Hello, everybody！

Today I’m glad that Ms. Liu gave me an opportunity to be here, to show the best myself in front of all of you. I’d love to start now, but first of all, let’s just start the introduction with the most important thing—my name.  Did you know that? My Chinese name is Ligaoge，and you can call me in the English way on our English classes, Amy--if you like.

I really love English, especially American English. Last year at summer camp, I met a sweet big American girl named Lauren. Her college’s name is James Madison University. I write her every week for over a year. Our friendship grows stronger. And that improved my writing skills. Isn’t that cool?

I love reading English books! I like <Anne of Green gables>, <Alice’s adventures in wonderland>, <Heidi>, <Daddy-long-legs>, <the secret garden>, and so on. Which one is my favorite? It’s certainly <Uncle Tom’s cabin>!  Before reading, I thought that maybe the cabin was in a forest, made of woods, and had some snow on the top. Such a wonderful cabin! With full of curiosity, I opened the book and finally knew that it’s a sad story. It talked about slavery in the early 18 hundreds in America. But I still like it because it really made me moved, even cry.

I also love English songs. My favorite songs are “big big world”, which one I sang at the game of our training days ago; “Lemon tree”, “Proud of you”; and “God is a girl”. My favorite paragraph is:

“She wants to shine forever in time

She is so driven, she’s always mine

Cleanly and free she wants you to be

A part of the future, a girl like me.

There is a sky illuminating us,                                                

Somebody is out there that we truly trust,

 There is a rainbow for you and me,

 A beautiful sunrise eternally______”

Did it hear well? It’s from “God is a girl”.

I’m now studying < new concept English >two, unit two. I’ve been studying English for seven years and I learn something new every day. I’m always excited for new knowledge. I’m good at every subject, that’s why I’ve got one hundred ninety five point five marks in the test in July.  Now many foreigners say that my English is “awesome”. I believe, “better” is always better than “best”. I want to fly higher in my life. I’ve been a class leader for three years, because I want to get more experiences. I want to go to the best University of the world--Harvard University. I want to learn more and more.   I believe that we can all take another step of our English studying way together holding hands. That’s my speech, thank all of you for listening!

                                       Amy

                         In 2011, August 29^th morning