On Wednesday 3rdof June, the IHS held the finals of its’ 2019-2020 student speech competition. Students from every grade participated in the preliminary rounds, and come time for the finals, there were 16representatives spanning grade 7-9, hoping to be crowned the winner.
6月3日周三，北大附中深圳南山分校国际部举行了2019-2020学年英语演讲比赛决赛。每个年级的学生均参与了初赛；最终，7至9年级诞生的16名选手角逐决赛，争夺冠军。
Fitting with the times, our topic for the competition was “Why is hope important?”. In English, (and only English), students were allotted 3 minutes to state their opinions. Afterwards, our 4 esteemed judges (Richard, Melody, Tim, and Karen) scored the efforts based on categories such as articulation, fluency, content, timing, and body language.
应声时局，比赛主题定为“why is hope important?”(希望缘何重要)。比赛要求学生用英文在三分钟以内陈述他们的观点，然后我们的4位评委（Richard, Melody, Tim, and Karen）依据学生的发音，流畅度，内容，时间把握度，肢体语言等方面现场打分。
The competition was close, and a great effort was made by all involved – we saw props, gimmicks, crowd participation, anything possible to give them the advantage over their peers, and come the end we found ourselves a winner.
比赛很激烈，所有参赛者都付出了很大的努力——我们看到了道具、噱头、观众的参与，任何可能让他们比同龄人更具优势的东西，最后我们发现我们自己就是赢家。
Winners of the 3rdplace prize:Hannah (9B), Etienne (7A), and Momoco (8B).
三等奖获得者：任慕涵(9B)，肖屹宸(7A),文渭茵(8B)
Winners of the 2ndplace prize:Sarah (9B), Peter (8B) and Watthauer (9A)
二等奖获得者：吕佩珊(9B)，司广祎(8B)，程御涵(9A)
In first place - with the highest average score of 91.5%, our winnerJames (9A).
一等奖获得者——以最高的平均分91.5%胜出，我们的冠军——黄伟航(9A)
An amazing performance was given by all, and you should all be very proud of your accomplishments. It takes bravery to not only stand up in front of a crowd, but to also talk and interact with them, even more courage to give your speech in a second language, AND try to convince others to agree with the points you make.
所有人的表现都很出色，大家都应当为自己的成就感到骄傲。站在人群面前，需要的不仅仅是胆量；你需要与他们沟通，与他们互动而且你更需要的是用第二语言发表演讲的勇气，并且你要试图说服他人同意你的观点。
We hope students will be encouraged to stand up and try again in the future; look to your fellow classmates for help and support, and you too could be our next winner.
我们希望学生们会继续有这种站在他人面前进行演说的勇气；希望你们可以向同学寻求帮助和支持；希望你也能成为下一个冠军。
