【编者按】以下是经录音整理的四川成都实验外国语学校华锐同学的即兴演讲，在此刊登出来以飨读者。

　　Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen,

　　I'm honored to be here to give an address to all of you. First, I want to ask you a question: "Do you think I am handsome? Do you think my appearance is very good?" Now, answer my question: "Do you think how we look is important for a man or a woman?" The answer is, of course, affirmative, because if we don't have a good appearance nobody will want to talk to us. If we look shabby, nobody will want to deal with us. If we don't wear clothes we feel ashamed of ourselves, because when God created us he gave us clothes. But what I want to say today is about some phenomena that shocked me so much. That is, some people care too much about their clothes. Some of them spend all their spare time shopping to look for beautiful clothes. Some of them even devote their lives to beautiful clothes.

　　Some of them just work for their clothes, such as fine trousers. They work and even live their lives just for clothes. Sometimes, they even change their faces to be more like career women or something else, just because they want to look beautiful. This phenomenon is absolutely negative.

　　What is important for a man is not looking rich. Of course, this is very important but it is not the most important thing for a man or a woman. The most important thing is that we should be beautiful in our hearts. We should be beautiful in our minds. Our minds should be filled with love. The only way we solve the problems in the world is to feel love, widely spread love, and spread the belief in love and mercy to the world, so that the world will become better and better.

　　And the next important thing is that we should dedicate our lives to our country. You know, some of you have watched films showing the conditions during the Japanese invasion, such as Tunnel Warfare, haven't you? You know, in these films the Chinese, who are under attack by the Japanese, are not in good condition. They look shabby and their faces are dark, their bodies are weak, and they even don't have enough clothes to wear. So, who made these conditions? If a country is weak, it can not give an appearance worth looking at. So, the most important thing is not how we look, but how our country looks. Whether it is powerful or not, we should dedicate our lives to our country. Whatever we say we should say it for our country, whatever we do we should do it for our country, whatever we wear we should wear it for our country. This is what I want to tell you. Do not care too much about how we look, but care about how our country looks and how the world looks. How can we give our love to others? If we want to wear beautiful clothes we must save a lot. But if we save a lot we should give a lot, because the more we have, the more we can give, and the more we can give, the happier we are and the more useful we are for society, for our country, to the world, for civilization and for the universe. Thank you very much.

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