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优秀英语演讲稿A yearago,when Iwas workingon aterm paper;I neededa bookonbusiness lawand founda copyin thelaw schoollibrary.However,thelibrarian coldlyrejected myrequest toborrow it,saying,“You cant borrowthisbook,you renot astudent here.In theend,I hadto spend200yuanto buya copy.Meanwhile,the copyin thelaw schoolgathered duston theshelf.At thebeginning ofthis semester,I heardthat myuniversity hadstartedto thinkof unifyingits librariesand linkingthem tolibraries at/other universities,so myexperience wouldnt berepeated.Barriers wouldbereplaced bybridges.An inter-library loansystem wouldgive usaccessto booksfrom anylibrary.With globalizationand Chinaintegrated intotheworld,I believemany of these intangible walls willbe knockeddown.I knowthat globalizationis acontroversial issue,and it is hardto saywhetheritisgood orbad.But onething isfor sure:it drawsour attentiontoChina stangible andintangiblewallsand forcesus toexamine theirrolein themodern world.And howabout theancient wallsof mineand othercities Shouldwetear themdown Definitelynot.My city,like Beijingand othercities,isactually makinga greateffort topreserve thewalls.These wallsattracthistorians,archaeologists,and manyschoolchildren whoare tryingto studyourhistory andcultural heritage.Walls havebecome bridgesto ourpastand tothe restofthe world.If theancient buildersof thesewalls werestillalive today,they wouldbe proudto seesuch greatchanges inthe roleoftheir walls.They arenow bridgesthat linkEast andWest,South andNorth,and allcountries oftheworld.Our culturalheritage willsurviveglobalization.。