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第八届“21世纪爱立信杯”全国英语演讲比赛
外交学院孙健
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.
When I think about todays world,it seems to me that there are more takers than addition to asking what I will take away. I have now begun to ask myself what I should bring in.
So what do I mean by saying bring in and take away ?What do these two questions have to do with ecotourism?
I’m going to explain it to you in this , let me share with you an example of “bring in ”. Two summers ago I went to Changdao,a small island near the night, I heard strange baby-like crying. Islanders told me it was stray cats that were calling in the , it was strange to me to see so many stray cats on such a small island. So I asked the locals for some they told me a surprising and sad story. The island is isolated in the sea and originally had no cats.
Ten years ago, when the island was developed into a national park, tourists began to swarm in.
These visitors from all parts of the country brought in money, but the rubbish they left drew more and more rats onto the island.
Islanders therefore introduced the cats in order to get rid of the rats. But when the number of rats decreased, the number of cats increased ,and the cats began to prey on birds,chickens,and more than a month after that, my mind was haunted by the plaintive crying.
So now, wherever I travel,I