“走进欧洲”英语演讲比赛获奖同学与指导教师合影

经过三个多月的辛勤准备，我校6名同学先后参加了省教育厅、省外办分别与德国、西澳洲联合举办的“走进欧洲”英语演讲比赛和“体验西澳”英语演讲比赛，并均获佳绩。荣获一等奖的同学将有幸于暑假期间到德国、西澳洲进行学习交流。

● “走进欧洲”英语演讲比赛获奖情况

一等奖：

袁清怡、谢凌

二等奖：

许青、叶田恬、倪侃、徐璟瑶

● “走进西澳”英语演讲比赛获奖情况

一等奖：

徐璟瑶、叶田恬、倪侃

二等奖：

许青

获奖选手感言：

“这两次比赛和其他的英语口语大赛不同，要看很多的材料，也真的可以学到很多东西。每天中午的听力练习，堆积如山的英文材料，每星期例行的演讲训练……日复一日，蓦然回首已经受益良多。第一次比赛的失利让我们看到，杭外的确是人才荟萃之地，然而其他学校的实力也不容小觑。有了第一次经验教训，我们变得更加谨慎认真。而事实也证明，努力一定会有成功！颁奖之时，一位评委握着我的手欣喜地问：‘你是杭外的学生？’欣赏之情溢于言表。那一刻大概是我最感自豪的一刻。我们背负着母校之名，延续着她的荣光。”

——叶田恬

这次的“走进欧洲”和“走进西澳”就像马拉松一般延续了三个多月，第一次比赛还穿着棉衣，第二次已经穿短袖了。虽然高二的学习比较紧张，时间会很不够用，但这段时间来每周两到三次和大家一起练听力、练演讲的经历是非常开心和难忘的，也很感谢抽出时间指导我们做演讲的英语老师们和一开始鼓励我去参赛的同学。

上次“走进欧洲”的二等奖有点像a blessing in disguise。一开始有点沮丧，主要是听力做得不够好，又没有第二次机会，所以只有第二次的演讲做得很出彩才能有机会。不论结果怎样，这段时间的努力也没有付之东流，在不断的看材料和练口语中，也能有很多收获，包括了解一些国外的文化常识等等。另外，演讲的时候心态也很重要。

——徐璟瑶

虽然这一次与一等奖失之交臂，但是这次比赛仍使我受益良多。通过本次比赛，我体会到了别的选手的强大，我仍然有许多需要努力。我抽到的问题是“what majors do you know about in ECU”，问题非常的细，也很偏，于是我有些慌张，而且说得时间有点长被评委打断了。从中吸取到的教训就是以后参加比赛一定要注意时间，细节的把握，和良好心态的保持。希望学弟学妹们继续加油！

——许青

The Experiencing Western Australia competition is undoubtedly a memorable experience for me, both as a challenge and as an opportunity. Although it was a tough time for me to recover from the despondency of the failure in the previous Experiencing Europe competition, ultimately I managed to overcome the difficulties and learned a great deal.

Preparing for the contest requires endeavors, but simultaneously it paves the way for your further development. It’s filled with countless pieces of information but full of joy and interests. It keeps consuming your time relentlessly, yet will also repay you with equivalent improvements in not only verbal English skills but an open mind to embrace and learn about different cultures.

I should express my sincerest gratitude to all those who have supported me, especially the four conscientious teachers, without whose help I could never have fulfilled such great achievements. Thank you for your supervision, your suggestions and your consolation to me when I was down.

I have some suggestions for those who would later participate in the same contest.

1. Try to regard the preparation as an opportunity to learn, thus arousing your curiosity and adding color to the previously dull and troublesome process.

2. Attach enough importance to both sections. We were most disadvantageous as a result of our unsatisfactory performance in the listening part.

3. Self-confidence is decidedly crucial. Before and during the competition, you should always demonstrate the confidence from within. The judges will like you as long as you do what an HFLSer will do.

——倪侃