My topic is on creating a brilliant Beijing: Time for Action
2008 is such a common number, but many Chinese will get excited
when they mention it. How can a common number attract such
a strange fascination? The answer is simple and obvious: the
twenty-ninth Olympic Game will be held in Beijing in the year
2008. At that time, the whole world will focus their attentions
on Beijing. As the hostess, Beijing will show her beauty to
the guests from all over the world.
The Beijing Olympic Games will be a Green Olympic, a high
technology Olympic, and a people's Olympic. Among them, a
Green Olympic is the most important concept. It will show
the world the determination, the ability, and the confidence
of the Chinese people and their government to successfully
hold a Green Olympic. To achieve such a goal, however, it
needs a lot of hard work.
As middle school students in Beijing, we should take on more
responsibilities for our capital city's environment. Any action
we take will affect the appearance of the city. Therefore,
we should start with ourselves, act now, and make every possible
effort. But how? You may ask.
There are a lot of things we can do in our daily lives. We
all know the fact that
Beijing is frequently assaulted by sand storms every year.
Forests and lands have been degraded by agricultural and industrial
activities. To revive those desert lands is beyond our ability,
but we can plant trees around our schools or in our neighborhood
communities. If everybody does so, there will be a green Beijing
and we will have a Green Olympic.
I don't know whether you've noticed that some students don't
want to walk to school; their parents have to drive them to
school every day. But nowadays, the air is polluted with automobile
exhausts. What can we do about it? Ride on your bike to school
and enjoy exercise! It will not only have significant benefits
for your health, but also help improving our environment.
In addition, if you don't drive cars, you will not go to the
car wash. That will save large amount of water. If everybody
does something, there will be a green Beijing and we will
have a Green Olympic.
Think it over, my friends. The things we can do are definitely
not unrealistic. Although we cannot provide with a clean energy
source, achieve a better sewage treatment system, or stop
any industry from using hazardous chemicals and releasing
hazardous wastes, we can save every drop of water and protect
every patch of green. Make Beijing a more beautiful city,
where green patches are everywhere and blue sky can be seen
clearly above our heads.
A Green Beijing Olympic is asking for action. Act now.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
