世界很大，七大洲四大洋大到无边无际;世界很小，有时一个转身便可遇见。在你眼中，这个世界是什么模样呢?光华美高本期演讲话题就围绕着“当今世界是不是变小了”这个话题展开，大家结合自身经历，各抒己见，在台上一展风采。

光华美高

卢同学

本场**位选手卢同学认为世界可以很大，但也可以很小。一张世界地图上有两百多个国家和地区，对于渺小的人类来说，世界已经很大了。然而，现在发达的技术又使我们生活在一个小世界里，人与人之间容易产生距离感而疏远。一项调查显示，人的一生最多认识三千人左右，而世界上有77亿人。有人说这世界大到都没有遇见对的人，小到直到有一天遇到了那个人就会觉得这世界很小。

However, most of people will say the technological advancement now allows us to live in our small world. We are squeezing into our short days as many activities, browsing as much information, and interacting briefly with as many social relationships as we can. It can definitely be true that people use the technology to close up and have conversation easily. In the meantime, even with advanced technology, people will be easy to produce some sense of distance too. Gradually after a long time will be estranged, which can cause embarrassment when people assemble together. Looking at the phone is the only option for them to relieve the embarrassment. They say they have no desire for communication. This happens not only on the subway, but also can be seen frequently in daily life.

陈同学

第二位选手陈同学对于当今的世界是否变小的问题持赞同的态度，他认为世界之所以变小，一方面是因为因特网的发展，即使相隔万里的人也可以通过视频通话，不觉疏远;另一方面就是交通的发展，缩短了世界各地的距离。

For example, if you want to go USA for a holiday, you can go there by airplane. It is really fast, isn’t it? You can travel a half of the Earth for only 12 hours. If this thing happened in many year ago. You had better not to think the travelling. Because it is impossible for us ,when you arrive at the USA, not only your holiday was due, but possibly you have also grown up for 1 year old.

郭同学

第三位选手郭同学认为世界比我们想象中的还要小很多。比如在路边行走,也许只是无意间的一瞥,就会见到一张张熟悉的面孔。随着时代的急速变化，那些曾经在街上吆喝卖报的小哥已经成为了老一代的回忆。当今社会,科技高度发展,想与远在天边的友人叙旧,只需要小小的单击发送就能做到，遥远的距离已不再是距离。

In this day and age, we call ‘earth village’. That meaning is very clear. Our earth just like a small village. We can easily go to other places just like in a village, made possible by convenient science. But in ancient, it’s impossible to think about it. At that time, people go out by horse, go aboard. Don’t need to think about it, it’s impossible.

闻同学

第四位选手闻同学认为世界的大小是相对的。即使在同一所学校，我们也不可能认识所有的人。然而，我们却可以知道来自地球另一端的消息。举例来说，世界很大，红军长征用时两年只走了两万五千公里，而如果我们绕地球走一圈，大概需要三千年;世界很小，但如果我们借助飞机等交通设施就可以大大缩减时间了。

Thirdly, on personal aspect, the world is also very small. There are 7.6 billion people in the world. However, we can meet here. Even in the future, we can meet each other on other side of the ocean. There is a very old sentence in ancient China. A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.

冯同学

第五位选手冯同学首先提问“为什么我们的世界这么大?”首先，由于人工智能的发展，很多**或**被机器取代，这意味着人们有更多的时间探索更多的领域。其次，人工智能技术帮助我们发现世界，从而使世界变得越来越大。总而言之，她认为世界的大小不是由它的物理面积决定的，它不是简单的1.489亿平方公里的数字，而是由人类的创造力决定的。

Why our world is big these days?Firstly, because of the development of AI, lots of jobs or works have been replaced by machines, which means that people have more time to think about other things and explore more fields.Secondly, ai technology helps us discover the world, therefore making it bigger and bigger.All in all, i think the size of the world is not determined by its physical area, it is not simply number like 148.9 million square kilometers, instead, it is determined by human’s creativity, just like the above-talked- artificial intelligence, it opens a new world for human. So it is not appropriate to say that our world is too small these days.

曾同学

第六位选手曾同学谈到世界的大小，她**件想到的就是总会在一个地方遇到特别的人，特别的事，这时总会说一句“这世界真小呀!”而经历了人生不同的风景后，每个人会对世界的大小有一个新的定义。世界可以很大，也可以很小。大的让你穷奇你的思绪，小得却让你与普通人与尘埃没有丝毫的区别。世界真的很小，好像一转身，就不知道会遇见谁。世界真的很大，好像一转身，就不知道谁会消失。

Almost any two strangers, selected at random from anywhere in the world, may well be linked by an amazingly small number of people.The world is big and small, big enough to make you poor strange your thoughts, small enough to let you and ordinary people dust without the slightest difference.

光华美高报名、校园参观及了解招生动态，请： ，或通过下方报名通道登记。