4 . Hearing my name called,I stepped up on stage to give my first public speech.Steadying my trembling hands,I_______the sea of people and wanted to _______.Then a question flashed into my mind,”Do you still remember_______it took to get here?”

It all started with a(n)_______I had written in reply to a radio host’s slanderous(诋毁的)comments about_______rights.I had stayed up for days _______ information to oppose his point.Content with my final essay,I submitted it to my_______for publication.Later,I received a text stating that he_______ not to publish it because the subject matter was "too controversial”. Hurt, I left my job with my two weeks’ _______

I tried to submit my essay to others, believing someone would be ________to get it out while the subject was still topical(时下关注的).However, after days of ”thanks, but no thanks” replies, I felt ________No one was interested in a no-name writer with a ________ opinion that was against that of a celebrity(名人).Had my boss been right?

________, I received a”YES”from a small,yet powerful online blog(博客)that________ women.

My essay had thousands of ________ and I rose to fame overnight.In less than a day,my world changed and people were ________.Then one day,I received a call asking me to give a(n) ________in Washing D.C..My eyes teared up in ________Me?A middle-aged single mother with only high school education?

Taking a deep breath,I dived into the speech I had ________ many times,nervous but ________ to make my voice heard.