It was the first time Moham went to a restaurant in his new neighborhood. He looked up at the menu board, and 1 how he could understand what all of these strange names meant. Moham decided that he would 2 ask the waitress for ice cream in a cup. She smiled brightly, wrote down his 3 and disappeared behind the big glass display case（陈列柜）.

A moment later, she came back with a tall paper cup. 4 it was a long straw（吸管）and some kind of drink. Moham, quite 5, took the cup and thanked her, thinking about the possibility that he had used wrong words.

"It's the soda you ordered, "6 said, "an ice cream drink in a cup."

He smiled at the waitress, pointed at one of the 7 in the display case, and said, "That one, please, "which seemed to 8 better.

Moham took the cake and his unexpected soda to a table and sat down to eat. Why was it that English had been so 9 for him in his classes in Tunisia, but when it came to 10 speaking, he couldn't even get what he wanted to eat？

Just then, a girl, who sat at the next table and had watched the whole 11, smiled at him and said, "Hey, welcome to our beautiful city！Don't feel 12 about your English-you'll get better at it 13 you've lived here for a while. I'm from Spain, and the first time I tried to order a salad here, I 14 with a plate of pig's feet. At least you got a soda！"

Hearing this, Moham felt much better. He wasn't the only one 15 to communicate, and his new city began to feel just a little more like he could call it home.

Albert was mad about computer games. When people encouraged him to return to 1 life, he would say, "This is my doorway to the world. "

In one of his favorite games, he would 2 as many turtles as he could. 3 else could collect more than he did. But Albert still wanted more. One day, when he got home from school, he found two real turtles in his bedroom.

Albert's parents decided to make them his 4. Albert had to learn all he could to look after the turtles. He also 5 to trick them into leaving his room, but it never worked. Gradually, he got used to living with the turtles, and 6 began to enjoy it. And other people loved hearing Albert's stories and his growing knowledge about 7.

One day, the turtles disappeared. His parents 8 that he would return to his games, but that didn't happen. 9 , he went to buy some pets and looked after them in his spare time.

Now whenever people ask him about it, he points at his 10 and says, "They are my doorway to the world. There's a lot more to them than you'd realize."

A man sees a butterfly. The butterfly tries to get out of chrysalis (蛹). The man cut the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily. To his , the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn't struggle (挣扎) to get out of the chrysalis, it can't fly. The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the in young people and prepare the ability to "fly". When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. For successful people, the more challenges they have had, the more they are. One famous man, who now owns many big , used to sell socks from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Eric. He up a college at the age of 30. His father died when he was only 16. He worked in the day and studied hard in the night. His father's death forced him to grow up fast. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today, not only he himself, also his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives.

Nowadays, some parents and teachers actively young people to face challenges. It is important them to learn to meet challenges and overcome them.