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Dreams really do exist. But in the morning when you wake up， they are remembered just as a dream. That is what happened to me.
I always had the dream to dance. When I was young， I would dance around and around in the fields of wildflowers that grew in my backyard. Reality woke me up when I heard a voice saying， “I don’t know why you bother trying to dance. You don’t have the talent to be a ballerina.” Hearing that， I fell to the ground and wept for hours.
We lived in the countryside by a lake. My mother criticized everything because she thought nothing was ever perfect in her life. She dreamed of a different life but she ended up living in the countryside， far away from the city where she believed her dreams would have come true.
梦的的确确是存在的，但是当你早上醒来的时候，你所记得的仅仅是一个梦而已。这正是发生在我身上的事。
我一直梦想着跳舞。小时候，我常常在自家屋后开满野花的田地里跳舞。当我听到一个声音说：“我不明白你为什么要浪费工夫去尝试跳舞，你没有成为芭蕾舞者的天资。”现实让我从梦里醒了过来。听了那些话后，我瘫倒在地上，哭了好几个小时。
我们家住在乡下，附近有一座湖。妈妈遇到什么事都要抱怨，因为她觉得自己的生活处处不如意。她梦想着过另一种不同的生活，结果她却在乡下住了下来，离城市很远，而她认为她的梦想可以在城市得以实现。
I enjoyed hanging out by the water. I would sit there for hours and stare at my reflection. There I was， looking nothing like a pretty ballerina. Reflections don’t lie. Once the waves came， my reflection would be gone—washed away， just like my dream to dance.
As I grew older， I began to realize that the reason my dream was even born was that it was something that was inside me. The dream I had was never cared for， so it slowly died. It’s not that I wanted it to die， but I allowed it to die the day I started listening to the words， “You can’t do it.” When I finally woke up from many years of dreaming， I realized that I couldn’t settle for dancing in the wildflowers. I had to move on to the stage.
我喜歡待在湖边。我可以在那里坐上几个小时，盯着自己的倒影看。水中的我一点也不像个漂亮的芭蕾舞者，倒影是不会骗人的。每次波浪荡过来，我的倒影就消失了——被冲掉了，就像我想跳舞的梦想一样消失了。
长大后我开始明白，我之所以怀有这个梦想，是因为它就在我心里。但是我的梦想从未得到过培育和呵护，因此它慢慢地“死”去了。并不是我希望它“死”去，但是从我听到“你做不到”这句话的那一天，我就放任它“死”去。最后，当我从多年来的梦想中醒悟时，我才明白：仅仅在野花丛中起舞是不够的，我得设法到舞台上去跳舞。
Vocabulary
exist v. 存在;实际上有
bother v. 费心;花费时间、精力
ballerina n. 芭蕾舞女演员
weep v. 哭泣，流泪（wept是过去式形式）
criticize v. 挑剔;指责（criticized是过去式形式）
reflection n. 映照出的影像
wave n. 波浪;波涛（waves是复数形式）
realize v. 理解;领会;意识到
settle for 勉强接受;将就
I always had the dream to dance. When I was young， I would dance around and around in the fields of wildflowers that grew in my backyard. Reality woke me up when I heard a voice saying， “I don’t know why you bother trying to dance. You don’t have the talent to be a ballerina.” Hearing that， I fell to the ground and wept for hours.
We lived in the countryside by a lake. My mother criticized everything because she thought nothing was ever perfect in her life. She dreamed of a different life but she ended up living in the countryside， far away from the city where she believed her dreams would have come true.
梦的的确确是存在的，但是当你早上醒来的时候，你所记得的仅仅是一个梦而已。这正是发生在我身上的事。
我一直梦想着跳舞。小时候，我常常在自家屋后开满野花的田地里跳舞。当我听到一个声音说：“我不明白你为什么要浪费工夫去尝试跳舞，你没有成为芭蕾舞者的天资。”现实让我从梦里醒了过来。听了那些话后，我瘫倒在地上，哭了好几个小时。
我们家住在乡下，附近有一座湖。妈妈遇到什么事都要抱怨，因为她觉得自己的生活处处不如意。她梦想着过另一种不同的生活，结果她却在乡下住了下来，离城市很远，而她认为她的梦想可以在城市得以实现。
I enjoyed hanging out by the water. I would sit there for hours and stare at my reflection. There I was， looking nothing like a pretty ballerina. Reflections don’t lie. Once the waves came， my reflection would be gone—washed away， just like my dream to dance.
As I grew older， I began to realize that the reason my dream was even born was that it was something that was inside me. The dream I had was never cared for， so it slowly died. It’s not that I wanted it to die， but I allowed it to die the day I started listening to the words， “You can’t do it.” When I finally woke up from many years of dreaming， I realized that I couldn’t settle for dancing in the wildflowers. I had to move on to the stage.
我喜歡待在湖边。我可以在那里坐上几个小时，盯着自己的倒影看。水中的我一点也不像个漂亮的芭蕾舞者，倒影是不会骗人的。每次波浪荡过来，我的倒影就消失了——被冲掉了，就像我想跳舞的梦想一样消失了。
长大后我开始明白，我之所以怀有这个梦想，是因为它就在我心里。但是我的梦想从未得到过培育和呵护，因此它慢慢地“死”去了。并不是我希望它“死”去，但是从我听到“你做不到”这句话的那一天，我就放任它“死”去。最后，当我从多年来的梦想中醒悟时，我才明白：仅仅在野花丛中起舞是不够的，我得设法到舞台上去跳舞。
Vocabulary
exist v. 存在;实际上有
bother v. 费心;花费时间、精力
ballerina n. 芭蕾舞女演员
weep v. 哭泣，流泪（wept是过去式形式）
criticize v. 挑剔;指责（criticized是过去式形式）
reflection n. 映照出的影像
wave n. 波浪;波涛（waves是复数形式）
realize v. 理解;领会;意识到
settle for 勉强接受;将就