As the saying goes, what wakes you up in the morning is not your alarm clock, but you dream. The future is unknowable, but dream give us the direction .In some moment maybe the reality is harsh and you are suffering much. If you have a dream, even a very small one, it will light your life in the darkness and keep you hiding from the reality, for dream will give you the energy to fight.

However, sometimes it seems that what is practical and sensible does not connect with your most treasured dreams. I am a freshman ,indeed my college life is not as colorful as imagined before，all plans and goals just be hung up。I’m very afraid that even if I graduated from college, I still couldn’t find a job and then had a better life. Faced with the cruel reality，we college students should really make good use of these facilities and learn as much useful knowledge as possible。Then after graduation, we would find it’s much easier to get a decent job.

When I am a little girl，my father gave me two cups filled with soil，he asked me to water one cup every day。Two weeks later，tender leaves appeared in the cup that I watered everyday。Father said to me：“The seed represents for your dream，without sweat and effort，it won’t come out .By no means will your dream turn into reality if you never pay for it.”

From this story I learn that If I intend to full my dreams ，I must work hard，make efforts ，and get prepared ，otherwise I will get no possibility to succeed

 

第二篇：机遇与挑战 英文演讲稿

全球化：中国年轻一代所面临的机遇和挑战！ Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities for China's Younger

Generation

全球化：中国年轻一代所面临的机遇和挑战

（ 这是第七届“21世纪爱立信杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军孙宁

的演讲稿）

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Today I'm very happy to be here to share with you some of my thoughts on the topic of Globalization. And first of all, I would like to mention an event in our recent history.

Thirty years ago, American President Richard Nixon made an epoch-making visit to China, a country still isolated at that time. Premier Zhou Enlai said to him,”Your handshake came over the vastest occan in the world----twenty-five years of no communication.” Ever since then, China and America have exchanged many handshakes of various kinds. The

fundamental implication of this example is that the need and desire to communicate across differences in culture and ideology is not only felt but the two countries but by many other nations as well.

As we can see today, environmentalists from diffrernt countrise are making joint efforts to address the issue of global warming, econormists are seeking solutions to financial crises that range in a particular region, but

nonetheless cripple the world’s econonmy, and diplomats and politicians are getting together to discuss the issue of combating terrorism. Peace and prosperity has become a common goal that we are striving for all over the world.

Undelying this might trend of globalization is the echo of E.M. Forster’s words,“Only connect!”

With the IT revolution taking place, traditional boundaries of human society fall away. Our culture , politics, society and commerce are being sloshed into a large melting pot of

humanity. In this interlinked world, there are no outsiders, for a disturbance in one place is likely to impact other parts of the globe. We have begun to realize that a world divided cannot endure.

China is now actively integrating into the world. Our recent entry to the WTO is a good example. For decades, we have taken pride in being self-reliant, but now we realize the

importance of participating in and contributing to a broader economic order. From the precarious role in the world arena to our persent WTO menbership, we have come a long way. But what does the way ahead look like? In some parts of the world people are demonstrating against globalization. Are they justified then, in criticizing the globalzing world? Instead of narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor, they say, globalization enables developed nations to swallow the

developing nations’ wealth in debts and interest. Globalization, they argue, should be about an earnest interest in every other nation’s econnomic health.

We are reminded by Karl Marx that capital goes beyond

national borders and eludes control from any other entity. This has become a reality. Multinational corporations are seeking the lowest cost, the largest market, and the most favorable policy. They are often powerful lobbyists in government

decision-making, ruthless expansionists in the global market place and a devastating presence to local businesses.

For China , still more challenges exist. How are we going to ensure a smooth transition from the planned economy to a market-based one? How to construct a legal system that is sound enough and broad enough to respond to the needs of a dynamic society? How to maintain our cultural identity in an increasingly homogeneous world?And how to define

greatness in our rise as a peace-loving nation? Globalization entails questions that concern us all.

Like many young people my age in China, I want to see my country get prosperous and enjoying respect in the

international community. But it seems to me that mere

patriotism is not just enough. It is vitally important that we young people do more serious thinking and broaden our minds to bigger issues. And there might never be easy answers to these issues such as globalization, but to take them on and give them honest thinking is the first step to be prepared for both opportunities and challenges coming our way. And this is also one of the thoughts that came to me while perparing this speech. Thank you.