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    Hello ! My name is Amy .I'm a girl .I'm from England. Look !This is my father and this is my mother .My father is a teacher. My mother is a doctor .The boy is my brother .He's eight .He's a student .who's this girl ? Can you guess??

上中学后，天生胆小的小明见同桌小刚上课发言积极，课后还总爱向老师请教，慢慢地，他也逐渐改变了胆小的缺点。小明认识和改变自己的途径是（  ）