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《我的職業夢想》是女兒Carol17歲參加第七屆"21世紀杯"全國中學生英語演講比賽 "21st Century"National High School English Speech Competition) 時的一篇命題演講稿。
當年，這篇演講稿把我和她父親都看哭了。
我們不知道是悲還是喜，或許都有吧，五味雜成。悲是因為讓自己的孩子過早地介入到了紛繁復雜的成人世界里，而喜的是那段經歷讓女兒親歷并感受到了什么叫生活的磨礪……
那年演講，她獲得了上海賽區一等獎。
8年后的今天，Carol成了一名新聞從業者。唱歌依然是她生命中極其重要的！
有時候，苦難就是一筆不可多得的財富！
感謝苦難！
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 我的職業夢想
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?My Career Dream
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?By Carol Lin 林憶菁
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?（2008年11月）
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to share my career dreams with all of you today.
女士們、先生們，下午好。今天我將與你們分享我的職業夢想。
A few days ago, I had the interview with the principal of the University of San Francisco. He started the interview with a question asking what I dreamed to be after college. I answered without any deliberation. I said I want to be a lawyer who sometimes sings on Broadway!
幾天前我參加了一個舊金山大學校長的面試會。一開始，他就問了我一個問題。他問：大學畢業后，你想做什么？我毫不猶豫地回答說：我想成為一個有時會在百老匯獻唱一曲的律師！
Well, the principal found it very interesting, and perhaps you feel the same that how these 2 careers are combined and became my career dreams. Well, it all has to do with the private schools my mum and dad set up.
那位校長覺得我的夢想非常有意思?？赡苣銈円灿型校哼@兩個職業怎么會被放在一起，并成為我的職業夢想。其實，這跟我父母所創辦的私立學校有關。
In the year 2005, after experiencing the ups and downs for several years, the schools faced the adversity of being confiscated by the government simply. Before all the school kids and the teachers left, the last annual school ceremony was held as usual.
2005年，在經歷了幾年的風風雨雨之后，學校面臨著將被政府沒收的逆境。就在孩子們和老師離開之前，最后一場學校年度典禮如往常一樣舉行。
When the song ?was played, all the kids, the parents, the school staff, and me, we, we all cried. Not because of weakness, but because of the hope in the lyrics.
當《憂愁河上的金橋》的音樂響起時，所有的孩子、家長、學校團隊和我，我們都哭了，不是因為軟弱，而是因為歌詞中所蘊涵的希望。
It said: "When you’re weary, feeling small; When evening falls so hard, and times get rough; I’m on your side, and I will ease your mind, like a bridge over trouble water, I will ease your mind".
"當你無助并感到渺小的時候；當夜晚無情地降臨，而日子過得艱難的時候"，就象歌詞中所說的那樣 "我會站在你身旁，我會安慰你，就象憂愁河上的金橋，我會安撫你的心靈"。
That’s why I want to be a singer. I want to sing the melody and the lyrics out loud. Maybe someday, somewhere, somebody will hear it, and feels the same courage inside.
這就是為什么我想成為一名歌手的原因，我希望能把旋律和歌詞都大聲地唱出來?；蛟S某一天，某一個地點，某一個人會聽到我的歌聲，也能從中感受到那份勇氣。
The schools were after all closed. I was 14 years old that year.I did not understand why a school, loved by the students and the parents, disappeared overnight.
學校最終還是被關閉了。那年我14歲。那時我還不明白為什么一個受學生和家長熱愛的學校，竟然會在一夜之間就消失了
But as I’ve grew older, I came to realize that in China, private education is still in rudimentary step. And the investors in Chinese private education, their rights should be better protected. And ever since then I have had the dream to become a lawyer.
當我漸漸長大，我開始意識到，在中國，民辦教育還處于起步階段，而民辦教育投資者的權利和義務還沒有受到應有的保障。也正是從那時候起，我有了想成為一名律師的夢想。
Well, Barack Obama said that changes have come to us all already. He’s definitely right. And my career dream is to be a lawyer who’s ready for those changes; who’s ready to establish more rules to ensure our future lives are productive.
奧巴馬說"改變已經發生在我們身邊"。他說得完全正確！而我的職業夢想就是想成為一名隨時為了這些“改變”而時刻準備的律師，去建立更多的規則，以保障我們的未來生活更富有成效。
If someday, people require more regulations to restrict them, to protect them; If someday, lawyers are needed to maintain order on other planets; If someday, you get tired of this rational life, and yearn for the release of your emotions;
或許有一天，當越來越多的人，希望制定出更多的規則去約束、保護他們的時候；或許有一天，在其他星球上，也同樣需要律師來維持秩序的時候；或許有一天，當你厭倦了這種理性的生活，渴望去釋放你自己情緒的時候；
Please, please call me and come sing with me, we’ll sort it out together. Because all of these are my career dreams. And I hope they all come true!
請一定要告訴我，然后跟著我一起唱，我們會第一時間出現在那里。因為這些就是我的職業夢想我希望一切都能夠夢想成真。
Thank you all.
謝謝你們。
