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1、英语演讲比赛冠亚军:激情是法宝APassiontoWinintheCompetition英语演讲比赛冠亚军:激情是法宝APassiontoWinintheCompetition ThirtycollegestudentsacrothecountryattendedtheTenth21stCenturyCupNationalEnglisheakingContestinBeijingonApril10.Eventually,XiaPeng,fromNanjingUniversitywasnamedthechampion.ThesecondandthirdplaceswenttoZhangJing,
2、asophomorefromChinaForeignAffairsUniversity,andZhangAXu,fromHongKongPolytechnicUniversity,reectively.Morethan1000collegestudentsinBeijingareluckybirdstolistentotheeechesontheotinFriendshipHotel. Justmaketoitthefinals,theyhadtogetpast60otherseakingon“TheimpactofglobalizationontraditionalChinesevalues
3、”.Thatwasatthesemi-finalonApril8-9.WhatwillChinesecollegestudentsthinkabouttheimpact?Eachcontestanthadhisowntakeonthesubject.Xiasummedupglobalizationbysaying:“Itsjustcontroversialandhardtosaywhetheritisgoodorbad.”Xiatooktheoldwallofhiscity,Nanjing,asametaphor.Heokeabouttheconflictoverwhethertoprotec
4、ttheoldwallsortearthemdowntorepresenttheconflictofideas.Hesuggestedthatpeopleprotectthewallasavaluablerelicwhiletearingdownthe“intangiblewalls”oftheirmindsthatpreventmunication.Whilesomeotherstudentsaremorefocusingontheimpactofglobalizationonfamilyrelatio,attitudestowardslove,andjob-hunting. Overthe
5、past10years,thenationalEnglisheakingpetitionhasgivencontestantsachancetoeakonavarietyoftopicscloselyrelatedtotheirlives.Chinesestudentsbeemoreopen-mindedandreceivevariousideasandthinkingoverthedecade.Diversitybeesmoreobviousoncampus,studentshavemoreoortunitiestoexpreandshowthemselves.Itsnotaneasytas
6、kforthecontestantstowinthroughthefiercepetition.Owningtotheirpaion,hardworkandpersistence,theyfinallysucceededinthecontest. LiuXin,thefirstchampionofthenationalcontest,isnowananchorpersonofCCTV-9.Recallingthepaionofstudyoncampus,shesaid:“Whenyouwanttoexpreyourideabyaforeignlanguagewithoutfindingarightway,yourereallyuet.Thenyouhavetoencourageyourself,andafteralongtermofbitterne,suddenlyyoufindyougettherightwaywithjoy.”Withthechampiontitlein21stCenturyCup,LiuattendedtheInternationalPubliceakingpetitioninLondoninMay1996afterwardandgotthefirstprizehistorically. 1 2 下一页