After her speech, the room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Then there was warm applause.
At this time, a judge asked the first question: "If you could start over, maybe you wouldn't have to go through so much hardship. Maybe you would have a happier family and a better mom and dad. Even if that happened, would you still stick with your current choice?"
"Yes." Yu Zihan answered firmly.
"Why?" the judges asked with interest.
"Because I'm not greedy, I have my mother's love and my father's care, which is enough. I feel that I am the happiest person in the world right now, so there is no need for me to choose to start over. Besides, I am only fifteen years old now. I will use my efforts to make the rest of my life more wonderful."
Yu Zihan also gave wonderful answers to the next few questions. In the end, she won and became the champion of this National Middle School Students' English Talent Competition.
Xu Anna was also shocked by Yu Zihan's speech. She had never listened to her speech so seriously, nor had she truly seen Yu Zihan's excellence.
Until now, she believed that Yu Zihan won because she drew a question that she was familiar with, and she was just lucky.
The flames of jealousy in her eyes were about to burst out. Why did she win the championship? On what basis did she win the championship? How could she have a mother who loved her so much? On what basis did she win?
She looked at the press box and thought smugly, "You'll be in for a treat in a minute."
Pei Xiao looked a little excited when he was giving his summary. Everyone thought he was excited because he had discovered some promising talents.
In fact, he was excited about what Yu Zihan said. Yu Zihan said that she has her mother's love and her father's care so she is the happiest person in the world.
It turns out that he also contributed to his daughter's happiness. He knew that he didn't deserve it and that he had not fulfilled his responsibilities as a father at all.
In the future, he will do his best to protect his daughter and her mother and make them happier.
Pei Xiao was in a good mood because of his daughter's recognition. He took his work very seriously and summarized the contestants' performance from all aspects.
After discussion, everyone agreed on the results of the competition and handed the list of winners to the host.
The host held the freshly-released list of winners in hand, deliberately keeping everyone in suspense. She began reading from the fourth place: "Dear audience here, dear friends watching on TV, the students whose names I called, please walk to the center of the podium.
I now announce that the fourth place winner of the First National Middle School Students' English Talent Competition is Pei Shuyan from the capital.
The third place winner of the first National Middle School Students' English Talent Competition was Xu Anna from the capital.
The second place winner of the first National Middle School Students' English Competition was Yan Jinyan from Shanghai.
After the three of them stood on the podium, the host announced in an exaggerated tone: "Now, with great excitement, I declare that you have won the first place in the First National Middle School Students' English Talent Competition. Pause, pause.
It's Yu Zihan from Qingcheng No. 1 Middle School in Xi'an. "Now, let's give a warm round of applause to our champion, Yu Zihan, as she steps onto the podium." Yu Zihan stepped onto the podium amid the host's enthusiastic calls.
They stood on the podium waiting for the most exciting moment, the award ceremony.
But before that there will be a small press tour.
The host waited until the applause died down and then said to the reporters in the press box: "We are about to start our question and answer session."
"Reporters present here, please feel free to ask any questions you have. Our winners and judges will give you satisfactory answers." After saying these words, the host stood aside.
"Can I ask our champion a question?" a young male reporter asked politely.
"Sure." Yu Zihan responded cooperatively.
"I understand that you were born in a small mountain village and studied in a school in a small town. I want to know how you learned English under such conditions and how you were so good at it?" The reporter's question may be what everyone present wanted to know.
"First of all, thank you for your interest in me. Learning English well does require certain conditions. The most important reason why I have achieved some success is not because of my natural conditions, but because of my hard work and firm belief.
When I lived in the mountain village, I would get up at three or four o'clock every day. I would prepare breakfast for the family before five o'clock. I would recite books while making breakfast, not only English but also Chinese, history and geography. I could basically recite the textbooks of all subjects by heart.
It was five o'clock when I finished cooking. I had to leave without having time to eat. It took me an hour and a half to walk to school. During this time, I ate steamed buns while reciting my lessons.
Therefore, diligence and hard work will overcome most innate advantages. But I may be God's favorite, I am also very talented. "Yu Zihan said this without feeling guilty, because this is what he did.
The reporters and everyone in the audience were silent. What they saw was the excellent Yu Zihan, the Yu Zihan standing on the podium with high spirits.
But they don't know the dedication and hard work behind her.
Yes, there is no such thing as easy success. Behind every success is their sweat and tears.
"Thank you for sharing. I believe you will become more and more successful." The reporter was reluctant to ask any more questions.
He had prepared a lot of questions, which were of course sharp and targeted, but he couldn't ask them in front of Yu Zihan.
Many reporters then asked questions to the other award winners. They all gave excellent answers, which greatly benefited the audience, especially the students, watching on TV.
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