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| at，hardly，changed，before，win，happens，down，chose，practiced ，part |
Life is not easy，so I'd like to say "When anything（1）
，believe in yourself!" When I was a young boy，I was too shy to speak to anyone.My classmates often laughed（2）
me.I was sad but could do nothing.Later，something happened，and it（3）
my life.It was an English speech contest.My mother asked me to take（4）
in it.What a terrible idea!It meant I had to speak（5）
all the teachers and students of my school!
"Come on，boy.Believe in yourself!You are sure to（6）
." Then mother and I talked about many different topics（主題）.At last I（7）
the topic "Believe in yourself".I tried my best to remember all the speech and（8）
it over 100 times.With my mother's great love，I did well in the contest.I could（9）
believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place.I heard the cheers （歡呼聲）from the teachers and students.Those classmates who once looked（10）
on me，now all said congratulations to me.
