精彩的演講稿4篇
當(dāng)今社會(huì),交流溝通變得異常重要,而公共英語演講就是其最常見和有效的手段之一。無論是在學(xué)習(xí)還是工作中,我們會(huì)越來越多地接觸到公共英語演講,小到課堂的presentation、工作中的團(tuán)建,大到學(xué)術(shù)大會(huì)上的發(fā)言、總統(tǒng)競選。那么,如何才能寫出精彩的英語演講稿呢?對于初學(xué)者來講,怎么把握其寫作的關(guān)鍵呢?下面,將從大家熟知并廣為推崇的喬布斯XX年斯坦福大學(xué)的畢業(yè)演講稿為范本,給大家具體剖析精彩英語演講稿的寫作要點(diǎn),以幫助大家進(jìn)一步了解其基本寫作要領(lǐng)和指導(dǎo)大家的寫作實(shí)踐。
一.結(jié)構(gòu)清楚,邏輯明晰
由于公共演講一般受眾為數(shù)十人甚至數(shù)百、數(shù)千人,再加上演講環(huán)境的不確定性(比如:觀眾的歡呼,或者抱怨),最好在進(jìn)入主題后馬上給出所講內(nèi)容的邏輯框架,以便聽眾更好的預(yù)判整個(gè)演講內(nèi)容,有利于他們更好地跟隨演講者的思路,達(dá)到良好的演講效果。比如,喬布斯在該次演講中,開篇稍微寒暄開篇之后,就進(jìn)入正題,“today i want to tell you three stories from my life. that’s it. no big deal. just three stories.”學(xué)生們馬上能做出邏輯預(yù)判,我們今天會(huì)聽到喬布斯談三點(diǎn),然后具體關(guān)注是哪三點(diǎn),這種演講就具備了“audience-centeredness”(以觀眾為中心)的特質(zhì)。喬布斯在隨后的演講中明確提到,“the first story is about connecting the dots. my second story is about love and loss. my third story is about death.”由于這種明晰的思路,聽眾在聽完之后也會(huì)記憶猶新,不會(huì)覺得頭腦混亂,毫無所得。
當(dāng)然,演講稿的邏輯安排有多種方式,喬布斯的這篇演講是按照topical order(話題順序)和chronological order(時(shí)間順序)來安排的。除此之外, 還有spatial order(空間順序), problem-solution order(提問解決順序)等等。大家可以根據(jù)不同的演講內(nèi)容來安排自己演講稿的邏輯順序和結(jié)構(gòu)。
二.開篇出彩,結(jié)尾有道
演講稿的開篇和結(jié)尾往往需要花費(fèi)大量的功夫去設(shè)計(jì),這往往是精彩演講的亮點(diǎn)所在。因此,在寫作時(shí),需要結(jié)合受眾、場合和演講內(nèi)容等,爭取一開始就緊緊抓住聽眾的注意力和興趣所在,結(jié)尾時(shí),盡量做到意味深長、啟發(fā)思考。下面,將給大家具體分析基本的開篇和結(jié)尾模式,供大家以后寫作參考。
開篇的目的是要吸引聽眾,喬布斯在該篇演講稿中使用的是“relate the topic to the audience”(關(guān)聯(lián)話題與聽眾)的方式,這是一種比較有效的方法,人們一般對自己的事情都很關(guān)注,和自己相關(guān)的事情也會(huì)格外留意,喬布斯在開篇說到,“i am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. i never graduated from college. truth be told, i never graduated from college. this is the closest i’ve ever gotten to a college graduation.”高度贊美斯坦福大學(xué)是最好的大學(xué)之一,就是在與聽眾發(fā)生關(guān)聯(lián),讓大家產(chǎn)生好感,當(dāng)然喬布斯還用了適當(dāng)?shù)挠哪,更好地融洽了與聽眾的關(guān)系,“簡潔、有效”本就是喬布斯的演講風(fēng)格。除此之外,還有其他的一些開篇方式,我們也需要了解和掌握。
1.state the importance of your topic(指出演講話題的重要性)。直接告訴聽眾,你的演講重要在哪里。比如:今天要做的是一場“英語演講的藝術(shù)”的演講,那開始就直接指出,該演講對于大家今后的學(xué)習(xí)工作將會(huì)有重大的幫助,甚至給出一些數(shù)據(jù)和實(shí)例,讓聽眾明白不聽這個(gè)演講將會(huì)是自己的損失。這樣,聽眾就會(huì)很樂意投入到該次演講中去。
2.startle the audience(使聽眾震驚)。例如:要做一場關(guān)于“生活方式與疾病”的演講,開篇就可以給出一組極具沖擊力的數(shù)據(jù),讓聽眾看到生活方式的不健康將會(huì)是多么可怕的事情,這樣的震驚使聽眾能夠快速調(diào)整狀態(tài),投入到聽演講中去。
3.arouse the curiosity of the audience(引起聽眾的好奇心)
4.question the audience(向觀眾提問)。
5.begin with a quotation(以引用開篇)。
6.tell a story(以故事開篇)。
這些基本開篇的方式被無數(shù)的演講證明是實(shí)用而且有效的。
結(jié)尾往往可以起到“畫龍點(diǎn)睛”的作用,開篇正文再好,如果結(jié)尾過于平淡,整個(gè)演講的精彩程度都會(huì)大打折扣。那么如何做到“結(jié)尾有道”呢?首先,我們來看看喬布斯的這篇演講稿,他的結(jié)尾比開篇更加出彩,采用的是“end with a quotation”,達(dá)到的效果是特別引人深思。他在結(jié)尾說道,“stewart and his team put out several issues of the whole earth catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. it was the mid-1970s, and i was your age. on the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. beneath it were the words: “stay hungry. stay foolish.” it was their farewell message as they signed off. stay hungry. stay foolish. and i have always wished that for myself. and now, as you graduate to begin anew, i wish that for you. stay hungry. stay foolish.”他不僅在結(jié)尾引用這句“stay hungry. stay foolish”,而且重復(fù)三遍,強(qiáng)化聽眾的印象,這句話也被廣泛傳播,被譽(yù)為該篇演講的“精髓”。
在結(jié)尾時(shí),可以用結(jié)束信號(hào)詞讓聽眾明白你要準(zhǔn)備結(jié)尾了,不要讓演講結(jié)束得太突兀,比如,“in conclusion”, “let me end my speech by saying…”, “i’d like to close my speech this way.”等。具體的結(jié)尾方式很多,常見的有:
1.summarize your speech(總結(jié)演講)。
2.make a dramatic statement(強(qiáng)有力的陳述),這個(gè)不同于引用他人之言,往往是演講者自己的沉淀和吶喊,非常經(jīng)典的演講是patrick henry’s legendary “liberty or death” oration. 他在結(jié)尾時(shí)說道,”is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? forbid it, almighty god! i know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.”
3.refer to the introduction(首尾呼應(yīng))。這是體現(xiàn)演講內(nèi)在統(tǒng)一的很經(jīng)典的形式,值得借鑒。
三.觀點(diǎn)闡釋,有效支撐
毫無疑問,主體段的信息量最大,寫作量也是最大,如何更清晰地闡釋演講者的觀點(diǎn),有效支撐分論點(diǎn),是寫作時(shí)應(yīng)該把握的關(guān)鍵。在明晰了寫作邏輯之后,就要圍繞這些邏輯要點(diǎn)來展開論證。
喬布斯在斯坦福大學(xué)的畢業(yè)演講中,邏輯要點(diǎn)有三:1. the first story is about connecting the dots. 2. my second story is about love and loss. 3. my third story is about death. 他在闡釋中主要運(yùn)用了以下手段。
首先,舉例子。文中用了大量的例子來說明他怎么對待學(xué)習(xí)、工作和死亡,比如他說起自己決定輟學(xué)然后旁聽有意思的課程,這些課當(dāng)時(shí)對他沒什么實(shí)質(zhì)的幫助,但是十年后在當(dāng)他設(shè)計(jì)第一款macintosh 電腦的時(shí)候,這些東西全派上了用場,這個(gè)例子充分說明了他要講的第一個(gè)要點(diǎn),串起生命中的點(diǎn)滴。在隨后的文中,喬布斯大量地講述了他事業(yè)生活中的例子,讓聽眾感受到真實(shí)的力量和鼓舞。
其次,引用。他除了在文章最后用到了引用,文中也不乏引用的痕跡,比如在講到死亡時(shí),他引用了一句格言,“if you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.”這句話能表明他對于死亡的態(tài)度。恰到好處的引用往往能使聽眾印象深刻。
第三.數(shù)據(jù)。在講第二個(gè)故事——關(guān)于愛和失去時(shí),喬布斯用到了一系列數(shù)據(jù)來支撐觀點(diǎn)。他說自己是幸運(yùn)的,因?yàn)椋?ldquo; i started apple in my parents garage when i was 20. we worked hard, and in 10 years apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. we had just released our finest creation-the macintosh -a year earlier, and i had just turned 30.”數(shù)據(jù)很直觀,能讓聽眾有直接的認(rèn)識(shí)和理解。
除了以上提到的主體段展開方式,還有一些常用的手段,比如:testimony(引證),可以用專家的觀點(diǎn)增強(qiáng)演講的信度,也可以用普通人的一手經(jīng)驗(yàn)證明自己的觀點(diǎn)。另外,大家還需要了解的是,舉例分為簡短的例子,具體深入的例子和假想的例子;數(shù)據(jù)包括單一數(shù)據(jù),組合數(shù)據(jù)等等。
如何才能更加有效掌握這些演講寫作的要點(diǎn)呢?有三點(diǎn)建議:
1.多看。多看一些演講素材,比如名人演講,演講比賽優(yōu)秀選手的演講等,積累大量的一手素材,當(dāng)然也有必要閱讀關(guān)于英語公共演講的書籍,本人非常推薦stephen e. lucas的《演講的藝術(shù)》。
2.多想。學(xué)會(huì)分析這些演講之所以精彩的原因,可以從上面講的幾點(diǎn)入手。
3.多練。在有一定積淀和感覺之后,就要大量練習(xí)寫作演講稿,話題可以從日常學(xué)習(xí)和工作中選取,實(shí)用性要強(qiáng),這樣練起來更有興趣和成就感。
最后,大家要明白一點(diǎn),好的公共演講除了演講稿要好,還有別的很多因素絕不可忽視,比如:語言質(zhì)量,肢體語言,視覺輔助,語音語調(diào),臨場反應(yīng),現(xiàn)場把控能力等,這些結(jié)合在一起才能最終讓你成為一個(gè)優(yōu)秀的公共演講者。
先生們,女士們:
本人十年寒窗,九載熬油,臥薪嘗膽、破釜沉舟、殫精竭慮,吸取五千年傳統(tǒng)文化之精華,融合當(dāng)代與未來最新科技之成果,從而創(chuàng)立了空前絕后、舉世無雙、獨(dú)一無二的一句頂一萬句的放之四海而皆準(zhǔn)的笑容,法則若能融合貫通則必保不犯錯(cuò)誤不碰釘子,逢兇化吉、遇難呈祥、左右逢源、萬事亨通、游刃有余、一本萬利、鵬程萬里。
生活是五彩繽紛光怪陸離繁華似錦異彩紛呈,令人目眩神迷眼花繚亂目不暇接的,人生于世難免磕磕碰碰煩煩惱惱傷心勞神孤單寂寞困頓憂傷。但是只要你能與笑為友,以笑為容為武器,便能挽征瀾于即倒扶于大廈于將傾,化干戈為玉帛,變腐朽為神奇,從而盡享美好生活、瀟灑人生!
不管一個(gè)容貌是何等的平凡,但他臉上的微笑,卻能給人留下最美的印象,它賽過最好的化妝,能夠給人以無法代替滿足和享受。
常把自己真正心里隱藏起來,而留給人的是一種模糊的,琢磨不透的虛假的印象。它像一堵無形的墻,擋住了別人與接觸的一切機(jī)會(huì)。因此,我們要一定程度地開放自己。
在這個(gè)世界生活,之所以我們感到不快樂,是因?yàn)槲覀兛燎蟮奶嗷蛱摺?/p>
生活的路太漫長,生命的容量太有限,我們不能在一起過分珍惜的心情中把什么都把握在手里,放在心里。我們必須放棄一些無用的、煩惱的東西,給一些有價(jià)值的,美好的東西騰出足夠的空間,然后輕裝前進(jìn),去追求一種充實(shí)豐盈的人生!
當(dāng)今社會(huì),交流溝通變得異常重要,而公共英語演講就是其最常見和有效的手段之一。無論是在學(xué)習(xí)還是工作中,我們會(huì)越來越多地接觸到公共英語演講,小到課堂的presentation、工作中的團(tuán)建,大到學(xué)術(shù)大會(huì)上的發(fā)言、總統(tǒng)競選。那么,如何才能寫出精彩的英語演講稿呢?對于初學(xué)者來講,怎么把握其寫作的關(guān)鍵呢?下面,我將從大家熟知并廣為推崇的喬布斯XX年斯坦福大學(xué)的畢業(yè)演講稿為范本,給大家具體剖析精彩英語演講稿的寫作要點(diǎn),以幫助大家進(jìn)一步了解其基本寫作要領(lǐng)和指導(dǎo)大家的寫作實(shí)踐。
一、結(jié)構(gòu)清楚,邏輯明晰
由于公共演講一般受眾為數(shù)十人甚至數(shù)百、數(shù)千人,再加上演講環(huán)境的不確定性(比如:觀眾的歡呼,或者抱怨),最好在進(jìn)入主題后馬上給出所講內(nèi)容的邏輯框架,以便聽眾更好的預(yù)判整個(gè)演講內(nèi)容,有利于他們更好地跟隨演講者的思路,達(dá)到良好的演講效果。比如,喬布斯在該次演講中,開篇稍微寒暄開篇之后,就進(jìn)入正題,“today i want to tell you three stories from my life. that's it. no big deal. just three stories.”學(xué)生們馬上能做出邏輯預(yù)判,我們今天會(huì)聽到喬布斯談三點(diǎn),然后具體關(guān)注是哪三點(diǎn),這種演講就具備了“audience-centeredness”(以觀眾為中心)的特質(zhì)。喬布斯在隨后的演講中明確提到,“the first story is about connecting the dots. my second story is about love and loss. my third story is about death.”由于這種明晰的思路,聽眾在聽完之后也會(huì)記憶猶新,不會(huì)覺得頭腦混亂,毫無所得。
當(dāng)然,演講稿的邏輯安排有多種方式,喬布斯的這篇演講是按照topical order(話題順序)和chronological order(時(shí)間順序)來安排的。除此之外, 還有 spatial order(空間順序), problem-solutution order(提問解決順序)等等。大家可以根據(jù)不同的演講內(nèi)容來安排自己演講稿的邏輯順序和結(jié)構(gòu)。
二、開篇出彩,結(jié)尾有道
演講稿的開篇和結(jié)尾往往需要花費(fèi)大量的功夫去設(shè)計(jì),這往往是精彩演講的亮點(diǎn)所在。因此,在寫作時(shí),需要結(jié)合受眾、場合和演講內(nèi)容等,爭取一開始就緊緊抓住聽眾的注意力和興趣所在,結(jié)尾時(shí),盡量做到意味深長、啟發(fā)思考。下面,我將給大家具體分析基本的開篇和結(jié)尾模式,供大家以后寫作參考。
開篇的目的是要吸引聽眾,喬布斯在該篇演講稿中使用的是“relate the topic to the audience"(關(guān)聯(lián)話題與聽眾)的方式,這是一種比較有效的方法,人們一般對自己的事情都很關(guān)注,和自己相關(guān)的事情也會(huì)格外留意,喬布斯在開篇說到,“i am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. i never graduated from college. truth be told, i never graduated from college. this is the closest i've ever gotten to a college graduation.”高度贊美斯坦福大學(xué)是最好的大學(xué)之一,就是在與聽眾發(fā)生關(guān)聯(lián),讓大家產(chǎn)生好感,當(dāng)然老喬還用了適當(dāng)?shù)挠哪,更好地融洽了與聽眾的關(guān)系,“簡潔、有效”本就是喬布斯的演講風(fēng)格。除此之外,還有其他的一些開篇方式,我們也需要了解和掌握。 1. state the importance of your topic(指出演講話題的重要性)。直接告訴聽眾,你的演講重要在哪里。比如:今天要做的是一場“英語演講的藝術(shù)”的演講,那開始就直接指出,該演講對于大家今后的學(xué)習(xí)工作將會(huì)有重大的幫助,甚至給出一些數(shù)據(jù)和實(shí)例,讓聽眾明白不聽這個(gè)演講將會(huì)是我的損失。這樣,聽眾就會(huì)很樂意投入到該次演講中去。2. startle the audience (使聽眾震驚)。例如:要做一場關(guān)于“生活方式與疾病”的演講,開篇就可以給出一組極具沖擊力的數(shù)據(jù),讓聽眾看到生活方式的不健康將會(huì)是多么可怕的事情,這樣的震驚使聽眾能夠快速調(diào)整狀態(tài),投入到聽演講中去。3. arouse the curiosity of the audience(引起聽眾的好奇心)4. question the audience(向觀眾提問)。5. begin with a quotation(以引用開篇)。6. tell a story (以故事開篇)。這些基本開篇的方式被無數(shù)的演講證明是實(shí)用而且有效的。
結(jié)尾往往可以起到“畫龍點(diǎn)睛”的作用,開篇正文再好,如果結(jié)尾過于平淡,整個(gè)演講的精彩程度都會(huì)大打折扣。那么如何做到“結(jié)尾有道”呢?首先,我們來看看喬布斯的這篇演講稿,他的結(jié)尾比開篇更加出彩,采用的是“end with a quotation”,達(dá)到的效果是特別引人深思。他在結(jié)尾說道,“stewart and his team put out several issues of the whole earth catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. it was the mid-1970s, and i was your age. on the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitch hiking on if you were so adventurous. beneath it were the words: "stay hungry. stay foolish." it was their farewell message as they signed off. stay hungry. stay foolish. and i have always wished that for myself. and now, as you graduate to begin anew, i wish that for you. stay hungry. stay foolish.”他不僅在結(jié)尾引用這句“stay hungry. stay foolish”(求知若渴,虛懷若谷),而且重復(fù)三遍,強(qiáng)化聽眾的印象,這句話也被廣泛傳播,被譽(yù)為該篇演講的“精髓”。
在結(jié)尾時(shí),可以用結(jié)束信號(hào)詞讓聽眾明白你要準(zhǔn)備結(jié)尾了,不要讓演講結(jié)束得太突兀,比如,“in conclusion", "let me end my speech by saying...", "i'd like to close my speech this way."等。具體的結(jié)尾方式很多,常見的有:1. summarize your speech(總結(jié)演講)。2. make a dramatic statement(強(qiáng)有力的陳述),這個(gè)不同于引用他人之言,往往是演講者自己的沉淀和吶喊,非常經(jīng)典的演講是patrick henry's legendary "liberty or death" oration. 他在結(jié)尾時(shí)說道,"is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? forbid it, almighty god! i know not what course others may take; but as for mw, give me liberty, or give me death." 3. refer to the introduction(首尾呼應(yīng))。這是體現(xiàn)演講內(nèi)在統(tǒng)一的很經(jīng)典的形式,值得借鑒。
三、觀點(diǎn)闡釋,有效支撐
毫無疑問,主體段的信息量最大,寫作量也是最大,如何更清晰地闡釋演講者的觀點(diǎn),有效支撐分論點(diǎn),是寫作時(shí)應(yīng)該把握的關(guān)鍵。在明晰了寫作邏輯之后,就要圍繞這些邏輯要點(diǎn)來展開論證。喬布斯在斯坦福大學(xué)的畢業(yè)演講中,邏輯要點(diǎn)有三:1. the first story is about connecting the dots. 2. my second story is about love and loss. 3. my third story is about death. 他在闡釋中主要運(yùn)用了以下手段。首先,舉例子。文中用了大量的例子來說明他怎么對待學(xué)習(xí)、工作和死亡,比如他說起自己決定輟學(xué)然后旁聽有意思的課程,這些課當(dāng)時(shí)對他沒什么實(shí)質(zhì)的幫助,但是十年后在當(dāng)他設(shè)計(jì)第一款macintosh 電腦的時(shí)候,這些東西全派上了用場,這個(gè)例子充分說明了他要講的第一個(gè)要點(diǎn)-- 串起生命中的點(diǎn)滴。在隨后的文中,喬布斯大量地講述了他事業(yè)生活中的例子,讓聽眾感受到真實(shí)的力量和鼓舞。其次,引用。他除了在文章最后用到了引用,文中也不乏引用的痕跡,比如在講到死亡時(shí),他引用了一句格言,“if you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.”這句話能表明他對于死亡的態(tài)度。恰到好處的引用往往能使聽眾印象深刻。第三,數(shù)據(jù)。在講第二個(gè)故事--關(guān)于愛和失去時(shí),喬布斯用到了一系列數(shù)據(jù)來支撐觀點(diǎn)。他說自己是幸運(yùn)的,因?yàn),“woz and i started apple in my parents garage when i was 20. we worked hard, and in 10 years apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. we had just released our finest creation — the macintosh — a year earlier, and i had just turned 30.”數(shù)據(jù)很直觀,能讓聽眾有直接的認(rèn)識(shí)和理解。
除了以上提到的主體段展開方式,還有一些常用的手段,比如:testimony(引證),可以用專家的觀點(diǎn)增強(qiáng)演講的信度,也可以用普通人的一手經(jīng)驗(yàn)證明自己的觀點(diǎn)。另外,大家還需要了解的是,舉例分為簡短的例子,具體深入的例子和假想的例子;數(shù)據(jù)包括單一數(shù)據(jù),組合數(shù)據(jù)等等。
如何才能更加有效掌握這些演講寫作的要點(diǎn)呢?我有三點(diǎn)建議:1.多看。多看一些演講素材,比如名人演講,演講比賽優(yōu)秀選手的演講等,積累大量的一手素材,當(dāng)然也有必要閱讀關(guān)于英語公共演講的書籍,本人非常推薦stephen e. lucas的《演講的藝術(shù)》。2.多想。學(xué)會(huì)分析這些演講之所以精彩的原因,可以從我上面講的幾點(diǎn)入手。3.多練。在有一定積淀和感覺之后,就要大量練習(xí)寫作演講稿,話題可以從日常學(xué)習(xí)和工作中選取,實(shí)用性要強(qiáng),這樣練起來更有興趣和成就感。最后,大家要明白一點(diǎn),好的公共演講除了演講稿要好,還有別的很多因素絕不可忽視,比如:語言質(zhì)量,肢體語言,視覺輔助,語音語調(diào),臨場反應(yīng),現(xiàn)場把控能力等,這些結(jié)合在一起才能最終讓你成為一個(gè)優(yōu)秀的公共演講者。
精彩的英文演講稿范文
演講是在公眾面前就某一問題發(fā)表自己的見解的口頭語言活動(dòng)。今天小編在這里給大家推薦兩篇英文演講稿,歡迎大家圍觀參考,想了解更多,歡迎訪問第一范文網(wǎng)。
change the ingredients of your life
this is a glass of water, tasteless, right? however if you add sugar, it will taste sweet, but if you add vinegar, it will become bitter. the same is true with our life____ the flavor is created by our choices.
if kindness is added to a strange you will have a friend; but if hostility is added, you will have an enemy. if love is added to a pile of red bricks you will have a home, but if hatred is add to those bricks , you will have an concentration camp.
so my dear friends, never complain that life is boring and the world is disappointing. if don’t like the taste of your life, change the ingredients. three year ago, i weighed more than 100 hundred kilograms which caused significant embarrassment and frustration in my life. like always failing my p.e examinations, like always being laughed at by girls, like being terrified to speak in public. it was my grandmother’s encouragement that revived from my passive attitude to become confident in myself. she said “ my dear, if you can’t change you figure, why not treat it as your own style. so i began to cautiously employ the new way of thinking. by choosing to change my outlook on life, i developed the confidence to make a difference and finally i found a totally new world. so my dear friend, if faith, hope, love, endurance are added to your life, you will find the confidence to conquer your limitation and embrace new challenges. and hopefully with my speech included, you will have a fantastic speech contest.
my definition of success
today i am very glad to be here to share with you my ideas of success. what is success? it is what everyone is longing for.sometimes success would be rather simple. winning a game is success; getting a high grade in the exam is success; making a new friend is success; even now i am standing here giving my speech is somehow also success.
however, as a person’s whole life is concerned, success becomes very complicated. is fortune success? is fame success? is high social status success? no, i don’t think so. i believe success is the realization of people’s hopes and ideals.nowadays, in the modern society there are many people
who are regarded as the successful. and the most obvious characteristics of hem are money, high position and luxurious life. so most people believe that s success and all that they do is for this purpose. but the problem is wether it is real success. we all know there are always more money, higher position and better condition in front of us. if we keep chasing them, where is the end? what will satisfy us at last? therefore, we can see, to get the real success we must need something inside, which is the realization of people’ hopes and ideals.
different people have different ideas about success; cause people’s hopes and ideas vary from one another. but i am sure every success is dear to everybody, cause it is not easy to come by, cause in the process of our striving for success, we got both our body and soul tempted, meanwhile we are enlightened by the most valuable qualities of human beings: love, patient, courage and sense of responsibility. these are the best treasures. so now i am very proud that i have this opportunity to stand here speaking to all of you. it is my success, cause i raise up to challenge my hope.
what is success? everyone has his own interpretation as i do. but i am sure every success leads to an ever-brighter future. so ladies and gentlemen, believe in our hopes, believe in ourselves, we, every one of us, can make a successful life!
wish you all good success!