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Saying yes to life I WAS the I cant child — the poster child for the word cant. Whatever my mother told or asked me to do was always followed by the words, I caaaaant. Very few tasks or goals that I set out to do were ever completed. I want you to read this article, Mother began. Its about Marlo Thomas. She tells how a simple poem that she was forced to learn by her father changed her life. She went from saying ‘I cant to ‘I can! According to this article, she was able to change her life, and her career, by learning the lessons of the poem. I thought it must be great to be Marlo. Beside her photo was the poem my mother had spoken of, a simple poem entitled I Can. I want you to memorize 记住 that poem, Mother said firmly. Mamaaaaa, I complained. I cant learn that poem. Its too loooong. Its not too long and yes, you can learn it. I want you to know it perfectly by this time tomorrow. I dropped my shoulders, turned and made my way back to my bedroom with the magazine in my small right hand. With a heavy heart, I lay on my bed and began my task. Cant is a word that is the enemy of ambition 雄心 , I began. I repeated the line. I repeated it again and again until it held firm in my heart. An enemy waiting to jump on your strength of will... I continued until the following evening, when I proudly recited the poem that has continued to be my motto 座右铭 . Ms Thomas did not know me, but her story forever changed my life. Saying I can helped me to survive the worst moments of my life. Saying I can helped me to do things I would otherwise have thought out of my reach. A simple poem learned at seven will sustain 支持 me to seventy-seven. Maybe even longer.Sentence bank作者是如何描述自己不自信的?1. the poster child for the word I cantposter child或poster boy/girl意思是典型代表、模范人物。2. Whatever my mother told or asked me to do was always followed by my words, I caaaaant.句中caaaaant与下文的loooong的元音都延长了，在此表达了作者由于对要做的事情底气不足，而产生的抱怨情绪。3. I dropped my shoulders, …4. With a he