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“Green Olympics” is one of the Three Themes of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Therefore the Beijing government had made a great effort in order to protect the environment, build more “Green project”, keep the ecological balance, push the recycling economy, and protect the water resource. But if only the government take the action to realize the Green Olympics in 2008, it’s not enough. As a Beijing high school student, we should play an active role in the actions aimed at the realization of Green Olympics. So we should start it from ourselves, our family, our friends and other people around us.

In 2001, in the Moscow world trade center, when the former chairman of the International Olympic Committee, Samaranch had said: “Beijing, China!” As a Chinese, I had a great joy for my country from the bottom of my heart! But after the excitement that Beijing had been successful in the race to host the Olympic Game in 2008. I started to worry about the dusty air, the sandstorm, the polluted rivers and lakes; the streets without any green and whether we could successfully host the Olympic Games in 2008.

Now we can hardly catch a glimpse of the sandstorm, groups of wild duck comes back to Shishahai Lake in the spring, and all the streets are dressed in green. All these make me deeply believe that Beijing will surely succeed in 2008! And all these achievements are not only the result that made by the Beijing government, but also by the 14 millions Beijing citizens. As one of the 14 millions normal citizens, I am also adding my contribution to our Green Olympic!

I used to have a habit, which is to take two longtime showers every day. It was a big waste of water. One day, I saw a piece of news in Beijing Daily that about the lack of the Beijing water resource. Its said every year Beijing use up about 3.7 billions cubic meter of water. But Miyun reservoir only contains 0.77 billions cubic meter of water, and Guanting reservoir only contains 0.19 billions cubic meter of water. This shows we are really short of water now! After reading this news, I start to change my habit, and only take one quick shower each day. I have calculated that if everyone economizes one cubic meter of water during they are taking the shower in a month; the Beijing citizens will economize^[1] 14 millions cubic meter of water in only one month! In 2004, as the Beijing Irrigation Apartment reported that since 2001 Beijing has succeeded in the application of hosting the Olympic game in 2008. Beijing government had started 26 programs in order to economize the water resource. After 3 years doing this, these programs have saved 0.437 billions cubic meter of water. Its as big as a four-sized Huairou reservoir! And now, in my daily life, in my family, we always think about protecting the environment and saving the resource whenever we doing what. The batteries, the aged newspapers, the empty glass bottles and all the recyclable garbage, we will classify them then put them in different trash cans; we make the most use of the nature light and shut off the electrical light conveniently; and when we shopping, we will bring a nylon bag with us instead of plastic bags; during the feast, I do not send any card in order to protect the forest resource; after washing the clothes, we won’t dump the used water but use it to flash the toilet… All in all, we should start from every little thing around us to truly realize the “Green Olympic”.

I still remember clearly that in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, when Liu Xiang stood up on the award platform, he was wearing a coronet, which made by olive branch. Does this green olive branch stand for the “Green Olympic”? Olive branch is the symbol of peace, and the Olympic Game is the carrier of the peace. We should not just simply think, “No war is the meaning of peace” “Nature and human beings living in harmony” is also the root meaning of peace. “Save the resource, protect the environment”, this kind action of pursuing “nature and human beings living in harmony”, is the way that shows the core of the Olympian spirit. So we say, peace is the spirit of Olympic, Olympic is the carrier of peace, and “Green Olympic”means that we are standing in a higher platform to seek the peace.

So the “Green Olympic” should be started from every little things in our daily life, start form me, from the people that around me. Express the spirit of Olympic, publicize the theme of “Green Olympic”, and let Beijing really reaches the “Green Olympic” in 2008. This is the responsibility of anyone who loves peace. And it is also the responsibility of our college students!

[点评] 2008年北京奥运会以绿色奥运为主旋律。该演讲稿选题明确，主题突出，具有时代意义。语言简练，通过对自身感受的描述和大量数字的说明，使听众对绿色奥运有着更加感性的认识。

2008 is such a common number, but many Chinese will get excited when they mention it. How can a common number attract such a strange fascination? The answer is simple and obvious: the twenty-ninth Olympic Game will be held in Beijing in the year 2008. At that time, the whole world will focus their attentions on Beijing. As the hostess, Beijing will show her beauty to the guests from all over the world. The Beijing Olympic Games will be a “Green Olympic”, a high technology Olympic, and a people’s Olympic. Among them, a “Green Olympic” is the most important concept. It will show the world the determination, the ability, and the confidence of the Chinese people and their government to successfully hold a “Green Olympic”. To achieve such a goal, however, it needs a lot of hard work.

As Chinese, we should take more responsibilities for our capital city’s environment. Any action we take will affect the appearance of the city. Therefore, we should start with ourselves, act now, and make every possible effort. But how? You may ask. There are a lot of things we can do in our daily lives. We all know the fact that Beijing is frequently assaulted^[2] by sandstorms every year. Forests and lands have been degraded^[3] by agricultural and industrial activities. To revive^[4] those desert lands is beyond our ability, but we can plant trees around our schools or in our neighborhood communities. If everybody does so, there will be a “Green Beijing”and we will have a “Green Olympic”.

I don’t know whether you’ve noticed more and more cars on the road. But nowadays, the air is polluted with automobile exhausts. What can we do about it? Ride on your bicycle and enjoy exercise! It will not only have significant benefits for your health, but also help improving our environment. In addition, if you don’t drive cars, you will not go to the car wash. That will save large amount of water. If everybody does something, there will be a “Green” Beijing and we will have a“Green Olympic”.

Think it over, my friends. The things we can do are definitely not unrealistic. Although we cannot provide with a clean energy source, achieve a better sewage^[5] treatment system, or stop any industry from using hazardous chemicals and releasing hazardous wastes, we can save every drop of water and protect every patch of green. Make Beijing a more beautiful city, where green patches are everywhere and blue sky can be seen clearly above our heads.

A “Green Beijing Olympic” is asking for action. Act now.

[点评] 该演讲稿结构严谨，层次感强，语言流畅，文字优美。排比结构的运用使文章更具说服力，比如：The Beijing Olympic Games will be a“Green Olympic”, a high technology Olympic, and a people’s Olympic. 此外，还采用了疑问句形式，如：“But how?” 引起听众思考，吸引听众的注意力。