There is a big skating ground near our school. In winter, I often go skating there, and I enjoy the sport very much.
At first, I only went there to watch others skating. Some with good skills could skate wonderfully. I admired them from the bottom of my heart. But I couldn’t do it myself. I was only an onlooker. How I longed to skate myself!
I began to make up my mind to learn it. But as soon as I stepped on the ice, I stumbled over myself. At once, some people caught me, and I turned red over their laughter. I became so disappointed that I decided to give up. When I was about to leave, a girl came towards me with a smile and said, "Never mind, try again and you will succeed." I tried again and again, but still fell again and again. I put up with the wounds and pains and stood up and went on trying. At that moment, the girl came up again. She said loudly to me, "Ok, you are doing very well." Then she signed a "V" to me with her fingers. I was very obliged, and with her encouragement, I made great progress. Soon, I could skate quite well.
While doing anything, we often meet many kinds of setbacks, but we shouldn’t lose heart, we should overcome them with confidence instead of getting away from them. Then we will gain one victory after another.
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我們學校附近有一個溜冰場。在冬天，我經常去那裏滑冰，我非常喜歡這項運動。
起初，我只是去那裏看別人滑冰。有良好技能的人可以滑冰。我從心底裏佩服他們。但我不能自己做。我只是一個旁觀者。我多麼渴望滑冰!
我開始下定決心學它。但是當我一踏上冰面，我就絆倒了自己。突然，有人抓住了我，我笑得臉紅了。我變得如此失望，我決定放棄。當我正要離開的時候，一個女孩微笑着對我説：“沒關係，再試一次，你會成功的'。”我試了一次又一次，但還是一次又一次地跌倒了。我忍受着傷痛，站起來繼續嘗試。在那一刻，女孩又來了。她大聲對我説：“好吧，你做得很好。”然後她用手指向我簽了一個“V”字。我非常感激，在她的鼓勵下，我取得了很大的進步。不久，我可以滑冰相當好。
在做任何事情時，我們經常會遇到各種各樣的挫折，但我們不應該喪失信心，我們應該滿懷信心地克服它們，而不是遠離它們。然後我們將獲得一個又一個勝利。
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