第六届希望之星小学组决赛选手吴钩：演讲稿

　　比赛演讲稿

　　Hello, everyone! I’m Wu Gou, from Liaoning Province. In the Liaoning Province competition, I won the first place. I’m very glad to be standing here in Beijing. Today I will tell you a little funny story.

　　A long time ago, there were three travelers; their name was Don, Wayne and Warren. Their ship sank in the Pacific Ocean. They found a small deserted island and lived there, but they missed their home very much.

　　So, they tried a lot of ways to let some other people to save them, like sending bottles, leaving messages… but no one came.

　　One day, Wayne found another bottle on the beach, he told the other two to come, and they opened it. Then a genie jumped out of the bottle! He said: “Wow, what a RELIEF! I’ve been in that bottle for 10,000 years! Finally I’m out! You saved me; you will have one wish each.”

　　“Well, I wanna be sent home immediately!” said Warren. Then he disappeared.

　　Wayne said: “Well, me too!” and he disappeared too.

　　　At last, it was Don’s turn. “Gee, I’m not so sure… Suddenly I felt so lonely without Wayne and Warren, I wish they’re here to talk with.” he said.

　　　So they are all back on the island again, and the genie went away.

　　译文：

　　大家好！我叫吴钩，来自辽宁。我是辽宁赛区的冠军。很高兴今天站在这里。我给大家讲个小故事。

　　在很久以前，有三个旅游者，他们是Don，Wayne和Warren。他们的船在太平洋沉了，他们找到了一个小孤岛，并住在那里。然而他们非常想念自己的家。

　　他们用了很多方法，使别人过来救他们，比如放漂流瓶，发信号，但是都没有成功。

　　一天，Wayne在海滩找到了另外一个瓶子。他叫Don和Warren过来，他们打开瓶子，然后一只精灵从里边跳了出来。他说：“出来的感觉真好！我在那里面被锁了一万年，终于出来了。你们救了我，我可以让你们每个人可以实现一个愿望。”

　　Warren说：“我想马上就回家。”然后他就消失了。

　　Wayne说：“我也一样。”然后他也消失了。

　　最后，轮到Don说了：“我不太确定，他们俩一走，我觉得有点孤单了，我希望他们能在我身边，和我一起说话。”

　　于是，他们又回到了岛上。然后精灵走了。

　　Speech

　　One day, while I was listening to music in my dad's car, suddenly I heard a piece of wonderful music. "What is it?" I asked dad. "It's a piece of classical music by Beethoven, one of his piano concertos," replied Dad. While I was listening, a new and fantastic world began to unfold before me, and it has continued to fascinate me ever since. After that, I tried to listen to a lot more classics attentively, I realize that classical music was really good and I can’t help liking it.

　　Now I'd like to share with you my understanding of the difference between classical music and pop music. Pop music can be exciting, but classical music can convey more with its solemnity, elegance, harmony and meaningfulness. While listening, your heart will be pounding and vibrating with the music, and emerging in front of your eyes, may be a world of happiness, sadness or even anger. It's really an enjoyment listening to classical music.

　　Scientists once did an interesting experiment. They grew tomatoes in two greenhouses, each with a CD-player inside. Classical music was played in one and pop music in the other. It was surprising that the tomatoes listening to classical music grew much faster.

　　All of my family are fans of classical music now, and in my heart, I have a dream of becoming a great conductor when I grow up. I cherish it. I think it will come true someday. Isn’t it goanna be cool?

　　一天，我坐在爸爸的车里听音乐，突然，一首美妙的音乐传入我的耳朵。“这是什么音乐？”我问爸爸。“这是由贝多芬创作的一首古典音乐，他的钢琴协奏曲之一。”爸爸回答到。当我继续听下去的时候，一个崭新而又神奇的世界开始展现在我的面前，并从那时起一直使我深深地迷恋至今。此后，我又听用心听了更多的古典音乐，我感到古典音乐是那么美，无法抑制对它的喜爱。

　　现在我想和大家分享一下我对古典音乐和流行音乐之间差异的理解。流行音乐可能是激动人心的，但古典音乐能够展现和传递更为深刻的东西——庄严、高雅、和谐和丰富的含义。在听的过程中，你的心会随着音乐砰然共振，而出现在眼前的或许是一个幸福的世界、一个悲伤的世界，甚至是一个愤怒的世界。聆听古典音乐真的是一种享受。

　　科学家曾做过一个有趣的实验。他们在两个温室里种

　　我们一家人现在都是古典音乐迷了。在我的心中珍藏着一个梦想，梦想长大后成为一名伟大的指挥家。这个梦想总有一天会实现。那是多么棒啊！

　　This is me

　　Hello, everyone,

　　My name is Wu Gou(吴钩), perhaps you’ll think it’s strange—isn’t it a kind of knife for fighting used in ancient China, you might think? Absolutely! That’s what my names means!

　　There’s a strange coincidence about my birthday, too. My birthday in the lunar calendar is on April 18th, and the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni, was also born on this day! I’m very happy about this. It’s amazing, isn’t it?

　　I’m 10 years old now and I have been able to help my parents translate some English that they didn’t understand since I was five. I’m their little translator!

　　And I’m a classical music fan. Although I can never be a great man like Sakyamuni, I wanna be a conductor, as famous as Leonard Bernstein, conducting many famous orchestras! That’s cool, isn’t it?

　　This is me.

　　Thank you.

　　这 就 是 我

　　我的名字叫吴钩，或许您会觉得奇怪——吴钩不是中国古代的弯刀吗？是的！我的名字正是取此寓意。

　　我的生日也有一个奇妙的巧合。我的农历生日是4月18日，佛祖释迦牟尼也是出生在这一天！我好高兴，多有意思啊！

　　我今年10岁了，我从5岁起就开始帮助父母翻译一些他们不明白的英语。我是他们的小翻译。

　　我是超级古典音乐迷。我知道我永远不可能成为释迦牟尼那样伟大的人物，但我想成为一名莱昂纳多•伯恩斯坦那样指挥过许多著名乐队的指挥家！会很棒吧？

　　这就是我。

　　谢谢！