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Every country shares things【小题1】common: we value family and laughter, cherish food and health, and celebrate large【小题2】(festival) and traditions. Yet within the similar things we share, there are unique parts of each country. One characteristic that is famous of British people【小题3】(be) their sense of humor, particularly self-mockery (自嘲). This is a type of humor that criticizes and undervalues oneself. For example, a fat person may joke: “I am on a new sea food diet. If I see food, I eat it.” This is【小题4】well-known self-mockery joke. It’s difficult why self-mockery【小题5】(tie) to the British people. But every nation’s sense of humor comes from its culture and history. It could come from another British characteristic, modesty,【小题6】(mean) not talking openly about your skills. This seems to be something that is similar with people in China,【小题7】modesty plays a big part in daily life. It also acts as a defense of our self-respect by playing down our skills, this can【小题8】(less) the chance of people criticizing us. Another possible reason is【小题9】the British people do not take themselves too【小题10】(serious).

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●Does failure really exist? If you believe you have failed, then you have. If you believe you don’t have the ability to succeed, then you don’t.【小题1】The moment you decide to give up or stop working toward your goals, failure is born.
●【小题2】Most people give themselves an out without even realizing it. They are willing to work hard on reaching their goals, but only until the going gets too rough or their energy dies down. Don’t do that!【小题3】Never quit, never admit failure, and never lose heart.
●Don’t believe in a clear finish line for goals.It’s a good idea to set a general timeline, but remember that something will be beyond your control.【小题4】If you lock yourself into a given timeline, you might make yourself feel like a failure! Instead, get a general idea of when you’d like your goal to be completed. Then take it one day at a time and focus on making progress instead of reaching the finish line in as little time as possible.
●Be sure that you don’t see difficulties as failures.Difficulties mean only one thing: it’s not time for your goal to be completed yet. That’s it! It doesn’t mean you failed; it doesn’t mean you’re weak; it doesn’t mean you’ll never achieve your goals.【小题5】You’ve got to keep moving forward and find a way over, around, or through the difficulties.

A．Never give up on yourself.

B．Failure only exists in your own mind!

C．That’s exactly how failure makes us feel.

D．It simply means you have not done enough yet.

E．You can never say exactly when your goal will be reached.

F．Instead, make up your mind to make your goal happen, no matter what!

G．Work hard towards your goal, and you will be likely to get good results.