英語演講稿：Prepared Speech
honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen, good morning.
first of all, let me take this chance to present to you a set of data that i hope won't bore you since the source is china daily.
china's tourism revenue last year reached 500 billion rmb, an increase of 10.5 percent from the year before, and comprised more than 5% of china's gdp. according to experts, this number will grow to 8% in the coming ten years and more than 40 million jobs will be created.
as a student majoring in economics, i can't be more sensitive to the essential meanings behind these numbers. they mean progress, prosperity, employment and stability.
however, as a conscientious chinese and citizen of the world, i can't help but care more about the losses incurred in this transaction, by which i mean the disturbing images of environmental destruction, which leads to ecological crisis. the global environment has changed for the worse during the past few years, and tourism is partly to blame. take china for example, in order to attract tourists, many unknown places are built into resorts. forests are cleared, prairies trampled, rivers and lakes 6)contaminated, wild animals are driven away, plants jeopardized and secluded populations disturbed.
if this seems too remote and abstract, my own traveling experience may speak louder here. last year i took a tour around emei mountain in sichuan province. like most tourists, i was eager to embrace nature and enjoy its beauty. however, as soon as i got on the bus, the stench of gasoline and the noise of the engine tainted my appreciation of the wonderful scenery and the tranquility of the country road. when we finally arrived, what i saw was not a beautiful landscape but crowds of people; what i heard was not the melodious singing of birds, but yelling and bargaining from the gift shops; what i smelled was not the fresh mountain air, but stinking suffocating smoke coming out of small dirty restaurants. moreover, i could not understand why the lovely monkeys living there had to take photos with tourists all day; why the beautiful butterflies and flowers had become lifeless samples in shop windows; why the strongest impressions i had was trash scattered everywhere on the ground.
however, this is not the end of the story. before i left emei, i met a group of kids in an ecotourism program with the slogan: “experiencing, learning and protecting.” when i saw their young hands picking up trash from the ground, when i felt their enjoyment and harmonious relationship with the animals, when i found their purest eyes filled with passion and love for nature, i realized to my great satisfaction that there doesn't have to be a tradeoff between tourism and ecology, because deep within us is an inclination toward natural beauty and a desire to protect it. yes, environmental problems will eventually ease with the advancement of science and technology and improvement of our management system. however, an increase of ecological education and hands-on environmental involvement of our fellow citizens will do even better. to realize this, the best way for us lies in tourism itself because nothing other than nature can teach us how to love and cherish our sweetest home. at the end of my speech, please let me quote bob dylan:
how many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
how many times must a man look up before he can see the sky?
how many years can a mountain exist before it's washed to the sea?
the answer, my friend, is not in the wind-the answer is ours! thank you!
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尊敬的評委，女士們，先生們，早上好。
首先，讓我借此機(jī)會(huì)向你提出一套，我希望不會(huì)給你因?yàn)樵词侵袊請?bào)的數(shù)據(jù)。
中國去年的旅游收入達(dá)5000億元，同比增長百分之10.5，包括超過5%的中國國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值。據(jù)專家介紹，這一數(shù)字將在未來十年內(nèi)增長到8%，將創(chuàng)造超過4000萬個(gè)就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。
作為一名經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)專業(yè)的學(xué)生，我不能對這些數(shù)字背后的基本含義更加敏感。他們的意思是進(jìn)步，繁榮，就業(yè)和穩(wěn)定。
然而，作為一個(gè)認(rèn)真的中國人和世界公民，我不能不關(guān)心更多的損失，在這項(xiàng)交易中，我的意思是干擾圖像的環(huán)境破壞，從而導(dǎo)致生態(tài)危機(jī)。在過去的幾年里，全球環(huán)境惡化了，旅游業(yè)也難辭其咎。以中國為例，為了吸引游客，許多未知的地方建成度假村。森林被清除，草原被踐踏，河流和湖泊6)被污染，野生動(dòng)物被驅(qū)趕，植物受到破壞，被隔離的人群擾亂。
如果這似乎太遙遠(yuǎn)和抽象，我自己的旅行經(jīng)驗(yàn)可能會(huì)大聲這里。去年我游覽了四川峨眉山。和大多數(shù)游客一樣，我渴望擁抱大自然，欣賞大自然的美景。然而，我一上公共汽車，汽油的惡臭和引擎的噪音玷污了我對鄉(xiāng)村美景和寧靜的欣賞。當(dāng)我們終于來到，我看到的不是一個(gè)美麗的景觀，但人群;我聽到的不是鳥兒的歌聲悠揚(yáng)，但“談判從禮品店;我聞到的不是山中的新鮮空氣，但臭令人窒息的煙霧出來的骯臟的小餐館。此外，我不明白為什么生活在那里的可愛的猴子不得不整天與游客拍照，為什么美麗的蝴蝶和鮮花已成為無生氣的樣品在商店櫥窗，為什么我最強(qiáng)烈的印象是垃圾散落在地上。
然而，這并不是故事的結(jié)局。在我離開峨眉，我的口號是一個(gè)生態(tài)旅游項(xiàng)目遇到了一群孩子：“體驗(yàn)、學(xué)習(xí)和保護(hù)。“當(dāng)我看到他們的年輕的手從地上揀起垃圾，當(dāng)我覺得自己的享受和與動(dòng)物和諧的關(guān)系，當(dāng)我發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的眼神充滿了激情和愛自然，我意識到我很滿意，也不必是一個(gè)旅游和生態(tài)之間的權(quán)衡，因?yàn)樵谖覀兊膬?nèi)心深處是一個(gè)傾向于自然美和渴望保護(hù)它。是的，隨著科技的進(jìn)步和管理體制的完善，環(huán)境問題最終會(huì)緩解。然而，增加生態(tài)教育和實(shí)際的環(huán)境參與我們的同胞會(huì)做得更好。要做到這一點(diǎn)，對我們最好的方式在于旅游本身，因?yàn)闆]有什么比自然可以教我們?nèi)绾螑酆驼湎覀冏钐鹈鄣募摇Ｔ谖业难葜v結(jié)束時(shí)，請?jiān)试S我引用鮑布狄倫：
一個(gè)人要走多少路才能叫他男人?
一個(gè)人要仰望多少次才能看到天空?
一座山在被沖刷到大海之前能存在多少年?
我的朋友，答案不在風(fēng)中，答案是我們的!謝謝您!