Honorable referees, distinguished contestants, ladies and
gentlemen, good morning. I feel it a great honor to have this
opportunity sharing my opinion of the Green Olympics with
you.
In August ,2004, as the delegate of Chinese teenagers, I participated
in the Olympic Youth Camp. From it, I learnt and got a lot.
In Athens, I was not only intoxicated on its long history
and the deep humanity, but also impressed by the citizens'
environmental awareness and shocked by the passion of the
locals' for environmental protection.
With fewer metropolitan dins can be found in Athens, the streets
are neat indeed, for you will see no wastes on the road there.
Moreover, I seldom saw cleaners in Athens, which impressed
me very strongly. Because what this phenomenon reflected is
a kind of quality, character and also a sense of responsibility
about the environment. Which means, keeping the city clean
is not only a governmental behavior, but a habit in the daily
life of every Athenian's.
I still remember the picture that, an old lady took great
trouble to bent over for picking up a piece of newspaper and
sent it into a dustbin. When I asked why she did such hard
work with her age.: "Why not? " she said, just so
simple. Up to now, this picture still clearly exists in my
mind for its embodied environmental consciousness and a national
spirit.
Throughout the days in Athens, there were a series of educational
activities about environment. In those items, we were working
in groups discussing environmental problems of different aspects
and also seeking the solutions. In addition, the items consisted
of speeches of officers' of local NGOs and the children's
paintings exhibition as well. At the end of the activity,
having reached common understanding, each of us has submitted
suggestions and measures dealing with the promotion of the
implement of sustainable development. I have to say, this
series of activities really benefited me a great deal.
Therefore, I have thought of Beijing, thought of the year2008.
"Green Olympics" is one of three major ideas of
running the 2008 Olympic Games. The main intension of this
creed is to prepare and host Olympic Games under the guidance
of sustainable development. And at the same time, try hard
to improve the environmental quality of the capital.
Actualy in Beijing today. the sandstorm is coming rare and
rare, and the greenery area is keeping increasing year by
year. No one can deny that these changes are the result of
all the Beijingers' efforts. It obviously states that through
the application and the preparation for 2008, the Beijingers'
environmental awareness has been strengthened greatly. But
as the case stands, we still have a long way to go.
As a middle school student of a new era, we should take part
in environmental protection and the implement of sustainable
development more widely and extensively. Indeed, environmental
protection should start from dribs and drabs, but it is not
enough only to stay on the surface. We have to realize today's
environmental problems more objectively and deeply .and we
have to find out the obstruction and the danger we are facing.
Further more, only by considering the environmental problem
as the point of sustainable development and globalization,
shall we be able to arouse our consciousness and enthusiasm.
I firmly believe that we will make the world a better place.
And now, I have a dream.
I have a dream that one day the earth will be free from contaminations;I
have a dream that one day the nature and the human beings
will coexist harmoniously and naturally; I have a dream that
one day the blue sky and the verdure will always surround
us; and I have a dream that one day the green will become
eternity.
So, friends, let us join our hands and work together, meet
in a green Beijing, meet in 2008.