You Are Always Beautiful

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You Are Always Beautiful The essay “You’re Gonna Be beautiful” by Liu, which is about the writer’s experience of her first public presentation, impressed me so much. Liu was afraid of failure before the presentation, for reason that there are no non-natives in her communication class except her. Although she had prepared a lot before the day she made the presentation, she was still not confident enough about herself. When she showed her first speech, she was nervous and could not even pronounce the central word of her presentation. However, her professor encouraged her and told her that she could do better when she got back to her seat. Therefore, she began to become more confident and performed much better on her second presentation. After that, she realized that she could overcome almost all of the difficulties and accomplish her goals as long as she believes in herself. And the words “You’re gonna be beautiful” given by her professor will always be kept in her mind, inspiring and encouraging her forever. Liu doesn’t present her essay chronologically. At the very beginning of the essay, she delivers the first scene that she was nervous about the coming presentation, sitting in her classroom and waiting for her turn. Then, paragraph 5 through 9, by using a flashback, she presents the second scene. She studied in the Johnson Center with her friend at the night before the day she had to show her presentation. The key words of her speech tomorrow and the concern about the laugh by her native classmates crowded in her mind. We can see how much the writer prepared for the coming presentation, though she was still not confident about herself. The third scene, paragraph 10 through 23, is the most significant scene in this essay. Liu describes how she finished her first presentation with great difficulty, and how she got a better performance on the next
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