假如可以选择

醉心于古文化研究的英国历史学家汤因比曾经说过，如果可以选择出生的时代与地点，他愿意出生在公元一世纪的中国新疆，居里夫人在写给外甥女涵娜的信上也说过:“你写信对我说，你愿意生在一世纪以前……伊雷娜则对我肯定地说过，她宁可生得晚些，生在未来的世纪里。”，读了这些材料，我也开始了想象，假如可以选择，我选择生在哪里，生在哪个年代呢?想来想去，给了自己一个肯定的回答，如果可以选择出生的时代和地点，我还是选择生在当今的中国。

假如可以选择时代，我选择生在当今。我是一名来自农村的女学生，父亲、祖父、曾祖父，直到以上多少辈，我的家里人是世世代代的农民，多少辈的女人，都奉行着“女子无才便是德”，终生不识一个字，在家里生养一群群的孩子，每天围着锅台转圈，或者和男人一样扛着锄头在田地里滴撒汗珠。终生不知道外面世界的精彩，有的甚至从没走出过自己生活一辈子的小村子。而我，虽然和她们一样出生在农民家庭，就因为我出生在了当代，所以我可以坐在明亮的教室里接受先进的教育，可以“风声雨声读书声，声声入耳;家事国事天下事，事事关心”。将来，大学毕业后，我还可以施展我的才华，在我喜爱的领域做我想做的工作。因为，在我们现在这个时代，男女实现了完全的平等，女人完全顶起了半边天，不管是在中国，还是外国，女商人、女老板甚至是政界女领导人，都不再是稀奇的事情。所以，假如可以选择出生时代，我还会选择出生在当代。

假如可以选择出生地点，我选择生在中国。我出生在这个团结的社会主义大家庭里，这里有我同是黄皮肤、黑头发、黑眼睛的13亿同胞。在2008年的北京奥运会上，每一块金牌都同时牵动着所有中国同胞的神经，每一个人都会为之失眠，为之欢笑，为之落泪;在2008年的汶川地震中，我们每一个中国人都送去了关爱和祝福，唐山的13位农民兄弟竟然自发远赴几千里去救灾。不管是物质上的关心还是精神上的鼓励，使汶川同胞在短短几年时间内建起了新的美丽家园;在我们的中国草根阶层中，有我们的最美教师张丽莉，不顾个人安危救起了更加年轻的生命，她是无数中国人的楷模……

我为我能生在当代而庆幸，我为我能生在中国而自豪。假如可以选择，我还选择生在当今的中国。

英语翻译

Toynbee, a British historian who is fascinated by ancient cultural studies, once said that if he could choose the time and place of birth, he would be willing to be born in Xinjiang, China in the first century AD. Madame Curie also wrote to his niece Hanna. Said: "You wrote to me that you are willing to be born before the first century...Irena said to me for sure that she would rather be born later, in the next century.", read these materials , I also began to imagine. If I can choose, where and in which age should I be born? After thinking about it, I gave myself an affirmative answer. If I can choose the age and place of birth, I still choose to be born in the present Of China.

If you can choose the age, I choose to be born in the present. I am a female student from the countryside, my father, grandfather, great-grandfather, until so many generations above, my family members are farmers for generations, how many generations of women, all pursue "a woman without talent is virtue", lifelong I don’t know a word. I raise groups of children at home. They circle the pots and tables every day, or like a man, he is carrying a hoe and dripping sweat in the field. I don't know the excitement of the outside world all my life, and some have never even walked out of the small village where I have lived my whole life. And although I was born in a peasant family like them, because I was born in the contemporary era, I can sit in a bright classroom and receive advanced education. , Care about everything". In the future, after graduating from university, I can still display my talents and do what I want to do in my favorite field. Because in our current era, men and women have achieved complete equality, and women have completely lifted up half of the sky. Whether in China or foreign countries, businesswomen, female bosses or even political leaders are no longer uncommon. Therefore, if I can choose the age of birth, I will choose to be born in the contemporary era.

If I can choose the place of birth, I choose to be born in China. I was born into this united socialist family, where I have 1.3 billion compatriots with yellow skin, black hair and black eyes. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, every gold medal touched the nerves of all Chinese compatriots at the same time. Everyone would lose sleep, laugh and cry for it; in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, each of us in China Everyone gave their love and blessings, and the 13 farmer brothers in Tangshan went to thousands of miles to rescue the disaster spontaneously. Whether it is material concern or spiritual encouragement, the Wenchuan compatriots have built a new beautiful home in just a few years; among our grassroots in China, there is our most beautiful teacher Zhang Lili, who rescued him regardless of personal safety. For a younger life, she is a role model for countless Chinese people...

I am grateful that I can be born in the present age, and I am proud that I can be born in China. If I had a choice, I still chose to be born in China today.