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A female swimming athlete once set a goal（目标）for herself． She decided to swim across the English Channel before she retired． If she could succeed， she would be the first person in the world （1） 　　did it． On that day， she jumped into the sea without any hesitation（犹豫）and swam towards the opposite bank without any （2） 　　． In the journey， she faced heavy fog， heavy rain and heavy waves． （3） 　　she was tired， she still carried on swimming． But in the end， she gave up． And she didn't know that the opposite bank was only one mile away when she gave up．

Later she（4） 　　about the reason． And she said， "The reason why I gave up is that I could not see the place which I was going to reach（5） 　　．" It was a great pity that one mile broke her dream．

Since we were young （6） 　　， too many success stories have been telling us about courage and persistence（坚持）． But they never told us where （7） 　　courage and persistence． You can only have courage when you know where your goal is． You can only manage to persist when you know where your goal is．

And that's because when you know where your goal is， you can only prepare（8） 　　well in the mind． Courage and persistence never （9） 　　from the sky． They come from weighing between input and output．

A life without goal is（10） 　　a ship without a compass． It goes nowhere． There is no courage or persistence in a life without goals．