Life is not easy, so I'd like to say," When anything happens, believe in yourself." When I was 14, I was
  1   nervous to talk in public. My classmates often   2   me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later   3 
 happened. It affected my life.
     It was an English speech contest (比赛). My mother asked me to take part in it. What a/an   4   idea! It
meant I had to  5   in front of all the teachers and students of my school! "Come on, boy. Believe in yourself.
You are sure to   6  ." Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic "Believe
in yourself". I tried my best to   7   all the speech and practiced it over 100 times.   8   my mother's great help,
I did well in the contest. I could hardly (几乎不) believe my ears when the news came-I won the first place. I
heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those   9   looked down on (瞧不起)me before, but they now
 all said  10   to me. My mother hugged (拥抱)me and cried excitedly.
     Since then, everything changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell myself to be confident and I will
find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.