WhenIwasaten-year-oldgirl,Iwasonceaskedtodeliveraspeechtitled“ARealTestinMyLife”.Totalkbeforethewholeclass!Justimaginehow 31 (terrible)shyIwasthemomentIthoughtofthatwithsomanyeyesfixeduponme.Ihadnoother 32 (choose),though.FirstIwastodraftthespeechandthatwasjustapieceofcakeforme,becauseIwasagoodwriter-somethingtopridemyselfin.Butthehardpart 33 (lie)inmyoralpresentation;toreadfrom 34 paperwasnotallowed;Ihadtogivethespeech 35 mymemoryandinfrontofsuchabigaudience!ArealtrialbeganwhenIstoodontheplatformwithmylegs 36 (tremble)andmymindblank.Howmuchtimehadpassedby,Ididn’tknow.Mylistenerswerestillwaiting,patientlyandwithoutanysignsofrushingme.GraduallyIfound 37 back,givingoutmyspeechwithdifficulty.FinallyIfinished.After 38 seemedtobeahundredyears,Ifoundmyaudienceapplauding.Imadeit!Fromthenon,myfearoftalkingbeforeanaudiencedisappeared.Actuallywithmyconfidencebuilding 39 ,Inowturnouttobeagreatspeaker.Lookingback,Iknowthegreatestdifficultyonourwaytosuccessisourfear;overcomeit, 40 wewillbeabletoachieveourgoals. |