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1、GoodafternoonLadiesandgentleman,twothousandyearsago,theChinesephilosopher,Confucius,advocatedaharmonioussocietywithoutselflessnessandconflicts.Fifteenhundredyearslater,theEnglishauthor,TomasMore,wroteaboutanimaginaryplaceinwhicheveryoneenjoyspeace,equalityandcommon
2、wealth.Theseandvariousotheridealworldssharesomethingincommon:peace,loveandharmony.(quotetwocelebrities:ConfuciusandTomasMore,fromeasttowest,showthedifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweenthedefinitionandimageofpeacefulUtopia)Suchhasbeenadreamofhumanbeingsthroughouttheworl
3、d.Andwehavebeenlongworkingtowardthisgoal.Historyhaswitnessednumerouswarsandeventodaysomepartsoftheworldarestillsufferingfromthethreatsofconflicts.Suchadream,however,hasonlybeengoingstrongerinsteadofgoingawry.(thetalkingpoint)WhentheathletesfromNorthandSouthKoreawal
4、kedintotheOlympicfieldhandinhand,holdingoneflagofKoreanpeninsula,theytogetherlitthetorchinanefforttoendthehalf-century’sconflicts.(theexampletosupportthetalkingpointabove)Itistruetherearestillmanyproblemsintheworld--Problemsoftoocomplicatedrootstobesolvedatonce.Asw
5、eallknow,somesmallcountriesarebeingbulliedbybigpowernowandthen;butatthesametimeweseeprotestsbeingstagedallovertheworld.Thenuclearpowerhascausedunstableequilibriumbutthecoldwarhasmadeusawarethatwhatadesolatefuturetheworldwouldhaveifnuclearwarsweretobreakout.Racialdi
6、scriminationandreligiousconflictsstillprevail,butasfarasIknow,noreligionintheworldteachespeopletohateorfight,(thehotissueofreality,catchaudience’sattentionandarisewarries)indeed,realityisalwaysfarfromideal.(conclusion)Buttheproblemsarenotaltogetherunsolvable.Wehuma
7、nbeingsareblessedwithreasonsandhavetheconfidencethatthelightofreasonwilleventuallydispersesthedarkandshadows.(personperspectivefilledwithhopeandpositiveattitude)Witheconomygrowingatanamazinglyfastrateinthelasttwodecades,Chinaisnowfacingwithbothtremendousopportuniti
8、esaswellaschallenges.(transferfromthewholeworldtochina,turningpoint)Animportantchargeofmindsetisthatchinaislearningtobecriticalofitsownproblemsan