What do I want to be? This is not the first time this question has come up to me, but many times in the past. My friends and my parents have all asked me the same question. In the past, I thought I didn't have to worry about it, I was just a kid. As I get older, I started to have an idea of what I want to be. Now as the new century is coming ahead of us, I think I should make it clear to myself what I want to be when I grow up. When the 21st cen-tury comes, China will be filled with new technology and new im-provements. The country needs a group of youngsters¹ to help built it. I also think that from now on, all the teenagers in China should have an idea -of what they want to be when they grow up.

As for me, I just want to be simply successful. Whichever job I'm going to have, I want to do a good job. Since I believe that I'm good at persuading people and helping² people, I think I'm going to be a lawyer or a businesswoman. I like talking people into things or out of things. I would like to defend for the inno-cent people and put the criminals³ in jail⁴ for a safer society and for a better environment. As a businesswoman, I would help my com-pany with projects, and I'm sure whichever company I work for, it will get a lot of money with my help.

In conclusion, whatever job I'm going to have, I'll do my best to be successful. Even though now I'm only a junior student, I should do my best in all the school subjects and accomplish⁵ de-velopments in other interests also. Simply, I think I'll be happy no matter what I'm going to be.

指导教师：王小玫