Then, confidence makes us brave and courageous. If we lack confidence in ourselves, how can we overcome difficulties we meet with? If we have no confideuce in ourselves, how can we succeed in developing ourselves in the future?Without confidence, nothing can be accomplished. That is to say, if you want to win, you have to believe in yourself.

Finally, I would like to use the following words as our mutual encouragement:'If you think you can, you can.'

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　　Dear parents,

　　Though today is not Thanksgiving Day, I still want to tell you I love you and thank you for what you've done for me.

　　I know you are not successful people, but you give me lots of love. I know you love me more than anything else in the world. I know you spend lots of time and money on me. How can I return the love to you? I am deeply touched. Sometimes I argue with you and make you angry and sad, but you always smile to me. You never change your love to me.When something worries me, you always make me laugh. You play pingpong with me and tell me funny stories. Though I am very busy with my homework, I never feel stressed. I lead a happy life because of your love.

　　Believe me, I will try my best to be a successful person and let you be proud of me in the future. I love you!

　　Lots of love

　　Yours Daughter

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　　Since liberation the city has developed rapidly. Now Urumchi is a modern city with a population of 1,200,000. Many streets have been widened. And high buildings are being put up day and night. Factories and schools are everywhere. The whole city is full of life!

　　In the centre of the city there is the Red Hill. When you climb up the hill, you will get a bird's-eye view② of the city. Green trees are seen everywhere. A bridge over the Urumchi River joins the old city with the new city. The West Park stands in the middle of the city. Here the blue sky is reflected in the Mirror Lake, birds sing and the gardens are full of flowers. What a beautiful picture the city is!

　　Urumchi lies at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains. It is 960 metres above sea level against the background of the white peak of the Baokuda Mountain. The climate here is mild, neither very cold in winter nor very hot in summer. It is really an ideal③ health resort④!

　　On hot summer days, when trees hang over the roads, the whole city is hidden from view. This makes the city all the more attractive. When night comes, some Uygur girls and boys walk out into the streets, dancing and singing. What a happy life they live!

　　In winter, when the city is covered with snow, it looks as clear as ice and as pure as gem⑤. Young people come out to skate, play snowball fight, or put up snowmen. How fascinating⑥ the winter of the city is!

　　Today, Urumchi has become the political, economical and cultural centre of the Autonomous Region.

　　“Urumchi” means “beautiful grassland” in Mongolian. Now, the beautiful grassland has turned itself into a modern city.

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People may be surprised at the amazing development of lottery when they thoroughly look into it. Is it a kind of capital in vestment or is there any deeper reason hidden behind? Those who buy lottery tickets may have different backgrounds while they share the same goal, hoping that the free pie will fall some day as long as they keep throwing the money in. Such attitude may gradually influence their personality and eventually form an opportunistic mentality.

Besides, even if you are the lucky guy,you won't be so happy as you've once expected. People around you may be green with envy; some may even hate you for your gaining the treasure effortlessly.

It is commonly accepted that whether to buy lottery ticketsor not is just a personal affair. Actually, it isn't. We know that the real value of the tickets, we buy is no more than several pieces of ***. According to the economics pattern, too fast circulation of currency may bring down the value of the money,especially when it is spent without any material production. The result is that our domestic financial condition will be out of control.

Lottery may help us gather the wealth of the whole society,but not in the proper way;it may donate a lot to the charities,but just a small part of what has gained. Hence, it is the thing we can make use of, but not be crazy of.

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　　友谊是一根金线，把全世界的心连在一起。

　　——J.Evelyn

　　Without confidence there is no friendship.

　　没有信任，就没有友谊。——Epicurus

　　In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

　　在顺境中，朋友结识了我们;在逆境中，我们了解了朋友。——C.Collins

　　Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

　　友谊如金钱一般，轻易得到却不易保持。

　　——Samuel Butler

　　Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

　　不要向不如你幸福的人说你自己的幸福。

　　——Plutarch

　　Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

　　幸福如同香水，你不可能泼向别人而自己却不沾几滴。——Emerson

　　It is impossible to love and to be wise.

　　爱令智昏。——Francis Bacon

　　The course of true love never did run smooth.

　　通向真爱的路从无坦途。——Shakespeare

　　Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

　　有没有爱情的婚姻，就会有没有婚姻的爱情。——Benjamin Franklin

　　If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.

　　假如不想让你的敌人得知你的秘密，就不要把秘密告诉你的朋友。

　　——Benjamin Franklin

　　Good company on the road is the shortest cut.

　　有了好的旅伴，路途就变得无比短暂。

　　——Oliver Goldsmith

　　Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

　　爱是对人类之存在这一题目唯一明智而又令人满足的答案。——Erich Fromm

　　A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five-pound note.

　　碰见一个快乐的人比捡到一张五镑钞票还要好。——R.L.stevenson

　　Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.

　　当朋友之间互相都觉得比对方稍稍优越时，友谊便能长久下往。

　　——Honore de Balzac

　　A friend is a present which you give yourself.

　　朋友是你送给自己的一份礼物。

　　——R.L.Stevenson

　　Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.

　　别交那些在一起让你舒舒服服的朋友。交那些让你不得不上进的朋友。

　　——Thomas J.Watson

　　Real love stories never have endings.

　　真正的爱情故事从来不会结束。

　　——Richard Bach

　　The best proof of love is trust.

　　爱的最好证实就是信任。

　　——Joyce Brothers

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