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　　May Paxton graduated from the Missouri School for the deaf near the year 1909．Three years later she went to see Dr．Richardson about becoming a nurse．Dr．Richardson had never heard of a deaf nurse．But she was impressed with her, and accepted May as a student nurse．

　　Dr．Richardson never regretted her decision．In fact, she was so pleased with May’s work that she later accepted two other deaf women as student nurses．The first was Miss Marian, who was hard of hearing．The second was Miss Lillie．

　　May and Marian did not know each other before Marian was hired by the hospital．Dr．Richardson introduced May to Marian．During the next two days, the two girls wrote notes to each other．Finally, other nurses asked Martian if she knew that May was deaf．Marian ran to the bedroom and asked May in sign if she really was deaf．May answered in sign．Then, the two girls burst into laughter(突然大笑)．

　　May was always careful about following orders．Only once did she disobey Dr．Richardson．It took a lot of time to care for all the sick children, as a result, Dr．Richardson asked the nurses not to hold the new babies when they were crying．However, May heated to see the babies cry．When Dr．Richardson was not around, she found time to hold them．This small change helped the nursery to run much more smoothly．When Dr．Richardson knew that May’s actions had improved the nursery, she decided to overlook(视而不见)May’s breaking the rules．

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　　In 1955, when Colonel Harland Sanders retired at the age of 65, he had little to show for himself except an old Caddie roadster(跑车), a ＄105 monthly pension check, and a recipe(烹饪秘方) for chicken．Knowing he couldn't live on his 　　1　　 , he took his chicken recipe in 　　2　　 , got behind the wheel of his old car, and 　　3　　 to make his fortune．

　　His first 　　4　　 was to sell his chicken recipe to restaurant owners, who would 　　5　　 give him a commission(提成) for every piece of chicken 　　6　　 sold－five cents per chicken．The first owner he 　　7　　 turned him down．So did the second and the third．　　8　　 , the first 1,000 sales calls Colonel Sanders made ended in 　　9　　．Still, he 　　10　　 to call on owners as he traveled across the USA, sleeping in his car to 　　11　　 money．After a lot of persuasion, prospect number 1009 　　12　　 gave him his first “yes．” Then 　　13　　 two years of making daily calls he signed up a 　　14　　 of five restaurants．Still the Colonel pressed on, knowing that he had a 　　15　　 chicken recipe and 　　16　　 someday the idea would catch on．

　　Of course, you know how the story 　　17　　．The idea did catch on．By 1963 the Colonel had 600 restaurants across the country 　　18　　 Kentucky Fried Chicken that followed his secret recipe．In 1964, he was bought out(买下……的全部产权) by future Kentucky governor John Brown．Even though the sale made him a multi-millionaire, he continued to represent and promote KFC until his death in 1980．

　　Colonel Sanders' story teaches an important 　　19　　：It's never too late to become persistent．Keep on asking．Keep on seeking．Keep on 　　20　　!And the door of success will be opened to you．

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