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the American Drea to a Chinese Dream
and carpenter, collect bits of waste brick and stones and turn ther
nto a small pen to shut in the pigs, hens and ducks, Yu says his
ones. If you live your life without an aim it's just a heap of days正完成实(建)
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been able to grasp opportunities in rapidly changing Chin o have
2 Yu Minhong is one of the inspiring stories of those who have
quit
3 Like many of his peers, Yu wanted to pursue an American o 4s A)8
Dream in the late 1980s but failed repeatedly to obtain a visa. stock excange stok kstfemdy z
and started up a business in 1983 to help students dedo their o gp 6 o s
Disappointed, he started to help others fulfill their American ss
dreams. He quit his job as an English teacher at Peking University so bankrupt / bek
ups and downs;沉浮
English skills. At the time, he had a class of only 30 students. Now career 2()/n.L, R
he owns a company, New Oriental Education and Technology start over关开始
Group, with more than three million students. It has a network of
25 schools and 111 learing centers in 21 cities as well as an online
network that has attracted 2 million registered users. The company
became the first private education company to be listed on the New
York Stock Exchange in September 2006
4"My next aim is to build New Oriental into a model for China s
private education, adds Yu
5 Today, many private schools have gone bankrupt after failing to
deliver both profit and good education. Yu, however, is not afraid
of failure. "Ups and downs are part of a career. Falling over is not
a problem. What you leam in the process is invaluable: it can help
you start over, Yu says
I This text is adapted from a Xinhua news dispatch (October 30, 2006)
