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    A white-bearded ancient man was walking over the hills and valleys of the world. On his back he carried a bag which moved uneasily as if something was trying to escape from it, but he 1 it between his shoulders and walked on.

    He was Father Time, travelling forever, and the bag he 2 was filled with Tomorrows, all struggling to get out.

    Each 3 at twelve o'clock, he opened the bag and 4outa Tomorrow, just one, with its wings of5, and its shining feathers rose with hope. All the rest were kept 6 by Time's strong hands and pushed7 in the bag.

    Down flew the Tomorrow 8 its lovely feathers, but as it touched the 9, off fell its blue wings and it changed to a(n) 10 white bird which could not fly. It had become a Today. Everyone knows that Today isn't as 11 as Tomorrow , for Today can be held in one's12, accepted, unloved, but Tomorrow is full of mystery and beauty. It is 13 by all the world. Even those with 14 hope sigh, “Tomorrow may bring a(n) 15. Tomorrow's life will be different.”

    Everybody tried to16 the Tomorrow before it fell to the ground. They thought if they17 beforehand what the Tomorrow carries, they could 18 for it. So they put great nets on the trees, seeking to catch one 19 it changed his feather. Yet although they tried every means, the birds 20 and flew to the ground as Todays.

    Falling off a box car and landing on my head, I lost my sight when I was four years old. Now I am thirty-two. I can 1 remember the brightness of sunshine. It would be wonderful to see again, 2a tragedy can do strange things to people.

    It 3 to me that I might not have come to love life as I do now if I hadn't been blind. My parents and my teacher saw something 4 me , and they made me want to 5 against blindness.

    The hardest 6 I had to learn was to believe in myself. If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have 7 down and become a chair rocker for the rest of my life. When I say 8in myself I am not talking about 9 the kind of self-confidence that 10 me down an unfamiliar staircase （楼梯）alone. But I mean something bigger than that : an assurance that I am a real positive person 11 imperfections.

    It took me years to obtain this 12 . It had to start with the 13 . Once a man gave me an indoor 14 . “ I can't use this.” I said. “ Take it with you,” he 15 me , “ and roll it around.” The 16 stuck in my head. “ Roll it around !” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought 17 . At the School for the Blind I 18 a new kind of baseball called ground ball. All my life I have set a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my 19 . I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made 20 .

    Two old beggars(乞丐)were sitting on a busy street corner of a big city. They watched1as a lot of people walked by without looking at them. Sometimes, a kind-hearted woman or a small child would2a few coins in the hats in front of them.

    Today was not a3day for begging. The men were able to 4enough for a big meal. As it was getting dark, they started to5their things.

    Just as they were getting ready to leave, they6a man walking towards them. He was a7man—they could tell that from his fine clothes. The first beggar said to the second with8, “He's coming our way!” The man stopped,9into his pocket and took something out. What looked like a piece of hard10, wrapped(包裹)in white paper, hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man turned and 11his way.

    “He could have easily left us a few 12or a bill, but he laughed at us with a piece of rock candy,” said the first beggar. He looked at the offering 13 “We can't 14this at all—we have no teeth.” With these words, he picked up the thing and threw it away. Then he collected his things and 15.

    The second beggar wanted to do the same, 16a second thought made him change his 17 “I haven't had anything like this for ages,” he thought. “How 18of that man to offer me something so sweet!” With that, he opened the white paper. To his 19 there was no rock candy inside.20, a shiny white pearl worth thousands of dollars fell into his hand.

Henry was not 1at math. Even when the teacher explained something a second time, he still couldn't 2it. “Never mind. I'll sit3the boy who's the best at 4” Henry thought, “and5 his answers.”

The day of the exam6 and Henry sat next to Allan,7was 8at the top of the class in math. Henry copied Allan's answers 9 his own exam paper. At the end of the exam, the teacher said, “Well, boys and girls, I've decided to give a red10to the student who got the11grade. It's 12 for me to decide who I'll give the star to, however,13two students, Henry and Allan, got the 14grade.” After a moment she went on, “15I've decided to give the star to 16this time.” Henry was17 when he heard this. He stood 18and said, “But I got the same grade as Allan, madam.” “That's 19” The teacher said. “However, Allan's answer to Question 6 was ‘I don't know.', but 20was ‘Nor do I.' .”

    No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own 1.

    I learned this lesson from a(n) 2 many years ago. I took the head 3 job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

    It was a tradition for the school's old team to play against the 4 team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn't even practice to 5 the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldn't 6 I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to 7 that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were 8 me. I had to change my 9about their ability and potential.

    I started doing anything I could to help them build a little 10. Most important, I began to treat them like 11. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their 12, we met every day and 13passing and kicking the football.

    Six months after suffering our 14on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to 15. Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a16for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn't what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest 17of my life!

    From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can 18 the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and19them. I helped them to see themselves 20, and they built themselves into winners.

    Winners are made, not born.

    Last summer, I had just enough money saved to buy a golden ticket—a 3-month train pass that would take me to the furthest reaches of Europe. Excited for my journey, I 1 all the necessary stuff-2 the guidebook.

    While the 3 of the Internet was definitely a 4 factor to my decision, this was not the only reason I decided to fly 5.

    To be honest, I find the guidebook6 a journey﹣like a bossy aunt who is always telling you what to do,7 she doesn't always know what's best.8 has taught me that there is a clear 9 between a tourist and a traveler.

    While waiting in a queue to see Michelangelo's Statue of David in Florence, I met a man who showed me his 10 of "Top 20 Things to do in Italy" and told us 11 that he'd "seen" everything Italy has to 12 in just four days.

    The problem I had with this man's way of 13 was that he was too focused on 14 the boxes provided by his guidebook. He was 15 in the so﹣called "must﹣sees" and blind to all that was happening somewhere else.

    So, guidebook﹣less as we were, my companion and I traveled to Estonia. Arriving for no good reason, we had no option but to 16 some friendly faces for advice. We 17 ourselves and asked them what was happening around town. When this resulted in an 18 to a beautiful Estonian home by a river where we enjoyed a 110﹣degree wood﹣stove sauna（桑拿）,19 picked forest﹣mushrooms and the good 20 of our five new﹣found Estonian friends, we sure were glad we had left our bossy aunt at home.