Sudeepta Rao

My name is Mindy. Earlier this week， I was very confused1 when someoneasked me， “Mindy， what do you want to become when you grow up？”You see， Idont really know！

My mum is a pastry chef2 . Sometimes， I help her bake3 the cakes. She thinks Idlike to be a very good pastry chef when I grow up. My best friend Jia and I take dancinglessons together. She thinks we should become ballerinas4 when we grow up. I also takesinging lessons. Adam thinks he and I should start a band5！ My good friend Cindywants to start a veterinarian6 clinic with me when we grow up， because we bothlove animals.

I was so confused！ So， I wrote Papa a letter. I told him what everyone hadsaid and asked him， “What should I become when I grow up， Papa？”Soon， hewrote back.

Dear Mindy，

There is much time to decide what you want to become when you grow up. Actually7，you could be all these things and so many other things！ So， right now， just work hard atlearning everything and be kind to everyone. The future8 then will take care of itself.

From

Papa

Well， I think thats a piece of good advice！

我叫明迪。本周早些時候，有人問我：“明迪，你長大后想成為什么樣的人呢？”我很困惑。你看，我真的不知道！

我媽媽是一名糕點師。有時，我會幫她烤蛋糕。她認為我長大后想成為一個很好的糕點師。我最好的朋友希亞和我一起上舞蹈課。她認為我們長大后應該成為芭蕾舞演員。我還要上唱歌課。亞當認為他和我應該組建一支樂隊！

我的好朋友辛迪想在我們長大后和我一起開一家獸醫(yī)診所，因為我們都喜歡動物。

我太困惑了！所以，我給爸爸寫了一封信。我告訴他大家說的話，然后問他：“爸爸，我長大后應該成為什么樣的人呢？”很快，他給我回信了。

親愛的明迪：

當你長大之后袁你有很多時間來決定想成為什么樣的人遙事實上袁這些事情你都可以去做袁你還可以去做許多其他的事情浴所以袁現(xiàn)在你只要努力學習袁善待每一個人遙未來自有其安排。

爸爸

好吧，我認為這是一條好建議！

英語原文選自：bookspring.org

Notes

1. confused? 困惑的；糊涂的；混亂的

2. pastry chef 糕點師

3. bake? 烤；烘；焙

4. ballerina? 芭蕾舞女演員

5. band? 樂隊

6. veterinarian 獸醫(yī)

7. actually? 實際上；事實上

8. future 未來；將來