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Read the three stories on P1. And try to think out the characters they have in common. What do you think helped them out and achieved success in life? King Bruce is watching the spider weaving its web. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English. He watched a spider (蜘蛛) making a web. Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English.After college, Helen gave lecture tours speaking about her experiences and her beliefs. They worked very hard to raise money, to encourage people to educate blind and deaf children.

Gou Jian is sleeping on firewood and straw tasting gall-bladder. Gou Jian was the ruler of the kingdom of Yue, conquered by the neighboring kingdom of Wu. He was made a slave and suffered many hardships. But his tolerance earned the trust of the King of Wu and eventually he was set free. But he never forgot his suffering, slept on firewood and straw every night, and tasted bitter gall-bladder until his kingdom was strong enough and he attacked the King of Wu and killed him.

Do you think the characters above have something in common?

1.

They had very bad luck at first. Robert the

Bruce and Gou Jian were defeated and Helen Keller was disabled. 2. They never gave up. 3. They succeeded at last. 4. All of them were people of great determination. They showed great perseverance in the face of difficulty.

What do you think helped them to achieve success in life?

1. Their strong character helped them most. They never gave in to difficulties in life and continue struggling always.

2. They were people of great determination. They showed great perseverance in the face of difficulty. Their great perseverance and determination had an important effect on their life and finally led to success. 1.

Robert Bruce was mentioned in the passage to show that______.

A. people who fail are not lonely

B. animals can help people sometimes

C. nature will help us if we are hard-

working

D. confidence is important for one to

be successful

2. It can be learned from the passage that___ .

A. one should try not to fail

B. one’s failure is another’s success

C. one should take failure seriously

D. one should learn lessons from failure

3. Who is Sir Earnest Shackleton? Sir Earnest Shackleton was one of the most famous explorers of his day and it was considered a great honor to be part of any of his expeditions. He led this expedition.