Honorable Judges, fellow students:
Good afternoon!
Recently, ther is a heated debate in our society. The college students are the beneficiaries of a rare privilege, who receive exceptional education at extraordinary places. But will we be able to face the challenge and support ourselves against all odds? Will we be able to better the lives of others? Will we be able to accept the responsibility of building the future of our country?
The cynics say the college students are the pampered lost generation, which would cringe at the slightest discomfort. But the cynics are wrong. The college students I see are eagerly learning about how to live independently. We help each other clean the dormitory, go shopping and bargain together, and take part time jobs to supplement our pocket money.
The cynics say we care for nothing other than grades; and we neglect the need for character cultivation. But again, the cynics are wrong. We care deeply for each other, we cherish freedom, we treasure justice, and we seek truth. Last week, thousands of my fellow students had their blood type tested in order to make a contribution for the children who suffer from blood cancer.
As college students, we are adolescents at the critical turning point in our lives. We all face a fundamental choice: cynicism or faith, each will profoundly impact our future, or even the future of our country. I believe in all my fellow classmates. Though we are still inexperienced and even a little bit childish. I believe that we have the courage and faith to meet any challenge and take on our responsibilities. We are preparing to assume new responsibilities and tasks, and to use the education we have received to make our world a better place. I believe in our future.
In June, the flowers in full bloom season; In June, and the wind blowing the Buddha, the sun is shining; In June, is also our festival; On this day, our school held a large festival performances.
With the wonderful music, the curtain slowly rising, festival show began. You see! On both sides of the stage, slowly out of the pairs of girl wear kimonos, all is their dance, like a little flower in the wind, graceful; When the music becomes the high intense, they swing the waist, opened the ideologues floret umbrella, like a little mushroom in the rain, the dizzying. Oh! They are a little (a) class of performance. Is really wonderful! When the lights suddenly became dark, speed up the pace of music, a beam of red light in the middle of the table, a the grass skirt, with countless tails girl, with music and dancing. Oh! She in African dance!
The festival performances, from grade school, every class of performance are selected, many class can only choose a, and our class is very lucky, selected the two programs. "Saxophone ensemble" and the "Latin". My favorite is my piano recital, selected by the school but did not, though in the best, only got a silver medal. Since the two selected, the teacher every day with our rehearsals, one of the most hard is jump Latin dance, before we haven't learned a few people, is only temporary, please classmates to tutoring. Although in practice some classmates repeatedly, and made great changes, through the joint efforts of everyone, insisted on down.
The next program to play in our class, I saw countless flashing light from the flash, like with a rabbit in my heart, "beat" straight jump, however, still keep a smile on his face, I said to myself: there are many teachers and parents looking at me, I can't make a fool of yourself! Hence, music sounded, I try to set up her skirt, try to do the best gestures, leave the most beautiful dance to the audience the audience. A round of applause ended our performance, we are easy to step down after the audience with a bow, suddenly found that my mouth smile went numb...
I like the festival very much, because she can give each of us the opportunity to show their most beautiful style and individual talent, at the same time, can also learn about to so many classmates, have their skills, perhaps, this is what people often say: we are the future of our motherland...
As a human being, one can hardly do without a friend, for life withoutfriends will be a lonely voyage in the vast dark sea or one in the barrendesert. Traly, a friend gives out light and warmth like a lamp. For this reason,I have always felt it a blessing if a friend comes to console me in my sadness,cheer me up in my low spirits, or heartedly share with me my happiness. It iswonderful, too, to feel that someone is standing by me and ready to provide helpand encouragement in my pursuit of a noble and glorious cause.
For millions of years, people have heaped beautiful verses and essays uponfriendship. Yet, they, too, have mercilessly accused false friendship, for thereare always some mean characters who approach you and act as dear friends whenyou are wealthy or influential, but desert or even betray you the instant youcome down in the world or are entrapped by unfortunate things. Therefore, peopleall attach great importance to the recognition of true friendship. And afaithful friend is considered even more precious than a priceless pearl or aprecious stone. The old saying "A friend in need is a friend indeed" has becomethe teaching and standard for true friends.
Still, it is natural that different people observe different principles inmaking friends. Some view it important to make friends with whom they may sharesimilar interests or hobbies with. Others are liable to befriend VIPs so as togain some favors or privileges. And I am of those who think very little ofsimilarity or position or power. So long as a person has a heart of gold, beingwarm-hearted, selfless, honest, open-minded, but not brutal, cold, shortsightednor narrow-minded, I am willing to make friends with him or her, give my duesupport and help, and remain faithful to him or her all my life.