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thewierin2003surprisedtheaudience,sinceshecamefromaccountingmajoriteadofenglishmajor.guqiubei,then22yearsold,wasaseniorinshanghaiforeignstudiesuniversity.whilebeingaskedwhethershehadsomegoodmethodstolearnenglish,shesaid:“learnenglishwithpaionandenthusiasm.”attractedbythegreatneofenglishlanguage,guevenchangedhermajorfromaccountingtoenglishinherpostgraduatestudy.themostimportantiueinenglishlearningproceshepointedoutispersonalinterests.onlypeopleinterestedinenglishbenefitalotfromthelearningmethodsandthosewithpaionwillfinallyachievetheirdreams.
whenchiefofglobalmediagiantviacomsumnerredstonegaveaeechintsinghuauniversityonhisautobiographyapaiontowin,hewasaskedwhatmadehimtorestarthiscareerattheageof60,the81-year-oldmediatycoonsaid:“firstly,there''saself-drivingforceinmydeepheart,whichkeemypaiontosucceedandsurpaothersecondly,idon''tthinki''mtoooldtoleavework,actuallyilovemyworkverymuch.”
someofthecontestantshaveachievedtheirdreamsasredstone;stillothersareonthewaytotheirdream.withapaiontowin,youwillovercomeotaclesandsucceedattheend.
bythefirstprizewier,xiapeng,nanjinguniversity:
第十届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军演讲稿
buildingbridgesforthefuture
i''mstudyinginacitythat''sfamousforitswalls.peoplewhovisitmycityareamazedattheimposingsightofitswalls,eeciallywhensilhouettedagaitthesettingsunwithgold,shiningstreaks.theold,crackedbricksarecoveredwithlicheandthewallsareweather-beatenguardsstandingstillforcenturies.
ourancestorslikedtobuildwalls.theybuiltwallsinbeijing,xi''an,nanjingandmanyothercities,andtheybuiltthegreatwall,whichakesacrohalfourcountry.theybuiltwallstoprotectagaitenemiesandevilirits.thistraditionhassurviv