On November 18 th, Zhuhai Collegiate Bilingual Speaking Contest was held in Jilin university, zhuhai campus. The two participants from SFL, Han Duo and Yang Cen, both won the Excellence Award.

In response to Zhuhai municipal government''s proposal that to make Zhuhai more clean, unobstructed, peaceful and beautiful, this contest aimed at encouraging undergraduates to protect the environment. 18 participants from 9 universities in Zhuhai attended the preliminary contest, and 9 entered the final. Among them, the two participants from our university both became finalists with success. Ms. Wu Wenxia, Vice Director of the English Department from SFL, and 9 students accompanied them to this contest.

The contest consisted of two sections: bilingual speaking contest and art performance. In the bilingual speaking contest section, 9 finalists delivered their speeches by listing the little things in their daily life or the major issues of the world as support of their arguments.

Han Duo''s speech began with two pieces of news and focused on the quality of water resources which she though was very important for Zhuhai. Her standard pronunciation was praised by the judge.

And the title of Yang Cen''s speech was "Zhuhai, a green city". She talked about what BNUZ students did for the environmental protection, which was very unique among the contestants. The judge commended it as very attractive.

In the art performance section, participants sang songs or performed dances. Among them, the Chinese Antient Poetry Reading made Han Duo very special and outstanding. She read the poem "Chai Tou Feng" which was written by Lu You and Tang Wan, poets of Song Dynasty, and then told their love story. It moved the audience successfully.

Yang Cen sang an English song "Pretty Boy". Her nice voice won applause of the audience. And the judge said it was a good performance.

Finally, Han Duo and Yang Cen won the Excellence Award. And our university won the Excellent Organization Award. After the contest, a teacher from Jilin university, zhuhai campus said to Ms. Wu that the performance of our participants in this contest was very great and impressive. （By Guo Rui)