Do you know that overnight success usually takes at least 10 years? One man said, “My overnight success was the _______ night of my life. I spent many days and nights just getting there! Rome was not _______ in a day.” Many people are waiting for their ship to come in when they’ve not even sent it _______ of the harbor. You see, winners simply do what losers don’t want to do. And they keep doing it _______ they get the success. Success is mostly just hanging on after others have let go! So the most important trip you’ll ever make is when you go the _______ mile.

One guy said, “The secret to success is to _______ from zero and to keep on trying.” Don’t give up trying just _______ your trying times are many. The great inventor, Thomas Edison, tried a certain _______ hundreds of times, but it didn’t work. So his assistant said to him, “It’s too _______ that we did all that work without any results.” But Edison said, “Oh, we have lots of __________! We now know 700 things that won’t work.”

If we hold on, we can complete almost __________ we want. And the American President Calvin Coolidge said, “Nothing can bring success __________ persistence (坚持). Talent cannot, for there are many talented people __________ are not successful. Education will not, for the world is full of educated losers. Only persistence and determination（决心）can give you the __________ to succeed.” You see, you can succeed just like anyone else, just keep wanting it enough to keep __________ for it enough. So why not decide it today to start going the extra mile on the road to your success?

Mr Wu is an English teacher. Last Monday at the beginning of class, he_______asked his students how their weekends had been. One girl said that she had spent a _______ weekend—she had her wisdom teeth pulled out and they still hurt. “Why do you always seem to be so happy, Mr Wu?” she asked.

The girl's question_______ Mr Wu of something he had read somewhere before. “Every morning when you get up, you have a _______ about how you want to get close to life that day,” Mr Wu said with a smile. “I choose to be cheerful.”

“And today is my _______ day,” he added.

“Why ?” The students’ eyes opened wide. The whole class were curious.

“This morning, I _______to school as usual. I only had to go another kilometer down the road when my e-bike broke down...”

“Your e-bike broke down and you are happy?” The students were _______. “What do you mean, Mr Wu?”

“My e-bike broke down a quarter before class, so I _______ it on the roadside, took my books, and_______down the road. It took me ten minutes to arrive at the school. I live eight kilometers away. My e-bike could have broken down ________ along the way. But it didn't. But, it broke down in the________ place—off the main road, within walking distance of here. I'm still able to teach my class, I'll be able to get it repaired after class ________and I can get back home on my e-bike. If my e-bike must break down ________, it couldn't be arranged（安排）in a better way.”

The students smiled. Mr Wu smiled back. Somehow, his story had ________ them. He was happy that they had a perfect chance to consider ________in a new way.