Grammar

我的理想
Wǒ de lǐxiǎng
My dream

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每个人都会有许多浪漫的理想，理想不都是“高，大，上”，只要是自己感兴趣的。
Měi gè rén dōu huì yǒu xǔduō làngmàn de lǐxiǎng, lǐxiǎng bù dōu shì “gāo, dà, shàng”, zhǐ yào shì zìjǐ gǎn xìngqù de.
Everyone has many romantic dreams. Dreams are not all "high, tall and superior", it just have to be what interests us.

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小时候听过一个故事 : 森林里，动物们决定举办一个晚会，这次演出吸引了几乎所有的动物。他们都很积极，准备的节目各有特点，小鸟要给大家唱歌，老虎要跳舞，小猫要画画儿，猴子要讲故事，狮子说他给大家照相，熊猫说：“我不会表演，但是我可以当观众，为大家鼓掌。”最后只剩下小牛了，她想了好久，忽然得意地说：“我负责为大家送免费的牛奶！”
Xiǎoshíhòu tīngguò yī gè gùshì: Sēnlín lǐ, dòngwùmen juédìng jǔbàn yī gè wǎnhuì, zhè cì yǎnchū xīyǐn le jīhū suǒyǒu de dòngwù. Tāmen dōu hěn jījí, zhǔnbèi de jiémù gè yǒu tèdiǎn, xiǎo niǎo yào gěi dàjiā chànggē, lǎohǔ yào tiàowǔ, xiǎo māo yào huàhuàr, hóuzi yào jiǎng gùshì, shīzi shuō tā gěi dàjiā zhàoxiàng, xióngmāo shuō: “Wǒ bù huì biǎoyǎn, dànshì wǒ kěyǐ dāng guānzhòng, wéi dàjiā gǔzhǎng.” Zuìhòu zhǐ shèng xià xiǎo niúle, tā xiǎngle hǎojiǔ, hūrán déyì dì shuō:“Wǒ fùzé wéi dàjiā sòng miǎnfèi de niúnǎi!”
When I was young, I heard a story: in the forest, the animals decided to hold a party. This time, the performance attracted almost all the animals. They were all very enthusiastic and each program that was prepared had its particularity. The little bird was going to sing for everybody, the tiger was going to dance, the little cat was going to paint, the monkey was going to tell stories. The lion said he would take pictures of everyone. The panda says, "I do not know how to perform, but I can take the role of spectator and applaud you all." In the end, only the cow was left. She thought for a long moment and suddenly said proudly: "I will offer everyone free milk!"

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你对一件事情感兴趣，一定要主动、努力地去实现，即使你的理想很一般。也不要因为天天忙于工作和生活，而让理想逐渐地离我们远去。我的同学，从小就想成为一名警察 ，然而由于种种原因，她没能当上警察。
Nǐ duì yī jiàn shìqíng gǎn xìngqù, yīdìng yào zhǔdòng, nǔlì de qù shíxiàn, jíshǐ nǐ de lǐxiǎng hěn yībān. Yě bú yào yīnwèi tiāntiān mángyú gōngzuò hé shēnghuó, ér ràng lǐxiǎng zhújiàn de lí wǒmen yuǎn qù. Wǒ de tóngxué, cóng xiǎo jiù xiǎng chéngwéi yī míng jǐngchá, rán'ér yóuyú zhǒngzhǒng yuányīn, tā méi néng dāng shàng jǐngchá.
If you are interested in something, you must take the initiative and work hard to achieve it, even if your dream is very commonplace. Nor should you let your dream go away by being busy every day with work and life. My classmate wanted to be a policewoman ever since she was a kid. But because of various reasons, she could not become a police officer.

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邓亚萍是中国的乒乓球运动员，但是她的身高只有一米五五，很多人认为她并不适合打乒乓球。她并没有打算放弃了，而是通过努力，改变了人们的这一看法。她十五岁成为亚洲第一，十六岁获得世界第一。
Dèng Yàpíng shì Zhōngguó de pīngpāngqiú yùndòngyuán, dànshì tā de shēngāo zhǐ yǒu yī mǐ wǔwǔ, hěn duō rén rènwéi tā bìng bù shìhé dǎ pīngpāngqiú. Tā bìng méi yǒu dǎsuàn fàngqì le, ér shì tōngguò nǔlì, gǎibiàn le rénmen de zhè yī kànfǎ. Tā shí wǔ suì chéngwéi Yàzhōu dì yī, shí liù suì huòdé shìjiè dì yī.
Deng Yaping is a Chinese table tennis player, but her size is only one meter and fifty-five. Many people thought that she was not made to play table tennis. She had no intention of giving up, and thanks to the efforts made, she changed the point of view of these people. It has become the number one in Asia at the age of fifteen and won first place worldwide at the age of 16.

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理想有时候不只有一个，你得放弃和选择，选择最适合自己的，自己最感兴趣的。
Lǐxiǎng yǒu shíhòu bù zhǐ yǒu yī gè, nǐ děi fàngqì hé xuǎnzé, xuǎnzé zuì shìhé zìjǐ de, zìjǐ zuì gǎn xìngqù de.
Sometimes we do not have only one dream. You have to make choices and sacrifices. We must choose the dream that suits us best and for which we are most interested.

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我的父亲是律师，母亲是演员。我的性格很像我父亲，我的理想就是做一个像父亲那样的律师。 于是，我大学选择了法律专业，希望毕业后成为一名优秀的律师。
Wǒ de fùqin shì lǜshī, mǔqin shì yǎnyuán. Wǒ de xìnggé hěn xiàng wǒ fùqin, wǒ de lǐxiǎng jiù shì zuò yī gè xiàng fùqin nàyàng de lǜshī. Yúshì, wǒ dàxué xuǎnzé le fǎlǜ zhuānyè, xīwàng bìyè hòu chéngwéi yī míng yōuxiù de lǜshī.
My father is a lawyer and my mother is an actress. My character is very similar to (that of) my father. My dream is to become a lawyer like my father. So, at university, I chose law as a specialty. After graduation, I hope to become an excellent lawyer.

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中国很多年轻人都喜欢“五月天” ，它是由五个热情的大男生组成的 ，音乐是他们五个人的共同爱好 ，他们为了共同的理想，决定了今天的选择，今天的选择决定了明天的生活。只有懂得放弃和学会选择的人，才能赢得精彩的生活。
Zhōngguó hěn duō niánqīngrén dōu xǐhuān “Wǔyuètiān”, tā shì yóu wǔ gè rèqíng de dà nánshēng zǔchéng de, yīnyuè shì tāmen wǔ gè rén de gòngtóng àihào, tāmen wèile gòngtóng de lǐxiǎng, juédìng le jīntiān de xuǎnzé, jīntiān de xuǎnzé juédìng le míngtiān de shēnghuó. Zhǐ yǒu dǒngde fàngqì hé xuéhuì xuǎnzé de rén, cái néng yíngdé jīngcǎi de shēnghuó.
In China, many young people like (the band) Mayday. It is composed of five enthusiastic young boys whose music is passion. For their common dream, they made the decision of a day that determined their life tomorrow. Only those who understand the sacrifice and learn to make choices can win an exceptional life.