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开头：building bridges for the future i’m studying in a city that’s famous for its walls. people who visit my city are amazed at the imposing sight of its walls, especially when silhouetted against the setting sun with gold, shining streaks. the old, cracked bricks are covered with lichens and the walls are weather-beaten guards standing still for centuries.
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开头：21世纪杯英语演讲比赛技巧 主要考察选手多方面能力：思维能力、逻辑能力和语言能力。思维能力是指选手在毫无准备的情况下对某一问题的分析能力，对问题理解的深度和宽度等;逻辑能力主要指选手是否有全局观，是否能合理搭筑整个演讲的框架，所阐述观点的层次性是否清晰;而语言能力则是指选手即席用英语进行交流沟通的能力，可检验选手的英语语言熟练度和准确度如何。那么如何应对即兴演讲呢?
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开头：决赛特等奖选手 2023级 陈若曦 honorable judges and dear fellow students, just as most people here,when i first saw the topic reform and opening-up policies,a voice came out,saying what a grand scale!then those big events,such as china's accession to wto,the launch of shenzhou and the submersion of jiaolong flashed through my mind.however,at this moment i stand on the stage as a member of chinese youth,i'm not gonna draw a magnificent blueprint for you.what i exactly want is to find out the relation between chinese youth and this era of reform and opening-up.
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开头：change leo tolstoy once said, everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. he is right. we always have great plans and dreams in our minds… too ready to achieve something grand that changes the world or benefits all of mankind .for example; we hate pollution and have made up our minds to find new energy sources that keep the environment clean. yet we still litter on the ground. we complain about traffic jams, so we plan to build more highways to solve the problem, but it never occurs to us that our failure to follow traffic regulations is the leading cause of this situation. we are so concerned that the violence in the media has a bad impact on our children, we urge the government to set laws to protect them. but, do we, as adults, set a good example for our kids? we use nasty words and even spit on the ground in front of them, i dare to say, we harm more!
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开头：(96年“21世纪杯全国大学生英语演讲比赛”二等奖获得者，北京外国语大学 徐义成) facing this audience on the stage, i have the exciting feeling of participating in the march of history, for what we are facing today is more than a mere competition or contest. it is an assembly of some of china's most talented and motivated people, representatives of a younger generation that are preparing themselves for the coming of a new century.
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开头：ladies and gentlemen: how well are we in tune with the rhythm of life? in our busy day to day existence, we don’t often stop to ask ourselves this question. at least i don’t. and it wasn’t until i joined a competitive sporting event that i learned a most important lesson – we must place our mind in harmony with the natural order of things to be successful.
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开头：east and west have met runner-up: rui cheng gang, foreign affair college honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen: kipling said:' east is east, and west is west, and never the twain shall meet!' but now, a century later, they have met.
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开头：have you ever bought any food on the train? and do you ask for the receipt after buying it? nowadays, all trains in china provide its passengers with receipts for commodities, but 7 years ago, things were quite different.
