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In 1914, Thomas Edison, at the age of 67, lost his factory,  1     was worth a few million dollars, to fire．It had very little insurance．No longer a young man, Edison watched his lifetime effort    2   （go） up in smoke and said, “There is great value in disasters．All our mistakes are burnt up．Thank God we can start anew．” In spite of disasters, three weeks later,  3    invented the phonograph．What  4   attitude!

Below are more examples of the   5 （fail） of successful people:

       Thomas Edison failed  6  （approximate） 10, 000 times while he  7  （work） on the light bulb．

       Henry Ford fired Lee Iacocca at the age of 54．

       Young Beethoven   8  （tell） that he had no talent for music,   9   he gave some of the best music to the world．

       Setbacks are inevitable in life．A setback can act as a driving force and also teach us humility．In grief you will find courage and faith  10 （overcome） the setback．

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1．which  2．go  3．he  4．an   5．failures  

6．approximately   7．was working  8．was told   9．but   10．to overcome      

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