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1、--------------------------------------------精品文档Word可编辑值得收藏------------------------------------------------APassiontoWinintheCompetitionAPassiontoWinintheCompetition ThirtycollegestudentsacrossthecountryattendedtheTenth21stCenturyCupNationalEnglishSpeakingContestinBeiji
2、ngonApril10.Eventually,XiaPeng,fromNanjingUniversitywasnamedthechampion.ThesecondandthirdplaceswenttoZhangJing,asophomorefromChinaForeignAffairsUniversity,andZhangAXu,fromHongKongPolytechnicUniversity,respectively.Morethan1000collegestudentsinBeijingareluckybirdstolisten
3、tothespeechesonthespotinFriendshipHotel. Justmaketoitthefinals,theyhadtogetpast60othersspeakingon“TheimpactofglobalizationontraditionalChinesevalues”.Thatwasatthesemi-finalonApril8-9.WhatwillChinesecollegestudentsthinkabouttheimpact?Eachcontestanthadhisowntakeonthesubje
4、ct.Xiasummedupglobalizationbysaying:“It’sjustcontroversialandhardtosaywhetheritisgoodorbad.”Xiatooktheoldwallofhiscity,Nanjing,asametaphor.Hespokeabouttheconflictoverwhethertoprotecttheoldwallsortearthemdowntorepresenttheconflictofideas.Hesuggestedthatpeopleprotectthewal
5、lasavaluablerelicwhiletearingdownthe“intangible7----------------------------------------------------精品文档值得收藏-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------精品文档Word可编辑值得收藏---------------------------------------------
6、---walls”oftheirmindsthatpreventcommunication.Whilesomeotherstudentsaremorefocusingontheimpactofglobalizationonfamilyrelations,attitudestowardslove,andjob-hunting. Overthepast10years,thenationalEnglishspeakingcompetitionhasgivencontestantsachancetospeakonavarietyoftopic
7、scloselyrelatedtotheirlives.Chinesestudentsbecomemoreopen-mindedandreceivevariousideasandthinkingoverthedecade.Diversitybecomesmoreobviousoncampus,studentshavemoreopportunitiestoexpressandshowthemselves.It’snotaneasytaskforthecontestantstowinthroughthefiercecompetition.O
8、wningtotheirpassion,hardworkandpersistence,theyfinallysucceededinthecontest. LiuXin,thefirstchampionof
