C7 speech（Apply Your Skills , 5 to 7 minutes） by Speaker：Vincent Wang
Title：Gift delivered on 12/21/2004 (AMTC)
(OPEN)
When you heard or saw this word “gift”, what do you feel?
Exciting, romantic, or just crazy on it?
Than, what words do you think would connect with it? Happy Birthday, Christmas, chocolates or flowers.
Moreover, are you intended a giver or the opposite of as a receiver? Exactly, It’s hard to get answer. Sometimes we would like to give and sometimes we really enjoy taking. The experience of received and giving a gift I had before has been really caused my life mush more exciting. I would like to share with you
(Body)
At first, I would like to start from the experience of received a gift.
Do you know what is it? Is it like a teacher’s pointer? In Taiwan, we may say “teacher’s regulator.” Exactly, it is a chopstick and a gift gave by my grandpa. I know some of you are now little confusing about it why It’s not a pair one and so big. Let me share you what I had gotten from my grandpa when I was a kid.
My grandpa was a village head and earned the respect of his villager. In addition, he was a well-known carpenter. He made this big chopstick and gave it to me on my birthday of 13 year’s old. My brother got another one. My grandpa had enclosed three advices together for us with this gift.
The first, He asked us always think about what does the “giant” do. This chopstick was to help us to stimulate ours memories. Therefore, it’s so big because it was designed for a giant. The second, he said that we must always work together with, to reach our goal together; a chopstick cannot work alone. That was the reason why my grandpa just gave us only one of it not a pair. He emphasized to work with others is not only the sibling in family, but also the others out side, and do not forget sometime we need other’s help; also sometimes, we shall give a hand to others.
The third, It’s a regulator and unique for me, until I was over 18 years old. The reason is I was not a good boy at that time. My brother and sister were often provoked to my bad behavior. During that period of time, 13 to 18, I had learned a lot from my grandpa. It’s mean that I had gotten a lot of punishment. Even though, times flying but I still hold it as a treasure. If I faced a difficulty or rough going to do, I usually took this to evoke the memory of my grandpa’s words. But it’s not often, instead of, I use it to my son. My son always gets more words than his father did from his grandpa. Good luck of my son.
Continuing, I am going to share you the other experience of gift giving. It was 13 years ago; I was a products engineer of a speaker factory. A day, when I leaved office, I saw a woman who was sobbing in the security guard booth. I knew this woman because she just asked me how to correct the wrong procedure in the morning. After asked the guard, I knew that she was caught by taking out a mini-stereo radio with out promise. She was in a big trouble. She may get fire from this. I told the guard let me to deal with it and took her back to my office. The woman was divorced and has a 10 years girl. She really wants a radio for her girl at Christmas. Therefore, when she saw that nice radio lay on the table seemed somebody forgot it; she was greedy for it. I told her that the radio is a sample use to test the speaker and let her know how serious she had made. And than I let her go and no body knows this except the guard. Next day I asked a new one from the company for her girl as the Christmas gift. It’s over 13 years; I still received her card every Christmas.
(CONCLUSION)
In practice, do not care about what role you are and like to be to a “gift” giver or a receiver, the most important is that why you do it, what benefit you want to give and to receive. Even if the gift is a falling down from the heaven and you think is a treasure to you. Ok! It’s good to take it; no one would care about it.
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