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  • Thirty college students across the country attended the Tenth 21st Century Cup National English Speaking Contest in Beijing on April 10. Eventually, Xia Peng, from Nanjing University was named the champion. The second and third places went to Zhang Jing, a sophomore1 from China Foreign Affairs University, and Zhang A Xu, from Hong Kong Polytechnic2 University, respectively. More than 1000 college students in Beijing are lucky birds to listen to the speeches on the spot in Friendship Hotel.

    Just make to it the finals, they had to get past 60 others speaking on “The impact of globalization on traditional Chinese values”. That was at the semi-final on April 8-9. What will Chinese college students think about the impact? Each contestant3 had his own take on the subject. Xia summed up globalization by saying: “It’s just controversial and hard to say whether it is good or bad.” Xia took the old wall of his city, Nanjing, as a metaphor4. He spoke5 about the conflict over whether to protect the old walls or tear them down to represent the conflict of ideas. He suggested that people protect the wall as a valuable relic6 while tearing down the “intangible walls” of their minds that prevent communication. While some other students are more focusing on the impact of globalization on family relations, attitudes towards love, and job-hunting.

    Over the past 10 years, the national English speaking competition has given contestants7 a chance to speak on a variety of topics closely related to their lives. Chinese students become more open-minded and receive various ideas and thinking over the decade. Diversity becomes more obvious on campus, students have more opportunities to express and show themselves. It’s not an easy task for the contestants to win through the fierce competition. Owning to their passion, hard work and persistence8, they finally succeeded in the contest.

    Liu Xin, the first champion of the national contest, is now an anchorperson of CCTV-9. Recalling the passion of study on campus, she said: “When you want to express your idea by a foreign language without finding a right way, you’re really upset. Then you have to encourage yourself, and after a long term of bitterness, suddenly you find you get the right way with joy.” With the champion title in 21st Century Cup, Liu attended the International Public Speaking competition in London in May 1996 afterward9 and got the first prize historically.

    The winner in 2003 surprised the audience, since she came from accounting10 major instead of English major. Gu Qiubei, then 22 years old, was a senior in Shanghai Foreign Studies University. While being asked whether she had some good methods to learn English, she said: “Learn English with passion and enthusiasm.” Attracted by the greatness of English language, Gu even changed her major from accounting to English in her postgraduate11 study. The most important issue in English learning process she pointed12 out is personal interests. Only people interested in English benefit a lot from the learning methods and those with passion will finally achieve their dreams.

    When chief of global media giant Viacom Sumner Redstone gave a speech in Tsinghua University on his autobiography13 A Passion to Win, he was asked what made him to restart his career at the age of 60, the 81-year-old media tycoon14 said: “Firstly, there’s a self-driving force in my deep heart, which keeps my passion to succeed and surpass others; secondly15, I don’t think I’m too old to leave work, actually I love my work very much.”

    Some of the contestants have achieved their dreams as Redstone; still others are on the way to their dream. With a passion to win, you will overcome obstacles and succeed at the end.

    I’m studying in a city that’s famous for its walls. People who visit my city are amazed at the imposing16 sight of its walls, especially when silhouetted17 against the setting sun with gold, shining streaks18. The old, cracked bricks are covered with lichens19 and the walls are weather-beaten guards standing20 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 canopy21 above our heads. Suddenly one foreign student asked me, “Where is the entrance to the eastern suburbs?”

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    1 sophomore [ˈsɒfəmɔ:(r)] PFCz6   第7级
    n.大学二年级生;adj.第二年的
    参考例句:
    • He is in his sophomore year. 他在读二年级。
    • I'm a college sophomore majoring in English. 我是一名英语专业的大二学生。
    2 polytechnic [ˌpɒliˈteknɪk] g1vzw   第10级
    adj.各种工艺的,综合技术的;n.工艺(专科)学校;理工(专科)学校
    参考例句:
    • She was trained as a teacher at Manchester Polytechnic. 她在曼彻斯特工艺专科学校就读,准备毕业后做老师。
    • When he was 17, Einstein entered the Polytechnic Zurich, Switzerland, where he studied mathematics and physics. 17岁时,爱因斯坦进入了瑞士苏黎士的专科学院, 学习数学和物理学。
    3 contestant [kənˈtestənt] qp9zR   第10级
    n.竞争者,参加竞赛者
    参考例句:
    • The company will furnish each contestant with a free ticket. 公司将为每个参赛者免费提供一张票。
    • The personal appearance and interview of the contestant is another count. 参加比赛者的个人仪表和谈话也是一项。
    4 metaphor [ˈmetəfə(r)] o78zD   第8级
    n.隐喻,暗喻
    参考例句:
    • Using metaphor, we say that computers have senses and a memory. 打个比方,我们可以说计算机有感觉和记忆力。
    • In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love. 玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。
    5 spoke [spəʊk] XryyC   第11级
    n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
    参考例句:
    • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company. 他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
    • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre. 辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
    6 relic [ˈrelɪk] 4V2xd   第8级
    n.神圣的遗物,遗迹,纪念物
    参考例句:
    • This stone axe is a relic of ancient times. 这石斧是古代的遗物。
    • He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past. 他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。
    7 contestants [kənˈtestənts] 6183e6ae4586949fe63bec42c8d3a422   第10级
    n.竞争者,参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
    • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    8 persistence [pəˈsɪstəns] hSLzh   第8级
    n.坚持,持续,存留
    参考例句:
    • The persistence of a cough in his daughter puzzled him. 他女儿持续的咳嗽把他难住了。
    • He achieved success through dogged persistence. 他靠着坚持不懈取得了成功。
    9 afterward ['ɑ:ftəwəd] fK6y3   第7级
    adv.后来;以后
    参考例句:
    • Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏,然后吃饭。
    • Afterward, the boy became a very famous artist. 后来,这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
    10 accounting [əˈkaʊntɪŋ] nzSzsY   第8级
    n.会计,会计学,借贷对照表
    参考例句:
    • A job fell vacant in the accounting department. 财会部出现了一个空缺。
    • There's an accounting error in this entry. 这笔账目里有差错。
    11 postgraduate [ˌpəʊstˈgrædʒuət] ulMzNh   第9级
    adj.大学毕业后的,大学研究院的;n.研究生
    参考例句:
    • I didn't put down that I had postgraduate degree. 我没有写上我有硕士学位。
    • After college, Mary hopes to do postgraduate work in law school. 大学毕业后,玛丽想在法学院从事研究工作。
    12 pointed [ˈpɔɪntɪd] Il8zB4   第7级
    adj.尖的,直截了当的
    参考例句:
    • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil. 他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
    • A safety pin has a metal covering over the pointed end. 安全别针在尖端有一个金属套。
    13 autobiography [ˌɔ:təbaɪˈɒgrəfi] ZOOyX   第8级
    n.自传
    参考例句:
    • He published his autobiography last autumn. 他去年秋天出版了自己的自传。
    • His life story is recounted in two fascinating volumes of autobiography. 这两卷引人入胜的自传小说详述了他的生平。
    14 tycoon [taɪˈku:n] EKkze   第10级
    n.有钱有势的企业家,大亨
    参考例句:
    • The tycoon is on the verge of bankruptcy. 那名大亨濒临破产的边缘。
    • The tycoon has many servants to minister to his needs. 那位大亨有很多人服侍他。
    15 secondly [ˈsekəndli] cjazXx   第8级
    adv.第二,其次
    参考例句:
    • Secondly, use your own head and present your point of view. 第二,动脑筋提出自己的见解。
    • Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load. 其次,需要确定所作用的载荷。
    16 imposing [ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ] 8q9zcB   第8级
    adj.使人难忘的,壮丽的,堂皇的,雄伟的
    参考例句:
    • The fortress is an imposing building. 这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
    • He has lost his imposing appearance. 他已失去堂堂仪表。
    17 silhouetted [ˌsɪlu:ˈetɪd] 4f4f3ccd0698303d7829ad553dcf9eef   第10级
    显出轮廓的,显示影像的
    参考例句:
    • We could see a church silhouetted against the skyline. 我们可以看到一座教堂凸现在天际。
    • The stark jagged rocks were silhouetted against the sky. 光秃嶙峋的岩石衬托着天空的背景矗立在那里。
    18 streaks [st'ri:ks] a961fa635c402b4952940a0218464c02   第7级
    n.(与周围有所不同的)条纹( streak的名词复数 );(通常指不好的)特征(倾向);(不断经历成功或失败的)一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 );使布满条纹
    参考例句:
    • streaks of grey in her hair 她头上的绺绺白发
    • Bacon has streaks of fat and streaks of lean. 咸肉中有几层肥的和几层瘦的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    19 lichens ['laɪkənz] 8ba13422ddec8ecf73fb1d0cb20f495f   第11级
    n.地衣( lichen的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The only plants to be found in Antarctica are algae, mosses, and lichens. 在南极洲所发现的植物只有藻类、苔藓和地衣。 来自辞典例句
    • Litmus: Mixture of coloured organic compounds obtained from several species of lichens. 石蕊:从几种地衣类植物中获取的带色有机化合物的混合物。 来自互联网
    20 standing [ˈstændɪŋ] 2hCzgo   第8级
    n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
    参考例句:
    • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing. 地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
    • They're standing out against any change in the law. 他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
    21 canopy [ˈkænəpi] Rczya   第9级
    n.天篷,遮篷
    参考例句:
    • The trees formed a leafy canopy above their heads. 树木在他们头顶上空形成了一个枝叶茂盛的遮篷。
    • They lay down under a canopy of stars. 他们躺在繁星点点的天幕下。

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