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　　Recent studies show that only one out of three people have strong and healthy self-confidence．That 　　1　　 two out of every three people simply don’t know the 　　2　　 they already have to be successful when it’s 　　3　　 there in their hands! 　　4　　 if you want others to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first．Remember：“No one can make you feel inferior(差的)unless you 　　5　　 them．” A successful businessman says, “You can’t push anyone up a ladder 　　6　　 he knows he can climb himself．”

　　Many of us have an image 　　7　　, the image(形象)we have of ourselves．　　8　　 one guy put it：“You can’t win a horse race if you think you look 　　9　　 on a horse．” To succeed, the first person you have to 　　10　　 is yourself! So stop believing your own lies about yourself．Just 　　11　　 your mind and you’ll change your life．

　　One of the most harmful weapons that can kill your success in life are the two little words：“　　12　　”．You know that people used to 　　13　　 that if human beings traveled faster than 30 miles an hour it would 　　14　　 our circulation(循环)of blood and kill us? Thank goodness a few people didn’t believe that 　　15　　 thinking, or we wouldn’t be riding in cars, buses, and flying in airplanes today．You’ll never know until you 　　16　　．

　　Roger Bannister was the first human being to run a mile in less than 4 minutes．But 　　17　　 he did it, most people in the world didn’t think it was even 　　18　　．Yet only weeks after Bannister did it, suddenly 　　19　　 all over the world began running a mile in less than 4 minutes! If we believe something can be done, we’ll 　　20　　 do it．

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　　My now 7 year old grandson, who lives 100 miles away, has had my mobile phone number memorized since he was 4．Since then, he has 　　1　　 me every night before he 　　2　　 to tell me about his day or just to say "Good Night Grandma"．

　　He also 　　3　　 calls me at other times during the day just to 　　4　　 a happy or sad moment．Many times he's dribbling(运球)a basketball with one hand, 　　5　　 laughing with a friend about something that I never quite 　　6　　 about, or crying about something he may or may not want to talk about while I’m on the other end of the 　　7　　．I just listen and empathize(心领神会)or laugh with him－just share his current 　　8　　．I always let him be in charge of the subject, the emotion, and the amount of 　　9　　 he's on the phone with me．Many times I just listen to him play(or watch him on Skype), listen while he does his homework aloud, or play games we've made up together that we can play over the phone．

　　The only time I take 　　10　　 of the conversation is when he's 　　11　　 to say goodbye at night．Then I have 4 special 　　12　　 I say to him every night．One night I thought maybe he was 　　13　　 hearing those so didn't say them．He 　　14　　 called me back and told me that I 　　15　　 to say those sentences！I haven't 　　16　　 saying them since then!

　　My friends all know that he takes precedence(优先权)over all other things．　　17　　 I'm at a Doctor's appointment, in church, or some place where I really can't take his call, I always politely 　　18　　 myself and talk to him, 　　19　　 it's just for a minute to tell him I'll call him back in a few minutes．

　　He knows that he takes first place in my 　　20　　·

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　　WHAT happens to a teenage kid when the world he thought he knew suddenly changes? Find out in Little Brother by American author Cory Doctorow．It is a fascinating book for a new generation of sci-fi readers．

　　Marcus Yallow, 17, from San Francisco is much more comfortable in front of a computer than obeying the rules of society．Smart, fast and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting(骗过)his high school's monitoring system．This way he and his friends get to head off to play a popular online game in real life．

　　While they are playing, a bomb explodes on the Bay Bridge．Marcus stops a military vehicle to get help for his injured friend, but this simple act throws him into a Department of Homeland Security(DHS)secret prison．There he is treated as a possible terrorist．He is eventually let go after four days, but his injured friend disappears．

　　When he returns, Marcus discovers that there are many "security measures" in place and that now all citizens are treated like potential terrorists．While some consider this government action necessary for public safety, Marcus sees this as a complete destruction of the rights he is supposed to have as a citizen．

　　He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him with only one thing to do：to take down the DHS himself．He helps organize a large network called Xnet to spread the truth, anonymously(匿名地)．

　　The book presents a young man who is irresponsible, but learns about himself, and grows, in the course of the story．As part of this learning and growing he becomes aware of very serious issues about his society．