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1、Goodafternoonladiesandgentlemen,LetmeposetwoquestionstoyoubeforeIstartmyspeech:Thefirstone:whatwasyourfirstdream?Thesecond:Howmanyofyouhavemadethisfirstdrcamcometrue?Wehaveheardmanystoriesabouthowweshouldnevergiveupourfirstdream.However,Ihaveanalternateinterp
2、retation:Lookintothereality.Whenrealityassertsitselfinourlivesandmakesthatdrcamimpossible,toattempttorealizethisfirstdreammaybecomeafutileundertaking・ThiscrueldilemmaattainedpainfulclarityformeasIbegantopreparemyspeechforthiscontest.Myfirstdrcamwastobecomeaca
3、rdiothoracicsurgeonlikemymother.Duringmyelementaryschoolyears,Iwentdailytothehospitalwheremymotherworkedafterschool.Iadmiredhersurgeon'sgown,Iwastouchedbythetrustinherpatients'eyes,1evenwasaddictedtotheacridodorsoftheantisepticsthatwaftedthroughthehospital.Id
4、weltinthecertaintythatIwouldbecomeacardiothoracicsurgeonuntilIwas16.ThatwasmyfirstyearinhighschoolwhenIdirectlyconfrontedtherealityofthenationwidecollegeentranceexamination.TheaveragescoresofthestudentsinmyprovincewerethehighestinChina・And,alas,70%ofthestuden
5、tsinmyprovincechosescienceastheirmajorandonly30%ofthemchoseart.Imyselfamonlyaverageatmathandmyabilityatchemistrywasnobetter.ButIwasthebeststudentatChineseliterature,history,andgeographyatmyhighschool.IfIwanttobeasurgeon,exceptionalabilityinscience,meaningchem
6、istry,physics,etc.wouldberequired・Thusmydilemma:ifIpursuedart,1wasprettysureIcouldbeadmittedintoatopuniversityinChina,butmysurgeondreamwouldremainunfulfilled.IfIpursuedscience,Iwould,atbest,onlybeadmittedtoamediocreuniversityandthechanceswerethatIwouldneverac
7、hievemydream.So,after3daysofagonizinginternalstruggle,Igaveupmyfirstdream.Buttotellyouthetruth,Idonlregretthedecision.BecauseIcametounderstandamoreimportanttruth:weshouldalterandtransformouraspirationsifchangedcircumstancesprovideuswithnowaytogoforward.Amindw
8、eariedorparalyzedbydisappointmentcaneasilyoverlooknewpossibilities.Beforequittingaltogether,weshouldsearchforwaystofitthenewsituationandfindnewwaystopursueouraspirationtoexcel.Let'sgoback
