介绍:
On Thursday night, I sat at my desk, preparing a speech I had to give on Friday, in Speech Class, I looked at the clock: almost midnight. Well, I’d better get to bed unless I wanted to fall asleep doing my speech.
Putting it mildly, I dislike ______ (31) speaking. Whenever I have to give a presentation in a class, I get very nervous the night before. So the last thing I ______ (32) to do is to take a Speech Class, which ______ (33) giving lots and lots of speeches.
The speech I was preparing was a demonstration （演示）speech. I was to be the last one to give my speech, because my last name ______ (34) with a “Z”.
When I walked into the speech classroom on Friday, it felt like I was entering a lion’s den （穴）. I reminded myself that by the end of the hour class, I will be looking forward to the weekend.
But it didn’t quite work out like that.
We ran out of time before it was my ______ (35). The teacher asked two others and me if we could give our speeches next week. Why, certainly not! I wanted to get this speech ______ (36) with, not spend the weekend ______ (37) about it. ______ (38) I said yes politely, instead of getting ______ (39). At that moment, I was madly jealous of my classmates who could have a carefree and happy weekend.
Some of the speech topics seemed ridiculous （可笑的）to me, such as how to walk on heels. Who doesn’t know that? You just put the shoes on and walk. Two “popular” girls, whose speeches came one after the other ______ (40) talked about wrapping a present. The second speech was almost an exact repetition of the first.
I ______ (41) to talk about the abacus（算盘）, to introduce something about Chinese history and culture. But my wonderful topic will have to wait until next week because of my teacher’s bad time ______ (42).
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