用中国理念解决国际难题——高中组亚军陈彦蹊有一个中国梦要和全世界分享

什么是好的演讲？言之有物、有感而发。当上海外国语大学附属外国语学校的高一女生陈彦蹊拿到总决赛题目“My Version of A Chinese Dream”时，她的第一感觉是很兴奋，因为她对这个话题有很多思索和想法。她希望能够用中国传统文化的很多概念去解决当下的许多国际难题。她和她的中国梦也为她赢得了第15届中国日报社“21世纪·新东方杯”全国中小学英语演讲比赛总决赛亚军的好成绩。

她的中国梦

陈彦蹊用中国理念解决国际问题的想法源自于她的一段亲身经历。去年，她在纽约州和30个不同国家的同龄女生一起度过了一个夏天。在一个多元化的环境下，她逐渐意识到自己国家文化的价值。从美国回来后，她也通过很多学习和研究加深了对自己文化的了解，同时也去做一些力所能及的事情向世界宣传自己的文化。“我觉得我们自己文化中有一些概念，比方说像‘和’、‘融’，对于我们现在这个世界来说都是非常需要的，这也是我想写这篇演讲稿的原因，我希望把这个想法传递给更多的人，让大家一起来take action。”

作为一个00后，陈彦蹊也随着准备着回应时代赋予的机遇和挑战。“对我们00后这一代来说，我觉得我们有两重身份，第一个身份是中国人，第二个身份是世界公民。我们很幸运，我们这一代很多人都具有双语的技能，我们既能向世界展示我们中国人的身份，我们也能够以一个世界公民的身份在世界舞台上进行交流和融合。”

爱文学、爱历史

刚读高一的陈彦蹊还没有经历文理分科，不过所有学科中她偏爱文学和历史，这两个偏好也促进了她英语的学习和提高。“我喜欢读19和20世纪的英美文学小说，也很喜欢诗歌，所以经常读一些诗集，比如拜伦和雪莱的。我觉得英语非常重要的是语感，在这些不断阅读和积累的过程中，语感会变得越来越好。”

“我对跨文化研究非常感兴趣，我阅读的书中有印度的作家，有波兰的作家，还有集中营中犹太人写的书，我觉得从不同作家的视角来了解世界各个地方的文化，对于我们现在这个世界的融合和发展是非常重要的。”

除了研读历史，陈彦蹊也关注时事，通过podcast收听时事话题讨论。对于英语学习方面，她擅长的听力和口语方便其实并没有刻意练习过。“我喜欢看美剧和电影，从小受到耳濡目染，对听力口语非常有帮助，我也经常参加辩论演讲，在和其他选手交流切磋中不断提高。”

以真诚打动人

陈彦蹊的演讲从自己的亲身经历有感而发，她也觉得对于所有的演讲者来说，所讲的东西都应该是真诚的、真实的，不管是发生在ta自己身上的故事，ta听到的、读到的。“我觉得真诚在演讲当中是非常重要的要素，所以我觉得演讲素材是来自生活中的方方面面，比方说你散步的时候产生的一个想法，读书的时候你看到的一句话，或者你跟别人交流的时候你获得的一种感觉。我觉得这就是演讲的魅力所在，它可以真的给你一个机会和平台，来把你所想所感知的一切都能够用你自己的方式把它表达出来。”

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演讲稿：

My Version of a Chinese Dream

July 15, 2016.  New York State. 8 p.m. I was sitting on the stairs of a stargazing tower, writing a letter to my parents across the ocean. 

I was there in the woods, attending an international summer camp. Away from the hustle and bustles of big city, it was just me and sixty girls of my age, coming from 30 different countries, 30 different cultures and 30 different communities. 

Finishing the first few lines of my letter, I took a pause and looked up. Martyna from Poland was pointing at my paper: “Is this your language? It’s so different! What does this mean?” She was pointing at the character “mei”. I told her that it means beauty in Chinese. She persisted, “how is it structured?  I was stuck. I glanced at the word again. This time, it appeared strange to me. How is it structured? 

I looked up the word on the internet. The character comes in two parts— lamb and big. The succulent taste of lambs in the agricultural days of ancient China meant not only a tasteful meal, but also a gift of beauty from nature. 

I was amazed and confused – How could I not know? The richness and the profundity behind the characters—the very characters that make up my Chinese language, the very characters that embody five thousand years of my civilization and the very characters that witness the quintessence and brilliance of my culture, the culture of China. 

The realization hit me right in the heart. For all this time, I haven’t turned away to Hollywood and Super Bowls, which, brilliant as they are, cannot help me define who I am. 

And I realized: It is our language, our philosophies and our culture that shape who we are. My generation has been exposed to western cultures at a very young age that we’ve neglected, ignored what is ours. We need to rediscover the very nature of our Chinese culture and exert its impact upon the world. This is my Chinese Dream.

I envision my generation truly exploring the essence of our culture, exploring masterpieces created by our ancestors. That is why back in my school, along with my friends, we sat around and had inspiring discussions about the works of Confucius and Mencius.

I envision my generation building a bridge of understanding among diverse civilizations, and together constructing a world where understanding and conversation between cultures would be the norm. That is why me and my 60 summer camp friends founded a global network for dialogues and debates. We’re together. We can talk about what is happening in our aspect of lives.

Now I know that a harmonious future will unveil before me, as I stride toward my Chinese dream. Thank you.

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