【正文】 us to study hard and work hard so as to honor our family. To me, however, this family is not just the five of us who quarreled over television programmes. Rather, it is the whole of the human family. As I am making my choices, I will not forget the smile of my teacher when I correctly spelled out the word amp。s just my own business. amp。Itamp。m too young to have experienced the time when the Chinese people had no right to choose. However, as the next century draws near, it is time to ask: What does choice really mean to us young people?
　　Is choice a game that relies on chance or luck? Is choice an empty promise that never materializes? Or is choice a puzzle so difficult that we have to avoid it?
　　First, I would like to say: To choose means to claim opportunities.
　　I am a thirdyear English major. An important choice for me, of course, is what to do upon graduation. I can go to graduate school, at home or abroad. I can go to work as a teacher, a translator, a journalist, an editor and a diplomat. Actually, the system of mutual selection has allowed me to approach almost every career opportunity in China.
　　Indeed, this is not going to be an easy choice. I would love to work in such big cities as Beijing or Shanghai or Shenzhen. I would also love to return to my hometown, which is intimate, though slightly lagging in development. I would love to stay in the coastal area where life is exciting and fastpaced. I would also love to put down roots in central and western China, which is underdeveloped, but holds great potential.
　　All of these sound good. But they are only possibilities. To those of us who are bewildered at the abundance of opportunities, I would like to say: To choose means to accept challenge. To us young people, challenge often emerges in the form of petition. In the next century, petition will not only e from other college graduates, but also from people of all ages and of all origins.
　　With increasing international exchanges, we have to face growing petition from the whole outside world. This is calling for a higher level of our personal development.
　　Fifteen years ago, the knowledge of a foreign language or of puter operation was considered merely an advantage. But today, with wider educational opportunities, this same knowledge has bee essential to everyone.
　　Given this situation, even our smallest choices will require great wisdom and personal determination.
　　As we gain more initiative in choice making, the consequence of each choice also bees more important.
　　As we gain more initiative in choice making, the consequence of each choice also bees more important.
　　Nuclear power, for instance, may improve our quality of life. But it can also be used to damage the lives and possessions of millions.
　　Economic development has enriched our lives but brought with it serious harm to our air, water and health.
　　To those of us who are blind to the consequences of their choices, I would like to say, To choose means to take responsibi