初一英語(yǔ)演講比賽稿
many of you know what this professor is talking about; you, too, have tried to break the addiction, but have failed. in the few minutes we have here today we can analyze the motives at the root of our smoking problem.
perhaps we can assure those who do not smoke, (and i am happy i can still include myself in this group), to nip in the bud the urges of those who are about to begin smoking, and to encourage to cut-down those who are already confirmed smokers.
let's begin with group pressures. we race to maturity, to grow up all at once. we want poise, selfconfidence, and lots of friends; we want to be accepted.
this need for acceptance reminds me of an incident that occurred in a campus sorority house during the "rushing period" last fall. a sorority member offered a rushee a cigarette. eager to please and not to seem different, the girl blurted out a confident, "oh, yes, i'd love one!" the active struck a match, was calmly extending it toward the rushee when the flustered freshman met the active half-way with cigarette in hand. the active was thunderstruck. you can imagine her mixed emotions while striving to stifle her amusement and at the same time to understand that the poor rushee had never smoked before. in the excitement of the moment she was only concerned with being accepted.
then there is the girl who is seated in a group, not knowing what to do with her hands. first, she rolls and unrolls the curl behind her left ear; then she rummages in her purse for some article to wave as a prop. an inspiration flashes, and she remembers the package of kents in her coat pocket. why didn't she think of them before? she always did think women who smoked looked mature. what a convenient prop to have brought along. convenient? yes, sophisticated? no. years ago, a woman was thought sophisticated if she knew how to smoke. men were impressed. but today the picture is changing, as everyone knows how to smoke─age eleven or up. perhaps now the novelty should be the nonsmoker?