The remarkable three decades of Gaoming
Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning! I’m very glad to stand here and give you a short speech My topic is “The remarkable three decades of Gaoming”
Time flies in a blink of eyes.It’s already 30 years since China, our mother land, launched the great policy of Reform and Openne.
Gaoming, my hometown, as an active member of the country’s economy, has experienced significant changes over this special 3 decades.Tall buildings, well-designed roads, countle cars, beautiful parks, convenient supermarkets------ great development is seen everywhere in everyday from every aspect of our lives.
When I was a little girl, the happiest time for me was definitely the annual Spring Festival.Grandma would buy me new clothes and give me 50 cent as “lucky money”, which meant a great fortune to a child at that time.Only with that fortune could I buy my favourite candy.Nowadays, candies are no longer a privilege to the kids.Instead, they can buy almost anything they can imagine.
I remembered when I was 5, people in my village needed to travel a long way to the wells for drinking water; when I was 5, grandpa owned a black-and-white Television, which attracted dozens of villagers to the house at supper; when I was 5, people got crowded to see a car.Today, however, we need no further description, just look around, mobile1
phones, personal computers, air- conditioner, and even various kinds of cars, have already become our daily commodities.Furthermore, people’s cultural life is also becoming more and more abundant.
When I was a little girl, the road to our village was muddy and narrow, which caused so much inconveniences to the car driving in and also blocked the road to wealth.We always say that “beautiful roads build up a wealthy place”.As time paed, expansive roads were built inside the village, transportation became the engine of the busine between the city and the country.As a result, farmers today are making much more money than those in the old days.Their smiling faces reflect the overwhelming changes from tractors to cars, from small old-fashioned houses to grand modern apartments.
When I pick up the old memories of the past, the inspiring changes taken place in Gaoming will always fuel me with infinite excitement, and provide me a nice angel to see the splendid living standard people have today due to the government’s smart and unbeatenpolicy of Reform and Openne.
Finally, I believe that hard work and discipline will lead to succe.I have a dream that one day in the future, maybe another 30 years from now, my beautiful hometown, and our great nation, will both develop into a place where everyone on its land enjoys the happine which only a few people have today.
Thank you for listening!
