第一篇：责任感——青年人荣誉的标志(21世纪杯演讲稿)
responsibility is a badge of honour for youth
(96年“21世纪杯全国大学生英语演讲比赛”二等奖获得者，北京外国语大学 徐义成)
facing this audience on the stage, i have the exciting feeling of participating in the march of history, for what we are facing today is more than a mere competition or contest. it is an assembly of some of china's most talented and motivated people, representatives of a younger generation that are preparing themselves for the coming of a new century.
i'm grateful that i've been given this opportunity, at such a historic moment, to stand here as a spokesman of my generation and to take a serious l ……此处隐藏9110个字……lly it’s a grumpy mailman, who reaches us through cell phone, urging everyone to pick up their parcels as soon as possible. and the minute the receipt is signed, we rush back to unpack while the courier dashes to the next destination. there is barely a conversation carried out, nor do we feel the need to talk to such a stranger, who changes from time to time frequently. it seems that people are always in a hurry now, though we have more conveniences, still we run short of time to stop and stare, to speak and share.
陈艺同学的稿子最大的亮点是对比和取典型的运用。作者对比“old-timer”和“new-timer”生活中两个极富代表性的形象：milkman和mailman.
milkman代表的是一种过去人与人之间固定、频繁、亲密的交流方式，而mailman则代表人们在“快餐生活”时代过分追求高效导致的冷漠、疏远的人际关系。
作者只挑选了两个典型，并不多，但对两个典型都进行了非常充分的阐述，夹叙夹议，并带抒情，例子少但精。
