英语作文My first experience 我的第一次经历

MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
Public speaking was a challenge. When asked to give a twenty-minute speech by my mentor, I was so worried. In the evening before, I repeated those words to get ready. Finally I could not get sleep.
On that day, standing in front of the audience, my legs were shaking. And I heard my voice was trembling. My mentor smiled to encourage me. When I relaxed, I recalled the words. When finishing, my speaking was getting fluent.
The audience applauded loudly. I saw my friends were standing up, showing they were proud of me. Since then I’ve begun to like public speaking.

My First Experience on new year's eve

I didn't expect that the New Year's countdown at the Times Square of New York started from 60 seconds away. It seems to me that ten or twenty seconds are the common manner to countdown it, otherwise, I really doubted whether the crowd could sustain such enthusiasm for so long - maybe when count down to 20