成都英语考级:请帮忙找一下一篇英语演讲稿

这句话可译为:"天南地北,家为贵"或者"走东串西，还是家里好"
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What is Canada? What is Vancouver?

"Another side of the world." Chinese children guessed.

"Paradise for new immigrants!" My immigrant consultant said.

"The best country in the world!" The government told me.

When people look at a matter from different angles, they come to different conclusions. After we stepped out from Vancouver international airport two years ago, the friend who met us even said: "Vancouver is a village of 'widows'", because too many Chinese women's husbands who came from Hong Kong or Taiwan went back to make money and left them here. Usually these ladies live in their gorgeous big houses and drive their luxurious Benz or BMW in Vancouver or Richmond, but unfortunately what they really need are their husbands.

Can these Chinese men make money here? Definitely not. Maybe they were successful businessmen or professionals in their homeland, but they do not know which direction to follow because of the difference in language, value sense and income tax declaration.

Over the years, two distinct images have emerged to describe the difference between the United States and Canada in assimilating immigrants. They are the "melting pot" and the "mosaic".

The United States is described as a "melting pot" of people. As the name suggests, immigrants to the United States were encouraged and expected to give up their native culture and language and become "American" as quickly as possible.

In art, a mosaic is a picture composed of small pieces of stone or glass. Unlike the United States, the Canadian mosaic meant that new immigrants were encouraged to keep their culture and language. All the different cultures would form a mosaic. The government believed that this multicultural heritage would enrich Canadian society.

Anyway, I argue that it is better to be a "melting pot" than a "mosaic". If new immigrants don't move into the mainstream of society, they tend to live apart and remain in low-paying jobs.

Chinese immigrants first came to Canada in 1858. They came to "Jinshan" (means Gold Mountain) to seek a better life for themselves. From 1880, thousands of Chinese workers arrived in Canada to help build Canada's national railway. After the railway was completed in 1885, all Chinese immigrants who came to Canada were obliged to pay a tax in order to enter this country. Around 81,000 immigrants had to pay this money and the government collected some 23 million dollars.

The high cost of this tax made it very difficult for family members to leave China to join their fathers or husbands in Canada. Many husbands were stranded in Canada, sending home whatever money they could to their "widows". Families were separated for decades, and many men lost all hope of bringing their wives and children to Canada.

It is unthinkable that this tragedy is recurring. One hundred years ago the trouble-maker was exorbitant taxes and excessive levies; nowadays, who is trouble-maker?

I heard a joke that the Canadian government would like to accept more and more Chinese immigrants because in China the Chinese family would like to have two or three or more children. But to the government's surprise, more and more Chinese families in Canada do not want any sons or daughters because of the heavy burden of life, the feeling of insecurity and the anxiety about the future. That's life!

Chinese in Canada don't usually participate in Canadian politics. They use their energy to serve and strengthen their own Chinese community. There are reasons for this: first, many haven't lived in Canada long enough to become citizens and acquire the right to vote. Some of the more recent Chinese Canadians have a different reason for not playing a role in Canada's political life --- they just don't have the time. As you may already know, these business tycoons live like astronauts. They may have acquired Canadian citizenship but they have to fly back and forth many times a year just to make a living.

At a recent general election in Canada, a young Chinese ran for the Liberal Party. (I remember his name is Raymond Chan.) He won his seat by a large majority and was elected to parliament. A former electrical engineer, he had come to Canada at the age of eighteen and had lived here for twenty-four years.

The election of this Member of Parliament is a sign of a new involvement in Canadian politics by Chinese. Anyway, he downplayed his knowledge of Chinese and took English courses to minimize his Chinese accent ---minimize his Chinese mark.

He is lucky.

Lots of Chinese have got home-sick. But they prefer to stay here. The first reason is: Long time no work in China; they cannot keep track of current Chinese working conditions. The second: their children growing up here for several years can speak and write in very good English but cannot do it in Chinese. They have already lost their tools for living in China --- their homeland!

Who are they? Nobody knows.

However, all Chinese immigrants are attached to Canada because of the quality of life and its peaceful nature. We must learn living --- and complaining --- in Canada, and get the habit of asking ourselves "Where is this" after waking up. That's life!