夏鹏：

    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”。

the first prize winner, Xia Peng, Nanjing University:

　　第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军演讲稿

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.

    夏鹏是1984年生人，今年还不到25岁，是2009“梦想之旅”最最年轻的讲师。他对自己个性的总结是：搞怪调皮，是个“谐星”。　

    夏鹏的讲座活泼搞怪又带一点无厘头，他的绝活是模仿秀，可以惟妙惟肖地模仿马丁·路德·金、阿甘等人的语音语调，还能模仿刘德华、小沈阳和《新闻联播》，每次一亮招式就能让台下尖叫连连。同行的另一位讲师，昆明新东方学校校长庄重老师就快成夏鹏的fans了（等等，夏鹏fans，简称“下饭”，嘿嘿，这个挺好），天天惦记完整听一场夏鹏的讲座，调整演讲方案是没戏了，于是软磨硬泡死缠烂打工作人员，非要人家帮忙给全录下来，不然就急……
 
　　数学奇烂的英语高手

　　只能说，上帝是公平的，给你一些东西的时候，必然会拿走一些东西。这句话套用在夏鹏身上，就是他的数学“奇烂无比”。
 
　　来到南京新东方学校，第一次领工资，因为还没办银行卡就领的现金，结果夏鹏同学点钞点了3遍，得出了3个不同的数字，而这3个数字，没有一个和会计工资单上的数字一样……这个“弱点”很快就被校长沫沫老师洞察，于是他总巧妙弄点数学小技巧，三下五除二就把夏鹏蒙晕，然后踹他去“抓紧补救”，比如——

　　而在英语方面，夏鹏就牛气冲天了，2005年世界英语演讲比赛冠军（那时才21岁），从小到大英语考试基本都是第一，到新东方当老师也是上课一次成功，没有被学员或主管踢下讲台。你说这差距……

　　牛人就是牛人，年纪小点无非是“小牛人”，无论大小，被涮了也还是牛人。这时记者也发现自己和牛人终于有了相同之处：数学都奇烂无比。像牛人有啥不好，管它像哪里呢。
　　

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