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第11届“21世纪(精选多篇) 第一篇：第11届“21世纪·澳门之星杯”全国英语演讲比赛亚军 (点击视频中央的箭头，开始播放英语演讲视频) 第11届“21世纪·澳门之星杯”全国英语演讲比赛亚军吴相臣 第二篇：第16届21世纪杯全国英语演讲比赛亚军演讲稿 第16届21世纪杯全国英语演讲比赛亚军演讲稿 张小洁：广东外语外贸大学， a couple of weeks ago, when i learned the theme of today?s competition, i asked some of my roommates: “what does ?faith? mean to you?” just coming back from a philosophy class, the girls were in a poetic mood: “faith is what john lennon had when he wrote the legendary song ?imagine? and dreamed of ?world peace?”, “faith is what the hebrews had when they followed moses through the red sea in search of their freedom.” “and faith is what the pilgrims had when they journeyed to that strange land on mayflower, and started their pursuit of a new life.” thanks for the history lesson girls, but i was not asking for a great, historic event where faith might have altered the entire course of humanity. all i asked was “what does faith mean to you, to us, the individuals toiling with life?s hard choices each day?” personally speaking, faith is like oxygen: i didn?t know how precious it was until i ran the risk of losing it. my heart stirs still every time memory brings me back to three years ago, when the devastating earthquake engulfed our country. as one of the few cities that took the hit the hardest that day, my hometown was suddenly devoured by a black hole of depression. having forsaken our worldly possessions, my family joined the army of tents every night, holding our breath and waiting for daybreak; having abandoned the comfort of home, we managed to lift ourselves up, along with neighbors and friends, when each after-shock threatened to tear us down. as a politician once put it, in the face of disaster, we?re reminded that life can be unimaginably cruel, but it?s also in these moments, that we rediscover our common faith in life. indeed, during those dark hours, faith blazed in the courage of my math teacher ms. liu, when she stayed behind in a shaking building until she made sure that the last student ha