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阅读理解
Decide
to Do Well
Everybody makes decisions in daily life.
They can be as important as what you will do in the future or as simple as what
you will eat for breakfast. Any decision could be the turning point of your
life.
I made an important decision when I was in
Junior 3.
Before I made that decision I was one of
the boys who tried too hard to act as an adult. I didn't know that only kids
want to show themselves as adults.
I didn't listen to my parents and teachers,
and my grades became poor. Then came the high school entrance exam.
At the turning point of my life, my mum
wanted to have a conversation with me. I wanted to turn it down but when I
looked at her eyes, I felt I couldn't refuse. Instead of asking me to study
hard, to my surprise, mum just asked what I wanted to do in the future. Without
thinking too much, I just said I would like to study hard.
Mum smiled and asked again, "I asked
'what do you WANT to do'?"
I never seriously thought about the
question. So, I kept silent.
"Whether you want to go on studying or
enter the society," she went on, "it is your own decision. Your life ought
to be decided by you, not by anyone else, including me. "After saying
that, she had tears in her eyes.
For the first time in my life I was asked
to make my own decision. I sat in my chair and thought about myself, my life
and what kind of person I wanted to become.
It
took me what seemed to be ages to make the biggest decision so far in nay
life-I wanted to be a man who makes a difference in the world. To achieve that,
I needed to study hard.
The
path to my future became clear to me. I didn't act rebelliously(叛逆地) any more. With passion (激情) in my heart, I
studied hard.
Now, I'm 17 and I'm in one of the best
schools in my city, in one of the best classes at the school and I am one of
the best students in the class.
Thanks to that decision, I have become what I
am today.
