Honorable referees, distinguished contestants, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I feel it a great honor to have this opportunity sharing my opinion of the Green Olympics with you.
In August ,2004, as the delegate of Chinese teenagers, I participated in the Olympic Youth Camp. From it, I learnt and got a lot.
In Athens, I was not only intoxicated on its long history and the deep humanity, but also impressed by the citizens" environmental awareness and shocked by the passion of the locals" for environmental protection.
With fewer metropolitan dins can be found in Athens, the streets are neat indeed, for you will see no wastes on the road there. Moreover, I seldom saw cleaners in Athens, which impressed me very strongly. Because what this phenomenon reflected is a kind of quality, character and also a sense of responsibility about the environment. Which means, keeping the city clean is not only a governmental behavior, but a habit in the daily life of every Athenian"s.
I still remember the picture that, an old lady took great trouble to bent over for picking up a piece of newspaper and sent it into a dustbin. When I asked why she did such hard work with her age.: "Why not? " she said, just so simple. Up to now, this picture still clearly exists in my mind for its embodied environmental consciousness and a national spirit.
Throughout the days in Athens, there were a series of educational activities about environment. In those items, we were working in groups discussing environmental problems of different aspects and also seeking the solutions. In addition, the items consisted of speeches of officers" of local NGOs and the children"s paintings exhibition as well. At the end of the activity, having reached common understanding, each of us has submitted suggestions and measures dealing with the promotion of the implement of sustainable development. I have to say, this series of activities really benefited me a great deal.
Therefore, I have thought of Beijing, thought of the year2008.
"Green Olympics" is one of three major ideas of running the 2008 Olympic Games. The main intension of this creed is to prepare and host Olympic Games under the guidance of sustainable development. And at the same time, try hard to improve the environmental quality of the capital.
Actualy in Beijing today. the sandstorm is coming rare and rare, and the greenery area is keeping increasing year by year. No one can deny that these changes are the result of all the Beijingers" efforts. It obviously states that through the application and the preparation for 2008, the Beijingers" environmental awareness has been strengthened greatly. But as the case stands, we still have a long way to go.
As a middle school student of a new era, we should take part in environmental protection and the implement of sustainable development more widely and extensively. Indeed, environmental protection should start from dribs and drabs, but it is not enough only to stay on the surface. We have to realize today"s environmental problems more objectively and deeply .and we have to find out the obstruction and the danger we are facing. Further more, only by considering the environmental problem as the point of sustainable development and globalization, shall we be able to arouse our consciousness and enthusiasm. I firmly believe that we will make the world a better place.
And now, I have a dream.
I have a dream that one day the earth will be free from contaminations;I have a dream that one day the nature and the human beings will coexist harmoniously and naturally; I have a dream that one day the blue sky and the verdure will always surround us; and I have a dream that one day the green will become eternity.
So, friends, let us join our hands and work together, meet in a green Beijing, meet in 2008.
綠色北京 綠色奧運
尊敬的評審，各位選手，女士們，先生們，大家早上好。
我很榮幸今天能有機會在此與大家共同交流，談一談我對綠色奧運的一些想法。
2004年8月，作為中國的青年代表，我參加了雅典奧運青年營活動。本次雅典之旅著實讓我看到了許多、也學到了許多。
在雅典，除了陶醉于其悠久的歷史和深厚的人文，我更多地有感于當地人的環境意識，震撼于他們對環保的熱忱。
雅典的街道盡管少了大都市的喧囂，但十分整潔，路面上沒有任何廢物。此外，在雅典我很少見到保潔人員，這對我觸動很大。因為這現象所體現的是一種貭素，一種作為市民的對于環境的責任感。可見，在雅典，環境的保潔已然不僅是政府行為，而真正成為了每一個雅典人的習慣。
一次我們外出參觀，見一位老婦人吃力地彎腰撿起一張被風吹到腳下的報紙，並將其投入垃圾箱。當我上前詢問這樣做有何理由時，老人的回答是："為什麽不呢?"這句話讓我回味至今，這情景也讓我感觸良多。正如觀滴水可識江海，這一平凡邂逅所體現出的環境意識乃至民族精神著實引人深思。
在我們的青年營活動中始終貫穿著一系列關于環保的教育活動。活動中，所有的營員以小組為單位，就不同層面的環境問題展開討論，尋求解決辦法，並最終達成共識。活動中還不時安排有當地環境組織官員的演講和孩子們的圖畫作品展。活動結束時我們每人還提出了一份關于實施可持續發展的建議和措施，並在營員中展開了交流。這一系列活動讓我受益匪淺。
由此，我想到了北京，想到了2008。
"綠色奧運"是北京舉辦2008年奧運會的三大理念之一。其主要內涵是在可持續發展思想的指導下籌備和舉辦奧運會，提高首都環境質量。
放眼今天的北京，沙塵天氣已是罕見，綠地面積也在逐年增加。不可否認，這些變化是所有北京人共同努力的結果。它也說明通過申辦和籌備奧運，北京人的環境意識已大大增強。然而較之于一些國家，我們還有差距。
我認為作為新時代的中學生，我們應更廣泛、更深入地參加到保護環境和實施可持續發展的綠色行動中。誠然，環保要從點滴做起，但在我看來僅停留在不使用一次性筷子、撿拾廢棄物的層面是不夠的。作為實現綠色奧運生力軍，我們應更客觀、更深入地對當今的環境問題有所了解，並以全球化及可持續發展的角度認識環境問題及其對我國發展的阻礙和對人類生存的危害，從而真正喚起我們的主人意識和保護環境的熱情。而這則需要生態教育的進一步深化和更多實踐活動的開展。我堅信，通過我們的共同努力，綠色將不再遙遠。
此刻，我有一個夢想。
我夢想有一天，地球將沒有污染;
我夢想有一天，人類、自然能和諧共處;
我夢想有一天，藍天碧水能常伴左右;
我夢想有一天，綠色將成為永恆。
朋友們，就讓我們並肩攜手，在同一個世界、同一個夢想中相約綠色北京，相約2008。