Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.

    It was a need that he first 1 back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an 2, he was struggling against many difficulties. His family was poor. His Dad couldn't afford the 3 at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes. Study had to be done  4 his farm-work routines. He withdrew from many school activities 5 he didn't have the time or the  6. He had only one good suit. He tried 7 the football team, but the coach turned him down for being too 8. During this period Dale was slowly 9 an inferiority complex (自卑感), which his mother knew could 10 him from achieving his real potential. She 11 that Dale join the debating team, believing that 12in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.

    Dale took his mother's advice, tried desperately and after several attempts 13 made it. This proved to be a 14 point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the 15 he needed. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top honor in 16. Now other students were coming to him for coaching and they,  17, were winning contests.

    Out of this early struggle to 18 his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability to  19 an idea to an audience builds a person's confidence. And, 20 it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do—and so could others.

    I stood there shocked. It was the day after my roommates and I had thrown a huge 1. I opened the cupboards and 2 that all friends had eaten up all the food in the house.

    I remembered opening one cupboard after another and feeling completely 3. There was nothing to eat. To make matters worse, we had no 4. There was not a penny until we got our pay 5 from our part - time jobs, which were over a week and a halt away. I knew I could eat one 6 meal daily at the doughnut shop where I worked, 7 I had no idea what I was going to eat for my other meals. Then I realized maybe we 8 to go to the food bank.

    I believed that food banks were for 9 people and that I would take food from someone who was less 10 than I. However, I soon realized that if I didn't go, I'd have to 11. I needed food to keep my mind and 12 healthy. So I swallowed my pride and 13.

    The wokers at the food bank were kind and considerate. They gave us more than enough food to help us 14 two weeks.

    We all have 15 of need. We all have mounts when we have to 16 help. At that time in my life I was thankful for the food bank. Their services helped feed my mind and body so that I could 17 my education.

    A couple of decades later, I find myself 18 donating food and volunteering at the food bank. The help that the food bank extended to me in my time of need will 19 be forgotten. I hope that by sharing my story, you will be encouraged to 20 your community food bank, too.

    After she left the town, Jane stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay (海湾).She stepped into the 1 and rowed out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and 2 to the wild open sea. She had to row across the bay to reach 3 side. The waves struck against the side of the boat, 4 and uneven; it became 5 difficult to row. If she 6 for a moment, the tide would push the boat back towards the 7.

    She wasn't even halfway 8 she was already tired and her hands 9 from pulling on the rough wooden oars (船桨). "I'm never going to 10 it", she thought. She rested the oars on her knees and 11 her head helplessly, then looked up as she 12 the boat shift (晃动) against the tide.

    The east wind , which had swung (旋转) around from the south-west, 13 her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains. It was going to be 14. Her hands weren't so painful. Her chest didn't feel as if it was about to burst 15.

    The lights of the town became 16, one of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she 17 it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just 18? She looked over her shoulder.  She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last 19 on the oars to ground the boat, and then lay back against the seat. She listened to the waves 20 and knew she had come home. Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain.

    When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didn't 1. At twelve, she asked our parents if she could 2 a full-time music school. They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister 3 talent.

    I was better at my 4. My teacher had told my parents that I had great 5. So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to 6  me. But the only time he was 7 was Saturday afternoons at 3 pm. Back then, I was 8 by the British TV show "The Avengers", which was 9 every Saturday at 3 pm. I let nothing take up my "The Avengers" hour. So I 10 this amazing opportunity. Today, I don't even have a 11 in my house.

    My sister became an engineer, but she 12 stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she changed her 13. She went back to college, got a(n) 14 in music education, and became a music teacher. She starts kids out on their first instrument and gives them all the encouragement and support she never 15.

    Recently, she and a pianist pal put on a recital. A big crowd of friends and family 16 for her. As she played, I looked around at the 17. Everyone was 18 enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person who remembered that 7-year-old kid making those perfectly 19 sounds and knew how far she had come, despite 20.

    Talent is important. But enthusiasm is even more important.

    Sarah grew up on a fishing boat. Her father,1to make enough money to buy a house, had 2 her within their only small boat since his wife died.

    One morning, Sarah saw a 3above the sea, which was close to them, and the boat began to rock as waves grew. 4 a mountain of clouds approaching from the south, she rushed below deck(甲板), 'Dad, 5.

    "What?" her drunken father asked 6.

    "Dad, a big storm is coming. We need to get out of here. "She grabbed his shoulders and 7 him. He got angry, shouting, "What are you doing?"

    "Dad, we have to 8the boat. There's a big storm coming. "

    Her father 9her at last. He walked to the deck, saw the10and fired up the engine.

    "Dad, what are you doing?"

    "Sarah, 11we stay here, we will die. We need to get out of the sea. We must ride the waves; that's our only 12."

    Their boat headed into the storm 13. Above them were black clouds and in front of them were dark waves. It was so 14.

    Hours passed. The dark day turned into darkness totally. They held each other for 15, but the experienced fisherman needed no 16 because he had fought many such battles.

    Eventually, the waves 17 and the sky brightened. Sarah was 18 and hugged her father, "You did it, Dad."

    They sailed back into the port. Other boats had been destroyed. Their boat was the only one to 19 the storm. Sarah hugged her father again. "Dad, you made it. You 20 us."

    "No, Sarah," he held her by his arms, "we did it together."

Some of the most famous and successful people in history battled self-doubt. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} fact, some held this feeling throughout their entire lives, even after their work had been held in high regard by {#blank#}2{#/blank#} public. Here {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) two famous people from history who struggled with self-doubt.

John Steinbeck

Even the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author John Steinbeck felt uncomfortable about the praise he got for his work. He wrote in his diary: "I am not a writer. I've been fooling {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (I) and other people." His famous realistic novel The Grapes of Wrath  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (help) land him the Pulitzer Prize in 1940.

Michelangelo

World-renowned Italian Renaissance artist, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (sculpt) and architect Michelangelo doubted his abilities before he created his famous painting, The Last Judgement, in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.

The beginning of Michelangelo's career consisted mostly of sculptures, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} helped spread his name throughout Italy. However, Pope Julius II asked Michelangelo {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (paint) the wall of the Sistine Chapel. In response, Michelangelo refused at first, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (say) that he was not a painter.{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (final), he accepted the Pope's request and spent four years on the painting.