Havesuccessfulpeopleeverfeltsad?Dotheyhaveany“secrets”tosuccess?TheanswerstothesequestionscanbefoundinUSpresidentBarackObama's“backtoschool”speech.Hereisanexcerpt(摘录)fromhisspeech.I
Havesuccessfulpeopleeverfeltsad?Dotheyhaveany“secrets”tosuccess?TheanswerstothesequestionscanbefoundinUSpresidentBarackObama's“backtoschool”speech.Hereisanexcerpt(摘录)fromhisspeech.
Iknowthatsometimesyougetthesensethatyoucanberichandsuccessfulwithoutanyhardwork—thatyourtickettosuccessisthroughpopmusicorbasketballorbeingaTVstarwhenchancesareyou’renotgoingtobeanyofthosethings.
Butthetruthisbeingsuccessfulishard.Youwon’tloveevery‘subjectyoustudy.Notallthehomeworkwillseemratherimportanttoyourliferightthisminute.Andyoumaynotsucceedateverythingthefirsttimeyoutry.
That’sOK.Someofthemostsuccessfulpeopleintheworldaretheoneswho’vehadthemostfailures (theoppositeofsuccess).JKRowlingfirstbookHarryPotterwasturneddown12timesbeforeitfinallycameout.MichaelJordanwascutfromhishighSchoolbasketballteamandhelosthundredsofgamesandmissedthousandsofshotsduringhiscareer.Butheoncesaid“Ihavefailedoverandoveragaininmylife.AndthatiswhyIsucceed.
Thesepeoplesucceededbecausetheyunderstandthatyoucanletyourfailuresbeatyou—youhavetoletthemteachyou.Youhavetoletthemshowyouwhattododifferentlynexttime.
Noone'sbornbeinggoodatthings.Youbecomegoodatthingsthroughhardwork.
Don’tbeafraidtoaskquestions.Don’tbeafraidtoaskforhelpwhenyouneedit.Idothateveryday.Askingforhelpisn’tasignofweakness;it'sasignofstrength.Itshowsyouhavethecouragetotellwhenyoudon'tknowsomethingandtolearnsomethingnew.
Andevenwhenyou’restruggling(奋斗)，evenwhenyou’rediscouraged(泄气)，andyoufeelotherpeoplehavegivenuponyou—don'tevergiveuponyourself.Becausewhenyougiveuponyourselfyougiveuponyourcountry.
()1.Mr.Obamasaidheknewthatsomestudentshopetogetrichandsuccessful____.
A.byhardwork B.withouthardwork
C.bystudyinghard D.bytheirgoodgrades
()2.WhydoesBarackObamamentionJKRowlingandMichaelJordaninthefourthpara-
graph?
A.Tocomparethesetwofamouspersons.
B.Toexplainthatthemorefailureshehasthemores