GoodafternoonLadiesandgentleman,twothousandyearsago,theChinesephilosopher,Confucius,advocatedaharmonioussocietywithoutselflessnessandconflicts.Fifteenhundredyearslater,theEnglishauthor,TomasMore,wroteaboutanimaginaryplaceinwhicheveryoneenjoyspeace,equalityandcommonwealth.Theseandvariousotheridealworldssharesomethingincommon:peace,loveandharmony.(etwocelebrities:ConfuciusandTomasMore,fromeasttowest,showthedifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweenthedefinitionandimageofpeacefulUtopia)Suchhasbeenadreamofhumanbeingsthroughouttheworld.Andwehavebeenlongworkingtowardthisgoal.Historyhaswitnessednumerouswarsandeventodaysomepartsoftheworldarestillsufferingfromthethreatsofconflicts.Suchadream,however,hasonlybeengoingstrongerinsteadofgoingawry.(thetalkingpoint)WhentheathletesfromNorthandSouthKoreawalkedintotheOlympicfieldhandinhand,holdingoneflagofKoreanpeninsula,theytogetherlitthetorchinanefforttoendthehalf-century’sconflicts.(theexampletosupportthetalkingpointabove)Itistruetherearestillmanyproblemsintheworld--Problemsoftoocomplicatedrootstobesolvedatonce.Asweallknow,somesmallcountriesarebeingbulliedbybigpowernowandthen;butatthesametimeweseeprotestsbeingstagedallovertheworld.Thenuclearpowerhascausedunstableequilibriumbutthecoldwarhasmadeusawarethatwhatadesolatefuturetheworldwouldhaveifnuclearwarsweretobreakout.Racialdiscriminationandreligiousconflictsstillprevail,butasfarasIknow,noreligionintheworldteachespeopletohateorfight,(thehotissueofreality,catchaudience’sattentionandarisewarries)indeed,realityisalwaysfarfromideal.(conclusion)Buttheproblemsarenotaltogetherunsolvable.Wehumanbeingsareblessedwithreasonsandhavetheconfidencethatthelightofreasonwilleventuallydispersesthedarkandshadows.(personperspectivefilledwithhopeandpositiveattitude)Witheconomygrowingatanamazinglyfastrateinthelasttwodecades,Chinaisnowfacingwithbothtremendousopportunitiesaswellaschallenges.(transferfromthewholeworldtochina,turningpoint)Animportantchargeofmindsetisthatchinaislearningtobecriticalofitsownproblemsandmoreconcernedwithaddressingtheseproblems,publicopinionhasbeensoactiveandconstructiveasitisnoSelf-criticismandasenseofcrisisisasignofmaturityandself-confidence.ChinesevisionariesarenowadvocatinggreenGDPandattachinggreatimportancetosocialdevelopmentthatemphasizeshumanwell-being.Soitisnothardtoseethedirectioninwhichchinaismoving.Policymakingisgettingmoredowntoearth.Corruptionisstillbeingfoughthardandconceptssuchasdueprocessandhumanrightsareworkingtheirwayintopublicconsciousness.So,withalltheseeffortsgoingon,sureandsteady,thereisgoodreasontobelievethatchina’sfuturewillbebright.(positiveandconvincedbythereasonlistedabove)Lastweek,aforumwasheldinBei激ng,thethemeisChinesedreamandaharmoniousworld.ThemessageisthatallChinesehaveadreamandthatdreamispeaceandpropensityandtherealizationofthisdreamwillcontributetotheharmony---本文来源于网络,仅供参考,勿照抄,如有侵权请联系删除---ofthewholeworld.(filledwithhopeandlookforwardtomorepeacefulandwonderfulfuture)Thankyouverymuch.此篇演讲稿选自全国大学生英语演讲比赛第十名——来自北京外国语大学赵婷的现场演讲稿。她演讲时语言组织极为缜密,规范,表达流畅,根据中国实情,观点独到。是一篇作为演讲的佳作。也是用来学习英语的好材料。来自北外英语专业的她标准的英语不仅让人叹服,而且她具有独特的世界观的她在世界和平问题,结合中西方的本身对和平的乌托邦社会的异同对...