【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 a world of opportunity upon pleting their education, instead they are now struggling to find a position in their overcrowded field. Some have ended up turning to new paths as translators, or even butchers and fishmongers. Supply and demand strikes again!
How about beyond education? What are the paths that everyone takes? Everyone rushes to buy a house and we are left with rising prices of homes and apartments that may be highly inflated. Everyone needs to purchase a car and we are left with traffic jams that last over a week! Everyone flocks to Xiangshan in the spring to look at the blooming flowers only to see the backs of other people’s heads. Too often people are sheep refusing to separate from the flock. They bee nervous and uneasy when they step out of line. However, isn’t this sometimes necessary? Why do we not buy a cheaper home in a smaller town? Why do we not use public transportation instead of worrying about a car? Why do we not go see Sakura blossoms in Wuhan instead of the Fragrant Hills? The pressure to travel with others is strong for it is always easier to go with the flow.
We must learn to love the lonely path, not fear it. Not always is the popular path a safe one. There are always options. The road less traveled can be fun.
Learning Spanish changes you. You bee more colorful, more noisy, more gossipy, more outrageous, more daring. It is like having a personality I encourage people around me to take risks, not unlike entering an English Speaking petition as a Spanish Major. Even though I have chosen the less travelled road to learn Spanish, I am not restricted from detouring into English as I have today. I don’t dream about the road I didn’t take that so many of my friends did. We are lucky to have so many paths in front of us, but there is no single correct path for all of us. We must find our own way. Luckily my path is clear, Spanish is calling. Hasta la vista.
篇三：21世紀(jì)杯”全國英語演講比賽歷屆講稿
From Walls to Bridges
第十屆―21世紀(jì)杯‖全國英語演講比賽冠軍——夏鵬 南京大學(xué)
夏鵬原系貴州省平壩縣黎陽廠子校學(xué)生，小學(xué)五年級開始進(jìn)入貴陽百年英語學(xué)校系統(tǒng)學(xué)習(xí)英語。2020年,夏鵬以600分的高分考入南京大學(xué)法學(xué)院,后轉(zhuǎn)入英語系。2020年獲得CCTV全國英語演講比賽第二名，同年獲得代表國內(nèi)最高水平的第十屆―21世紀(jì)杯‖全國英語演講比賽冠軍，同時獲得比賽―最具潛力獎‖，并代表中國參加2020年國際英語演講比賽，榮獲獲得冠軍和―最受觀眾歡迎獎‖。 演講稿：From Walls to Bridges
I’m studying in a city famous for its walls. All visitors to my city are amazed by the imposing sight of the city walls, silhouetted by the setting sun with gold and shining lines. With old, cracked bricks patched with lichen, the walls are weatherbeaten guards, standing still for centuries in protecting the city.
Our ancestors liked to build walls. They built walls in Beijing, Xi’an, Nanjing and many other cities, and they built the Great Wall, which snakes through half of our country. They built walls to ward off enemies and evil spirits. This tradition has been maintained to this day as we still have many parks and schools walled off from the public. I grew up at the foot of the city walls, and I’ve loved them since my childhood. For a long time, walls were one of the most natural things in the world.
My perception, however, changed after a hiking trip to the Eastern Suburbs, a scenic
area of my city. My classmates and I were walking with some international students. As we walked out of the city, we found ourselves flanked by taller and taller trees, which formed a huge canopy above our heads. Suddenly an international student asked me, “Where is the entrance to the Eastern Suburbs?”
“We’re already in the Eastern Suburbs,” I replied.
He seemed taken aback, “I thought you Chinese have walls for everything.” His remark set off a heated debate. At one point, he likened our walled cities to “jails,” while I insisted that the Eastern Subu