Surfing: It’s Not Just for Boys Anymore
If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would 36 : surfing. But isn’t that a boy thing? Some people 37 . Most certainly not.
I started surfing about five years ago and fell in love with the sport on the 38 first day. Riding that first 39 was the best feeling I had ever experienced.
When I try to 40 surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my 41 , there’s nothing like it. It involves body, 42 , and soul. There’s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all 43 us. The feeling I get when I’m surfing across that 44 , becoming one with the 45 , is like I’m weightless.
The one thing I can 46 from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge. You can never be the “best surfer” because the ocean 47 an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and lowing; others are very aggressive (活跃有力的) and 48 . All of these things attract me to surfing and make it 49 from any other sport.
I’ve 50 to tell every girl I know to do something that people don’t think girls can do. It’s part of being human to advance to new 51 , so shouldn’t it be expected that girls should step up and start 52 the limits of things boys and men used to dominate (主宰)?
There’re women 53 side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys 54 the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to 55 , and they will.
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The famous composer(作曲家)，Albert Roussel，didn’t have a good start in this career. However，he achieved a great deal of success as a result of a ．
Roussel's parents died when he was eight and he went to live with his ．As a little boy，he fell in 1ove with music and himself about it by reading through the family collection that his mother kept． which there were a lot of related books．
Three years later．Roussel’s grandfather died，and his mother’s sister decided to him．Her husband was a kind man and for young Roussel’s music lessons．One summer vacation at a Belgian seaside added a second to his life—the sea．Then he studied to be a naval cadet(海军学员)，but still took time to study ．
In the French Navy，he and two friends found the time to a band，playing the works of Beethoven and other ．Roussel also began composing．On Christmas day 1892，he had his first chance to as a composer，which turned out to be a success．
That success Roussel to write a wedding march(婚礼进行曲)，and one of his navy friends to show it to a famous conductor，Edouard Colonne．When Roussel’s friend with the manuscript(手稿)，he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to his naval career and devote his life to music．
Not long ，at the age of 25，Roussel decided to Edouard Colonne’s advice．He gave his heart and soul to his composing and a major force in the twentieth century’s French music．Because of Eduoard Colonne’s inspiring ，Roussel devoted his life to music，but Rousssel’s friend later admitted that he had made it up．He said he had never even shown Roussel’s manuscript to the famous conductor．
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What are the basic elements of good manners? Certainly a strong sense of justice is one; courtesy （谦恭） is often more than a highly developed sense of play．A friend of mine once told me about a time when he was driving along a narrow, unpaved mountain road． was another car that produced clouds of , and it was a long way to the nearest highway．Suddenly, at a wider place, the car ahead off the road． that its owner might have engine trouble, my friend stopped and asked if anything was wrong．“ ,” said the other driver, “but you’ve borne my dust this far, I’ll with yours the rest of the way．”
Another element of courtesy is empathy （善解人意）, a that enables a person to see into the mind or heart of someone else, to understand the pain or there and to do something to it．A man dinning with his girlfriend in a restaurant was trying to open the cap of a beer bottle, but he couldn’t do it because of badly injured ．He asked a young busboy to help him．The boy took the bottle, turned his back momentarily and loosened the cap without difficulty．Then he it again．Turning back to the man, he to make great efforts to open the bottle without success．Finally, he took it into the kitchen and returned shortly, saying that he had to loosen it—but only with a special tool．
another element of politeness is the ability to treat all people , in spite of all status or importance． when you have doubts about some people, act as if they are worthy of your best manners．You may also be to find out what they really are．
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Someone recently asked me when I became more confident about my abilities as an entrepreneur. I thought it was a funny question, ____ I’ not very confident at all, and constantly filled with _____ about every decision I make.
It doesn’t exactly hold me back in my work; it’s just that I am very _______ of what I do, and I’m always _____ on the way I work, think and talk. I have also learned over the years that making a decision is often more important than making the _______ decision. Preferably your decisions are the right ones, but inaction or indecisiveness is more _____ than making the wrong decisions every now and then.
There is one thing I have learned over the years that I wish I had learned earlier in my career. And that is the ____ that I am not stupid.
It sounds logical, but I often sat in on meetings and heard people explain things and then ____ to myself, “ I don’t understand that. Maybe I’m stupid?” or I would hear about a startup and I wouldn’t ______ their business model and think I’m stupid. Or I would hear an entrepreneur speak and think, “ That all like ______ bullshit, but I must be stupid, because other people seem to love it.”
A couple of years ago, I came to the ______ that I was not stupid at all. When people in meetings say things I don’t’ understand I _______ up and tell them so. Usually, I hear a sigh of ______ in the room and find out nobody understood what was being talked about.
When I don’t understand a business model it usually means there is not one, or it ______. Turns out I’m not stupid and ______ I don’t understand it, most people won’t understand it at all. ______ doubting my own abilities I’ve learned to ______ my “bullshit radar” a bit more and not understanding something is a clear sign that something is _______.
My advice to young entrepreneurs is this: you are not stupid! If something does not make _____, if it sounds stupid, if you don’t understand it, something is wrong! Trust your gut( 本能的) ______. Feel free not to know and be honest when you don’t’ understand something!
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I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a person.
I think my started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n) . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I to help. That was really a big for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my . Every time I came into her room, she was so because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never her, so I took her place. She let me that making others feel good made me feel good, too. When she died, I was 5
, but I was very grateful to her.
I think I am a much person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not these experiences. They have me to care about other people more than about myself. I who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
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When studying in Australia, do not worry about understanding the local language. General English programs are offered to help you English. As a General English at Greenwich College，I will tell you what you can learn from these programs.
I teach English at all levels from beginners to .My classes usually with a fun activity. We play vocabulary and grammar .Sometimes we listen to Australian and decide if we like the lyrics(歌词).After we have all ，we move onto the grammar or vocabulary of the day. We it through writing or speaking.
We our other skills(reading，writing or listening)in the afternoon，and use these skills to better understand the grammar or vocabulary. , at the end of the day, we talk about to live and work in Australia. We discuss the problems， how to understand different accents, new words and make new friends. If there are any problems，we help each other, offering advice and .
General English also offers accent classes to improve your speaking ability. We offer special grammar and conversation classes, a movie club! You can also come with us to the Opera House，the beach，the zoo or even to a museum.
If you feel about using your spoken English，don’t worry! Everyone feels the .So，in General English we have activities that you talking to classmates，excursions(远足)that your confidence，and student parties that help you talk to others.
It's a great way to all your English skills as well as have a fantastic . Maybe I’ll see you in my class soon.
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