【正文】 easy task for the contestants to win through the fierce petition. owning to their passion, hard work and persistence, they finally succeeded in the contest.
　　liu xin, the first champion of the national contest, is now an anchorperson of cctv9. recalling the passion of study on campus, she said: “。rsquo。 with the champion title in 21st century cup, liu attended the international public speaking petition in london in may 1996 afterward and got the first prize winner in XX surprised the audience, since she came from accounting major instead of english major. gu qiubei, then 22 years old, was a senior in shanghai foreign studies university. while being asked whether she had some good methods to learn english, she said: “。 attracted by the greatness of english language, gu even changed her major from accounting to english in her postgraduate study. the most important issue in english learning process she pointed out is personal interests. only people interested in english benefit a lot from the learning methods and those with passion will finally achieve their dreams.
　　when chief of global media giant via sumner redstone gave a speech in tsinghua university on his autobiography a passion to win, he was asked what made him to restart his career at the age of 60, the 81yearold media tycoon said: “。rsquo。 secondly, i donamp。t think iamp。m too old to leave work, actually i love my work very much.”。 still others are on the way to their dream. with a passion to win, you will overe obstacles and succeed at the end.
　　iamp。m studying in a city thatamp。s famous for its walls. people who visit my city are amazed at the imposing sight of its walls, especially when silhouetted against the setting sun with gold, shining streaks. the old, cracked bricks are covered with lichens and the walls are weatherbeaten guards standing still for centuries.
　　our ancestors liked to build walls. they built walls in beijing, xiamp。an, nanjing and many other cities, and they built the great wall, which snakes across half our country. they built walls to protect against enemies and evil spirits. this tradition has survived to this day: we still have many parks and schools walled off from the public.
　　for a long time, walls were one of the most natural things in the world to me.
　　my perceptions, however, changed after i made a hiking trip to the eastern suburbs of my city. my classmates and i were walking with some foreign students. as we walked out of the city, we found ourselves flanked by tall trees, which formed a wide canopy above our heads. suddenly one foreign student asked me, “。
　　”。rsquo。 i replied. he seemed taken aback, “。 his remark set off a heated debate. at one point, he likened our walled cities to “。, while i insisted that the eastern suburbs were one of the many places in china that had no debate had no winners, but i did learn a lot from this student. for instance, he told me that some major universities like oxford and cambridge were not surrounded by walls. i have to admit that we do have many walls in china, and as we develop our country, we must look carefully at them and decide whether they are physical or intangible. we will keep some walls but tear down those that impede our development.
　　let me give another example.
　　a 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 library. however, the librarian coldly rejected my request to borrow it, saying, “。rsquo。rsquo。 in the end, i had to spend 200 yuan to buy a copy. meanwhile, the copy in the law school gathered dust on the shelf.
　　at the beginning of this semester, i heard that my university had started to think of unifying its libraries and linking them to libraries at other universities, so my experience wouldnamp。t be repeated. barriers would be replaced by bridges. an interlibrary loan system would give us access to books from any library. with globalization and china integrated into the world, i believe many of these intangible walls will be knocked down.
　　i know that globalization is a controversial issue, and it is hard to say whether it is good or bad. but one thing is for sure: it draws our attention to chinaamp。s tangible and intangible walls and forces us to examine thei