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　　你喜欢某门学科，比如英语吧。你参加了你们县或你们市组织的该学科奥林匹克比赛，但是失败了。你非常懊丧。正在这时，你收到一封朋友的来信，信中用“失败是成功之母”之类的话给你鼓劲。在该同学的鼓励和帮助下你第二次参加了比赛并获得一等奖。

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　　谢谢你，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.