"I didn’t hear them call my name," explained Shelley Hennig to Active Teens (AT) as she talked about that exciting moment on national television when she won the honor of Miss Teen USA 2004. "Are you ready?" is what she heard. Then she said, "I shook my head no, and then they said ‘yes’ and it was announced again."
It was four days after that life changing moment for the seventeen-year-old high school student from Destrehan, Louisiana—she was still on cloud nine.
"I was so shocked! I never believed that it could actually really happen." Present in the audience that day were: her mother and father, older brother, her friends, and her dance teacher.
Understanding why members of her family and her friends would be there, AT asked why her dance teacher had traveled so far to see her compete（比赛）."She’s always been my role model. I’ve danced with her since I was six. She’s been through so many difficulties and came through them all. I’ve learned to get over bad life’s experiences and learned how to move on because of her."
One of those bad life’s experiences for Shelley happened three years ago when her brother Brad was killed in a drunk driving accident. He was 18. She found writing helped her get through the hard days. She said, "I write a lot about my brother. I write a lot, a lot, a lot...”
As Miss Louisiana Teen, she traveled around the state speaking to teens about the dangers of drinking and driving. In her role as Miss Teen USA, Shelley will continue to speak to youth about safe driving, in addition to(除…之外) many other things to help the youth.
When AT asked Miss Teen USA if she had any advice for our readers, she said, "Don’t let anyone change you. Hang out with people that make you feel good about yourself. That way, it is easy to be yourself."
【小题1】What do the words “on cloud nine” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

（The boy（B）has talked with some foreign teachers at the English Corner．Now he is telling his English teacher（T）about it．）

B：I've just been to the English Corner．

T：Oh? ___1____ Did you talk with Ben and Andy?

B：____2____ And I'm not sure if they understood me．

T：No problem．You have a good start．

B：But I'm afraid of making mistakes when I speak．

T：____3____ Be confident of yourself．

B：But do you think they like to talk with us beginners?

T：____4____

B：Well．I'm still not so confident．Yon know my pronunciation is poor．

T：____5____ Try to talk with them as much as possible．

B：All right．Thank you，sir．

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