change the world? change ourselves
good evening, honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen.
it’s my great pleasure to stand here to present my speech—change the world, change ourselves.
it’s noticable that western holidays are becoming increasingly popular day by day, while chinese traditional festivals are being somewhat neglected. not long before about 10 doctors in beijing university and qinghua unversity announced that we should reject the invasion of western holidays ,because they regard western holidays as an challenge against our traditional festivals and culture.
frankly speaking, i don’t quite agree with them.indeed, we should never neglect or even discard our traditonal festivals as china boasts a brilliant history and splendid traditions. (examples).but why can’t we absorb the meaningful western holidays and culture.
there are obvious reasons why some western holidays are so popular in china. on the one hand, some of the western holidays which we chinese don’t have are reasonable and meaningful, such as father’s day and april fool’s day etc. on the other hand,the prevalence of globalization enables western culture to prevail in china. overwhelmed by such a trend,chinese unconsiciously get involved in western holidays and culture.
with the further development of the whole world, the cultural communication between different countries and nations becomes faster and more and more important. we are indeed from different nations, but we are the citizens of the same world, so the outstanding culture of different nations is the commom wealth of everyone on the earth.the only way for us to protect our traditional culture is to reject the foreign culture? the answer is definitely no. what we ought to do is to spare no effort to educate chinese to get to know and treasure our splendid traditions instead of rejecting foreign culture. only by educating can we set our confidence and belief towards our culture. only by educating can we preserve and promote the wealth that our ancesters left for us.
at last i’d like to share a famouse saying of gandhi with all of you ,that is:if you want to change the world, then you must change yourself first.”
Good morning! Everybody!
My name is XXX. I appreciate very much this opportunity机会 to meet with you boys and girls. The topic题目 I am going to present to you is “Too many days at a time.” If you would like to listen carefully, you will find that what I am going to say is something that everybody should really think about. So everybody please put on your listening ears.(注意听)
There are two days in every week about which we should not worry.(你可举两个手指) Two days which should be kept free from fear and worries.
One of these days is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders,错误 its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed. We cannot erase 擦掉a single word we said. Yesterday is gone!!
Now I want to ask you,” did you ever feel bad when you didn’t do well in a test?”(你可真的就问现场的同学)
Well, I felt bad when I got poor grades. I wanted to cry. I feel the sky is falling down. I feel everybody is looking down on me. The more I think about the test, the worse I feel. Boys and girls, please tell me, “Is that good?””Does that help?” You are right! That does’t help at all. Yesterday is gone! And let’s shake it off and step up.(抖一抖,从头迈步)
The other day we should not worry about is tomorrow, with its possible misfortunes(不幸), its burdens, its large promise and poor performance. Tomorrow is beyond our immediate control. Tomorrow's sun will rise, whether in splendor or behind a mask of clouds. But it will rise. Until it does we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet unborn.
This leaves only one day: today. When I wake up, I would say” Today is a new day. Let’s rejoice and be happy!”
So I am going to stop to smell a flower. Today I will dreup. The best way to dreup is to put on a smile. A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. A little smile can make such a big difference in one’s life. I would smile to the people I know and I would smile to the people I don’t know.
Today I will shut up! I will say nice things and learn to listen. “ Hi!” “ How are you?” “Can I help you?” I am going to tell my mom and dad how much I love them
Today is the tomorrow I set goals for yesterday. I would like to stand up ,reach up and lift up! Today I would say a little prayer. I will pray for the world peace. I will pray for a peace of mind.
So boys and girls, my message to you is short and si-mp-le: Just do it well today! Today! Today! Today!
Thank you , everybody and wish you all the best!
Three months ago,twenty six boys and four girls gathered together on the ground of the university
Of Geosciences,At that moment ,they formed the class numbered 111112.
Time passed by,and I conclude one idea in my mind.Well ,this idea doesn’t only come from my unyielding
faith in the united spirit of the chinese people but it also comes from my own story.( 万业宝 www.wANYEbao.cOM )
I am an eighteen year-old boy who has never experienced being away from my parents for more than a month.At first,I thought I have to learn to be independent and I woulde have to overcome the difficulties with no one to depend on.
But a story changed my mind.
Five days ago,I got a heavy cold.Recalling that day’s event,I was in low condition and felt helpless in the bed,however,after knowing what had happened,one of classmates just say” I will accompany you along the way to the hospital and the way back to school.”That single moment of his words may not mean much.But it is where we start,it is where we all form the common belief that your guys’ shoulders will be ready for you whenever you are in need of help even though in the risky of falling behind in study.The class you are in will be your another family.
And there is also another story I would like to mention here,Our class ranked low in this month,but there are not blames,not critics,not anything like you should have done it better.We just say”We can,and we will do it better and better step after step.”
Well, I think the two things just reflect one spirit which has seared into my heart that we may come from different places and we may have different stories and we may move in the different directions towards different futures.But we all would give the world to make our class shine.we are not only the sum of its parts that out of many,we are truly one.