儿时的梦想运动
I was ten years old when I startedwanting to become a professional1 tennisplayer in my country. I could stillremember myself sitting on a sofa， whilewatching a sports event2 on TV. I sawtwo tall tennis players having a women’ssingles3 match. I watched with deepfascination4 as I imagined myselfsomeday being in the position of thewinning5 player. I also imagined I washolding a tennis racquet6， hitting the ballhard when it passed my court andsending it back.
I really felt good every time my mindwould wander7 to this wonderful world.This was one of the reasons I watchedtennis matches all over the world. Iwanted to learn everything from myfavorite players.
When the holiday season came in， Iasked my parents and Santa Claus for atennis racquet. I remember I was inschool when our teacher asked us to listour top three Christmas gifts. Afterwriting them down， we were asked topaste8 our lists on a board9 at the cornerend of the classroom. I used red paperfor my wish list so that my classmateswould notice that it came from me.
Now I know how proud10 I was to letmy classmates know who and what Iwanted to become when I grew up. Mynumber one wish was to become a famoustennis player！ I knew that nobody but mein my class had wished for it. Good thingis that my classmates and teachers did notmake fun of me， though.
Fifteen years have passed sincethen， but I can still remember how muchI tried to make my tennis skills better. Iplayed every summer in the tennis courtin our neighborhood， and played witholder players there as well. I learnedtennis on my own， as hiring11 a coach12was expensive. I tried to do it the hardand long way， but the time I could spendon my childhood dream was limited13because of my studies. I had tobalance14 my life as a student， an onlychild （more housework to do） and atennis fan.
I was seventeen that time， and Iknew it was hard to do everything as Iwish. At last I had to give up learningtennis because my study and time forfamily are more important than anythingelse. Now that I am learning to live bymyself， I hopeto find timeand， if there isan opportunity15， I willplay tennis once again.
当假日季来临的时候，我要父母和圣诞老人送我一个网球拍。我记得在学校的时候，老师让我们列出三件最想要的圣诞礼物。把它们写下来后，我们要把清单贴在教室尽头角落那儿的黑板上。我用红纸写下我的愿望清单，这样同学们就会注意到这是我写的。
现在我知道，当时向同学们宣扬自己长大后想成为什么样的人，我当时是多么得意。我的第一个愿望曾是成为一位著名的网球运动员！我知道班里除了我没有人有这样的愿望。不过，好在我的同学和老师并没有取笑我。
从那以后15 年过去了，但我仍然记得我是多么努力地提高自己的网球技术。我每年夏天都在我家附近的网球场打球，也和那里的年长球员一起打球。我自学的网球，因为请教练很贵。我试着以艰难而漫长的方式去做这件事，但由于学业，我能花在童年梦想上的时间有限。我不得不在学生生活、独生女生活（有更多的家务要做） 和网球迷的生活之间维持平衡。
那时候我17 岁，我知道人很难随心所欲地做每一件事。最后我不得不放弃学习网球，因为学业和花时间陪伴家人才是最重要的。现在我正在学习独立生活，我希望有时间的话，如果有机会，我会再打一次网球。