confident : a good beginning to my new school life.
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Well begun, half done!
If you have a good beginning, your chance of success will be greatly improved!
Preparing for the contest, practising a 3-minute speech, and overcoming stage fright, I spared no effort to take part in the competition.
One of my 5__t_e_a_m__m_a_t_e_s__(teammate) , my good friend in my school, gave me lots of encouragement and advice during the contest. Her ideas were new and powerful and she stayed quite calm when she was fighting against her 6__co__m_p_e_t_it_o_r_s_( compete). She was like my coach, 7___w__h_o____ showed me how to search for related materials online and how to prepare my own view 8_c_le_a_r_l_y_(clear).
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The big day finally arrived : my first day at senior high