1、英語(yǔ)演講稿讓生活充滿激情:英語(yǔ)演講稿Thirty college students across the country attended the Tenth 21st Century Cup National English Speaking Contest in Beijing on April 10.Eventually, _ia Peng, from Nanjing University was named the chion.The second and third places went to Zhang Jing, a sophomore from China Foreign A

2、ffairs University, and Zhang A _u, from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, respectively.More than 1000 college students in Beijing are lucky birds to listen to the speeches on the spot in Friendship Hotel.“Were already in the eastern suburbs,” I replied.He seemed taken aback, “I thought you Chinese h

3、ad 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 to

4、ld me that some major universities like O_ford 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

5、that impede our development.Let me give another e_le.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 cant borrow this book, youre not a student here

6、.” In the end, I had to spend 20_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 e_perience woul

7、dnt 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,

8、and it is hard to say whether it is good or bad.But one thing is for sure: it draws our attention to Chinas tangible and intangible walls and forces us to e_amine 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

9、, 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 bee 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 a