Topic 2 Exquisite Articles-高中英语读本选择性必修第一册

25 Passage A The Power of Youth My name is Roy Wang. I􀆳m a young singer and actor from China. The country that hosts 278 milion young people, as the second largest youth population in the world. Until yesterday, I only saw the UN building on TV, so this is the very first time that I􀆳m honored to participate in the Youth Forum to raise my voice. I􀆳m grateful for this unique opportunity. I was fortunate to work with the United Nations China Sub-group on Youth to advocate for the “Imagine 2030”campaign,which aims at encouraging the young generation in China to reflect and think about the world we want to see in 2030 — the year the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are expected to be achieved. This campaign, meaningfuly engaged a large number of young people, including milions of left-behind children, and other marginalized young people, and provided them with an opportunity to express their views and share their imagination to inspire our world. I submitted a cartoon-drawing project. My passion for 2030 is that every young person can access good quality education, girls have the same potential 26 to achieve amazing things as boys. With the support from many young people across the country, the campaign, which has been running for a few months since October, 2016, recorded over 500 milion views online. Inspired by the campaign, understanding SDGs has become a fashion among the young people. Dear excelencies, friends, and coleagues, taking this opportunity, both as a leader and a young