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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.

 When Carnegie first entered college, he felt hopeless because of his clothes and ordinary looks. His mother e {#blank#}3{#/blank#} him: “Why not try to be better in other things i{#blank#}4{#/blank#}  of just dress and good looks?”

 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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      I worked in a shop three years ago. A girl started working there a few months after me. I met her often but we never t{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. We just saw each o{#blank#}2{#/blank#} and smiled.

She would always smile in a really happy way until one day when we got to work in the same department again. She smiled as if she was the h{#blank#}3{#/blank#} girl in the world. I went up to her and asked, “What's w{#blank#}4{#/blank#} with you?” She answered, “Why?” I said, “I can feel you're very sad but you're always t{#blank#}5{#/blank#} to hide it.” Her mouth just dropped as if I had discovered her deepest s{#blank#}6{#/blank#}, so we started talking. She told me why she was feeling like that and why she was trying to hide it. Time w{#blank#}7{#/blank#} by and we became good friends. Later she said that I had changed her life in many w{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. Today this girl is one of my best friends. She has been there for me in every possible way a friend could be.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that you never know when you're helping y{#blank#}9{#/blank#}. I helped this girl never knowing that at the same time I was helping myself by finding a t{#blank#}10{#/blank#} friend.

    In a history class, our teacher, Mrs Bartlett asked us to make a poster in groups about the culture that we were studying. She told us to write the names of three friends we wanted in one group and she would think about o{#blank#}1{#/blank#} choices(选择).

    The next day, I was told to be in a "bad" group. The boy in the group was too weak in English, and the other two girls always w{#blank#}2{#/blank#} strange clothes. Oh, how I wanted to be with my f{#blank#}3{#/blank#}!

    With tears(眼泪) in my eyes, I walked up to Mrs Bartlett. She looked at me and seemed to know what I was there f{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. I told her I should be in the "good" group. She gently placed a hand on my shoulder(肩膀). "I know what you want, Karma," she said, "but your g{#blank#}5{#/blank#} needs you. I need you to help them. Only you can help them." I was surprised and moved. Her words c{#blank#}6{#/blank#} me up.

    "Will you help them?" she asked. "Yes," I r{#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Then I bravely walked over to my group. I sat down and we started. Each of us did a part according to our interests. Halfway through the week, I felt m{#blank#}8{#/blank#} enjoying our group. We did a good job together. Nobody e{#blank#}9{#/blank#} Mrs Bartlett believed in our group.

    Amazingly, our group got an A. But I think the A should be r{#blank#}10{#/blank#} by Mrs Bartlett. Mrs Bartlett brought out the potential (潜能) in four of her students.

    How will you feel if you see an e-library? When you walk into your local library and instead of hundreds {#blank#}1{#/blank#} shelves(架子) with all kinds of books, you see a modern room that looks like an Apple store with different kinds of computers. That is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (exact) a new kind of public library that opened in San Antonio's Bexar County in fall, 2013.

    A teacher says even if he loves paper books, he believes that it is time to have the e-library system(系统) now {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the world is developing rapidly(快速地).

    While the library doesn't have any paper books, it will have over 10,000 e-titles(目录) for readers to look {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and even download(下载) onto their own e-readers. For those that do not have a mobile phone, Nook or Kindle, there will {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a total of 150 e-readers for readers to borrow, 50 of which will be {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (keep) for kids! What's more, the library will also have 50 computers for people to enjoy.

    This is not the first time to consider a public e-library. In 2002, Pinna Public Library System was the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (one) to open a small e-library. However, it was located(位于) in an area where most people did not have {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (computer), so the library died and then added paper books.

    Are people ready for a library without paper books? Only time will tell. But {#blank#}9{#/blank#} it does work, similar libraries will be opened in many more places in the country. Would you be interested in e-books? Be sure to let us know by {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (mail) your comments(意见)!