高三英语作文：Learning Skating
There is a big skating ground near our school. In winter, I often go skating there, and I enjoy the sport very much.
At first, I only went there to watch others skating. Some with good skills could skate wonderfully. I admired them from the bottom of my heart. But I couldn’t do it myself. I was only an onlooker. How I longed to skate myself!
I began to make up my mind to learn it. But as soon as I stepped on the ice, I stumbled over myself. At once, some people caught me, and I turned red over their laughter. I became so disappointed that I decided to give up. When I was about to leave, a girl came towards me with a smile and said, "Never mind, try again and you will succeed." I tried again and again, but still fell again and again. I put up with the wounds and pains and stood up and went on trying. At that moment, the girl came up again. She said loudly to me, "Ok, you are doing very well." Then she signed a "V" to me with her fingers. I was very obliged, and with her encouragement, I made great progress. Soon, I could skate quite well.
While doing anything, we often meet many kinds of setbacks, but we shouldn’t lose heart, we should overcome them with confidence instead of getting away from them. Then we will gain one victory after another.
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练习滑雪
我们学校附近有一个溜冰场。在冬天，我经常去那里滑冰，我非常喜欢这项运动。
起初，我只是去那里看别人滑冰。有良好技能的人可以滑冰。我从心底里佩服他们。但我不能自己做。我只是一个旁观者。我多么渴望滑冰!
我开始下定决心学它。但是当我一踏上冰面，我就绊倒了自己。突然，有人抓住了我，我笑得脸红了。我变得如此失望，我决定放弃。当我正要离开的时候，一个女孩微笑着对我说：“没关系，再试一次，你会成功的。”我试了一次又一次，但还是一次又一次地跌倒了。我忍受着伤痛，站起来继续尝试。在那一刻，女孩又来了。她大声对我说：“好吧，你做得很好。”然后她用手指向我签了一个“V”字。我非常感激，在她的鼓励下，我取得了很大的进步。不久，我可以滑冰相当好。
在做任何事情时，我们经常会遇到各种各样的挫折，但我们不应该丧失信心，我们应该满怀信心地克服它们，而不是远离它们。然后我们将获得一个又一个胜利。
