The Power of -atlon（决心）

    The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old mal stove（火炉）．A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the1and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates got there

    One morning they 2to find the schoolhouse burning. They dragged（拖）the little boy out of the building more dead than alive. Then he was 3taken to a nearby county hospital.

    The doctor told the boy's mother that4 the lower part of his body was seriously burnt, he couldn't use his legs anymore. However, the5boy made up his mind that he would walk. Unluckily his thin legs6hung there, all but lifeless.

    Finally he returned home from the7 ． Every day his mother would press his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control,8 ． Yet his determination that he would walk was as 9as ever.

    When he wasn't in bed, he would sit in a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he 10himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass，dragging his11behind him.

    He worked his way to the white fence（栅栏）around the yard. With great effort, he raised himself up on the fence. Then, he began dragging himself along the fence,12that he would walk. He started to do this every day. There was nothing he 13more than to develop life in those legs.

    In the end，through his determination he did14 ． He began to walk to school，then to run to school，to run15the joy of running. Later in college he made the running team.

      Still later in Madison Square Garden this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile!

    Walt Whitman was a famous American poet (诗人). He was born 1 Mary 31, 1819, in Long Island. There were nine2 in his family, and he was the second. 3 he was four years old, his family moved to Brooklyn because his family was too poor. His childhood was restless (不安宁的) and unhappy. 4 the age of 11, he left school. Then he began to 5 a job to help his family. As a young man, Whitman 6 a school teacher, a printer and a newspaper reporter. He was 7 years old when he published his first book of poetry (诗集) in 1855. He 8 itLeaves of Grass. It 9 only twelve poems. The new form of his poetry 10 many people. Whitman was poor and weak during the last years of his life. He died in 1892.

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    Once upon a time, there was a lazy, 1 man living in a small house with spider webs (蜘蛛网) on the walls and mice running around. People 2 coming into such a dirty place and the man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poorness that 3his unhappy life.

    One day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 4 about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase (花瓶) and said: "This is a magic vase that will bring you 5."

    The man looked at the vase with 6 . Why would he need 7 in his poor house? However, he didn't want to 8 such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home and put it on the table.

     "It's not right for something so beautiful to be 9 ." The poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he 10 some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful. 11 he was still not satisfied. "It is not good for such a beautiful thing 12 next to a spider web." Then he started to do some cleaning in the house and painted the walls. His house quickly turned into a  13 place. The poor man 14.    

    He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. 15, he worked hard and his life got better and better.

    The best experience of my life was when we went to Stonehenge. We went there on a group tour.

    When I saw Stonehenge, my first 1 was that it was huge. You know, Stonehenge is about 5, 000 years old. I 2 how the ancient people moved these huge pieces of stone. After we parked(停车) at the Stonehenge parking lot, our guide Nick took us to a 3shop. There my mum got a nice painting of Stonehenge. After we left the gift shop, we went to Stonehenge 4the tunnel.

    That was a privilege(优惠待遇)at Stonehenge 5we were able to go right up to the stones and touch them. Usually visitors 6get really close and touch the stones. At Stonehenge we walked around the circle and then 7the ceremonial(仪式的) centre. There we were given half a(n) 8 to look around and explore.9 30 minutes we got ready to leave. It was 10 that we had to leave Stonehenge.

    Hopefully, one day I'll go back.

    A small boy was trying to move a big wooden box out of his yard. The box was much 1 than the boy. He tried his best to move it, but the box would not move at all. After 2 for a glass of water, the boy tried to move it once more. This time, he pushed harder, but he still 3 move the box a bit. He was quite tired and lost heart

    The boy's 4 was coming home from work around this time. He stopped to watch his son's fruitless efforts. The father didn't help him, 5 instead asked, "Son, have you tried your best? I mean, are you doing 6 you can?"

    "Yes, I am!" the boy cried.

    "No," his father said calmly, "you're not. You have not asked me to7 you can?"

    Asking for help is not a weakness. Many people need help, and 8 the best of us need help. It is 9 to know when to ask for help and understand why you need it. Never be afraid to ask others for help when you're in 10.