Best motivation and reward

Before you hit the roads to achieve a goal, have you ever given any thought to your motivation or what are you expecting to get as a reward? Attitudes towards this question vary from person to person. Some people claim that wealth and fame is the best motivation and reward, others believe that the fulfillment of a job well done is its own reward. In my opinion, the later point holds more water. In the end, it is the joy in the journey that truly matters.

Doing the work with the attempt to be rich or famous will bring an unfortunate outcome and even will lead us to a dangerous situation. Gradually, we will consider wealth and fame as the most important things in our lives instead of the care of our parents, or our ‘Friends-time’. Besides, this kind of thought might have bad effects on our work, since we only care about how much money we earn or how to get as many glories as we can, we may tend to forget the original significance of doing the job and can’t concentrate our minds on doing the job well. Thus our work efficiency will be reduced and it is unlikely that we can make a great development in our own career. What’s worse, once we fail to get or lose all those glories or wealth, we may feel rather depressed, empty and even sink into a desperate situation.

However, if we change our train of thought and attach more importance to the sense of happiness and fulfillment by accomplishing some simple things, our life will become more wonderful. We won’t get tired of our work and we will be courageous enough to overcome all the

obstacle on our road and enjoy the abundant happiness that the job brings to us. Every workday is like a journey full of surprise and delight. Besides, without the burden of wealth or fame, we can immerge ourselves into the job and there is a good chance that we can achieve a lot. In this case, although we don’t aim for wealth and fame, wealth and fame will follow naturally. If not, we will not feel discouraged, as we firmly believe that the happiness and fulfillment during the journey is the best reward for our work.

Van Gogh sold only one painting during his life, but this didn’t stop him from completing over 800 paintings because he never aims to make money or get fame when he creates new works. As for van Gogh, he values the process of pursuing instead of the results. It’s the pleasure and fulfillment in the process of creating gives him abundant motivation. If Van Gogh had always been fascinated in fame and wealth, he would not have had such wonderful works and the world would never have had such a genius of art.

As a senior high student who are preparing for the college entrance examination, we can’t say that the scores is not important. But I still strongly recommend that we should cherish the process of our learning and enjoy the perpetual and interior happiness it brings to us. No matter whether we succeed in the end or not, we have got the best reward for our work.

第二篇：第五届全国创新英语作文大赛优胜作文选登

第五届全国创新英语作文大赛优胜作文选登

题目：

Writing Topic for Semifinals

Directions: We can be sure that most people have

experienced failure and success. Most often,

when we are successful we are happy. If we fail,

we are sad. Now, you are asked to write an essay on the topic of Failure and Success. You can give

some examples and facts to support your opinion.

Your essay should be written in English with on

less than 300 words within 60 minutes.

*注：括号内为修改意见。

Failure Leads to Success

姓名 赵思凌 四川省绵阳市东辰国际 学校 2007级4班级 准考证号

282

Staring at my marks, I was trembling. The highlighted ‘50’ was like explosions in the sky (a bolt from the blue) , which suggested I was (去掉) utterly failed. However, to my

astonishment, my mother didn’t keep a straight face with my paper in hand. Slowly she said, ?It’s compulsory to face the music, boy. Always remember: Failure leads to success.? Ever since then, I committed those words to memory to stand up again after failure.

My dear friends, failure is not dire. What is (去掉) really awesome is giving yourselves over to the bad mood after failure. It’s a common sense that everybody wants to end up in success, so sparing no effort to work hard becomes a corollary. In history, examples of peoples who succeeded after failure were as many as stars can be (去掉).

For instance, Edison was kicked out of school on account of his bad grades. However, he immediately overcame the sadness and committed himself to scientific invention. Then, as we all know, he became the greatest inventor after failure and was universally highly though (thought) of. From this, we can see, failure never defeated Edison. On the contrary, failure turned into the power of his success.

On top of that, I want to mention Alert Einstein, whose life was considered a downright failure by his teachers. Alert’s teacher used to maintain that he (the boy) was too iconoclastic and inevitable to become a philistine. Alert took a very view of that. He developed his interest in physics and tried his best to do research on some moscopolitan (cosmopolitan) problems. At last, his ?Theory of Relativity? made the world convinced that he was successful.

Depending on my personal experience and emotional concern, failure is totally the darkness before dawn. if (If) we pull ourselves out of the black abyss, we will see the sun shining above the horizon.? God helps those who help themselves.? Only when we help ourselves in (out of) failure, it eventually leads to success (can we eventually achieve success).

Failure and Success

姓名 王峥 山东省青晶市第二中 学校 二、14班级 准考证号 32 An ancient Chinese adage says, ?Failure is the mother of success?. It tells us that failure teaches people how to succeed. Those philosiphers (philosophers) are always right. No one is a winner for life-long, and thus everybody, even the most successful ones, has failed in sake of (for the sake of) various reasons.

The story of Mr. Abraham Lincoln, the previous president of America, offers us a proper example. Mr. Lincoln started his political journey in his early 20 (20s), but the fate tricked him. Among his first ten attempts of running for elections for political positions like (去掉) Senator and (or) the Head of the State, Mr. Lincoln only won once, and then numerous failures stepped up after that. But he never stopped. Finally, in his 50 (50s), Mr. Lincoln became the president of America. His failures led to his success. All the valuable experiences, including the mistakes, showed him how to succeed. Then, it is obvious that failure can help not only Mr. Lincoln but also everyone to gain experiences

and to avoid mistakes. Thus success comes.

Despite the reason described in the above paragraph, another subtle one also serves to the topic. Failure forces people to explore new means to success. KFC is a case in point. As everybody knows, KFC’s origins were in America, but it was not as successful as McDonald. But when KFC came to China, it became popular in one night (overnight). People, especially kids, loved it. KFC has found its new way in China. Situations must be the same to everyone if they explore new things in their failures. Taking into account all the relevant factors that affect and contribute to the topic, we may safely conclude that, failure, indeed, leads people all the way to success.

Failure and Success

姓名 韩金延 北京市中国人民大学附属中学 学校 高二13班级 准考

证号 379

Thomas Edison, one of the greatest scientists ever happened to (in) the world, had experienced failure many times, more than we can ever think of. In inventing the light bulb, he tried more than 2,000 materials, yet they all failed. Though this might be enough to deprive the hope of success from anyone, it didn’t discourage Edison. He went on trying until he find (found) the right material. He achieved success after thousands of times of failure (failures).

In real life, we all have to experience failure. Nobody can be

successful all his life without meeting even one downfall. We may feel happy when we succeed and are sad when we fail. However, the important thing is that we shouldn’t be discouraged or give up hope when we meet failure. Failure is always on our way to success, yet we have to overcome that difficulty to achieve our goal.

Jay Chou is a good example. Everyone knows the singer Jay Chou now, but only a few years ago, he was just an ordinary musician who wrote songs for other singers. His music wasn’t accepted at first because it was regarded as ?wierd (weird)?. Jay, however, didn’t give up. He continued with his music until success finally knocked at the door.

Stephen Chou (Zhou Xingchi) is another persistant

(persistent) man not discouraged by failure. Before he became a world figure, he could only play small parts in films. What’s more, his acting skills weren’t recognized by his fellow actors. The many

(去掉) times of failure and the (去掉) difficulties he faced were unbelievable. Stephen, however, didn’t give up. He held on to his dreams until the days of glory finally arrived.

Failures are unavoidable if we are to succeed. We should be adamant enough as not to be discouraged, persistant (persistent) enough as not to give up and diligent enough to overcome the barriers of failure. If we can do that, we will find that success will light our way.

Beat Them！You’ll Win

姓名 梁毅超 北京市中国人民大学附属中学 学校 高三11班级 准考

证号 355

As many say, failure is the origin of success. People are usually delighted when achieving success. But they may feel sad and discouraged when facing failure. This seems to be usual. However, in my opinion, only when we treat failure as good experiences can we make a difference.

First of all, to my mind, sadness and disappointment are senses of weakness. A brave man should keep going on when running into difficulties or problems. For instance, Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with a serious disease only a few days after his 21 -year-old birthday. It (插入was) said that he would die in several months. Facing disability and death, he went on doing his research. As disabled (Disable as) he was, he used a wheel chair and a laptop to keep track of others. In the long run, he finished his book (A Brief History of Time). As we all known (know), Dr. Hawking struggled against his fortune and get (got) success at last. We should always keep in mind that beating failure is to achieve success. The more failure you experience, the more you can learn. As far as I am concerned, being confident is also essential to achieve success. Confidence to a man is (插入 what) gas to a car. If you are facing a great challenge, telling yourself ?I can do that? is a significant way to inspire yourself. You’ll feel getting stronger insensibly. Trust yourself, thus you can conquer anything with an

iron will.

Everyone is willing to achieve success, while the way (插入of) treating failure is a notable problem as well. Achieving success is not without’ risk. That means facing failure, you’d better regard failure as good gifts, or else you may not get over it. To sum up, you should beat the failure, then come (comes) the success. Don’t be frightened with failure！ Beat them, and you’ll win!

Attitudes towards Failure and Success

姓名 逮秋月 山东省章丘市章丘四中 学校 高二〃7班班级 准考证号

321

It’s no exaggeration to compare our life stage to a battle field which is loaded with both failure and success. From cradle to grave, people from different levels of life, almost everyone has to experience different kinds of battles: the competitions between students, between businessmen, even between countries, etc. As a consequence, we will face not only success but also failure. From the point of my view, proper attitudes should be taken towards failure and success.

Most often, when we are successful we are happy. After all, competition means that one do (does) one’s utmost to reach for things which are wanted by others, blow that you are successful, it means that you are the winner. So to speak, everyone dreams of succeeding and it’s common to be happy if your dream comes

into reality. However, just as an old saying goes: Pride goes before a fall. We mustn’t sink our self (ourselves) into the world of flowers and congratulations. Come down to earth, more things of the essence remained to be done yet. History abounds with the example of that. Qing Dynasty fell behind other countries on account of its ridiculous satisfaction. It closed its window to the world and no foreign trades were allowed. Finally, it was beaten by western countries.

Thus, we must be aware of the circumstances and can’t be too proud of ourselves. Meanwhile, as failure is unavoided

(unavoidable) in our life, more attention should be paid to failure. First and foremost, we must absorb lessons from our failure. One mustn’t fall in the same place twice. Just as a proverb goes: Fall in a pit gain in your wise (A fall into a pit, a gain is your wit). Besides, everyone makes mistakes. Someone has said that show me a man who never makes mistakes and I will show you a person with two heads. That is to say, it’s undeniable for one to make mistakes and failure is a piece of dish that everyone must taste, despite (although) you are reluctant to face it. As a result, positive attitude (attiutdes) should be taken towards failure. Failure is the mother of success. Only if you are aware of that, you will succeed in the end. As is known to all, Napolon (Napoleon) is considered as the greatest person in France. He had experienced numerous wars before he succeeded. I remember that he once said, ?You can never find ‘ failure’ in my dictionary. ? Yes, he succeeded and he never regreted (regretted) for what he had done. Keep in

mind that there is only one winner, but everyone should strive for it. Most often, the obstacle to success is not our failure, but is our fears. If you failed, cheer up, everthing (everything) will be OK. All in all, no matter it is sunny or cloudy, as long as we take positive attitudes towards it, success will finally come. Confidence is the first step to success. Come on, we are the best.

Failure and Success

姓名 张伟 山东省潍坊市昌乐二中 学校 高二、31班级 准考证号

148

No one can avoid being influenced by failure and success. As far as I know, there are countless people, who enjoy a high level of reputation, suffering from a great deal of failure and success. Actually, the road of Life is twittered (littered) with boulders and pitted with holes. It seems the same that life is filled with failure and success, making it more and more colorful .Because of them, the life is a long wonderful word.

As (插入 the) saying goes that no cross, no crown, failure always wins respect of many great scientists, for it adds color to the dull routine of everyone’s life. For example, Madam Cuie

(Madame Curie) suffered a large number of sufferings, achieving her goals. Eventually, she won the Nobel (插入Prize). Though it’s possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money, it’s extremely difficult to estimate the true value of failure, for it maybe marks the prelude to a series of success.

Obviously, success is a shining star sought by a great many people. Some people hold a view that achieving one’s goals is the only success that matters. Frankly speaking, achieving one’s goals is just a personal success. Whether or not it is accepted by society depends on what the goals are and what the ways are. If your success is built on another’s suffering, it’s not only unacceptable, but also immoral. In the light of this statement, Making (making) a contribution to society is the best way to enjoy success, for your efforts and values are appreciated by society, so you will be successful in the eyes of the public.

In the final analysis, failure is connected to success, and they exert a great influence on us everyday. As a result, the more the failure we suffered, the more (greater) the success we gained. So, come on, everyone, let’s be greed of (greedy for) failure so that we can possess a colorful future filled with flowers!

姓名 刘明珠 辽宁省抚顺市抚顺市第二中学 学校 高二、2班级 准考

证号 79

As the saying goes, ?Failure is the mother of success.? l think one of the most important lessons in our life is to learn how to get success from failure.

One who is in the flower of his youth must go through stages when he fails. Some people feel sad whereas others feel it

(去掉) worthy. Attitude counts everything. It can change one in a

matter of moments. We must believe failure is not an end but a means to an end. We should learn to get success from it.

Then we will find that failure is a beacon, illuminating one’s soul, lending brightness to one’s being and leading one to success. It is also an angel, bringing us all the quantities (qualities) we need to achieve success.

In short, nothing can hold back an active attitude and failure is the freshness of the deepest springs of life.

When we get low marks, we should do my (our) best to change the situation by virtue of thinking twice. When we aren’t eapable of achieving goals we must also develop our ability by gaining experience. That’s why the famous inventor, Tomas Edison, achieved success and was at the top of science mountains

(at the peak of science and technology). He believed that a thousand mistakes are for one success.

In a word, we must give full play to our failure. Success is having the courage to get something without being defeated. May our homeland become more and more thriving with our ability to get success from failure develop.

Find a Way Out

姓名 段俊壵 江苏省苏州市江苏省外国语 学校 高二(9)班级 准考证号

272

On roads of life, everyone is chasing his dreams. Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. You must be

happy when you succeed and you may be sad when you fail. And I do believe as long as you have a strong will and hold on to the end, you’re sure to succeed.

Have you lever seen the epic movie The Lord of the Rings? It was a wonderful trilogy. And the journey of Frodo and his fellows impressed me. When given the task, Frodo was afraid. During the journey, he learned a lot from the wise wizard, Gandalf. And later, he suffered a lot more (去掉), such as losing friends, getting run after by swordsmen and so on. But all these didn’t stop him because he had a strong will and he told himself again and again that he had to destroy the Ring. Although, in the end, he didn’t do it himself, I think he was still a hero.

And next (Another) my own meandering experience also shows so. When I was in junior middle school, my English was poor. Since I didn’t have any basic knowledge, I had to learn all these from scratch. It was difficult for me to hold on and I was once in total despair. Then I read a book, on which it says, and I quote, (which says,) ?The race is long, and, in the end, it’s only with yourself.? It really cheered me up, and from then on, I made up my mind to learn English well. Several years passed, and now I’m sitting in this classroom, attending this exciting competition. It proved my success, didn’t it?

We often suffer setbacks in life. The question is how to find a way out. A strong will and perseverance will help you. And here is a wonderful lyrics for you to remember, ?When the night is overcome, you may rise to find the sun. ?

Failure and Success

姓名 褚 汉 安徽省蚌埠市铁中 学校 高二(4)班级 准考证号 367 In modern society, competitions are taken places (exist) everywhere, and increasingly make people feel nervous and anxious. People in every field are forced to face the failure and success. One of the NBA mottos says, ?Go hard, or go home!? It seems that the distinction between failure and success has become the only destination of our life. However, in my point of view, failure or success is not that important.

200 years ago, Napolean, empiror of France, (Napoleon, the emperor of France,) was defeated in ?Waterloo?, Which is now used to describe ?a great failure?. No one dare say he is a loser. Instead, he was regarded as an eternal hero not only in France, but also in the world. There’s no denying that he is a powerful men, and he brought his totally new ideology of freedom and liberty to nearly the entire Europe. He sought the end of tyranny and dictatorship on the ancient land. He desired to built (build) up a civilized nation in Europe, even in the world. Tile three laws made by him enabled all the kings to fear and shiver, because the laws marked their days would soon come. What’s more important, his laws gave birth to the modem system of civil rights.

In common with him, Xiang Yu is a failure hero in China. Fail (Failed) as he is, he becomes an original hero in Chinese culture. He ended his life with a sad but romantic legend, which, for thousands of years, has been winning a nation’s respect and

memory. And this changed an ancient principle that the winner is a king, the loser is a crown (the loser a bandit).

U. S. president George W. Bush once said, ?Before history was written in books, it is written in courage. ?Truely

(True) it is,(插入and) the legends of the heroes, from both (去掉) west and (to) east, have proved it. One should care about what he did, not the result will be (去掉). Everybody completes his own tasks and work, That is enough.

At this time last year, I was sitting in the same classroom and taking the same test. Unexpectedly, I got a (an) excellent result. And this year I came here again, not only want a result for the (a) second time, but a (an) experience for the (a) second time.

Because I strongly believe that life is not a destination, but a journey. So work like you don’t need money, love like you have never been hurt, dance like no one’s watching, and toke exam like there is no failure or success. (本句受汉语思维影响太大，建议改为: So enjoy the sense of achievement in work, not the pay; enjoy the sense of beauty in love, not the possible hurt; enjoy the sense of rhythm in dance, not the peculiar sight from others; enjoy the sense of excitement in exam, not the final result. )

Failure and Success

姓名 王毅纯 甘肃省金昌市永昌县第一高级中学 学校 高二(2)班级 准

考证号 50

Every coin has two sides. That is to say, one thing has two

kinds of results, When we try to do something, we may succeed, and we may fail as well. Most often, we are happy when we succeed in doing something. If we fail, we are sad, and most of us even think that we are useless or the god is not fair. But now we should realize that failure is not as frightening or terrible as we thought before, (插入and) it is just a small stone we meet when we are on our way to success.

As is known to all, many world-famous people have experienced failure. But do you know what did they think and what did they do when they failed? Now, let me give you a (an) example.

Bill Gates, one of the richest people in the whole world, has his own viewpoint about failure and success. When Bill Gates was young, he was very interested in computers. But at that time, computers were very large machines, so he had a lot of difficulties when he studied these huge things. Although he spared no effort to do the research, he failed many times. He felt very sad, however, he found himself lucky. Because he found out the mistakes he had made from the failure. After that, he and his friends tried their best to make experiments, collect figures and study even harder. At last, he made his own software and program. He made the computer easier for people to use. He succeeded in making contributions to the development of his society and the whole world. And now, it is Bill Gates who runs one of the most famous and largest companies in the whole world—Microsoft.

From what has been said above, we can see what should

we do when we experience fail (failure). First of all, we should realize that the fail (failure) is of great value. We must find out the reasons for our failure. And then, we should get ready to begin our long journey again and try our best to make our dreams come true. Besides this, we may grow up after the failure. That is just the most important. Only in this way, will we make ourselves successful.

Generally speaking, the most important point is not the fact that you have failed but what should we do when we fail. If you are sad all the time, you can’t succeed at all. So, study harder and spare no effort to realize your dream. On our way to success, we should remember:? We are the best!? And we should believe we are able to reach the top we want. If so, we will get the real success.

Failure and Success

姓名 王阳阳 山东省潍坊市第七中学 学校 高二、二部十班级 准考证号

24

As is known to us, in our daily life, We often meet failure and success. Facing with (去掉) this, what should we do? As far as I am concerned, we should have an (a) usual mind. Facing with

(去掉) success, we should have confidence; facing with (去掉) failure, we should know the shortage and then improve ourselves. When facing (faced) with success, we should be happy and confident. After all, we can do this well and we should have the

reason that we should do everything well if we put our heart into it. At the same time, we should have a next aim that we should struggle for. Only in this way can we do better on everything.

On the opposite, what should we do if we fail? We should not be sad and unconfident. As the famous going says going

(sating goes) :?Failure is not frightened (frightening), (插入and) what frighten (counts) is we don’t know how we can do to face it. ? We must know that when we fail, it is high time that we should take measures to correct the mistakens (mistakes). A successful people (man) must be a people (man) who is good at correcting shortages.

As it is stated at the beginning, we can be sure that most people have experienced failure and success. We know that in our long life in the future, we may meet anything. Certainly, among them something may make you satisfied or not. But, we must know that if we realize our aim that we long for, we are successful. If not, we have to do better to do well and then be successful. When all the factors are taken into account, we can reasonably come to the conclusion that failure and success are both what to make us do everything better.

To sum up, we should have an (a) usual mind to face up to the failure and success. Only by this means can we improve ourselves.

Failure and Success

姓名 唐艺丹 山东省济南市外国语 学校 高一〃9班级 准考证号

288

Being successful can bring us much happiness. But we are always sad if we fail. We look for success everywhere, though failure is waiting for us in the way. I think it is necessary for people to experience failure.

It is known that Lincoln, the president of america (America), was from a fairly poor family. This father, who was a farmer, couldn’t give him much money. So it was very difficult for him to be an official. But twenty years passed, he finally became a big potato in America. People was (were) encouraged by his speeches and his spirit would live on forever.

These (There) won’t be a beautiful rainbow unless it rains. We are always eager for success and become afraid of failing. If we treat failure as a kind of treasure, life will become easier and happier. Helen Keller, an American girl, was stricken with a fever and became both blind and deaf when she was a little child. From then on, she always failed to communicate with others and failed to express her own feelings. Luckily, she would never give up studying. There can be miracles if one works harder than anybody else. Few years later, Helen managed to write books to encourage people. Nowadays, everyone knows that there is a blind girl whose dreams were realized through her hard work.

When you fail, think of Lincoln the president and Helen the

blind girl. They are always there to guide you, and so are many other people who experience much failure before success. Failure and Success

姓名 邓 甡 吉林省长春市长春外国语学校 学校 高二〃10班级 准考证

号 55

I think failure and success are just like (插入 on/off of ) the light in the refrigerator. Every house has one, but nobody really know (knows) what either of them will do when the door is shut. May be we can benifit (benefit) from it, may be we’ll fall in full rout.

We live in such an affluent society. Every soul has experienced a lot even though we are still young (18 years on around), but we really grow with failure and success. And actually, we have learnt to be mature from them. And I have three opinions on this topic.

The firstcoming opinion is the every one have (has) experienced both of them. In everyone’s life, they will meet a lot of challenges and opptunities (opportunities). Sometimes we succeed, but most of the time we must face to (去掉) the failure. When we succeed, we’ll cherish the apprieaite (admiration) from others, but what shall we do when we fail. Give up or to be more confident? That is the deciecive (decisive) difference between the successful man and the common people. So we should and must be optimistic when we are (去掉) fail and not to be too proud

when we succeed. Helen Keller once said, ?destiny (Desting) never close a door without opening another. ? Yes, destiny is really fair to every people. And as you know, there is an ancient story about an old man who lost his horse. May be the story is not true, but we must learn the spirit of him (in it).

The second opinion is that I think we can benefit both from failure and success. Obviously we’ll become quit (quite) happy when we succeed, but from my point of view we can benefit even more from the (去掉) failure. Once a successful student in the entrance exam to university just told us that, as an examination, if you got a full mark, the exam is no use to you. It is a waste of time. May be there is some limits (limitation) in his opinion, but to some extend, it is true. So when we fail, we must go over the works and strengths in the process, and to be more confident, energetic and innovetive (innovative) in the next pursue

(pursuit). Just like the sixteenth president of the U. S. A. Abraham Lincoln said: ?Remember when life’s path is steep, to keep you mind even. ?

And the last but the most important opinion is just a famous saying from the French poet La Foritain (Voltaire): No flowers road leads to success. ? So I want to say to all my company that don’t be too sad and exhaused (exhausted) when you fail. Try to hear from it (failure), and fit for it (fight for success).

Failure and Success

姓名 张一凡 辽宁省抚顺市二中(北校) 学校 高(二)1班级 准考证号 137 Most people have experienced failure and success. It’s tens of thousands (插入times) of failure and success that make up our lives.

As is known to all, failure is the mother of success. Obviously, this sentence stresses the importance of failure. We should value failure. For one thing, lesson and experience can’t belong to us without failure. Failure paves the way for success. A large number of scientific inventions were made by those who experienced more trials and errors. Failure makes them appear and contribute to our society. For another thing, a colorful life needs to be decorated by failures. It seems that life would be pale just like a glass of water if there were no failures. In ancient times, only by many failure wars (after many unsuccessful wars) could the empirors (emperors) own their lands. It was also tears and pains that created their success. As a result, failure makes people become wiser and have more perseverance. Failure makes our lives more colorful. No wonder failure is the mother of success. At the same time, we should treasure success. When we are successful, we should enjoy the happiness that success brings to us. Birds sing when flying up high in the sky, and snails feel excited when climbing up to the top of the pyramid, for they have given out their strength after all. When we succeed to achieve (in achieving) our goals, we shouldn’t leave any regret because we

have worked hard all the way and success is the gift specially for us.

My dear friends, don’t be afraid of failure on account of its sad result. Don’t hide your success because of the pride it may bring to you. Failure and success are both the basie part of our lives. Regard them as the giving from the Cod. Treasuring them is the best way to thank the God!

Failure Leads to Success

姓名 周菁华 河北省石家庄市石家庄外国语 学校 高一(1)班级 准考证

号 238

Most of us have formed a picture that when people succeed, they cheer; when people fail, they tear. But have you even heard about a saying that failure can give rise to success? Have you ever thought that failure might be another lower (fresh) beginning which leads to success? Have you ever realized that when you come up to work again after failure, the failure could not be called as a failure again, it was just not success? (本句有语病) There is a good deal of truth in these ideas.

China is an oriental country which has a large population. There is no shortage of figures who succeeded after experiencing a thousand and one failures. Yu Minhong, our hem in this case is just one of them.

People who fail in the college entrance exam are often referred to as ones who could not have a brighter future that easily,

for the simple reason that they cannot get further education. But Yu failed in the college entrance exam twice. He did not lose his heart. (插入Instead,) he cherished the hope that he could go to college, (插入and) he made many attempts. Yes, as a consequence, he went to Beijing University at his third attempt. The idea that to carry (of carrying) on and don’t give

(never giving) up the dreams after failure can give rise to magic situations, as it did in the case of Yu, the leader of New Oriental Corporation.

So we say that failure is not terrible, (插入and) the most terrible thing is that you dread failing. So you don’t want to try for another time. The result, success or failure, is not important. It is your attitude forwards the failure that influences you most. A fall in the pit, a gain in your wit. It is perseverance and confidence that you need after you fail. Get up when you are trapped by failure, and you will finally be greeted with considerable success. Failure leads to success. Believe in this, and trust yourself!

Failure and Success

姓名 王婷婷 山西省太原市太原外国语 学校 高405班级 准考证号 43 In one of Shakespeare’ s famous plays, Hamlet says: ?To be or not to be, that is the question. ? Many of those who encounter (encountered) failure may cry, ?Failure or success, that is the question. ? As a teenager, I want to say: ?It is the attitude that we have towards failure and success that matters.?

We can take the well-known inventor Thomas Edison for an example. During his lifetime, Edison experienced numerous error (errors) and trials. When faced with failure again and again, he may have been desperated (desperate). Whereas, he would embark on experiments once again. The fruits were sweet. Edison beat failure and finally achieved success.

Another great man who has a wise attitude towards failure and success is Einstein. When he was in primary school, once the teacher asked the pupils to make little chairs with clay, little Einstein made an ugly chair which could not even stand and gave it to his teacher. The teacher scolded him and classmates taunted him. However, to everyone’s surprise, Einstein said proudly: ?It is better than the one I made just now, so I am successful ? What a great comment it was! Nobody can accomplish success easily. Bitter as failure is, it is not a bad thing to meet with some difficulties on the way to success. Only when we counter

(encounter) failure and learn to adjust the direction in which we make efforts can we move nearer to success.

On the contrary, if one gives up right (fight) after failure, he would surely achieve nothing. Success brings happiness undoubtedly, but failure offers a great chance as well. As long as we make full use of failure, there is plenty of treasure we can obtain. The sheer happiness will fade next to a tremendous chance.

With the discussion above, we may draw a conclusion that opportunities derive from failure and we should seize them to

make huge achievement.

Failure and Success

姓名 王乾元 辽宁省沼阳市东北育才 学校 高0412班级 准考证号 40 Growing up is a complex process consisting of many factors, including failure and success. In most cases, people are sad and fragile when faced with the former and pleasant about the latter. However, as to the theme of failure and success, personally I am convinced that it is only the right attitude towards failure that can result in success.

Certainly no reason for my indication is more conspicuous than that a positive attitude enables us to triumph over failure. According to a surrey by New York Times, 20% of the millionaires in the U. S. attribute their success to failure experienced in early years. The overcoming of sadness shaped their personalities; the bitter tears and self-encouraging smiles toughened their minds; the remaining confidence after the shock of failure made them men.

Furthurmore (Furthermore), taking a positive outlook on failure keeps us away from trouble. As we know the past decade saw a sharp increase in suicide commitment (committing). No matter it was because of an unsuccessful business, examination or relationship (what the reasons may bean unsuccessful business, examination or relationship), the story was the same: it was the pessimistic attitude towards failure that led them to desperation. If

we are able to smile in face of failure, we can easily keep away from the unwanted effects it might give rise to, and only in these circumstances can we continue on our way to seek for success. Finally, the optimistic attitude towards failure assists us in concentrating heart and soul to reach our goals.

In conclusion, a positive attitude is what we need to make failure the gateway to success, because not only does such as attitude help us overcome failure, but also contributes in keeping us away from trouble and focus (focusing) on how to gain success. Therefar (Therefore), please take an optimistic outlook on failure while exerting our outmost (utmost) to seek for success, and there will be no future save (saving) a brilliant one.

Success Will Finally Come

姓名 邢睿楠 山西省太原市太原外国语 学校 高二405班级 准考证号

116

As we walk along the paths of life, we enjoy, we grieve, tasting the sweet happiness of success, coming cross the bitter fatigue of failure. Glorious as success is (此句有逻辑错误，建议改成Success is so glorious that) every one desires to win. Nevertheless, as the proverb goes, ?Nobody always wins. ? Nobody always wins. Then, should we abandon ourselves into despair when we fail? Should we feel drowning in the sea of losers facing the end of world? No! Absolutely no! Wake up, guys. Remember, failure is the mother of success.

Among the countless classic examples, I would like to take our distinguished scientist Madam Curie for instance. We all know, she is a woman (female) scientist born in Poland. Regardless of much resistance, she believed instantly that there was an unknown element and she named it radium. Due to the underprivileged techonoly (technology), it was an extremely hard task for her. She failed, again, and again... But, she was so determined that she paid no attention to failure, for she knew that success would finally come. And, success finally came.

As Marx once remarked, ?There’s no royal way to success, only those who do not already fatiguing climb along the path can finally gain from luminous summits.? After failure, success will finally come.

Moreover, we live in such a modem world that many things have already blurred the deviding (dividing) line of (between) failure and success. It is complex but sometimes true (插入that) failure and success are interdependent and inseparable.

It is fairly wellknown that Thomas Edison was a remarkable inventor, but less known that he could hardly invent anything in his cast old days. For him, success came so easily and early that he became an exaggerate (arrogant) when his hair became gray. No matter what others suggested or conceived, it was all nonsense to him. He was too proud of his splendid success. He cared nothing but hoped to invent something to glomour

(glamorize) his success more legendarily. But, he ended his dreams in vain. A man always won, lost at last.

As it illustrates, success doesn’t flatter the famous or authority. And failure doesn’t always follow someone if he becomes painstaking.

So, penetrate the phenomenon to study the essence right now. For the one who has sheer willpower, failure is just phenomenon and success is truly the essence. Success will finally come.

Failure and Success

姓名 程曦 江西省连云港市新 高级中学 学校 高三(19)班级 准考证号

328

Nature is a book full of records about failure and success. April showers bring May flowers—it is an example shared with farmers. I didn’t understand it until I spent my holiday in the countryside three years ago. It was an April afternoon when the heavy rain came. The rain which poured down without mercy made all crops in the fields bend. Seeing the crops struggling between (插入the line of) life and death, I felt worried and upset. The crops had to suffer a lot before the harvest time, however, a heavy rain may lead their (them) to failure, although the step of success was closer. I didn’t want to think more, so I ran to the fields to see the poor crops in the next early morning. To my surprise, all the crops stood straight than ever. I suddenly understood the farmers’ smiling faces when the heavy rain came. ?April showers bring may (May) flowers? -they know that what

seemed a failure in April showers would bring them the successful flowers in May.

In fact, the example applies not only to the crops. It promises strength coming from weakness, smile bursting from tears, and success reborned (reviving) from failure. A failure in frendship (friendship) can lead you to a new friend. A failure in jobs can give you a chance to start a great career. For me, a failure in exam can be the inspiration to do better, if you remember that a failure is not a defeat but the inspiration to welcome a new success, you’ll overcome all the troubles and stand high on (at) the peak of your life.

What failure and success will finally be depends on your way towards it. Easy heart and hard work will lead you to success, while heavy pleasure and terrible work on the other hand. ?April failure bring May success!? (Failure in April may bring success in May!) Please come to nature to read this truth. You’ll forget the trouble of a failure and a season of success is around the corner.

Another Door is Open

姓名 王金泽 湖南省南方中学 学校 高二283班级 准考证号 29 Beautiful are the moments when we are cheering for success, but how grey it is when success is replaced by failure. Expressly, where there is success, there is failure. It is a kind of inevitability. But,? When one door is closed,? as the old saying

goes, ?another will be open. Most of the time we ignore the open one, for we stares at the closed one too much. ?

So I’d like to make an analysis.

To start with, let’s put the causes of failure-upset in the first place. Surely, to reach a goal, we’ll all (去掉) do all we can for we all think that success is so important. Unavoidably, we’ll feel a universe of upsets when failure comes down. Why me? I’ve been so hardworking! So the unacceptance (nonacceptance) when we’ve made so much effort becomes the root reason that shuting

(shuts) our doors to success, but to cause pains.

For the sadness after failure, I’ve got some advice.

First and foremost, you’ve got to know that it’s no use crying over the spilt milk and rise up once again to face the music and get out of the blue. Undoubtedly, success is important and we are born to be successful. But it is not all about success that we’re fighting for. Life is a voyage, (插入and) the scenery along the way is also worth enjoying. Then I’d like to mention that we should find the open door, make effort, and then go into the door. Thinking from another angle, aren’t we reaching the success after failure?

Then I’d like to discuss about the balance between success and failure.

Accompanied with success, failure seems to be a child which (who) is out of our plan. So why don’t we call it as a surprise? Surprise brings new comer to our life, like failure, and I always assume that it is the one that gives me the power to go on

my journey, for I haven’t gain my success yet. If you comprehend this, then the balance between these two is easy to hold.

To summarize, my opinions are quite clear. Success is important but not as water; failure is horrible but not as devil. Absolutely, success-happiness is easier to handle while failure-upset is hard. Above all, I just want to ten that in this long journey, we can always find another open door and we will. From Failure to Success

姓名 雷蕾 吉林省长春市东北师大附中 学校 高二七班班级 准考证号

344

If there is no daytime at all, how can we know what is night? If there is no bitterness at all, how can we taste what is sweet? Then, if there is no failure ever, how can we experience the happiness of success? Nothing is coming out of nothing, (插入and) it is failure that demonstrates the most valuable success to us. However, some people maintain that whether we are happy (插入 or not)depends on what we have experienced, among which success is the right thing to be, and if we did everything perfectly, we would certainly be the happiest guy in the world. On the contrary, I am fully convinced that failure is what makes us feel real happiness. Through failure, we get to know better about ourselves and what we are doing now. It is obvious that the earlier we know one way is blocked, the earlier we would try another. Failure is the root for success.

Actually, I never remain suspicious of the point that everything has its own meaning for existing. Failure might makes us frustrated and feel bad, but as it is said—Man can be defeated, but never destrayed—failure is not a big deal, but to let us be stronger and wiser. What is more, the existance (existence) of failure is to show us the way to success, and to tell us if we did the same thing in another way. It would be much better. I guess this is why people called failure as the mother of success.

I can take it for granted that failure is a gift for us, a gift that lets us know what is success, how to be success (successful) and why we should appreciate success. Maybe the road ahead for success is not so easy, but failure will always leads a way for us. Like a guiding star.

The Way to Deal with Success and Failure

姓名 段 诚 四川省成都市成都七中 学校 高二〃二班班级 准考证号

271

Life’s road (The road of life) is hard and steep. Throughout our efforts to ascend to the peak of our life, we often meet with lots of unexpected joy and sorrow (joys and sorrows). Sucess (Success) and failure seem to be inextricable. However, the result differs considerably in our life with different minds. This essay is mainly about how we should deal with them.

Success, which lies in the persistence, always helps (插入to) establish the confidence in one’s life. When an athlete surpasses a

world record, the whole country will cheer for him. This makes a consistent improvement on the development of this sports event, Lin Xiang, takes as an example, whose (Take Liu Xiang as an example, his) success has made a significant contribution to the tracks games in China. It’s a truth universally acknowledged that success brings in strong power promoting an event, However, we can’t ignore that too much happiness may cause a side effect, making the winner loses (lose) himself in the glory and lives (live) in (插入the memory of) the past. We can’t deny that success may also mean a pause or even a permanent stop, This variation bases on the way we deal with success. The best way is that we just regard it as a result of the past instead of a beginning. Only in this way can we make a success a continuous sucess (one).

Oppositely, failure comes from the trials and errors. Thomas EIva Edison, whose experiments to invent a bulf (bulb) had come through nearly ten thousand times’ unsuccessful trials. Failure takes people at a loss. Some may be caught in undertow and never stand up again. Scarcely (插入being) aware of what they get from failure, they quit and stop at the door of success. To quote an old saying, failure brings in success. It’s obvious that success comes from the persistence. To some extent, it’s the failure that means persistence. We can’t imagine how much failure

(many failures) had Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Deng Jiaxian, Yuan Nongping got. Only admiring their success, we don’t observe their failure.

To sum up, though success and failure are mutually

exclusive, we can’t just get the success without failure or always taste the bitterness without sampling the tasty (taste) of success. Winning is not everything. When she comes, we should remember the failure and throw away the glory. Losing isn’t nothing, and every failure means a new step towards the sucess (success). They’re just part of life. We should treat them calmly.

Growing: From Failure to Success

姓名 周逸群 上海市外国语大学附属外国语 学校 高二(1)班级 准考

证号 239

Living in this competitive world, none of us can avoid experiencing success and failure. It’s certain that we all feel delighted when succeed. However, life is not always that pleasant. We also have to face failures.

From my point of view, there is no permanent failure. Thus, we can learn from the failure and grow through it. In that way, we will have a step nearer to success.

First and foremost, we gain experience from each failure, with which we can improve ourselves. Take Albert Einstein from

(for) an example, he did have a hard time when doing researches. Faced with the successive failures, Einstein didn’t lose hope, on the contrary, he took a careful look on the former experiments to find (插入out) where the problem was. After several months of updating his methodology, Einstein declared his Theory of Relativity, leaving the whole world in amusement (amazement)

and adorence (adoration). In scientific areas, there were a lot of people like Einstein. They learnt from the failures and succeeded. Second, during the hard times, we strengthen our willpower and tolerance. We have to be strong when meeting the hardships. As a result, our character becomes tough. And this plays a significant role in gaining success. As is known to all, Si Maqian was a noticeable figure in Chinese history. In Si Maqian’s prime, he suffered a cruel sentence. All of a sudden, he lost his profession. But to people’s surprise, he didn’t surrender to the fact. He put more effort to his works. Later, he wrote a book full of the histories of the dynasty, letting others have a vivid and clear knowledge of Chinese history. Just because Si Maqian’s will power and spirit did he overcome the failures and made great contribution.

From the facts listed above, we can draw the conclusion that failtire is the condition (precondition) to success. By coming through failures, we get mature and more determined.

So, what is the right attitude towards failure? Naturally everyone will be down. But more crucially, you should NEVER GIVE UP ON OURSELVES (YOURSELVES). One thing is for sure: No one is born to lose! Never ever consider yourself as a loser just because one failure. Everything will be in the past. The point is to screw your courage and confidence, no matter how miserable your current life is. You are impossible to be a winner without beliefs in yourself.

To sum up, one should not only have an outstanding

capability but also a spiritual quality in order to success (succeed). Through failures, we see where the trouble lies and are more possible to succeed at the next time. That is to say, we are growing through failures. With this mind, we are bound to say, ?I came, I saw, I conquered. ? Proudly when we finally reach our destination!

Failure and Success

姓名 袭蕾洁 浙江省绍兴市第一中学 学校 高三(7)班班级 准考证号

341

On seeing the marks on the test paper, Jack burst into tears at once, while Mike was very happy. Did Jack got a low (lower) mark while Mike’s high (higher)? No, in fact, they were of the same mark. But Jack thought he had failed again, (插入while) Mike thought he had made some progress. This phenomenon reflected two different attitude (attitudes) towards failure and success, also the attitude towards life.

As has been said thousands of times failure is the mother of success. We must realize that occasional failure or success doesn’t mean that one can (will) always fail or succeed. The road of life is always filled with challenges and opportunities, and at the same time, there also exist a large number of flowers and plenty of sunshine. Steven Hawking, the great scientist, explored the universe and achieved success with an incurable disease. If his disease is a failure in his life, then it fades next to the struggle of

gaining success. So, we teenagers, full of energy, should never be defeated by failures.

Never be (being) defeated by failures and hold a (holding an) optimistic attitude doesn’t show us the ignorance of failure. Once we fail, we have to think the whole matter carefully. From my point of view, the failure can also tell us some important things. By asking ourselves why we failed and how can we avoid failures, we can find a proper way to solve the similar problems, and then turn failures into success. As has been mentioned above, life road is full of opportunities. But never dream of catching opportunities without hard work. There’s a famous saying, ?opportunities are just for those who are ready to catch them. ? Nowadays, some people, including some teenagers, are always trying to take chances. Take we students as an example, some students don’t work hard except in the days when exams are drawing near, (插入and) it’s certain that they won’t get a satisfying mark at all. Ancient Chinese once said, ?Train a soldier thousands of days, just for the use of a soldier in one battle. ? It is the same with study. Only by working hard can we receive fewer failures and achieve our goals. From above, we can see the factors that lead us to succeed: being optimistic, never giving up, working hard and keeping our feet firmly on the ground. Holding these, we can turn failure into success and make our life road full of flowers and sunshine, then finally realize the value of ourselves.

Failure and Success

姓名 武文钊 辽宁省锦州市锦州中学 学校 1、11班级 准考证号

249

As we all know, no one can always succeed and no one will always fail. Sometimes, failure and success are not absolute. It all depends on what we do and how we look on this matter.

Success is sweet. How would you feel after a year’s hard work in the field if you get a good harvest? Of course, happy. How would you feel if you go to the university you have always been dreaming about (of)? Certainly, excited. Every one wants his or her dream to come true. Sometimes success is some kind of encouragement that is always driving you forward.

Failure is spicy. The first feeling is commonly sadness when we know that we have failed, especially after a long-term hard work. Some people may suddenly become thoroughly disappointed and low-powered. Finally, they can do nothing. But some other people may turn out to be strong after the failure. Finally, they will win.

As a matter of fact, failure and success can be both valuable if we adjust our views on this matter. For instance, we want to set up a company by ourselves. If we succeed and conclude some valuable experience, we will get prepared for the next challenge. If we fail and find out the reasons why we have failed, we won’t make the same mistakes in future. In this way, failure becomes valuable. In other words, we succeed on this point. On the

contrary, ff we become too proud or too disappointed, we will be very weak when facing the next difficulty. Certainly, we will fail. So, sometimes, failure and success are not absolute.

We’ve known about the relationship between failure and success,(插入and) then what should we do in the future? In my opinion, we should try our best to deal with everything and we ought to make any proper sacrifice to make our dream come true. Don’t care too much about the final result. Just do it with full perspiration and inspiration. Also, we should learn from the past mistakes and prevent future ones (avoid them in the future). In this way, I guarantee that we will finally make it!