In 1879, Procter and Gamble’s best seller was candles. But the company was 【小题1】 trouble. Thomas Edison had invented the lightbulb (电灯泡), and it looked as if candles would become out-of-date. Their fears became a(n) 【小题2】 (real) when the market for candles crashed, since candles were now sold only for special 【小题3】 (occasion).

The outlook appeared to be 【小题4】 (depress) for the Procter and Gamble Company. Several months later an accident occurred. One of the employees left to go to lunch and forgot 【小题5】 (turn) off the machine. The result of this act was too much mixture. After fully 【小题6】 (discuss) with his boss, the employee poured the mixture into frames (模具). Thus, the floating soap was born. He decided to give the soap a name 【小题7】 could be remembered easily. Then the soap 【小题8】 (call) Ivory.

In Cincinnati during that period, some people bathed in the Ohio River. Floating soap would never sink and 【小题9】 (consequent) never got lost. Ivory soap became a best seller in Ohio and eventually across the country.

Let us never give up when things go wrong. Creativity put to work can solve a problem. Well, it can make it into 【小题10】 gold mine.

I was living in Paris some twenty years ago. 【小题1】I was experienced and owned a Master's degree, I could not find a good job.

My apartment was lost and I had to drive a school bus to make ends meet, I had attended five interviews with 【小题2】same company and one day, between bus runs, they called to say I did not get the job. ''How is life getting so difficult?'' I thought【小题3】(pain).

As I stopped the bus【小题4】(drop) off a little girl, she handed me a ring saying that I should keep it in case someone came and looked for it. It【小题5】(paint) black and said ''STAY HAPPY''.

At first I got angry. Then it occurred to me —I had been focusing on【小题6】was going wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to add more things to the list. That night there was a phone call【小题7】a lady who was a director at a large hospital. She asked me【小题8】I would give a one-day lecture on stress【小题9】(manage) to 200 medical workers. I agreed.

My day there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know【小题10】it was because I changed my way of thinking.

Cassie lived a lonely life. She would wander through the forest, eating 【小题1】(fall) fruits while other birds flew among the trees.

“Why cannot you fly?” they would ask. “Your weak little 【小题2】(wing) cannot even lift you off the ground!” they would tease her. “You’re 【小题3】 shame to birds,” they would offend her.

Cassie was feeling increasingly frustrated and 【小题4】(use), so she made up her mind to leave the forest for good. Just as she walked free from trees, she heard a deep voice 【小题5】(call) from behind Cassie turned around. 【小题6】 was a large tree that signaled to her to come back into the forest. “We need you badly here,” said the tree. “We rely on you 【小题7】 (eat) our fruits and spread our seeds. The other birds may think you are worthless, but you are actually 【小题8】(much) useful bird in the forest. Please don’t go, you are irreplaceable.” Cassie beamed for the first time in many weeks and 【小题9】(return) to the forest. The fruits had never tasted so good.

It’s easy to compare your skills to the abilities of others and feel inadequate. It’s easy to listen to the negative voices of others and believe them. But bear 【小题10】 mind that you are essential, you are remarkable, and you are irreplaceable!