I should say I owe my success to my mother．My belief began when I was just a kid．I 1 becoming a doctor．
My mother was a servant．Through her work, she found that successful people spent a lot more time reading than they 2 watching television．She told my brother and me to watch only two or three pre-selected TV programs during the week．In our free time, we had to read two books from the Detroit Public Library and present written book reports to her．She would mark them up with check marks and highlights(最好的部分)．Years later we realized her marks were a trick because my mother was uneducated．
When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for 3 ．I wanted the brightly colored clothes and I wanted to hang out(闲荡)with the guys．I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student．One night my mother came home after 4 her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian shirts．She said,“Okay, I'll give you all the money I 5 this week by scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills．With everything paid off, you can have all the Italian shirts you want．”I was very 6 with that arrangement but once I got through allocating(分配)the money, there was 7 left．
I realized my mother was a great woman to be able to get everything ready for us．I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere．Success needed good preparation．I went back to 8 and became an A-student again, and at last I 9 my dream and became a doctor．
My mother is a woman with 10 formal education or money．She used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children．There is no job more important than parenting．
Nothing! He carefully counted the coins that lay on the bed．All that he had was ＄24.52．The 1 which he wanted was at least ＄90．How on earth(究竟)was he going to get the rest of the 2 ?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles．It was hard to hang out(闲逛)with people when you were the only one 3 a bicycle．He thought about 4 he could do．He couldn't get money from his parents, because he knew they had no extra(额外的)money．
There was only one way to get money, and that was to earn(挣钱)it．He would have to find a job．He decided to ask Mr Clay for 5 ．
“Well, you can start right here, ” said Mr Clay．“You see, my windows need cleaning and my car needs washing”．
That was the beginning of Bruce's part-time(兼职)job．For the next three 6 he worked every day after finishing his homework．He took dogs for walks and cleaned rooms．
The day finally came when Bruce 7 his money and found ＄94.32．He wasted no time and went down to the shop to 8 the bicycle he wanted．He rode home proudly, looking forward to 9 his new bicycle to his friends．Bruce liked his bicycle very much because he had bought it with his own money．At last, his dream came true, and his parents were 10 of him．
Children in Britain have 14 weeks of school holidays every year．The three main holidays are during the summer, at Christmas and Easter(复活节)．But they 1 have a week off for half-term in February and October．
Every February and October, school children in the UK have a week off to relax from school．This week, is half-term．There is nothing 2 to celebrate at half-term．Children spend this time 3 fan and catching up on'schoolwork．4 children hang out(闲逛)with friends, go swimming, visit museums or see relatives．They only have a small amount of schoolwork to do over the 5 ．They may be 6 to revise(复习)for a test or complete some schoolwork by their teachers, 7 the main purpose(主要目的)is to let them relax and pursue(追求)their 8 , During the summer holidays, quite a few families go away on a mini-break．Many people travel lo 9 cities in Britain and some families are even 10 to go to Europe．Popular holiday places include France, Italy and Spain．
