Ladies and Gentlemen: My topic is Honesty.

As a correspondent of the Qingdao Morning News, I visited Dr. James Gilman, the President of the International Committee for Marco Polo Studies in England. In this picture, this is James, and this is me and we are looking at a dragon’s tooth. This is a true story.

65 years ago, James lived in Qingdao. Then he was only 5 years old. He often visited the Aquarium and was fascinated by a creature on display there, which he thought was a dragon. He was afraid of its sharp teeth and wanted one to keep as a treasure.

In the late 1930s, when the Japanese occupied Qingdao, his family had to leave. On his last day in Qingdao, he ran to the Aquarium and pulled out one of the teeth from the dragon’s mouth.

He kept the tooth for the next 65 years, but the feeling of guilt at having stolen it was there in the background all through his life. It was always on his conscience, and the feeling intensified as he became older. Finally he decided to put right his childish error. In 2002, he visited Qingdao and returned it to the Aquarium with his sincere apologies. He received a warm welcome.

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When James visited Qingdao, I accompanied him all the time and reported on his visit. I was deeply touched by his honesty. It has taught me a lot. I think to err is human. The important thing is to have the courage to admit and correct one’s error.

Honesty is a vital quality of human behaviour. So we should try to keep an honest mind in everything we say and do. I would like to say to all of my friends: Let’s be honest people of good moral character.

Thank you.

女士们,先生们:我的主题是诚实。

青岛早报的记者,我参观了詹姆斯·吉尔曼博士国际委员会主席马可·波罗研究在英国。在这张照片,这是詹姆斯,这是我和我们看龙的牙齿。这是一个真实的故事。

65年前,詹姆斯住在青岛。然后他才5岁。他经常参观了水族馆展出生物非常着迷,他认为是龙。他害怕它的锋利的牙齿和想要一个保持作为一个宝贝。

在1930年代末,日本占领青岛时,他的家人不得不离开。在他最后一天在青岛,他跑到水族馆,拿出从龙嘴里的牙齿。

他把牙在接下来的65年,但在有内疚的感觉偷了它在后台有所有通过他的生命。它总是在他的良心,加剧了他成为老的感觉。最后,他决定把他的幼稚的错误。2002年,他访问了青岛和返回到水族馆和他真诚的道歉。他收到了热烈的欢迎。

当詹姆斯访问青岛,我陪他在他的访问和报道。我被深深感动了他的诚实。它教会了我很多,我想人非圣贤孰能无过。重要的是有勇气去承认和改正错误。

诚实是一种重要的人类行为的质量。所以我们应该尽量保持一个诚实的在我们说,所做的一切。我想对我所有的朋友说:老实说好品德的人。

谢谢你。