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　　Have you ever wondered why some people are successful in business and others are not? Here's a story about one successful businessperson．He started out washing dishes and today he owns 168 restaurants．

　　Zubair -Kazi was born in Bhatkal, a small town in southwest India．His dream was to be an airplane pilot, and when he was 16 years old, he learned to fly a small plane．

　　At the age of 23 and with just a little money in his pocket, Mr．Kazi moved to the United States．He hoped to get a job in the airplane industry in California．Instead, he ended up working for a company that rented cars．

　　While Mr．Kazi was working at the car rental(租赁的)company, he frequently ate at a nearby KFC restaurant．To save money on food, he decided to get a job with KFC．For two months, he worked as a cook's assistant．His job was to clean the kitchen and help the cook．"I didn't like it," Mr．Kazi says, "but I always did the best I could．"

　　One day, Mr．Kazi's two co-workers failed to come to work．That day, Mr．Kazi did the work of all three people in the kitchen．This really impressed the owners of the restaurant．

　　A few months later, the owners needed a manager for a new restaurant．They gave the job to Mr．Kazi．He worked hard as the manager and soon the restaurant was making a profit．

　　A few years later, Mr．Kazi heard about a restaurant that was losing money．The restaurant was dirty inside and the food was terrible．Mr．Kazi borrowed money from a bank and bought the restaurant．For the first six months, Mr．Kazi worked in the restaurant from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m., seven days a week．He and his wife cleaned up the restaurant, remodeled the front of the building, and improved the cooking．They also tried hard to please the customers．lf someone had to wait more than ten minutes for their food, Mrs．Kazi gave them a free soda．Before long the restaurant was making a profit．

　　A year later, Mr．Kazi sold his restaurant for a profit．With the money he earned, he bought three more restaurants that were losing money．Again, he cleaned them up, improved the food, and retrained the employees．Before long these restaurants were making a profit, too．

　　Today Mr．Kazi owns 168 restaurants, but he isn't planning to stop there．He's looking for more poorly managed restaurants to buy．"I love it when I go to buy a restaurant and find it's a mess," Mr．Kazi says．"The only way it can go is up．"

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　　At the age of five, Shizuka Arakawa started to take skating lessons．Her motivation was 　　1　　：wearing pretty outfits!Very quickly, she 　　2　　 a passion for skating, and she decided to 　　3　　 all her free time to training．At the age of eight, she was already 　　4　　 to perform a triple salchow(三周跳)．The young girl from 　　5　　 won five the national championships, three times as a junior and twice as a senior．

　　In 1998 in Nagano, Shizuka Arakawa 　　6　　 for the first time in the Olympic Games, at the tender age of 16．Japan had high 　　7　　 for her．　　8　　 the Emperor and Empress of Japan came to see her performance．She finished thirteenth in the 　　9　　 rankings．Four years 　　10　　, she was not present at the Salt Lake City Games．The skater finished second in the Japanese national championships and was not 　　11　　 in the Japanese Olympic team．In 　　12　　 of this, Shizuka Arakawa was successful in 　　13　　 championships, such as the Four Continents and NHK(日本广播协会)Trophy．In 2004 in Dortmund, she became women's world 　　14　　 skating champion．

　　In 2006, after a year－long period in which she almost 　　15　　 her career, Shizuka Arakawa took 　　16　　 in the Turin Olympic Games．A new coach and a new programme had 　　17　　 a new, invigorated(充满活力的)Shizuka．The short programme was a real challenge 　　18　　 the Japanese skater．She performed a noteworthy sequence to Chopin's“Fantasie Impromptu”, finishing third．On 23 February, 2006, she performed a perfect long programme 　　19　　 by Puccini's“Fantasy for Violin”, she performed splendidly and she obtained a 　　20　　 of 191.34, which won her the top step of the winner's podium(领奖台)in Turin．