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If you lose 12 times, will you just give up? Dale Carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and self-development, kept t           . And he became famous by showing people how to be successful.
Carnegie was born in 1888 in a poor farming family in the central United States. The boy didn’t see a train u             he was 12 years old. In his teens, he had to get up at 4 am. every day to milk the cows in his family.
When Carnegie first entered college, he felt hopeless because of his clothes and ordinary looks. His mother e            him: “Why not try to be better in other things i____________ of just dress and good looks?”
Carnegie tried to be more a              in college. He joined the debate(辩论) team. But one after another, he lost 12 times. The young man was d              in himself. He said later that he thought of killing himself after so many failures(失败).
But soon Carnegie was seen practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work brought good results at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech c            and became widely known.
The young man made his own words come true: “B            that you will succeed, and you will.” In order to s            his success, Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His best-sellers(畅销书) i           How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. More than 50 million copies of his books have been printed in 38 l____________. They are still helping people on the road to success.

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