It seems that all kids need to be motivated to learn while some kids have to be tricked into learning.

I have taught students in high school for the last ten years. The first couple of years, I _______ as if I was knocking my head _______ a wall. No one cared about learning and much anger was _________. When I left school, I found my car with flat tires. I was still _______ not to give up. The next week, my car was covered with _______ that would not come off. This kind of behavior was _______ and common.

Then one day, I decided to motivate the kids. I made a _______ with the students that if everyone in the class _______ the semester with an 80 or better, I would _______ them to cover my car with as many eggs as they wanted to one day. If most of the class ________ a 90 or better, they could cut its tires ________ they turned into rubber bands. The students took up the ________ and left my car alone for the whole semester. They studied hard and helped each other to learn. The last day came, and to my excitement, my students ________ above 95 for the semester. Then the kids ________ twelve boxes of extra large eggs. Ten minutes later, the car was ________ trapped in eggs and the tires looked like rubber bands!

I thought it was ________. The kids learned, and I only had my car ________ twice a year. I’ve made this bet for the past ten years with no ________ and 100% success. The moral of the story is that you must find what motivates the students at all ________. I still drive my Camaro, and I’ve been never able to fully clean the eggs off. It’s a ________ of their success.

Travelling alone can be a little frightening. However, this time is _______. Last week I had a holiday from work, but all my friends were occupied and none of them had the same_______ as mine. Such as it was, I still booked a train ride to Toronto and _______ a bed in a hotel for one week.

One week by myself! Would I be lonely? Would I be _______? Quite the opposite! In fact, there are many _______ that come from travelling alone. Firstly, I was able to do whatever I wanted. I enjoyed spending hours in museums that might have seemed _______ to some of my friends. I walked all around the _______, which some people may have found too exhausting. Instead of _______ someone else to remember _______ or to suggest activities to do, I discovered my independence and ________ map-reading skills that I didn’t know I had. I could   ________ and go to sleep when I wanted. Being in the safe environment of a hotel with like-minded __________ also gives a great opportunity to meet new people from all over the world, which can help conquer ________

I found that there were also some disadvantages of travelling alone ________ the benefits. I missed having someone to talk to and to ________ ideas with. Experiences are often more enjoyable if they are ________, and part of the fun of travelling is the ________ that you have with your friends or families afterwards. ________, eating in a restaurant or cooking in the hotel alone is less fun.

I am very ________ of myself for travelling alone and I had a fantastic time in Toronto. I would rather be by myself than with someone who is lazy and ________ to deal with in the future!

Did you ever have a dream? I'm talking about a conscious dream where you would like to ____ a new future, a different choice of employment and a ____ of your own.

Several years ago, I had a dream about inventing a board game that would ___ my fortune. After many revisions, a board game was developed. It was a(n)_____ time. Our dream seemed to come true with sales starting to ___, and our company was also founded.

___ ,another new board game come into the ___ and made great progress in sales. Eventually, our company was dissolved (解散).Perhaps for a game developer, the ____emotions that it never was meant to be will discourage his future dreams of a different life. To me, maybe I didn't succeed to the level I ___, but there is one thing I'm ___ of: at the very least I turned my dream into a reality. If I had never transferred my dream into a ___ and then to action, there wouldn't have been valuable lessons to be learned from the failure. It may take many ___ but success is only achieved. Once dreams are ___ action, failure becomes a better action plan in future. The important ___ here is that success only comes by turning dreams into reality and realizing that the ___ that you fortunately get along the way are only stepping-stones to final success.