为激发广大同学学习英语的热情，提高学生对英语口语的兴趣，营造良好的英语学习氛围，为更多的同学提供尽情挥洒创意、展现英语风采的舞台。11月27日，淄博十八中高一级部举办了英语演讲比赛。此次比赛作为本学年艺术节的第一个活动，受到了全体师生的关注。

演讲比赛以“challenge”为话题，选手自拟题目。十六位选手从破题思路、演讲方式、演讲内容等各方面展现出自己的优势和才华。选手们的精彩演讲给大家留下了深刻印象，赢得了各位领导和师生的肯定和表扬。赛后，工会主席袁素霞就本次英语演讲比赛进行点评，她肯定了选手们的充足准备和精彩表现，并以自己去美国攻读硕士学位的经历鼓励同学们应重视英语的学习，敢于挑战自己，终身学习。

此次演讲比赛旨在提高、规范同学们的口语，与此同时，也锻炼同学们的英语表述能力，让同学们积累了演讲比赛的经验。通过比赛，同学们不仅发挥了自己的潜能，向所有人展示了自己，更为自己高中生活画上浓墨重彩的一笔。挑战，永不停止！

In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of students to learn English, improve students' interest in oral English, create a good English learning atmosphere, and provide a stage for more students to show creativity and excellent English. On November 27th, grade one of Senior high held the English public speaking contest. The competition, as the first activity, recieved a lot of attention from all the teachers and students.

The topic of the contest was “challenge” and the contestants could draw up their own titles. Sixteen contestants showed their own talents in the following aspects: topic setting, speech style and speech content. The wonderful speeches of the contestants left a deep impression on everyone, and won the affirmation and praise of leaders , teachers and students. After the contest, Mr.s Yuan, chairman of the Labour Union made a speech, affirming the contestants' adequate preparation and excellent performance. She also encouraged students to attach importance to English learning and dare to challenge themselves for lifelong learning with her experience of pusuing the master's degree in the United States when she was in her 40s.

The contest is aimed at improving and standardizing students' oral English. At the same time, it also trains students' English expression ability and enables students to accumulate experience of speech contest. Through this competition, the students not only express their potential, and show themselves to all the people, but also add more colors to their high school lives.  Always challenge, never stop!