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1、 Thanks.Thank you for your question.Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.My topic of todays speech is Make our Voice Heard. Today I would like to argue in two park. First, I would like to argue why people are afraid that literatures will set a negative effect on our lives. And second part I will sha

2、re some of my thoughts with you.开宗明义。演讲人首先明确的告知听众演讲的主题，使用brief introduction sentence to get attention。在临场的匆忙之中仍然想出来一个很好的题目Make Our Voice Heard，并且将自己的论述分为两部分，有条不紊，令人感叹。Why those people are afraid of these kind of literature? Im afraid that they are afraid of that teenagers are liked to imitate others

3、. And teenager is just a crucial point for us to shape our personality, our view of life, and our value of the world. Theyre afraid of that we follow the bad example and lead a bad life in the future. And thats why my parents, my family, and even the government would like to propose where thought th

4、ose kind of literature as cynical ones.本段讨论人们对此类文学作品表示忧虑的原因：担心青少年模仿。思路很清晰。也正是在正文中cover the main points。但大概由于临场的因素，出现了一些浯法方面的错误，如：Im afraid of that，they are afraid of that，虽然不影响理解，仍然是个遗憾。演讲人将麦田守望者与郭敬明的作品相比较，为下文打下铺垫。用文学名著作为论证的材料，很有说服力。But I would like to share some of my thoughts with you. Before I re

5、ad the book of Mr. Guo Jingmings novel, I read another fiction called the Catcher the Rye. In that book, I also read sex, violence, murder, and rebellion. But that book was regarded as one of the masterpiece in American history and awarded the Pulitzer Prize. I could not see any difference between M

6、r. Guo Jingmings novel and The Cateber in the Rye, because they expressed the attitude as our teenagers and adolescents we feel about the world.Now let me give you my three reasons, why we can read this kind of a book and f am not afraid of tile fears of the side effect. First, those literatures are

7、 not all bad. They have some positive points. They advocate friendship, love, loyalty, and so on. One of my roommates even cried after reading those books, He said that it is the first., it was the first time in his life that he felt that a friendship was that precious, because the stories depicted

8、in his novel, reflect him of the old times he spent in his high school. And he bought four books of Mr. Guo Jingmings Never Flowers in Never Dream （Meng Li Hua Luo Zhi Duo Shao） and sent them to his friends. And his friends wrote a long letter to him. I think this is what we lack today, the communic

9、ation between friends. But the literature seems to bridge the gap.本段从三个方面指出此类作品不会产生负面影响的原因。首先指出第一个作品本身亦有其可取之处。并以其宦友的亲身经历为例作出了令人信服的论证。这样就使演讲personalized，so that audience can relate more easily to personal topicsthey probably have similar experiencesAnd the second reason is that we are not living in a

10、 world where everything is depicted as good. We are living in a world of good and evil, evil and holy. So, to that extent, if I am confined in a world where everything is depicted as good, I will feel quite perplexed when I am facing the real world. Does the real world really resemble what I read in

11、 the novel? We need something positive, also we need something cynical.And the third reason is that our generation, I believe, have the sense of self-discipline. We can make our own decision. For our parents, for our families and for the government, they should resume, assume the responsibility to r

12、emind us that what is good, what is bad, what is cynical Make our voice be heard. This is my answer and I am not afraid of tile side effects of those literature.Thank you very much.本段谈论演讲人的第二个观点：世界亦非完美无暇，文学就应该反应真实的世界。最后一点原因：当代年轻人可以自律。至此就分别从文学作品、社会、个人三个方面透彻地阐释了演讲人的观点。也正是通过从不同角度的分析，使听众接受演讲人的观点。这一段中也出现

13、了较为明显的问题。 And, the topic for your speech will be. In spite of the fact that there is cutthroat competition within the film industry in China, there continues to be a steep increase in the number of applicants for places at Chinese art institutes. According to a Beiiing-based newspaper, more than ten

14、 thousand applicants waited in line on a single day to register to apply for the Beijing Film Academy. How do you perceive this struggle for stardom?Thank you for the difficult question.Well, to be honest with you, Im not really familiar with the struggle for stardom thing in China. But in the city

15、where I come from, there is this also as cutthroat as the one in Beijing here competition going on, and perhaps I can share with you the experience we have there.Let me tell you something. In the city where I come from, there is this famous singing competition going on every week. And what they do i

16、s that pick the best one, and the best one goes to the next week and it goes on and on until one day that person is eliminated.开场白中difficult的使用充分显示了演讲人的机智。因为这与普通的接题方式Thank you for the question不同。演讲者是香港人，虽然她对主持人所问的内地的情况不甚了解，是一大劣势，但她却巧妙的地使用but转而谈到香港的情况；also的使用使演讲的主题不变。同时听众理解到演讲者要从另外一个角度解释同一个问题。这种角度的变换

17、使演讲者的劣势变成了优势。听众既为其率真而打动，又为其智慧而折服。And theres this little five year old boy, and he has won five consecutive championships, and then, of course, there were interviews and the news coverage, and everything. And when the general public read the newspaper. They frown at it. They said, what a silly idea,

18、to think about becoming a star. And when Andy Lau - Im sure all of you blow him, tile famous singer and actor - when he read the newspaper, he said, Wow, thats great! But ask the boy to work hard. Its not easy.这里演讲人以演唱比赛为切人点，以小男孩的参舞，点出了香港人对当明星十分热衷。以此呼应主持人提问。并且演讲人Support points with specifics以典型的例子支持

19、论点。明星刘德华在内 地有很高的知名度，他的勤奋也是众所周知，以他的话为例，让人十分信服。本段对general public和Andy Lau不同态度的对 比，可以引起听众的思考。对比之中必有抑扬，也让听众对下段演讲人过渡到自己的观点有了思 想上的准备Ladies and gentlemen, I think if we use the word struggle, isnt it a bit too negative? I think better word for it is strive. Being a star is also profession. It is also a job

20、 that you need to work hard at. Success does not come easy. Well, if we take a look at famous actors and actresses such as lackie Chart, Chow Yun Fat, Andy Lau, Tony Lun, they are all in their mid-forties, and even fifties. Yet, what do they have in common? When they first became., when they first s

21、tarted their careers as a star, or as an actor, they were described as Cinema Poison, meaning nobody would see their films. But did they give up? No, they didnt, they didnt give up. They have been working hard all the way. And now they are famous. All over the world. All over Asia. And are they prou

22、d of themselves? Well, I suppose so. But still they work very hard. Look at Andy Lau. Hes still striving for the best all the time. Every year are awards.本段中演讲人明确地提出了自己的观点。并且在临场仍然明确地区分struggle和strive，显示出演讲人深厚的语言功底。演讲人接着由例子过渡到谈话主题：当明星是一种职业，巧妙地把struggle的主题过渡到strive，进而谈到Being a star is also a professio

23、n把不熟悉的主题struggle过渡到谈明星的成功这个比较熟悉的话题。这种演讲技巧十分重要，因为在短暂的几十秒钟内谈论一个十分陌生的话题，实在有难度，但是这位演讲者的巧妙过渡，既没有跑题，又谈了熟悉的话题，因此这种技巧值得学习。同时，本段列举众多内地观众十分熟悉地明星成名经历作为brief examples，做论据，支持自己的观点，使论据可靠而有力。这两句话Al lover the worldAll over Asia若能调换顺序，就更加顺畅。Ladies and gentlemen, I think theres nothing wrong if you want to be a star.

24、 Its a profession. Its a job that everybody can work for it if you really want it. But there are qualities that you need to possess if you want to be a star. Of Course you have to be hard-working, like Andy Lau, like Chow Yun Fat. Theyre all very hard-working.And there is also something very, import

25、ant. It is you have to have a genuine interest in this film industry. This genuine interest is very important. Because a lot of people are interested in the money, instead of the job. They just look at the statistics, like just now I was waiting in my room and I was reading this news article, theres

26、 a chart telling the people how many.well, how much those stars in China are making, l/Veil, if you are only attracted by those statistics, by the figures, the money, well, then, I do not think you can be a star. There are people who have a genuine interest in becoming a singer, like there are peopl

27、e who have been taking acting classes, who have been acting in secondary schools, in college like that. They have a genuine interest. Yet, then go for it.本段讨论了成为明星的第三个素质：感兴趣genuine Interest，并且列举了生活中的一些实例people only interested in money rather than film industry）来论证自己的观点。这样在立论的同时也驳斥了为金钱而当明星的错误观点。有立有废，

28、论证严谨Ladies and gentlemen, well, I think the competition is also good. When theres a competition, we can ensure the quality. When theres no competition, well, we have to have whatever is given to us. When theres competition, we can pick what we want. Isnt that something good?Ladies and gentlemen, it

29、is what I think for that struggle for stardom.结论部分是onesentence review of the points she presented in her talk由“为当明星而打拼”引申到一般意义上的竞争，既紧扣主题，又加以升华。以一个反问句Isnt it something good?结尾，进一步强化了演讲人的观点。这样的结尾达到了short and to the point的效果。通过Ladies and gentlemen提示听众演讲接近尾声，重提主持人的问题，以告知听众她一直围绕这个主题展开演讲，给听众一个完整的结尾。本篇是获得第10届“21世纪外教社杯”全国英语演讲比赛季军的香港选手张阿旭的即兴演讲。演讲充分显示了演讲人的