The Wright Brothers'Way to Success Wilbur and Orville Wright made history when they succeeded in flying their motor-powered (机动的)plane for twelve seconds on December 17th,1903.At present the Wright brothers'first aeroplane is displayed at the Air and Space Museum in Washington,D.C.Wilbur was born in 1867 in Indiana.His younger brother Orville was born four years later in Ohio.They were the best friends throughout their lives. When Wilbur was eleven years old and Orville seven,their father brought home a small flying machine for them.It was made of paper,bamboo and cork. The power was supplied by a rubber band.The toy was able to fly across the room with its own power.The boys were fascinated by the toy and played with it every day.Finally,the paper was torn and the rubber band was broken Later they made a flying machine by themselves,but it failed to fly up.From then on,they began to study almost everything about flying machines.They believed that an aircraft could be built and it could carry a man through the air. The two brothers had worked hard for many years to realize their dream.In 1903,they managed to make the world's first flight in their self-made flying ma- chine. The story tells us that success can't be achieved without interest,cour- age,determination and hard work.In addition,just like Charles Chaplin said, “You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success." (247 words) 判断正误 (True or False) ()1. The Wright brothers'first aeroplane is displayed at the Air and Space Museum in Indiana. ()2. Wilbur Wright was four years older than Orville Wright. ()3. Wright brothers'father made a flying machine for them when they were young. ()4. Wright brothers managed to fly their motor-powered plane in 1903 ()5. The story tells us that one can succeed as long as he is very interested in something.