大学生英语故事演讲比赛稿（通用30篇）.pdf

大学生英语故事演讲比赛稿（通用30篇）

大学生英语故事演讲比赛稿篇1

getoutofjail

oh,thejoy!theabsolutejoy!archiecouldn’t

rememberarecentmomentwhenhehadfeltsohappy.if

hecouldsing,hewouldhavesung.ifhecoulddance,

hewouldhavedanced.ifhecouldhaveshoutedtothe

world,hewouldhaveshoutedtotheworld,“i’mfree,

i’mfree!”

hehadbeenin“jail”forthelastweek.a

mentaljail,tobesure,butitstillfeltlikejail.

aboutsixweeksago,hehadreceivedhisalmostannual

jurysummons.printedontheoutsideofthewhite

envelope,inbrightredletters,was:officialjury

summonsenclosed—registrationrequiredwithin5days.

afriendofhishadbeenthrowingawaysuchsummonses

foratleast20years.archiecouldn’tdothat—he

feltthathisluckwassobadthatifhetriedit,his

summonswouldbetheonewiththeconcealedmicrochip

thatrecordedhimthrowingtheenvelopeinthetrash.

thenhereallywouldbeinjail.so,hedutifully

filledouttheformandwaiteduntilhisstarting

date—november5,amonday.forthatweek,hewouldbe

“oncall”for“nomorethanfivedays.”

asinstructed,hedialedthe800-srv-jurynumber

onthesaturdayprecedingnovember5.hetappedinhis

pinandjurygroupnumber.helistened,andsighed

withrelief;therecordinghadtoldhimtocallagain

mondayafter5p.m.so,onedayoutoffivewasgone!

onmondayandtuesday,archiegotthesame

recording.hehadnowescapedjurydutyforthreedays,

mondaythroughwednesday.onlytwodaystogo.

wednesdayafternoon,hisfriendgilcalled,asking

archieifhewantedtoplaygolfthenextmorning.

archiesaidhewasonjurydutythatweek.gilsaid,

“well,noproblem!it’salreadywednesday.you’ve

madeit!there’snowaythatthey’regoingtocall

youtojurydutythislateintheweek.”archie

couldn’tbelievethatgilhadsaidthat.archie

knockedseveraltimesonhiswoodenbookcase,saying

thatheho