If you lose 12 times, will you just give up? Dale Carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and self-development, kept t   {#blank#}1{#/blank#} . And he became famous by showing people how to be successful.

Carnegie was born in 1888 in a poor farming family in the central United States. The boy didn't see a train u {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  he was 12 years old. In his teens, he had to get up at 4 am. every day to milk the cows in his family.

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 Carnegie tried to be more a   {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  in college. He joined the debate(辩论) team. But one after another, he lost 12 times. The young man was d {#blank#}6{#/blank#} in himself. He said later that he thought of killing himself after so many failures(失败).

 But soon Carnegie was seen practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work brought good results at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech c  {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  and became widely known.

 The young man made his own words come true: “B {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  that you will succeed, and you will.” In order to s {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  his success, Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His best-sellers(畅销书) i   {#blank#}10{#/blank#} How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. More than 50 million copies of his books have been printed in 38 l{#blank#}11{#/blank#} (83). They are still helping people on the road to success.

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    It was not long that I learned how important happiness was to life.

    On that day I went with my mum to the bank. I was bored. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (突然), a man dressed in old clothes caught my eyes. He was sitting between the doors of two factories. He was homeless, I was not {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (感兴趣的), for I had seen many like him before.

    Compared with other beggars, he was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (不同的) in some way. This man was not sitting down with a sad expression. He had a radio in his hand and was enjoying listening to the music happily. The radio {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (似乎)to be the best thing he had.

    “Mom, why does that man have a radio even {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (尽管) he's  homeless?” I asked.

    “He{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (买) it ,” she replied.

    “But if he's homeless with an {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (空的) stomach, why doesn't he use the money to buy food or clothes? He {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (浪费) it on something he doesn't need. ”

    “ Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren't the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (最) important things. We need happiness, too.”

    That man must care enough about music to buy a radio {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (代替) of food or clothes. I soon realized that happiness is the key to life. Without it, there's nothing to look forward to.