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精选优质办公范文全国英语演讲比赛季军第一篇：介绍：第11届“21世纪澳门之星杯”第二篇：第九届“21世纪杯”钟雨柔prepared speechgood morning, ladies and gentlemen. at present, my fellow students and i have before us great personal and educational opportunities. at the same time, we are running into a variety of challenges.todays college education provides us with opportunities for bringing out the creativity and talent that we have within us. this is nurtured both by our learned professors, and by the growing dimension of knowledge sources, such as the world wide web and multimedia sources. our educational experience is being transformed both within and beyond the traditional classroom. however, challenges still exist.at the end of every semester, students in my university are required to fill out a questionnaire as a review of the previous semester. the questions usually cover a broad range of college life, from curriculum adjustment to canteen service. and almost every time, the questionnaire includes one essential question, that is: as a college student, what are your major challenges? and almost every answer includes two aspects: studying and professional. these two challenges will remain our preoccupations as long as we live in such a competitive world.a series of challenges in our studies start from almost the beginning of our freshman year. we may wonder whether weve chosen the right major. we may wonder if the extracurricular activities add credits to our studies. we may work our heads off to get a glorious a, because b is already mediocre and c is almost unacceptable. later on we may be competing with our hardworking, intelligent peers, including our best friends to get into an ideal graduate school. all of these sound so familiar and they have somehow made our college education so goal-obsessed that we sometimes fail to fully enjoy our educational experience.apart from challenges in learning, there are also professional challenges. the competitive world today has also brought about the1knowledge economy, which requires the effective use of knowledge for economic and social development, and also requires skilled and multi-oriented students with a marketable vocational sense. therefore, sophisticated calculations upon the value of a university degree are being made. graduate employability statistics are being scrutinized. programs like resume writing and interview skills are seen as a must. again as ive said above, when professional concern dominates our college education, we may lose the essence of our educational experience.indeed, facing these two challenges, how can students manage to be what the employers seek and at the same time to enjoy a valuable, insightful and rewarding educational experience?for me, the solution to the problem lies in what can be called an educational synthesis. i remember attending a lecture by professor tu weiming, director of harvard yenching institute. in his lecture, professor tu argued that the ideal state of college education is to arrive at a synthesis, a combination of specific knowledge, humanistic insight and sense of social responsibility.admittedly, there is much to do to bridge the gap between our educational experience in college and the social employment in society. educational synthesis can help us narrow the gap. fortunately, todays college education provides us with such a diverse world. from this diverse world we may choose what we want to form our own educational synthesis.ladies and gentlemen, as charles dickens once commented upon the time of the french revolution, it was the best of times; it was the worst of times. and im afraid so it is with our time.i believe, once we achieve our own educational synthesis, we will be able to transform our challenges into opportunities. we will be able to see the best time of our life. and more importantly, we will be able to see the best time of our nation. thank you.第三篇：潘勐：第15届“21世纪杯”sports brings us togethersports brings us together日期: 20XX-08-27潘勐：第15届“21世纪杯”sports brings us togethersports are more than competitions. to me, they mean growth under the care of others. i learned this the hard way.i used to be very shy and often felt lonely. although i did well in all the academic subjects, i was afraid of physical education. my classmates often laughed at me.“look at that girl,” they said. “her feet dont leave the ground when she runs!”their words embarrassed me. moreover, whenever the teacher organized some competitive games, no one in the class liked to have me as their partner or team member. as a result, i often ended up looking at others enjoy their games.things would go on like that if not for a sports meet in my high school. by mistake, my name was put on the list of those who would compete in the womens 1500 meters race. by the time people found the mistake, it was too late to change.my desk-mate was a natural athlete. she said to me, “i couldnt run that race in your place, because ive signed up for three items already.” other athletic girls of the class said the same.i was utterly dumbfounded. 1500 meters! running against the best runners from other classes! and in front of students of the entire school! it would be the worst nightmare id ever have!“you still have time to catch up because there is still one month before the sports meet,” they all said this to me, including my teacher.my desk-mate patted me on the shoulder, “cool! you will run for our class! and we will do training together.” yes, this is not just for myself, but for my class too, i said to myself. but still, 1500 meters to me was like mount everest to a beginning climber. i had no idea even how to start my preparation.fortunately, my desk-mate gave me a hand. every afternoon after class, several of us ran together. when the fear of being laughed at struck me, i saw others running right beside me. they gave me strengths. while we were running, some others would stand by the tracks cheering for us.one month certainly couldnt make me a good runner. but when i was standing behind the start line, i no longer felt lonely or afraid. i saw my classmates standing by the tracks waving at me as if about to run beside me.with the shot of the starting gun, i dashed out and ran as fast as i could, as if it were a 200-meter race. soon i was out of breath and slowed down. other runners passed me one by one, and gradually i had no idea how many of them were still behind me. my legs were getting heavier and heavier, and i might fall down at any moment. however, i suddenly heard myclassmates chanting my name. my desk-mate even ran along the tracks beside me and cheered for me at the same time, just like the month-long training we did together.as expected, i was almost the last to cross the finish line.immediately, my classmates held my arms and urged me to walk on my feet and not to sit down. i was surrounded, with all kinds of drinks handed to me. i felt a kind