用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺、连贯（每词限用一次）。
afraid   start   hardly    progress   with    speak   either   understand   help    laugh
Last year, I had a difficult time in my English class. To begin    , it wasn’t easy for me     what the teacher said-she    too fast, and I could    follow. I was also     of speaking in class because I thought I would    at.. I couldn’t make complete sentences,   . Then I    to watch English programs on TV. It   a lot. Now, I have made great    and I even got an A in the last exam!