21世纪杯英语演讲比赛即兴问答优秀20篇

My Attitude towards to Marks

For our students， marks is above everything. Teachers will judge us from our

marks. With marks we can be enrolled into junior middle schools. With marks， we

can be enrolled into senior middle schools. With marks we can be enrolled into

college. With marks we can be enrolled into postgraduate and doctrine studies.

Still with marks we can be graded and be allowed to go abroad for further

studies. Our parents will be strict with us with the marks. Our society judge us

from marks. However， sometimes we students compare one another with marks

directly. We are completely controlled by marks. We like them and we feel sorry

for them. But what attitude towards our marks should we take?

Truly， marks functions cannot be underestimated. In terms of test in our

study， marks are fair and real. That is the reason why we say "Everyone is equal

before marks. "

However， I think marks are the sole standard to judge the success or failure

of students in exams. Sometimes， marks more than ten or less than one or two in

our exams comparing with others mean not everything. The success or failure in

exams will be influenced by experience on the spot and the examinee’s health

etc. Once in a while one cannot fail in exams. " Success or failure is common

sense for military. " I think everyone is familiar with the famous saying. Don’t

you think such will be the case with our study? In exams， one cannot be "

never-defeated general" . Even though one will be very good in everyday study，

he cannot succeed in every exam sometimes. We can get proof from the fact that

the very best one we call "Number One Scholar" in the entrance exams for college

and ordinary middle school and specialized secondary school over the years is

not eminent above all others nor top student in every study.

As a matter of fact， "high marks" and "ability" are not unified. Some time

ago， a new phrase " high marks but poor competence" came into being. Once I

happened to meet such a teacher as this .It is said that the teacher just

graduated from a far-famed key university. But his teaching result is much less

than that of the one who just graduated from a not-well-renowned college. When

lecturing， the teacher only repeated what the text-books says， which was very

dull so the his students’ interest in learning was not aroused. His teaching was

short of unity of teaching and learning. At present there is a fact that we know

a few brilliant and top college graduates are not qualified for their posts. The

reason for it may be lack of the ability to combine knowledge learnt from books

with pragmatics in their work. Students of this kind will be successful in every

exam but they will be able to use freely their knowledge in their posts. Don’t

you think it waste training such persons for the country?

To sum up from the above， I can say marks are not absolutely authoritative

for some. If we neglect training and developing the students’ ability and

competence and if we only seek for the high marks， we will be absolutely wrong.

We should take an objective attitude towards the marks. Neither should we

neglect them nor should we overvalue them like a God.

Good afternoon! Ladies and gentlemen!

I am very happy to have the opportunity to attend this Competition.

My topic today is “Never Say Sorry Again!”

Do you feel sorry for the animals that are killed by the millions every

day?

Do we really need to kill animals?

Let us now think of the reasons for using dead animals. People often use

animals for food, make-up, medicine and especially for the clothes. Fur coats

are definitely a luxury. Yes, they are warm but really they are mostly a symbol

of wealth. Do you know how much a mink coat cost?

A report said in an open letter published recently, a Dutch animal-rights

group has asked their much-loved Queen to stop wearing fur. The Group pointed

out that making clothing from fur represents cruelty to animals. “ Fur belongs

to animals, not to human beings.”

Nowadays a lot of greedy people hunt and kill wild animals and birds, so as

to make money by selling their hides at high prices. This kind of killing should

be stopped and seriously punished. If we don't take actions to protect the wild

animals and birds, they will soon disappear from the globe. Man will one day

find himself a very lonely creature on earth indeed.

Until such a day, when we finally realized that we no longer have these

friends or neighbors, what are we human beings going to say? Sorry? No, it is

too late to say sorry to them.

Ladies and Gentlemen, please consider what I have said to you this

afternoon. Think carefully on whether we really need to use animals for our

pleasure if you have come to the conclusion that we are wrong. Then we should

now change our attitude so that we never say sorry again to the animal

population.

Thank you!

a dream from beyond

i was sound asleep. my grandfather appeared in a dream. he asked why i had never visited him and grandma at the cemetery. he said that even my mom hadn’t visited since october 4 (grandma’s birthday). he told me that, when i was young, i had walked out into a pond and slipped under water. he had rescued me. he said grandma was supposed to be watching me, but that she had gotten sick all of a sudden and was throwing up. it was probably the fresh blackberries they had picked and eaten earlier. grandma had a bad stomach.

my parents were out on a boat in the pond. they did not know that grandpa had saved me until they got back to shore. i was in a towel and my clothes were drying on bushes. my brown and white buster brown shoes were also soaked. i was only three years old, grandpa said. my parents were angry at first, but when they saw that grandma was still feeling sick, they forgave her.

grandpa told me that we had a picnic after that. the four of us ate some chicken, potato salad, and homemade cookies. we drank lemonade. then grandpa took me for a walk in the woods (i sat on his shoulders). i saw some daisies, and we picked them. when we returned, i presented three daisies to mom and three to grandma, who was finally feeling better. grandpa said to bring some daisies to the gravesite. then i woke up.

the next day, i called my mom. “do you remember me walking into the pond and grandpa rescuing me?”

“my god! who told you about that?”

“you mean, it really happened?”

“yes, but your father and i never told you about it because grandma swore us to silence. even though it wasn’t her fault, she felt that she had failed in her responsibility, and never wanted you to know about it. my goodness, that was so long ago. who told you this?”

“mom, did i go for a walk with grandpa and return with daisies for you and grandma?”

“okay, i get it. you and your dad are playing some kind of prank. okay, it’s very funny. now, quit it.”

“this is no prank, mom. grandpa told me this in a dream last night.”

“it still sounds like a prank.”

“no, i’m serious. he told me that grandma had a reaction to blackberries. he said i was wearing brown and white buster brown shoes. he said i gave you and grandma daisies.”

“oh, my god. your father would never remember all this. it must be daddy! did he say anything about visiting his gravesite?”

“yes, that was his problem. he wanted me to visit them. he also said you had not visited since—”

“—since mom’s birthday six years ago?”

“well, not—”

“i’ve got to get over there right now!”

“wait for me! i’m coming with you, and i’ve got to bring those daisies. maybe we’d better start going every year, huh, mom?”

“yes. there’s no telling what grandpa might tell you next time.”

I Agree or not agree: the next twenty years from now on, students will not use printed books any more.

I don't think so. printed books won't be abandoned in such a short time. I admit that new technology is developing fast. Many advanced electronic products are gradually take the place of traditional tools. Just like in university, teachers like to use multimedia in class for it is quite convenient and efficient. However, for our student, it is not realistic to study completely by electronic products. There are many things need to recorded on books. Books are something meaningful and practical. I should say, in our country, printed books wouldn't be abandoned within 20 years at least for two reasons. Firstly, books are classical container of knowledge. They accompany human to advance. A student without books could be someway ridiculous. Secondly, our country haven't developed so strong to make every student study by computer or other forms of electronic tools. And even after 20 years, the possibility is also very small. I also think it is unnecessary because books are cheap but useful and still meaningful.

看完“中国梦的英语演讲比赛稿”的人还看：

一：活动主题：“英语演讲比赛”

二：活动目的：为了丰富广大学生的课余文化生活，加强英语的学习与交流，提高同学们的学习英语的积极性，推动校园文化建设，浓厚学术氛围，提高学生的综合素质，展现当代大学生风采，我系特举办英语演讲比赛为广大同学提供展现自我的舞台。

三：活动口号：”just do it !”

四：报名截止时间：11月13号

五：比赛时间：

预赛时间：11月16号(星期一)晚六点半。

复赛时间：11月18号(星期三)晚六点半。

比赛地点： 5号楼4层教室

六：参赛对象：经济贸易系全体学生(区分英语(非)专业组.)

七：具体程序：

(一)准备阶段：

1：由学习部向本系各个班级发出活动报名表(区分英语(非)专业班)

2：1—20号签提前准备好，抽签箱，英文歌曲，评委表决牌，打分纸板.笔，给评委老师准备水，证书，奖品

3：邀请评委：

预赛：三位评委老师

复赛：英语专业组老师

(二)相关部门配合：

1 宣传部：文字宣传：做出活动展板，横幅。前期宣传。

2 外联部：联系企业进行赞助。

3 治保部：维持现场秩序

4 其他部门到场观摩，配合工作人员。

(三)活动流程：

预赛：(无评分制，由评委控制选手去留)

比赛顺序：先进行非专业组比赛，后进行专业组比赛(比赛流程相同)

注：专业组预留5——10人，非专业组预留10——15人(人数机动选择)

1：工作人员和选手(分出专业组，非专业组)提前到达比赛现场，工作人员布置场地，向选手介绍比赛流程、选手细节、比赛规则

2：主持人开场白，介绍评委老师

3：选手按主持人名单依序上台演讲

4：所有选手比赛完成后，由评委老师代表讲话

5：(必答题目)自由演讲：选手进行3分钟的自主演讲

(评委可自行打断时间进行提问环节)

(随机题目)问答：评委根据选手表现自行提问(亦可机动)

复赛：每轮按十分制打分

比赛顺序：先进行非专业组比赛，后进行专业组比赛(比赛流程相同)

评分标准十分制

演讲评分标准：

1：发音标准，语言语调流畅自然(3分)

2：内容充实健康，主题鲜明突出(3分)

3：应用语言能力强，现场总体印象好(2分)

4：仪态举止大方得体(2分)

问答评分标准：

由评委老师自行评分(10分)

才艺评分标准：

1：口语清晰.流畅，有感染力(4分)

2：表演生动，肢体语言协调(4分)

3：评委印象分(2分)

评比规则：采用累积计分制，依三轮总分进行奖项评比

1：工作人员和选手提前到达比赛现场，选手抽签排序，工作人员布置场地，播放开场英文歌曲，

向选手介绍比赛规则，评分标准

2：主持人介绍评委，宣读比赛规则，评分标准

3：选手依序上台演讲，讲毕评委点评打分

4：所有选手比赛完成后，由评委代表讲话，工作人员统分

第一轮：口才大比拼：选手按照规定的主题进行3分钟的命题演讲。命题会提前通知复赛选手，由选手现场挑选

第二轮：脑力大比拼：回答评委问题(问题由工作人员提前和评委老师沟通好)

第三轮：才艺大比拼：选手可以自行选择英语绕口令，英文歌曲，英语笑话，英文诗朗诵等方式进行才艺表演

比赛结束，工作人员统分，排出获奖名单，由主持人宣布获奖名单，获奖人员上台领奖(期间加音乐)

八：奖项设置：(据情况调整)

非专业组： 专业组：

一等奖1名(证书+台灯一台) 一等奖1名(证书+台灯一台 )

二等奖2名(证书+台灯一台) 二等奖2名(证书+台灯一台 )

三等奖3名(证书+英语磁带) 三等奖3名(证书+英语磁带)

九：工作人员：

主持人：预赛：姜洁-曹鹏复赛：陈丹萍

计时、统分员：章思，符云霞

现场机动员：刘露，刘念，王浩

十：经费预算：300元

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 globalization.

演讲主题：请加入志愿者行列吧——奉献即有收获

冠军：陈星，南京大学，在2007 年国际演讲比赛上获“最佳非英语国家选手奖”

2007 Session, Hong Kong Topic: Giving is Receiving - Personal Growth in Volunteer Work Champion: Chen Xing, Nanjing University

演讲主题：人与自然——寻求一个更为和睦发展的新世纪

冠军：蔡力，南京大学，在1999 年国际演讲比赛上获“最佳非英语国家选手奖”

1999 Session, Shanghai Topic: People and Nature - In Search of Harmony in a New Age Champion: Cai Li, Nanjing University

DREAM——A word that has changed the world

Hello,everybody !it is my great honor to be here to share my idea with you .Today,I will talk something about DREAM——A word that has changed the world .

“What do you think is the word that has really changed our world ”

When I was asked about this question for the first time ,without thinking it too much ,a word flash into my mind ——DREAM ,D-R-E-A-M.People more or less dream about different things ,to be a teacher ,a doctor ,a scientist ,a businessman and so on .All these people who have dreams should be respected ,because Dreams make the world go around .We grow great by our dreams.All big men are great dreamers in their youth.Everyone has a dream ,and everything starts as one’s daydream.

Martin Luther king had a dream.He desired for a future where blacks and whites would coexist harmoniously as equals.By speaking the way he did,he educated,he inspired,he informed not just the people there,but people throughout America and unborn generations.He pushed forward the pace of American black society towards the racial equality .

Thomas Edison had a dream.He dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity,began where he stood to put his dream into action,and despite more than ten thousand failures,he stood by that dream until he made it a physical reality!And today,his dream lights up the world at night.

Walt Disney had a dream.This,in itself,wasn't unusual -- he was always dreaming.He dreamed of making the first animated feature film,and of building an amusement park that parents could enjoy right along with their kids.Walt Disney empowered his dream and today,Disneyland,Disney world and Disney theme parks attract around the world thrill millions of visitors each and every year.

John F.kennedy had a dream.He wanted to land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth so as to restore faith in the American way of life.John F.kennedy empowered his dream and 8 years later Neil Armstrong stepped on the face of the moon.The moon landing certainly gave Americans new found confidence.

Dream --- A word that has changed the world Yes ,I would say so ,wouldn’t you

Youth is a special life relay station ,the growth with the worry ,the life feeling become aware happily with the dream ,collected a unique youth melody in here .

We decide.We choose.And as we decide and choose,so are our lives formed.In the end,forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.And most importantly ,You are the one you choose to be.

It is easy to waste our lives ,our days ,our minutes .It is easy to exist than living .So hold fast to your dreams,For if dreams die,life is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly.Hold fast to your dreams,For when dreams go,life is a barren field,Frozen with snow.

I hope you everyone he

梦--一个改变世界的词

大家好!我很荣幸能在这里和大家分享我的想法，今天我将谈论一个关于梦想的东西--一个改变世界的词。

“你认为什么是真正改变了我们世界的这个词呢”

当我被问到这个问题的时候，没有想太多，一个字闪进我的脑海——梦，d-r-e-a-m.people或多或少的梦想不同的东西，是一个教师，医生，科学家，商人等等。所有这些人的梦想都应该得到尊重，因为梦想让世界运转。我们增长我们的梦想伟大，所有的伟人都是在青年时期伟大的梦想家。每个人都有梦想，一切都开始作为一个的白日梦。

路德金做了一个梦，他希望给黑人和白人能和谐共处等。说他，他这样的教育，他深受启发，他通知不只是那里的人们，但全美国的人和未出生的后代，他推动了美国黑人社会的步伐走向种族平等。

爱迪生托马斯做了一个梦，他梦见一个能用电来供电的电灯，他开始在那里站着把自己的梦想付诸行动，尽管有一万多个失败，他站在那一个梦中，直到他成为现实!今天，他的梦想照亮了世界。

沃尔特迪士尼有一个梦想，这一点，在它本身并不寻常，他一直在做梦，他梦想制作第一部动画电影，并建设一个娱乐公园，父母可以享受与他们的孩子。

约翰肯尼迪做了一个梦，他想把人送上月球并返回他安全返回地球，恢复美国的生活方式的信念。约翰肯尼迪授权他的梦想，8年后尼尔阿姆斯壮踏上月球的脸。登月的确给了美国人的新发现的信心。

梦---一个改变世界的话是的，我会这样说，是不是你

青春是一个特殊的生命接力站，随着烦恼的成长，生活的感觉变得与梦的幸福感，在这里收集了一个独特的青春旋律。

我们决定，我们选择，并且当我们决定和选择，我们的生活也在我们的生活中，最终形成我们自己的命运是什么样的野心是什么，最重要的是，你是你选择的那个人。

我们的生活，我们的日子，我们的生活，很容易浪费我们的生命，很容易生存，所以坚持你的梦想，因为如果梦想死亡，生命是一只折断翅膀的鸟儿，不能飞翔。

我希望你们每个人都可以.

Dear teachers, dear students:

hello everyone!

The topic of my speech is "the hardness of life"

The vast desert, a tree stand, the show is a monument to the image.

Towering mountains, thousands of tree stand up, as is a magnificent the

Great Wall.

The long river, all the trees stood up into a dragon of glory.

We are a symbol of too much, and too much. But I believe that my image is

not "the gentlest hands, skin, such as Diorskin" Lin Daiyu, nor is the modern

"unkempt and shabby", "Su Qier". We are a symbol of hope and vitality. So we

show in front of others should be inserted without pleats, face without scale,

modest and polite gestures exudes a stream of heroic spirit, the image of the

vigor and vitality of the modern new youth, a into the embodiment of the spirit

of nature.

Someone once said, life is a kind of hardness, integrity and dignity of

life is propped up the hardness of bone. "Better life" and "the Kui back in the

day, and not ashamed on the ground", which is always the traditional virtue of

the China. Li Bai's "the eyebrow nengcui Zheyaoshan powerful thing, so that I

may not be happy Yan" this awe inspiring atmosphere of the verse and whether it

will make those no self-esteem people to shame? Loss of self-esteem is a

worthless person, and we as the vanguard of the times, if drown in the darkness

forever, or to do a dauntless hero, a flower in the wind and rain sonorous rose.

The answer is self-evident.

Desert desolate also has the monument stands, Castle Peak again proud, but

also have the great wall around, the river again quiet, also there is a dragon

in the recumbent. But the time can be changed, our image, our glory remains the

same. Because we pride, because we are confident, because we have a fresh life.

And because of this, it is a vast desert riparian long, Qingshan was evergreen,

the hardness of life is forever.

My Future我的将来

A

Every person has his own ideal(理想的) job. Some people wish to be doctors, while others want to be teachers and so on.

As far as I am concerned(就我而言), I dream of being a guide for a long time. First, my major(专业) is the manage(管理) of tourism(旅游业), so I want to get a job about tourism. Secondly, good guides are knowledgeable(知识丰富的) and amiable(和蔼可亲的), meanwhile(同时), they have wide vision(视野). Finally, guide can constantly(不断的) expand(扩展) his knowledge and understand lots of customs(习俗) about different cultures and countries.

To achieve(实现) my dream of being a qualified(合格的) guide, I have to make sufficient(足够的) preparations(准备). For one thing, I must learn my major well and travel at my spare time, just as the saying goes: “Seeing is believing.” For another, I should enhance(加强) my eloquence(雄辩能力) so that I can express(表达) the view clearly. What’s more important ,I should treat every traveler kindly.

I believe I will be a good guide. I’ll be successful sooner or later.

B

There are various(很多) kinds of jobs in the world, such as writing, nursing, teaching and engineering. Nevertheless(不过), different people choose different jobs as their ideal careers(终身职业). This happens mainly for the reason that everyone has his own interest.

As for me, I have made up my mind to be a teacher chiefly(主要的)for three reasons. First of all, I want to teach because I like the pace of the academic calendar.(按照校历的进度)Two long vacations offer(给与)an opportunity(机会)for reflection(反省), research (研究) and writing. Secondly, I want to teach because I like the freedom(自由的) to make my own mistakes, to learn my own lessons, and to stimulate(鼓励) myself and my students. Moreover(并且), I have the opportunity to keep on learning. Finally, I want to teach because, being around the students who are beginning to grow and change in front of me, I will find myself growing and changing with them.

But teaching is no easy job at all. Therefore(为此), I must study hard to acquire(得到) more knowledge. And, at the same time, I will make every effort(努力) to purify(净化) my soul(灵魂) so that I can become an architect(建筑师) of man’s soul.

Good evening, everyone. My name is WangHaili. I am an outgoing girl who likes

reading and traveling. It’s really my great honor to stand here and give

everyone a short speech.

People say, youth is fire which is ignited by passion. People say, youth is a

chapter of the poem which is written by stories. The color of youth is bright

and we make most use of our ardor to draw the scenes to the canvas of painting.

But we may be confused and lose our direction in the youth time. Under this,

youth slips away. Roman Roland says, life doesn’t issue return ticket and can

never come back once sets out. So we should seize the short youth time and try

our best to pursue our ideal. Do what should we do and let our youth without

regret.

When we refer to ideal, we will realize the importance of ideal. Ideal is the

beacon,. Without ideal, we will lose the firm direction. Without direction, we

will lose our life. According to this, every one of us should establish our own

ideal .so that we have the direction of straggle to the future. Tolstoy tells

us, we should have the life objective from the whole life to the second. So we

should cherish every moment and form our systematic objective. Youth is the

prime time. We have strong body and energy and can sense the meaning of life

under the guide of ideal.

As we know, the ideal is plentiful and reality is skinny. But we should

believe that we will become stronger and stronger in the way to pursue ideal.

Future is unknown,. If we hope our future is nice, we should enrich our youth

time and find the direction of future.

Let us use our youth to pursue our ideal and make our future wonderful. So we

will have gorgeous life.

Ladies and Gentlemen：

Good morning! I’m very glad to stand here and give you a short speech.

Man’s life is a process of growing up, actually I’m standing here is a

growth. If a person’s life must constituted by various choices, then I grow up

along with these choices. Once I hope I can study in a college in future,

however that’s passed, as you know I come here, now I wonder what the future

holds for me.

When I come to this school, I told to myself: this my near future, all starts

here. Following I will learn to become a man, a integrated man, who has a fine

body, can take on important task, has independent thought, an open mind,

intensive thought, has the ability to judge right and wrong, has a perfect

job.

Once my teacher said :” you are not sewing, you are stylist; never forget

which you should lay out to people is your thought, not craft.” I will put my

personality with my interest and ability into my study, during these process I

will combine learning with doing. If I can achieve this “future”, I think that I

really grow up. And I deeply believe kindred, good-fellowship and love will

perfection and happy in the future.

How to say future? Maybe it’s a nice wish. Lets make up our minds, stick to

it and surely well enjoy our life.

I have a friend who just started his career as a teacher in a primary school. Weeks ago, he asked me to raise a topic for his mid-term composition test. I was curious why he chose me to give a topic, because he is a teacher himself. He said that he wanted something the students can really show their different ideas. Without thinking, I told him to let his students write about what they would do if they were given one million US dollars. My friend left with satisfaction, and I fell into my old memories.

It reminded me of my old days in primary school. We were learning to do narration in the fifth grade's Chinese class. Our teacher required us to write a composition with the topic "My Most Unforgettable Day" with our real experience.

When papers came back, half of the students wrote about the first day they came to school. The rest of the compositions were all about picking money on the streets and giving it to policemen, or helping a blind man cross the street. Of course I was among them. But I remember very clearly, that one student, only one student gave something different. He wrote about the day that he first kissed a girl. I read his composition. After all these years, I can't recite every word, but I dare to say, that even Shakespeare, may not be able to write as equally good when he was 11 years old. The composition was written out of real experience and genuine emotions. Contrary to those fake stories, it sounds real and natural. But the kid was scored zero. Our teacher thought the content was unhealthy, I'm sure you know the meaning of this Chinglish word "unhealthy".

That was 15 years ago. When you read those compositions, and you feel that half of our population is blind, so all those kids could have a chance to help a blind man cross the street, and every one of us has a hole in our pocket, so all those kids could have a chance to pick up the lost money and give it to policemen.

A few days ago, my friend sent me an e-mail of all the copies of his students' compositions. I have to say, I was sadly disillusioned.

Among those papers 40% said that they wanted to donate the money to people in poverty, so their children can go to school. The rest compositions are much more alike. Some wanted to support the panda protection project, some wanted to buy books to enlarge their knowledge. One student even said that he would like to spend his one million dollars on the effort to cure AIDS. I was more astonished to find that a ten- year-old child knew what AIDS really is.

We all have been kids, and we knew what we had once wanted. But, there was no composition about spending the money on video games, nice clothes, chocolates, ice-creams and expensive toys. Like 15 years ago, students won't tell the truth of their hearts.

It has always been our dream to open our children's hearts. We encourage them to describe their dreams, and acted as if we are ready to accept their thoughts. But the fact is that, children are scared by the zero marked on their papers. They are trained to say what we want to hear.

People compare children to flowers of tomorrow. And parents dream about the scenery that roses, tulips, daffodils flourish in the future. But down the road we are going on, in the future, or the future of future, only one kind of flower can be found. And that's the flower we like most.

Accept the Gift from Life

Ladies and Gentlemen：

Today I’m glad that I’m standing here talking to you all. As the title given，

I am going to talk you about a way of treating people and things in life. My

speech here basically includes 2 parts， in the former of which I‘ll describe you

the present occasion we teenagers are in.， as well as the reason behind. Then

it’s about the several opinions of mine toward the case above.

Undoubtedly， every one of us has stepped into adolescence， a period of time

where the most

exciting and mysterious changes take place. Boys， apparently become more

ambitious. Girls， in some ways， start to dream and become more sensitive about

the world. All in all， as if our emotions become much stronger， somehow we’re

always trapped in circles and struggling against something that can’t be changed

anyway. We complain about how fragile our friendship is， how little people know

about us， how unfair the life is，etc. It seems that every time we fail， we blame

it to the tough conditions we’re in， while never notice a problem inside

ourselves， that we’re never satisfied.

Let’s just imagine that there was an old lady. What she sees was her

neighbors’ being mean again while not how kind they were when they took care of

her sick body. What she saw was her dog’s annoying barking while not how much

loyalty it had shown.What she saw was always so depressing that it finally

turned her into an unpleasant person. Think about how our life would be if we

stand in her shoe.

Why don’t we focus our attention on how much we’ve already got in stead? You

know it’s really simple to do as there’s a tremendous amount of examples. Like

the popular Jetpack Joy Ride on your Iphone， you can enjoy it whenever you like，

whereas in some poor area people don’t even know such thing as Iphone.

Actually we should be thankful about the richness we’ve got， thankful that

with each sunrise taking place we don’t need to starve to call it a day，

thankful that the people we love are still in health， that we still got much to

hold on. As a saying on website，” The world is tough， but I’m tougher.” What

doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

Every day is a gift from life， all we need is to accept it， cherish the

lessons life has taught us， so as to achieve our goal with high spirit. In this

way， someday when we leave the world， we leave no regrets.

Thank you for listening.

get out of "jail"

oh, the joy! the absolute joy! archie couldn’t remember a recent moment when he had felt so happy. if he could sing, he would have sung. if he could dance, he would have danced. if he could have shouted to the world, he would have shouted to the world, “i’m free, i’m free!”

he had been in “jail” for the last week. a mental jail, to be sure, but it still felt like jail. about six weeks ago, he had received his almost annual jury summons. printed on the outside of the white envelope, in bright red letters, was: official jury summons enclosed—registration required within 5 days. a friend of his had been throwing away such summonses for at least 20 years. archie couldn’t do that—he felt that his luck was so bad that if he tried it, his summons would be the one with the concealed microchip that recorded him throwing the envelope in the trash. then he really would be in jail. so, he dutifully filled out the form and waited until his starting date—november 5, a monday. for that week, he would be “on call” for “no more than five days.”

as instructed, he dialed the 800-srv-jury number on the saturday preceding november 5. he tapped in his pin and jury group number. he listened, and sighed with relief; the recording had told him to call again monday after 5 p.m. so, one day out of five was gone!

on monday and tuesday, archie got the same recording. he had now escaped jury duty for three days, monday through wednesday. only two days to go.

wednesday afternoon, his friend gil called, asking archie if he wanted to play golf the next morning. archie said he was on jury duty that week. gil said, “well, no problem! it’s already wednesday. you’ve made it! there’s no way that they’re going to call you to jury duty this late in the week.” archie couldn’t believe that gil had said that. archie knocked several times on his wooden bookcase, saying that he hoped that gil was right.

at 5:05 that evening, still worried that gil had jinxed him, archie dialed the 800 number. sure enough, the recording told him to call back thursday between noon and 12:30, instead of the usual 5 p.m. damn that gil, archie thought.

thursday, he anxiously called at 12:28. the recording told him that his jury service was finished! all he had to do was mail in the affidavit that had come in the white envelope. archie put the affidavit into an envelope, put a 41-cent first class stamp on the envelope, and drove to the post office. whistling as he dropped the envelope into the mailbox, he happily washed his hands once again of the “privilege” of doing jury service.

演讲主题：体育启迪人生：让体育成为激励我们发展的动力

冠军：李亿，厦门大学嘉庚学院

2010 Session, Guangzhou Topic: The Power of Sports in Personal Development: Lessons about Life that We Get from Sports Champion: Li Yi, Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College

Good morning teachers and fellow students. Today we would like to introduce

a few favorite books to you.

My favorite book is . This is a diary written by an Italian boy Enrico. The

diary is about his life and study. It included various touching stories that

happened around Enrico, the mottos taught by his parents, as well as the

wonderful ten "monthly" stories told by his teacher during the class. Every word

in the chapter describes the word "love". From patriotism to friendship, and to

the love between parents and child -- really touching.

This novel taught me how to love, and how to learn from love. I really like

this book very much. How about you? What is your favorite book?

My favorite book is . Have you read it before?

Oh, I haven’t read this book before. What is it about?

Well, it is a story of a rich girl who maintained her noble character after

the bankruptcy of her father. The story is happy ending.

Can you tell us why you love this book so much?

Sure. It is because the story taught us to be brave and to face the

challenges and difficulties with courage. I am deeply impressed by the strength

and perseverance of the little princess in the story. I have decided to learn

from her from now on.

Oh I see, the story sounds very good. I cannot wait to read this book as

well.

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? Today's 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 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 inf1uence 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 renders it 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 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.

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。

But in retrospect, the destruction of my self was so repetitive that I

started to see a pattern. The self changed, got affected, broken, destroyed, but

another one would evolve -- sometimes stronger, sometimes hateful, sometimes not

wanting to be there at all.The self was not constant. And how many times would

my self have to die before I realized that it was never alive in the first

place?

I grew up on the coast of England in the 70s. My dad is white from

Cornwall, and my mom is black from Zimbabwe. Even the idea of us as a family was

challenging to most people. But nature had its wicked way, and brown babies were

born. But from about the age of five, I was aware that I didnt fit. I was the

black atheist kid in the all-white Catholic school run by nuns.I was an anomaly,

and my self was rooting around for definition and trying to plug in. Because the

self likes to fit, to see itself replicated, to belong. That confirms its

existence and its importance. And it is important.