It's normal for you to feel shy and nervous when you are in a new environment. It's normal to feel nervous, or shy in front of others at times. If you think you are too shy and want to be more active, try the following advice.

There is no need to hide it. When people get to know you are a shy person, they may understand you better. It will also help you feel easier in talks.

when you smile, people will think you're friendly and want to talk with you. Remember that all people have feelings and most people will stay away from an angry-looking face.

You shouldn't keep quiet at a party all the time. If you find it hard to start a talk, you can say something nice about people around you. It must be very helpful for you to start a talk! And after you begin to talk to someone or smile at someone for the first time, remember to say "I did it!" to yourself.

Think about more ways to enjoy the party and have fun. Don't waste time worrying about your look or whether all people like you or not.

If you keep trying the advice, you may not be shy in a new environment one day.

Why do you feel encouraged when your teacher gives you a smile? How do you know your mother is angry when she frowns(皱眉)? In both cases, (3) the person is telling us something not with words, but with facial expressions.

Facial expressions are one or more movements on a person's face, such as frowning, raising one's eyebrows, and nose and lip movements. They express people's feelings.

Scientists at the University of Oxford have shown that humans have 80 muscles on their faces. These muscles can create more than 7, 000 facial expressions. However, there are five main kinds of facial expressions that are common in all cultures: happiness, sadness, surprise, fear and anger. Facial expressions are very important to communication. One study at UCLA, in the US, shows that in most conversations, over 93 percent of the communication is done without speaking.

If people can read facial expressions, they may be better at knowing what other people are feeling, so they can understand them better. Someone who does not enjoy ascertain type of food usually will make a face when he sees or tastes it. A frown means worry or anger. Raised eyebrows and open eyes show surprise.

However, there are some taboos(禁忌) on reading people's facial expressions. For example, (4) it is not a good idea to stare at someone for a long time while you are reading his or her facial expressions. They may think you are rude.

—No. __________ the high house price ________the busy traffic. I can't stand the dry weather in winter.

—My God. ________. Don't stay up too late, or you'll be tired out.

A female swimming athlete once set a goal(目标) for herself. She decided to swim across the English Channel before she retired. If she could succeed, she would be the first person in the world did it. On that day, she jumped into the sea without any hesitation(犹豫)and swam towards the opposite bank without any . In the journey, she faced heavy fogs, heavy rains and heavy waves. she was tired, she still carried on swimming. But in the end, she gave up. And she didn't know that the opposite bank was only one mile away when she gave up.

Later she about the reason. And she said," The reason why I gave up is that I could not see the place which I was going to reach . "It was a great pity that one mile broke her dream.

Since we were young , too many success stories have been telling us about courage and persistence (坚持). But they never told us where courage and persistence. You can only have courage when you know where your goal is. You can only manage to persist when you know where your goal is.

And that's because when you know where your goal is, you can only prepare_ well in the mind. Courage and persistence never from the sky. They come from weighing between input and output.

A life without goals is a ship without a compass. It goes nowhere. There is no courage or persistence in a life without goals.