eaterimportanceisthis:isyourlanguagecompetentenoughtoexpreyourideasexactlythewayyouintendthemtobeunderstood?
iwasinformedafterwardsthatiwaschosentobethewierformy"aropriatelywordedeech,excellentpresenceandquick-wittedreoe".ioremarking,thejudgesclearlyshowedtheirpreference:theycometolistenformeaningfulideas,notforloosejudgments,noreasylaughters.
somecontestantsfailedtoaddretheirquestioheadon.somewereableto,butdidnotknowswherestostop—thedraggingoetrayedtheirlackofconfidence.therootcausewasthattheydidnotlistenattentivelytothequestio.ortheywerethinkingofwhattheyhadprepared.
asisaidinmyeech,"itisvitallyimportantthatweyoungpeopledomoreseriousthinking...totakethem[iueslikeglobalization]onandgivethemhonestthinkingisthefirststeptobepreparedforbothoortunitiesandchallengescomingourway".weneedtoreondhonestly.
acompetitionlikethisdrawstalentedstudentsfromalloverthecountry.andofcourse,ilearntmorethingsthanjustaboutpubliceaking.sinceinthefinalanalysis,publiceakingisallabouteffectivecommunication.andthisgoestrueforallcommunicatio,whatevertheirsetting.
andthefollowingisthefinalversionofmyeech:
globalization:
oortunitiesandchallenges
forchina''syoungergeneration
thirtyyearsago,americaresidentrichardnixonmadeanepoch-makingvisittochina,acountrystillisolatedatthattime.premierzhouenlaisaidtohim,"yourhandshakecameoverthevastestoceanintheworld—twenty-fiveyearsofnocommunication".thirtyyearince,chinaandamericahaveexchangedmanyhandshakes.thefundamentalimplicationofthisexampleisthattheneedtocommunicateacrodifferencesincultureandideologyiotonlyfeltbythetwocountri