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1、YouthandFaithLadiesandGentlemen:MynameisTiffany,aYear2studentfromtheUniversityofMacau.IamcurrentlyanactivememberoftheuniversityPublicSpeakingTeam,presidentoftheHonoursCollegeStudentAssociation,andalsothevicepresidentoftheeventdepartmentinMarketingSociety.Iamv
2、eryactiveandoutgoing.Ienjoybeingwithpeople,engagedinconversationswiththemsothatIcanunderstandthemmore.Ilikepublicspeakingasitcanhelpincreasemyself-esteemandself-confidence.Asidefrompublicspeaking,IamalsogoodatEnglishrecitation.IhavejoinedtheMacao-wideEnglishI
3、ndividualRecitationforanumberoftimeswhenIwasstudyinginthesecondaryschool.Imagineacarwithoutasteeringwheel.Toughtoimagine,right?Well,actuallythat’stheimageyouseeifapersonhasnofaith.Faithhelpstoguideusinourlives,encourageustopersist,andgivedirectionswhenwearelo
4、st.Inthispeacefulera,ourlifepathsseemtobealreadywell-plannedanddetermined.Whatwehavetodoistofollow.Yes,wemayfacedifferentsortsofchallenges,butatleasttheyarelessharshwhencomparedtothoseinthepast.Wedonotneedtoworryaboutstarvingtodeath,orhowtoearnenoughmoneytobu
5、yfoodforoursiblingsandsustainourlives.Itislikedrivingfromamuddyroadintoahighway.Inthemuddyroad,path,youwouldsay,asitisformedonlybycrossingonitmanytimes,flatteningthegroundtoformasmootherareasowecanpass.Theroadissobumpyandrough,withholeshereandthereandrockslyi
6、ngallover.Whenwedrivealongthisroad,wehavetobeverycareful,havingafirmgriponthesteeringwheel,readyforasuddenturnoralargeboulderthatmayappearanysecond.However,whenwedriveonahighway,everythingbecomesdifferent.Theroadissmooth,straight,andvisible.Sincethereisnounse
7、enobstacle,wemaylowerourguard,relaxabit,andloosenourgriponthesteeringwheel.Onemayeventhink,ifweonlyhavetodriveonasmoothstraightroadlikethishighway,whywouldweneedasteeringwheel?Nevertheless,onecannotforeseethefuture.Accidentsdohappen.Forexample,acarmaysuddenly
8、appearinfrontofyou.Atsuchtimes,ifyoudidnothavethesteeringwheel,howcouldyoumakeasuddenturn?JustasnoonecouldforeseetheSichuanEarthquakenortheJapanTsunami.Iftheonebeingtrappedunderthedebrisd