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主题03 个人成长
Part 1主题介绍
“个人成长”是续写篇章中常见的主题,通常故事的主人公或面对巨大的困难或面对自身的缺点,经过一些事情后主人公能够战胜困难或克服心魔,最终获得成长,激发内心的强大力量。
Part 2 主题原版阅读
Presentation1 Panic2
No Problem!
一封来自内华达州的信道出了我们很多人都曾面临或正面临的苦恼:演讲怯场,或者叫“上台恐惧症”。如何克服演讲怯场?亚莉桑娜通过讲述自己和朋友玛瑞亚之间发生的暖心小故事,总结了几点技巧。读一读她们的故事,相信你会更有感触!
Dear Nervous.
Even though it seems impossible, BREATHE!I know what it's like to feel so nervous that your head starts spinning and your stomach gets tied up in knots3 and your heart starts racing a million miles a minute.When I feel that way,I take a deep breath4,then slowly exhale5 while counting to 10. That always helps me feel at least a tiny bit less horrible.
And,yes,something really close to what you're going through happened to me. But instead of a book report, our assignment6 was to talk about someone we were grateful for.
“I'm so nervous about having to talk in front of the whole class,”I told my friend Mareya.“I can hardly catch my breath!”
“You've been in at least three plays,”Mareya pointed out.“If you don't get stage fright in front of those big audiences,why are you bothered by a few kids in our class?”
“I don't know.Maybe because in a play you're part of a group and you say lines from a script7.”I shook my head."There are so many people I'm grateful for.There's no way I could possibly pick just one. Plus,even if I picked one, I'd have no idea what to say. Plus,even if I figured out what to say, I'm a million-percent positive I'd mess up if I tried to say it out loud! I'd be standing there with everyone staring8 at me, waiting for words to come out of my mouth. I should just go home,crawl9 into bed,and never come out!” I pulled my sweatshirt hood10 over my face, put my hands over my ears, and said, “I don't want to talk about it!”
But one thing about really good friends who know you really well is that they don't always do exactly what you ask them to. Mareya can be pretty pushyll when it comes to being helpful.She scribbled12 something on a piece of paper, lifted my hood, and smiled. She'd draw