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第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——夏鹏
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第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——夏鹏
夏鹏
南京大学
夏鹏 原系贵州省平坝县黎阳厂子校学生,小学五年级开始进入贵阳百年英语学校系统学习英语,2003年,夏鹏以600分的高分考入南京大学法学院,后转入英语系。2004年获得CCTV全国英语演讲比赛第二名,同年获得代表国内最高水平的第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军,同时获得比赛“最具潜力奖”,并代表中国参加2005年国际英语演讲比赛，荣获获得冠军和“最受观众欢迎奖”。
From Walls to
Bridges
I'm studying in a city famous for its 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 old, cracked bricks patched with lichen, the walls are weather-beaten guards, standing still for centuries in protecting the city.
I'm studying in a city famous for its 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 old, cracked bricks patched with lichen, the walls are weather-beaten guards, standing still for centuries in protecting the city.
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 enemies and evil
spirits. This tradition has been maintained to this day as we still
have many parks and schools walled off from the public. I grew up
at the foot of the city walls, and I've loved them since my
childhood. For a long time, walls were one of the
most natural things in the world.
My perception, however,
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 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 international student. For
instance, he told me that universities like Oxford and Cambridge
were not surrounded by walls; the campuses were just part of the
cities. I 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 intangible. We will keep some walls
but tear down those that impede China's
development.
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 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 law school was
gathering dust on the shelf.
At the beginning of
this semester, I heard that my university has started not only to
unify its libraries but also link them up with libraries of 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 books from any library. With globalization,
with China integrated into the world, I believe many of these
intangible walls will be knocked down.
I know 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 roles
in the modern world.
And how about the
ancient walls in my city and other cities? Should we tear them
down? Just the opposite. My city, like Beijing and other cities, is
actually making a great effort to preserve the walls. These walls
attract not only historians and archeologists but also many
schoolchildren trying to study our history and cultural heritage.
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 great change 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.
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