题目内容
Fill in each blank with a proper word with the help of the first letter.
You’re standing with your classmates.Everyone is talking e1. you.Perhaps you’re afraid they will laugh at you when you say. Maybe you just aren’t brave e2. to speak.Shyness is like a snake that crawls(爬进)into our mouth and p3. us from speaking.But we shouldn’t let it stay there.
I am 29 years old.Even today, that snake s4. sometimes visits me. When I was in high school, I was so shy that I wouldn’t talk to anyone except my parents and best friends. If a stranger asked me the w5. to a local shop, it was as if I’d forgotten how to talk.One summer, I got a job in a restaurant and that helped a lot. It meant I had to talk to customers(顾客). I had to tell them how m6. their meal cost. I had to ask them if they want to drink Coke or Sprite.This job taught me h7. to speak with people.
You may be t8.young to find a part-time job. But you can look for other chances to speak with people.You can offer to help an old woman c9. her heavy bag. Or you can go to get a newspaper for your family.
If you do these things for a while, the ‘shyness’ snake will soon begin to l10. It’ll look for another mouth to crawl into.