On the morning of December 4, 2024, I completed my first all-English presentation since starting school, which should also count as one of the few semi-scripted presentations.
The last time I presented in English was in high school, probably in 2018. One was about the hardware components of a computer, and the other was about the sci-fi movie alien: covenant.
I remember when I introduced the computer hardware components, I took the motherboard, CPU, and DDR2 memory from an old computer at home and brought them to the podium with the visual presenter to explain what a motherboard/mainboard is, which part is the CPU and which part is memory. The enthusiasm shown by everyone was far beyond my expectations. At that time, I had never assembled a computer, and I wasn't even sure if I could put it back together after taking it apart (in reality, I never did assemble it). I hadn't been exposed to Bilibili or Zhihu back then, and I can't quite recall where I learned this knowledge, probably from Pacific Computer Network and Zhongguancun Online.
Although my English wasn't great, and I was very nervous, I remember that the effect at that time seemed quite good. It even confused the teacher about whether it was an English or computer class, and at one point, he gestured for me to finish quickly.
My explanation of alien: covenant was also very rough; I just translated the Chinese script into English and read the PPT. I remember mispronouncing covenant as convent. However, I recall a few boys cheering and calling me by my nickname, and they probably shouted the movie title as well. Looking back, it was quite amusing; the group back then was really very supportive. (I shared a classic line from the movie on stage, which comes from Ozymandias; I felt that line was quite impactful.)
Now, in this group of classmates who chose the same English speaking class, I have also met many enthusiastic classmates, or rather, friends. They actively ask questions during class and often share interesting things with me.