电视英语大赛演讲稿

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          To communicate as global citizens   As people from a country with 5000 years of glorious civilization, why do we consider mastering a foreign language such an important skill？ What is the reason for us to spend so much time and energy to learn a second language? People may have multiple answers. What I want to argue tonight is ,  that every language embodies a unique culture. The essence of learning a language is ,to develop an appreciation of the culture and traditions behind that language … to open our vision to new values and ideas created from that language, which can enable us to fulfill new demands for communicating and behaving as global citizens in the unavoidable trend of globalization. 

作为一个有着五千年悠久灿烂文明之国度的公民，为什么我们把掌握一门外语看做如此重要的技能？我们投入这么多精力和时间学习外语的原因究竟是什么？关于这个问题，人们一定会有不同的答案。而对此今晚我想要陈述的观点是，每一门语言都体现着一种独特的文化，所以语言学习的本质在于了解根植于所学之语言背后的文化和传统，在于用不同的价值观和思想之碰撞来开拓我们的视野，唯有这样，才能使我们在不可阻挡的全球化浪潮中，具备以世界公民的身份来与全世界各族人民进行沟通的素质。

Since there can be no such thing as communicating meaningfully with a foreign people while being ignorant of their traditions and customs, their way of thinking. Therefore, a crucial step in becoming a global citizen must be, to access different cultures and values through the process of language learning.

如果不了解跨文化沟通对象所遵循的传统和习俗，不了解他们的思维方式，那么无论语言上是否相同，都很难进行有效沟通。所以成为世界公民的一个关键步骤，必然是通过语言学习的过程来接触不同的文化和价值观。

Let me take the international language of today’s world as an exmaple, english,  as an exquisite language, has been brilliantly used by extraordinary genius to express a multitude of world-changing views. It has evolved with glorious thoughts that have nurtured life-transforming innovations resulting in unbounded financial prosperity and levels of freedom in forms the world has never known before.

让我以目前的国际通用语言来举例阐述。英语，作为一门精致的语言，由历史上卓越的思想家，文学家，科学家一同对其进化过程做出过贡献。这门语言随着伟大的思想和科技共同发展，而这些思想和科技为如今人类生活天翻地覆的变化打下了基础，为我们的世界带来了空前的经济技术与精神文明的高度繁荣。

The plays of Shakespeare provide deep insights into every tragedy and comedy that comprise Human Life. Unparallelled eloquence and rhetoric demonstrate the  courageous leadership of great men such as Sir Winston Churchill and Dr. Martin Luther King. Then, there are the world changing economic, political and philosophic breakthroughs in Human Thought of Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson and Henry Thoreau.

君不见那伟大的戏剧家莎士比亚笔下所讲述的，几乎涵盖了所有人世间的悲欢离合。温斯顿丘吉尔和马丁路德金等伟大人物的非凡勇气和领袖气质，以无与伦比的雄辩和修辞的方式向我们展示。亚当斯密、托马斯杰弗逊、亨利梭罗，他们不朽的著作在经济、政治、哲学等领域，为世界带来了曾经难以想象的积极变革。

In truth, in the works of English there is throughout the common spiritual wealth of Mankind, which opens the mind to the glories of Human Civilization. Amazingly, It also enlights my Mind evermore to the glories of my ancient homeland. Indeed, to be opened through learning language to the glories of other cultures is always eventually a path back to the fullest appreciation of ones own culture. To fully appreciate the glory of English is to be constantly reminded of the Heavenly Beauty in the Orient and the endless pride of being Chinese. It is the paradox of becoming a Global Citizen that one becomes a far better Chinese Citizen.

可以说，以英语创作出的著作中，贯穿着由整个人类共创并共享的精神财富，使我们的心灵得以共同仰望人类文明创造的硕果。然而更加不可思议的是，学习英语的过程，让我竟然对故国那古老悠久的文明激发出了更深的景仰。事实上，通过学习语言而去接触各民族文化中的辉煌，最终导向的往往是对故土乡情更多的精神眷恋，对自身文化土壤更深刻的理解和认识。就好比我们学习英语并欣赏其中的精彩，这个过程却能反而让我们更多地向往那静谧东方的天地之美，和作为一个中国人的无尽自豪。也许听起来像是个悖论，但可以肯定的是，能成为世界公民的中国人，一定会是一个更好的中国公民。

No matter how diversified world cultures might be, there still remain common sentiments possessed by the entire human race. It is said that with our eyes we see only differences but with our heart we see the Oneness that unites all Humanity and compassionately promises Peace. To realize this Oneness as the Truth underlying all perceived human differences is the vital role of inter-cultrual communication. Thus the path to becoming a Global Citizen is a process of creating understandings that wash away all prejudice from our minds. Born from this understanding is the wisdom which can purge all fears and enable all people to grasp our common spiritual Source … to discover the common nobility, to face the shared vulnerability, to value the mutual creativity … to bring the innate decency and learned civility of Confucius’s definition of  “The Good Citizen” into a finer version of Human Civilization that embraces, integrates and aligns Mankind into a New harmonious Oneness … www.56qiuzhi.com

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