Once upon a time, there was a very old man called Yu Gong. He lived with his family in a village and there were two big and 1 mountains near his house. They spent a long time 2 to the other side. One day, Yu Gong told his family that they must move the mountains to other places.
3 this, everyone in his family was laughing at him. One of his sons said, "Are you kidding?" "No. I'm serious and all of you must do it with me. " Everyone was 4 at that time. They really didn't want to do it, but they had to do it because the oldest man in the family was 5 important person at that time. The next day everyone in Yu Gong's family started to dig the mountains. They put the stones and the earth 6 the sea. One day a man saw Yu Gong and his children 7 the mountains, he told Yu Gong that he could never do it. But Yu Gong said though he was 8 and would die, his family could continue to move the mountains. Then they kept on digging day after day and year after year. Finally a god was so moved by Yu Gong 9 he sent two gods to help Yu Gong move the mountains away.
The 10 reminds us that you can never know what's possible unless you try to make it happen.
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We asked five people, "What's your secret dream?" |
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| "Actually, I've always wanted to be an actor. I haven't had many formal training, but I've been in a couple of college plays. So my dream is to study acting. " —Jill Richardson Vancouver, Canada | | "Well, Carlos and I have gone sailing a few times with friends, and we've had a lot of fun. So our dream is to buy our own sailboat. But we haven't saved enough money!" —Sonia and Carlos Silva Brasilia, Brazil |
| | "My dream? To go surfing. I've never tried it before, but my brother goes surfing all the time! He's even surfed in Hawaii. " —Raquel Garza Monterrey, Mexico | | "Well, my parents have never travelled outside of Japan, so I want to take them to Australia. I've been there many times, so I know all the best places to go!" —Hiro Tanaka Osaka, Japan |
As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream come true?
Andrew Matews, an Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams come true is life's biggest challenge. You may think you're not very good at some school subjects, or that it's impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dream.
In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don't let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dreams. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from you. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.
