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第十屆“21世紀(jì)杯”全國英語演講比賽冠軍演講稿From Walls to Bridges I39。m studying in a city famous for its visitors to my city are amazed by the imposing sight of the city walls, silhouetted by the setting sun with gold and shining old, cracked bricks patched with lichen, the walls are weatherbeaten guards, standing still for centuries in protecting the ancestors liked to build built walls in Beijing, Xi39。an, Nanjing and many other cities, and they built the Great Wall, which snakes through half of our built walls to ward off enemies and evil tradition has been maintained to this day as we still have many parks and schools walled off from the grew up at the foot of the city walls, and I39。ve loved them since my a long time, walls were one of themost natural things in the perception, however, changed after a hiking trip to the Eastern Suburbs, a scenic area of my classmates and I were walking with some international we walked out of the city, we found ourselves flanked by taller and taller trees, which formed a huge canopy above our an international student asked me, “Where is the entrance to theEastern Suburbs?”“We39。re already in the Eastern Suburbs,” I seemed taken aback, “I thought you Chinese have walls for everything.” His remark set off a heated one point, he likened our walled cities to “jails,” while I insisted that the Eastern Suburbs were one of the many places inChina that had no debate had no winners, but I did learn a lot from this international instance, he told me that universities like Oxford and Cambridge were not surrounded by walls。the campuses were just part of the have to admit that we do have many walls in China, and as we are developing our country, we must carefully examine them, whether they are physical or will keep some walls but tear down those that impede China39。s me give you an year ago, when I was working on a term paper, I needed a book on business law and found a copy in the law school , the librarian turned down my request with a cold shoulder, saying, “You can39。t borrow this book, you are not a student here.” In the end, I had to spend 200 yuan buying a copy。meanwhile, the copy in law school was gathering dust on the the beginning of this semester, I he