我是中国人IAmChinese
Ladiesandgentlemen,boysandgirls,IamChinese.IamproudofbeingaChinesewithfivethousandyearsofcivilizationbehind.I'velearnedaboutthefourgreatinventionsmadebyourforefathers.I'velearnedabouttheGreatWallandtheYangtzeRiver.I'velearnedaboutZhangHeng(张衡)andI'velearnedaboutZhengHe(郑和).WhosaystheYellowRiverCivilizationhasvanished(消失)?Iknowthatmyancestorshavemademiracles(奇迹)onthisfertilelandandwe'restillmakingmiracles.Whocanignorethefactthatwehaveestablishedourselvesasagreatstateintheworld,thatwehavedevisedourownnuclearweapons,thatwehavesuccessfullysentoursatellitesintospace,andthatourGNPranksNo.7intheworld?Wehaveexperiencedtheplunders(掠夺)byothernations,andwehaveexperiencedthewar.Yet,basedonsuchruins,therestillstandsournation----China,unyieldingandunconquerable!
IoncecameacrossanAmericantourist.Shesaid,“Chinahasahistoryoffivethousandyears,buttheUSonlyhasahistoryof200years.Fivethousandyearsago,Chinatooktheleadintheworld,andnowitistheUSthatisleading.”Myheartwasdeeplytouchedbythesewords.Itistruethatwe'restilladevelopingnation,butitdoesn'tmeanthatwecandespise(鄙视)ourselves.Wehavesuchalong-standinghistory,wehavesuchabundantresources,wehavesuchintelligentanddiligentpeople,andwehaveenoughtobeproudof.Wehavereasonstosayproudly:wearesuretotaketheleadintheworldinthefutureagain,forourproblemsarebig,butourambition(雄心)isevenbigger,ourchallenges(挑战)aregreat,butourwillisevengreater.
IamChinese.Ihaveinherited(继承)blackhairandblackeyes.Ihaveinheritedthevirtuesofmyancestors.Ihavealsotakenoverresponsibility.Iamsure,thatwhereverIgo,whateverIdo,IshallneverforgetthatIamChinese!