When I was a naughty boy, may be because of the influence of the film Xiao Bing Zhang Ga, my dream was to be a soldier just like Zhang Ga. I thought if I was a soldier, I should be able to swim, dive and climb trees as he did. It seemed to be very wonderful. So I began to learn swimming, diving and climbing trees. I practiced every day and finally I could do them well. But when I entered junior high school and had the military training. I suddenly found that being a soldier was very difficult and I wasnt strong enough tobear it. I had to give my dream up.
当我还是一个顽皮的孩子的时候，也许是受到电影《小兵张嘎》的影响，我梦想着成为一名像张嘎那样的军人。我想如果我是一名军人，那我就会像他那样会游泳、潜水、爬树。那样该多好啊。所以我开始学习游泳、跳水、爬树。我每天都练习，终于我做到了。后来，我升初中的时候，参加了军训。我突然发现当军人是非常困难的，我还不够强大到能适应。我不得不放弃我的梦想。
But I wasnt discouraged, and I had a new aim, which was to be a postman, or rather to be a newspaper boy. As a newspaper boy. I could speed along streets on a bike and throw newspapers onto every porch. Thats also very cool. So I started learning to ride a bicycle. After the everyday practice, I could go very fast by bicycle. But to my disappointment, the job which I wanted only existed in western counties not in China, because there was no porch in China. And Chinese postmen had to stuff very thick newspapers into very small mailboxes from very narrow entrances. The job was far from what I had expected. So once again my dream fell through.
但是，我还是没有泄气，我有了一个新的目标，就是当一名邮差，哪怕是一个报童也可以。如果我成为一个报童，我可以骑车在街道上飞驰把报纸扔在每一户门廊前。这是件多么酷的事。于是，我开始学起了骑车。经过每天的练习，我可以骑得很快了。但令我失望的是，我想要的那份工作只有西方国家才有，而中国是没有的，因为中国家庭是没有门廊的。而中国的邮差不得不将一摞很厚的报纸从非常窄的口子投进很小的邮箱里。这样的工作与我的想象天差地别。所以我的梦想再一次破灭。
perhaps you have had the same experience as I and most of your dreams havent come true yet. But I think it doesnt matter, because if you have a dream, youll make many efforts to realize it. This course is really important. If I hadnt dreamt of being a soldier or a newspaper boy. I wouldnt have learned to swim, to dive, to climb trees or to ride a bicycle. Even if our dream cant come true, youll learn much from the efforts you have made. So what I want to tell you is that dream helps us to grow up and teaches us how to control our lives. It is dream that gives us power and makes our lives colorful.
也许你和我有着相同的经历，大多数你的梦想都未能实现。但是，没有关系。因为，如果你有梦想，你会努力去实现它。这个过程才是最重要的。如果我没有梦想着成为军人和邮差，我就不会学会游泳、潜水、爬树还骑车。即使我们的梦想没有实现，你也能在你努力地过程里学会很多。所以，我想要告诉你梦想帮助我们成长，教会我们如何掌控我们的人生。梦想也给了我们力量，让我们的生活多姿多彩。