There's not just one reason why kids can't fall asleep, though, so there's also more than one{#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

    If there's anything about your room that makes you feel {#blank#}2{#/blank#} at night, like a picture that looks strange in the dark, or a noisy tap that leaks drop after drop, be sure to ask one of your parents if it can be moved or fixed.

    It may not{#blank#}3{#/blank#} make sense why something bothers you, but if it's keeping you from sleeping, it should be changed. Another idea could be getting ready for bed earlier than usual. Try to take more time to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} by taking a warm bath, or listening to a bedtime story at least30 minutes before you want to go to sleep.

    A female swimming athlete once set a goal（目标）for herself. She decided to swim across the English Channel before she retired. If she could succeed, she would be the first person in the world {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  did it. On that day, she jumped into the sea without any hesitation（犹豫）and swam towards the opposite bank without any {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  . In the journey, she faced heavy fog, heavy rain and heavy waves. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she was tired, she still carried on swimming. But in the end, she gave up. And she didn't know that the opposite bank was only one mile away when she gave up.

    Later she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} about the reason. And she said, “The reason why I gave up is that I could not see the place which I was going to reach {#blank#}5{#/blank#}” It was a great pity that one mile broke her dream.

    Since we were young {#blank#}6{#/blank#} too many success stories have been telling us about courage and persistence（坚持）. But they never told us where {#blank#}7{#/blank#} courage and persistence. You can only have courage when you know where your goal is. You can only manage to persist when you know where your goal is.

    And that's because when you know where your goal is, you can only prepare {#blank#}8{#/blank#} well in the mind. Courage and persistence never{#blank#}9{#/blank#} from the sky. They come from weighing between input and output.

    A life without goal is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}a ship without a compass. It goes nowhere. There is no courage or persistence in a life without goals.

—She is my{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (sister/ sisters).

    Without the television set, the radio and more importantly, the computer, we will{#blank#}1{#/blank#} have any fun in our homes today. However, the people in the past had their own clever{#blank#}2{#/blank#}of enjoying themselves. For example, they made music without the use of computers but with tools made from wood and animal skin.

    Travel was simple at that time. Most of the people were excellent boat makers and they could make boats in a variety of shapes and sizes for travelling along the rivers and in the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. With increased skills and experience, the people learnt how to make the boats stronger against rains and storms.

    Some things are basic for us{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, but the people in the past could live the lives to the full even without them. We should not look down on the wisdom of people long ago.