Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

1. Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story • monologue • Plot • Some pictures • Classic sentences • Thanksgiving • About my view

2. monologue • I loved my mother so much 我爱我的母亲 • She was a drug addict 她是个瘾君子 • She was an alcoholic 她是个酒鬼 • She was legally blind 而且基本失明 • She was a schizophrenic 患有精神分裂 • but I never forgot that she loved me 但我不会忘记她一直爱着我 • even if she did it 即使她忘记了 • all the time 一直如此 • all the time 一直如此 • all the time 一直如此

3. I'm smart. I know I can succeed. I just... I just need the chance.我很聪明，我知道我能成功的.我只是...只是需要一个机会 • I need the chance to climb out of this place I've been born in. 我需要一个机会让我从糟糕的环境中爬出来 • Everyone I know just angry, tired. 我所知道的每个人都是愤怒的、疲惫的 • They're trying to survive. 他们试着活下去 • But I know that there's a world out there that's better. 但我知道...外面的世界才是更好的世界 • That's better developed. I wanna live in it. 更好的发展，我想要住在那里

4. Plot • This book told us a story about a girl named Liz Murray whose parents were addicted to drugs and what made the worse,her mother was also a great drinker.Their house was in a mess and nobody tided it up.They had no money to pay rent for the house.They had paid all their property for drugs and wine. • The poor girl struggled to get life back when her mother hadn't taken drugs.She merely went to school but always got As.She was warned to be sent into collecting post,but she never took the warning.Then she became homeless and spent all days loafing around on street corners.Her mother ultimately died of AIDS and she bestired herself. • The girl wanted to change her present living lifestyle and started a new life.She got part-time jobs but studied everyday even when she was working.She finally got financial aid from New York Times and went to Harvard.

5. Some pictures She begins to attend school , studying day and night .

6. With her intelligence and diligence , she poses as the first one to be admitted to Harvard in time and finally gets the scholarship provided by New York Times .

7. Classic sentences • The world moves you just suspect世界在转动，你只是一粒尘埃 • it could no happen without you没有你，世界照样在转 • Situations are not condused to what you want for yourself现实不会按照你的意识去改变的 • Someone else's needs, someone else's plate is going to be stronger than yours is. 一些人的需求 一些人的意志要比你更强 • I was forced to look forward. I had to... there was no going back 我迫使自己向前，我必须这样...没有后路 • and I reached a point where I just thought 当我我意识到这点，我想 • I'm gonna work as hard as I possiblly can and see what happens “我必须竭尽所能的工作 看会发生什么"

8. Thanksgiving • That's what we remember. I remember riding with my mother through the slips. 我记得和母亲一起从斜坡上滑下来 • The year ending. but her arms were warm around me when I was little and she was well. 那一年结束的时候，她用臂膀温暖着我，当时我还小，她也很健康 • That was long ago. maybe it only happened once. 那是很久以前了，也许就只有那么一次 • Maybe she betrayed me a thousand times. it didn't matter. 也许她背弃了我上千次，但没有关系

9. Liz overcomes all the obstacles on her way to happiness . And also , the true drive maybe love , one for family and herself . Although surrounded with such terrible environment at her young age , she still thinks the most memorable thing is her mother taking her to a park , screaming and laughing instead of her great achievement .

10. About my view • In Liz’s struggle, I do saw the span from Homeless to Harvard and it’s convincible and touching. Maybe we all have the times to suspect the combat between chance and work. Not being success after a long long marching always defeats my passion of life. I even hold the view that it’s not justice, but actually, the world is both justice and unfair. What we could do is just to spare no efforts to pursuit the destination. And also , I still always set my own standard of excellence, but someone will also be more hard working and convicted than me , so , I know that success is never final, just like Liz stay nights again and again ,just for the promising tempting future, she interpreted the implication of dream and life. • 　　 And now, I am on my way to my dream, whether it could be achieved is surly insecure. But the truth is that, I don’t mind it at all, I just stick to it, and the results are just a matter of time or an issue of destiny. That’s what Liz taught me, what about you? Are you on the audacious way?

11. Sometimes , as is the case with Liz , we have no choice but to stick to moving towards and appreciate all the hardships rather than complain , to find the beauties in the despair of life .Liz lays a good example to us and I am convinced that as long as we keep on moving , one day we will achieve our goals !

12. Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story • 每个人的心中都有一个童话，故事的主角是我们自己，只有我们才能决定故事的结局，为了童话美丽的结局，永远不要放弃! • 我们都是平凡的人，但可以让自己的生活不平凡 !Thank you！ Bye bye ！