等大家全部抽签完毕,就轮到褚郁上台了,他在另一个箱子里抽了一张topic,还不到五分钟,就开始演讲了。“Hello,everyone. My name is Chu Yu. My topic is true friendship...”
“大家好,我是褚郁,我演讲的主题是真正的友谊……”
要不然怎么说褚郁也是夺冠的热门人选之一呢?他自有自己的“褚氏特色”。她们学校其实不乏他这样的ABC(美籍华裔),但他富有朝气,言语幽默。他在开篇就点出“A friend indeed is a friend in need.”(患难见真情),然后用了一个典故,一个自身的例子,整个演讲过程非常流畅,没有一般人说话时常会出现的“eh,hmm”等停顿语气词。
“Good afternoon,Ladies and gentlemen! Nowadays, with the education undertaking improved greatly in our country and more and more people willing to further their study, many students have already reached an age around 25 upon graduation, which is the time when people should get married. However, the thing is, they are not equipped with good economic conditions unless their family could support them financially, such as buying them a house or a car and so on. Faced with the stark reality, some loving birds choose to get married without money, but still many couples break up because they are not brave enough to take the risk to see what the future might be like without money.
As a matter of fact, “getting married without money”, that is, “Luohun” in Chinese, is a buzzword appeared in 2008 on the internet, which is mainly related to the post-80 generation, who can’t afford a house, a car and have no savings because of heavy social pressure while most of them are well-educated, independent and mature-minded as well.
Ladies and gentlemen, I definitely approve of their bold act to get married even without money. Money isn’t necessarily the prerequisite for happiness and it can’t ensure happiness at all. The real and pure love between a couple could overcome all of those worldly obstacles. With hard work and strong faith in their future, they can surely create wealth and build a beautiful life together. A house doesn’t count, a car doesn't count, a diamond ring doesn’t count and a luxurious honeymoon doesn't count either, what really counts is your innermost feelings, is whether you feel blissful and lucky to be with someone. If so,you have found the right person and you should marry this person without hesitation. This wise choice would interpret the essence of love for you and because of this choice,you could have the real chance to end up with a fairytale, ‘The prince and the princess lived happily ever together.’