goodafternoon,ladiesandgentlemen;wheniwasintheprimaryschool,ihadadream,iwanttoinventadevicewhichcouldbringyoufromoneplacetoanotherinnotimeatall.wheniwasinthesecondaryschool,mydreamwastostudyinmyidealuniversity.andwheneventuallyigotintotheuniversity,mydreamwastograduate.howpathetic!whenwegrowup,wedreamlessandbecomemorerealistic.why?whydowehavetochangeourdreams,so,soinordertoletitbe“fulfilled”?whydowehavetosurrendertotheso-called“reality”?whatistherealityactually?
ladiesandgentlemen,therealityisnotreal.itisbarrierkeepingusfromallpossiblefantasies.flying,forexample,hadbeenadreamtomankindforthousandsofyears.ahundredyearsago,“mancouldnotfly”wasstillregardedasthe“reality”.nowifthatwasreallythereality,whatdidthewrightbrothersdo?howdidsomeofyougettomacao?onlywhenwebelievethattherealityisnotrealcanwesoarwithourdreams.peoplesaythatourfutureisabattlebetweentherealityandourdreams.andif,unfortunately,mr.realitywinsthiswar,theniseenofutureofmankindatall.aidswillneverbecurableasthisisthereality;peoplelivingintheundevelopedcountrieswillsufferfromstarvationforeverasthisisthereality;disputesamongdifferentcountrieswouldneverbesettledasthismisunderstandingsandintoleranceisthereality.
ladiesandgentlemen,howmanyofyouhaveadreamofbeingabletomakealotofmoney?pleaseraiseyourhands.oh,quiteanumberofyou!actually,ladiesandgentlemen,thisisnotadream,butatask.everyoneofushastomakealiving,right?anywayihopeyourtaskwillbeaccomplished.howmanyofyouthinkhatyouhavealreadyfulfilledyourdreamandthatyoudon’tdreamanymore?dearadjudicators,whatdoyouthink?c.s.lewisoncesaid,“youarenevertoooldtodreamanewdream.“soforourfuture,pleasedreamandbeunrealistic.nowthatiamuniversitystudent,mygoalistograduatewithexcellences.butatthesametime,ihavedreamdeeplyrootedinourfuture.oneday,peoplelivingintheareasnowswelteringwiththehorrorofwarswillbeabletositwiththeirfamiliesandenjoytheireverymoment.oneday,fromtherichcountriesarewillingtosharewhattheyhavewiththosefromthepoorcountriesandthosefromthecountrieswilleventuallybeabletomaketheirownhappylivingthemselves.oneday,differentculturesinthisageofglobalizationwillcoexistwithtoleranceandtheunfriendlyconfrontationsamongthemwillbeeliminated.oneday,theglobewillsharethedreamwithmeandwewillallcontributetomakingourdreamcometrue.oneday,ourdreamwilldefeatthereality!
thankyouverymuch!