Last week I did something that scared me. I stood in front of nearly 200 financial planners and I talked to them about why financial blogs are a good thing. I'm a confident writer. I've been doing this long enough that I know my strength and my limitations. I'm less confident as a speaker. I don't have time to pause to collect my thoughts. I'm not able to edit. I'm afraid of being trapped in a corner without being able to talk my way out. Basically, I'm scared to speak.

    It would be easy to simply refuse the chances that come my way. When somebody asks me to speak in front of a group, I could say "no". When radio and television stations call for an interview, I could say "no". But for the past two years, I've been following my own policy to say "yes" to new chances.

    To say "yes" is to live in fear. My goal is to continually improve myself to become better than I am today. One way to do that is to do the things that scare me, to take them on as challenges, and to learn from them—even if I fail.

    In mid-November, a local station asked me to appear on live television. "I realize it's short notice," the producer wrote, "but we'd love to have you on the show if you're available tonight." I was frightened. I thought about recent taped television interviews that I had hated. I was afraid of what might happen.

    But I also thought about the things that had gone right. I thought of how my speaking skills had improved over the past year. And then I thought of the book I was reading, a book that I had bought for $1.29 at the local store. The Magic of Thinking Big was a huge bestseller during the 1960s. Written by Dr. David Schwartz, a professor at Georgia State University, the book contains dozens of practical tips on how to take risks to achieve big goals. Schwartz argues that nobody will believe in you until you believe in yourself.

    So when the television producer asked if I wanted to appear on his show, I thought big. "Sure," I said. "I'll do it." I acted confidently, but on the inside I was frightened. What I needed was techniques to build up my confidence and to overcome my fear.

After a while she saw some zebra,       .

They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago,        humans came into being and their future seemed secure at that time.

They learned this from       .

       in the story no-body helped the dodo.

注意：①词数100左右；②开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：提高意识 raise one's awareness

Dear Sir /Madam,

    I'm writing to express my opinion on how to protect he animals on the island I visited last weekend.

The animals there are lovely, but        the number of them is decreasing year by year. (宾语从句)

The animals there are lovely, but        the number of them is decreasing year by year. (主语从句)

If        they will be in danger of dying out. (主动语态)

If        they will be in danger of dying out. (被动语态)

There is no doubt that animals        are more likely to survive. (现在分词作后置定语)

There is no doubt that animals        are more likely to survive. (定语从句)