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1、精品文档BuildingBridgesfortheFuture第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军演讲稿BuildingBridgesfortheFuture I’mstudyinginacitythat’sfamousforitswalls.Peoplewhovisitmycityareamazedattheimposingsightofitswalls,especiallywhensilhouettedagainstthesettingsunwithgold,shiningstreaks.Theold,cr
2、ackedbricksarecoveredwithlichensandthewallsareweather-beatenguardsstandingstillforcenturies. Ourancestorslikedtobuildwalls.TheybuiltwallsinBeijing,Xi’an,Nanjingandmanyothercities,andtheybuilttheGreatWall,whichsnakesacrosshalfourcountry.Theybuiltwallstoprotecta
3、gainstenemiesandevilspirits.Thistraditionhassurvivedtothisday:westillhavemanyparksandschoolswalledofffromthepublic. Foralongtime,wallswereoneofthemostnaturalthingsintheworldtome. Myperceptions,however,changedafterImadeahikingtriptotheeasternsuburbsofmycity.MyC
4、lASsmatesandIwerewalkingwithsomeforeign2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创4/4精品文档students.Aswewalkedoutofthecity,wefoundourselvesflankedbytalltrees,whichformedawidecanopyaboveourheads.Suddenlyoneforeignstudentaskedme,“Whereistheentrancetotheeasternsuburbs?” “We’real
5、readyintheeasternsuburbs,”Ireplied.Heseemedtakenaback,“IthoughtyouChinesehadwallsforeverything.”Hisremarksetoffaheateddebate.Atonepoint,helikenedourwalledcitiesto“jails”,whileIinsistedthattheeasternsuburbswereoneofthemanyplacesinChinathathadnowalls. Thatdebate
6、hadnowinners,butIdidlearnalotfromthisstudent.Forinstance,hetoldmethatsomemajoruniversitieslikeOxfordandCambridgewerenotsurroundedbywalls.IhavetoadmitthatwedohavemanywallsinChina,andaswedevelopourcountry,wemustlookcarefullyatthemanddecidewhethertheyarephysicalo
7、rintangible.Wewillkeepsomewallsbutteardownthosethatimpedeourdevelopment. Letmegiveanotherexample. Ayearago,whenIwasworkingonatermpaper,Ineededabookonbusinesslawandfoundacopyinthe2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创4/4精品文档lawschoollibrary.However,thelibrariancoldlyrej
8、ectedmyrequesttoborrowit,saying,“Youcan’tborrowthisbook,you’renotastudenthere.”Intheend,Ihadtospend200yuantobuyacopy.Meanwhile,thecopyinthelawschoolgathereddustontheshelf. Atthebeg
