许吉如,女,1992年6月出生,清华大学法学院,2010年12月获第十六届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛北京赛区总决赛冠军。 南京申办2014年青奥会形象大使,2010年2月随中国代表团赴温哥华申奥。 奥冠体育俱乐部形象大使。
以下是冠军许吉如的英语演讲稿:
Have you ever bought any food on the train? And do you ask for the receipt after buying it? Nowadays, all trains in China provide its passengers with receipts for commodities, but 7 years ago, things were quite different.
On 13th of October, 2004, the train T109 from Beijing to Shanghai was speeding on the railway. A graduate student bought a sausage at 1 yuan on the train, then asked for a receipt.
“Are you kidding? It’s just one yuan!” The crew member was surprised.
The student, however, answered in a determined voice, “I paid the money, so I deserve the receipt.”
“But we never give receipts on the train.’ As a result, his further request was turned down by a cold shoulder.
Several days later, the student sued the National Railway Ministry, for not providing receipts for passengers.
To his dismay, the court turned down the case for lack of evidence. But he, who majored in law at that time, believed law as a most powerful weapon, so he did not give up. Instead, he began his journey of collecting first-hand evidence by taking trains and buying commodities aboard. When his classmates were playing soccer, he was taking the train; When his classmates were buying food at Mcdonald’s, he was buying food on the train; When his classmates were asking girls out, he was asking for the receipts. As he joked, ‘I was either taking the train or on the way to take the train.’
One month later, he appeared in the court again, with newly-collected evidence and a stronger confidence. And I guess, ladies and gentlemen, you will all cheer for the result because this time, the student won the case. Very soon, a regulation about receipts on the train came out. And whatever we buy on the train now, there’s a receipt for us.
Outside the court, the student was asked, “How do you make it to the end?” He said, “As a law student, I root my faith in law. I believe that law is there, to protect every person with no exception, and to ensure every person has a say.”
His words spread a strong faith in law, which is not only a doctrine of a law student, but also a belief that all citizens ought to hold. It is this faith that initiates the student to resort to law for a tiny issue; it is this faith that supports him to endure all the exhausting trips when collecting evidence; It is this faith that makes a seemingly “ridiculous” receipt request legal and rightful. It is this faith that helps to change our life, enhance our judicial system and bring social justice.
To many, a receipt of 1 yuan is too small to mention, however rights are to be respected and law is to be believed in. It all starts with a tiny receipt of 1 yuan, but we get a monumental case, a new regulation and a bumper harvest in social justice. The bridge that leads a tiny start to a bumper harvest is faith, the faith in law, rightful and strong.
编辑推荐
>>少儿英语百科视频第1集:可爱的猴子
>>奥巴马披露第一次约会细节自爆追妻攻略
>>BBC英语资讯
>>VOA英语听力
>>更多内容请关注英语网英语听力频道
(编辑:何莹莹)
She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last forever阅读理解答案
2016高考英语外研版必修3《Module 5 Great People and Great Inventions of Ancient China》SectionⅢ速效提能演练
2016届高考英语一轮复习名师点评专项训练:完形填空34
Have you ever wondered what a Degree might be worth阅读理解答案
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book5 Module5《The Great Sports Personality》Word版含解析
Some day I happened to find a chatting room in my QQ, 短文改错
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book6 Module6《War and Peace》Word版含解析
2016届高考英语一轮复习名师点评专项训练:完形填空29
2016届高考英语一轮复习名师点评专项训练:完形填空35
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book8 Module5《The Conquest of the Universe》Word版含解析
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book4 Module3《Body Language and Non-verbal Communication》Word版含解析
关注达沃斯主题:30条名言阐释领导力
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book4 Module4《Great Scientists》Word版含解析
2016届高考英语一轮复习名师点评专项训练:完形填空32
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book8 Module3《Foreign Food》Word版含解析
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book8 Module4《Which English》Word版含解析
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book5 Module1《Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World》Word版含解析
It’s a sad and familiar sentence from a beggar that we完形填空答案
高效人士有哪些好的日常行为?
Some people just know how to start a conversation 阅读理解答案
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book7 Module3《Literature》Word版含解析
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book7 Module《Basketball》1Word版含解析
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book7 Module2《Highlights of My Senior Year》Word版含解析
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book6 Module2《Fantasy Literature—Philip Pullman》Word版含解析
2016届高考英语一轮复习名师点评专项训练:完形填空37
你有没有毫无用处的超能力?
2016届高考英语一轮复习名师点评专项训练:完形填空30
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book5 Module6《Animals in Danger》Word版含解析
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book8 Module1《Deep South》版含解析
山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book4 Module2《Traffic Jam》Word版含解析
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |