奉献即有收获—“21世纪联想杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军演讲Giving_is_Receiving

第一篇：奉献即有收获—“21世纪联想杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军演讲Giving_is_Receiving

Giving is Receiving—Personal Growth in volunteer Work

奉献即有收获—“21世纪联想杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军演讲

Morning, ladies and gentlemen.早上好，女士们先生们。

Last summer, I volunteered to work as an English teacher in a primary school for children of

migrant workers.去年夏天，我自愿在一所外地农民工子弟小学当起了一名英语教师。

To be accurate, I didn’t volunteer.I was dragged in.（literally）

确切的说，我并不是自告奋勇去参加的。我其实是被拽着参加的。（从字面上说）

When my friend first hit upon the idea of this project, I was all against it:“What? To spend my

vacation standing

in the heat,当我的朋友首次提出参加这个计划时我是完全反对的：“什么？让我整个暑假冒着酷暑，Yelling at a bunch of nine-year-olds who couldn’t even speak proper Mandarin Chinese? And

besides, there`s no pay

for my toil.No, I am definitely not going.”

对着一帮9岁大的小孩大声嚷嚷，他们甚者连普通话都说不标准。而且我的辛苦工作是无

偿服务。不，我绝对不会去的。”

But my friend twisted my arms to have me join them.但是在朋友的坚持下，我还是去了。

Unexpectedly, the first lesson I taught turned out a lesson for me.出乎意料的是，我的第一节课却变成了我的一课。

The moment I stepped into the shabby classroom, I was touched dy the loud, respectful voices in unison: “Good

morning, teacher!”

当我踏进那间破旧的教室，我被一阵充满敬意，整齐的喊声深深打动了。“老师，早上好！”

Instead of fooling around, the chilend were thirsty for knowledge and efficient in absorbing everying I was able to

give them.这些孩子没有四处打闹，对知识如饥似渴的他们有效地吸收我交给他们的知识。

This made me despise myself for I hadn’t even prepared for the class.让我鄙视自己，因为我事前根本没有备课。

During the break, I leaned over the squeaky desk, chatting with a sweaty boy in the front row:“ Without air-

Conditioning, it’s really hot here.Are you tired?”

课间休息时，我靠在一张吱吱作响的桌子旁，与前排一位满头大汗的男孩子聊天：“这里没有空调，实在太热了，你感到热吗？”

“Not at all,” said he, shaking his head.“It`s fine here.My Dad builds asphalt roads.That is really tiring and hot.”

“一点都不，”他摇摇头说，“这里很好。我爸爸在修沥青公路。那里才是真的又热又累人。”

As summer advanced, my enthusiasm as a teacher grew.随着夏天的推移，我作为一名老师的热情在上涨。

I prepared my lesson carefully and even used some methods my teachers used.我认真的备课，甚至采用了一些我老师曾经用过的教学方法。

I organized many group activities to give the kids fun.Strangely enough, the heat was also becoming less and less

unbearable.我组织了许多小组活动让孩子们玩得很开心。奇怪的是，这酷暑热浪也逐渐让人能忍受了。

Soon, my one-month volunteer work came to an end.不久，我为期一个月的志愿活动接近尾声。

When I was leaving my last class, I turned back and saw smiling faces and waving hands.当我结束作何一节课时，我转身，看到那张张笑脸和学的挥动的手。

Never before had I ever had such a feeling of sadness, which was, nevertheless, mixed with a sense of enrichment,fulfillment and happiness.我从未感到过如此伤心，但是这种感觉却夹杂着充实,满足和幸福。

I was paid for my work, amply paid, not in terms of money, but something more valuable.我的工作得到了回报，而且获益很大。这种报偿不是用金钱来衡量的，而是其他一些更加珍贵的东西。

My English was improved.I was able to teach it, although not very professional.I learned about the grassroots-

level society.我的英语水平得到了提高。虽然不是很专业，但我可以胜任这份教学工作了。我了解到了基层社会。

Inside myself a heart is growing, a heart that not only beats for myself, but cares for others as well.我的内心激情澎湃，这不单单是对自己的鞭策，也是在关心着其他人。

The volunteer work gave me a precious little chance to say thanks to people like the little boy’s father,这次志愿工作给我一次难得的机会向诸如那位小男孩的父亲一样的人们表达谢意。

Who construct highways san under grounds, build up modern skyscrapers, and make our cities more and more beautiful.他们修建高速公路和地铁、建设现代化摩天大楼，让我们的城市越来越漂亮。

To help the children with their English was all I could do, at present, to show my gratitude to these unsung

heroes.而要表达我对这些无名英雄的感激之情，我目前力所能及的事情只是给他们的小孩教英语。

The world may not have been fair to them,这个世界对他们可能不太公平，So privileged and blessed people like me are obliged to do whatever we can to help make their life better.所以我们这些幸运和幸福的人有义务尽我们所能，让他们生活的更好一些。

What I ever [whatever] I do for them, however,然而，我所做的事情微不足道

I know it cannot be compared with what they have done to improve the quality of life in our cities.我知道，比起他们为提高无名的城市生活质量所做的贡献。

Ladies and gentlemen, now realize that volunteering shouldn’t be a one-time personal experience.女士们先生们，现在我意识到志愿活动不应该是一次个人经历。

It should be a lifetime activity of everybody.这应该成为每一个人的一种终生行为。

Many of us are now offering assistance to the needy and to each other, and our efforts have indeed made a

difference.现在我们中的很多人都在为彼此和那些需要帮助的人提供援助。我们这些努力确实是能改变现状。

Whether we are helping children with their schooling, or caring for the elderly in nursing homes, and helping out

in 2008 Beijing Olympics,不管我们是在教育方面帮助孩子还是在敬老院照顾老人们，或者参加2008年北京奥运会的志愿活动，We well not only contribute to the harmony of the world but elevate ourselves as well.这些都不只是为社会的和谐贡献自己的力量，同时也是在提升袭击的道德修养。

Emerson once said,:“It’s one of the most beautiful compensations of this life

爱默生曾经说过：“此生最美好的一种报偿就是，that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” He was right.任何对别人的真诚帮助必然也是对自己的帮助。”他是对的。

I hear that my university is going to organize anther voluntary teaching program this summer.我听说学校今年夏天将组织另一次义务教学活动。

This time I won’t be dragged in.I will volunteer.这一次我不会再被拽着参加了。我会自告奋勇。

Thank you.谢谢。

Last summer.I volunteered(动词)to work as an English teacher in a primary school（初中）for children of migrant workers.To be accurate.I didn't volunteer.I was dragged in.（拖拉拽）literally（确实，实际上）.When my friends first hit upon（突然想到…）the idea of this project.I was all against it.'What?' To spend my vacation standing in the heat yelling（叫喊）at a bunch of nine-year-olds who couldn't even speak proper Mandarin Chinese? And besides.there's no pay for my toil（苦干）.No.I am definitely not going.My friends twisted（扭弯）my arms to have me join them.Unexpectedly，the first lesson I taught turned out（打扫，生产，关掉）a lesson for me.The moment I stepped into the shabby（破旧卑鄙）classroom.I was touched by the loud, respectful voices in unison（一致，和谐）.'Good morning teacher!' Instead of fooling around, the children were thirsty for knowledge and efficientin absorbing（吸引人的有趣的）everything I was able to give them.This made me despise(轻视)myself for I hadn't

even prepared for the class.During the break.I leaned over（弯下身子）the squeaky（支支作响）desk, chatting with a sweaty（出汗吃力的）boy in the front row.“Without air-conditioning, It's really hot here.Are you tired?” Not at all.said he.shaking his head.it's fine here.My Dad builds asphalt（沥青）roads.That is really tiring and hot.As summer advanced.my enthusiasm as a teacher grew.I prepared my lesson carefully and even used some methods my teachers used.I organized many group activities to give the kids fun.Strangely enough the heat was also becoming less and less unbearable.Soon, my one-month volunnteer came to an end.When I was leaving my last class, I turned back and saw smiling faces and waving hands.Never before had I ever had such a feeling of sadness.which was, nevertheless, mixed with a sense of enrichment, fulfillment and happiness.I was paid for my work, amply（充足详细的）paid, not in terms of money, but something more valuable.My English was improved, I was able to teach it, although not very professional.I learned about the grassroots-level society.Inside myself a heart is growing.a heart that not only beats for myself.but cares for others as well.The volunteer work gave me a precious(宝贵)little chance of saying thanks.to people like the little boy's father who construct highways and undergrounds, build up(树立, 增进)modern skyscrapers(摩天大楼), and make our cities more and more beautiful.To help the children with their English was all I could do at present to show my gratitude（感谢得心情）to these unsung（未赞颂）heroes.The world may not have been fair to them.so privileged（特别恩典的）and blessed people like me make their life better.Whatever I do for them, however, I know it can't be compared with what they have done to improve the quality of life in our cities.Ladies and gentlemen.Now I realize that voluntary（自愿的）shouldn't be just a one-time personal experience.It should be a lifetime activity of everybody.Many of us are now offering assistance（协助补助）to the needy（贫困的）and to each other and our efforts have indeed made a difference schooling,-----------or caring for the elderly in nursing（看护养育）homes, and helping out（帮助，解决困难）in 2008 Beijing Olympics, will not only contribute to the harmony of the world but elevate（举起，振奋，提拔）ourselves as well.Emerson once said, “It's one of the most beautiful compensations补偿 of this life no man can sincerely（真诚的)try to help another without helping himself” He was right.I hear that my university is going to organize another voluntary teaching program this summer.This time I won't be dragged in.I will volunteer.Thank you!

第二篇：第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军

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第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——夏鹏

第三篇：“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军演讲稿

Facing this audience on the stage, I have the exciting feeling of participating in the march of history, for what we are facing today is more than a mere competition or contest.It is an assembly of some of China's most talented and motivated people, representatives of a younger generation that are preparing themselves for the coming of a new century.I'm grateful that I've been given this opportunity, at such a historic moment, to stand here as a spokesman of my generation and to take a serious look back at the past 15 years, a crucial period for every one of us and for this nation as well.Though it is only within my power to tell about my personal experience, and only a tiny fragment of it at that, it still represents, I believe, the root of a spirit which has been essential to me and to all the people bred by the past 15 years.In my elementary years, there was a little girl in the class who worked very hard but somehow could never do satisfactorily in her lessons.The teacher asked me to help her, and it was obvious that she expected a lot from me.but as a young boy, restless, thoughtless, I always tried to evade her so as to get more time to enjoy myself.One day before the final exam, she came up to me and said, “Could you please explain this to me? I want very much to do better this time.” I started explaining, and finished in a hurry.pretending not to notice her still confused eyes, I ran off quickly.Nat surprisingly, she again did very badly in the exam.And two months later, at the beginning of the new semester, word came of her death of blood cancer.No one ever knew about the little task I failed to fulfill, but I couldn't forgive myself.I simply couldn't forget her eyes, which seem to be asking, “Why didn't you do a little more to help me, when it was so easy for you? Why didn't you understand a little better the trust placed in you, so that I would not have to leave this world in such pain and regret?”

I was about eight or nine years old at that time, but in a way it was the very starting point of my life, for I began to understand the word “responsibility” and to learn to always do my duties faithfully and devotedly, for the implications of that sacred word has dawned on me: the mutual need and trust of people, the co-operation and inter-reliance which are the very foundation of human society.Later in my life, I continued to experience many failures.But never again did I feel that regret which struck me at the death of the girl, for it makes my heart satisfied to think that I have always done everything in my power to fulfill my responsibilities as best I can.As I grew up, changed and improved by this incident and many other similar ones, I began to perceive the changes taking place around me and to find that society, in a way, was in its formative years like myself.New buildings, new commodities and new fashions appear every day.New ideas, new information, new technologies.people can talk with each other from any corner of the earth in a matter of seconds.Society is becoming more competitive.Words like individuality and creativity are getting more emphasis and more people are rewarded for their hard work and efforts.Such is the era in which this generation ,grows and matures.Such is the era in which this generation will take over the nation from our fathers and learn to run it.Yet in the meantime, many problems still exist.We learn that crimes take place in broad daylight with crowds of people looking on and not assisting.We hear that there are still about 1 million children in this country who can't even afford to go to elementary schools while enormous sums of money are being squandered away on dinner parties and luxury cars.We buy shoddy medicines, or merely worthless junk in the name of medicines, that aggravate, rather than alleviate our diseases since money, many people believe, is the most important thing in the world that must be made, even at the expense of morality and responsibility.Such an era, therefore, determines that we are a generation with a keener sense of competition and efficiency and a greater readiness to think critically and act creatively.Such an era, furthermore, demands, that we are a generation with a clear perception of our historical responsibility and an aggressive will to take action and solve the problems.History has long been preparing these qualities in this generation and it is now calling us forward to give testimony to our patriotism and heroism towards this nation and all humanity.Standing here now, I think of the past 15 years of my life as an ordinary student.probably I'll be an ordinary man for the rest of my life.But this doesn't discourage me any, for I know that with my sense of responsibility and devoted efforts to always strive, for the best, it's going to be a meaningful and worthwhile life that I will be living.Standing here now, I think of the past 15 years of this nation, which has achieved greatness that inspired millions of people of my age, most of whom will not attain fame or prestige and only a few of whom will be remembered by posterity.But that doesn't discourage us any, because we know that the world watches, the world listens, the world is waiting to see where this nation will be heading in a time of rich opportunities and fierce competition.I can't ever forget that little girl in my class who couldn't had the same opportunities as any of us here to enjoy a wonderful life today and a hopeful world tomorrow.It is the sacred responsibility of this generation to face up to the challenges of the new century and to devote our sweat and blood, our wisdom and passion, to the historic cause of making this nation a greater and happier land for every one of us.We are not going to evade that responsibility.We are going to let people down.And people, far and near, will hear of us.Frost will be brought to their backbones and tears to their eyes when our stories are told and retold, So let us go forth, my fellow members of this luckily chosen generation, and meet the new century in victory and glory.

第四篇：21世纪杯全国英语演讲比赛冠军陈洁昊演讲

21世纪杯全国英语演讲比赛冠军陈洁昊演讲

My great-great-grandfather was very nervous, even though he had done it thousands of times.He and his teammates held their breath in total darkness…waiting for the music.At the age of 101, he knew it was likely his last chance to compete in a dancing contest.The drums kicked in and, slowly but surely, he started the moves of Gaoshan--a folk dance unique to my part of China.The music was serene...the motion was graceful....and everything was so harmonious.And then, everything changed!

The tempo sped up.The dancers started shaking their hips.It was completely unexpected but yes, they were dancing modern disco.I was delighted, but not everyone liked it.Some argued that the traditional dance was compromised by the inclusion of Western fluff.So I asked Angong, “Why not just do a typical Gaoshan dance?”

“Are you kidding me, sweetheart?” he replied.“Where would we be without some clashes and conflicts?”

That was Angong’s gut reaction, but what he implied set me thinking.“Where would we be without some clashes and conflicts?”

Looking back on the life of my great-great-grandfather, it was a journey marked by clashes every step of the way.When he was a teenager, China’s door was busted wide open.He cut off his ponytail following the end of Qing---China’s last feudal Dynasty.During the day,cars ran alongside rickshaws.At night, jazz clashed with Chinese opera.Dancing was a luxury reserved for the rich and privileged.When the People’s Republic was founded in 1949, Angong danced on the streets with joy.After years of unrest, he felt a sense of belonging and new possibilities.That was the moment he knew he wanted to be an artist.After the Cultural Revolution, Angong witnessed China’s reform and opening-up.Both Deng Lijun of Taiwan and the Carpenters of America were huge stars at the time.For the first time in years, Angong didn’t have to follow one set of doctrines or one form of dancing for that matter.Angong’s personal journey mirrored the transformation of a nation, a

transformation encapsulated in the life of a man who pursued artistic

expression.Please remember, Angong and his generations were born into a China that was struggling to keep at bay an outside world that threatened China’s

self-perception and self-rule.A century later, this is a different China, and fortunately, a China that has learned lessons history had to offer, and now it seeks to re-engage the west.Angong was a man of his times, but he has always been open to new voices, new ideas, new dances.He adapted, changed and grew by learning from the world around him, both Chinese and Western.By being open to each other, we can grow in unexpectedly beautiful ways, just like my Angong’s disco Gaoshan dance.Ladies and gentlemen, I implore you to join my great-great-grandfather and me as we dance with a spring in our step into that great unknown that will be our future.相关中文介绍

陈洁昊：中国传媒大学选手, 第17届中国日报社21世纪杯全国英语演讲比赛冠军，同时获得中国日报社21世纪报最具潜力奖，托业最佳风采奖，与麦格希演讲艺术之星。陈洁昊

是中国传媒大学2010级英语播音系学生，从14岁至今已获得过无数英语大奖——— 2006央视希望之星英语风采大赛初中组总冠军；首届新东方美文背诵大赛全国总决赛青少年组冠军；2011年中国大学生模拟APEC大会冠军，并赴美国观摩夏威夷APEC峰会；2012年 “21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军……