英语演讲比赛||星光熠熠的演讲者SHBS English Speaking Contest for Rising Stars

本届演讲的主题是“收获”。基础英语组的刘晗旭同学第一个上台，有些紧张，讲述了他自己的观察和思考：时间和精力花在哪里，就会收获相应的果实。基础英语组的俞尚廷同学演讲非常生动，分享了七岁的时候自以为很擅长跳远，却在比赛中倒数第一的故事。这次失败让他害怕尝试。不过，之后读了Chris Gardener的《当幸福来敲门》又重拾了勇气，不断地抓住机会战胜内心害怕失败的七岁小男孩，不断地变得更自信。以自己的故事，告诉我们不要害怕失败。

The topic for this speech contest was “harvest”. Jason Liu from the EF group was the first to give a speech on the stage, so he appeared a little nervous. He shared with us his observations and thoughts. In his opinion, as you sow, so shall you reap. Ting Yu, also from the EF group, vividly told us a story of himself as a 7-year-old boy who assumed that he was great at long-jump, but was defeated miserably by others and got the last place in a competition. Although that failure made him afraid of trying long-jump, The Pursuit of Happiness, a book written by Chris Gardener, refilled him with courage and made him become increasingly confident so that he seized every opportunity to conquer his inner fear of failure. Ting taught us a lesson--Do not fear failure --- by sharing with us his own story.

董骐瑞演讲的是关于制定计划并采取行动的话题。他给我们看一张来自清华学生一周的计划表，上面写得密密麻麻的，却都能按时完成。他从这里开始说起了自己制定计划之后的改变。

Raymond Dong gave a speech on making plans and taking action. He showed us a weekly schedule made up by a student from Tsinghua University. Full and heavy as it was, the student managed to complete everything on time. Beginning with this schedule, he talked about how he had changed since he made plans for himself.

王妍心同学演讲的标题是“生活就像一盒巧克力”，因疫情而没有办法回到美国继续学习时，宏润博源给予她帮助，让她收获到不一样的体验。“原来生活就像一盒巧克力，你永远不知道下面一颗是什么味道，不要放弃，有可能最后一颗就是最好的。”

Wendy Wang delivered a speech entitled “Life Is Just Like A Box of Chocolate”. She told the audience that when she couldn’t go back to the States to continue her studies due to the covid-19 pandemic, SHBS offered her timely help and a different experience. “Life is like a box of chocolate,and you never know what the next tastes like. Don’t give up. Maybe the next one is the best.”

 戚峰恺说他过去一年最大的收获是勇气，通过参加学校的赛艇双优项目，坚持训练，成功瘦身15kg，也认识到了自己英语水平还有很大的进步空间，在航空航天器方面的兴趣知识还需要进一步提升。 

During his speech, Thomas Qi told us that the biggest harvest he has reaped in the past year was courage. He succeeded in losing 15kg of weight by joining the school Double Excellence Rowing program and keeping training himself. Besides, he also came to realize that there was still a lot for him to do to improve his English,and he needed to further accumulate his knowledge on aerospace vehicle.

程一菲同学通过讲述自己和母亲同时种下一颗蒲公英，频繁地给蒲公英浇水，想让蒲公英尽快发芽，却把蒲公英浇死了。这件事让她感悟到一个道理：想要做成一件事，付出太多和太少都不合适，人生中要懂得何时必须坚持，何时需要停止。

Hannah Cheng also told us a story that she planted a dandelion together with her mum. Hoping that the dandelion would germinate as soon as possible,she watered the plant too frequently,only to make it die in the end. She learned a lesson from the story that either too much or too little dedication won’t help us achieve a goal, and we need to understand when to hold on and when to pause in our life.

顾政同学从早期共产主义在欧洲兴起说起，以丰富的案例来阐述劳动者能享有现在的工作时间制度和福利，都是一代代无产阶级共同努力奋斗的结果。“起来，人们！” 他激昂的演讲赢得台下掌声雷鸣。 

Murphy Gu began his speech with the early rise of communism in Europe, and explained to us with rich cases that thanks to the joint efforts of generations of working class, nowadays workers can enjoy the current working hours system and welfare. “Rise up, people!” His enthusiastic speech won thunderous applause from the audience.

沈志宏同学跟大家分享了他努力学习托福，不断提升托福成绩的故事：开始他的托福成绩只有33分，但是在不断地努力下，最后取得了111分的满意成绩。他通过自己的经历告诉我们：遇到事情不要感觉很难，只要坚持努力，就会有一个比较满意的收获。

Ethan Shen shared with us how he kept improving his TOEFL score by working hard on the test. At first, he only scored 33. However, his constant efforts produced a satisfactory result in the end, 111. By sharing with us his own experience, he taught us a lesson that difficult as something may seem, keep working hard, and you will reap a satisfactory harvest.

  本次最后一位上台演讲的选手是黄仁亨同学，他分享了自己在国外生活学习的经历，鼓励我们要多去尝试，即使是失败了也不要紧，失败也是我们学习的机会。

   Last but not the least, Henry Huang shared with us his own experiences overseas: we should keep challenging ourselves; Don't be afraid of failures, which are also good opportunities for us to learn and grow.