第七届全国英语演讲比赛冠军得主演讲稿(4)

                  step to be prepared for both opportunities and challenges
                  coming our way". We need to respond honestly.
                  A competition like this draws talented students from all over
                  the country. And of course, I learnt more things than just
                  about public speaking. Since in the final analysis, public
                  speaking is all about effective communication. And this goes
                  true for all communications, whatever their setting.
                  And the following is the final version of my speech:
                  GLOBALIZATION:
                  OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
                  FOR CHINA'S YOUNGER GENERATION
                  Thirty years ago, American President Richard Nixon made an
                  epoch-making visit to China, a country still isolated at that
                  time. Premier Zhou Enlai said to him, "Your handshake came
                  over the vastest ocean in the world—twenty-five years of no
                  communication". Thirty years since, China and America have
                  exchanged many handshakes. The fundamental implication of this
                  example is that the need to communicate across differences in
                  culture and ideology is not only felt by the two countries but
                  by many other nations as well.