The phone rang.docx

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Thephonerang

Thephonerang,andIgrabbeditasfastasIcould."ThankyouforcallingthePsychicNetwork,"IsaidasIstartedmypresentation."IreadTarotcards.I'mmixingthecardsnow;tellmewhenitfeelsrighttostop."Asusual,Imadenoiseswiththecardswithoutbotheringtomixthem,muchlessreadthem.

ThefirsttimeIsawapsychictelevisioncommercials,Iwasn'tasinterestedinthefamouspeopleadvertisingtheserviceasIwasinordinarypeopletalkingaboutthelife-transformingpsychichelptheyhadreceived.AsIrecall,anofficemanagersaidherpsychictoldherthatthefirstmanshetalkedtoataChristmaspartywouldbecomeherhusband-nowthey'remarriedandexpectingachild.Ahousewifewholosthercatfounditintheexactplacepredicted.Butthesatisfiedcustomers-mostlywomen-didn'tlookliketheycouldafford$3.99aminutetotalktoapsychiconthephone.Atthetime,Iwasastrugglingwriter.Idecidedtogetajobasapsychicandthenwriteaboutit.

Tostartmycareer,Itookanine-hourclasswithafast-talkingwomanwhomadealivingReadingtarotcardsatpsychicfairsandforprivatecustomers.Attheendofthecourse,Istillfeltlikeabeginner,soIstudiedthescientificreasonswhytarotcardswork.Israeliresearcherssuggestthatthereisasimilaritybetweentarotreadingsandtheplotsofpopularfolktales.Bylayingoutafewcards,youcreateastoryasappealingasafairytale,withyourclientasthehero.Peopleareamazedatyour"insight"becausemostaresovaintheycan'timaginehowmuchtheyhaveincommonwiththerestofthepopulation.

Tofurtherpreparemyself,Iofferedreadingstofriends,includingascientistwhomakesacareerofprovingpopularbeliefstobefalse.MyfriendlaughedasIlaidouthiscardsandgavemyintroduction.Butsoonhislaughterfaded,andlaterhetoldmehewasastonishedthatmyreadingwasso"accurate."

IfiguredIwasready.IcalledthePsychicReadersNetwork,whichimmediatelymailedmeanapplication.Soonsomeonefromtheirpersonneldepartmentcalled,andIgaveareading."Great,"shesaid."Youcanstartimmediately."

ChangedbytheEarthquake

SomanythingshavebeenchangedbytheEarthquake,andamongallofthem,Ifinditmostinspiringthatpeople’sperceptionofthepost-80generationhasbeengreatlychanged.

       Oncelabeledasindifferentandself-centered,wegrowunderimmenseconcernsandcriticism.WhatwedidduringtheEarthquakehasmadetheworrieseliminatedandthedisapprovalsdiscarded.Wewerethenursesfighting48consecutivehourstosavelives.Weweretheyoungteachersensuringallstudents’safetybutfailingtogetthemselvesoutoftheruins.

       Wewerethemostenergeticvolunteers,walking10milesadaytodistributesuppliesandtoprovidepsychologicalcomfort.

       Wewerethelargestcomponentofthewaitingline,donatingmoney,clothes,andblood.Wedefiedtheoddswithdetermination.Weshatteredthestereotypeswithactions.

       However,thatisfarfromenough.Wewerealsotheyounggirlwithbeautifuleyes,shoutingassuringundertherubbles,“Iamfine.Iamalive.”Wewerealsotheyoungmanwhokepttalkingwithhisgirlfriendabouttheirweddingceremonyuntilhelosthisvoice,and,finally,hislife.

       Tothosevoicesofdoubt,werespondwiththecouragetoliveonandtheresolvetoearnthedignityoflivingunderthehorrendousattacksoftheearthquake.

       ChangedbytheEarthquakeistheperceptionofmygeneration,butwhatremainsunchangedisthecaringheart,thesenseofresponsibilityandtheundyingcompassiontowardslife.Thankyou.

即兴演讲

Dowecaretoomuchaboutwhattherestoftheworldthinksaboutourcountry?

Ithinkwedonotcaretoomuch.Andactually,wehavealotmoretocareabout,becausewehavecertainimageproblemsinsomepartsoftheworld.Andthatinvolvesputtingalargeeffortintoenhancingcommunicationbetweenusindifferentcultures.MyAmericanfriendSandywrotetomeane-mail,“TheOlympicGameswassofantastic.”Buttheyfailedtounderstandwhatwedemonstratedwasonlyafraction,atinyfraction,oftherichcultureswe’vebeenholdingforthousandsofyears.Andthatsimplymeanswehavenotpromotedenough.

Andmorethanthat,somepeopleonlyconnectChinawiththerichcultures.ButtheyfailtounderstandwhatmorethanChinais,whatwehaveachievednoblyintermsofthequalityeducation,thecontinueexpansionoftheruleoflaw.

Andallinall,webelieve,simply,wehavealotmoretocareabout:

toprovideapositiveimageofChinatotheworld.

OlympianandParalympian,ManandSuperman

FourbillionpeopleallovertheworldwatchedtheOlympicsthissummerbutonlyabouttwobillionpeoplewatchedtheParalympics.

       DoesthismeanthattheParalympicsisasecond-classevent?

Ofcoursenot.48worldrecordswerebrokenintheOlympics,but279attheParalympics.132Olympicsrecordswereset,while339Paralympicrecords.Ofcourse,the“lighteningBolt”ofJamaicawasthefastestmanintheworld.Butwhatabout“BlackBlade”—PistoriusofSouthAfrica—whorunsonly1secondslower,butwhoselegsarebothamputated?

Who’stherealSuperman?

Wewerethenursesfighting48consecutivehourstosavelives.Weweretheyoungteachersensuringallstudents’safetybutfailingtogetthemselvesoutoftheruins.

       Itreallybothersmetoknowthereisabigdifferencebetweenpeople’sattitudetowardstheOlympicandParalympicathletes.Tome,allathletes,bothOlympiansandParalympians,arethesame,andaresupermenandsuperwomen,becausetheyhavecomethisfartotheOlympicGames,andhavepresentedtheirbest,notonlyforthemselves,butalsofortheircountriesandtheirpeople.

       So,whatistheOlympicspirit?

Asavolunteer,Ihavelearnedthatstrivingagainsttheodds,todoyourbest—foryourself,forothersandforyourcountry—isthetrueessenceoftheOlympicspirit.Solongasyouaredoingyourbest,thenyouareasuperman.Andyoudeserveandwillearntherespectofeveryoneelse.Ifirmlybelievethisspiritactsuponeveryoneofus,evenyouandme.Everyonerightthererightnow,eventhepeoplewatchingtheTVshowrightnow,thereisasupermanhiddensomewhereinyourheart.Whydon’tweletthemoutandgraspit?

即兴演讲

ShouldOlympicchampionsenjoypreferentialtreatmentwhenapplyingtouniversities?

Likewhat’ssaidinthevideo,universitiesareahighereducation.Ifthesepeoplehavepreferentialtreatments,thentheirstartingpointwouldbelowerthantheotherstudentsinthesameuniversity.Itmayseemnice;itmayseemcool;itmayseemfairwhentheystepintothesedoors.Butafter,whenoncetheystepin,theymayfinditmaynotbethesameasrunningonthetrack,orworkinginsomegymnasium.Andanotherthing,therearesomepeoplewhocan’tcomeintothesedoors,becausetheseguyshavetakentheirplace.

Thesecondpointis,thesemenarechampions.Theyhavealotofotherstresstoo,likecompetitions,orevenjobs,likecommercials.Howcantheyputalltheireffortsoneducationalstudies?

Andthelastpoint,ourworldisaworldofdiversity.Weneedpeoplewhoaregoodatsomethingtheyloveandtheycando,notalotofpeoplecandoanything,butnothinggood.Justlikeclockwork,everythingworksinaspecificway,sotheycanworktogether…

TheImportanceofBeingDifferent—BeDifferentfromYourself!

Nowadays,peopleallovertheworld,atleastinthishouse,seemtobeemphasizingtheimportanceofbeingdifferentfromothers.Theysaythatdifferencefromothersmakesyoustandout,winsyouanedge,bringsyoumorechancesandsoon.Ibelievethisistotallytrue.Butwemighthaveoverlookedanotherkindofbeingdifferent,thatis,tobedifferentfromyourself.

       Isupposetobedifferentfrominsideisevenmoreimportantthantobedifferentfromtheoutside.Itisbecausetryingtobedifferentfromyourselfdirectlyresultsinessentialimprovementinsideyouwhereastheeffortstobedistinctfromothersmightstayinthesuperficiallevel.

       Iwouldliketogiveastorytoillustrate.IguesslotsofyouareusingNokiamobilephones,afamousbrandfromFinnland.ButIdaresaynotmanyofyouknowhowthesephonescameintobeing.Actually,whenIwasvisitingHelsinkiUniversityinFinnland,aFinnishfriendtoldmethatNokiawasonceacompanyengagedinmakingboots.Andoneday,whenthehighestleaderswerediscussinghowtostrengthentheircompany,oneofthemsaid“Let’smakesomethingdifferent!

”Andthen,theybegantomakephones.Today,Nokiaiswellknownthroughouttheworldforitsphonesbutnotforitsboots.Ithinkwithoutmakingsuchadifferencefromitself,Nokiawouldneverbesosuccessful.

       Tosumup,Iwouldsaythattobedifferentfromyourselfismoreimportantthantobedifferentfromothers.Aslongasweconcentrateonimprovingourselvesandtranscendourselves,wewouldnotbethesameandcannotbethesameasothers.Excellencewillmakeyoustandoutsaliently.

即兴演讲

Shouldmarriagebealifelongcommitment?

Intoday’sworld,people,especiallytheyoungergenerationlikeme,arenottakingaseriousattitudetowardsthemarriage.Tothem,marriagehasalmostbecomeasynonymofco-habitation.Butinmyopinion,marriageshouldbealifelongcommitmentforthreelevelsofreasons.Thefirstleveldealswiththetwopersonsthatisdirectlyinvolvedinthemarriage.Thatistheyaresupposedtoreceivesupportandencouragementfromeachotherthroughtheirlifelongstruggleagainsttroublesandfrustrations.Thesecondleveldealswiththechildrenthathasbeenproducedbythemarriage.Thechildren