精品文档2016 全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作 独家原创 1 / 3英语演讲稿：英语演讲稿：changechange thethe world?world? changechange ourselvesourselveschangechange thethe world?world? changechange ourselvesourselvesgoodgood evening,evening, honorablehonorable judges,judges, ladiesladies andand gentlemen.gentlemen.itsits mymy greatgreat pleasurepleasure toto standstand herehere toto presentpresent mymy speechspeechchangechange thethe world,world, changechange ourselves.ourselves.itsits noticablenoticable thatthat westernwestern holidaysholidays areare becomingbecoming increasinglyincreasingly popularpopular dayday byby day,day, whilewhile chinesechinese traditionaltraditional festivalsfestivals areare beingbeing somewhatsomewhat neglected.neglected. notnot longlong beforebefore aboutabout 1010 doctorsdoctors inin beijingbeijing universityuniversity andand qinghuaqinghua unversityunversity announcedannounced thatthat wewe shouldshould rejectreject thethe invasioninvasion ofof westernwestern holidaysholidays ,because,because theythey regardregard westernwestern holidaysholidays asas anan challengechallenge againstagainst ourour traditionaltraditional festivalsfestivals andand culture.culture.franklyfrankly speaking,speaking, i i dontdont quitequite agreeagree withwith , , wewe shouldshould nevernever neglectneglect oror eveneven discarddiscard ourour traditonaltraditonal festivalsfestivals asas chinachina boastsboasts a a brilliantbrilliant historyhistory andand splendidsplendid traditions.traditions. (examples).but(examples).but whywhy 精品文档2016 全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作 独家原创 2 / 3cantcant wewe absorbabsorb thethe meaningfulmeaningful westernwestern holidaysholidays andand culture.culture.therethere areare obviousobvious reasonsreasons whywhy somesome westernwestern holidaysholidays areare soso popularpopular inin china.china. onon thethe oneone hand,hand, somesome ofof thethe westernwestern holidaysholidays whichwhich wewe chinesechinese dontdont havehave areare reasonablereasonable andand meaningful,meaningful, suchsuch asas fathersfathers dayday andand aprilapril foolsfools dayday etc.etc. onon thethe otherother hand,thehand,the prevalenceprevalence ofof globalizationglobalization enablesenables westernwestern cultureculture toto prevailprevail inin china.china. overwhelmedoverwhelmed byby suchsuch a a trend,chinesetrend,chinese unconsiciouslyunconsiciously getget involvedinvolved inin westernwestern holidaysholidays andand culture.culture.withwith thethe furtherfurther developmentdevelopment ofof thethe wholewhole world,world, thethe culturalcultural communicationcommunication betweenbetween differentdifferent countriescountries andand nationsnations becomesbecomes fasterfaster andand moremore andand moremore important.important. wewe areare indeedindeed fromfrom differentdifferent nations,nations, butbut wewe areare thethe citizenscitizens ofof thethe samesame world,world, soso thethe outstandingoutstanding cultureculture ofof differentdifferent nationsnations isis thethe commomcommom wealthwealth ofof everyoneeveryone onon thethe onlyonly wayway forfor usus toto protectprotect ourour traditionaltraditional cultureculture isis toto rejectreject thethe foreignforeign culture?culture? thethe answeranswer isis definitelydefinitely no.no. whatwhat wewe oughtought toto dodo isis toto sparespare nono efforteffort toto educateeducate chinesechinese toto getget toto knowknow andand treasuretreasure ourour 精品文档2016 全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作 独家原创 3 / 3splendidsplendid traditionstraditions insteadinstead ofof rejectingrejecting foreignforeign culture.culture. onlyonly byby educatingeducating cancan wewe setset ourour confidenceconfidence andand beliefbelief towardstowards ourour culture.culture. onlyonly byby educatingeducating cancan wewe preservepreserve andand promotepromote thethe wealthwealth thatthat ourour ancestersancesters leftleft forfor us.us.atat lastlast idid likelike toto shareshare a a famousefamouse sayingsaying ofof gandhigandhi withwith allall ofof youyou ,that,that is:ifis:if youyou wantwant toto changechange thethe world,world, thenthen youyou mustmust changechange yourselfyourself first.”first.”