21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛演讲稿

1、曹丰Our Future: A Battle betwee n Dreams and RealityGood after noon, ladies and gen tleme n: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 ano ther in no time at all. When I was in the sec on dary school, my dream was to study in my

2、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 cha nge our dreams, so, so in order to let it be fulfilled? Why do we have to surre nder to the so-called reality?

3、What IS the reality actually?Ladies and gentlemen, the reality is not real. It is a barrier keeping us from all the possible fan tasies. Flying, for example, had bee n a dream to mankind for thousa nds of years. A hun dred years ago, ma n could not fly was still regarded as the reality. Now if that

4、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 betwee n the reality and our dreams. And if, unfortunately, Mr. Reality wins this war, then

5、I see no future of mankind at all. AIDS will n ever be curable as this IS the reality; People living in the un developed coun tries will suffer from starvati on forever as this IS the reality; 4)Disputes among differe nt coun tries would never be settled as this misunderstandings and intolerance IS

6、the reality.Ladies and gen tleme n, how many of you have a dream of being able to make a lot of mon ey? Please raise your han ds. Oh, quite a nu mber of you! Actually, ladies and gentlemen, this is not a dream, but a task. Every one of us has to make a living, right? Any way I hope your task will be

7、 accomplished. How many of you think that you have already fulfilled your dream and that you dont dream anymore? Dear 5)adjudicators, what do you think? C.S. Lewis once said, You are n ever too old to dream a new dream. So for our future, please dream and be un realistic.Now that I am a uni versity

8、stude nt, my goal is to graduate with excelle nces. But at the same time, I have a dream deeply rooted in our future. One day, people liv ing in the areas now 6)sweltering with the horror of wars will be able to sit with their families and enjoy their every mome nt. One day, people from the rich cou

9、n tries are willi ng 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 liv ing themselves. One day, differe nt cultures in this age of globalizati on will coexist with tolera nee and the unfrien dly confron ta

10、ti ons among them will be 7)eliminated. One day, the globe will share the dream with me and we will all con tribute to maki ng 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一一张阿旭Two-Way TrafficSeven centuries ago, Marco Polo, after staying

11、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 bey ond Italy. No matt

12、er where these Chin ese people, Chin ese food, Chin ese products and many other Chin ese items are, they carry with them qualities that are unique to our very own Chin ese culture - our traditi onal values.In the whole process of globalization that the world is integrating politically, economically

13、and culturally, into one, we do witness in our country a great in fluxof western culture and values - McD on alds, KFCs,soccer players and NBA players. And we are eve n hav ing this prestigious n ati onal speak ing competitio n in a Ian guage that does not bel ong to us.In the midst of wester n prod

14、ucts pouri ng in China as a result of globalization,sometimes we do wonder, where does our ownculture belong?Whe n we see our youn ger gen erati ons going away from traditi onal values such as con textual and role-based ethics, ideal of com muni ty, hierarchy, paternalism and non-litigious nature of

15、 society, we may even think our traditionalvalues are challenged and even threatened. But, are we reallylosing our values?Ladies and gentlemen, we must remember, the traffic of globalization is two-way. Yes, films from Hollywood, soccer from the Un ited Kin gdom and restaurants from America, do have

16、 an impact on our values. But, if we see globalizationin China a synonymous term with western economic culturalhegemony, we are underestimating the impact of not only globalization but also our values.Have a look at Ianguages. Yes, it is the desire and dream of every single Chin ese to speak flue nt

17、 En glish, in clud ing every sin gle one of us here.But, have you ever won dered how many non-Ch in ese are lear ning Chin ese?Let me tell you, by the end of 2002, n early 30 milli on people from 85 coun tries and regi ons were lear ning sta ndard Chin ese, Put on ghua. And who knows about the nu mb

18、er of people lear ning regi onal dialects such asShanghainese and Cantonese. In these two years, I amsure 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

19、 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 becamepresident. He actually had the furniture of his office rearranged according to feng shui ideas.Havea look at traditional Chinese med

20、icine. Four years ago, in 2001, there were already more than 120 000 traditionalChinese medicine practitioners,researchers and related business trading companies in Europe, just Europe. Our holistic approach of taking care of a persons health has been proven popular in the world.Our values, language

21、, our Feng Shui, our traditional medicine and alsoKung 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

22、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. Lets 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

23、 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 knoweven if our traditional values are changing or to change, the change is for better, not for wors

24、e.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 ValuesGood morning, ladies and gentlemen:Before western and Chinese civilization cameinto close contact, Chinese people had always longed for a life depicted in traditional Chinese paintings. Those painti

25、ngs 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

26、 people becametoo muchcontented 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 Manand Nature. For instance,

27、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 co

28、ncept of environmental protection came into being, DuJiang Weir, a great irrigation project wasbuilt in southwestern Chinas Sichuan province. It succeeded both in controlling floods and in facilitating the agriculture without posing a threat to the environment.Moreover, globalization has brought wit

29、h it intense competition. Traditionally, moderation is a golden principle, presiding over inter-personal relations in China. Today, however, motivated to come to the top, somepeople becomeso self-centered that they choose to sacrifice love, friendship and even family ties.Last but not least, diverse

30、 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 Xian, hundreds of century-old Chinese-style houses are being demolishe

31、d to make room for skyscrapers, shopping malls and eight-lane expressways.Fromthese 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 home

32、town, 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 showin

33、g off together with people flying kites and kicking shuttlecocks on the plaza nearby. Although they composea 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

34、 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

35、gradually uniting. As wesee the tremendous progressChina 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 Russells 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

36、 to BridgesIm studying in a city famous for its walls. All visitors to my city are amazedby 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 centurie

37、s in protecting the city.Our ancestors liked to build walls. They built walls in Beijing, Xian,Nanjing and manyother 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

38、as we still have manyparks and schools walled off from the public. I grew up at the foot of the city walls, and Ive loved them since my childhood. For a long time, walls were one of the most natural things in the world.Myperception, however, changed after a hiking trip to the Eastern Suburbs, a scen

39、ic 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 Sub

40、urbs?Were already in the Eastern Suburbs, I replied.He seemedtaken 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

41、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

42、 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 Chinas development.Let me give you an example.A year ago, whenI was working on a term paper, I needed a book on business law and found a copy in t

43、he law school library. However, the librarian turned down my request with a cold shoulder, saying, You cant 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 seme

44、ster, 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-libraryloan system, we will haveaccess to books from any library. Wit

45、h 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 Chinas tangible and intangible wal

46、ls 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. Mycity, like Beijing and other cities, is actually making a great effort to preserve the walls. These walls attract not only historian

47、s 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 thei

48、r 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

49、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 Chinas YoungerGenerationGood morning, Ladies and Gentlemen:Today Im 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 hist

50、ory.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

51、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

52、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 worlds economy, and diplomats and politicians are getting together to discuss the issue of combating terrorism.

53、 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. Forsters words, Only connect!With the IT revolution taking place, traditional boundaries of human society fall away. Our culture, politics, s

54、ociety and commerceare 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 int

55、o 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 c

56、ome 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 nation

57、s to swallow the developing nations wealth in debts and interest.Globalization, they argue, should be about an earnest interest in every other nations 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 re

58、ality.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 cha

59、llenges exist. Howare 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? Howto maintain our cultural identity in an increasingly homogeneousworld? And how to define greatness in our rise as a peace-loving nation? Globalizat