【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ，thenationalenglishspeakingpetitionhasgivencontestantsachancetospeakonavarietyoftopicscloselyrelatedtotheirlviousoncampus ，studentshavemoreopportunitiestoexpressandshowthemselves.it’snotaneasytaskfor thecontestantstowinthroughthefier ，hardworkandpersistence， theyfinallysucceededinthecontest. liuxin ， thefirstchampionofthenationalcontest ， 第 11 頁 共 24 頁 ncampus ， shesaid ：?whenyouwan ttoexpressyourideabyaforeignlanguagewithoutfindingarightway ，you’ ，andafteralongtermofbitterness ，suddenlyyoufindyougettherightwaywithjoy.?withthechampiontitlein21stcenturycup ，liuattendedtheinternationalpublicspeakingpetitioninlondoninmay1996afterwardandgotthefirstprizehistorically. thewinnerin2024surprisedtheaudience ，qiubei ， then22yearsold ，askedwhethershehadsomegoodmethodstolearnenglish， shesaid：?learnenglishwithpassionandenthusiasm.?attractedbythegreatnessofenglishlanguage ，guevenchangedhermajorfromaccountingtoenglishinherpostgrinenglishbenefitalotfromthelearningmethodsandthosewithp 第 12 頁 共 24 頁 assionwillfinallyachievetheirdreams. whenchiefofglobalmediagiantviasumnerredstonegaveaspeechintsinghuauniversityonhisautobiographyapassiontowin，hewasaskedwhatmadehimtorestarthiscareerattheageof60 ，the81yearoldmediatycoonsaid ： ?firstly ，there’saself drivingforceinmydeepheart ，whichkeepsmypassiontosucceedandsurpassothers。secondly，idon’tthinki’mtoooldtoleavework ，actuallyilovemyworkverymuch.? someofthecontestantshaveachievedtheirdreamsasredstone。s ，youwillovereobstaclesandsucceedattheend. i’mstudyinginacitythat’sitmycityareamazedattheimposingsightofitswalls ，especiallywhensilhouettedagainstthesettingsunwithgold， ，crackedbricksarecoveredwithlichensandthewallsareweatherbeatenguardsstandingstillforcenturies. 第 13 頁 共 24 頁 ，xi’an ， nanjingandmanyothercities ，andtheybuiltthegreatwall ，thisday ：westillhavemanyparksandschoolswalledofffromthepublic. foralongtime ，wallswereoneofthemostnaturalthingsintheworldtome. myperceptions ， however ，changedafterimadeahikingtriptotheeasternsuburbsofmycity.ewalkedoutofthecity， wefoundourselvesflankedbytalltrees，tudentaskedme， ?whereistheentrancetotheeasternsuburbs 。 ? ?we’realreadyintheeasternsuburbs ， ?takenaback ，?ithoughtyouchinesehadwallsforeverything.?hisremarkse ， 第 14 頁 共 24 頁 helikenedourwalledcitiesto?jails? ，whileiinsistedthattheeasternsuburbswereoneofthemanyplacesinchinathathadnowalls. thatdebatehadnowinners ， ，hetoldmethatsomemajoruniversitieslikeoxfordandcambridgellsinchina ， andaswedevelopourcountry ，wemustlookcarefullyatthemanddecidewhethertheyarephysicapedeourdevelopment. letmegiveanotherexample. ayearago ， wheniwasworkingonatermpaper ，ineededabookonbusinesslawandfoundacopyinthelawschoollib ，thelibrariancoldlyrejectedmyrequesttoborrowit， saying，?youcan’tborrowthisbook ，you’renotastudenthere.?intheend ， ，thecopyinthelawschoolgathereddustontheshelf. atthebeginningofthissemester ， 第 15 頁