Many people think successful people are often talkative and outgoing. They think quiet people are much less confident or less intelligent. When parents find their children talking     1     than other children, they may become worried and try their best to make their children outgoing.

In fact, it’s not necessary to try to make quiet people outgoing. Just let them be     2    . It is more possible for quiet people to become successful because of their own advantages.

Quiet people listen more than they talk,     3     they learn a lot. They don’t show their own ideas often. They usually say something     4     or interesting when they need to speak.

Quiet people can get trust     5    . Because of their fewer talks, they     6     as honest and can keep secrets in business or in other social situations.

They can prepare things well. As a saying goes: “Preparedness ensures success and unpreparedness spells     7    .” Careful planning is necessary if a person wants to get     8     results. When it comes to making plans, quiet people often do it very carefully. They think about what they need to do and how to make it better     9     their goals.

They are less possible to be distracted (分神) by other people or things. They can pay attention to a task and finish it faster than those who talk too much. What’s more, quiet people also have the     10     to keep doing something for longer. They seldom get bored or lose interest in what they’re doing.

5 . These days, many parents push their children into learning more skills. They believe it helps their kids to better compete in life. However, such a busy life can place great pressure on students.

The Taylors are a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylor’s three children is very busy. “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons. Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my children’s future. I really want them to be successful.” However, the tired children don’t get home until after 7:00 p. m. They have a quick dinner, and then it’s time for homework.

Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about such stress. “In some families, competition starts very young and continues (继续) until the kids get older,” she says. “Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always comparing them with other children. It’s crazy. I don’t think that’s fair. Why don’t they just let their kids be kids? People shouldn’t push their kids so hard.”

Doctors say too much pressure is not good for a child’s development (发展). Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can cause a lot of stress for children. “Kids should have time to relax and think for themselves, too. Although it’s normal (普遍) to want successful children, it’s even more important to have happy children.”

6 . One day, Peter had a fight with one of his classmates. Then he went to his grandfather and told him his story angrily. “He is really bad,” the boy said, “and I hate him.”

The grandfather said, “Let me tell you a story. When I was a boy, I also sometimes hated others for what they did.”

As Peter listened carefully, the grandfather went on. “There are always two tigers inside my heart. One is good and kind. He gets on well with everything around him. But the other is bad and unfriendly. Even the smallest thing will make him angry. He fights with everyone all the time, and for no reason. He can’t think carefully because he always hates others. It is difficult to live with these two tigers inside my heart. They both try to control me.”

Peter looked into his grandfather’s eyes and asked, “Which tiger always controls you, grandfather?”

The old man said slowly and seriously, “The one that I feed. I always feed the good and kind tiger, so I never hate others and seldom (很少) get angry now.”

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Using two fans he found at a market, a 15-year-old boy in Gaza has made electricity (电) to light up his family’s tent. He and his family began to live in the tent after the attack (袭击) of Israel.

His neighbors in the tent camp called him “Gaza’s Newton” because of his talent. “Newton was sitting under an apple tree when an apple fell on his head. And we here are living in darkness, so I thought of creating light, and did so.” the boy said.

Since the boy’s family lived a hard life, they connected (连接) their tent to the side of a house so that the boy could climb onto the roof and set up his two fans to charge batteries (电池). Then, the boy connected the fans to wires (电线) running down through the house and used switches (开关), lightbulbs and a thin piece of wood in the tent to make lighting for his family.

It took the boy a while to succeed finally after his first two tries failed. The boy was still very happy that he was able to make this because he can not only help his family but others like them. What’s more, he was also very glad that people in this camp call him ‘Gaza’s Newton’, because he hoped to become a scientist like Newton and invent something that will be good for people of the whole world.

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