The enemy of learning is self-satisfaction, and to learn something seriously, one must start with dissatisfaction. We should adopt this attitude towards ourselves, 'never get tired of learning', and 'never tire of teaching' to others.

- Grandpa Mao

Everyday learning and experience are our most powerful support at critical junctures.

—Lincoln

Carefully comprehending the speeches of the leaders on the stage at the opening of the English Speech Contest, I think the words of Grandpa Mao and Lincoln are very reasonable.

The English speech contest is held in the usual large conference room, and the curtains are pulled up, and the inside looks a little dim.

The competition was going on, and I was a little nervous.

"The next student who gave a speech is a student of our teacher Bai, and I would like to invite Yin Xia to bring us his wonderful speech."

As I sat in the audience and was familiar with the speech, I couldn't help but feel a little nervous when I heard my name. However, under the encouraging eyes of my sister and Liu Mengying, I stood up and walked briskly towards the high platform.

This time, I am giving a talk about 'ghosts' hindering post-disaster reconstruction.

I don't know what my sister thought at the beginning? I was found a copy of this speech.

After a brief introduction, I began my speech.

The content of the story is about a certain country after an earthquake and tsunami, nearly a thousand years later, and the intention to rebuild was hindered by 'ghosts'.

When the people inside were building, there were inexplicable deaths, and there were strange events such as ghosts getting on the car while driving to transport materials.

When I finished my speech in not very standard English, I glanced at the audience and the senior English teachers sitting on the judging stage, and found that their faces were not very good-looking.

Of course, at the moment I thought it was my crappy mouth that was causing them discomfort. After all, the purpose of this presentation is mainly to consider the students' fluency in English, and in terms of content, it should be placed second.

My sister sat with the judges and teachers, and the first one took the lead in applauding.

Bowing slightly, I took the opportunity to step down from the podium and return to my seat.

The English Speech Contest was not affected by my bland speech, and it was still going on in an orderly manner.

It wasn't until after the last student had finished speaking that the host invited her sister to the stage.

"I would like to say a few words of my own opinion on this speech. Language is just a tool for communication, and the purpose of learning is to make us more aware of advanced things abroad...... Presumably, this speech will set off a wave of learning English in schools......"

When she finished speaking with a smile on her face, she ushered in a round of applause from the audience.

In particular, many male teachers and classmates couldn't help but stare in the direction of their sister.

"Thank you to our English team leader, Mr. Bai, for your wonderful summary, thank you very much! Next, it is also the moment that everyone is most concerned about. ”

I sat in my seat nervously from the moment I finished clapping, and my body and mind were extremely tormented.

Although it is just an ordinary English speech competition, as a student, who doesn't want to get a ranking and be recognized and encouraged by teachers?

The ranking of the speech contest was announced from the tenth place, and every time the host read the same initials as me, I was nervous, and I thought it was me.

When I was fidgeting, I inadvertently noticed that Liu Mengying, who was sitting next to me, seemed to be looking for something in the crowd, scanning the crowd motionlessly.

The look in his eyes was eager, and it looked like the look I would only show when faced with those strange situations that I didn't want to see.

Seeing Liu Mengying's face, I was still a little puzzled and puzzled.

"Sister Mengying, what are you looking for?"

"No, it's just to see if there are any handsome guys everywhere!" Liu Mengying suddenly turned around and smiled at me.

Hearing her words so out of tune, I shook my head, a little speechless, and didn't pay any more attention to her.

It's just that when the host announced the third place with a smile on his face, a sharp scream suddenly came from the audience, disrupting the order of the English speech contest rankings.

Everyone was shocked and looked over.

"Dead ...... Dead? In the midst of the chaos, a clear female voice came out.

Suddenly, the entire dimly lit classroom became strange.

The host was also frightened by this voice, pinching the microphone and not knowing how to speak, and looking at the chaotic fleeing crowd with frightened eyes.

"Turn on the lights quickly, and everyone don't panic." At the critical moment, the dean of education walked up to the stage and shouted at the top of his voice to tell everyone to stop the riot, "What's going on?" ”

"Dean of Studies, die...... Dead man, our class ...... "In the chaotic place, the classmates dispersed quickly, and a boy pointed to the ground and said vaguely.

"What are you kidding, send it to the infirmary quickly." As he spoke, the dean walked towards the audience.

I couldn't help but look up, startled me, the classmate who fell to the ground, at this time his eyes were dull, his eyes were glazed, his nose was full of blood, he looked miserable, and he looked extremely infiltrating.

My sister seemed to be frightened by the way she saw the classmate, so she hurried over to me and grabbed my hand.

She didn't look at the classmate who had the accident, but said to Liu Mengying: "Mengying, this is what you said, will it happen today?" ”

"Yes, Sister Yuqin." Liu Mengying didn't come out, just like us, she stood in place and whispered.

Listening to the god-like conversation between the two, my heart was extremely uneasy, and I couldn't help but ask, "Sister, Sister Mengying, do you have something to hide from me?" ”

The two were silent for an instant.

I didn't have time to ask anything, and when I looked at the classmate who had the accident, I saw the dean and a few male teachers walking out.

In the big classroom, although the lights were turned on and the curtains were opened, there was still a panic, especially many female students, who were scared.

My sister stared at Liu Mengying and asked in a low voice, "Mengying, have you found anything?" ”

"Nope!" Liu Mengying replied briefly.

At this point, my brows furrowed even more, what kind of dumb riddle were the two of them playing?

"Okay, classmates and teachers, please don't panic, that classmate just now thought he was born with some disease, and suddenly fainted with a nosebleed, and he has been sent to the infirmary, and he will be fine."

"But just now we saw a terrible shadow on his face, and then, and then a bloody ......," said a timid girl, scared.

"This classmate, have you read too many supernatural novels, and your imagination is really rich?" The host smiled slightly.

"Teacher, I saw it too."

"Hehe, okay, maybe the light flashed just now, everyone be quiet, and now we will announce the rest of the rankings." The presiding teacher smiled slightly.

The next rankings were announced quickly, but I got my wish and won first place.

It's just that because of the sudden occurrence of this incident, the faces of the classmates who had the accident, and the words of the two girls, always lingered in my mind, and I walked out of the classroom, looking at my sister and Liu Mengying, I was always full of questions.