20xx年来，魏国强(音译)的目光一直没有离开过中国足球，但值得庆祝的理由却是少之又少。
"It's like the Chinese saying; 'you always think your children are the most beautiful no matter how ugly they are,'" the 30-year-old education specialist told CNN in Beijing.
“中国有句俗话：‘母不嫌子丑，狗不嫌家贫，’ 我对中国足球也是这样的心情。” 这位30岁的教育专家在北京接受CNN采访时说。
Dogged by poor performances on the pitch and corruption scandals off it, the Chinese game has been far from beautiful.
绿茵场上球员的欠佳表现和一些贪腐丑闻，中国足球一直不被看好。
But die-hard soccer fans like Wei finally have something to cheer about.
但是像魏先生这样的死忠球迷终于等到了这样一个欢呼雀跃的时刻。
Guangzhou Evergrande, a soccer team based in the southern city of Guangzhou, became Asian champions on Saturday, beating South Korea's FC Seoul to claim China's first continental title in 23 years in a stadium packed to capacity with fans wearing the team's blood-red colors.
11月9日星期六，来自南方城市广州的俱乐部球队广州恒大，在坐无虚席、尽是恒大鲜红球迷的主场击败韩国首尔FC，荣获亚冠联赛冠军，这也是中国足球在20xx年以来夺得第一个亚洲冠军。
"They are persistent and never surrender," said Wei, who watched the match on television at home.
“他们坚持不懈，从不言弃，” 魏先生说，他在家中的电视机前观看了比赛直播。
Evergrande will now play in the FIFA Club World Cup in December, pitting the team against the likes of German giants and reigning European champions Bayern Munich. Previous winners of the tournament include Chelsea, Manchester United and Barcelona.
今年12月恒大还将出征国际足联世界俱乐部杯，有机会与欧冠强队、德国劲旅拜仁慕尼黑场上较量。世俱杯之前的冠军得主有切尔西、曼联和巴塞罗那等。
China last tasted international success at club level in 1990 when Liaoning lifted the trophy of the now expired Asian Club Championship. Its national team has also punched below the country's weight.
中国最近一次品尝国际俱乐部级的成功是在1990年，辽宁队举起了亚洲足球俱乐部冠军联赛(现已停办)的奖杯。国家队一直没有令人瞩目的表现。
Despite being one of the country's most popular sports -- President Xi Jinping is said to be a big fan -- China failed to qualify for the 20xx World Cup and did not enter the running for the 20xx tournament.
尽管足球是中国最受欢迎的体育项目之一——据说也是足球迷——但中国没有打入20xx世界杯，也没有入围20xx年世界杯承办权的角逐。
Evergrande's rise to the top of Asian football has been fast and furious and some say it could be Asia's first "superclub."
恒大以迅雷不及掩耳之势跃居亚洲足球之冠，有人说，它可能成为亚洲第一家“超级俱乐部”。
In early 20xx, the team was bought by Xu Jiayin, the boss of property developer Evergrande Real Estate Group and China's 13th richest man, according to Forbes.
20xx年初，福布斯中国富人榜名列13的恒大地产集团老板许家印出手买下这支球队。
He paid 100 million yuan ($16.4 million) for the club, shocking many as the team had recently been relegated to the second division of China's league. In 20xx, they won the Chinese Super League and claimed the league title for the third time this year.
他为俱乐部投入1亿人民币(合1千4百万美元)，这样的大手笔让许多人吃惊不小，因为这支球队当时刚被降级中甲。20xx年，他们重返中超夺冠，并在今年第三次蝉联冠军。
Dong Jianzheng, an editor at the Chinese-language World Soccer Magazine, credits Xu's deep pockets as the main reason for the team's success.
《足球世界》杂志中文版编辑董建峥将该球队的成功归功于许家印的经济实力。
The club has spent at least 1.5 billion yuan ($250 million) in the past three years, according to The China Daily, recruiting domestic stars and foreign players like Brazilian striker Muriqui. The team is led by Marcello Lippi, who coached the Italian team that won the 20xx World Cup.
根据《中国日报》的报道，恒大在过去的3年里至少花掉15亿元人民币(合2亿5千万美元)，招募国内球星和巴西中锋穆里奇等外援。该队的主教练马尔切洛·里皮曾率意大利队问鼎20xx年世界杯。
"The Evergrande model is similar to Chelsea and Manchester, where they win simply because they invest," Dong told CNN.
“恒大模式类似于切尔西和曼联，他们赢，只因为舍得下本钱投资，” 董先生接受CNN采访时说。
"They have a strong team and a large number of foreign players. They are good because they dare to throw in their money." But he said Evergrande's success doesn't represent the big picture.
“他们有实力强大的球队，有很多外援加盟。他们之所以出色，因为敢于砸钱投资。但是，他说恒大的成功并不代表大环境。
A bribery investigation that led to several players, referees and managers serving jail terms has left many fans disillusioned with the Chinese game.
中国足球贪污受贿案将一些球员、裁判和经理人送进监狱，导致许多粉丝不再对中国足球抱有幻想。
Rowan Simons, the author of "Bamboo Goalposts: One man's quest to teach the People's Republic of China to love football", says corruption reaches down to the sport's grassroots, which suffer from a lack of investment.
《足球无疆》的作者罗文·西蒙斯说，足球投资匮乏，腐败侵蚀到了足球运动的根基。
"Parents will bribe the coach to get (their child) into the team, teams will bribe the referee to win the game," said Simons, who has lived and played football in China for more than 20 years.
“父母向教练行贿，这样他们的孩子才能进球队，球队行贿裁判赢球，” 住在中国与中国足球打了20多年交道的西蒙斯说。
Hopes are high that Evergrande's arrival on the international soccer stage will give a much-needed boost to the country's football system.
恒大登上国际足球舞台将给予中国足球体制亟待的推动，人们对此寄予厚望。
The president of the Asian Football Confederation, which runs the region's premier tournament, said that Evergrande's win would infuse new life into Chinese football and spread the game to a wider audience.
亚洲足联主席表示，恒大的成功将为中国足球注入新活力，吸引更多的观众。亚足联主要负责举办地区性的重要足球赛事。
"I am confident that this will benefit not only the Chinese Super League but also the national team in a big way," said Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim.
“我相信，这一成功不仅对中超而且对国家队都极为有利，” 亚足联主席谢赫萨尔曼·本·易卜拉欣说。
But they will have a hard time convincing fans like Cui, an engineer, who spends his spare time glued to the English Premier League, Europe's UEFA Champions League and Spain's La Liga.
但是他们想拥有像崔工程师一样的球迷还有很长一段路要走，崔先生把业余时间都花在看英超联赛、欧冠比赛和西甲联赛上。
He says he won't make the effort to watch Evergrande's FIFA Club World Cup match against Egyptian side Al Ahly in December. "The time difference is a challenge, but I still choose foreign matches because they are much more professional," he told CNN.[
他说，他对12月的俱乐部世界杯恒大对埃及阿赫利的比赛兴趣不大。“尽管时差是一大挑战，但是我仍然选择外国的球赛，因为他们专业得多，”他告诉CNN。
Individuals in the clabody, do not neglect your own existence, you are in claevery body part. You know, what you say will affect the class, everyone's heart.
Morning, you usually do not change with the same clothes, not a deliberate show, has long been greet others eyes, while she (he) did not show the share of excitement you might expect; noon, you buy the dumplings and not usually eat rice, this time, you certainly will not find other people's attention quietly into the heart of the Harbour; evening, you may have noted that you in the sports arena in robust posture from time to time lead to her (his) eyes appreciation ; lying about the meeting, or you are the central topic of the night. You know, you group everyone in love with you! They were destined to become a good friend in life your life.
Do not ignore the people around you who care about you? As long as you have them as your friend. If you experience any difficulties, think of friends around, think about the people around you that care, think about organization, think about your father, mother, think about your counselor, think about time for you hard working people. They are good-hearted, they are helpful, they are caring of others. These setbacks, the difficulties faced by them, they would lend a helping hand. Person's life will encounter this difficulty, he might not be completely resolved out, this time must remember the people around for help, for help. Think of what you are willing to help others, others will be quite willing to help you. Open your mind, free your mind, love is always around us.
Birth, the first cry cry out, but everyone laughed. Why? Because the new life brought a different dynamic. From then on, you will have a new meaning of life, mother, your father, your grandparents, your grandparents, your relatives and friends, your teachers, your counselor, your friend, your roommate, your spouse, your children, you all all. See all around us people are concerned about you, love you all, because of their concern for life, it is particularly meaningful, life also because of their concern and it is particularly exciting. For themselves, and to others, so that the release of your life more colorful light, because people care about you, for them, you have to cherish your life, you need to get beautiful life together.
It's cold in winter. The white snow covered the earth, and the snowmountains everywhere, the world is white. When it snows, people wear thickclothes, wearing a scarf, hat, his wrapped in thick, looks like a chubby snowman.
Winter is fun. In winter, we can snowball fights, make a snowman. We can goskiing, listening to the blowing with the wind from the ear, feel the fun ofspeed, can also be good to roll in the snow, the fall will not feel pain.
Winter is delicious. We can eat hot pot together around, chit chat. If afriend has come, I can take them to eat hot mutton bread in the soup, also cantake them to the night market to eat barbecue.
It's busy in winter. New Year's day, the streets arrived, everywhere hungwith red lanterns, beaming of couplets. During the day, the children can set offfirecrackers, night, still can enjoy the colorful fireworks, Spring Festival,family reunion together, HuanHuanLeLe, home.
翻译：
冬天是寒冷的。雪白的雪花铺满大地，到处银装素裹，世界是白色的。下雪时，人们要穿着厚厚的衣服，戴着围巾帽子，把自己严严实实地包裹住，看起来像一个个胖乎乎的大雪人。
冬天是好玩的。冬天，我们可以打雪仗，堆雪人。我们还可以去滑雪，听着风从耳边呼呼地吹过，感受到速度的乐趣，也可以痛痛快快的在雪地里打滚，摔上一跤也不会觉得疼。
冬天是香喷喷的。我们可以围在一起吃火锅，谈天说地。如果有朋友来了，我可以带他们去吃吃热乎乎的羊肉泡馍，也会带他们去夜市吃烧烤。
冬天是热闹的。过年时，大街小巷人群川流不息，处处挂着红彤彤的灯笼，贴着喜气的对联。白天，小朋友们可以放鞭炮，晚上，还可以欣赏到五颜六色的烟花，春节时，一家人团聚围在一起，欢欢乐乐，热热闹闹。
do you know what my favorite animal is? it is one of the most precious animals. their bodies are very long. they live in the sea. they live on fish, shrimps and so on.
they are very clever. people often train them，so that they can give it show which brings people a lot of happiness and joy.
they are very friendly and peaceful. they never attack people. instead, they have saved many people in danger in the past years. how helpful they are!
can you guess its name now? yes, you are right. they are dolphins.
however, unluckily, the number of dolphins is getting smaller and smaller. because of water pollution, there is less and less space for dolphins. many people make money by hunting dolphins. if we don’t protect them，maybe we’ll lose our good friends one day. as a student, i hope more and more people should protect dolphins.
i love dolphins very much. and i hope dolphins are our good friends for ever. i hope they can live in the blue sea happily and peacefully. let’s protect the animals together. let’s take actions.
The weather in winter is a set of all the phenomena in a given atmosphereat a given time. It also includes interactions with the hydrosphere. The termusually refers to the activity of these phenomena over short periods (hours ordays), as opposed to the term climate, which refers to the average atmosphericconditions over longer periods of time. When used without qualification,weather" is understood to be the weather of Earth.
Winter is cold. Let’s play the snowball and make snowman. The snowman isbig . I like to play snowball. I am on the snow. The snow is cold. I have ascarf and coat. So I am not cold. I like the Christmas. Because I can see santaclus in Christmas . Christmas tree is beautiful. The presents are on theChristmas tree. I like winter. Do you like winter?
I like winter best. I often go skiing on Sundays with my family. When itsnows, everything turns white. There is thick snow on roads,strees,trees andhouses. It's a beautiful world! My friends and I like making snowmen. Sometimswe paly with snow . It's very interesting and exciting, And one of the mostimportant reasons is that Spring Festival comes at this time of the year.
Ladies and gentlemen, your honored judges
When you're leaving the hotel will you look into a mirror and adjust yourclothes in front of it. But if it were a black mirror what could we get? Withtechnology developing at a rocket speed, the black mirror is everywhere, on thescreens of our cellphones, our computers and our televisions. In our daily life,we are always facing black mirrors. However, we can hardly see ourselves in it.Perhaps sometimes we can, but only as a colourless face. Technology has broughtgreat convenience of communication for information but at the same time, it haswebbed our thought.
Several years ago, an article named “Is Google making us stupid” got quitepopular on the Internet. At that time, I thought it was just alarmism but now Ifind it much worse because technology is not just making us stupid but alsoweakening our independent thought. About half year ago, I was invited to judge adebate competition. When I arrived at the competition room, I noticed it was anold and classic topic, so I was expecting those players to give me some new andspecial ideas. Unfortunately, when the game continued, I found all theviewpoints and examples they used were totally the same as the previouscompetition. The only fun during the competition was to predict what they wouldsay. As far as I was concerned, they were not making a debate but replaying avideo. Obviously, they just spoke for the black mirror.
Debate was born as an area that we use our own thought to defend ouropinion. However due to high technology, all these "My opinion is" in thecompetition are actually "The opinion I have found is". That is , really, atragedy because all human dignity lies in thought which has been weakened byconvenient technology.
Truth to be told, debate is not the only example. In every field, we canget whatever information or opinions we want from the almighty black mirror. Asa consequence, how to restructure human thought has become not only importantbut also necessary in today's technologically advanced world. And the answer ishumanism which stands for human independent special mind. Just as humanism freedpeople's thought from the force of religion in the Renaissance, I'm waiting inthe hope that it can rescue the ideology trapped in high technology. Humanism isa Lodestar guiding us to the era that anyone can form their own opinion aboutanything but not just speak the words from the Internet.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not an anti-technologist but I do care aboutthose disadvantages that technology brings to our present life. With the laundrymachine, we don't know how to hand wash clothes clean. With electronic addressbooks, we can even hardly remember our girlfriends or boyfriends' phone numbers.And now with a convenient way to get opinion, we seldom think with our own mind.If so, human is only a reed, the feeblest thing in nature. So follow the spiritof humanism, have an independent mind, so that we can be colorful in those blackmirrors.
Cold winter has come, after a heavy snow, the whole east is become vanityjade build by laying bricks or stones in the world. Upon the willows coveredwith silver, lawn also put on the silver. Cold winter has come, after a heavysnow, the whole east is become vanity jade build by laying bricks or stones inthe world. Upon the willows covered with silver, lawn also put on thesilver.
Morning, winter fog diffuse. Immediately after the fog clears, there was abeautiful picture. The pine needles are standing on a thick layer of whitefrost, white it is like a tree. A few blows over, the yellow leaves arefalling.
In the snowy morning, I saw the white snow, really don't have the heart togo to step on it. When I was walking on the beishan stone road, I heard thesquelching sound.
My face is frozen some tight, some itching,, although very cold, but thecold was also covered with my happy mood.
Winter is my favorite.
翻译：
寒冷的冬天来了，一场大雪过后，整个东方红都成了粉妆玉砌的世界。柳树上挂满了银条，草坪也披上了银装。寒冷的冬天来了，一场大雪过后，整个东方红都成了粉妆玉砌的世界。柳树上挂满了银条，草坪也披上了银装。
早上起来，冬雾弥漫。雾散之后，立即出现了一幅美景。那松树的针叶上凝着一层厚厚的白霜，像是一树洁白的秋菊。微几拂过，那黄黄的叶子纷纷落下。
在雪后的早上，我看到那洁白的雪花，真的不忍心去踩它。我走在北山的石路时，我听到了咯吱咯吱的响声。
我的小脸被冻的有一些发紧，还有一些痒，，虽然很冷，可是这种寒冷也被我那快乐的心情覆盖了。
冬天是我的最爱。
Winter comes quietly.
Winter is pure. Winter comes, the world becomes white, white flawless,white cedar serene shakedown is on the earth, as if for the carpet of the earthcovered with a layer of silver. Embossed on the pine covered with white snow,just like loving mother gently holding the children of their own. Under the snowthere were a little green pine needles, to the white world added a little notthe same color.
Winter is quiet. White world in addition to white or white, as if a painterof a picture, a picture of white. In this white world, cute little animals arehiding at home sleeping; Lively children are hiding at home and it's warm woli,.Except for the howl of the north between white singing, traveling, almost no onein the white world.
Although winter tranquility, but sometimes I still full of laughter. Travelbetween the children in the snow. They work together to make a snowman together,they help each other figure moved north wind; Together they skipping a snowballfight, they smile melting snow; Together they sing happily, they the cheerfulsinging spread to every corner...
A unique in winter season, although it did not the vitality of spring, butmore than a pure spring; Although it does not have summer bustling, but morethan a quiet summer; Although it has no charming autumn, but a special joy morethan autumn.
In winter, is a unique season; Is a charming season!
翻译：
冬天静悄悄地来了。
冬天是纯洁的。冬天一来，世界变得雪白一片，白得毫无瑕疵，白雪松软软地铺在大地上，好似为大地铺上了一层银色的地毯。松树上压着厚厚的白雪，宛如慈爱的妈妈温柔地抱着自己的孩子。白雪下的松枝还露出一点绿色，为这白茫茫的世界增添了一点不一样的色彩。
冬天是宁静的。雪白的世界除了白还是白，好像是画家的一幅画，一幅白色的画。在这雪白的世界中，可爱的小动物都躲在家里呼呼大睡;活泼的孩子们都躲在家里暖呼呼的被窝里，除了呼呼的北风在雪白之间歌唱、穿行外，几乎没有人出现在这雪白的世界里。
冬天虽然宁静，但有时还是充满欢声笑语的。孩子们在雪地之间穿行。他们一起齐心协力堆雪人，他们互助的身影感动了北风;他们一起蹦蹦跳跳地打雪仗，他们的笑容融化白雪;他们一起兴高采烈地唱歌，他们欢快的歌声传到每个角落……
冬天时一个独一无二的季节，它虽然没有春天的生机勃勃，但是却比春天多了一份纯洁;它虽然没有夏天的热闹繁华，但是却比夏天多了一份宁静;虽然它没有秋天美丽迷人，但是却比秋天多了一份与众不同的欢乐。
冬天，是一个独特的季节;是一个充满魅力的季节!
you will live every single day of your life with absolute passion, and youwill show your passion through the words you speak and the actions you take.
you will focus all your time and effort on the most important goals of yourlife. you will never succumb to challenges of hardships.
you will never waver in your pursuit of excellence. after all,you are thebest, and you deserve the best!
as your coach and friend, i can assure you the door to all the best thingsin the world will open to you, but the key to that door is in your hand. youmust do your part, you must faithfully follow the plans you make and take theactions you plan, you must never quit, you must never fear. i know you must doit, you can do it, you will do it, and you will succeed!
now stand firm and tall, make a fist, get excited, and yell it out:
i must do it! i can do it! i will do it! i will succeed!
译文：你将生活的每一天你的生活有绝对的激情，你会显示您的热情，通过你说的话和你的行动。
你将集中所有的时间和精力的最重要目标的生活。你将永远不会屈服于挑战困难。
你决不会动摇在您的追求卓越。毕竟，你是最好的，你应该得到最好的!
正如你的教练和朋友，我可以向你保证的大门向所有的最好的事情在世界将开放给你，但关键的门是在你的手。你必须做你的一部分，你必须忠实地按照你的计划，并采取行动你计划，您必须从没有放弃过，你绝不能害怕。我知道你必须这样做，你可以做到这一点，你会做到这一点，你会成功!
现在，立场坚定，身材高大，握拳，兴奋，并大叫出来：
我必须这么做!我能做到这一点!我将做到这一点!我会成功!
Knowledge collaboration and all-round education
Ladies and gentlemen,
We engineering students take it for granted that technology is changing incredibly fast. We are thinking nervously and seriously whether our colleges are failing to provide a foundation in the skills currently needed in industry. Take my major telecommunications for example. Scientists say that 21st century is a biomedical time, not an electrical time. But without the help of electronic data processing and transformation, biomedical technology alone cannot go too far. Funny enough, the word biomedical itself is just a combination of two disciplines. So the interdisciplinary exploitation serves as the critical part for our electric and electronics world as well as any other fields to find new way of being.
But the power of knowledge collaboration is certainly not restricted to science and engineering; it is in the full community of learning. Walking around campus I absorbed a reality that there is a seamless web between students from different professional backgrounds. The engineering students are discussing animatedly in a philosophy lecture, speaking passionately in the public speaking club, and looking for sparkling ideas from learning history and arts. How wonderful that is! That, ladies and gentleman, is just a significant step forward to be well-rounded because once we jump out of the circle we can see the bigger picture.
My friends, I hope that you have already got what university is all about. Please let me end my speech with the Nobel Prize winner Li Zhengdao’s words: “The realization of the perfect combination of science and engineering, science and arts, technology and humanity， is the greatest symbol of a university’s success.” Thank you.
知识的融合和人才的全面发展
我们理工科的学生都知道科技在以一种难以置信的速度变化发展着。我们都在紧张和严肃地思考着是否我们的大学能够为我们提供一个适应当前工业需要的知识基础。以我的专业通信工程为例，科学家们说21世纪是生物医学的世纪，而不是电气电子的世纪。但是如果没有电子化的数据处理和转换，生物医学时代就不能发展。有趣的是：“生物医学”这个词本身就是两个学科的结合，所以跨学科的开发手段就成了电气电子领域以以及其他任何领域寻找新出路的关键。
但是知识的结合不仅仅局限在科学和工程中，而是在任何的学习中。徜徉在校园里，我看到了这样一个事实：理工科学生们在哲学讲座上讨论得热火朝天，在演讲俱乐部里激情地演说，在历史和艺术里寻找着闪光的思想。太棒了!朋友们，这就是我们能够全面发展的重要一步，因为当我们跳出自己的圈子时，我们能看到更大的图画。
朋友们，我希望你们已经意识到了大学教育究竟意味着什么。让我以诺贝尔奖获得者李政道先生的话结束我的演讲：“科学与工程，科学与艺术，科技与人道的完美结合，乃是大学教育的最大成功。”
谢谢。
the poet said: spring flowers to the door pushed open 。 i said: thanksgiving to the door pushed open the living. if you carefully listen to the voices of flowers, are everywhere harmonious life movement.
then, as a middle school student, how thanksgiving?
first thanksgiving their parents, because everyone’s life is a continuation of the parents of one blood, all of the parents gave us love, let us enjoy the human world of affection and happiness, therefore, we would like to thank the parents.
teachers are our growth, are our friends, teachers care for us , their words and deeds, let us benefit for life, we pay for teachers efforts and sweat, we should thanksgiving teachers.
students study the lives of our fellow students to encourage each other, help each other, to jointly overcome difficulties and setbacks, the common taste of success and happiness learning, we should be grateful for every day and we accompanied the students.
thanksgiving-fighting, thanksgiving unlimited! students, and society thanksgiving! let us always to the life caring and full of love and love!
诗人说:花朵把春天的门推开了。我说:感恩把生活的门推开了。如果你用心去听花开的声音,生活到处都是和谐的乐章。
然后,作为一名中学生,怎样感恩呢?
第一个感恩节他们的父母,因为每个人的生活都是父母的延续的血,所有的父母给了我们爱,让我们享受爱的人类世界和幸福,因此,我们要感谢父母。
老师是我们的增长,是我们的朋友,老师照顾我们,他们的言行,让我们受益终身,我们支付教师的努力和汗水,我们应该感恩老师。
学生学习生活的同学互相鼓励,互相帮助,共同战胜困难与挫折,共同品尝学习的成功和幸福,我们应该感激每一天,我们陪着学生。
感恩无痕,感恩无限!同学们,学会感恩吧!让我们的生活永远走向关怀,充满真情和爱心!
i am flying today, speech is the ideal wing, as a middle school student, weare in love fantasy, love to dream, love highlight their personality, love andzhang yang us different, we were not mistaken, we now are not qualitativelyperiod of development, there is no one standard for us to judge their own lifeand values. we always let adults know that we can do it yourself to live, youcan solve their own problems, but we have some dependence. love day dreaming,perhaps today we want to be a teacher, to educate our newcomers, and perhapstomorrow we want to be a scientist to explore our humanity to the present do notknow some of the mystery, or we have no way to explain some phenomena ......
we are willing to bury the reality of the cruelty and injustice, we are ourparents, our elders could not understand some of the practice of life, we do notunderstand why they like to do ah. it is our wish too much too young to burysocial experience. attitude of life when we are not deep.
down we love fantasy, love to dream of behavior, we need to do one for thepeople and human progremake a difference. to our actions to prove that wehave!
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First, I would like to know, what does your destiny offer you? Happiness, wisdom, a strong body or something else. If I had asked this question to president Nixon, he would probably had said,”Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.”
Needless to say, one of the biggest opportunities given to China is the 20xx Olympic Games. Till now, we have used two sevenths of the preparation time. How much changes have you seen? New roads, new subway lines, public-exercising equipments with beautiful colors, large blocks of grass fields, and also lots of modern gyms which are under construction.
Other than those, there are even more good effects brought to us by the Olympic Games that cannot be seen directly. For example, more and more people will get to know China. I’m sure the mysterious Chinese culture will attract them strongly. And the games will also do good to the economy and environment, for it is gaining the attention of foreign investors and the awareness of environmental protection is being strengthened. What is more, Olympic Games give a unique opportunity to inspire and educate a new generation of Chinese youth with the Olympic values and the Olympic spirit. Now that we have seen so many advances, could you even imagine us losing the holding rights?
I’ve already said a lot about the Olympics and China. But I think everyone should use some time to think of this question, ”Does the Olympic Games have any special meaning to you?”
For us, I mean the Chinese youth, 20xx Olympic Games is a tremendous gift. Because what we are waiting for is to do something significant as repaying the love given to us .The society is just like a ship, and in our dreams the captain is waving his hand and saying ”Hey! Come here and take the helm! ”How charming his voice is, but we have never heard of it in our true life. This morning, however, when we wake up, we will see the Olympic Games waving its hand. After chewing, most of us will have at least one plan about what to do for the Olympic Games. And mine is to be a “comforter” ----that is someone who will give comfort to others.
At the end of my speech, I hope all the preparation will go well, and everyone will show their ability to the world. Let us seize opportunities and give a big smile to challenges.