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全球化文化发现的时机到了 　　今年是奥运年，面对即将开锣的世界性体育盛会，第13届“21世纪?联想杯”全国英语演讲比赛适时推出了“全球化的竞争发展之道”这个主题，并于4月中旬在北京圆满结束。本期我们选登了本届比赛亚军――清华大学魏莉薇同学的已备演讲。她的发言极有条理，思路清晰，是一篇很标准的议论范文哦！ 　　 　　Honorble judges, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. 　　As I stand here speaking English to you, I am already globalized. While shopping, I see the fair Chinese ladies carrying Prada handbags, I find they are globalized. Watching Harry Potter or [The] Lord of the Rings with friends ? yes, you can 1)anticipate the 2)refrain ? we are all globalized! 　　In this era of globalization, we are one way or 　　another all globalized. But realize this: when people’s 　　heads turn to the fresh things that globalization 　　3)literally delivers to our doors, the traditional things which we 4)take for granted are forgotten. So 　　consider Lao Qiang, an ancient form of opera. It has almost vanished from the stage and only fewer than twenty people know how to sing it. So, how can we discover and explore our traditional culture? How can we 5)rejuvenate and share them with the whole world? Well, there are three factors we need to keep in mind. 　　To begin with, the mass media plays a vital role in discovering our traditional culture and connecting it with the widest possible audience. One evening in 2005, for example, when my father and I were watching the final round of the popular TV show Star Road, we both became fans for a 6)contestant named A Bao. We were attracted by his 7)high pitched 8)tenor voice, his Shaanxi folk tunes and Shaanxi costumes. 9)Apparently we were not his only fans. Star Road has aroused great popular interest in Shaanxi folk music. Such media can help popular audiences to discover lost arts and introduce people to them for the first time. 　　The mass media raise the people’s interest in traditional culture, but it is the performing artists who really develop people’s understanding of traditional culture. Yang Liping’s dance show Yunnan Image, based on the 10)primitive Yunnan dance style, has had an en