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.

當假日季來臨的時候，我要父母和圣誕老人送我一個網(wǎng)球拍。我記得在學校的時候，老師讓我們列出三件最想要的圣誕禮物。把它們寫下來后，我們要把清單貼在教室盡頭角落那兒的黑板上。我用紅紙寫下我的愿望清單，這樣同學們就會注意到這是我寫的。

現(xiàn)在我知道，當時向同學們宣揚自己長大后想成為什么樣的人，我當時是多么得意。我的第一個愿望曾是成為一位著名的網(wǎng)球運動員！我知道班里除了我沒有人有這樣的愿望。不過，好在我的同學和老師并沒有取笑我。

從那以后15 年過去了，但我仍然記得我是多么努力地提高自己的網(wǎng)球技術。我每年夏天都在我家附近的網(wǎng)球場打球，也和那里的年長球員一起打球。我自學的網(wǎng)球，因為請教練很貴。我試著以艱難而漫長的方式去做這件事，但由于學業(yè)，我能花在童年夢想上的時間有限。我不得不在學生生活、獨生女生活（有更多的家務要做） 和網(wǎng)球迷的生活之間維持平衡。

那時候我17 歲，我知道人很難隨心所欲地做每一件事。最后我不得不放棄學習網(wǎng)球，因為學業(yè)和花時間陪伴家人才是最重要的?，F(xiàn)在我正在學習獨立生活，我希望有時間的話，如果有機會，我會再打一次網(wǎng)球。