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1、关于英语演讲稿：FromWallstoBridges imstudyinginacityfamousforitswalls.allvisitorstomycityareamazedbytheimposingsightofthecitywalls,silhouettedbythesettingsunwithgoldandshininglines.withold,crackedbrickspatchedwithlichen,thewallsareweather-beatenguards,standingstillforcenturiesinprotectingthecity. ourancesto
2、rslikedtobuildwalls.theybuiltwallsinbeijing,xian,nanjingandmanyothercities,andtheybuiltthegreatwall,whichsnakesthroughhalfofourcountry.theybuiltwallstowardoffenemiesandevilspirits.thistraditionhasbeenmaintainedtothisdayaswestillhavemanyparksandschoolswalledofffromthepublic.igrewupatthefootofthecityw
3、alls,andivelovedthemsincemychildhood.foralongtime,wallswereoneofthemostnaturalthingsintheworld. myperception,however,changedafterahikingtriptotheeasternsuburbs,ascenicareaofmycity.myclassmatesandiwerewalkingwithsomeinternationalstudents.aswewalkedoutofthecity,wefoundourselvesflankedbytallerandtaller
4、trees,whichformedahugecanopyaboveourheads.suddenlyaninternationalstudentaskedme,“whereistheentrancetotheeasternsuburbs?” “werealreadyintheeasternsuburbs,”ireplied. heseemedtakenaback,“ithoughtyouchinesehavewallsforeverything.”hisremarksetoffaheateddebate.atonepoint,helikenedourwalledcitiesto“jails,”
5、whileiinsistedthattheeasternsuburbswereoneofthemanyplacesinchinathathadnowalls. thatdebatehadnowinners,butididlearnalotfromthisinternationalstudent.forinstance,hetoldmethatuniversitieslikeoxfordandcambridgewerenotsurroundedbywalls;thecampuseswerejustpartofthecities.ihavetoadmitthatwedohavemanywallsi
6、nchina,andaswearedevelopingourcountry,wemustcarefullyexamihem,whethertheyarephysicalorintangible.wewillkeepsomewallsbutteardownthosethatimpedechinasdevelopment. letmegiveyouanexample. ayearago,wheniwasworkingonatermpaper,ineededabookonbusinesslawandfoundacopyinthelawschoollibrary.however,thelibrarianturneddownmyrequestwithacoldshoulder,saying,“youcantborrowthisbook,youarenotastudenthere.”intheend,ihadtospend200yuanbuyingacopy;meanwhile,thecopyinlawschoolwasgatheringdustontheshelf.
