opportunity

hard work

　　Okay, first of all, I want to say that I never deny that hard work is necessary—everyone can work hard, but not everyone can seize a valuable opportunity. Opportunity provides the stage; it's the platform that allows you to succeed. For example, a singer can't become famous without the chance to perform, and a player can't win without the chance to compete. As a student, I need an interview to get a good job. So we can see that hard work just makes you capable, but opportunity makes you visible. Therefore, opportunity is more important.

　　Wait, I don't fully agree with that idea. Because I think opportunity gives you a better "engine," while hard work actually makes your own "car." You're driving your own path, and when opportunity comes, you can't just wait for it. The key is to be ready to take advantage of the opportunity when it presents itself. So I believe hard work is more important. But if hard work were more important, then all hardworking people would succeed, right? But in reality, not everyone can be successful. For example, street cleaners who don't have the opportunity to access better education or career advancement—their hard work alone can't lift them into success. Similarly, if hard work were more important, every canner would be a millionaire, but in real life, they aren't.

　　Opportunity might decide our limits, but hard work determines if we can reach those limits. To me, hard work means improving yourself and expanding your horizons. It's not easy to get opportunities, and you might not even realize them. If you think hard work is useless, that's not true. It's like if you go to the office or company in the morning and do a useless job—hard work is actually self-improvement, and it has its own meaning. So hard work is the foundation.

　　I never said hard work is useless; I also agree that hard work is important. But we're talking about which one is "more important." I think opportunity is more important. For example, an excellent actor with amazing acting skills might still be unknown if she never gets a good role or platform to show herself. She can still practice and improve, but without opportunity, she'll never achieve real success.

　　You just said opportunity is very important, but actually, we have so many opportunities now. Maybe you just had a "peaceful day," but you might be missing so many opportunities. It's like we all want to learn spoken English right now, and we have different majors and opportunities. Why not chase our dreams now? Because hard work is an important process towards reaching our goals. Life is long, longer than we imagine. Think about the movie Forrest Gump—he didn't have many talents or opportunities, but he remembered his mother's words: "Never give up and keep running." He ran through his childhood, his team, his school, and even his weekends, and eventually, he won.

　　So hard work is definitely important, but opportunity is the key that unlocks your hard work. Without opportunity, your hard work might go unnoticed, and you'll never reach the success you're capable of.

　　OK, firstly, I want to say that hard work is important. You see, opportunities exist in our life; everyone has some opportunities, but I don't think that's the case because I believe opportunities are real, and because everyone can work hard to find them, and everyone can be successful. Because, if we lack opportunity, we can't turn our effort into influence.

　　Well everyone, we need to know that success actually requires hard work. It needs the right attitude, learning, studying, maybe sacrifice, and most of all, you need to love what you do and keep going, keep working hard.

　　However, about the other points, what kind...

　　（注：原始文本后半段"嗯。嗯，中间这个节奏不在那吗？如果突然打断你的话，嗯，可可以可以，嗯，对，我觉得你也可以打动我，然后呢，嗯，如果。"因缺乏上下文语境，无法准确判断其与辩题的关联性及具体含义，故暂保留原样并以"..."处理口语化表达。）

　　然后会让整个过程变得非常精彩，否则只会像我们两个在做演讲，没有太多意思。

　　那你那个还可以，但是有一点就是你的眼神不要太挑，我看好。就是他说，你看你自己发挥吧。其实有的时候，如果说你不去拘泥于你的那些稿子和观点，只是即兴去说的话，甚至有可能你的思维会展开得非常多。因为你的观点、例子，反正整个思维在你脑子里，你怎样说都可以，怎样组织语言都行，没有必要按照既定的路线去说。

　　好，那我们再完整来一遍吧。

　　Okay, dear judges, opponents and audience, I firmly believe that opportunity is more important for success. Hard work is so common and opportunities are rare. Without opportunity, efforts can turn into nothing, and opportunity is the key to open the door to success. Hard work is just preparation, and opportunity decides where your effort goes. So I...

　　Okay, well, opportunity is more important for success because opportunity provides the stage and platform. Success relies on it. For example, a singer can't be famous without a chance to perform, a player can't win without a chance to compete, and a student needs an interview to get a good job, and so on. So hard work just makes you able, while opportunity makes you visible. Therefore, opportunity is more important for success. Well, I have to agree. This is like a car. You know, hard work is like the engine that lets you drive, but opportunity is the road. If the road doesn't come, you can just wait and sleep, like the tortoise and hare race. You might be like the hare, but you can't just sit there and expect to win. The process requires continuous effort, which is hard. Well, if you just work hard without opportunities, you also can't be successful. For example, an excellent actor with amazing acting skills is still unknown; she just needs a good role or platform to show herself. She can still practice and improve continuously, but without the opportunity to show herself, she will never achieve real success. So hard work determines if you can catch opportunities. It's how you improve yourself, broaden your horizon, and make it easier to find a job—you might not even realize it. If you think hard work is useless, like sitting at the office doing internet or businessless jobs, that's not hard work; it's called inefficiency, which isn't enough. Well, I never see hard work as unimportant. I think hard work is also important, but opportunity is more important. Let's think: if hard work were more important than opportunity, hardworking people would all succeed, but in real life, not everyone can. For example, a street cleaner without the opportunity to access better education or change careers—their hard work might not lead to success. If hard work were more important, every street cleaner would be a millionaire. Hard work is very important, but opportunity is the key. Because in daily life, we often don't notice the opportunities around us. Maybe in a single day, we miss a lesson or an afternoon chance. That's why the books say English now might be about different majors, activities, futures—some want to go abroad, some want a better job. We need to seize opportunities, work hard, practice our spoken English, because we all know hard work is a very important process. Life is longer than ever imagined; if you don't let opportunities pass, you might still have talents you haven't discovered. Keep going, and you'll succeed because hard work is always continuous.

　　OK, you said in our life, we have many opportunities but we know but we didn't notice them, so I think you mean, well, yes, we have many opportunities but we didn't grasp them, so we can't achieve our success. So we can see that opportunities are the stage leading to the final success. With an opportunity, we can be successful, so it's more important.

　　女士们，先生们，或许这不是为了你们，而是因为你们需要努力工作。你们需要学习、需要研究、需要付出牺牲，最重要的是，你们需要热爱所做的事，并且坚持努力——因为热爱本身就是一种力量。

　　我想说的是，即使天赋和机会非常重要，然而勤奋才是通往成功的最终决定因素。

　　谢谢。