英语演讲稿范文:FromWallstoBridgesi’mstudyinginacityfamousforitswalls.allvisitorstomycityareamazedbytheimposingsightofthecitywalls,silhouettedbythesettingsunwithgoldandshininglines.withold,crackedbrickspatchedwithlichen,thewallsareweather-beatenguards,standingstillforcenturiesinprotectingthecity.ourancestorslikedtobuildwalls.theybuiltwallsinbeijing,xi’an,nanjingandmanyothercities,andtheybuiltthegreatwall,whichsnakesthroughhalfofourcountry.theybuiltwallstowardoffenemiesandevilspirits.thistraditionhasbeenmaintainedtothisdayaswestillhavemanyparksandschoolswalledofffromthepublic.igrewupatthefootofthecitywalls,andi’velovedthemsincemychildhood.foralongtime,wallswereoneofthemostnaturalthingsintheworld.myperception,however,changedafterahikingtriptotheeasternsuburbs,ascenicareaofmycity.myclassmatesandiwerewalkingwithsomeinternationalstudents.aswewalkedoutofthecity,wefoundourselvesflankedbytallerandtallertrees,whichformedahugecanopyaboveourheads.suddenlyaninternationalstudentaskedme,“whereistheentrancetotheeasternsuburbs?”“we’realreadyintheeasternsuburbs,”ireplied.heseemedtakenaback,“ithoughtyouchinesehavewallsforeverything.”hisremarksetoffaheateddebate.atone此资料由网络收集而来,如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享,我们负责传递知识。point,helikenedourwalledcitiesto“jails,”whileiinsistedthattheeasternsuburbswereoneofthemanyplacesinchinathathadnowalls.thatdebatehadnowinners,butididlearnalotfromthisinternationalstudent.forinstance,hetoldmethatuniversitieslikeoxfordandcambridgewerenotsurroundedbywalls;thecampuseswerejustpartofthecities.ihavetoadmitthatwedohavemanywallsinchina,andaswearedevelopingourcountry,wemustcarefullyexaminethem,whethertheyarephysicalorintangible.wewillkeepsomewallsbutteardownthosethatimpedechina’sdevelopment.letmegiveyouanexample.ayearago,wheniwasworkingonatermpaper,ineededabookonbusinesslawandfoundacopyinthelawschoollibrary.however,thelibrarianturneddownmyrequestwithacoldshoulder,saying,“youcan’tborrowthisbook,youarenotastudenthere.”intheend,ihadtospend200yuanbuyingacopy;meanwhile,thecopyinlawschoolwasgatheringdustontheshelf.atthebeginningofthissemester,iheardthatmyuniversityhasstartednotonlytounifyitslibrariesbutalsolinkthemupwithlibrariesofotheruniversities,somyexperiencewillnotberepeated.barrierswillbereplacedbybridges.throughaninter-libraryloansystem,wewillhaveaccesstobooksfromanylibrary.withglobalization,withchinaintegratedintotheworld,ibelievemanyoftheseintangiblewallswillbeknockeddown.此资料由网络收集而来,如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享,我们负责传递知识。