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2016”21世纪杯”联合国环球青少年大使国际大赛圆满结束
2016”21世纪杯”联合国环球青少年大使国际大赛于美国纽约时间 2016年8月8日在联合国总部落下帷幕。联合国教科文组织秘书处代表应邀出席了欢迎午宴并致辞。来自加拿大、美国、中国等国的选手参加了个人赛和团体友谊赛的比拼。经过以哈佛大学教授、圣地亚哥教育局校委会等组成的评委团队的严格考核,最终决出了各组别的冠亚季军及团体赛冠军。
以下是中国日报北美分社对大赛的相关报道。
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Contestants in the 21st Century Cup competition take part in team building exercises. shi xi / for china daily |
To help more Chinese youths take responsibility
for letting the world get to know China - and help China get to know the world
- the "21st Century" Cup Global Youth Ambassador Competition is held
with the sponsorship of 21st Century English Education Media and the American
International Academy.
With almost seven months of elimination
rounds since January, 32 contests from the ages of elementary school to college
from China, the US, Canada and Spain made it to the finals at the United
Nations headquarters in New York on Monday.
"I'm glad to see you guys here to
talk about cultural diversity, globalization and other issues," said a
spokesman for UNESCO. "We believe it's very important to give a platform
to young people at the early ages, like you are right now. Because soon enough,
young people like you will be taking the lead in driving forward the
sustainable development agenda."
"We are facing a world in need of
leadership and you folks are our future," said James C. Fitchett of
Harvard University, who was one of the four judges for the finals. "I'm
convinced that every one of you here could be a global leader in the
future."
The final competition was divided into
four sections: elementary school, middle school, high school and college. Each
contestant gave a prepared speech, an impromptu speech, and participated in
teamwork building skills. The theme of this year's contest was "One World,
More Dreams".
After spirited performances, Zhang
Danrui, Brenna Boldt, Wang Yaozeng and Xiao Jiewen won first place in each
group respectively.
"All the students are so
talented," said Stephanie Amaro, a judge from New York University.
"I'm amazed that they can handle another language so well at such a young
age." They are also very creative."
Besides certificates and gifts, winners
were also offered the chance for a short-term study abroad or an overseas
paid-internship with reimbursement of travel expense.
"I think this is a great chance for
children to open their eyes to learn more about the world," said a Ms Li,
the mother of a 9-year old contestant from Guangdong province, who accompanied
her son to the US for the competition.
"Actually, I didn't have high
expectations for my son to win or place, I just hoped through this competition,
he could get in touch with the world by himself, make friends during the tour
and raise his interest in learning English for the future," she added.