【正文】 only one day left to live?“What would you do if you had only one day left to live?”I asked this question to my young students when teaching English this were their answers?“I would watch television!” the first answer.“I would play with the puter!” the second one.“I would play with puter TOO.” The girl finished her sentence perfectly with a serious how cute and innocent that smile was, but how seriously my heart was was too frightened to listen to more answers like years ago, at their age, I had a different answer: I would spend the last day of my life gazing at the face of my dear grandmother until I inscribed every detail of it onto my grandmother was getting old and weak, my family bought her a telephone so I could save time and the trouble of traveling to her home by making phone calls we bought her a television so she could watch modern dramas by grandma must have been, we assumed, very contented and I never really knew how grandma silently passed away without a word one I heard about her death, a chilling pain pierced my empty pain grew even sharper as I tried to remember in detail exactly how grandma looked and I failed pletely!How could I remember? I had not visited her for ages—it seemed like a century!My memories of her dissolved into thin air and leaked away like though I have a telephone, can she hear me now?Even though I might be on television, can she see me now?Even though I have modern telemunications, can she still municate with me now?With all these “tele”s, I was ’t people just love the word of “tele”, which means far this is how modern technology has changed our please don’t forget this other word with “tele”: telepathy:which refers to human beings’ inborn ability to connect to our loved minds are supposed to read each other’s minds?！?主題演講題目：From College to Career: Coping with Jobhunting Pressure inthe Economic Slowdown面對(duì)“經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)”下的大學(xué)生就業(yè)問(wèn)題金融海嘯席卷全球，“經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)”已成為非常時(shí)期讓各行各業(yè)人們誠(chéng)惶誠(chéng)恐的名詞，也是面臨就業(yè)的大學(xué)生們不得不面對(duì)的問(wèn)題。時(shí)間初步定為3月15日下午。按照競(jìng)賽組委會(huì)的要求，校內(nèi)選拔賽分三輪進(jìn)行。各院系進(jìn)行初賽選拔后，在3月9日前將進(jìn)入復(fù)賽的選手名單（姓名、班級(jí)、聯(lián)系方式）報(bào)至外語(yǔ)系團(tuán)委書(shū)記處。? 比賽形式： 復(fù)賽為4分鐘主題演講，要求參加復(fù)賽的選手在比賽前將打印好的演講稿（注明姓名、學(xué)院、學(xué)號(hào)、聯(lián)系方式）交給評(píng)委老師，并完全脫稿進(jìn)行演講。要想順利完成校園到職場(chǎng)的角色轉(zhuǎn)換，自身素質(zhì)的培養(yǎng)是每個(gè)大學(xué)生都無(wú)法回避的課題，也是應(yīng)對(duì)挑戰(zhàn)的基礎(chǔ)。保持距離也就能保護(hù)自己，卻也注定永遠(yuǎn)寂寞。祝身體健康、工作順利！21世紀(jì)英文報(bào)重慶工作站 劉宣勤手機(jī)：***第十五屆“21世紀(jì)杯”全國(guó)英語(yǔ)演講比賽章程“21世紀(jì)杯”全國(guó)英語(yǔ)演講比賽由中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)社主辦、21世紀(jì)英文報(bào)系承辦。第一階段：互聯(lián)網(wǎng)選拔賽/校園選拔賽互聯(lián)網(wǎng)選拔賽根據(jù)報(bào)名選手學(xué)校所在省/直轄市/自治區(qū)劃分賽區(qū)進(jìn)行，；選拔選手進(jìn)入各省/直轄市/自治區(qū)總決賽。選手必須將演講稿和演講視/音頻文件上傳到比賽官方網(wǎng)站。選拔方式：1）互聯(lián)網(wǎng)選拔賽投票期內(nèi)，參賽選手所在學(xué)校以該校獲得網(wǎng)絡(luò)投票數(shù)及短信投票數(shù)總和最多的選手的總票數(shù)為依據(jù)進(jìn)行排名。評(píng)判標(biāo)準(zhǔn)：1）網(wǎng)上演講作品（必選作品）演講內(nèi)容占40%，語(yǔ)言質(zhì)量占40%，綜合印象占20%。（三）比賽形式：現(xiàn)場(chǎng)比賽，包括已備演講、即席演講、評(píng)委問(wèn)答等部分。（二）比賽時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)、形式、演講主題、評(píng)判標(biāo)準(zhǔn)等信息將于2009年12月30日在《21世紀(jì)英文報(bào)》和大賽官方網(wǎng)站。具體報(bào)名辦法詳見(jiàn)大賽官方網(wǎng)站。、全國(guó)半決賽/總決賽選手的演講稿、參賽照片及演講錄音錄像版權(quán)均歸21世紀(jì)英文報(bào)系所有。自1996年創(chuàng)辦以來(lái)，大賽作為每年5月在英國(guó)倫敦舉行的國(guó)際英語(yǔ)演講比賽的中國(guó)區(qū)選拔賽，獲勝者將代表中國(guó)在國(guó)際舞臺(tái)上展示中國(guó)青年學(xué)子的風(fēng)貌。在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)選拔賽的基礎(chǔ)上，大賽組委會(huì)在各省、直轄市、自治區(qū)邀請(qǐng)一批不同類(lèi)別的高校合作組織現(xiàn)場(chǎng)校園選拔賽，直接選拔部分選手進(jìn)入各省/直轄市/自治區(qū)總決賽。2）可選作品：作為參考作品，參賽選手可自愿選擇一段英文文學(xué)作品（如散文、詩(shī)歌、電影獨(dú)白、影視配音等）進(jìn)行朗誦并錄像/錄音（限時(shí)3分鐘），并將朗誦視/音頻文件上傳到比賽官方網(wǎng)站。2）截至互聯(lián)網(wǎng)選拔賽投票期結(jié)束時(shí)，排名靠前的學(xué)校將各有2名選手進(jìn)入電話(huà)口試，其中1名為本校獲網(wǎng)絡(luò)投票數(shù)及短信投票數(shù)總和最多的選手，1名為學(xué)校推薦的或組委會(huì)評(píng)選的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)選拔賽選手。2）網(wǎng)上演講作品與電話(huà)口試兩個(gè)部分得分各占總分的50%。（四）評(píng)判標(biāo)準(zhǔn)：演講內(nèi)容占40%，語(yǔ)言質(zhì)量占40%，綜合印象占20%。（三）獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)事項(xiàng)：選手獎(jiǎng)：冠、亞、季軍及一等獎(jiǎng)選手將赴英國(guó)、澳大利亞及港澳地區(qū)進(jìn)行修學(xué)訪(fǎng)問(wèn)，二、三等獎(jiǎng)的選手將獲得獎(jiǎng)金或獎(jiǎng)品?！?006100100轉(zhuǎn)二十一英語(yǔ)”。第十五屆“21世紀(jì)杯”全國(guó)英語(yǔ)演講比賽組委會(huì)2009年5月18日