2019年4月11日，光华美高第五期英语公众演讲如期举行，开启了本学期第二个月的演讲活动。本场的演讲者分别是来自十年级的四位同学，选题新颖，有的贴近生活和娱乐，予人快乐;有的触及生命和伦理，耐人寻味。

光华美高第五期英语公众演讲

郑同学 Ways of Traveling

郑同学的演讲跟旅行方式息息相关。旅行是人们假期放松自我的一种休闲方式，在这个过程中，到底是选择跟团游、自驾游还是自己找个向导更合适呢?在她看来，她更倾向于自己找个导游陪同游玩，认为这种旅行方式益处多多，并结合自身的旅游经历加以分享。

To some of you may say traveling independently makes a point of relaxing out of comfort zones, especially the process of researching, experiencing and exploring. No doubt it’s a good choice for adults and experienced travelers. But for the sake of safety and efficiency of traveling, I highly recommend guide traveling.

陈同学 Euthanasia

陈同学的演讲与安乐死有关。到目前**,安乐死在当今社会仍然非常有争议。他的观点是“我同意安乐死应该合法化。但是，我并不是说安乐死应该强加到每一个人身上，这是个人的选择，我们最基本应该有选择的权利。我认为，这是一种结束无法忍受的痛苦的方式;这是一种尊重生命和意志的行为;这是追求人权的行为!”

Until now euthanasia is still debatable. I wanna share my personal opinion toward euthanasia. I agree that euthanasia should be legalized. But I am not saying that euthanasia should be imposed to everyone. It’s a matter of personal choice, but we should have the right to choose. It’s an action of ending one’s unbearable pain. It’s an action of respecting one’s life and will. It’s an action of pursuing human’s rights.

王同学 Penbeat

王同学的演讲介绍了一项年轻新潮的艺术形式——Pen Beat。Pen Beat，俗称“喷笔”，被称为“手部极限运动”，是一项用笔和手的不同部位敲击，来模仿架子鼓点的音乐形式，之前流行于极少数的黑人说唱者之间。后来，网络传播使许多人知道了Pen Beat，深尤其受到年轻人的喜爱。作为Pen Beat的忠实热爱者，王子健还在学校创立了Pen Beat社团，带领同学一起探索喷笔运动的精彩和魅力。

Pen and Beat, a noun and a verb. So from these two words we know what we will mainly use and how to use it. The pen will be used to beat instead of writing. Penbeat is a form of art, we can use pens to beat the desk to imitate the drumbeats of the drum set.What is the meaning of it for you? I’ve been thinking about this question for a long time. When I was young, my brother told me and taught me about Penbeat. In the past few years, a lot of my habits have changed, but only this one clings to me till now. I guess the neoteric and new way of expression of rhythm attracted me, I have also made friends through communication with them about different techniques. It is not only a habit, but also a timekiller when I’m alone. That’s an important reason why I want to learn how to play the jazz drum.

严同学 Special Effect Make-up

严同学的演讲围绕特效化妆展开。在演讲中，她提到特效化妆被用于成千上万的电影当中，它*含一些基本的步骤，同时也要求化妆师要有足够的想象力。在众多的特效化妆师中，Ve Neill是美国电影化妆界名副其实的大师级人物。自1977年进入电影化妆行业以来，她曾获得三届奥斯卡和两届艾美奖比较不错化妆得主。一直以来，她设计的特效造型在荧幕上受到广大影迷们的热烈追捧，*括《加勒比海盗Ⅰ.Ⅱ.Ⅲ》、和《剪刀手爱德华》等。

Besides, it is quite difficult to build a perfect artwork. The process consists of several basic steps. First, you need to draft a character, and pick up a suitable model, like this. And then, it is the sculpting phase. The next step is to make a model. Finally, the application. Take it easy, just put on the colors on your model. These steps require a variety of artistic skills. But this is not the only requirement, you need to be imaginary to build the character.

The most contagious aspect of special effect make-up is that you could build your own character and your make-up is integrated with this character. You could build his soul through your specific make-up.

最后，经过激烈的角逐，本场排名**的是十年级的陈同学。当然，其他三位同学也取得了不错的分数。本届英语公共演讲最终会按个人成绩的排序来竞争前三甲，因此很多同学们还有机会闯入最后的决赛。胜不骄，败不馁，让我们继续期待下一场的精彩演讲!

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