阅读理解Havesuccessfulpeopleeverfeltsad?Dotheyhaveany“secrets”tosuccess?TheanswerstothesequestionscanbefoundinUSpresidentBarackObama's“backtoschool”speech.Hereisa
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Havesuccessfulpeopleeverfeltsad?Dotheyhaveany“secrets”tosuccess?TheanswerstothesequestionscanbefoundinUSpresidentBarackObama's“backtoschool”speech.Hereisanexcerpt(摘录)fromhisspeech.
Iknowthatsometimesyougetthesensethatyoucanberichandsuccessfulwithoutanyhardwork-thatyourtickettosuccessisthroughrapping(饶舌音乐)orbasketballorbeingaTVstarwhenchancesareyou'renotgoingtobeanyofthosethings.
Butthetruthisbeingsuccessfulishard.Youwon'tloveeverysubjectyoustudy.Notallthehomeworkwillseemcompletelyimportanttoyourliferightthisminute.Andyoumaynotsucceedateverythingthefirsttimeyoutry.
That'sOK.Someofthemostsuccessfulpeopleintheworldaretheoneswho'vehadthemostfailures.JKRowling'sfirstHarryPotterbookwasturneddown12timesbeforeitfinallycameout.MichaelJordanwascutfromhishighschoolbasketballteamandhelosthundredsofgamesandmissedthousandsofshots(投篮)duringhiscareer.Butheoncesaid“Ihavefailedoverandoverandoveragaininmylife.AndthatiswhyIsucceed.”
Thesepeoplesucceededbecausetheyunderstandthatyoucan'tletyourfailuresbeatyou-youhavetoletthemteachyou.Youhavetoletthemshowyouwhattododifferentlynexttime.
Noone'sbornbeinggoodatthings.Youbecomegoodatthingsthroughhardwork.
Don'tbeafraidtoaskquestions.Don'tbeafraidtoaskforhelpwhenyouneedit.Idothateveryday.Askingforhelpisn'tasignofweakness;it'sasignofstrength.Itshowsyouhavethecouragetoadmit(承认)whenyoudon'tknowsomethingandtolearnsomethingnew.
Andevenwhenyou'restrugglingevenwhenyou'rediscouraged(泄气)andyoufeellikeotherpeoplehavegivenuponyou-don'tevergiveuponyourself.Becausewhenyougiveuponyourselfyougiveuponyourcountry.
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WhydoesBarackObamamention(提到)JKRowlingandMichaelJordaninthefourthparagraph?