With the starting gun 11 , I dived with perfect form into the pool．I felt the cool water running 12 my back．I swam like a fish, bouncing off each 13 at the wall as if it was a spring board．On the 14 turn, I came back to the wall with every piece of strength I had．I 15 the final wall with my fingertips and I knew that I had swum the 16 race．
I had done it! I had achieved my best time! Joy filled my 17 like water does a cup．I saw the 18 on all of my friend's face as I 19 out of the pool; their jaws dropped to the ground．I began to laugh and gave them the thumbs up．
I have 20 in life that having belief in yourself opens all gates．Never forget that anything the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve．
Alice's friends can’t understand why she joined a dating a gency．
She has a good job 1 a personal assistant with a television news agency, her own house, and a full social life, 2 she, a 29-year-old woman who has a degree in English Literature, is so 3 with British 4 that she joined the English Rose dating agency to get in 5 with single American males．
“English men are usually maerialiste and have 6 imagination,”she says．
“I have 7 years being bored by men who never do anything exciting．”
“I’m almost 30 now and I would really love to find a husband and have 8 ．I’d like to live in London for six months of the year and in the State for 9 six months．”
In her search for the perfect man, Alice once 10 anadvertisement in a magazine for 11 people and had 400 replies．
But she says：“I only 12 one or two of them．Most of the others sounded very 13 ．”
Alicc joined English Rose about 18 months 14 and has met 5men 15 then, She says：“I 16 that American men are more romantic and thoughtful than British men．I rang 17 in the States, and afterwards he sent me 200 dollars to 18 the call．”
“I’ve met five so far but I’m looking for someone very 19 , I’d like to find a caring, well 20 , non-smoking,．animal-lover with a professional job and a sense of adventure．”
If your father never says to you “I love you” when you are a child, it 1 to be more and more difficult for him to say the words as he grows 2
I do not 3 hearing the words from my father when I was growing up． 4 , I could not recall(回忆)when I had 5 said those words to him either．
One day, I decided to 6 the ice and make the first 7 ．So in our next phone conversation I gathered all my 8 and let out the words in a low voice, “Dad… I love you!”
There was a 9 at the other end and he awkwardly 10 , “Well, same back at you!”
I was unexpectedly 11 and my voice was raised, “Dad, I know you love me, and I know when you are ready, you will say what you want to say．”
Fifteen minutes later my mother called and 12 asked, “Paul, is everything okay?”
A few weeks later, Dad 13 our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you．” I was so moved that tears were rolling down my cheeks as I finally “ 14 ” the love．As I sat there in tears I realized that this 15 moment had taken our father-and-son relationship to a new 16 ．Shortly afterwards, my father narrowly 17 death following heart surgery(外科手术)．Many times 18 , I have 19 if I had not taken the first step and Dad not 20 the surgery, I would have never “heard” the love．
It is the duty of every man to work．The lazy man wastes his time, and his 1 is of no use to himself or to others．The man who is too lazy to work is the man who is 2 most ready to beg or to steal．Everyone when he is young should learn some useful work．
But it is not 3 that one should learn some kind of work．He should work hard, and not waste his spare minutes or half hours．“Work while you work and play while you play” is as good a 4 for young people as for old．
There is no 5 aid to diligence than the habit of early rising, and this, like all other good habits, and must make easily 6 in youth．
There is an English saying “Lost time never returns”．This 7 that everybody must be diligent, and must make good use of his time．One must study hard when he is young, so that he may succeed in his 8 and become useful to his country．
I have 9 heard that those who are diligent will become beggars, but I know that lazy fellows will become beggars．Therefore, I should say that diligence is the 10 of success．
It is the duty of every man to work．The lazy man wastes his time, and his 1 is of no use to himself or to others．The man who is too lazy to work is the man who is 2 most ready to beg or to steal．Everyone when he is young should learn some useful work．
But it is not 3 that one should learn some kind of work．He should work hard, and not waste his spare minutes or half hours．“Work while you work and play while you play” is as good a 4 for young people as for old．
There is no 5 aid to diligence than the habit of early rising, and this, like all other good habits, and must make easily 6 in youth．
There is an English saying “Lost time never returns”．This 7 that everybody must be diligent, and must make good use of his time．One must study hard when he is young, so that he may succeed in his 8 and become useful to his country．
I have 9 heard that those who are diligent will become beggars, but I know that lazy fellows will become beggars．Therefore, I should say that diligence is the 10 of success．