good morning/afternoon ladies and gentlemen,
i am glad to be here. my topic today is: reuse, recycle, and reduce.
as we all know, with the development of our economy, we are using up our resources and at the same time our environment is badly polluted. as environmental protection volunteers, what shall we do? my answer is reuse “, recycle, and reduce .” all of us should keep these words in mind and take actions to protect our environment.
wherever we are, at home , at school, we all can put it into practice. for example, when we use paper, we’d better use both sides of it instead of only one side. day by day, we will reduce the amount of paper we need. that means we will protect many big trees from being cut down. what’s more, when we deal with rubbish, we should learn to separate it, because some of it can be recycled. in this way, we can save our resources and reduce pollution around us.
above all, it is time for all of us to protect our environment. i believe as long as we try to reuse, recycle, and reduce things we need, we will make a better world for you and for me. thank you.
improving beijing's environment for the olympics
ladies and gentlemen: good morning! today, the title of my speech is improving beijing's environment for the olympics. have you ever seen animals cry? do you know what makes them cry? it's the polluted world, a dirty world, caused by our irresponsible behaviors, that makes those lovely animals cry. many of us are smart enough to know how terrible it is to have a world without animals and plants. but some people still persist in ma-ki-ng the same errors and harming the environment.
what's worse is that people are eating wild animals. those people don't know, and more importantly, they don't want to know. this kind of behavior has caused some specific problems. for example, medical experts have suggested that eating wild animals helped spread the terrible disease sars. now, our world is no longer clean and beautiful. why? because air, water, and noise pollution has become more and more serious. noise pollution makes us talk more loudly and become angry more easily. water pollution makes our rivers and lakes very dirty. air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. both air pollution and water
pollution are not only dangerous to our health, but also dangerous to animals and plants. we're destroying our only world. a large number of trees have been cut down, so a lot of lands have been turned into deserts. pollution can be seen everywhere! unquestionably it is essential that we clean up our environment. sadly, we've not always appreciated the importance of protecting the environment. on the streets, you can see cars producing smog. in the bathrooms, you can see students leaving the water tap on after using them. not only the young people, but also the elderly ones throw
things everywhere without thinking it's wrong, even in a beautiful park. these things are taking place every day, even in modern cities like beijing. we can't do that any more. we must learn how to protect the environment. if everyone is aware of protecting it instead of destroying it, the world can become cleaner, more beautiful, and more peaceful. the theme of beijing XX olympic games is "new peking, new olympic". it's the target owned by every chinese. we should try our best to improve beijing's environment for olympics.
, let's begin to act! first, start with the things around you. don't throw rubbish onto the road. don't talk loudly when you are outdoors. turn off the water tap after using it. go to school by bike or by bus instead of by private car. save your pocket money and contribute to environmental protection organizations. take me as an example, i take action in order to make our only world full of happiness. i pick up rubbish and throw it into a trashcan. i collect waste pa-pe-r or bottles for recycling. i plant more trees and flowers, and so on. if you do all these things just like me, it means you have done something useful to improve the environment. we're grateful, because the emblem of the beijing XX olympic games is a precious treasure dedicated to the olympic movement by the people of china. under the guidance of the olympic spirit, let us do a better job in all fields of our preparation and venue construction work in an efficient way. we will combine the olympic movement with the latest technology and advanced culture to make the beijing games the best olympic games ever! welcome to beijing! thank you.
We Are a Normal Member of the Big Family of Nature
By Wang Yonghui(主永暉 北京對外經濟貿易大學)
專家點評:演講者圍繞環境污染的嚴重性作了一次次的說明。文章的結構嚴謹，也很有層次感。
Honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen. Today，we are gathering here to discuss a very hot issue. how to find harmony in a new age between man and nature? Where modern science and technology are concerned I am only a layman I have to say. However, living in this "new age" , seeing my dear ones suffering from respiratory diseases from time to time, finding the beautiful colors of green and blue are being replaced by that of gray and pale, and realizing that our mother planet is getting more and more unhealthy; I can't help trying to offer my idea and my trivial efforts to look for the answer of the question.
As the ancient Greek oracle goes: know thyself. I think in answering this above-mentioned question, this precondition is also very important.
Who are we? This is a question, which should be answered not only by those specialists, but also by every one of human beings.
Some people may proudly say: we are the masters of nature. It is true that the idea of "man can conquer nature" has dominated people's mind for years, and it is true, man has kept acting like a master and doing whatever things he wants for thousands of years. However, as the consequence of this kind of "leadership" , now the "master" seems to be confronted with problems that are far beyond his control. Facts are really very ample. The
green house effect leaves islands and cities along the coast, such as this oriental pearl-Shanghai, in danger of the disaster of being drowned; the holes of the ozone layer make the earth less suitable to live for some creatures including human beings; the phenomena of EL Nino and La Nina leave the land with serious flood and drought, and the diseases, caused by pollution, are increasing at an incredible speed... Seeing all these facts, can we still ignore the counterattack of nature? We are not the masters of nature. Facing all the disasters made by ourselves, we, mankind as a whole should realize that we are just a normal member of the big family of nature. Any mistreatment towards nature will meet only with the revenge from her.
By saying so, I do not mean we should give a sudden stop to any development. Because that will result in a threat to the existence of human society. I mean we should treat nature equally, leaving the chance of existence and development to nature as we are obtaining the same thing, and thus we will get the situation of win-win.
I am very pleased to find that now more and more people, from every corner of the planet, have come to realize that harmony with nature is the only way to universal and continuous progress and prosperity. And I think that is why we come here from all over the country to discuss this topic today.
I want to end my speech by quoting from Mr. Nixon. "Our destiny offers, not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity." The future is not ours to see of course. However, by seizing firmly the opportunities, by knowing clearly about ourselves, we, human beings, can doubtlessly achieve the real harmony with nature!
Thank you.
譯文:我們只是自然大家庭中普通的一員
尊敬的評審，女士們、先生們。今天我們聚在一起討論一個熱門的話題:如何在新時代找到人與自然的和諧?談到科學技術，我必須承認，我是個門外漢。但是，生活在這個“新時代”，看著自己親愛的人時刻遭受呼吸疾病的折磨，看著美麗的藍色和綠色被灰色和蒼白所代替，意識到我們的地球母親正越來越不健康，我忍不住要提出自己的主張，奉獻微薄的力量，去尋找這一問題的答案。
古希臘有這樣一個神諭:了解自己。我想在回答上述的問題時，這一先決條件是很重要的。
我們是誰?這是一個間題，不僅應由專家來回答，而且應該由每一個人來回答。
也許有人會自豪地說:我們是自然的主人。許多年來，“人定勝天”這一觀念已在許多人心中根深蒂固，這是事實。長期以來，人類以主人的姿態隨心所欲、為所欲為，這也是事實。不過，這種“主導”的後果是，今天所謂的“主人”面臨著自己無法控制的問題。證據是充足的。溫室效應使島嶼和沿海城市，比如上海這顆東方明珠等，處於被海水侵吞的災難危機之中;臭氧層的空洞使得地球不再適宜於居住，對其他動物如此，對人類也一樣;厄爾尼諾現象和拉尼那現象使地球早澇成災;污染所導致的疾病正以驚人的速度傳播著……看到這些現象，我們還能無視這自然的反擊嗎?我們不是自然的主人。面對著自己造成的災難，我們，整個人類，應該意識到我們只是自然大家族中普通的一員。任何對自然的虐待只能遭到來自自然的報復。
我這樣說，並不是指我們應該馬上停止發展。因為這會導致對人類社會生存的威脅。我指的是我們應該平等地對待自然，給自然以生存和發展的機會，就像我們自身所尋求的一樣。只有這樣，我們才會有一個皆大歡喜的境況。
我很高興地發現來自地球各個地方的越來越多的人，正逐步意識到與自然的和諧是不斷繁榮進步的出路。這就是今天我們從全國吝地匯集在此討論這一話題的原因。
我想引用尼克森先生的話來結束我的發言:“我們的命運給予的不是失望之杯，是機遇之博。”當然，未來不是我們能夠預測的。不過，緊緊抓住機遇，清楚地了解自己，我們人類，就一定能達成與自然的和楷，謝謝。