求一篇以growing up为主题的英文演讲稿.要求3分钟左右~要求有一定的词汇量.句式多变的有水平演讲稿~

这里有一篇现成的演讲稿
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.
I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.
She said, ‘Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old.. Can I give you a hug?’
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, ‘Of course you may!’ and she gave me a giant squeeze.
‘Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?’ I asked.
She jokingly replied, ‘I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…’
‘No seriously,’ I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
‘I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!’ she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.
We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this ‘time machine’ as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the o ther students She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor.
Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, ‘I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.’
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, ‘ We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.
There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.
We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!
There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.
If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.
Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets.
The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.’
She concluded her speech by courageously singing ‘The Rose.’
She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.
One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.
Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
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Like all children,when I was growing up all I ever wanted to do was to be big.I always kept a close eye on my role models (my parents) and always tried to do anything they did.The skills I learnt and the attitude I acquired from a young age would be of immense help to me in my later years.
From the age of five,the memories I have are those of following my father around the yard watching wash the car and mow the lawn.My father would sometimes give me a small sponge so that i could help him wash the car and although the job I did was insignificant and most likely not done properly,i always got a sense of pride and satisfaction in my work.The mowing of the lawn wassomething I was not allowed to help or even be near for my own safety.
In my teenage years my role around the house had changed.My father was no longer around and my mother had the pressure of providing for my younger sisters and myself.During school holidays I was responsible for looking after my sisters and keeping the amused at the same time,not an east task at all!Gone were the days of the little sponge washing the car.During this time I had also managed to get casual employment.Althoug the money I earnt was not significant but it was enough for me to pay for my hobbies and ease some pressure off my mother.
Now asan adult I have a steady job and a tertiary education behind me.I have never seen myself as a victim nor did i accept sympathy from anyone because all the good and bad experiences of my younger years have helped me become a successful and determined person.TRhe support thati received and continue to receive from my family was also a major drive for me to want to succeed as well.
I think that everyone's life is always full of good and bad experiences.The key is to appreciate the good and find a way of turning a negative situation into a positive.For example,when my father was no longer around it could have been seen to be a negative situation.However,learning to look after my sisters and earning a little pocket money was perhaps the best and most useful experiences I had whilst growing up.