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| I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents 1 the necessities of life 2 they couldn't give much more. If I asked my father 3 a pair of jeans, he would say, "If you want them, make the money and buy them 4 ." He wasn't being mean; he just couldn't 5 them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school. When I 6 from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp (新兵训练营) at Parris Island, S. C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily 7 . These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock (模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully 8 discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn't 9 whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the 10 of the company. I went 11 to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I 12 most was the counseling (咨询) meetings I 13 with the family members of the men and women in my 14 , trying to help them deal with the long periods of 15 . These proved popular and word of them spread. 16 I was being asked to give encouraging 17 to business groups, educators and kids across the country. But I consider the boot camp my first real 18 , and my life is still guided by the 19 lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to 20 it. | ||||
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