Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray
Story
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monologue
Plot
Some pictures
Classic sentences
Thanksgiving
About my view
monologue
• I loved my mother so much 我
爱我的母亲
• She was a drug addict 她是个
瘾君子
• She was an alcoholic 她是个酒
鬼
• She was legally blind 而且基本
失明
• She was a schizophrenic 患有
精神分裂
• but I never forgot that she
loved me 但我不会忘记她一直
爱着我
• even if she did it 即使她忘记了
• all the time 一直如此
• all the time 一直如此
• all the time 一直如此
I'm smart. I know I
can succeed. I just... I
just need the chance.
我很聪明，我知道我能
成功的.我只是...只是需
要一个机会
• I need the chance to climb out
of this place I've been born in.
我需要一个机会让我从糟糕的环
境中爬出来
• Everyone I know just angry,
tired. 我所知道的每个人都是愤
怒的、疲惫的
• They're trying to survive. 他们
试着活下去
• But I know that there's a
world out there that's better.
但我知道...外面的世界才是更好
的世界
• That's better developed. I
wanna live in it. 更好的发展，我
想要住在那里
Plot
• This book told us a story about a girl named Liz
Murray whose parents were addicted to drugs and
what made the worse,her mother was also a great
drinker.Their house was in a mess and nobody tided it
up.They had no money to pay rent for the house.They
had paid all their property for drugs and wine.
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The poor girl struggled to get life back when her
mother hadn't taken drugs.She merely went to school
but always got As.She was warned to be sent into
collecting post,but she never took the warning.Then
she became homeless and spent all days loafing
around on street corners.Her mother ultimately died
of AIDS and she bestired herself.
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The girl wanted to change her present living
lifestyle and started a new life.She got part-time
jobs but studied everyday even when she was
working.She finally got financial aid from New York
Times and went to Harvard.
Some pictures
• She begins to
attend school ,
studying day and
night .
With her intelligence and diligence , she poses as the first one
to be admitted to Harvard in time and finally gets the
scholarship provided by New York Times .
Classic
sentences
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The world moves you just suspect
界在转动，你只是一粒尘埃
世
it could no happen without you 没有你
，世界照样在转
• Situations are not condused to what
you want for yourself 现实不会按照你的
意识去改变的
• Someone else's needs, someone else's
plate is going to be stronger than
yours is. 一些人的需求 一些人的意志要比
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你更强
I was forced to look forward. I had
to... there was no going back 我迫使自
己向前，我必须这样...没有后路
• and I reached a point where I just
thought 当我我意识到这点，我想
• I'm gonna work as hard as I possiblly
can and see what happens “我必须竭尽
所能的工作 看会发生什么"
Thanksgiving
• That's what we remember. I remember
riding with my mother through the slips. 我记
得和母亲一起从斜坡上滑下来
• The year ending. but her arms were warm
around me when I was little and she was well.
那一年结束的时候，她用臂膀温暖着我，当时我
还小，她也很健康
• That was long ago. maybe it only happened
once. 那是很久以前了，也许就只有那么一次
• Maybe she betrayed me a thousand times. it
didn't matter. 也许她背弃了我上千次，但没有
关系
• Liz overcomes all the
obstacles on her way to
happiness . And also ,
the true drive maybe
love , one for family
and herself . Although
surrounded with such
terrible environment at
her young age , she still
thinks the most
memorable thing is her
mother taking her to a
park , screaming and
laughing instead of her
great achievement .
About my view
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In Liz’s struggle, I do saw the span from Homeless to
Harvard and it’s convincible and touching. Maybe we all have the
times to suspect the combat between chance and work. Not
being success after a long long marching always defeats my
passion of life. I even hold the view that it’s not justice, but
actually, the world is both justice and unfair. What we could do
is just to spare no efforts to pursuit the destination. And also ,
I still always set my own standard of excellence, but someone
will also be more hard working and convicted than me , so , I
know that success is never final, just like Liz stay nights again
and again ,just for the promising tempting future, she
interpreted the implication of dream and life.
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And now, I am on my way to my dream, whether it could be
achieved is surly insecure. But the truth is that, I don’t mind it
at all, I just stick to it, and the results are just a matter of
time or an issue of destiny. That’s what Liz taught me, what
about you? Are you on the audacious way?
• Sometimes , as is the
case with Liz , we have
no choice but to stick
to moving towards and
appreciate all the
hardships rather than
complain , to find the
beauties in the despair
of life .Liz lays a good
example to us and I am
convinced that as long
as we keep on moving ,
one day we will achieve
our goals !
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
• 每个人的心中都有一个童话，故事的主角是
我们自己，只有我们才能决定故事的结局，
为了童话美丽的结局，永远不要放弃!
• 我们都是平凡的人，但可以让自己的生活不
平凡 !
Thank you！
Bye bye ！