I received a hard blow to my self?confidence in the first interview of my college years. I applied to be a host in our Student Acting Group and felt confident that I would be accepted. But one of the members told me, “You seem unfit because you are a little vertically?challenged.” My life had never been the same since. I used higher heels to complement (補(bǔ)足) my height and psychological tricks to hide my lack of confidence. But no matter how hard I tried to do that, there was still something missing.

As president of English Club, I organized the rehearsal (排練) of Snow White for an English party. Unfortunately, we could not find an actor to be the last dwarf (矮人). It had to be someone who was humorous by nature and fluent in English. Suddenly, all eyes turned to me, and I knew I would have to be the dwarf. To my great surprise and delight, once on stage, I was totally absorbed in the performance and my humorous nature was put to full use. As the dwarf, I was a big hit.

Yes, each of us is only one among millions of others, but each of us is an individual and each of us is unique. Developing our individuality will change our lives, making of them a kaleidoscope (萬花筒) of new colors.

A world lack of diversity (差異) would be a boring place. The real tragedy (悲劇) is not being short, shy or ugly, but having your identity lost in a world in which everyone is a clone of a model cool boy or a perfect charming girl.

Given a choice, I would rather be ugly than live in such a world. I'd rather be a real dwarf accompanying a Snow White than be a Snow White among nothing but Snow Whites. I would rather be myself. I would contribute my individual and unique color to create a more diverse universe. Please, be yourself.

TitleA sad (72)______ The turning

pointBeing president of English Club, the writer organized for an English party the rehearsal of Snow White.

●In the play the last dwarf should be humorous and could speak English (75)________.

●It turned out that only the writer was fit for the role.

●The writer (76)________　 wonderfully by being lost in the performance and making good use of his humorous nature.

The (77)_______ Every one of us is individual and unique. And our lives will be (78)________ by developing our individuality.

●If a world is short of (79)________， it will be a boring place.

●The real tragedy is not to be short, shy or ugly but to lose your identity by cloning a model cool boy or a perfect charming girl.

The writer's

preferenceThe writer prefers to be a real dwarf accompanying a Snow White rather than be a Snow White among Snow Whites.

●He prefers to be himself to devote his individual and unique color to (80)________　 the universe full of changes.

 

71．yourself　72.experience　73.refused　74.confidence　75.fluently

76．performed　77.lesson　78.changed / improved　79.diversity

80．making

 

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