027-21世纪全国英语演讲比赛：王晰参赛讲稿

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21 世纪全国英语演讲比赛：王晰参赛讲稿

　　王晰，xx 大学选手，第 17 届 21 世纪杯全国英语演讲比赛三等奖获得者。

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　　Good morning/afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

　　Consider the lowly toilet. Many of you may not think of the toilet as

a form of technology if you think of toilets at all. But, it is and has

contributed greatly to the improved health and overall quality of life for

mankind.

　　On a recent trip to Japan, I was impressed by, among other things,

a gadget in most public women's restrooms, called Otohime or Sound

Princess. This device produces the sound of flushing water without the

need for actual flushing. The technology saves the user both the

embarrassment of being heard during urination and some 20 liters of

water per use in cases where a woman might flush the toilet

continuously while using it.

　　Every time I used Otohime, I felt like a princess, an environmentalist

princess on the toilet.

　　21 世纪全国英语演讲比赛王晰参赛讲稿

　　It was a longed for feeling. Over the past decade, I shuffled in and

out of many kinds of public restrooms in China--filthy smelly water

closets in outlying areas, spacious luxurious lavatories in five-star hotels,

forever-occupied girls' stalls on campus during school, and smart

modern mobile toilets in international fairs. But not one single "room"

evoked my pride of being a princess.

　　And I knew why the Sound Princess had. It was not because of the

high technology the small bathroom boasted which is becoming

ubiquitous worldwide. It was the idealism embodied in the technology

that keeps reminding me that in this ever-changing world, I am a

responsible and dignified human being even when sitting on a toilet.

　　 Humanism, no matter how it is defined, aims to strike a balance

between us being at the mercy of nature and being too human-

centered. In my case, I haven't relieved myself under a tree for a while. I

am a proud, dutiful Chinese citizen. Gone are the days when people just

found a corner to do their business resulting in poor sanitation and

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