If you can dream it, you can do it. American Dream is the idea that anyone can become successful. There are lots of     1     (story) about American Dream—Here is one of them.

Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland, UK, in 1835. He moved to America     2     the age of 13 with a few dollars. But by 1900, he owned millions of dollars. It seemed that he was a man     3     was born with the ability to do business.

When he arrived there, he started working in a small factory,     4     (make) just $ 1.20 a week. But he behaved     5     (excellent) and impressed his boss deeply. So he got lots of chances in the factory. Then, he     6     (offer) a job in a railways station. While there, he was promoted for     7     (he) good work.

    8    , it was during the 1870s that Carnegie really began to make his luck. Then he built his fast steel company in 1892. In 1901, it became one of the     9     (big) company in the world.

After Carnegie became a millionaire, he was known for giving away a large number of money    10     (help) the poor. He also wrote a number of books to make people know more about the history of America.

5 . Do you know what will happen in the future? Life in the twenty-first century will be very ________ , I suppose. Many changes will take place, but ________ will the changes be?

As we all know the population in the earth is growing ________. There will be a great many ________ in the world and most of them will live ________ than people in the twentieth century.

Computers will be much smaller and ________ and there will be at least one in every ________. And ________ studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.

People will work ________ and they will have more free time for taking exercise, reading, watching TV and traveling all over the world. ________ will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to ________ countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our ________, too. May be no one will eat meat every day. Instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables without pollution. Maybe people will be ________. Work in the future will be different, too. ________ and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this, ________ people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

6 . Many people have a fear of public speaking. They try to avoid public speaking because they worry that they will lose their words, bore the audience (听众) or somehow make a fool of themselves.     1     You may give a talk in a class or a meeting. Or you’ll give a toast (敬酒) at a wedding. Maybe you’ll have to give an acceptance speech for some honor you’ve received. Follow these steps to satisfy your audience and get rid of (摆脱) your fear of speaking in public.

Know your topic. Try to speak about a subject you know well.     2     Public speaking is harder when you look like an outsider.

Relax.     3     Your audience don’t expect you to be. They want you to succeed just as much as you can do. Let out nervousness by giving up all your anxious thoughts. If you’re thinking you’ll forget everything, remind yourself that you are prepared.

    4     You are not Jack Canfield or Tony Robbins. So, don’t try to copy what you think a public speaker should be. Share your true personality with your audience. Don’t pretend to be somebody that you’re not.

Pay attention to a few main points.     5     Your audience will not remember every little detail you tell them. They’ll be satisfied if they leave with something they can use, and that is what public speaking is all about.