My Ideal

Everyone has his own ideal. The ideal may be a desire to produce power and rank from a selfish motive. It may also be a desire to do something good to our society. The ideal I set for my life is to be a scientist.

This ideal resulted from my knowledge about scientists and science. When I was a junior middle school student I read a lot of books about scientists and inventors such as Edison, Bell, etc. and I was greatly inspired by their achievements. By and by I knew that the progress of mankind was brought about by compasses, printing, seismographs, steam engines, computers, rockets, spacecrafts, and that science was to man's civilization what water was to fish. I believe that science was a great force to push our society forward and that if a person made contributions to science, his or her life was worthwhile.

Now I'm determined to devote my whole life to science. I will work hard to reach the peak of science.

Notes:

这是一篇议论文。作者在概括了不同的理想后，说出了自己的理想，意在突出自己的理想的远大与高尚。接着作者谈到产生这一理想的思想根源。随着对科学家和科学的了解，作者逐渐认识到：人类文明离不开科学，科学是推动社会前进的巨大动力。作者的理想就是建立在这样一种认识基础之上的。最后，作者陈述了自己的决心：一定要终生致力于科学事业，为攀登科学高峰而努力工作。