2018年12月5日-9日，“外研社·国才杯”全国英语演讲大赛在北京举行，选手们为观众带来了一场思想与语言交汇融合的饕餮盛宴。本届英语演讲比赛中外学生同场竞技，区域中心泰国籍留学生Surucchawadi Seweewanlop（苏维迪）代表北航学生一路过关斩将，表现突出，荣获一等奖。
在决赛“即兴演讲”的舞台上，苏维迪凭借出色的口语和机智的回答获得了在场嘉宾和观众的一致认可。她以“摸着石头过河”作比喻，生动形象地描绘出中国作为世界大国在经济政治改革中所作出的探索。她提到，中国在改革开放的过程中，没有选择容易的道路，而是脚踏实地，一步一个脚印，这为中国的未来发展打下了坚实的基础。尽管改革之路道阻且长，但就是在这个过程中，中国摸索出了适合自己的道路。中国在深化改革开放的过程中，始终坚持从小事做起，从细节做起，这也是中国能够获得长足发展的重要原因。
苏维迪是区域中心18级空间法律与政策专业学生，她在采访中说道：“参加这次比赛是我做的最正确的选择之一。能从上千名参赛者中脱颖而出参加决赛，我感到十分荣幸。通过这次比赛，我和来自全中国的参赛者成了朋友，他们有着不同的教育背景，但都训练有素、勤奋聪慧。比赛过程中，很多人都问我学的是什么专业。当听到我的专业是‘国际法’时，他们都说‘怪不得你的演讲内容逻辑性这么强’。我很开心听到这些赞美之词，也让我下定决心要更加严格地要求自己，在专业学习上更上一层楼。我在比赛中还学到了一句人生格言：‘真正的勇士不是那些从不畏惧的人，而是勇于面对恐惧的人。’我非常感谢外研社和北航能够给予我这次机会。并且，我想对大家说：一定要‘挑战自己，相信自己’！”
苏维迪演讲稿全文：
China’s development is a blessing to the world as a major player on the reform of economic, political progress along with its enjoyment of legally protected rights both domestically and internationally.
What does it tell us that China has reached this world-leading level? It tells us the inspiring story that is China has found a model perfectly suited to its national conditions.
摸石头过河 : crossing the river by feeling the stones
Imagine when we cross the river, we know that there are countless numbers of invisible stones under the river. Of course, when we have to walk across the river ,in each step, our feet have to carefully choose which stone is stable enough to support our body, if it is not a suitable stone, we learned the lesson from that step, but with the spirit of the nation, we are still on the path, then we move forward to another stone. Consequently, we learned step by step what is the suitable path for our journey. You might think, choosing a stone is time consuming since there are abundant of stones under the river. We never know which stone is the best one without stepping on it first. Supposed that we have some other options to facilitate our crossing, for instance, a raft, a speed boat or even an airplane. Wouldn’t it be a lot easier and faster to cross the river?
However, in reality, 40 years ago, there was no other options that was capable of producing an effective reform on the nation. Since, a stone can be regarded as a smallest fraction of details in terms of national reformation, if we pay attention to even the smallest factor, it ultimately create a strong, solid, impregnable base for the entire country.
We choose not to seek help from an airplane to cross the river, but rather to build up our own ground base by carefully and gradually cross the river by feeling the stone. We choose to walk slowly but sustainable. We choose to pay attention to smallest thing through deepening of reforms of our political system through the genuine advancement of economic reform, we choose to explore our way forward in a unique pioneering spirit full of scholars, therefore, China is be able to provide for the long lasting peaceful rule of nation.
