Last week, I took part in an English speech contest which was held by our teachers.上周，我参加了学校老师举行的一次英语演讲比赛。

There were twelve students in the final contest. I was one of them.总共有十二位同学进入决赛，我是其中之一。Fifteen minutes before my turn, I picked my topic and prepared for it.轮到我的前十五分钟，我选好我的主题并做好准备。I wrote down the outlines and organized what I was going to say.我写下大纲并组织好要说的内容。