Before I was ten, my parents worked very hard at ensuring that everything seemed pleasant for me. I had to admit that I had a very peaceful childhood and I mostly ignored the fact that my elder sister was different. She was diagnosed(诊断)with “Asperger Syndrome”. This diagnosis turned my parents’ world upside down, but they never let it affect me.
It was only at the age of ten that I started to notice the differences and become conscious of my social life and self-image that I had carefully developed. My sister, on the other hand, was socially awkward. She could not look at people in the eye. She would say to herself and repeat what she had just said. She, however, was good at studying, and thus we attended the same primary school. Despite this, I never accepted in public that she was my sister. There was one incident, however, just two years ago, that remained in my memory. It was the incident that changed how I viewed my sister. It was the incident that changed me.
When she was about to graduate in primary six, the school made it a must for everyone to put up an performance, in a group or individually. Due to her inability to integrate(融入群体), my sister was the only one left without a group, so my sister had to perform individually. “I’ll sing, ”my sister told my parents, somewhat confidently. Hearing that, I was completely shocked. How could my sister, who was socially awkward, sing in front of the school? I knew so very well that if I allowed this to happen, she would embarrass me, one way or another. “No!” I remembered protesting. My parents shot me a look. I knew my sister was to perform, and I was to be part of the audience watching her. Silently, I prayed that something would happen and I would not have to watch my sister shame herself. The day finally came.
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I sat in the hall, restless and uneasy, waiting for my sister to start her performance.
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How did I not know that my sister could sing so beautifully?
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1．在你看来，艺术是什么？
2．艺术给人带来什么？
3．如何提高自己的艺术修养？
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参考词汇：艺术修养 artistic accomplishment
Good morning, everyone! I'm Li Hua. It’s my honor to stand here and give a speech about art.
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