Sometimes we get very good at doing things we never chose to do in the first place.

有时，我们很擅长于做那些我们一开始并没选择去做的事情。

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Coming to a new place by yourself is always a little scary at first, but if you never make the first move and go out, it is very difficult to make new friends.

自己来到新地方开始总会小怕怕，不过要是不鼓起勇气走出第一步，就很难认识新朋友啦。

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