第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军夏鹏

第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军夏鹏（共9篇）

篇1：第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军夏鹏

Building Bridges for the Future

I’m studying in a city that’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 weather-beaten guards standing still for centuries.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 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, “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 had 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 suburbs were one of the many places in China that had no walls.That 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, “You can’t borrow this book, you’re not a student here.” 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 wouldn’t be repeated.Barriers would be replaced by bridges.An inter-library 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 China’s tangible and intangible walls and forces us to examine their role in the modern world.And how about the ancient walls of mine and other cities? Should we tear them down? Definitely not.My city, like Beijing and other cities, is actually making a great effort to preserve the walls.These walls attract historians, archaeologists, and many schoolchildren who are trying to study our history and cultural heritage.Walls have become bridges to our past and to the rest of the world.If the ancient builders of these walls were still alive today, they would be proud to see such great changes in the role of their walls.They are now bridges that link East and West, South and North, and all countries of the world.Our cultural heritage will survive globalization.

篇2：第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军夏鹏

演讲稿：What would you do if you had only one day left to live?

“What would you do if you had only one day left to live?”

I asked this question to my young students when teaching English this winter.What were their answers?

“I would watch television!” the first answer.“I would play with the computer!” the second one.“I would play with computer TOO.” The girl finished her sentence perfectly with a serious smile.Indeed how cute and innocent that smile was, but how seriously my heart was hurt.I was too frightened to listen to more answers like that.Ten years ago, at their age, I had a different answer: I would spend the last day of my life gazing at the face of my dear grandmother until I inscribed every detail of it onto my mind.When grandmother was getting old and weak, my family bought her a telephone so I could save time and the trouble of traveling to her home by making phone calls instead.Later we bought her a television so she could watch modern dramas by herself.Then grandma must have been, we assumed, very contented and happy.But I never really knew how grandma felt.She silently passed away without a word one night.When I heard about her death, a chilling pain pierced my empty heart.The pain grew even sharper as I tried to remember in detail exactly how grandma looked and I failed completely!How could I remember? I had not visited her for ages—it seemed like a century!My memories of her dissolved into thin air and leaked away like water.Even though I have a telephone, can she hear me now?

Even though I might be on television, can she see me now?

Even though I have modern telecommunications, can she still communicate with me now?

With all these “tele”s, I was powerless.Don’t people just love the word of “tele”, which means far away.Indeed this is how modern technology has changed our world.But please don’t forget this other word with “tele”: telepathy:which refers to human beings’ inborn ability to connect to our loved ones.Our minds are supposed to read each other’s minds;our hearts are supposed to feel each other’s hearts — and fulfill these without any

forms of tool!

篇3：第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军夏鹏

大赛由已备演讲、即席演讲及问答等部分组成。赛程自每年的5-6月至次年4月,分为全国预选赛、地区决赛、全国总决赛等阶段,冠军于次年5月代表中国赴英国伦敦参加国际英语演讲比赛争夺“最佳非英语国家选手奖”。我们选出的片段为本次比赛的季军北京语言大学陈艺的已备演讲,选手的发音准确清晰,演讲内容贴近生活、感情真挚(本文为演讲完整版)。

送奶工与邮递员——今昔大不同

By Chen Yi陈艺

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen,

The topic of my speech is Milkman v.s. Mailman.

With the development of society, change has 1)penetrated (into) every aspect(s) of our daily life. To illustrate that, I’d like to make a comparison of the milkman and mailman, whose differences indicate our changing way of living with the times.

Home milk delivery has almost gone 2)extinct in China now, also gone with it are the milkmen, who once delivered bottled fresh milk door-to-door. On the other hand, [the] mailman’s business or the 3)courier service has 4)thrived as online shopping gains popularity. Yet, 5)in retrospect, I realize something has been lost in this 6)transition, something Shakespeare would call (as) “7)the milk of human kindness” .

Like when I was a kid, milk wasn’t for sale everywhere. For the families who need it, they depended on the milkmen to take it from the local dairy farms to their houses. In our neighborhood, there was also such a milkman, whose arrival was much[greatly] anticipated by the children and always brought us laughter and joy. How did he do that? He knew the name of every kid and could easily see through all tricks. If we didn’t behave, he would side with our parents and threaten to rob us of the nutritious drink. And it worked every time. The entire neighborhood was acquainted with him; saw him as a member of the community, just like the many residents or street 8)vendors. Actually, there was a bond between all of us for what’s being transacted, with not only the commodities, but also a sense of caring and 9)dependability. And that small box fixed onto our door, other than being the drop-off point for milk, (it) served as a kind of communication 10)junction between the people as we took the initiative to reach out to others.

Fast forward to today, milk is 11)ubiquitous with no dedicated delivery system. However, the convenience level of our life[lives] has gone up a 12)notch. Almost everything is for sale online, which spares us all the travelling and talking. With a few ready clicks, the shopping is done. The rest is left for those speed delivery[courier] companies. Usually there will be a 13)grumpy mailman, who reaches us through cell phone, urging everyone to pick up their 14)parcels as soon as possible. And the minute the receipt is signed, we dash back to unpack, while the courier rushes to his next destination. There is barely a conversation carried out, nor do we feel the need to talk to such a stranger, who changes (from time to time) frequently. It seems that people are always in a hurry now, though we do have more convenience. Still, we run short of time to stand and stare, to speak and share.

Call me an old-timer, but I think the personal touch represented by the milkman is what’s been missing in the modern society. William Wordsworth once wrote that “Getting and spending, we 15)lay waste our power.” Modern technology may have multiplied our possessions or gave[given] us more convenience, but we run the risk of reducing our values if we lay waste our power of interpersonal relationships. Thank you.

女士们,先生们,下午好!

我演讲的题目是《送奶工与邮递员——今昔大不同》。

随着社会的发展,我们日常生活的方方面面都发生了变化。为了充分地说明这一点,我打算将送奶工和邮递员加以对比,他们的不同命运表明了随着时代的发展,我们的生活方式所发生的变化。

如今,送奶到户的服务在中国已经基本上销声匿迹了,同样随之消失的还有送奶工,他们曾经挨家挨户地递送瓶装的新鲜牛奶。而在另一方面,邮递员的行当或者说是快递服务却由于网上购物的普及而兴盛起来。然而在回顾往事时,我发现某些东西也在这种变迁中流失了——某些会被莎士比亚称之为“人情味”的东西。

正如当我还是个孩子时,牛奶并不是随处都能买到的。对于那些有需要的家庭来说,他们只能依靠送奶工将牛奶从当地奶场送到他们家。在我们的社区里也有这么一位送奶工,孩子们总是热切地盼望着他的到来,他也总能带给我们笑声和欢乐。他是如何做到的呢?他知道每一个孩子的名字,也能够轻易地看穿我们的小把戏。如果我们不乖乖听话,他就会站在我们的父母那边,吓唬说要抢走我们的营养饮料,而这招次次都奏效。我们整个社区的人都跟他挺熟,将他看作是社区的一员,就如同许多住户或街边小贩一样。实际上,在我们的买卖之中有一种纽带将我们所有人联系在了一起,这纽带不仅是各类货物,还有一种关心和信任的感觉。而装在我们家门口的那个小盒子绝不仅仅是一个投奶箱,它还充当了一种人与人之间相互交流的连接点,让我们主动与他人接触。

时光飞逝,到了现在,牛奶已是随处可得,不再需要专门的递送系统了。而我们生活的方便程度又上了一个新的台阶。从网上几乎什么都能买到,这节省了我们的交通和交谈时间。只要轻松地点几下鼠标,购物就完成了,剩下来的就交给那些快递公司了。通常会有一个脾气暴躁的邮递员通过手机与我们联系,催促每个人尽可能快地取走他们的包裹。一签完收条后,我们就会冲回家去拆包裹,而快递员则会奔向他的下一个目的地。在这一过程中很少会有什么交谈,而我们也觉得没必要与一个陌生人交谈,因为快递员经常会换人。虽然现在我们的生活确实越来越方便了,但人们似乎总是很忙,依然缺少时间停下来对视、交谈与分享。

你尽可以管我叫老古董,但我认为送奶工所传递的人情味正从现代社会中慢慢消失。威廉·华兹华斯曾写道:“无论是获得还是消耗,我们都在损毁着我们的力量。”现代科技也许增加了我们的财富,或带给了我们更多的便利,但如果我们损毁了人际关系的力量,我们就将面临降低我们自身价值的危险。谢谢!

篇4：第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军夏鹏

Ladies and Gentlemen:

¡¡¡¡How well are we in tune with the rhythm of life? In our busy day to day existence, we don¡¯t often stop to ask ourselves this question.At least I don¡¯t.And it wasn¡¯t until I joined a competitive sporting event that I learned a most important lesson ¨C we must place our mind in harmony with the natural order of things to be successful.¡¡¡¡Let me tell you what happened.¡¡¡¡I decided to take part in an International Marathon in my hometown last year.Being an ambitious person, I hoped to finish it within 5 hours, accompanied by my friend with whom I had trained.¡¡¡¡The big day finally arrived.“Ready...set...bang” And we were off.¡¡¡¡At first, we kept a rapid pace and ran nonstop.At this pace, we finished the first 20 kilometers in 2 hours and I thought running a marathon was a piece of cake.Then my running mate began to slow down.I urged him to keep running at the same pace but he said no, he wanted to conserve his energy.I felt I had partnered with the wrong person, therefore, I sprinted on and left him behind in the dust.¡¡¡¡A few kilometers later, I began to understand his strategy as my pace slowed to a jog then a walk.After that I was incapable of moving another step.I was humiliated as more and more people ran passed me.More than once I thought “Maybe I should quit.” I started to doubt my ability to finish this race.¡¡¡¡At this moment, my running mate caught up with me and slapped me on the back.¡°Follow me,¡± he shouted.He had balanced his marathon pace and was encouraged me to do the same.For the rest of this grueling contest, we walked, jogged, ran a few miles, and walked again.Slowly, painfully but hopefully this time, we established the most suitable pace within the natural flow of our physical capabilities.¡¡¡¡Eventually we accomplished our first Marathon of 42 kilometers in 4 and half hours.I asked myself, what did this marathon mean to me? My Marathon experience became an influential metaphor for my life about how we must learn to pace ourselves in everything, by being in tune with the rhythm of life.¡¡¡¡Like the tide that ebbs and flows, we must listen to advice but make our own decisions.Like the show at dawn and dusk, we must learn to balance pride and modesty.And from the way the wind can both shout and whisper, we must learn when to be strong and when to be gentle, for everything moves in its own rhythm and its own yin and yang elements.It is the interaction of these complementary extremes that produces harmony, as Laozi said, extremes meet.Since the marathon, this notion of two opposite forces working together has been my running partner, so to speak.Yin and yang exist everywhere, constantly interacting, and never existing in an absolute condition.¡¡¡¡Ladies and Gentlemen, life is like running a marathon, let us discover, define and develop a natural rhythm of life, in order to achieve both harmony and success.¡¡¡¡Thank you for listening£®

篇5：第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军夏鹏

许吉如：清华大学

Have you ever bought any food on the train? And do you ask for the receipt after buying it? Nowadays, all trains in China provide its passengers with receipts for commodities, but 7 years ago, things were quite different.On 13th of October, 2004, the train T109 from Beijing to Shanghai was speeding on the railway.A graduate student bought a sausage at 1 yuan on the train, then asked for a receipt.“Are you kidding? It‟s just one yuan!” The crew member was surprised.The student, however, answered in a determined voice, “I paid the money, so I deserve the receipt.”

“But we never give receipts on the train.‟ As a result, his further request was turned down by a cold shoulder.Several days later, the student sued the National Railway Ministry, for not providing receipts forpassengers.To his dismay, the court turned down the case for lack of evidence.But he, who majored in law at that time, believed law as a most powerful weapon, so he did not give up.Instead, he began his journey of collecting first-hand evidence by taking trains and buying commodities aboard.When his classmates were playing soccer, he was taking the train;When his classmates were buying food at Mcdonald‟s, he was buying food on the train;When his classmates were asking girls out, he was asking for the receipts.As he joked, „I was either taking the train or on the way to take the train.‟

One month later, he appeared in the court again, with newly-collected evidence and a stronger confidence.And I guess, ladies and gentlemen, you will all cheer for the result

because this time, the student won the case.Very soon, a regulation about receipts on the train came out.And whatever we buy on the train now, there‟s a receipt for us.Outside the court, the student was asked, “How do you make it to the end?” He said, “As a law student, I root my faith in law.I believe that law is there, to protect every person with no exception, and to ensure every person has a say.”

篇6：第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军夏鹏

西南民族大学选拔赛通知

◆ 比赛形式

• 西南民族大学在2008年“21世纪〃联想杯”全国英语演讲比赛全国决赛中获得一等奖的优异成绩。按照竞赛组委会的要求，校内选拔赛分三轮进行。

第一轮院系海选，外国语学院学生请登陆外国语学院网站或在各自基础英语、高级英语老师处下载打印报名表格或直接到学院团委领取，填写后交学院团委处进行现场确认，报名截至日期为3月9日。其他各院系（除外国语学院外）自行组织，参赛选手在所在院系报名，外国语学院老师配合选拔。各院系进行初赛选拔后，在3月9日前将进入复赛的选手名单（姓名、班级、联系方式）报至外语系团委书记处。各学院限报1名选手（外国语学院除外）。逾时未报视为弃权。

第二轮外院复赛，外国语学院英语系组织系内评委老师组织复赛，3月10日下午2:30(地点待定)在各个学院选派的选手和外国语学院选派的选手当中，选出前15名选手进入校园决赛。第三轮校园决赛，由专业评审现场打分点评，冠军选手进入全国总决赛，进入校内决赛的15名选手均将获得由大赛组委会颁发的证书和精美奖品。时间初步定为3月15日下午。• 参赛资格：学生自愿报名；各学院重点推选，保证各个院系参

与，最后通过全校性公开竞赛的形式选出优胜者，代表西南民族大学参加四月初在上海举行的全国决赛。

• 选手标准：扎实的英语使用能力，流利的英语表述能力，快速的应变能力及良好的心理素质。

• 比赛形式： 复赛为4分钟主题演讲，要求参加复赛的选手在比赛前将打印好的演讲稿（注明姓名、学院、学号、联系方式）交给评委老师，并完全脱稿进行演讲。决赛包括4分钟的主题演讲，2分钟的即兴演讲和2分钟的回答问题。

• 校内决赛奖项设置：冠军1名；一等奖4名；二等奖10名。奖品和奖状均由大赛组委会提供。盖有组委会官方正式标记。◆ 主题演讲题目：

From College to Career: Coping with Job-hunting Pressure in

the Economic Slowdown

面对“经济危机”下的大学生就业问题

金融海啸席卷全球，“经济危机”已成为非常时期让各行各业人们诚惶诚恐的名词，也是面临就业的大学生们不得不面对的问题。高校扩招带来的就业压力，加之经济大环境的冲击，使就业问题成为现今每位高校学生都无法回避的严峻现实。2009年大学毕业生将达560万，预计到年底会有150万人难以找到工作，失业率将超12％。要想顺利完成校园到职场的角色转换，自身素质的培养是每个大学生都无法回避的课题，也是应对挑战的基础。在人才素质比拼越来越激烈的形

势下，就业思路和职业规划也显得尤为重要。大学毕业即步入职场可提早累积经验，考研留学继续深造也是增强竞争力的有力方式；发达地区的工作机会诱人但一位难求，广大中西部及基层地区却有大量职位虚位以待。“机会总是留给有准备的人”，请结合自己的实际情况，谈谈你对就业挑战的准备，多角度、多侧面地阐述你的就业之路。

篇7：第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军夏鹏

以前读大学的时候就听说过这个“21世纪.联想杯”全国英语演讲比赛，知道这是个高水平的全国赛事。这次有机会前往北京观赛，感觉很幸运。

比赛的时候，台上的参赛选手们个个都穿着很正式，台下的评委们更是来自各个英语相关的专业机构，例如英国国际英语联合会（ESU）、美国世界英语教师协会（TESOL）、美国教育考试服务中心（ETS）、剑桥大学ESOL考试中心、英国文化协会等多家国际权威英语教学和考试机构，比赛现场的安排也非常严谨有序，使得整场比赛充满了一种高水平赛事的氛围。

半决赛为期两天，每天均有31名选手参赛，竞争非常激烈。每天半决赛结束后，都能听到资深评委的专业点评，真是获益良多。从中了解到不少选手在演讲中容易出现的错误，例如发音不够到位导致不够清晰，用词过于俚语化而不够正式，表达时容易出现冠词方面的错误，although和but连用的错误等，这里我就不一一细数了。在我们接下来出版的书里，我们会收录前十名选手的现场表演，同时也会在文中标示出各种错误及相关的正确表达，相信大家看到了就会更加了解此次比赛的现场情况，并从中得到借鉴学习。

英语演讲，真是一场“厚积薄发”的表演。现实中，进行演讲的机会的确不多，所以大部分参赛选手及导师都表示，这场“21世纪.联想杯”的比赛最大的意义在于有机会让学生去实践。不过要想在台上做出精彩的表演，那是需要在平时狠下苦功的，例如语音方面的训练、词汇的积累、各种地道表达的理解和掌握等。而口语版的不同栏目，也正好为大家提供了各方面的学习材料，大家可要好好留心学习哦。

最后，关于演讲，我不禁想起了那位在法国为了抗议法国媒体扭曲报道中国现况而进行了精彩的街头演说的中国留学生李洹。希望我们的读者朋友们，也能练好英语口语，让世界其他国家的人，能更清楚地听到我们的心声，更好地了解我们中国。

编辑：Jenny

来信选登

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阅读一段时间的《口语版》，总是期待下一期快些到来。原来学习英语口语可以变得很有意思！

《口语版》中的内容阅读起来让人感到轻松自在，这是我对它最大的青睐！无论是Quick Fix，还是Screen Talk，其形象生动的图片人物及场景对话总让我能够愉快品读。其他栏目内容也十分有趣，在学习英语的同时，还能广博眼界，开拓视野，确实让人倾心于此！

感谢《口语版》给我带来的学习读说英语的兴趣，更感谢各位编辑为我们这群英语爱好者贡献的一份份创新和努力。希望在奥运之际的2008，《口语版》能更多的赢得读者们的信赖！

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篇8：第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军夏鹏

21世纪英语演讲比赛冠军诸康妮精彩演讲(视频)2012年05月11日 09:00

Discover Yourself Ever since the accelerated development of human civilization, perpetual scientific discoveries of nature had accompanied mankind all along the journey.It was by discovering the world around us that human beings have been able to lead a more sophisticated life.However, as G.K.Chesterton once said, “One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego;the self is more distant than any star.” Similarly, our life is a journey of unrelenting efforts to discover more of ourselves.When I was 6 I constantly pictured myself as an elegant and skilled pianist rendering Chopin’s nocturne beautifully on the stage, receiving warm applause after my performance.As I furthered my piano lessons, it was hard to be oblivious of my non-gifted skills.Sometimes I couldn’t help but have this feeling of despair when I woke up to the reality and discovered that my goal was unrealistic.Brutal but real, it was the first time I had discovered that I couldn’t have it all.When I was 12 I thought the coolest job in the entire universe was to be a surgeon.I spent hours and hours watching the drama “Grey’s Anatomy”, and couldn’t help falling in love with the kind of life those doctors lead on the screen.I was utterly mesmerized by the scalpel and all those fancy medical terms they use.However, I stopped dreaming about being a surgeon when I discovered that it was the idea of being a surgeon that appealed to me, not what it truly was.Therefore, the dream ended and I discovered some more about myself.This year I turned 16, I could proudly say I do not dream to be but ascertain to pursue being a lawyer in the future.Since junior high school I was always awarded the “most eloquent debater” in every single debate I participated in.I cannot only think logically but also deliver my thoughts promptly.My huge interest in philosophy also adds to my reasoning whenever I tried to argue on something equivocal.Being aware of the obstacles and hardships on the way to becoming a great lawyer never panics me, for the simple reason that I have this faith and passion in what I am aspiring after.G.K.Chesterton was absolutely correct, the most complicated part of comprehending the world is the study of the somehow smaller world—ourselves.I subsequently realized that growing up is the process of discovering ourselves;we get to know what we truly are, and become who we dream to be.As we shape ourselves, and as we shape our lives, we gradually become more aware of our limits and potentials and consequently learn to adjust to what’s out there.And by that, ladies and gentleman, I’m proud to say that I’ve discovered part of myself, still discovering today standing on this stage, and hopefully a lot more in the future.I will always keep this embedded into my heart that things do not change, we do.第八届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——顾秋蓓(视频)

篇9：第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军夏鹏

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen;my topic today is “Walls and Bridges”.I’m studying in a city famous for its city 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 cold, cracked bricks patched with lichen.The walls are weather-beaten guards, standing still for centuries in protecting the century.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 the enemies and evil spirits.This tradition has been maintained to this day as we still have many schools and parks walled off the public.I grew up at the foot of the city walls and I have loving them since my childhood.For a long time, walls were one of the most natural things in the world.My perception 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 Suburbs was one of the many places in China that had no walls.That debate had no winners, but I did learn a lot from this international student.For instant, he told me, universities like Oxford and Cambridge were not surrounded by walls.The campuses were just the part of the cities.I have to admit we do have many walls in China, and as we are developing our country, we must carefully examine them, whether they are physical or intangible.We will tear down some walls and we will keep some of them.Let me give you an example.A year ago, when I was working on a term paper, I needed a book on business law and I found a copy in the law school library.However, the librarian turned down my request with a cold shoulder, saying “you can’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 the law school was gathering dust on the shelf.At the beginning of this semester, I heard that my university had started not only to unify all its libraries but also to link them up with other universities, so my experience will not be repeated.Barriers will be replaced by bridges.Through an inter-library loan system, we will have access to any library.With globalization, with 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’s hard for us to say whether it is good or bad.But one thing is for sure, it draws our attention to China’s physical and intangible walls and forces us to examine their roles in the modern world.Then what about the walls in my cities and in other cities? Should we tear them down? Just the opposite.My city, like Beijing and other cities, is making great effort to preserve the walls.These walls now attracted not only historians and archaeologist but also our school children trying to study our history and cultural heritage.The walls have turned into bridges to our past and to the rest of the world.If the ancient builders of these walls were still alive today, they would be proud to see such a great change in the roles of their walls.They are now cultural bridges that link East and West, South and North, and all the countries of the world.Our cultural heritage will survive our globalization.Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.