On a cold winter day, I waited in line to see my hero, Jack Canfield, the author of
The Success Principles, who was going to deliver a speech on his new book.
During his talk, Jack
36 his wallet, pulled out a hundred-dollar bill, and said, ‘‘Who wants this?”
37 shot up in the audience; people leaned forward to see whom Jack would
38 . But I jumped up, ran up the
39 to the stage, and grabbed the bill. As I was launching myself in the air,
40 raced through my mind — was I about to be humiliated(羞辱) in front of 800 people? Would they
41 security guards and take me from the stage?
42 my desire for bold （大膽的）action was louder than any
43 voice. As I got the bill from his hand, he said, “That’s it! We can’t wait for the
44 to come to us. We must take
45 to create what we want!’’
After his talk, I
46 to formally meet Jack and boldly asked for his personal e-mail address. Over the next months, I sent him emails
47 my points of view and dreams with him. He kindly e-mailed back lots of encouragement. But my life got busy
48 other things. I stopped e-mailing Jack.
A year later, my dreams had worn away. I thought Jack would inspire me into action, like a giant arrow that would show me the way.
I e-mailed him, and then again — but got no
49 . As I sat down at my computer to
50 my e-mails, I
51 woke up. What was I doing? I was waiting! Now I remembered the crowd, most likely
52 that hundred-dollar bill, while they sat glued to their chairs.
Usually we all have a “Jack” for whom we wait — whether it’s a person, a place or a thing. We
53 believe the gifts of life are just around the corner, and that everything will come in a(n)
54 way. So we don’t try. We
55 . But as Wayne Gretzky said，“You’ll always miss 100% of the opportunities you don’t take!” So I stopped waiting and started my writing career.
Now what are you waiting for?
| 小題1: | | A．brought in | B．reached for | C．took over | D．handed in |
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| 小題2: | | A．Cheers | B．Shouts | C．Heads | D．Hands |
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| 小題3: | | A．offer | B．trust | C．like | D．choose |
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| 小題4: | | A．path | B．road | C．steps | D．route |
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| 小題5: | | A．thoughts | B．opinions | C．ideas | D．plans |
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| 小題6: | | A．ask | B．call | C．demand | D．order |
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| 小題8: | | A．noisy | B．doubtful | C．meaningful | D．helpful |
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| 小題9: | | A．opportunities | B．consequences | C．results | D．aims |
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| 小題10: | | A．step | B．measure | C．way | D．action |
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| 小題11: | | A．expected | B．tried | C．permitted | D．managed |
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| 小題12: | | A．stating | B．describing | C．presenting | D．sharing |
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| 小題14: | | A．news | B．message | C．response | D．reaction |
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| 小題15: | | A．check | B．examine | C．inspect | D．review |
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| 小題16: | | A．gradually | B．suddenly | C．immediately | D．slowly |
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| 小題17: | | A．desiring | B．claiming | C．begging | D．dreaming |
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| 小題18: | | A．particularly | B．honestly | C．falsely | D．correctly |
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| 小題19: | | A．difficult | B．impressive | C．early | D．natural |
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| 小題20: | | A．give up | B．put up | C．take up | D．set up |
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that happiness is in himself. It is in needing nothing from outside himself. If wanting nothing, he lacks nothing. We westerners, however, are taught that the more we have from outside ourselves, the happier we will be, and then we are made to want. We are even told it is our duty to want. Advertising, one of our major industries, exists not to satisfy these desires but to create them---and to create them faster than any man’s money in his pocket can satisfy them. Here, obviously someone is trying to buy the dream of happiness and spending millions upon millions every year in the attempt. Clearly the happiness-market is not running out of customers.
but it seems a dull game. And the Indian holy man seems dull to us, I suppose, because he seems to be refusing to play anything at all.