School is where we learn, make friends and grow up. But accidents happen daily in schools across the world. We hear reports of students falling down     1     buildings while cleaning windows. Other students are hit by footballs on the playground. Three years ago, some students fell down on the stairs and were stepped on by     2     with tragic(悲惨的) results.

We feel deeply sorry for the loss of lives There is nothing we can do to bring the students back, but we can try to prevent such things from     3     again. You should do the following things to prevent a stampede.

After class or school, don't rush out at the same time. Wait until there are     4     people trying to leave.

When you walk with a crowd of people, stay alert and     5     your steps. Don't play around. Be familiar with your     6    and learn where the safety exits are. When there's pushing and squeezing, don't move and try to hold on to something     7     stay in a corner until the crowd leaves.

How do you get to school? Do you walk or     1     a bike? Do you go by bus or by train? For many students, it is easy to get to school. But for the students in one small village in China, it is     2    . There is a very big river     3     their school and the village. There is no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats. So these students go on a ropeway to cross the river to school.

One 11-year-old boy, Liangliang,     4     the river every school day. But he is not afraid because he loves school. “I love to play with my classmates. And I love my teacher. He’s like a father to me.”

Many of the students and     5     never leave the village. It is their dream to have a bridge. Can their dream come true?

I stood outside my teacher’s office,     1     about my final grade. Words were my secret friend, and although I hadn’t told anyone, I wanted to make a life out of them as a famous writer someday. Surely, I thought, my grade     2     a sign of my future success.

The door opened. Mr. Mills pulled my paper out of his bag and     3     it to me. A large red C looked angrily at me. My first thought was to throw the paper and run. Heat rose to my face. I managed     4     goodbye as I turned. I gave up my dream of being a writer.

Life went on. Something     5     shortly after my 30th birthday. Perhaps I finally realized the emptiness that had come with ignoring (忽略) my own need to write. It was time to rediscover my dream.

I began sending my work to magazines. When the work     6    , I kept going. I continued to send my work—118 pieces in one year, but I also got rejected (拒绝) 89 times. Each one felt a bit like opening an old wound. I told myself that not every rejection had to do with writing quality. But I couldn’t help     7     the rejections.

Later, I attended an editorial comment course. I sat down across from the editor who held my work and looked up at me. I     8     very nervous. She smiled. “This is lovely and great writing.” I smiled back and stopped worrying.

One morning, the phone rang. “Your work has won a grant (资助),” a woman said. “Five hundred dollars.” From then on, I stopped counting the rejections although I still have them. I     9     a list and posted it above my desk. Each time I hear an encouraging or supportive word, I add it to the list. My list     10     me never to give up my dreams.

As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as     1     the Nobel Prize. Or they can be small. You just want to become one of the top ten students in your class. Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Have you ever tried to     2     your dream?

You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts     3     you from reaching your dream.

In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember the dream     4    . Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is made up of many small ones. Please never give them up.

There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest one     5     from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will lead to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.