?穿越海洋-第三屆全國英語演講比賽冠軍作品crossingtheseabylianglimin(梁勵(lì)敏北京外國語大學(xué))(獲得第三屆全國英語演講比賽冠軍)專家點(diǎn)評(píng)引用文學(xué)大師的詩句作為開場(chǎng)白，與結(jié)束語首尾呼應(yīng)，頗有感染力。東西方文化的融合表現(xiàn)得十分鮮明，意味深長，是篇優(yōu)秀的演講。goodafternoon,ladiesandgentlemen.thetitleofmyspeechtodayis"crossingthesea".anenglishpoetbythenameofrudyardkiplingoncewroteinthispoem"weandthey"allthepeoplelikeusareweandeveryoneelseistheyweliveovertheseawhiletheyliveoverthewayweeatporkandbeefwithcowhorn-handledknivestheywhogobbletheirriceoffaleafarehorrifiedoutoftheirlives.whentheselinesfirstcaughtmyeyes,iwasshocked--howcouldtwopeopleremainsoisolatedandignorantofeachotherinthepast?today′ssociety,ofcourse,isanentirelydifferentpicture.thosepeoplewhousedtoeatwithgobbletheirricemightbeaswellhavetakentofishandchips.indeed,justtakechinaasexample;ourmodernlifehasbeeninfluencedbywesternstyleoflivinginsomanywaysthatit′snolongersurprisingtoseeteenagersgoingcrazyaboutrock-and-roll,wholefamiliesdiningoutatmcdonald′sandevenratherelderlypeopledressedinapplejeans.however,theseareonlysomeexpressionsoftheculturalchangestakingplaceinoursocietytoday.whatisreallygoingonisasubtlebutsignificantrestructuringofthenation′smentality.justlookaround.howmanycollegegraduatesarereadytocompeteaggressivelyforeveryjobopportunity,whereasnotlongagotheywereaskedjusttositidleandwaitforwhateverwastobeassignedtothembythegovernment?howmanyyoungpeoplearenoweagertoseekforanindependentlifewhereasonlytwodecadesagotheywouldrelytotallyontheirparentstoarrangefortheirfuture?askanyonewhoparticipatesintoday′sspeechcontest.whohasnotcomewithawilltofightandwhohasnotcomedeterminedtoachieveself-fulfillmentinwinningthegame?andi′mquitecertainthatifconfuciushadlivedtoseetoday′schina,hewouldhavebeenhorrifiedtoseeyoungloverskissingeachotherinpublicplacesinanunreservedexpressionoftheirpassion.itisthereforeevidentthatweasdescendantsofanancienteasterncivilizationarealreadylivingunderstronginfluenceofthewesternculture.butitisnotonlyinchinathatwefindtheincorporationofthetwocultures.taketheunitedstatesasanexampleduringthe1980s,infaceoftheoverwhelmingcompetitionfromjapan,manyamericancompaniessuchasthefordbegantoadoptateamworkmanagementfromtheirrivals,theessenceofwhich,layattheverycoreofeasternculture.takethechineseacupunctureasanotherexamplethistraditionaltreatmentofdiseasesisfinallyfindingitswaytothewestandhencetheunderlyingnotionthatillnessisresultedfromtheimbalancebetweenyinandyangwithinthebody--anideawhichwouldstrikeanywesternerasincredibleinthepast!ladiesandgentlemen,weliveinagreatepochwhentheglobalintegrationofeconomyandtheinformationrevolutionhavebroughtculturesoftheworldcloserthaneverbefore.weliveinaparticularerawhencountries,eastandwest,findthemselvesinneedofreadjustingtheirtraditionalvalues.welive,atthesametime,atacriticaljunctureofourevolutionbecausesuchproblemsasethnicconflictsandregionalunrestareincreasinglyposingathreattothepeaceandhappinessofthewholehumanrace.tocopewithsuchaneraandtoembraceanevenbrighterfuture,weneedtolearntolivemoreharmoniouslyinaworldcommunitywhichisbecomingsmallerandsmaller.mydearfellowstudents,ourcommandoftheenglishlanguagerendersitpossibleforustogainaninsightintowesternculturewhileretainingourownculturalidentity.therefore,itisoursacredresponsibilitytopromotetheculturalexchangesandhencethemutualunderstandingbetweenchinaandtherestoftheworld.itismyhappiestdreamthatnewgenerationofchinesewillnotonlygrowupdrinkingcocacolaandwatchinghollywood,butalsobeblessedwiththefar-reachingbenefitsofmultiplecultures;benefitsthatourforefathershadnever,everdreamedof.toendmyspeech,iwouldliketoquoterudyardkiplingagainallthepeoplelikeusareweandeveryoneelseistheybutonceyoucrossovertheseayouwillendbylookingonweasonlyasortofthey.thankyou.譯文穿越海洋女士們、先生們，晚上好。今天，我演講的題目是《穿越海洋》。英國詩人羅得雅德·吉卜林曾寫過一首詩，名叫《我們與他們》，其中寫道像我們的人是我們其余的人是他們我們生活在海這邊他們生活在路那邊我們用牛角柄的刀叉吃豬牛肉吞吃粽葉包飯的他們嚇得要死。第一次讀到這首詩，我很震驚——過去兩個(gè)民族何以如此疏離、彼此陌生?當(dāng)然今日的社會(huì)呈現(xiàn)出完全不同的情景那些過去吃米飯的人們也開始喜歡吃魚和薯?xiàng)l。的確如此，就拿中國來說，西方的生活方式已經(jīng)廣泛地影響了我們的現(xiàn)代生活，以致對(duì)于年輕人對(duì)搖滾樂著迷，全家去吃麥當(dāng)勞，老年人穿蘋果牌牛仔褲，大家都已習(xí)以為常。然而，這不過是我們當(dāng)今社會(huì)中所發(fā)生的文化變遷的表面現(xiàn)象而已，真正發(fā)生的卻是我們的民族心理開始了微妙而又有重大意義的重建，大家只要看看周圍就會(huì)清楚。不久以前，大學(xué)生還只是束手空坐，等待政府給他們分配工作;如今，又有多少大學(xué)生正在做充分準(zhǔn)備，為爭(zhēng)取任何工作機(jī)會(huì)而激烈角逐?20年前年輕人還完全依靠父母為他們安排未來，今天又有多少年輕人在急切地尋求一種獨(dú)立的生活?試問今天參加演講比賽的諸位，誰不是帶著志在一搏的心情來到這里?誰不是鐵下心來贏得這場(chǎng)比賽以實(shí)現(xiàn)自我?如今年輕人毫無顧忌地宣泄情感當(dāng)眾親吻，我確信，倘若孔子在世，他必被嚇壞。很明顯，我們這些東方古老文明的后裔們?cè)缫焉钤谖鞣轿幕膹?qiáng)烈影響之下，然而出現(xiàn)這種異質(zhì)文化合流的現(xiàn)象不止是在中國。以美國為例，20世紀(jì)80年代，面對(duì)來自日本的強(qiáng)大競(jìng)爭(zhēng)壓力，許多美國公司如福特公司開始采用對(duì)手的集體合作管理方式，而這種方式正是東方文化核心之精華。再以中華針灸為例，這種傳統(tǒng)的醫(yī)療方法以及這種療法的依據(jù)——即人體陰陽失調(diào)導(dǎo)致疾病最終得到西方社會(huì)的承認(rèn)，而在過去，西方人還認(rèn)為這是無稽之談。女士們，先生們，我們恰逢一個(gè)偉大的時(shí)代全球經(jīng)濟(jì)一體化、信息革命使得世界各種文化聯(lián)系比以往更加緊密;我們恰逢一個(gè)特殊的年代無論是東方國家還是西方國家都意識(shí)到自身急需調(diào)整傳統(tǒng)價(jià)值。與此同時(shí)，我們正生活在發(fā)展的關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻種族沖突，地區(qū)動(dòng)蕩正越來越威脅著整個(gè)人類的和平與幸福。如何對(duì)待這一時(shí)代，擁抱更加燦爛的未來，我們需要學(xué)會(huì)在越來越小的