Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough.Success (1)____fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the(2)____in our lives. When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931,he had no (3)____of knowing that his life was to change(4)____.The class experiment that day was to (5)____how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling(冒泡)to the surface.(6)____,the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat(7)____held something more volatile(易挥发的)than water.When Wilson heated it,the container(8)____,leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes. When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later,his parents (9)____to find a way to deal with the catastrophe that had (10)____their lives.But Wilson did not regard the accident as(11)____.He learned braille(盲文)quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind.There,he not only did well as a student but also became a(n)(12)____public speaker. Later,he worked in Africa,where many people suffered from(13)____for lack of proper treatment.For him,it was one thing to(14)____his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue (15)____it could be fixed so easily.This moved him to action.And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the(16)____Wilson made to preventing the (17)____. Wilson received several international (18)____for his great contributions.He lost his sight but found a(19)____.He proved that itˈs not what happens to us that(20)____ our lives—itˈs what we make of what happens.

    When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931,he had no (3)____of knowing that his life was to change(4)____.The class experiment that day was to (5)____how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling(冒泡)to the surface.(6)____,the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat(7)____held something more volatile(易挥发的)than water.When Wilson heated it,the container(8)____,leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes.

    When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later,his parents (9)____to find a way to deal with the catastrophe that had (10)____their lives.But Wilson did not regard the accident as(11)____.He learned braille(盲文)quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind.There,he not only did well as a student but also became a(n)(12)____public speaker.

    Later,he worked in Africa,where many people suffered from(13)____for lack of proper treatment.For him,it was one thing to(14)____his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue (15)____it could be fixed so easily.This moved him to action.And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the(16)____Wilson made to preventing the (17)____.

    Wilson received several international (18)____for his great contributions.He lost his sight but found a(19)____.He proved that itˈs not what happens to us that(20)____ our lives—itˈs what we make of what happens.

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