抛弃第一想法才能脱颖而出，初中冠军文欣蕊心中的最美动词不是“爱”也不是“笑”

提到最美的动词，你第一时间会想到什么？

Love？Smile？这些词都是很美的，但也是很多人共有的想法。

当上海外国语大学附属外国语学校东校初三女生文欣蕊看到“21世纪杯”初中组决赛主题The most beautiful verb in the world is…时她最先想到的也是love，不过最终却决定选择learn。这篇关于最美动词learn的演讲也让她赢得了第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初中组的冠军。

其实我刚拿到这个话题的时候，第一时间想到的是很多其他的单词：love等等。但是我转念一想，我能一开始想到的话题，别人的选手也能想到，所以我就把这些单词都排除掉了。最后为什么选择了learn呢，是跟我当时正好是在看一个央视的节目叫《朗读者》，里面的许渊冲老先生给我很大的震撼，96岁高龄的老人都能这么精神，每天坚持学习，打磨自己的翻译，我们中学生有什么理由不学习呢？

而且learn这个词我可以写出来很多跟我自己的生活结合的内容和东西，如果选择的词太大了，就很难和我这个初中生的生活结合起来了。

除了学习以外，文欣蕊兴趣爱好广泛，热爱古典音乐，热爱国画。她的演讲中也谈到了自己学习国画的经历。

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我觉得每个人最独特的经历就是自己的故事，生活中很多的小细节构成了我们自己的特点，与别人分享自己生活中的感悟是一件很开心的事情。讲大道理的话网上搜去就可以了，但只有自己的故事才最具说服力。

我把平时生活中的很多个人经历融入到了我的演讲中，以小见大。比如在半决赛的已备演讲中，我提到了学习古典乐器巴松（也叫大管），参加学校乐队的经历，这是我独有的故事。在即兴演讲中，我提到了志愿经历，观看央视节目《朗读者》了解到的翻译家许渊冲的故事，我将他对翻译的热情和我对国画的喜爱结合在一起。所以，我觉得演讲要坚持讲自己的故事，坚持做自己。

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演讲稿：

The most beautiful verb in the world is learn  

Learning—a process of challenging ourselves in a variety of situations.

Learning—a course of constantly making new breakthroughs.

Learning—a stage of making innovations every single day.

Mr. Xu yuan Chong—a 96-year-old translator who published English version of Chinese classics,such as 300 Tang poems. His endless passion for learning reminded me of an old proverb—We are never too old to learn.If an old man has kept such an enthusiastic attitude towards learning,what about us,the teenagers in the society?

Actually,learning doesn’t just simply mean to focus on your school assignments.It also contains other diversified fields.Can we feel the beauty of learning in our daily life?

Take me as an example.When I first started to learn Chinese painting,several phrases burst forth in my mind—the quintessence of Chinese culture,the unique symbol of China’s long history.But I found something entirely different during the learning process.Once a challenging idea flashed in my mind.What about combining the Chinese traditional ways of painting with the Western modern ones?What will the result be if I add vivid colors into a plain painting?During the process of learning and keeping on trying this new type of Chinese painting,I found that it varied from the verdant hills and clear rivers.Instead,it shows a new and a dynamic view of Chinese painting.

The verb learn is so beautiful that it uses its magical power to bring me into a brand new world.In this world, I can keep on learning every single day and try every new style of painting with no fear.Learn—the most beautiful verb in the world—will gradually lead you to find out the glamour and beauty of the whole world.

听完了冠军的想法，有没有兴趣来了解一下我们的评委老师们是怎么看这个主题的？澳洲圣保罗文法学院的Catherine Corry老师选择的最美动词是“be”，是不是很独出心裁？

I think the most beautiful verb is  "be". Nothing can happen without it. For all of life to happen there, we have to use this verb. It can be used to describe so much. For example, I am smart or you are the best in the world. It is a plain little verb but it is the basis for the English language.

你心中的the most beautiful verb是什么呢？留言一起分享吧~

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