【美文诵读】
Patti，at the age of 5，lost her speaking ability accidentally.With_the_help_and_encouragement_of① her mother and a doctor，she overcame many difficulties and succeeded_in②learning languages.
Once in a school speech contest on environment，I was_so_nervous_that③I forgot everything.I lost and felt very sad then.But I didn't lose heart.Since then，I have read lots of books about speech skills，and found_every_chance_I_could_to_improve_myself④，so last month I got No.1 in the school speech contest，which has proved the power of positive attitude towards failure.
