On the first day of the college, a professor introduced an old lady, Miss Evans to everyone. Then what Miss Evans said greatly1her classmates:" There is a huge difference between growing2 and growing up. I am eighty-seven years old now. I can just stay home and do 3difficult living a peaceful life in old age. Next year I will turn eighty-eight. And I'm getting older. Growing up means always finding chances4_change. Facing challenge and trying to make one's dream5, leaving no regret in life. "
"I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!" she said6 "If we only dream and take no action, then we get no7. But if we plan, set a goal(目标)and take action, then8life leads a different direction. "
"We do not stop playing9we are old. We grow old because we stop playing, " said Miss Evans. "Being happy and 10 success are the only two secrets to staying young."
Goals and11can lead you to achieve more in a year than what some people will achieve in a lifetime. Read many famous12people and you will see that goals and actions play a big role in their success.
You can do much more than you think13 you believe, remember, you can achieve. You can go as long as your mind lets you.
Remember the words of Miss Evans:" It's never too14to take action. The elderly usually don't 15 for what we did, but rather for things we did not do."