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You're standing with your classmates. (1) E_______ is talking except you. Perhaps you're afraid they will
laugh at when you say. Maybe you just aren't (2) b_______ enough to speak.
Shyness is like a snake that crawls (爬进) into our mouth and (3) s_______ us speaking. But we shouldn't
let it stay there.
I am 29 years old. Even today, that snake still sometimes (4) v_______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
(5) w_______to a local shop, it was as if I'd forgotten how to talk. One summer, I got a (6) j_______ in a
restaurant and that helped a lot.It meant I had to talk to customers (顾客). I had to tell them how (7)
m_______ their meal cost. I had to ask them if they want to drink Coke or Sprite.
This job taught me how to speak with people.
You may be too young to find a part-time job. But you can look for other (8) c_______ to speak with
people. You can offer to help an old woman carry her heavy bag. (9) O_______ 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 (10) l_______ you alone. It'll look
for another mouth to crawl into.
