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　　你喜歡某門學科，比如英語吧。你參加了你們縣或你們市組織的該學科奧林匹克比賽，但是失敗了。你非常懊喪。正在這時，你收到一封朋友的來信，信中用“失敗是成功之母”之類的話給你鼓勁。在該同學的鼓勵和幫助下你第二次參加了比賽并獲得一等獎。

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　　謝謝你，我的朋友

　　I have a good friend. He is a handsome boy and his eyes shine with wisdom.

　　I have known him since Senior One. We are both interested in English. Once both of us entered for an English contest. How eagerly I expected to get a prize! On hearing that I had failed in the contest, I could hardly hold back my tears. "What a pity!" I murmured to myself over and over again. I felt that the world had become cold and everyone seemed to be laughing at me.

　　I love English and have gone all out to study it since my first day in the junior middle school. I have even dreamed of entering a foreign language institute. So I felt very sad.

　　Just at this time, I received a short letter in English, saying, "Failure is the mother of success. Cheer up! Don't lose confidence. Keep on your study and you will succeed!" I knew it was from the good friend of mine.

　　These words encouraged me greatly. I forgot all my sadness. From then on, I studied English even harder. In the next English contest, I got the first prize. Of course, he was delighted with my success.

　　I am very lucky to have such a good friend. I'm thankful to him for his help.