Diana Velez does everything with maximum effort and at maximum speed. That__1__
learning a new language, completing two certificates and opening a store.
When arriving in Canada in 2008, she had one__2__: to have what she had back home
in Colombia. "I didn"t want to__3__what I do, like so many who come to a new country,"
she said. "I__4__to open a store here in Canada but knew I had to__5__myself properly."
Diana quickly realized that making her dream of shop ownership in Canada a__6__meant
going to school to get the__7__education and certification. "My experience of owning a shop
and working as a designer in Colombia gave me__8__in my abilities, but I couldn"t speak the
language and I had to__9__how to do things in Canada. It was like having to__10__all over
again," said Diana.
__11__, she found just the help she needed for her relaunch (重新开张)__12__continuing
education at George Brown College. She began taking__13__for both the Essential Skills in
Fashion Certificate and the Image Consulting Certificate in May 2009.__14__Diana met with
the language barrier, she was always going__15__while at college.
By the end of October 2009, she had completed all certificate requirements. Within two
years after her__16__in Canada, Diana at last achieved her__17__goal when her new store
opened its doors in Toronto"s Sheppard Centre. She was on the fasttrack to__18__.
Looking back, Diana, a fashion(时装)designer,__19__her achievements to the goal she
set, the education she received from the college, and__20__, the efforts she made. Now
Diana is very happy doing what she is doing.
Anthony Horowitz was miserable (痛苦的) as a child.He was, as he puts it, "not very bright"
and couldn"t win the attention of his very wealthy parents, who preferred his "clever" older brother
.At age 8, Horowitz was sent away to an abusive (虐待的) boarding school in his native England,
even though he screamed and pleaded (恳求) with his parents year after year not to send him."The
thought was, "It"ll be good for him" ," Horowitz recalls (回忆).
It was not.Horowitz did badly in his studies, had few friends and was bullied (欺负) for five
years."My teachers couldn"t have had a lower opinion of me," he said."I wasn"t even smart enough
to rebel (反抗).One thing I remember from the very earliest age was this desire to write.When
I was 10 years old, I remember asking my parents to get me a typewriter for my birthday because
I wanted to be a writer."
Now, at 55, Horowitz is one of the world"s most successful children"s book authors.His Alex
Rider series has sold more than 5 million copies, and the eighth book featuring the young spy,
Crocodile Tears, came out this month.
The Alex Rider books tell the adventures of 14yearold Alex Rider, an agent for the British
intelligence agency MI6.
Horowitz said he doesn"t try to write for kids; it just comes out that way."I have a feeling it"s
to do with purity and simplicity.I give as little information as is necessary to describe the room,
the character in the room, and get on with the action," he said.
That style has also made Horowitz a successful writer of television shows for adults in Britain
because, he says, writing books for kids is a lot like writing television for grownups.In both cases,
it"s all about entertaining people with a good story.
Now, Horowitz couldn"t be happier with his life.He sums up his success: "…you can be anything
you want to be if you just believe in yourself.I do believe it completely."
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