Once my mother told me a story. In Africa, when an antelope wakes up every morning, the first thing it thinks about is, “I must be able to run faster than the fastest lion, or I will be killed. ”At the same time, a lion wakes from his dream. The first thing the lion thinks about is, “I must be able to catch the slowest antelope, or I will starve to death.” So, almost at the same time, the antelope and the lion get up and start running toward the rising sun.

有一次，母亲给我讲了个故事。在非洲，一只羚羊每天早晨醒来的时候，它想到的第一件事就是：“我必须跑得比最快的狮子还要快，否则我就会被杀死。”与此同时，一只狮子从睡梦中醒来。它想到的第一件事就是:“我必须捉住跑得最慢的羚羊，否则我就会饿死所以，几乎在同时，羚羊和狮子起床了，开始迎着太阳跑。

This is life: full of chances and challenges. Whether you are an antelope or a lion, you must go ahead when the sun rises. For students, it is just the same. If we do not study hard, sooner or later, we will fall behind the other students. At first, I did not know what the word “exam” meant. Later, I knew an exam was a kind of competition. In competitions, there are always winners and losers. As I grew up, I got to know competition well. In one's life, there must be competitions, so people can improve.

Each time I saw children playing games, and heard their laughter, I wished I were that age again. However, I remembered my parents’ words: “You must work very hard in order to have a good future." So I picked up my pen and began to study hard again.

I was still not sure what competition really meant. One day. I was taking part in an English-speaking competition. When I went to the stage, I saw other students looking at me kindly. I suddenly knew what competition was. It is not as cruel as my teacher and parents told me. In fact, competition is the opposite: it is kind and necessary.

I learned a lot from realizing this fact. Now I understand more about the world. Competition is important for us all.