第19届中国日报“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛总决赛于10月4-6日在成都举行， 我校学子高二4班张逸瑞同学代表浙江赛区参加了此次比赛，荣获全国总决赛一等奖。

中国日报社“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛创办于1996年，面向全国青少年举行，是每年5月在英国伦敦举行的国际英语演讲比赛的中国区选拔赛。大赛秉持公平、公正、公开的原则，积极响应党和国家推进素质教育，培养复合型人才、国际传播人才的号召，为广大英语教育工作者和英语学习者提供国际化、专业性、高水平的学习交流平台。26年来，“21世纪杯”已从演讲选拔赛成长为引领中国青少年思辨能力的先锋，培育中国青少年主流核心价值观的训练营，打造向世界讲述中国故事的前沿阵线。

本届“21世纪杯”英语演讲比赛自2020年9月启动以来受到了国内外各年龄段学子的热切关注，共计100多万名学生积极报名参加，历经地区初赛、复赛、决赛、校园选拔赛、互联网选拔赛等层层选拔，最终近400名选手脱颖而出，在全国总决赛的舞台上一展风采。我校张逸瑞同学经过半决赛“已备演讲、即兴演讲、现场问答”三个环节的紧张激烈角逐，成功晋级全国十二强总决赛，并与来自南外、上外附中、人大附中、深外等名校的优秀选手再次比拼，荣获全国总决赛高中组一等奖！在此向张逸瑞同学和指导老师陆旻老师表示热烈祝贺！

张逸瑞同学获奖感言：

论感想，首先，我非常荣幸能够在学校名下参加比赛。正是在一遍遍地重温我杭外人的身份后，我才有了与全国老将，精英选手们同台竞技的定力。

这次参加NESC，其实是我的初次尝试，但也因为入选总决赛而成为了最后一次。回首杭外出线赛时我那为初学者所独有的踌躇与忐忑，到省赛时因不确定与陌生而渐渐生出的兴奋感，再到半决赛时的焦灼与沉思，以及总决赛场上的淡淡余味，一切都因这一次新鲜的尝试而起，不失为一段独特的经历。无缘冠亚季，总不免遗憾与不甘；但回首过去的心路，对比之下，更觉惊异之外的感恩。

疫情已不再是主题。一向乐于也善于为时代把脉的21世纪杯，把目光投向了建党百年的历史大背景。本次高中组半决赛的题目“Things I Wish to Say to the Party”，正是这样一种历史自觉的体现。或许平日书桌之前，教室之中，学子松弛的手渐渐掂量不出历史的厚重，但当心沉下来，真正构想演讲稿的阐发与行文时，这历史中的一切又显出它的峥嵘。而把博大的历史关怀裁为剪影，交叉于自身的经历（说来真巧，我用的MUN活动正是因为与演讲冲突而中道崩殂），兼采过去与未来的语境，也断非易事，是要下得一些功夫，做到感染得到自己真实内心的，更要在将故事向小处，细处，精处，真实处，具体处讲的同时不落视界狭小，格局有限的窠臼。

总决赛的题目则放下了历史对象的限制，直指历史本身：“History as a mirror”。自然的，以史为鉴，要求将过去与未来充分结合，传达时代精神和历史自觉。不同于半决赛，我决定放弃最后一点个人的语境，专注宏观与统论，分三个层次铺展。相对冷静的行文也有别于前稿赋比兴式的风格。

说来惭愧，自己个人的专注与投入程度实在不堪，在此尤其要特别感谢陆旻老师一次次的悉心规划与指导。大到每一轮比赛前的宏观把控，小到抽签时的一同忐忑，尤其是每一次陆老师精心设计流程后亲自找我约时间指导（我自己实在是太不走心，惭愧啊），都是备赛过程中宝贵的回忆。令我印象尤为深刻的是，除去成都赛前每天的线上练习不说，陆老师在成都半决赛前清晨发来的鼓励真的给予了我相当的信心面对比赛。

20分钟的即兴演讲准备，除去自身抽到题目后的思维和心理压力外，还要极力“将世界推出我的脑海”：准备室排序在前，且充分准备的同学演练时激情澎湃的声音往往能够击碎自身的节奏。20分钟不足以铺展真正系统性的思考，往往只能在前五分钟将零碎的灵感加以串联，并使语言组织成型。余下时间则一遍遍的演练，如太过专注，可能会给后面的选手留下阴影。短短两分钟时间节奏的把控尤为重要，对我自身尤其如此。即兴问答则更考验即时语言组织和思维的能力。

最后，心声不怕说第二遍：

感谢杭外对我心智上的哺育和熏陶，感谢陆旻老师严谨务实与高瞻远瞩兼具的赛前指导，以及一整个学年来莫大的鼓励，关怀，教诲与鞭策；

感谢杭外四年来所有教导过、感动过我的老师们，感谢杭外四年来所有陪伴过、启迪过我的校友们。

写下来轻轻浅浅几句话，一幕幕，一帧帧，背后却是沉甸甸的，鲜亮但厚重——像是深沉的大地。演讲，固然精彩，但若没有这小和山脚下的一切，它将空空荡荡，无从托举。

最后祝愿同辈与后浪们愈进一步，杭外学子争立涛头！

附获奖选手全国半决赛、总决赛的演讲稿：

Things I Wish to Say to the Party

Clearly I can still recall that day----1919.5.4, with both its heroic splendor and its deepest grief.

Around 102 years later, I am standing here, making this speech. I just finished a session of the meetings of PKUNMUN not long ago. As the delegate of a nation, I mainly focused on the harrowing child soldier issue and worked on the urgent solutions with other delegates. Fully engaged with the meeting and its aim, I felt a sense of responsibility and the commitment to all human beings’ better life was spontaneously aroused inside me.

When I was speaking on the platform of MUN on behalf of a country, two diplomatic moments suddenly came into my mind. Two cycles of sixty years ago, poor and weak, the Qing Empire of China was forced to sign the humiliating Xinchou Treaty with the Eight-Nation Alliance. 120 years later, China-US strategic dialogue in this March already witnessed our righteous appeal for win-win collaboration, along with our confidence in this nation that we shall by no means be coerced.   

Looking back into that epoch 102 years ago, when youthful spirits were incarcerated despite their upbeat struggle, I am more grateful in witnessing how the teens of my generation are learning, growing, and developing on a broader basis of diversity. Through the blurring silhouette of the submissive governors in 1901, and the vibration of our confident voice in the dialogue, I see the lineament of a vast land with a red star above, alongside its people.

These are the changes you have made to our country, CPC, together with our people, by your relentless effort.

I, too, long for a bigger change for myself----a leap from the platform of MUN to the real UN, to confidently convey the voice of China, my beloved motherland, and to dedicate myself to the noble cause of promoting the well-being of the entire human race. Alongside my aspiration there are always something sustaining me along the way. They are these words:

Education, new generation, new era, new duty……

CPC, these words are your pledges, the pleas of our people. Every time they emerge, there are always pulses inside me, reinvigorating me through the pursuit of self-fulfillment and the broader meaning achieved among my fellow people.

CPC, with the relay stick in hand, I truly hope to advance toward my dream, following the rhythm of your uplifted march.

History as a mirror

Tang Emperor Taizong was reputed to have said: “With history as a mirror, one can understand the rise and fall of a state.” History is surely capable, once wisely used, of guiding individuals, nations and even the whole humankind.

Firstly, history can be a mirror guiding an individual. Besides being a textbook about causes and effects, it also consists of legendary figures from whom a multitude of virtues arose. Self-enrichment is to be found from Confucius, the craving for knowledge from Socrates. Diligence can be cultivated through learning from Sima Guang, and patriotism can be heartfelt in Qian Xuesen’s deeds. Setting all these role models is of particularly great significance, especially when youngsters nowadays tend to blindly worship online celebrities and be induced by Fan Culture. Those who bore the crystallization of humankind，on the contrary, are truly worthy of admiration for generations.    

Secondly, history can be a mirror guiding a nation. For one thing, enlightenment can be gained, followed by policies adjusted according to recorded failures. From the suffering of the people under mal-governance, we have learnt the importance of putting the people in the first place. For another, confidence and insight can also be gained through a glimpse of history. Because of our prevalence over all hardships and all the great achievements made in the past 100 years, our faith in the Party and the socialism with Chinese characteristics is further strengthened. In addition, there are same patterns in history wisely followed, with the Belt and Road Initiative being an example.

The last and the most important guide offered by history is for the entire humankind. It is revealed by history through the agonizing experience of colonialism that human needs a reformed global governance system conceived upon the basis of equity. It is learnt from the costly victory of World War II that we shall stand united in the face of tyranny. It is clearer than ever before that we are in urgent need of a human community with a shared future for all history has shown to us.

Yet in the end, it is worth keeping in mind that although the core law of history undeniably governs our future, it is still necessary to always adapt things to the context of present. And I believe by doing so, history will surely be a mirror that reflects the light of past, illuminating the unknown darkness on our way forward.

高中外文组 报道