ladies and gentlemen, teachers, my fellow students:
i am very excited and feel it's a great honor to stand here to deliver my speech. what i'm going to talk about is “choice in my life”
i can still remember the first time i failed in a singing contest. i immediately ran to my grandma, shedding lots of tears of course! i cried loudly and could hardly utter a word!
then, badly needed comforting words and touch came from grandma. i gradually regained my sense of pride and a sensible control of my feelings. yet, head down, i said: “grandma, i have no choice, and i have to give up, right?” “look at me, my dear!”she said gently. i looked up, straight into her eyes. what i saw was a shining, sweet, and loving stream from the bottom of her heart! then, there came the gentle voice of hers: “no, no, no…” her head shaking, while eyes smiling. “why don't you give more attention to the details?” she continued.
no other words were needed any more! i started practicing and rehearsing once again, paying special attention to those little things that i used to ignore. as a consequence, my overall performance was quickly elevated to a new high! without much trouble, in another singing contest held months later, i won!
老庙中的和尚敲着木鱼默念：“且行且珍惜。”
我望着古色木窗外的大雨，手指“哒哒”地敲在窗上，思索着这句话。且行且珍惜，又有多少人能够做到呢?那么多人拥有太多，所以不知珍惜，扔掉的比拥有的更多，那么多人又却连拥有都没有感受过。
走一路扔一路的人很多，但没有人说他们不快乐，相反，他们沉睡在抛弃的快感里，由着被抛弃之物在雨中哭泣，心碎。抛弃的不止是物，更有心。
“施主，用斋吧。”和尚放下木鱼，走到我身边说。
我回头看了看他，问道：“做到了且行且珍惜，会更快乐么?为什么，抛弃的人，好像更快乐。”
和尚摇摇头，双手合十，说道：“不知。珍惜，会更安心一些吧。施主说呢?”
我转身向外走去，说道：“斋饭就算了，珍惜求的是安心，抛弃求的是痛快，珍惜者那么少，谁能说他们不快乐呢?”
我居住的地方，没有快乐，但也没有一切所能想到的痛苦与严寒，因为那是抛弃之国，隐藏在时间夹缝中的抛弃之国，我是抛弃之国的主宰者，抛弃之国居住着所有被抛弃的物，抛弃之人用抛弃换来快乐，抛弃之物因为被抛弃而不快乐。
我知道这不公平，可我明白这世界上本就不会有公平，唯一测量公正的天秤早就被宙斯销毁，剩下的，只是星空中的一个星座，一个星星排列出来的图案。
我记得宙斯销毁天秤时所说的话，我记得他将天秤扔入熔炉时那决然的表情。他说：“这个世界不需要公平，从未有人将公平放在眼里。”也是那一次，他将我赶下天界，剥夺了我公平之神的称号。
原因，是因为人类认为将更多更好的食物供给宙斯对于他们不公平。
抛弃之物越来越多，只是因为没有了天秤，天秤不止是衡量公平的神奇，更是衡量人心的神器。
宙斯并不是不知道我在人间收集抛弃之物的事情，他只是默许了而已，我要干的事情，他一向是同意的。
这次，我不想再忍了，我不想再看着越来越多的抛弃之物进入抛弃之城，不想再看着抛弃之物的怨念越来越大，不想再看着人类的心灵渐渐被黑暗吞噬。
我要让他们学会珍惜，我要收回曾经给予他们的所有东西，包括生命……
what do i learn from this experience? never give up lightly! life's full of opportunities, and lots of them! to realize your dreams and fulfill your potential, you must learn to work hard and smart and steer your lifeboat wisely! as a li ling's sportswear commercial goes “everything is possible!” but not without sweat, devotion, and tears sometimes!
life is a long journey, during which we are surely going to face many challenges, experience lots of failures, and equally, many opportunities are waving to us, while sweet rewards are waiting for us! to transform these opportunities into fruitful results, or turn those challenges and failures into valuable assets, we must learn to seize the good ones and not to retreat lightly in front of difficulties.
winners can never be quitters!
thank you all!