[1]Aroughchildhoodleadstoproblemslaterinlife.IadmitthatIfeltsopowerlessthroughoutmylifethatIdevelopedastutter(结巴).ThisresultedinareallybadcaseofsocialanxietyandIcouldn’ttalktosavemylife.[2]Is

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[1] A rough childhood leads to problems later in life. I admit that I felt so powerless throughout my life that I developed a stutter (结巴). This resulted in a really bad case of social anxiety and I couldn’t talk to save my life.

[2] I started going to the gym at age 14 and after 7 years of perseverance I finally felt like I had control over my body. Control over my body meant control over my life. This realization was crucial to also overcoming my stutter. I really hope that any of these lessons can help those who have any sort of anxiety.

[3] Lesson 1 — Have Faith. The reason why I stuttered was because I kept envisioning in my head all the possible scenarios that could go wrong. I kept picturing every single word that I was going to stutter out. This is the worst thing that you can do. I was digging my own grave. If I believe that I’m going to stutter then I will stutter. You have to believe that you are going to speak fluently. You have to believe in your heart that you can talk.

[4] Lesson 2 — Go For It. Now comes the hard part. You must believe that everything will turn out for the best and simply go for it. Don’t get me wrong. I still have to remind myself to simply go for it. I simply start talking and I worry about correcting course along the way. Do I ever stutter? Yes I sometimes do but EVERYONE stumbles upon words every now and then. Keep going.

[5] Lesson 3 — Forget The End Result. This one is huge and this one is related to being present.            . Who cares what happens. We are all going to die one day so why worry about every little bad thing that can happen.

[6] Don’t try to plan a perfect scenario. Rarely do things happen the way they were intended to happen. Have a vision of where you want to go but be open to the constant changes that will occur along the way.

1. What could be the author’s purpose in writing the text? (no more than 5 words)

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2. What realization helped the author overcome his stutter? (no more than 8 words) 

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3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words. (no more than 6 words)

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4. What lesson do you get from the text? (no more than 8 words)

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5. Explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2.

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Answer 1

1. To share valuable lessons.   2. That he could control his body. 3. Forget about the end result 4. Believe in ourselves and go f...