第六届希望之星大学组决赛选手崔子琳：演讲稿

　　比赛演讲稿

　　Exams in Life

　　Exam is too familiar a word to us students, but how about exams in life? For instance, how we respond to someone else’s success, or how we react to emergencies or what kind of attitude we hold towards life. In everyday life we face countless choices, and every choice is like a small exam.

　　These exams in life may put on different disguises when they appear. Let’s say a shop assistant gives you more change than you deserve, what would you do? Maybe few people see this as an exam, but it is one of many that test our morals. As a matter of fact, life is made up of these continuous exams. Although we don’t have anyone to mark us, the way we take every small exam makes us different kinds of people.

　　On the other hand, how we regard these exams is also important. Wise people learn lessons from these exams, while others only got too excited or sad with the results. And while we take these exams in life, we should always try to enjoy the process of learning.

　　The most important point is that we shouldn’t be afraid of failures, especially in the exams in life. Great people of the past failed, Abraham Lincoln failed, Thomas Edison failed, but what made the difference was their attitude towards these failures: they learned from their failures and kept on trying. And that’s what exams in life are for: to learn from failures, start again, and never ever give up until you make it.

　　生活中的“考试”

　　“考试”这个字眼对我们学生可以说是再熟悉不过了，可是生活中的“考试”呢？比如说，我们如何面对他人的成功，如何处理紧急情况，或是对生活抱何种态度？在每天的日常生活中，我们都会面对数以百计的选择，而每一个选择，就像生活中一次小小的“考试”。

　　这些生活中的“考试”出现时总会隐藏于形形色色的“伪装”之下：打个比方说，商店售货员多找给了你零钱，你会怎么办？也许极少有人把这看作一种“考试”，但它确实是一种，对我们道德的“考试”。事实上，生活就是由这些“考试”组成的。虽然没有人来给我们打分，但我们给出的每一个不同答案造就了不同的我们。

　　另一方面，能正确看待这些“考试”亦非常重要。智者从过程中汲取经验；愚者为了结果，或喜或悲。当我们参加这种“考试”时，我们应当尝试着去享受学习的过程。

　　最重要的一点是，我们不应害怕失败——尤其是在生活的“考试”中。过去的伟人失败过，林肯失败过，爱迪生失败过，而他们之所以成为伟人，是由于他们面对失败的态度决定的，他们从失败中学习，并且奋斗不息。这也就是这些“考试”的目的：从失败中学习，重新开始，而且永不放弃，永不言败！