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  My stutter（口吃）had always been much of a problem. I'd had so many specialists for my______35________ over the years. As l walked down the hallway to meet a new one， memories popped in my head of how painful（痛苦的）being a kid who stutters had been. It______36________ hurt. 

  "Hello！ I'm Mrs. Claussen. I hear you're from Texas！" 

  "Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes m-m-m-m-m-m-m-aam I am…"My heart felt like it was pounding through my chest and my hands were dripping wet. I really blew that______37________ . 

  "Well，" she said with a ______38________Smile. 161've always liked Texas." 

  She turned out to be the best speech specialist I've ever had， not like those who told me to clap my hands while speaking. She was______39________.She spent the first several weeks just talking to me - asking me all kinds of questions about myself， especially my feelings. And she______40________ . She then began to teach me about the speech. Not just about my speech， but about everybody's. 

  I______41________ in my old school and was a pretty good tenor（男高音）， but I learned that the new school's singing group was all filled up. It was such bad news， for I thought that was the one thing I could really do well - and I could do it ______42________ stuttering. Somehow Mrs. Claussen finally got me in the group. I felt like she really cared about me as a person， not just a speech student. 

  During the next two years， my speech didn't get much better - except with her. When I was in college， things got worse. I once even wondered if I would ever be able to______43________ ！ It was a very depressing time， and I often felt alone. When I was feeling really sorry for myself,I remembered Mrs. Claussen had told me whether I could______44________ my speech was all up to me. She had told me not to fight for perfect speech,just better speech. She was right about that. I finally improved my speech greatly.

  Many years have passed,but I think of her from time to time, wondering if she had as much______45________0n her other students as she had on me. I like to think that she did. Her name was Mrs. Claussen and she______46_______. I'II never forget her.