creating a brilliant beijing: time for action

ladies and gentlemen:

my topic is on creating a brilliant beijing: time for action
2008 is such a common number, but many chinese will get excited when they mention it. how can a common number attract such a strange fascination? the answer is simple and obvious: the twenty-ninth olympic game will be held in beijing in the year 2008. at that time, the whole world will focus their attentions on beijing. as the hostess, beijing will show her beauty to the guests from all over the world.
the beijing olympic games will be a green olympic, a high technology olympic, and a people's olympic. among them, a green olympic is the most important concept. it will show the world the determination, the ability, and the confidence of the chinese people and their government to successfully hold a green olympic. to achieve such a goal, however, it needs a lot of hard work.
as middle school students in beijing, we should take on more responsibilities for our capital city's environment. any action we take will affect the appearance of the city. therefore, we should start with ourselves, act now, and make every possible effort. but how? you may ask.
there are a lot of things we can do in our daily lives. we all know the fact that
beijing is frequently assaulted by sand storms every year. forests and lands have been degraded by agricultural and industrial activities. to revive those desert lands is beyond our ability, but we can plant trees around our schools or in our neighborhood communities. if everybody does so, there will be a green beijing and we will have a green olympic.
i don't know whether you've noticed that some students don't want to walk to school; their parents have to drive them to school every day. but nowadays, the air is polluted with automobile exhausts. what can we do about it? ride on your bike to school and enjoy exercise! it will not only have significant benefits for your health, but also help improving our environment. in addition, if you don't drive cars, you will not go to the car wash. that will save large amount of water. if everybody does something, there will be a green beijing and we will have a green olympic.
think it over, my friends. the things we can do are definitely not unrealistic. although we cannot provide with a clean energy source, achieve a better sewage treatment system, or stop any industry from using hazardous chemicals and releasing hazardous wastes, we can save every drop of water and protect every patch of green. make beijing a more beautiful city, where green patches are everywhere and blue sky can be seen clearly above our heads.
a green beijing olympic is asking for action. act now.

thank you!

行动起来，为北京添彩

2008，一个再普通不过的数字，但是，一提到它，会让多少中国人热血沸腾！一个数字怎么会有如此大的魔力？答案是简单而神圣的，在这一年里，北京将举办第29届奥林匹克运动会，那时，世界的目光将齐聚北京，而北京，也将以主人的身份，展现她最美丽的风采！
2008，北京的奥运将是一届绿色的奥运、科技的奥运、人文的奥运。locALHOSt其中，"绿色奥运"是三个最重要的理念之一。这充分表现出我们要办好一届环保奥运的决心和信心！然而，要实现这一目标，我们要走的路还十分艰辛。
我想，作为一名北京的中学生，我们更有责任，也更有义务积极地投入到环保行动中。我们的一举手，一投足，都会给首都的市容环境带来影响。因此，我们要从我做起，从身边做起，从小事做起，努力为北京争光添彩。那么，怎样才能从小事做起呢？
其实生活中我们能做得也有很多。近年来沙尘暴肆虐北京，大家一定都有体会。过度放牧和采伐森林使土地沙漠化，虽然我们无力使所有退化土地重新成为绿洲，但至少我们可以在我们的学校植树，在我们的小区植树，如果人人都能行动起来，北京将成为绿色的北京，2008将成为绿色的奥运。
不知道同学们有没有这样的经历，自己由于懒惰不肯走路上学，于是天天让父母用汽车接送。可是现在北京汽车尾气已经严重污染了大气，难道我们应该视而不见吗？所以，停掉你家的汽车，蹬上自行车，让我们享受运动的快乐吧！
仔细想想，我们能为北京2008做的，还远远不止这些，我们虽然不能像一些科学家那样研究不污染的清洁能源，或是污水处理系统，也不能去制止所有工厂停止使用危险化学品或向天空排放废气，但我们可以节约每一滴水，保护每一片绿地，为环保尽一份微薄的力量。让2008年的北京，不论是在二环还是五环，都能看到湛蓝的天空和茵茵绿草。

谢谢大家！