演讲 a Chinese dream--what I can contribute

Good evening, honorable judges, dear teachers, my fellow students:

I feel so honored to have this privilege to give you a speech which entitled “A Chinese Dream”.

Over two thousand years ago, Confucius, the greatest educator and philosopher in ancient China, first came up with the idea of “building a world of „Datong’”. What is “Datong”? In modern people‟s eyes, it means “Great Unity”. It refers to a world in which everyone, rich or poor, noble or humble, plays his part appropriately and everything is righteously placed and distributed.

It seems that only those illustrious figures like state leaders or great scholars and scientists have the obligation to shoulder this dream of establishing “great unity.” It seems that such an ordinary sophomore in college like me has nothing to do with the realization of this lofty dream. If you should think so, ladies and gentlemen, I am afraid you are wrong, for tonight, I am here to say that as a Chinese, I strongly feel the call of duty from my soul. I am studying here in college to carry on this dream, and I am confident enough to say that I can make my contribution to shape the face of future China.

You may say that you‟ve been fed up with such clichés as “studying hard” or “protecting the environment”. Well, I feel exactly the same. Therefore, today instead of thinking and talking big, I‟d rather discuss my contribution in a comparatively narrow sense: do the best to fulfill my duty. And as I am saying this, right here right now, I am playing my part as a contestant in the integrated skills competition by preparing and delivering a speech to the best of my ability.

We all know that big things happen when we do the small things right. In the same conscientious manner as I work out a speech, a teacher tutors every one of his students, a doctor treats every one of his patients, and a government official cares about the general welfare of the people. We can see the power of the individual becomes magical when each person in this society is taking his or her responsibility seriously.

Dear friends, although I am nobody, and I can‟t instill an ideology into your mind, I still, in my own way, hold on tight to the Chinese dream. It is the collection of every single Chinese citizen‟s every little effort that constitutes the everlasting dream of “Datong”. It seems that I‟ve already envisioned the glorious face of future China in my mind. And I‟m happy because I have done my bit to help shape it by being the best of me today. How about you, my fellow students?

Finally, may the blessings of Datong be with China forever. Thank you!