Funny composition in Mandarin

Without the depth of the blue sky, you can have the elegance of white clouds; without the magnificence of the river, you can have the elegance of a stream; without the fragrance of the wilderness, you can have the greenness of the grass. I don't have any outstanding talents, but I can still have a brilliant sky. Because it is Mandarin that makes me so confident!

I am a girl from the county town. I grew up in my hometown, where people all speak my hometown dialect. After I came to Hengshui in junior high school, I had some difficulties communicating with others because I spoke in dialect. This not only made it impossible for my classmates and me to communicate, but also made me feel extremely low self-esteem. In the past, I was very enthusiastic when answering questions in class, but when I came here, I never dared to raise my hand, for fear that others would laugh at me for speaking my hometown dialect and look down on me. But one day, the inevitable happened. Seeing that I always didn't speak, the Chinese teacher asked me to recite a Tang poem. I stood up slowly, not knowing what to say, and stood for a while like a mute. Minutes, his face turned red like a ripe apple. Finally, the teacher thought I didn’t know how to do it, so he asked me to sit down. That was the most embarrassing experience in my life! From then on, I vowed to learn Mandarin well and regain my confidence!

So, every afternoon after school, I always practiced pronunciation with the announcer on TV. Although it was very difficult, I still persisted for a month. However, the effect was not obvious, and I was a little discouraged! At this time, my mother encouraged me and said: "Failure is the ladder to success. You must have the courage to face difficulties again and again in order to succeed!"

My mother's encouragement strengthened my confidence in learning Mandarin well. I studied Mandarin even harder. At this time, my mother signed me up for the Carnegie Eloquence and Success Training Class, Carnegie