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1、阅读训练一AWhenIwasfifteen,IannouncedtomyEnglishclassthatIwasgoingtowriteandillustratemyownbooks.Halfthestudentssneered・Therestnearlyfelloutoftheirchairslaughing.“Don"besilly,onlygeniusescanbecomewriters/5theEnglishteachersaid,"AndyouaregettingaDthissemester?91wassohumiliated（羞辱）thatIburstinto
2、tears.ThatnightIwroteashortsadpoemaboutbrokendrcamsandmailedittotheCapri5sWeeklynewspaper.Tomyastonishment,theypublisheditandsentmetwodollars.Iwasapublishedandpaidwriter.Ishowedittomyteacherandfellowstudents.Theylaughed・“Justplaindumbluck/theteachersaid.Itastedsuccess・FdsoldthefirstthingF
3、deverwritten・Thatwasmorethananyofthemhaddoneandifitwasjustdumbluck,thatwasfinewithme.DuringthenexttwoyearsIsolddozensofpoems,letters,jokesandrecipes.BythetimeIgraduatedfromhighschool,withaCminusaverage,Ihadscrapbooksfilledwithmypublishedwork.Inevermentionedmywritingtomyteachers,friendsorm
4、yfamilyagain.Theyweredreamkillersandifpeoplemustchoosebetweentheirfriendsandtheirdreams,theymustalwayschoosetheirdreams.Ihadfourchildrenatthetime,andtheoldestwasonlyfour.Whilethechildrenslept,Itypedonmyancienttypewriter.IwrotewhatIfelt.IttookninemonthsJustlikeababy.AmonthlaterCryingWind,t
5、hetitleofmybook,becameabestseller,wastranslatedintofifteenlanguagesandBrailleandsoldworldwide.IappearedonTVtalkshows・ItraveledfromNewYorktoCaliforniaandCanadaonpromotionaltours・MyfirstbookalsobecamerequiredreadinginnativeAmericanschoolsinCanada・PeopleaskwhatcollegeIattended,whatdegreesIha
6、dandwhatqualificationsIhavetobeawriter.Theansweris:"None.”Ijustwrite.Fmnotagenius・I'mnotgiftedandIdon5twriteright.Toallthosewhodreamofwriting,Fmshoutingatyou:"Yes,youcan.Yes,youcan.Doitlistentothem：Idon'twriterightbutFvebeatentheodds.Writingiseasy,ifsfunandanyonecandoit.Ofcourse,alittledu
7、mbluckdoesn^thurt.61.Whydidmanystudentslaughafterhearingwhatthewritersaid?A.Becausetheydidn'tlikehimB.BecausetheywishedhecouldbesuccessfulasawriterC.Becausetheirteacherlaughed,tooD.Becausetheyfeltitimpossibleforhimtosucceed62.Whenthewritergraduatedfromhighschool,・A.
