OpportunitiesandChallenges

　　First,Iwouldliketoknow,whatdoesyourdestinyofferyou?Happiness,wisdom,astrongbodyorsomethingelse.IfIhadaskedthisquestiontopresidentNixon,hewouldprobablyhadsaid,”Ourdestinyoffersnotthecupofdespair,butthechaliceofopportunity.”

　　Needlesstosay,oneofthebiggestopportunitiesgiventoChinaisthe2008OlympicGames.Tillnow,wehaveusedtwoseventhsofthepreparationtime.Howmuchchangeshaveyouseen?Newroads,newsubwaylines,public-exercisingequipmentswithbeautifulcolors,largeblocksofgrassfields,andalsolotsofmoderngymswhichareunderconstruction.

　　Otherthanthose,thereareevenmoregoodeffectsbroughttousbytheOlympicGamesthatcannotbeseendirectly.Forexample,moreandmorepeoplewillgettoknowChina.I’msurethemysteriousChineseculturewillattractthemstrongly.Andthegameswillalsodogoodtotheeconomyandenvironment,foritisgainingtheattentionofforeigninvestorsandtheawarenessofenvironmentalprotectionisbeingstrengthened.Whatismore,OlympicGamesgiveauniqueopportunitytoinspireandeducateanewgenerationofChineseyouthwiththeOlympicvaluesandtheOlympicspirit.Nowthatwehaveseensomanyadvances,couldyouevenimagineuslosingtheholdingrights?

　　I’vealreadysaidalotabouttheOlympicsandChina.ButIthinkeveryoneshouldusesometimetothinkofthisquestion,”DoestheOlympicGameshaveanyspecialmeaningtoyou?”

　　Forus,ImeantheChineseyouth,2008OlympicGamesisatremendousgift.Becausewhatwearewaitingforistodosomethingsignificantasrepayingthelovegiventous.Thesocietyisjustlikeaship,andinourdreamsthecaptainiswavinghishandandsaying”Hey!Comehereandtakethehelm!”Howcharminghisvoiceis,butwehaveneverheardofitinourtruelife.Thismorning,however,whenwewakeup,wewillseetheOlympicGameswavingitshand.Afterchewing,mostofuswillhaveatleastoneplanaboutwhattodofortheOlympicGames.Andmineistobea“comforter”----thatissomeonewhowillgivecomforttoothers.

　　Attheendofmyspeech,Ihopeallthepreparationwillgowell,andeveryonewillshowtheirabilitytotheworld.Letusseizeopportunitiesandgiveabigsmiletochallenges.

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