good morning everyone! my name is jie lidi. today, my topic is: “confidence”. as we all know, failure is the mother of success. but what i want to say is that success is the child of confidence. without confidence, things can become negative and uncomfortable. i remember, during an english class, i wanted to make a sentence using the word "listen". i should have said: "i listen to the voice of america" but i was too nervous and said "i listen to the noise of america". everybody in the class laughed. since then i wanted to train myself to be confident. now, confidence makes me brave and courageous. take this speech for example. i wanted to enter this competition, but i would feel very embarrassed if i made mistakes. just then, i thought about my dream. my dream is to become a scientist when i grow up. if i am not confident, how can i overcome difficulties i face? if i am not confident, how can i succeed in developing myself in the future? i will do it! today, i am making a speech in public and i feel proud and confident!

　　i am sure, in the future, with confidence, i will go forward-always forward. confidence will make my dreams come true!

　　thank you!