为激发我校学生的英语学习兴趣，提升学生的英语口语能力，11月18日晚，由校团委主办、外国语学院承办的第十二届“励耘杯”英语演讲比赛决赛在励耘楼A202举行。比赛邀请外国语学院外籍教师Mr. David W Koening、Mr. Robert Kerry Mateja、李丹、吴倩担任评委，外国语学院团委书记、各学院团委副书记出席并观看了比赛。
比赛开始前，第十一届“励耘杯”英语演讲大赛决赛一等奖获得者，现正在葡萄牙作交换生的外国语学院学生麦芷芊为选手们送来暖心视频，预祝比赛圆满成功。视频带动了现场的气氛，拉开了本次大赛的帷幕。
比赛第一轮为主题演讲和现场答辩。本次比赛的主题是“Communication is Wonderful”。每位选手演讲完毕后，评委就其演讲内容进行提问。参赛选手们旁征博引，多角度诠释了自己对主题的理解，回答评委的提问时也沉着冷静，博得在场观众的阵阵掌声。第二轮为即兴演讲，选手们随机抽取演讲主题，如图画、视频动画等，半分钟的准备时间后进行一段两分钟的即兴演讲，参赛选手们自信从容，展现了我校学子的智慧和活力，获得在场评委的认可。
经过两轮激烈角逐，来自外国语学院的马菁远同学以其流畅的英文表达征服现场评委，摘得桂冠。评委Mr. David W Koening对选手们的精彩表现连连称赞，并分享了自己的演讲经验以及对本次主题的独特理解，让在场选手与观众都受益匪浅。
由外国语学院承办的“励耘杯”英语演讲大赛已成功举办十二届，得到学校、学院的大力支持，在校内引起广泛关注。活动不仅让学生们收获了比赛和学习带来的快乐，也为学生们提供了一个相互交流的平台，营造了良好的英语学习氛围。
12th "Liyun"Cup English Speech Contest Held
The 12th "Liyun Cup" English Speech Contest, sponsored by Youth League Committee of BNUZ and hosted by School of Foreign Languages was held in room A202 of Liyun Building on November 18. It aims to encourages students in English learning and enhance their eloquence with Mr. David Koenig, Mr. Robert Kerry Mateja, Ms. Li Dan and Ms. Wu Qian invited as judges and seretaries of Youth League Committee from different schools as guests.
At first beginning, Mai Ziqian, the first winner prize last year who is now an exchange student in Portugal presented an encouragement video to the competitors.
The first round dealt with themed speech and QA on "Communication is Wonderful".Each contestant would answer the question raised from judges. The audience applauded again and again by contestants'calmness, richness in knowledge. In the second round of impromptu speech, contestant would deliver a two-minute speech after half a minute preparation based on their comprehension of the given picture and video.The judges highly valued the contestants' confidence, wisdom and vigor.
Ma Jingyuan eventually won the first prize after two rounds. Mr. David Koenig praised highly of the contestants and shared his own speech experience and personal understanding of the theme this time, beneficial to all attendants.
The "Liyun Cup" has been successfully held for 12 sessions. It has been widely accepted by BNUZ and SFL and has taken delight to students, granted an exchange platform and provided an English learning environment.
