I'm Maggie．When l was a teenager(青少年)，I wanted to leave school and have my own life．The only1I could think of doing this was to work in the brick(砖)factory in my town．I was very2when I told my father my idea．I thought he would say,"No!You are going to college．"But he3said．"OK．Let's go to the brick factory．"

    Two days later,he took4to the factory．I had a romantic(浪漫主义的)idea of working in a factory．I imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun．I5imagined that there would be music and singing．I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager．

When we6the factory gate,my father spoke to the guard(警卫)and one minute later we were inside．My father said．"Take your time．Have a close look before you decide to work here．"I walked7the factory,looking at the buildings and workers and listening to the noise．Later,I ran back to my father and said，"I want to go home．"

    He asked why,looking into my eyes.

     "It's8here."I answered.

    I went back to school the next day.From then on ,I began to9very hard.I got into a good college.After I left college,I 10a good job at a big company.Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory,I'm now living a really happy life!

    Cindy was just seven years old when she started going on walks. Since then, she has joined a sports club with her 1, Kevin.

    "We started walking around the countryside," 2 Cindy. "There are a lot of paths near our house, and now we go walking all year round, even 3 winter. My first 4 was 2 kilometers away. But we did it little by little over quite a long time. After I 5 the sports club, I became more and more energetic (精力充沛的). Walking has made me much 6. I think it would be a really good idea to 7 other kids of my age to walk because many kids are getting fat nowadays."

    Cindy's father, Kevin is really 8 of his daughter's opinion of walking. "I wish we could get more kids out walking. 9 now lots of children are busy with TV programs and computer games, so it's not 10 for them to go out. But I think I should try my best to help them."

    Last summer, we had a volunteer activity in a village school. In the school. I saw a name Feng Aiguo on a list. This man offered much money to the school. I thought he must be a1 man.

    One day, on my way home from school, my bike was broken. Luckily I found a repairing stand(修车摊)across from the street. An old man was 2 a bike. He was wearing a clean suit. He looked energetic(精力充沛的). While waiting. I knew 3 about him from the old men chatting there. He was Lao Feng and 4to repair bikes after he repaired(退休). Two months ago, his family moved to a new house. His son didn't want him to repair bikes any longer. He bought him suits and asked him to 5 them and rest at home. But it didn't work. The old man continued his repairing work in his suits.

    After a while, the old man got my bike repaired. 6 I was leaving an old lady came and called him "Aiguo". 7 the name on the list of the village school came into my mind. But how could such a common repairman 8so much money? I asked him if he knew that village. He told me it was his hometown and the 9there still needed help. So he always saved money by repairing bikes to help them. Then I was sure that he was the person on the 10.

There was once a professor (教授) of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee (委员会), the students would be in fear, for he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student entered the room and sat down on a chair before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all.

The professor began to ask. The student was required to describe a certain illness and his answer was OK.

Then the professor asked about the cure (治疗) for illness, and the student also answered just as right.

"Good," said the professor, "and how much will you give the patient?"

"A full spoon," answered the student.

"Now you may go out and wait for what you can get," said the professor. At the same time the committee discussed the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student noticed that there was something wrong with his last answer. "A full spoon is too much," he thought to himself. He was very worried and he opened the door of the room and cried, "Mr. Professor, I've made a mistake! A spoon is too much for the patient. He can take only five drops (滴)."

"I'm sorry, sir," said the professor, "but it's too late. Your patient has died."

No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own effort. 

I learned this lesson from a（n）1 many years ago. I worked as a new football coach（教练） at a university in State of Georgia. 

It was a tradition for the school's old team in the club to play against a2 team at the end of the term. The old team had no coach，and they didn't even practice to prepare for the game. Being the coach of the new team，I helped them practice once a week and I thought we were sure to 3 ，but to my surprise，we lost the game. I could 4 believe that I had got into such a situation. After thinking hard about it，I came to realize that I might be too 5 about ourselves. I had to change my attitude （态度） and the way of training. 

Instead of seeing my boys as losers，I pushed and 6 them. I started doing anything I could to help them. That summer，when other teams 7 their holidays，we met every day and practiced passing and kicking the football. 

Six months later，we won our first game and our second，and continued to head in. Finally，we faced the number one team in the state. Before the game，I thought even if we lost the game，it would still be a8 for us. But that didn't happen. My boys beat the best team in the state，giving me one of the 9 memories of my life! 

From the experience，I learnt a lot about how the attitude of a leader could change a team. I helped them to see themselves 10 ，and they built themselves into winners. 

Winners are made，but not born. 

Paris is a city with many historic buildings. But do you know that the most famous historic building in Paris is not really old at all? It's just over 100 years old. You'll find that's a spring chicken if you compare it with the Palace of Versailles. It's said that the Palace of Versailles has a history of over 300 years. Well, the building I mean is the Eiffel Tower. 

The Eiffel Tower was named after an engineer(工程师) called Gustave Eiffel. Gustave Eiffel's company built it between the years 1887 and 1889. 

When people think of Paris, they first think of this 330-metre tower. Every year, nearly seven million people visit the Eiffel Tower. It was the world's tallest building until the US finished building the Empire State Building about 40 years later. 

Here are a few facts about the Eiffel Tower. The tower has three levels for visitors, with restaurants on the first and second levels. If you walk to the second floor, you will climb 674 steps. Gustave Eiffel's company had a permit(许可证) for the tower to stand for twenty years. But as the tower was valuable for communication purposes, the city decided to keep it. 

Now it's a symbol of Paris. It's impossible to think of Paris without thinking of this great man-made wonder.