The Girl Who Never Talked
I never really felt like I fit in. I was a freshman in high school and my only close friend was Bella, whom I had known since kindergarten. Bella is and will always be one of my best friends and we often play together. However, she had other close friends too, but I didn't. I was on the volleyball team, and on the court I knew exactly who I was and where I was supposed to be. I loved all of my teammates, but when we were sitting in the stands before and after games I would just sit there quietly, totally unsure of myself.
At school, no one spoke to me and I didn't know how to get along with them. It seems like the only time anyone talked to me was just to jokingly say, "You are so quiet!... do you ever talk?" I wanted to talk, but I just couldn't find the words. I never felt like I knew what to say in a big group of people. All of these made me upset.
One Saturday after our game, Bella was supposed to come over and spend the night at my house. We always had a lot of fun together. I wished that I could talk to the other girls the way I talked to her. But before we left the gym that day, some of the other volleyball girls invited her to go to the movies with them. Since Bella had already made plans with me, they asked if I would like to go to the movies with them too. I agreed and was happy to have a chance to join them.
One of the moms drove us, and we all piled into the back seat of her Suburban-Rhiannon, Destinee, Christine, Bella, and me. I was kind of nervous at first, but once it was just us five, I came out of my shell (壳). For the first time in my life, I really felt like I was a part of the conversation, instead of just sitting there listening. It turned out that I had a lot to say.
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All the way there, an all the way back, we talked and laughed.
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I smiled, knowing I finally had friends and my school life would be much happier.
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2 . Feeling embarrassed is something that no one really likes.
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When learning to deal with embarrassment, the first big thing that will help you is to realize that embarrassing moments are in the past. These things have already occurred and there is nothing that you can do to change them. It might have been tough to get through those moments, but you’re here now and everything is okay.
●Talk to someone about how you’re feeling.
If you’re struggling with feelings of embarrassment, then you should try to talk to people that you trust.
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Embarrassment might feel tough to get over. However, normal embarrassing moments might become things that you can just shrug off and laugh at eventually. When you think about things from the right perspective, you might be able to laugh at yourself for making a silly mistake or falling down.
●Get out there and try again.
The fear of embarrassment should not hold you back from getting out there to try again. If you want to move past embarrassment for good, then the best way to do that is not to let it stop you from living your life. This could mean doing the same thing that embarrassed you in the past. You might be worried about reliving embarrassing moments from the past, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
| A．Learn to laugh at the situation. |
| B．Understand that embarrassments are in the past. |
| C．Don’t worry so much about things and be ready to go out there and give it your all. |
| D．Know that you don’t need to apologize for feeling embarrassed. |
| E．Of course, this might depend on the level of embarrassment that you experienced. |
| F．Tell them how you’re feeling and what happened if you’re comfortable doing that. |
| G．It’s generally something that most people want to avoid. |
3 . When I was a little boy, my parents and brothers would often play cards in the afternoons. It was a (n)
Instead I found
Love like life is often more than we can
| A．exact | B．valid | C．stable | D．merry |
| A．join in | B．mark out | C．get through | D．break away |
| A．hardly | B．quickly | C．normally | D．apparently |
| A．dots | B．tests | C．versions | D．numbers |
| A．discovered | B．indicated | C．observed | D．admitted |
| A．excited | B．shocked | C．fascinated | D．associated |
| A．adjust | B．seize | C．learn | D．obtain |
| A．myself | B．it | C．me | D．itself |
| A．already | B．yet | C．still | D．ever |
| A．value | B．love | C．talent | D．skill |
| A．effort | B．sense | C．progress | D．difference |
| A．talk about | B．set aside | C．give away | D．hope for |
| A．joys | B．ideas | C．dreams | D．feelings |
| A．accept | B．hold | C．govern | D．understand |
| A．fast | B．much | C．right | D．altogether |
