把握住改变命运的机会 中英文演讲稿.docVIP

How many of you are tired of seeingcelebrities adopting kids from the African continent? Well, its not all that bad. 你们之中有多少人已经对那些从非洲领养小孩的明星而感到厌倦了？嗯，那也不全是坏事。 I was adopted.I grew up in rural Uganda, lost both my parents when I was very, very young.And when my parents passed, I experienced all the negative effects of poverty,from homelessness, eating out of trash piles, you name it. 我就是被其中领养的一员。我在乌干达的郊区长大，在我很小的时候，我的父母就去世了。在我父母离世之后，我经历了所有贫困带来的困难，从无家可归，到捡食路边的垃圾，所有你能想得到的。 But my life changed when I got acceptedinto an or phanage. Through one of those sponsor-an-orphan programs, I was sponsored and given an opportunity to acquire an education. I started off in Uganda. I went through school, and the way this particular program worked, you finished high school and after high school, you go learn a trade - to become a carpenter, a mechanic or something along those lines. 但自从我被一家孤儿院收养 我的生活就发生了巨变。通过孤儿院的一个补助项目，我获得了接受教育的机会，以及相应的资助。一开始是在乌干达。我去了学校念书，而根据这个项目的运作流程，他们会在你读完高中以后，送你去学一门手艺，比如木匠，或者机修工或者其他的一些专业技术。 My case was a little different. The sponsor family that was sending these 25 dollars a month to this or phanage to sponsor me, which - I had never met them - said, Well ... we would like to send you to college instead. Oh - it gets better. 而我的情况却有所不同。每个月我会在孤儿院收到25美元补助。这钱来自资助我的家庭，我从未见过他们他们说，“我们希望资助你去上大学” 哦，那再好不过了。 And they said, If you get the paperwork, well send you to school in America instead. So with their help, I went to the embassy and applied for the visa. I got the visa. 他们还说：“如果你能通过申请 我们会把你送到美国的大学读书。“ 所以，在他们的帮助下，我去大使馆申请了签证。并且通过了签证。 I remember this day like it was yesterday. I walked out of the embassy with this piece of paper in my hand, a hop in mystep, smile on my face, knowing that my life is about to change. I went home that night, and I slept with my passport, because I was afraid that someone might steal it. 那一天对我来说就像昨天一样。我拿着手里的文件走出大使馆，一路蹦跳，难掩笑意，我明白我的生活将不复从前。那天晚上我回到家里，抱着我的护照睡着了，因为我担心有人会把它偷走。 I couldnt fall asleep. I kept feeling it.I had a good idea for securit