摘要

<正>Marco敏感害羞,胆怯少勇。然而,一通来自伯母Ginette的电话鼓舞他站上演讲台,面向公众演讲,改变自此开始了……1 Sensitive, shy, and timid (胆怯的), Marco always wore turtleneck (高领套头衫) shirts. To make it worse, Marco was naturally shorter than the other kids. And because his good marks had allowed him to skip second grade, he was younger than everyone else. However, this added nothing to his already low self-confidence.