The enemy of learning is our own satisfaction. If we want to study something seriously, we must start from dissatisfaction. To ourselves, we should be ‘never tired of learning’ and towards others, ‘never tired of teaching’. We should adopt this attitude.
Grandpa Mao
Daily learning and experience are our most powerful support in critical moments.
Lincoln
After carefully understanding the speeches made by the leaders on the stage at the opening of the English speech contest, I felt that what Mao Zedong and Lincoln said made sense.
The English speech contest was held in the usual large conference room. The curtains were drawn up, making it a little dark inside.
The competition was going on, and I felt a little nervous.
"The next classmate giving a speech is a student of our teacher Bai. I would like to ask Yinxia to give us his wonderful speech."
Sitting under the stage and familiarizing myself with the speech, I felt a little nervous when my name was called. However, with the encouraging looks from my sister and Liu Mengying, I stood up and walked quickly towards the high platform.
This time I gave a speech about an article about ‘ghosts’ hindering post-disaster reconstruction.
I don’t know what my sister was thinking at the beginning. She actually found a speech like this for me.
After a brief introduction, I started my speech.
The content of the story is that after an earthquake and tsunami in a certain country, nearly a thousand years later, they wanted to rebuild, but they were hindered by "ghosts".
During the construction of the building, there were inexplicable deaths, and there were also strange incidents such as ghosts boarding the car while transporting materials.
When I finished speaking on this manuscript in less than standard English, I glanced at the audience and the senior English teachers sitting on the judging table, and found that their faces were a little unhappy.
Of course, at this moment I thought it was my poor oral skills that caused them discomfort. After all, the purpose of this speech was mainly to consider the students' proficiency in English, and the content should come second.
My sister sat with the judges and teachers and was the first to take the lead in applauding.
Bowing slightly to everyone, I also took the opportunity to walk down from the podium and return to my seat.
The English speech contest was not affected by my mediocre speech and was still carried out in an orderly manner.
It wasn't until the last student finished his speech that the host invited his sister to the stage.
"I would like to share my thoughts on this speech. Language is just a tool for communication. The purpose of learning is to let us know more about advanced foreign things... I believe this speech can make the school understand
It set off a trend of learning English..."
When she finished speaking with a smile on her face, she was greeted with applause from both the stage and the audience.
Especially many male teachers and classmates could not help but stare in my sister's direction.
"Thank you to our English team leader, Teacher Bai, for your wonderful summary. Thank you very much! The next step is also the moment that everyone is most concerned about."
From the moment I finished applauding, I sat in my seat anxiously, feeling extremely tormented physically and mentally.
Although it is just an ordinary English speech contest, as a student, who doesn’t want to get a ranking and be recognized and encouraged by teachers?
The rankings of the judges of the speech contest were announced starting from the tenth place. Every time the host mentioned a classmate whose initials were the same as mine, I felt nervous and thought he was referring to me.
When I was restless, I accidentally discovered that Liu Mengying, who was sitting next to me, seemed to be looking for something in the crowd, scanning the crowd motionlessly.
This look in my eyes was eager, and it was very similar to the look I would show when faced with those weird situations that I didn’t want to see.
When I saw Liu Mengying's face, I was still a little confused and puzzled.
"Sister Mengying, what are you looking for?"
"No, I'm just looking around to see if there are any handsome guys!" Liu Mengying suddenly turned around and smiled at me.
Hearing her unreasonable words, I shook my head, a little speechless, and stopped talking to her.
But when the host announced the third place with a smile, a sharp scream suddenly came from the audience, disrupting the order of the announcement of the English speech contest rankings.
Everyone was shocked and looked over.
"Dead... dead?" A clear female voice came out from the chaos.
Suddenly, the entire dark classroom became strange.
The host was also frightened by the sound. He held the microphone and was speechless. He looked at the crowd fleeing in panic with horrified eyes.
"Turn on the lights quickly, don't panic, everyone." At the critical moment, the dean came on stage and shouted at the top of his lungs, asking everyone to stop the riot, "What's going on?"
"Dean, there is... someone is dead, our class..." In the chaotic place, the students dispersed quickly, and a boy pointed to the ground and spoke vaguely.
"Are you kidding? Send him to the infirmary immediately." The dean said as he walked toward the audience.
I couldn't help but look up, and I was shocked. The classmate who fell on the ground had eyes glazed over and widened, his nose was full of blood, he looked miserable, and he looked extremely breathtaking.
My sister seemed to be frightened by the sight of that classmate, so she hurriedly came to my side and grabbed my hand.
She did not look at the classmate who had the accident, but said to Liu Mengying: "Mengying, is this what you said will happen today?"
"Yes, Sister Yuqin." Liu Mengying said in a low voice without saying anything, just standing there like us.
Listening to the god-like conversation between the two, I felt extremely uneasy. I glanced back and forth at the faces of my sister and Liu Mengying, and I couldn't help but ask: "Sister, Sister Mengying, are you hiding something from me?"
The two of them were silent for a moment.
I didn't have time to ask any questions. I looked at the student who had the accident and saw the dean and several male teachers carrying him out.
In the large classroom, even though the lights were turned on and the curtains were opened, there was still a panic, especially many female students, who were very frightened.
My sister stared at Liu Mengying and asked softly: "Mengying, did you find anything?"
"No!" Liu Mengying replied briefly.
At this time, I frowned even more. What kind of riddle were the two of them playing?
"Okay, classmates and teachers, please don't panic. The classmate just now thought he was born with some disease and suddenly had a nosebleed and fainted. He has been sent to the infirmary. He will be fine."
"But just now we saw a scary shadow on his face, and then his face was covered in blood..." A timid girl said fearfully.
"This classmate, have you read too many supernatural novels? Your imagination is so rich?" the host smiled slightly.
"Teacher, I saw it too."
"Haha, okay, maybe the lights flashed just now. Everyone be quiet. Now we will announce the remaining rankings." The teacher in charge said with a slight smile.
The next rankings were announced quickly, but I got the first place as I wished.
However, because of the sudden occurrence of this incident, the face of the classmate who was involved in the accident and the words of the two girls were always lingering in my mind. When I walked out of the classroom and looked at my sister and Liu Mengying, I was always filled with doubts.