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It  was December 25. Marie,  a  13-year-old Australian  girl, was happy.  It was  Christmas  and Marie´s mother was making a very special cake. She put four small coins into the cake and then baked it. The four coins were for good luck. After dinner, Marie and her family ate the cake. They found three coins in the cake and put them on the table. Where was the fourth one? It was missing,

but  Marie´s  mother  didn´t  notice.

After Christmas, Marie got sick. She coughed and couldn´t speak. Marie´s parents took her to hospital. Doctors  at the hosp ……此处隐藏24606个字…… y succeed.            I remembered I used to fail in my English vocabulary tests when I was in high school. I had difficulty in  memorizing words. I almost decided to give up English, but was encouraged by one of my classmates who had kept pushing me to memorize words. At the end of the semester, I found I had finished the vocabulary book, which became my motivation for studying English.           Nobody is born as a genius for achieving success. Success tends to arrive after a series of trials and failures. It is likely that we have to face some failures from time to time. Dealing with them correclly is the key to success.