Hello,everyone.TodayIwillgiveyoumyspeech.Beforemyspeech,Iwillintroducemyself.MynameisGaoHan,IcomefromNo.25middleschoolandI'm14yearsold.Now,Ihaveaquestiontoyou,that's"WhydowelearnEnglish?"Haveyoueverthoughtoverthisquestion?Maybenot.ButI'vethoughtofthisquestionwhenIwasalittlegirl.Forexamination?Formydearparents?Orjustdoitbecausemyteacheraskedmetolearnit?Iguessedandguessed,butinfact,Iwasn'ttrue.WhenIgrowup,Igettoknowtheanswer.

　　Igettoknowhowimportantitisforourcountry.Englishisinternationallanguage.Therearemorethan450millionpeoplespeakingEnglisharoundtheworld.That's450000000!Andit'stheofficiallanguageofmorethan45countries.Chinaisopennow,butwhat'sthebestwaytocommunicatewiththeothercountriesintheworld?Language,ofcourse.SoEnglishcanhelpmakeourcountrystrongerandstronger.

　　Ialsogettoknowhowimportantitisforourfuture.Englishcanhelpyoufindagoodjobinthefuture,too.Ifyouwanttobeadiplomat,abusinessperson,ajournalist,acomputerprogrammer,ascientist,ahotelworkerandsoon,youneedEnglishtohelpyou.

　　Soyoucansee,Englishopensthedoortotheworld,andopensthedoortoyourgreatfuture.Forthefuture,IhopewecantryourbesttolearnEnglish,notonlyforourselves,butalsoforourcountry.WespeakEnglish,weuseEnglish,weneedEnglish,butIreallyhopewecanenjoyEnglish!