Goodafternoon,ladiesandgentlemen:
WhenIwasintheprimaryschool,Ihaveadream.Iwanttoinventadevicewhichcouldbringyoufromoneplacetoanotherinnotimeatall.WhenIwasinthesecondaryschool,mydreamwastostudyinmyidealuniversity.AndwheneventuallyIgotintotheuniversity,mydreamwastograduate.
Howpathetic!Whenwegrowup,wedreamlessandbecomemorerealistic.Why?Whydowehavetochangeourdreams,so,soinordertoletitbe"fulfilled"?Whydowehavetosurrendertotheso-called"reality"?WhatIStherealityactually?
Ladiesandgentlemen,therealityisnotreal.Itisabarrierkeepingusfromallthepossiblefantasies.Flying,forexample,hadbeenadreamtomankindforthousandsofyears.Ahundredyearsago,"mancouldnotfly"wasstillregardedasthe"reality".Nowifthatwasreallythereality,whatdidtheWrightbrothersdo?HowdidsomeofyougettoMacau?Onlywhenwebelievethattherealityisnotrealcanwesoarwithourdreams.
Peoplesaythatourfutureisabattlebetweentherealityandourdreams.Andif,unfortunately,Mr.Realitywinsthiswar,thenIseenofutureofmankindatall.AIDSwillneverbecurableasthisISthereality;PeoplelivingintheundevelopedcountrieswillsufferfromstarvationforeverasthisISthereality;4)DisputesamongdifferentcountrieswouldneverbesettledasthismisunderstandingsandintoleranceISthereality.
Ladiesandgentlemen,howmanyofyouhaveadreamofbeingabletomakealotofmoney?Pleaseraiseyourhands.Oh,quiteanumberofyou!Actually,ladiesandgentlemen,thisisnotadream,butatask.Everyoneofushastomakealiving,right?AnywayIhopeyourtaskwillbeaccomplished.Howmanyofyouthinkthatyouhavealreadyfulfilledyourdreamandthatyoudon'tdreamanymore?Dear5)adjudicators,whatdoyouthink?C.S.Lewisoncesaid,"Youarenevertoooldtodreamanewdream."Soforourfuture,pleasedreamandbeunrealistic.
NowthatIamauniversitystudent,mygoalistograduatewithexcellences.Butatthesametime,Ihaveadreamdeeplyrootedinourfuture.Oneday,peoplelivingintheareasnow6)swelteringwiththehorrorofwarswillbeabletositwiththeirfamiliesandenjoytheireverymoment.Oneday,peoplefromtherichcountriesarewillingtosharewhattheyhavewiththosefromthepoorcountriesandthosefromthepoorcountrieswilleventuallybeabletomaketheirownhappylivingthemselves.Oneday,differentculturesinthisageofglobalizationwillcoexistwithtoleranceandtheunfriendlyconfrontationsamongthemwillbe7)eliminated.Oneday,theglobewillsharethedreamwithmeandwewillallcontributetomakingourdreamcometrue.Oneday,ourdreamwilldefeatthereality!Thankyouverymuch.