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Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself!”. When I was a young boy, I was   小题1:  speak to anyone. My classmates often   小题2: me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a terrible idea!
“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! You are   小题3:  to win.” Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last, I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. I    小题4: to remember all the speech and practised it over 100 times. With my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I   小题5:  believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students.