Hellow everyone :

　　Today I will give a speech about the film Homeless to Harvard: The Liz  Murray Story!

　　If there are really a movie that can’t be missed, I think it is this. I  felt I was so lucky when I finished watching it because this film really gave me  much.

　　She is called Liz, she is not a normal person like her families, at least  she herself holds this opinion. Her parents are both drug addicts ,at the same  time ,her mother is a drunkard(酒鬼). No one can talk about his or her birth with  the God, including Liz. She was born in a family with no money, no hope or  anything else about happiness. She has never been cared for by her parents! Even  she usually has no food to eat, no clothes to change, let alone books to read.  But she does not hate them at all, for all of her life. In this film we can see  how she loves her families. She takes care of her sick mother at an age that she  should be taken care of. As she says, it seems that her mother were more like  her baby.

　　After her mother’s death she decides to go to school instead of escaping  life. She knows that one must try her best to do well as long as he/she is  alive. She faces the choice and she does the right one.

　　Some people live just to survive(有些人活著只是為了生存) but she doesn’t. She wants to  change the condition and she knows working hard can make it come true, so she  does. And she succeeds.

　　Some of us may meet some difficulties which can’t be talked with Liz’s at  the same time. But we can see how many gave it up. We could submit to everything  that is happening and live a life of excuses but we could also push ourselves  and make our life better(我們可以為自己尋找各種借口對生活低頭，但也可以迫使自己創造更好的生活). Sometimes we just  need the courage to say that we have no choice but being successful, the courage  to say that we must try harder to win more respects, the courage to say that I  am gonna to work as hard as I possibly can, and see what will happens!

　　Compared with Liz, we are lucky enough. We have good physical condition and  environment. We have no reason to let anyone down. Liz is optimistic , she feel  that she is lucky because she has no security, no other ways to choose, so she  has to go ahead! Maybe we give ourselves too much room to escape. We need to  question our heart: What’s your dream? How do you plan to live your life? Have  you really tried your best? Why can’t you make it while others can?

　　People should be inspired and by something from time to time. If you need,  I think this is a good chance. That’s all, thank you!

　　《風雨哈佛路》觀后感 Impression of Homeless to Harvard

　　Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Storyis one of my most favorite movie,  tellingthe motivational story of a Harvard girl Liz Murray. Liz has a tragic  childhood.Her parents took drugs and she began to beg at her eight. When she was  fifteenyears old, her mother died of AIDS and her father entered the shelter.  However,she was not degenerate but, when she was seventeen, she finished four  years ofhigh school courses in two years and got the 1996 The New York  Timesfirst-class scholarship, admitted to Harvard. This film is a wake-up call,  expressinga poor suffering girl who changes her life with perseverance, faith  and strongwillpower, showing the theme that once you work hard, you can achieve.  I amdeeply moved by this film and the story of Liz. I think I can feel her  weaknesswhen she was in trouble and hardness, but all she does proves that she  wouldnever be struck down by the reality. She always owns the faith that she  canchange her life by herself. I think it’s a faith that we should have,  too.

　　《風雨哈佛路》：莉茲穆雷的故事是我最喜歡的電影之一，它講述的是一個哈佛女孩莉茲穆雷的勵志故事。莉茲的童年是悲慘的，她的父母吸毒于是她八歲的時候就開始乞討。當她十五歲的時候，她的母親死于艾滋病并且她的父親進入了庇護所。但是她并沒有退縮，相反，她十七歲的時候用兩年的時間修完了四年的高中課程，并且獲得了1996年紐約時報一等獎學金被哈佛大學錄取。這部影片是一個警鐘，描述了一個貧窮苦難的女孩憑借頑強，信念和堅強的意志改變了她的生活，闡明了這樣一個主題，即只要努力就可以實現夢想。我深深的被這部影片和莉茲的故事所打動。我想我能夠體會到她陷入困苦時的脆弱，但是她所做的一切證明了她不會被現實打倒。她總是持著能夠自己改變命運的信念。我認為這也是我們應該有的信念。