Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I’m glad to be here to give you my speech called ‘ Yes, we can.’
If we want to say ‘yes, we can’, we must know what things we need to do first. Just like to me, it’s my duty and honour to make it a good speech for you. I believe I can.
We need to know more meaningful things. For example, the 35th President of United States, J.F. Kennedy, said this in his inaugural speech: ‘Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.’ Can we do more for our society? Yes, we can. We can make it a better world through our hard work.
I n Barack Obama’s victory speech, he told a story about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old. She was born just a generation past slavery, a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons, because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
This reminds me of Martin Luther King’s well-known speech—I have a dream. He said, ‘I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."’
And now, it’s the 21st century. A man has touched down on the moon. The Cold War has been ended. An African-American is chosen to be the next president of USA. Can Martin Luther King’s dream come true? Sadly, it can’t at the present. But, if we do our best, can our dream of peace, liberty and equality come true in the future? Yes, we can. We need change and we can change the world and ourselves. We are sure, yes we can
Believe that if we do our best, we can say it in a fantastic voice—
‘ Yes, we can.’
Thank you.
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