責(zé)任感-青年人榮譽(yù)的標(biāo)志(演講稿)

responsibilityisabadgeofhonourforyouth(96年“21世紀(jì)杯全國(guó)大學(xué)生英語(yǔ)演講比賽”二等獎(jiǎng)獲得者，北京外國(guó)語(yǔ)大學(xué)徐義成)facingthisaudienceonthestage,ihavetheexcitingfeelingofparticipatinginthemarchofhistory,forwhatwearefacingtodayismorethanamerecompetitionorcontest.itisanassemblyofsomeofchina'smosttalentedandmotivatedpeople,representativesofayoungergenerationthatarepreparingthemselvesforthecomingofanewcentury.i'mgratefulthati'vebeengiventhisopportunity,atsuchahistoricmoment,tostandhereasaspokesmanofmygenerationandtotakeaseriouslookbackatthepast15years,acrucialperiodforeveryoneofusandforthisnationaswell.thoughitisonlywithinmypowertotellaboutmypersonalexperience,andonlyatinyfragmentofitatthat,itstillrepresents,ibelieve,therootofaspiritwhichhasbeenessentialtomeandtoallthepeoplebredbythepast15years.inmyelementaryyears,therewasalittlegirlintheclasswhoworkedveryhardbutsomehowcouldneverdosatisfactorilyinherlessons.theteacheraskedmetohelpher,anditwasobviousthatsheexpectedalotfromme.butasayoungboy,restless,thoughtless,ialwaystriedtoevadehersoastogetmoretimetoenjoymyself.onedaybeforethefinalexam,shecameuptomeandsaid,"couldyoupleaseexplainthistome?iwantverymuchtodobetterthistime."istartedexplaining,andfinishedinahurry.pretendingnottonoticeherstillconfusedeyes,iranoffquickly.natsurprisingly,sheagaindidverybadlyintheexam.andtwomonthslater,atthebeginningofthenewsemester,wordcameofherdeathofbloodcancer.nooneeverknewaboutthelittletaskifailedtofulfill,buticouldn'tforgivemyself.isimplycouldn'tforgethereyes,whichseemtobeasking,"whydidn'tyoudoalittlemoretohelpme,whenitwassoeasyforyou?whydidn'tyouunderstandalittlebetterthetrustplacedinyou,sothatiwouldnothavetoleavethisworldinsuchpainandregret?"iwasabouteightornineyearsoldatthattime,butinawayitwastheverystartingpointofmylife,foribegantounderstandtheword"responsibility"andtolearntoalwaysdomydutiesfaithfullyanddevotedly,fortheimplicationsofthatsacredwordhasdawnedonmethemutualneedandtrustofpeople,theco-operationandinter-reliancewhicharetheveryfoundationofhumansociety.laterinmylife,icontinuedtoexperiencemanyfailures.butneveragaindidifeelthatregretwhichstruckmeatthedeathofthegirl,foritmakesmyheartsatisfiedtothinkthatihavealwaysdoneeverythinginmypowertofulfillmyresponsibilitiesasbestican.asigrewup,changedandimprovedbythisincidentandmanyothersimilarones,ibegantoperceivethechangestakingplacearoundmeandtofindthatsociety,inaway,wasinitsformativeyearslikemyself.newbuildings,newcommoditiesandnewfashionsappeareveryday.newideas,newinformation,newtechnologies.peoplecantalkwitheachotherfromanycorneroftheearthinamatterofseconds.societyisbecomingmorecompetitive.wordslikeindividualityandcreativityaregettingmoreemphasisandmorepeoplearerewardedfortheirhardworkandefforts.suchistheerainwhichthisgeneration,growsandmatures.suchistheerainwhichthisgenerationwilltakeoverthenationfromourfathersandlearntorunit.yetinthemeantime,manyproblemsstillexist.welearnthatcrimestakeplaceinbroaddaylightwithcrowdsofpeoplelookingonandnotassisting.wehearthattherearestillabout1millionchildreninthiscountrywhocan'tevenaffordtogotoelementaryschoolswhileenormoussumsofmoneyarebeingsquanderedawayondinnerpartiesandluxurycars.webuyshoddymedicines,ormerelyworthlessjunkinthenameofmedicines,thataggravate,ratherthanalleviateourdiseasessincemoney,manypeoplebelieve,isthemostimportantthingintheworldthatmustbemade,evenattheexpenseofmoralityandresponsibility.suchanera,therefore,determinesthatweareagenerationwithakeenersenseofcompetitionandefficiencyandagreaterreadinesstothinkcriticallyandactcreatively.suchanera,furthermore,demands,thatweareagenerationwithaclearperceptionofourhistoricalresponsibilityandanaggressivewilltotakeactionandsolvetheproblems.historyhaslongbeenpreparingthesequalitiesinthisgenerationanditisnowcallingusforwardtogivetestimonytoourpatriotismandheroismtowardsthisnationandallhumanity.standingherenow,bablyi'llbeanordinarymanfortherestofmylife.butthisdoesn'tdiscouragemeany,foriknowthatwithmysenseofresponsibilityanddevotedeffortstoalwaysstrive,forthebest,it'sgoingtobeameaningfulandworthwhilelifethatiwillbeliving.standingherenow,ithinkofthepast15yearsofthisnation,whichhasachievedgreatnessthatinspiredmillionsofpeopleofmyage,mostofwhomwillnotattainfameorprestigeandonlyafewofwhomwillberememberedbyposterity.butthatdoesn'tdiscourageusany,becauseweknowthattheworldwatches,theworldlistens,theworldiswaitingtoseewherethisnationwillbeheadinginatimeofrichopportunitiesandfiercecompetition.ican'teverforgetthatlittlegirlinmyclasswhocouldn'thadthesameopportunitiesasanyofusheretoenjoyawonderfullifetodayandahopefulworldtomorrow.itisthesacredresponsibilityofthisgenerationtofaceuptothechallengesofthenewcenturyandtodevoteoursweatandblood,ourwisdomandpassion,tothehistoriccauseofmakingthisnationagreaterandhappierlandforeveryoneofus.wearenotgoingtoevadethatresponsibility.wearegoingtoletpeopledown.andpeople,farandnear,willhearofus.frostwillbebroughttotheirbackbonesandtearstotheireyeswhenourstoriesaretoldandretold,soletusgoforth,myfellowmembersofthisluckilychosengeneration,andmeetthenewcenturyinvictoryandglory.責(zé)任感——青年人榮譽(yù)的標(biāo)志站在臺(tái)上面對(duì)大家，我心情十分激動(dòng)。好像是在參加一次歷史性的長(zhǎng)征。我們今天面對(duì)的遠(yuǎn)不只一場(chǎng)競(jìng)賽或角逐。這是才華出眾，生氣勃勃的中國(guó)青年的一次聚會(huì)。我們是青年一代的代表。為迎接新世紀(jì)的到來(lái)，我們正在從各方面作好準(zhǔn)備。在這一歷史時(shí)刻，能有機(jī)會(huì)代表同齡人在此認(rèn)真地回顧于國(guó)于己都至關(guān)重要的過(guò)去的15年，我感激萬(wàn)分。盡管只能談?wù)剛€(gè)人經(jīng)歷，而且只涉及其中一個(gè)小小的片段，但我相信，它仍然折射出對(duì)我和在過(guò)去15年間一同成長(zhǎng)起來(lái)的青年人都不可缺少的一種思想基礎(chǔ)。我上小學(xué)時(shí)，班上有位小姑娘，學(xué)習(xí)非?？炭喽煽?jī)卻不盡人意。老師要我?guī)椭??？吹贸?，她也寄厚望于我。但我那時(shí)還是個(gè)小男孩，坐不住，不懂事。我老是me避她。以便有更多時(shí)間自己玩。期末考試前一天，她來(lái)求我說(shuō)“請(qǐng)你給我講解一下行嗎?這次我很想考得好一點(diǎn)?！蔽议_(kāi)始給她講解，不一會(huì)兒便草草收?qǐng)?，假裝沒(méi)有察覺(jué)她迷茫的眼神，一溜煙兒地跑開(kāi)了。不出所料，這次她又考砸了。兩個(gè)月后，新學(xué)期依始，傳來(lái)她死于血癌的消息。我沒(méi)有完成那項(xiàng)小小的任務(wù)，無(wú)人知曉。但我卻不能原諒自己。她的眼睛令我難以忘懷，仿佛在責(zé)問(wèn)我，“你為什么不愿多幫助我呢?這對(duì)于你來(lái)說(shuō)，并不費(fèi)事。你為什么不能理解我對(duì)你的信賴，而讓我?guī)е纯嗪瓦z憾離開(kāi)這個(gè)世界?”我當(dāng)時(shí)才八九歲。但從某種意義上講，這件事成了我生活的新起點(diǎn)。因?yàn)槲议_(kāi)始體會(huì)到“責(zé)任”二字的意義，并盡心盡力地學(xué)著完成自己的義務(wù)。我也逐漸領(lǐng)會(huì)了這個(gè)神圣字眼的深刻內(nèi)含人與人之間的彼此需要和信任、合作和依賴正是人類社會(huì)存在的基礎(chǔ)。之后，我在生活中又經(jīng)受過(guò)多次失敗，但那小姑娘之死所引起的懊悔，心里卻不曾再現(xiàn)。想到自己做每一件事都能盡職盡責(zé)，一種滿足之感便油然而生。此事及類似的多起事件改變了我，完善了我。當(dāng)我長(zhǎng)大成人，我開(kāi)始領(lǐng)悟周圍發(fā)生的一切變化。我發(fā)現(xiàn)，從某種意義上說(shuō)，社會(huì)跟我一樣，正處在一個(gè)自我完善的時(shí)期。新建筑、新商品、新款式一天一個(gè)樣。新思維、新信息、新技術(shù)層出不窮。即便萬(wàn)里相隔，人們?cè)谵D(zhuǎn)瞬之間即可相互交談。社會(huì)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)越演越烈。人們?cè)絹?lái)越強(qiáng)調(diào)個(gè)性和創(chuàng)造性。越來(lái)越多的人因工作努力而受到獎(jiǎng)賞。這就是當(dāng)今的時(shí)代，一代新人由成長(zhǎng)邁入成熟的時(shí)代。這是我們這一代人接替父輩治國(guó)安邦的時(shí)代。然而，我們也面臨很多間題。據(jù)悉，壞人在光天化日之下作惡，周圍的群眾居然袖手旁觀，無(wú)動(dòng)于衷。我還聽(tīng)說(shuō)，目前我國(guó)尚有100萬(wàn)兒童連小學(xué)也上不起，而巨額資金卻拿去舉辦奢侈的宴會(huì)和購(gòu)置豪華的轎車。我們常常買的是劣質(zhì)藥品，或名曰藥品實(shí)為