THE WORD HAS CHANGED THE WORLD Actually, at first when I saw the speech topic “THE WORD HAS CHANDED THE WORLD”, I thought it may be not that easy to find out that word. So my first response was, “Oh, no! But it was exactly this reaction offered me inspiration. The word NO, did has changed the world. In Rise of the Planet of Apes, the movie screened a few months earlier, the scene that Caesar, the ape, surrounded by so many apes, shouted “NO” to human beings really impressed us a lot. That “NO” not only brings us the shock that “how can an ape speak?” but also expresses their resistance against the cruel animal testing. This word is like rousing hymn of those miserable apes, freedom thundering against inhumane slaughter. How about us? Don’t we need this kind of cry? William Jennings Bryant once said, “Destiny is not a matter of chance, but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.” Everybody once suffered failure in the fight against disease, prejudice or something else. Every nation once suffered political, financial, cultural crisis. When all these frustrating things happen, should we merely remain silent, swim with the tide, listen to the mercy of fate? No, it’s time to say “no” and this is how our destiny changed In World War 2, confronting the fascist aggression, people in Asia, Europe, and Africa shouted “NO” courageously and drove the invaders from the soil of their motherland. In 20th century, black people in America shouted “NO” angrily to the racial discrimination and segregation and finally won the victory they had longed for for centuries. In 2008, when we faced the one of the worst earthquake ever happen in China, we Chinese shouted “NO” in tears and helped those quake victims by donating money, daily essentials and blood. “NO” is not just a word. It’s a symbol of our struggle for better life and the never-stop-fighting attitude. The reason why the world looks like it is today is that we never stop saying “no” to this world and finally changed it. (This is my speech for my speech contest,please point out the weakness,thanks:D)