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(2021·ºþ±±Î人²¿·ÖѧУÖÊÁ¿¼ì²â)My journey to isolation(¸ôÀë) was somewhat accidental.

I saw an advertisement for a job as a leader for an expedition(̽ÏÕ) to Antarctica — and I have to __1__ it was the penguin in the ad that __2__ my attention.  The ad noted that they were looking for someone to lead a __3__ of expeditioners in one of the most __4__ and isolated places on the planet.  I took part in an __5__ and then got a job that I knew I would regret if I didn’t __6__ it.  Leading 18 strangers for a full year — through months of darkness and with no __7__ from the extreme cold — I learned some __8__ lessons. 

After the journey, I wrote two best­selling books and became a motivational speaker.  Being in isolation meant I had to do lots of __9__.  I kept a __10__£¬ and every day I would think __11__ about how I had operated as a leader.  That discipline of __12__ myself taught me how to tell right from wrong. 

I often think back to __13__ I saw the picture of the penguin that __14__ me to look at the ad for the job.  It’s a moment that __15__ my life completely.

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