第一篇:21世纪杯全国中学生英语演讲比赛高中组全国一等奖演讲稿大全
good morning,judges, teachers and follow students.today i would like to share with you my great wish.but first, please allow me to take you back in time to the year 1955, the setting, montgomery?ntg?m?ri , alabamhe united states of america.it started out as an ordinary december afternoon.42 year-old african american rosa parks boardeb?:did] a bus and sat down in the front row.she thought over, the days and friends, her child at home, and how she enjoyed her simple life.she was content, but when she thought about the prejudice and discrimination that she had to face everyday, she felt a mends pain.how she wished to live in the world of true harmony “ehen, ehen(咳嗽声)”, rosa was startle to see a white man standing beside her.he was starring at her coldly, but she managed to smile and ask politely “may i help you sir?” “get out of the seat!” the man snarled back.“excuse me?” rosa was shocked.what right did the man have to speak to her in such a cruel tone? just because her skin was dark colored and his was fair.and as equals, he certainly didnt have any right to order her out of the seat, or did he? well, surprisingly, in 1955, lots like rosa parks did not have as many rights as whites.due to racial discrimination, rosa’s refusal to give up her seat to a white man, led to a call to the police, and she was arrested jailed and convictea violatinsegregatiolaws.but rosa did not surrender to prejudice, instead she chose to fight discrimination and work alongside thousands of others for her wish to rid the world of racism let us not judge others by their skin color or appearance:[?pir?ns], but rather by their content of their characte let us learn to enjoy different cultures and then we’ll enjoy a world of diversity.i wish to look around on a lonely day, and see a blending of colors.harmony, traveling among people of all skin colors.篇二:21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛演讲稿
目录
第三届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——梁励敏................................................2 第三届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛亚军——芮成钢................................................5 第四届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——蔡力...................................................9 第六届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——戚悦..................................................11 第七届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——孙宁.................................................13 第八届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——顾秋蓓..............................................17 第九届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——洪晔.................................................20 第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——夏鹏.................................................22 第一章 寻访记忆 引子
美丽的女主播,刘欣
思维的游戏 梁励敏
演讲就要言之有物 芮成钢 is there a short cut?孙宁 be yourself 顾秋蓓
无一不可入演讲 洪晔
平谈中透着哀伤 夏鹏
第二章 昨日重现(原声)
第一届 央视《环球了望》选段 刘欣
第二届 穿洋越海 梁励敏
第三届 东西方相聚 芮成钢
第四届 我们和黄河一道成长 蔡力
第六届 新北京,三色新奥运 戚悦
第七届 全球化:中国年轻一代所面临的挑战与机遇 孙宁
第八届 难忘的一幕 顾秋蓓
第九届 机会之门就在前方 洪晔
第十届 城墙与桥梁 夏鹏
第三章 明灯导航
“21世纪杯”英语演讲的艺术 史蒂芬·卢卡斯 第三只眼看演讲 吴杏莲
附录
“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛和流程简介
历届比赛一览
第三届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——梁励敏 梁励敏
北京外国语大学
梁励敏,生于浙江杭州,毕业于北京外国语大学,获英语语言文学硕士学位,研究生期间专攻方向为美国社会研究。2002年进入中央电视台英语频道采访组工作,所采写的新闻获得2003年全国新闻彩虹奖二等奖。
专家点评:引用文学大师的诗句作为开场白,与结束语首尾呼应,颇有感染力。东西方文化的融合表现得十分鲜明,意味深长,是篇优秀的演讲。crossing the sea good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.the title of my speech today is crossing the sea.an english poet by the name of rudyard kipling once wrote in his poem we and they: all the people like us are we and everyone else is they we live over the sea while they live over the way we eat pork and beef with cowhorn-handled knives they who gobble their rice off a leaf are horrified out of their lives.when these lines first caught my eyes, i was shocked-how could two peoples remain so isolated and ignorant of each other in the past? todays society, of course, is an entirely different picture.those people who used to eat with cowhorn-handled knives might be very skillful in using chopsticks, and those people who used to gobble their rice might be as well have taken to fish and chips.indeed, just take china as an example: our modern life has been influenced by western style of living in so many ways that its no longer surprising to see teenagers going crazy about rock-and-roll, whole families dining out at mcdonalds and even rather elderly people dressed in apple jeans.however, these are only some expressions of the cultural changes taking place in our society today.what is really going on is a subtle but significant restructuring of the nations mentality.just look around.it is therefore evident that we as descendants of an ancient eastern civilization are already living under strong inf1uence of the western culture.but it is not only in china that we find the incorporation of the two cultures.take the chinese acupuncture as another example: this traditional treatment of diseases is finally finding its way to the west and hence the underlying notion that illness is resulted from the imbalance between yin and yang within the body--an idea which would strike any westerner as incredible in the past!ladies and gentlemen, we live in a great epoch when the global integration of economy and the information revolution have brought cultures of the world closer than ever before.we live in a particular era when countries, east and west, find themselves in need of readjusting their traditional values.we live, at the same time, at a critical juncture of our evolution because such problems as ethnic conflicts and regional unrest are increasingly posing a threat to the peace and happiness of the whole human race.to cope with such an era and to embrace an even brighter therefore, it is our sacred responsibility to promote the cultural exchanges and hence the mutual understanding between china and the rest of the world.it is my happiest dream that the new generation of chinese will not only grow up drinking coca-cola and watching hollywood, but also be blessed with the far-reaching benefits of multiple cultures;benefits that our forefathers had never, ever dreamed of.to end my speech, i would like to quote rudyard kipling again: all the people like us are we and everyone else is they but once you cross over the sea you will end by looking on we as only a sort of they thank you.译文:穿越海洋
女士们、先生们,晚上好。今天,我演讲的题目是:《穿越海洋》。
英国诗人罗得雅德·吉卜林曾写过一首诗,名叫《我们与他们》,其中写道: 像我们的人是我们
其余的人是他们
我们生活在海这边
他们生活在路那边 我们用牛角柄的刀叉吃猪牛肉
吞吃粽叶包饭的他们吓得要死。第一次读到这首诗,我很震惊——过去两个民族何以如此疏离、彼此陌生?当然今日的社会呈现出完全不同的情景:那些过去吃米饭的人们也开始喜欢吃鱼和薯条。的确如此,就拿中国来说,西方的生活方式已经广泛地影响了我们的现代生活,以致对于年轻人对摇滚乐着迷,全家去吃麦当劳,老年人穿苹果牌牛仔裤,大家都已习以为常。
然而,这不过是我们当今社会中所发生的文化变迁的表面现象而已,真正发生的却是我们的民族心理开始了微妙而又有重大意义的重建,大家只要看看周围就会清楚。
第二篇:21世纪杯全国中学生英语演讲比赛
good morning,judges, teachers and follow students.today i would like to share with you my great wish.but first, please allow me to take you back in time to the year 1955, the setting, montgomery?ntg?m?ri , alabamhe united states of america.it started out as an ordinary december afternoon.42 year-old african american rosa parks boardeb?:did] a bus and sat down in the front row.she thought over, the days and friends, her child at home, and how she enjoyed her simple life.she was content, but when she thought about the prejudice and discrimination that she had to face everyday, she felt a mends pain.how she wished to live in the world of true harmony “ehen, ehen(咳嗽声)”, rosa was startle to see a white man standing beside her.he was starring at her coldly, but she managed to smile and ask politely “may i help you sir?” “get out of the seat!” the man snarled back.“excuse me?” rosa was shocked.what right did the man have to speak to her in such a cruel tone? just because her skin was dark colored and his was fair.and as equals, he certainly didnt have any right to order her out of the seat, or did he? well, surprisingly, in 1955, lots like rosa parks did not have as many rights as whites.due to racial discrimination, rosa’s refusal to give up her seat to a white man, led to a call to the police, and she was arrested jailed and convictea violatinsegregatiolaws.but rosa did not surrender to prejudice, instead she chose to fight discrimination and work alongside thousands of others for her wish to rid the world of racism let us not judge others by their skin color or appearance:[?pir?ns], but rather by their content of their characte let us learn to enjoy different cultures and then we’ll enjoy a world of diversity.i wish to look around on a lonely day, and see a blending of colors.harmony, traveling among people of all skin colors.篇二:21世纪杯全国中小学生英语演讲比赛通知(小学版)定稿
第十一届“21世纪杯”全国中小学生英语演讲比赛 暨国际英语演讲比赛中国区选拔赛(福建赛区小学组)
本届福建赛区(小学组)由冲聪少儿英语全程协办 “21世纪杯”全国中小学生英语演讲比赛由中国最大的英文报系中国日报于2002年创办,作为每年在英国伦敦举办的国际英语演讲比赛的中国区选拔赛,本项大赛一直以其无可比拟的学术地位著称,被视为国内同类比赛中档次最高规模最大的赛事。
本次福建省选拔赛面向全省各地的中小学在校学生,非中国国籍学生或在国外生活、学习过1年以上的中国学生不具备参赛资格,参加过往届“21世纪杯”全国中小学生英语演讲比赛全国总决赛的选手不可再参加同组别的比赛。
大赛通过科学的赛制、权威的评判选拔出的参赛选手皆为各校英语精英,将代表福建省中小学生英语演讲的最高水平参加全国比赛。
一、组织机构
主办单位:中国日报社|china daily 承办单位:二十一世纪学生英文报|21st century teens 协办单位: 国际英语联合会| the english-speaking union, uk 英国驻华大使馆文化教育处|cultural and education section, british embassy 澳大利亚圣保罗文法学校|st pauls grammar school 澳大利亚navitas英语集团|navitas english 美国世界英语教师协会|teachers of english to speakers of other languages inc.澳门理工学院|macao polytechnic institute 香港科技大学|the hong kong university of science and technology 福建赛区协办单位: 闽江学院附属中学|affiliated high school of minjiang university 福建超优能中高考教育考试研究中心| super e-test research center
一飞教育|e-fly education 冲聪少儿英语|abc kids english 福州西湖国际学校|fuzhou lakeside international school 福建家庭教育网上学校|fujian parents web school 福建赛区评委会由高校教授、外籍专家、中学特级教师和教研员组成福建赛区唯一官方指定英语培训服务机构: 一飞教育(中学组)|e-fly education 冲聪少儿英语(小学组)|abc kids english 大赛培训师: 邱永忠 福建师范大学外国语学院大学外语部副主任,福建电视台英语新闻节目主播
黄 坚 海峡卫视英语新闻节目主播,福建农林大学教师
林 攀 国际演讲俱乐部教育副主席
二、比赛形式
福建省选拔赛分为初赛、复赛、决赛三个阶段进行。
1、初赛——预选赛
各组别参赛选手须围绕福建赛区主题,撰写一篇英文演讲稿,填写报名表回执直接递交到福建赛区组委 会进行评选。
2、复赛、决赛均为现场选拔赛。
3、组别设置: a组<3年级及以下> b组<4年级> c组<5年级> d组<6年级>
1、思想健康,围绕主题,作品内容围绕happiness展开,意思表达相对清晰,内容相对生动; d组<6年级>
2、结构清晰、分段合理; 90-100字
3、作品中有完整的英文句子表达,灵活运用各种基本语法,语言丰富生动,能适当运用各种修辞或名言警句或感叹句等,如:what a happy girl she is!;
4、单词拼写正确无误,字迹工整清晰,页面干净整洁;
5、能相对灵活使用英文标点符号,如“,”“.”“?”“!”等;
四、报名方式 1.组委会官网报名:选手登录大赛组委会官方网站福建赛区,然后根据页面左侧报名流程分步完成。
注:以上两种报名方式每个选手只能选择其中一种,官网报名针对有条件的选手,需要录制和上传演讲音频或视频,线下报名只需发送电子演讲文稿。
五、报名时间
1、报名时间:截止至2012年12月20日
2、初赛时间:2012年12月22日-12月30日
3、复赛时间:另行通知
4、决赛时间:另行通知
备注:复赛和决赛前,组委会针对晋级选手安排相关培训课程,包括青少年英语演讲技巧、即兴演讲话题讲解、往届比赛优秀选手经验谈等内容,具体事项另行通知。
六、注意事项
1.本次比赛为自愿参赛,报名及参加初赛(预选赛)不收取任何费用。2.复赛的相关规定依据组委会总章程(见官方网站)另行通知。所有选手凭复赛证明参赛。
七、权利声明
1、参赛选手应保证个人信息真实准确,演讲作品须原创,演讲稿和演讲录像/录音的作者必须一致,如发现不一致现象,组委会将取消选手的参赛资格。
2、比赛全程选手的演讲稿、参赛照片及演讲录音录像版权均归中国日报社21世纪英文报系所有。
3、有关本次大赛各项事宜的最终解释权和仲裁权归中国日报社21世纪英文报系所有。
“21世纪杯”
二十一世纪英文报 全国中小学生英语演讲比赛组委会 二零一二年十一月 二零一二年十一月
第十一届“21世纪杯”全国中小学生英语演讲比赛 暨国际英语演讲比赛中国区选拔赛(福建赛区)本届福建赛区(小学组)由冲聪少儿英语全程协办
选手报名表暨回执单
注意:
2、邮件标题为“学校名称+选手姓名”,word文件名亦为“学校名称+选手姓名”。
3、组委会咨询电话:0591-87623732;
4、报名表复印有效。篇三:第十一届中日报社21世纪杯全国中小学生英语演讲比赛暨第十二届美康杯英语口语大赛通告
第十一届中国日报社“21世纪杯”全国中小学生英语演讲比赛
暨第十二届“美康杯”英语口语大赛 “21世纪杯”全国中小学生英语演讲比赛由中国日报社于2002年创办,每年面向全国在校中、小学生举行。作为每年在英国伦敦举办的国际英语演讲比赛的中国区选拔赛,本项大赛一直以其无可比拟的学术地位著称,被视为国内同类比赛中档次和规模最高的赛事。大赛已先后在北京、苏州、上海、深圳、杭州、成都等 地成功举办了九届,成为国内英语教学界一项重要的文化传播和学术交流品牌活动。
中国日报社“21世纪杯”全国中小学生英语演讲比赛分为高中组、初中组和小学组三个部分,面向全国包括香港、澳门在内的中、小学在校学生。比赛场上群星荟萃,参赛选手皆为各校英语精英,代表着国内中、小学生英语的最高水平。每年有约20万名中小学生报名参赛,近百万学生通过各种渠道了解赛事。
全国中、小学生英语演讲比赛的组织工作严谨周密,不仅邀请国家教育部的领导以及各省市的相关领导亲临现场讲话并颁奖,还邀请国际上权威的英语教学和考试机构如美国世界英语教师协会(tesol)、国际英语联合会(esu)、美国教育考试服务中心(ets)及国内外著名高校、新闻界、英美使领馆的各位专家出席并担任评
委。同时,大会也吸引了英语界权威人士及各校的资深老师到现场观摩,给与会同 1 仁提供了一个难得的交流平台,成为国内外英语教学界一项重要的文化和学术交流活动。本项赛事一直都是各地各大媒体追逐的热点,竞相跟踪报道。如新华社、新浪网、中国日报、人民日报、21世纪英文报、中国中学生报、太原电视台、山西晚报、太原晚报、太原广播电视报、fm107交通广播等都曾大力对比赛进行过全面广泛的宣传。本项赛事不仅给同学们提供了一个展示自我的舞台,更提高了他们学习英语的浓厚兴趣,在全国各地都掀起了一股英语学习热潮,大大推动了我国英语教育事业的发展。在各级政府和各学校的关心支持下,大赛的发展一年更胜一年,得到了国家教育部门和社会各界人士的一致好评,并逐渐建立了自己的品牌。
开展此项竞赛活动,有助于全面展示全国各地中小学英语水平和教学改革的成果,有助于全面提高中小学生英语综合运用能力尤其是口语表达的能力,推动我国中小学英语教学上一个新台阶。为满足广大山西地区中小学生展示自我风采、提高英语水平、加强英语交流的强烈需求,今年山西省太原市专门设立了面向全省的现场报名点以及授权培训机构-太原美康培训学校,为广大参赛选手提供更好的展示自我的英语平台。今年的比赛从赛程赛制到赛事组织,突出新特色,力争让每个中小学生都可以通过比赛增加 2 学习英语的兴趣。组委会还将拟邀教育文化有关主管部门及主流媒体单位参与大赛各级组织督导,并采取灵活的运作方式在太原市设立分赛,预计将吸引山西地区百万中小学生及家长们的关注。
活动须知
第一阶段: 报名
时间:2012年9月1日-11月30日下午4:00 报名方式:选手可到指定校区报名或授权中小学校报名 报名地点:外文校区 解放路167号外文书店四/五层
桃园校区 桃园北路号民信商务三层
亲贤校区 亲贤北街115号佳地花园大门西侧
坞城校区 坞城路20号(全晋会馆往南100米)
体育馆校区 解放路58号金奥莱体育商城五/六层 全外教课程中心 并州南路西二巷亲贤一品2-16美康英语 3 太原赛区选手须到指定校区报名,提交报名表,有效证件(户口本、身份证或学生证等)并携带免冠一寸照两张。所有选手参赛及晋级信息将在美康官网公布:
第二阶段: 初赛 时间:2012年12月1日至12月18日
比赛方式:笔试
作文题目: 高中组:
my view on the college entrance examination 题解:如今,高考似乎已不再是人人眼中那座通往成功殿堂的“独木桥”。出国留学,甚至创业打拼,都不失为另辟蹊径的选择。然而高考,既是知识与能力的竞技场,也是一场特殊的成人礼,帮助懵懂少年磨砺心智、走向成熟。作为一个普通学生,你如何看待高考?
初中组:
the person i most 题解:我们在生活中会遇到许多人,比如老师、同学、家长、朋友、邻居、路人;在书本中能读到更多人的故事,比如发明家、文学家、革命者、旅行者;在网络和 4 电视上能看到众多政治家、企业家、明星的身影。在你的心目中,最让你敬仰、钦佩、喜欢、着迷??的那个人是谁呢?
小学组
my recipe for happiness 题解:快乐是什么?考试成绩排第一,赢了一场球赛,和好朋友聊心事,周末与家人共度欢乐时光,困惑很久的问题突然茅塞顿开??你在什么时候感到快乐?不开心时会用什么方法让自己快乐起来呢?快来跟大家分享一下你的快乐小秘诀吧!第三阶段:复赛
复赛时间:2013年1月7日至1月19日
比赛方式:口试
比赛形式及收费:各赛区复赛为现场筛选,选手需面对评委进行脱稿演讲,并由评
委打分。比赛地点:太原
晋级办法:各地区各组别前十五名进入山西总决赛 5篇四:2013年21世纪杯英语演讲比赛初中组演讲稿 21世纪演讲比赛演讲稿
hello, ladies and gentlemen, my name is zhang xinyu.today, im going to talk about growing pains.different people have different pains from different places.we are now students, so i think we have pains mainly from studies.time files.two months ago, i came to a middle school student.but i have a pain.homework is my growing pain.in the secondary school, we have more subjects to study.and homework is more than primary school.so i could’t adapt to the secondary school’s homework.i don’t have other time to do any sports or read any books.however, i think all pains will fade away in the end.i believe that i can adapt the school life step by step.try my best.that’s all.thank you for your attention.zhang xinyu篇五:21世纪全国中小学生英语演讲比赛总决赛落幕 21世纪全国中小学生英语演讲比赛总决赛落幕 由中国日报社和联想集团联合主办、21世纪英语教育传媒和北京大学外国语学院联合承办的第12届中国日报社“21世纪?联想杯”全国中小学生英语演讲比赛总决赛于2014年3月22-24日在北京大学英杰交流中心圆满落幕。
总决赛分小学、初中、高中三组进行。小学、初中和高中组分别有约60名选手入围总决赛。三个组别分别围绕主题a special gift, growing pains和respect, respect, respect展开激烈角逐。最终,上海市民办平和学校的张洲晨、云南师范大学附属小学(文林校区)的月钦和沈阳市和平区文化路小学的王谦谦 分别获得小学组冠、亚、季军;上海外国语大学附属外国语学校的王席文、香港拔萃女书院的谢忻彤和成都市实验外国语学校的黄芮嘉分别获得初中组冠、亚、季军;香港保良局蔡继有学校的杨翠茵、香港马丽诺修院学校的陈莹莹和深圳中学张纯子分别获得高中组冠、亚、季军。
高中组选手上海外国语大学附属外国语学校的季伟辰同时获得“中国日报社21世纪最具潜力奖”殊荣,他将于5月中旬与大学组优胜选手共赴英国伦敦,代表中国学子参加由国际英语联合会(esu)主办的“国际公众英语演讲比赛”,向世界展示中国新一代青年学子的智慧与魅力。
全国政协外事委员会副主任王国庆(左一)和中国教育学会会长钟秉林(右一)为大学组冠军香港中文大学的李思上(左二)和高中组冠军香港保良局蔡继有学校的杨翠茵(右二)颁奖。
上海市民办平和学校的张洲晨、上海外国语大学附属外国语学校的王席文和香港保良局蔡继有学校的杨翠茵分别获得小学、初中和高中组“联想最具创新奖”,他们分别获得由联想集团提供的价值2800元的yoga平板电脑一部。联想集团副总裁、中国区平板事业部总经理曾国章(左一)为高中组获奖选手颁奖
小学、初中和高中组单项奖“乐加乐英语未来之星奖”分别由芳草地国际远洋小学的路昀松、北京一零一中学的周雅诺和深圳中学的张纯子获得,他们分别获得了由乐加乐英语提供的2000元阅读基金。高中组亚军和季军则获得了赴澳洲进行短期修学游的奖励,一等奖选手则获得了到香港、澳门进行短期修学游的奖励。获得高中组单项奖“pga最佳风采奖”的选手为郑州中学的周雨璇,她将获得价值3000元的奖品。另外 “海外选手特别评审奖”由澳大利亚悉尼st paul’s grammar school的yunipaula jeong获得。
初中组冠、亚、季军及一等奖选手获得了到澳大利亚进行短期修学游的奖励。单项奖“新东方外国语学校最佳风采奖”由成都市实验外国语学校的黄芮嘉 获得。小学组冠、亚、季军及一等奖选手获得了到国内知名城市进行短期游学或参加21世纪英文报暑期夏令营的奖励。全国政协外事委员会副主任王国庆在致辞中盛赞选手们的精彩表现。他表示,在参赛选手们极富激情的演讲和出色表现中,看到了国家的未来和希望。“今后我将会一如既往地关注‘21世纪全国英语
演讲比赛’,希望中国日报社21世纪英语教育传媒能够在促进国际交流、推动英语教育发展方面做出更大的贡献。”王国庆说。
中国日报社副总编辑王西民、中国日报社高级顾问黄庆等领导亲临比赛现场,并为获奖选手颁奖。中国日报社21世纪英文报总编辑李文莎在致辞中高度赞扬了选手们的英语水平和精彩表现,并代表主办方向评审团、指导老师及家长、参赛学生表示衷心的感谢,并表示报社将继续办好“21世纪杯”比赛,为更多的学生提供展示英语水平与演讲能力的舞台。
与往届总决赛一样,本届总决赛仍然邀请了国内外知名专家担任评委。来自北京大学、北京语言大学(招生办)、中央民族大学、中国传媒大学(招生办)、北京理工大学等高校的英语教授,以及全国基础外语教育研究培训中心、新东方外国语学校、bbc英语教学、tefl org uk、香港立法会、wellington college international tianjin等机构的领导和中国日报社21世纪英文报系领导担任了决赛评委。本届“21世纪?联想杯”全国中小学生英语演讲比赛自去年6月启动以来,历时9个月,在20个赛区经过初赛、复赛、地区决赛等重重环节,报名选手近万人。
“21世纪杯”全国中小学生英语演讲比赛由中国日报社于2002年创办,每年面向全国在校中、小学生举行。大赛自创办之初即作为每年5月在英国伦敦举行的国际英语演讲比赛中国区选拔赛,高中组获胜选手将代表中国在国际舞台上展示中国青年学子的风貌。大赛已先后在北京、苏州、上海、深圳、杭州、成都、昆明等地成功举办了 《国家中长期教育改革和发展规划纲要》提出,要培养大批具有国际视野、通晓国际规则、能够参与国际事务和国际竞争的国际化人才。《十二五规划纲要》也指出,要创新教育方式,加强实践培养,依托国际学术交流合作项目,培养一线创新人才。我国作为非英语语言国家,英语语言文化的发展已成为联系世界文化经济与本国文化经济发展的纽带,是推动社会文化发展、促进社会经济发展的动力之一。本项赛事的良好运作,彰显了中国日报社致力于培养创新型国际化人才的使命和责任,也体现了其作为权威媒体对于社会“文化导向”的深远意义和重要作用。
第三篇:全国大学生英语演讲比赛一等奖____演讲稿
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.Today I would like to begin with a story.There was once a physical 1)therapist who traveled all the way from America to Africa to do a 2)census about mountain 3)gorillas.These gorillas are a main attraction to tourists from all over the world;this put them severely under threat of 4)poaching and being put into the zoo.She went there out of curiosity, but what she saw strengthened her determination to devote her whole life to fighting for those beautiful creatures.She witnessed a scene, a scene taking us to a place we never imaged we've ever been, where in the very depth of the African rainforest, surrounded by trees, flowers and butterflies, the mother gorillas 5)cuddled their babies.Yes, that's a memorable scene in one of my favorite movies, called Gorillas in the Mist, based on a true story of Mrs.Dian Fossey, who spent most of bet lifetime in Rwanda to protect the ecoenvironment there until the very end of her life.To me, the movie not only presents an unforgettable scene but also acts as a 6)timeless reminder that we should not develop the tourist industry at the cost of our ecoenvironment.Today, we live in a world of prosperity but still threatened by so many new problems.On the one hand, tourism, as one of the most promising industries in the 21st century, provides people with the great opportunity to see everything there is to see and to go any place there is to go.It has become a lifestyle for some people, and has turned out to be the driving force in GDP growth.It has the magic to turn a backward town into a wonderland of prosperity.But on the other hand, many problems can occur---natural scenes aren't natural anymore.Deforestation to heat lodges is devastating Nepal.Oil spills from tourist boats are polluting Antarctica.Tribal people are forsaking their native music and dress to listen to U2 on Walkman and wear Nike and Reeboks.All these 7)appalling(令人震惊的)facts have brought us to the realization that we can no longer stand by and do nothing, because the very thought of it has been 8)eroding(侵蚀)our resources.Encouragingly, the explosive growth of global travel has put tourism again in the spotlight, which is why the United Nations has made 2002 the year of ecotourism, for the first time to bring to the world's attention the
benefits of tourism, but also its capacity to destroy our ecoenvironment.Now every year, many local ecoenvironmental protection organizations an: receiving donations--big notes, small notes or even coins--from housewives, 9)plumbers(水管工人), ambulance drivers, salesmen, teachers, children and 10)invalids(残疾人), Some of them can not afford to send the money but they do.These are the ones who drive the cabs, who nurse in hospitals, who are suffering from ecological damage in their neighborhood.Why? Because they care.Because they still want their Mother Nature back.Because they know it still belongs to them.This kind of feeling that I have, ladies and gentlemen, is when it feels like it, smells like it, and looks like it, it's all coming from a scene to remember, a scene to recall and to cherish.The other night, as l saw the moon linger over the land and before it was sent into the invisible, my mind was filled with songs.I found myself humming softly, not to the music, but to some-thing else, someplace else.a place remembered, a place untouched, a field of grass where no one seem to have been except the deer.And all those unforgettable scenes strengthened the feeling that it's lime for us to do something, for our own and our coming generation.Once again, I have come to think of Mrs.Dian Fossey be-cause it's with her spirit, passion, courage and strong sense of our ecoenvironment that we are taking our next step into the world.And no matter who we are, what we do and where we go, in our mind, there's always a scene to remember, a scene worth our effort to protect it and fight for it.Thank you very much.
第四篇:全国大学生英语演讲比赛一等奖演讲稿
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.Today I would like to begin with a story.There was once a physical 1)therapist who traveled all the way from America to Africa to do a 2)census about mountain 3)gorillas.These gorillas are a main attraction to tourists from all over the world;this put them severely under threat of 4)poaching and being put into the zoo.She went there out of curiosity, but what she saw strengthened her determination to devote her whole life to fighting for those beautiful creatures.She witnessed a scene, a scene taking us to a place we never imaged we've ever been, where in the very depth of the African rainforest, surrounded by trees, flowers and butterflies, the mother gorillas 5)cuddled their babies.Yes, that's a memorable scene in one of my favorite movies, called Gorillas in the Mist, based on a true story of Mrs.Dian Fossey, who spent most of bet lifetime in Rwanda to protect the ecoenvironment there until the very end of her life.To me, the movie not only presents an unforgettable scene but also acts as a 6)timeless reminder that we should not develop the tourist industry at the cost of our ecoenvironment.Today, we live in a world of prosperity but still threatened by so many new problems.On the one hand, tourism, as one of the most promising industries in the 21st century, provides people with the great opportunity to see everything there is to see and to go any place there is to go.It has become a lifestyle for some people, and has turned out to be the driving force in GDp growth.It has the magic to turn a backward town into a wonderland of prosperity.But on the other hand, many problems can occur---natural scenes aren't natural anymore.Deforestation to heat lodges is devastating Nepal.Oil spills from tourist boats are polluting Antarctica.Tribal people are forsaking their native music and dress to listen to U2 on Walkman and wear Nike and Reeboks.All these 7)appalling(令人震惊的)facts have brought us to the realization that we can no longer stand by and do nothing, because the very thought of it has been 8)eroding(侵蚀)our resources.Encouragingly, the explosive growth of global travel has put tourism again in the spotlight, which is why the United Nations has made 2002 the year of ecotourism, for the first time to bring to the world's attention the benefits of tourism, but also its capacity to destroy our ecoenvironment.Now every year, many local ecoenvironmental protection organizations an: receiving donations--big notes, small notes or even coins--from housewives, 9)plumbers(水管工人), ambulance drivers, salesmen, teachers, children and 10)invalids(残疾人), Some of them can not afford to send the money but they do.These are the ones who drive the cabs, who nurse in hospitals, who are suffering from ecological damage in their neighborhood.Why? Because they care.Because they still want their Mother Nature back.Because they know it still belongs to them.This kind of feeling that I have, ladies and gentlemen, is when it feels like it, smells like it, and looks like it, it's all coming from a scene to remember, a scene to recall and to cherish.The other night, as l saw the moon linger over the land and before it was sent into the invisible, my mind was filled with songs.I found myself humming softly, not to the music, but to some-thing else, someplace else.a place remembered, a place untouched, a field of grass where no one seem to have been except the deer.And all those unforgettable scenes strengthened the feeling that it's lime for us to do something, for our own and our coming generation.Once again, I have come to think of Mrs.Dian Fossey be-cause it's with her spirit, passion, courage and strong sense of our ecoenvironment that we are taking our next step into the world.And no matter who we are, what we do and where we go, in our mind, there's always a scene to remember, a scene worth our effort to protect it and fight for it.Thank you very much.Thanks,contestant#18.The topic for your impromptu speech is:Which is more important for you: knowledge from books or personal experience? Answer: Thank you.I remember, on my very first day of my beloved university, one of my professors said to me,“From now on, you’ll be on a journey between who you think you are and who yo can be.The key is to allow yourself to continue the journey in the ocean of the books.”And I do learn a lot from books: I know the geometry of Euclid, logic of
Aristotle, fable of Aesop known to children around the world.Well, no offense to all those great authors of the books, but during my three years at my university, I do realize that personal experience through practice means more to me.As we are in this global information age where both economic growth and individual opportunity are based on ideas, a commitment to providing all human beings the golden opportunity to develop themselves is so vital, not only to the people here, but all around.As we are in this transformational age where communications and commerce are global, investments are mobile, technology is almost magical, and the ambition for a better life is now universal, and I think this is why we are here today.We want to earn our personal experience through practicing our oral English, sharing our opinions of tourism and ecology with all the judges and audience here.And I think we are so lucky to be alive at this moment of the history.Never before have our nation enjoyed so much prospertity and so much social progress with so little internal crises.And never before have our young people had so much great opportunity to practice ourselves and, therefore, have a profound obligation to build a more perfect nation of our ancestor’s dream.And I think our government had provided us young people with the tools and condition to build the future of our dreams.Even if we know some rules, some regulations, or experiences from our books, we still simply cannot graft it onto today’s busier, more impersonal,complicated world.Instead, our challenges is to arrive at a consensus values and common vision of what we can do today individually andcollectively to build a strong family and strong community, and above all, make the world a better place for us to live.Thank you very much.Contestant#18, in your speech, you talked about ecotourism.Could you explain to us difference between ordinary tourists and e-tourists, or ecotourists?
Answer: Thank you for your question.And I think the key issue is the differences between our awareness.Fot example, if you want to go to a place to have a trip, enjoy your trip.And I think before you get on board, get on the bus, you can have the awareness that “I’m not a polluter, but an environment keeper.” We’re not go to all those scenic spots to estroy all those beautiful scenes but we to appreciate the Mother Nature giving us so much things.Thank you very much.Contestant #18,now that information technology is becoming more and more accessible to people in China, do you think books will become less and less important?
Answer: Well, I think, maybe, umm, I don’t think that all those echnologies can replace the importance of books.We’re in our modern village where so many new industries—IT industries, tourism ndustries—crop up every day and this brave new world seem a little bit dehumanizing and inhospitable to a lot of people.The world can no longer be defined as a place on a map or list or people in organizations but I think the true value, the essence of our village remains the same.It is the network of values relationship that support our lives and we can learn those things from our books because books is the very first beginning stage of what we learn.Thank you very much.I’d like to ask you a question about your prepared speech,please.You mention that the UN has declated the year 2002, I think it was, “The Year of Ecotourism.” Do you think that such gestures really serve a purpose? Answer: And I think one of my teachers said to me, when I prepared my prepared speech, and he tells me that if we pay more attention to omething like environmental protection or ecotourism, it is more, it is better for us to bear in mind we should learn something in our hearts, we should have something about the awareness about how to pay more respect to our environment, not to talk about something orally but to bear something in our hearts.Follow our hearts, our environment can be better.Thank you very much.
第五篇:21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛演讲稿
曹丰
Our Future: A Battle between Dreams and Reality
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen:
When I was in the primary school, I have a dream.I want to invent a device which could bring you from one place to another in no time at all.When I was in the secondary school, my dream was to study in my ideal university.And when eventually I got into the university, my dream was to graduate.How pathetic!When we grow up, we dream less and become more realistic.Why? Why do we have to change our dreams, so, so in order to let it be “fulfilled”? Why do we have to surrender to the so-called “reality”? What IS the reality actually?
Ladies and gentlemen, the reality is not real.It is a barrier keeping us from all the possible fantasies.Flying, for example, had been a dream to mankind for thousands of years.A hundred years ago, “man could not fly” was still regarded as the “reality”.Now if that was really the reality, what did the Wright brothers do? How did some of you get to Macau? Only when we believe that the reality is not real can we soar with our dreams.People say that our future is a battle between the reality and our dreams.And if, unfortunately, Mr.Reality wins this war, then I see no future of mankind at all.AIDS will never be curable as this IS the reality;People living in the undeveloped countries will suffer from starvation forever as this IS the reality;4)Disputes among different countries would never be settled as this misunderstandings and intolerance IS the reality.Ladies and gentlemen, how many of you have a dream of being able to make a lot of money? Please raise your hands.Oh, quite a number of you!Actually, ladies and gentlemen, this is not a dream, but a task.Every one of us has to make a living, right? Anyway I hope your task will be accomplished.How many of you think that you have already fulfilled your dream and that you don't dream anymore? Dear 5)adjudicators, what do you think? C.S.Lewis once said, “You are never too old to dream a new dream.” So for our future, please dream and be unrealistic.Now that I am a university student, my goal is to graduate with excellences.But at the same time, I have a dream deeply rooted in our future.One day, people living in the areas now 6)sweltering with the horror of wars will be able to sit with their families and enjoy their every moment.One day, people from the rich countries are willing to share what they have with those from the poor countries and those from the poor countries will eventually be able to make their own happy living themselves.One day, different cultures in this age of globalization will coexist with tolerance and the unfriendly confrontations among them will be 7)eliminated.One day, the globe will share the dream with me and we will all contribute to making our dream come true.One day, our dream will defeat the reality!Thank you very much.第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛季军——张阿旭
Two-Way Traffic Seven centuries ago, Marco Polo, after staying in our country for almost twenty years, brought the secrets of spaghetti and ice-cream with him back to Italy.More than seven hundred years later, with the prevalence of globalization, our people, our food, our products and many other items, have traveled to many other places beyond Italy.No matter where these Chinese people, Chinese food, Chinese products and many other Chinese items are, they carry with them qualities that are unique to our very own Chinese cultureMcDonald's, KFCs, soccer players and NBA players.And we are even having this prestigious national speaking competition in a language that does not belong to us.In the midst of western products pouring in China as a result of globalization, sometimes we do wonder, where does our own culture belong? When we see our younger generations going away from traditional values such as contextual and role-based ethics, ideal of community, hierarchy, paternalism and non-litigious nature of society, we may even think our traditional values are challenged and even threatened.But, are we really losing our values? Ladies and gentlemen, we must remember, the traffic of globalization is two-way.Yes, films from Hollywood, soccer from the United Kingdom and restaurants from America, do have an impact on our values.But, if we see globalization in China a synonymous term with western economic cultural hegemony, we are underestimating the impact of not only globalization but also our values.Have a look at languages.Yes, it is the desire and dream of every single Chinese to speak fluent English, including every single one of us here.But, have you ever wondered how many non-Chinese are learning Chinese? Let me tell you, by the end of 2002, nearly 30 million people from 85 countries and regions were learning standard Chinese, Putonghua.And who knows about the number of people learning regional dialects such as Shanghainese and Cantonese.In these two years, I am sure none of us here will be surprised that the number is skyrocketing.Have a look at Feng Shui, within 0.21 seconds Google brings you 1,270,000 websites about Feng Shui, not in Chinese, not from all over the world, but in English, just within the United States.And I guess some of you still remember, when the previous American president, Bill Clinton, first became president.He actually had the furniture of his office rearranged according to feng shui ideas.Have a look at traditional Chinese medicine.Four years ago, in 2001, there were already more than 120 000 traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, researchers and related business trading companies in Europe, just Europe.Our holistic approach of taking care of a person's health has been proven popular in the world.Our values, language, our Feng Shui, our traditional medicine and also Kung Fu that I have not really talked about, are all parts and messengers of our culture and values.What does their success in the west tell us? Their popularity tells us that, alongside cheap consumer products, we are exporting to the west, Chinese beliefs and, values.Ladies and gentlemen, globalization, yes it has its impacts on our values.It is sending our values overseas and bringing in new ones.Let's not see the bringing in of new ones a threat to our own culture.As a matter of fact, the bringing in is a very good opportunity and time to rethink and reflect who we are and what we want to be.It is upon us whether globalization has a positive or negative impact on our traditional values.Ladies and gentlemen, I see this positively, I know even if our traditional values are changing or to change, the change is for better, not for worse.Thank you very much.第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛亚军——张京
The Impact of Globalization on Traditional Chinese Values Good morning, ladies and gentlemen: Before western and Chinese civilization came into close contact, Chinese people had always longed for a life depicted in traditional Chinese paintings.Those paintings present a harmonious coexistence of people and other life forms.Regarded as the essence of ancient Chinese philosophies, harmony has been deeply-rooted in the minds of the Chinese people.On the one hand, it has contributed to the unique continuity of Chinese civilization.On the other, Chinese people became too much contented with their achievements to desire any further changes.As globalization deepens, it is bound to affect our ideal of harmony.First, globalization urges China to speed up its modernization, which threatens our regard for the harmony between Man and Nature.For instance, many dams and hydropower stations are being built for economic benefits at the expense of the well-preserved natural habitats.However, ecological malpractice of such kind goes against the notion of harmonious coexistence in ancient Chinese philosophies.More than 2,000 years ago, long before the concept of environmental protection came into being, DuJiang Weir, a great irrigation project was built in southwestern China's Sichuan province.It succeeded both in controlling floods and in facilitating the agriculture without posing a threat to the environment.Moreover, globalization has brought with it intense competition.Traditionally, moderation is a golden principle, presiding over inter-personal relations in China.Today, however, motivated to come to the top, some people become so self-centered that they choose to sacrifice love, friendship and even family ties.Last but not least, diverse cultures have met in China as a consequence of globalization.Therefore, a clash of cultures becomes inevitable.Unfortunately, the past decades have witnessed a huge loss of cultural heritage in China.In cities like Beijing and Xi'an, hundreds of century-old Chinese-style houses are being demolished to make room for skyscrapers, shopping malls and eight-lane expressways.From these examples, we see the disharmony brought about by globalization.Yet it is not globalization that is to blame.As long as we approach globalization with harmony in mind, its benefit will outweigh its cost.Take my hometown, Hangzhou, for example, thanks to the strenuous efforts made by the municipal government in achieving eco-development, various water birds have returned to the West Lake, calling it home again after years of migration elsewhere.From the lake bank, we see skateboarders and trick cyclists showing off together with people flying kites and kicking shuttlecocks on the plaza nearby.Although they compose a picture quite distinct from traditional Chinese paintings, this picture conveys a modern sense of harmony in this era of globalization.Ladies and gentlemen, to conclude, I would like to quote from British philosopher Bertrand Russell.In contrasting Chinese and Western civilizations, he observed: “The distinctive merit of western civilization is the scientific method;the distinctive merit of the Chinese is a just conception of the ends of life.It is these two that one must hope to see gradually uniting.” As we see the tremendous progress China has been making drawing on experience abroad, we may also expect the Chinese traditional value of harmony to enrich the world.I look forward to the time when Russell's prophecy comes true.Thank you very much.第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——夏鹏
From Walls to Bridges I'm studying in a city famous for its walls.All visitors to my city are amazed by the imposing sight of the city walls, silhouetted by the setting sun with gold and shining lines.With old, cracked bricks patched with lichen, the walls are weather-beaten guards, standing still for centuries in protecting the city.Our ancestors liked to build walls.They built walls in Beijing, Xi'an, Nanjing and many other cities, and they built the Great Wall, which snakes through half of our country.They built walls to ward off enemies and evil spirits.This tradition has been maintained to this day as we still have many parks and schools walled off from the public.I grew up at the foot of the city walls, and I've loved them since my childhood.For a long time, walls were one of the most natural things in the world.My perception, however, changed after a hiking trip to the Eastern Suburbs, a scenic area of my city.My classmates and I were walking with some international students.As we walked out of the city, we found ourselves flanked by taller and taller trees, which formed a huge canopy above our heads.Suddenly an international student asked me, “Where is the entrance to the Eastern Suburbs?” “We're already in the Eastern Suburbs,” I replied.He seemed taken aback, “I thought you Chinese have walls for everything.” His remark set off a heated debate.At one point, he likened our walled cities to “jails,” while I insisted that the Eastern Suburbs were one of the many places in China that had no walls.That debate had no winners, but I did learn a lot from this international student.For instance, he told me that universities like Oxford and Cambridge were not surrounded by walls;the campuses were just part of the cities.I have to admit that we do have many walls in China, and as we are developing our country, we must carefully examine them, whether they are physical or intangible.We will keep some walls but tear down those that impede China's development.Let me give you an example.A year ago, when I was working on a term paper, I needed a book on business law and found a copy in the law school library.However, the librarian turned down my request with a cold shoulder, saying, “You can't borrow this book, you are not a student here.” In the end, I had to spend 200 yuan buying a copy;meanwhile, the copy in law school was gathering dust on the shelf.At the beginning of this semester, I heard that my university has started not only to unify its libraries but also link them up with libraries of other universities, so my experience will not be repeated.Barriers will be replaced by bridges.Through an inter-library loan system, we will have access to books from any library.With globalization, with China integrated into the world, I believe many of these intangible walls will be knocked down.I know globalization is a controversial issue, and it is hard to say whether it is good or bad.But one thing is for sure: it draws our attention to China's tangible and intangible walls and forces us to examine their roles in the modern world.And how about the ancient walls in my city and other cities? Should we tear them down? Just the opposite.My city, like Beijing and other cities, is actually making a great effort to preserve the walls.These walls attract not only historians and archeologists but also many schoolchildren trying to study our history and cultural heritage.Walls have turned into bridges to our past and to the rest of the world.If the ancient builders of these walls were still alive today, they would be proud to see such great change in the role of their walls.They are now bridges that link East and West, South and North, and all countries of the world.Our cultural heritage will survive 第七届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——孙宁
孙宁
北京外国语大学
1981年生于南京。1993年考取南京外国语学校,其间获全国中学生英语能力竞赛和中澳国际英语能力竞赛高中组特等奖。1999年保送北京外国语大学英语系学习,其间获“21世纪·爱立信杯”第七届全国英语演讲比赛冠军并出版译作三本。2003年8月入外交部翻译室工作,次年9月公派赴英国留学。Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities for China's Younger Generation Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen: Today I'm very happy to be here to share with you some of my thoughts on the topic of Globalization.And first of all, I would like to mention an event in our recent history.Thirty years ago, American President Richard Nixon made an epoch-making visit to China, a country still isolated at that time.Premier Zhou Enlai said to him, “Your handshake came over the vastest ocean in the world-twenty-five years of no communication.” Ever since then, China and America have exchanged many handshakes of various kinds.The fundamental implication of this example is that the need and desire to communicate across differences in culture and ideology is not only felt by the two countries but by many other nations as well.As we can see today, environmentalists from different countries are making joint efforts to address the issue of global warming, economists are seeking solutions to financial crises that rage in a particular region but nonetheless cripple the world's economy, and diplomats and politicians are getting together to discuss the issue of combating terrorism.Peace and prosperity has become a common goal that we are striving for all over the world.Underlying this mighty trend of globalization is the echo of E.M.Forster's words, “Only connect!” With the IT revolution taking place, traditional boundaries of human society fall away.Our culture, politics, society and commerce are being sloshed into a large melting pot of humanity.In this interlinked world, there are no outsiders, for a disturbance in one place is likely to impact other parts of the globe.We have begun to realize that a world divided cannot endure.China is now actively integrating into the world.Our recent entry to the WTO is a good example.For decades, we have taken pride in being self-reliant, but now we realize the importance of participating in and contributing to a broader economic order.From the precarious role in the world arena to our present WTO membership, we have come a long way.But what does the way ahead look like? In some parts of the world people are demonstrating against globalization.Are they justified then, in criticizing the globalizing world? Instead of narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor, they say, globalization enables developed nations to swallow the developing nations' wealth in debts and interest.Globalization, they argue, should be about an earnest interest in every other nation's economic health.We are reminded by Karl Marx that capital goes beyond national borders and eludes control from any other entity.This has become a reality.Multinational corporations are seeking the lowest cost, the largest market, and the most favorable policy.They are often powerful lobbyists in government decision-making, ruthless expansionists in the global market place and a devastating presence to local businesses.For China, still more challenges exist.How are we going to ensure a smooth transition from the planned economy to a market-based one? How to construct a legal system that is sound enough and broad enough to respond to the needs of a dynamic society? How to maintain our cultural identity in an increasingly homogeneous world? And how to define greatness in our rise as a peace-loving nation? Globalization entails questions that concern us all.Like many young people my age in China, I want to see my country get prosperous and enjoying respect in the international community.But it seems to me that mere patriotism is not just enough.It is vitally important that we young people do more serious thinking and broaden our mind to bigger issues.And, there might never be easy answers to those issues such as globalization, but to take them on and give them honest thinking is the first step to be prepared for both opportunities and challenges coming our way.And this is also one of the thoughts that came to me while preparing this speech.Thank you.英语演讲稿范文:Crossing the Sea 穿越海洋[双
专家点评:引用文学大师的诗句作为开场白,与结束语首尾呼应,颇有感染力。东西方文化的融合表现得十分鲜明,意味深长,是篇优秀的演讲。
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.The title of my speech today is “Crossing the Sea”.An English poet by the name of Rudyard Kipling once wrote in this poem “We and They” :
All the people like us are We
and everyone else is They
We live over the sea
While They live over the way
We eat pork and beef with cow horn-handled knives
They who gobble their rice off a leaf
Are horrified out of their lives.When these lines first caught my eyes, I was shocked--how could two people remain so isolated and ignorant of each other in the past? Today's society, of course, is an entirely different picture.Those people who used to eat with gobble their rice might be as well have taken to fish and chips.Indeed, just take China as example;Our modern life has been influenced by Western style of living in so many ways that it's no longer surprising to see teenagers going crazy about rock-and-roll, whole families dining out at McDonald's and even rather elderly people dressed in Apple Jeans.However, these are only some expressions of the cultural changes taking place in our society today.What is really going on is a subtle but significant restructuring of the nation's mentality.Just look around.How many college graduates are ready to compete aggressively for every job opportunity, whereas not long ago they were asked just to sit idle and wait for whatever was to be assigned to them by the government? How many young people are now eager to seek for an independent life whereas only two decades ago they would rely totally on their parents to arrange for their future? Ask anyone who participates in today's speech contest.Who has not come with a will to fight and who has not come determined to achieve self-fulfillment in winning the game? And I'm quite certain that if Confucius had lived to see today's China, he would have been horrified to see young lovers kissing each other in public places in an unreserved expression of their passion.It is therefore evident that we as descendants of an ancient Eastern civilization are already living under strong influence of the Western culture.But it is not only in China that we find the incorporation of the two cultures.Take the United States as an example: During the 1980s, in face of the overwhelming competition from Japan, many American companies such as the Ford began to adopt a teamwork management from their rivals, the essence of which, lay at the very core of Eastern culture.Take the Chinese acupuncture as another example: This traditional treatment of diseases is finally finding its way to the West and hence the underlying notion that illness is resulted from the imbalance between yin and yang within the body--an idea which would strike any Westerner as incredible in the past!
Ladies and Gentlemen, we live in a great epoch when the global integration of economy and the information revolution have brought cultures of the world closer than ever before.We live in a particular era when countries, East and West, find themselves in need of readjusting their traditional values.We live, at the same time, at a critical juncture of our evolution because such problems as ethnic conflicts and regional unrest are increasingly posing a threat to the peace and happiness of the whole human race.To cope with such an era and to embrace an even brighter future, we need to learn to live more harmoniously in a world community which is becoming smaller and smaller.My dear fellow students, our command of the English language render sit possible for us to gain an insight into Western culture while retaining our own cultural identity.Therefore, it is our sacred responsibility to promote the cultural exchanges and hence the mutual understanding between China and the rest of the world.It is my happiest dream that new generation of Chinese will not only grow up drinking Coca cola and watching Hollywood, but also be blessed with the far-reaching benefits of multiple cultures;benefits that our forefathers had never, ever dreamed of.To end my speech, I would like to quote Rudyard Kipling again:
All the people like us are We
And everyone else is They
But once you cross over the sea
You will end by looking on We
As only a sort of They.Thank you.译文:穿越海洋
女士们、先生们,晚上好。今天,我演讲的题目是:《穿越海洋》。
英国诗人罗得雅德·吉卜林曾写过一首诗,名叫《我们与他们》,其中写道:
像我们的人是我们
其余的人是他们
我们生活在海这边
他们生活在路那边
我们用牛角柄的刀叉吃猪牛肉
吞吃粽叶包饭的他们
吓得要死。
第一次读到这首诗,我很震惊——过去两个民族何以如此疏离、彼此陌生?当然今日的社会呈现出完全不同的情景
:那些过去吃米饭的人们也开始喜欢吃鱼和薯条。的确如此,就拿中国来说,西方的生活方式已经广泛地影响了我们的现代生活,以致对于年轻人对摇滚乐着
迷,全家去吃麦当劳,老年人穿苹果牌牛仔裤,大家都已习以为常。
然而,这不过是我们当今社会中所发生的文化变迁的表面现象而已,真正发生的却是我们的民族心理开始了微妙
而又有重大意义的重建,大家只要看看周围就会清楚。
不久以前,大学生还只是束手空坐,等待政府给他们分配工作;如今,又有多少大学生正在做充分准备,为争取任
何工作机会而激烈角逐?
20年前年轻人还完全依靠父母为他们安排未来,今天又有多少年轻人在急切地寻求一种独立的生活?试问今天参加
演讲比赛的诸位,谁不是带着志在一搏的心情来到这里?谁不是铁下心来赢得这场比赛以实现自我?如今年轻人毫无顾
忌地宣泄情感当众亲吻,我确信,倘若孔子在世,他必被吓坏。
很明显,我们这些东方古老文明的后裔们早已生活在西方文化的强烈影响之下,然而出现这种异质文化合流的
现象不止是在中国。
以美国为例,20世纪80年代,面对来自日本的强大竞争压力,许多美国公司如福特公司开始采用对手的集体合作
管理方式,而这种方式正是东方文化核心之精华。
再以中华针灸为例,这种传统的医疗方法以及这种疗法的依据——即人体阴阳失调导致疾病最终得到西方社会的
承认,而在过去,西方人还认为这是无稽之谈。
女士们,先生们,我们恰逢一个伟大的时代:全球经济一体化、信息革命使得世界各种文化联系比以往更加紧密;
我们恰逢一个特殊的年代:无论是东方国家还是西方国家都意识到自身急需调整传统价值。与此同时,我们正生活在发
展的关键时刻:种族冲突,地区动荡正越来越威胁着整个人类的和平与幸福。如何对待这一时代,拥抱更加灿烂的未来,我们需要学会在越来越小的世界大家庭中更加和睦地生活。
亲爱的同学们,我们掌握英语,得以了解西方文化,与此同时,又不失本民族的文化特征。
因此,促进中国与世界的文化交流与相互理解是我们神圣的责任。
我有一个美好的梦想,我梦想中国的年轻一代不仅仅在喝可口可乐、看好莱坞影片中成长,而且还受益于我们的
父辈所从未梦想过的多元文化所带来的深远影响。
最后,再次以罗得雅德·吉卜林的诗作为我此次演讲的结尾:
像我们的人是我们
其余的人是他们
然而一旦你们穿洋越海
就不会再把我们
看做仅仅是他们。
谢谢。