英語(yǔ)演講（精選26篇）
英語(yǔ)演講 篇1
To protect the environment, governments of many countries have done a lot.Legislative steps have been introduced to control air pollution, to protect theforest and sea resources and to stop any environmental pollution. Therefore,governments are playing the most important role in the environmental protectiontoday.
In my opinion, to protect environment, the government must take even moreconcrete measures. First, it should let people fully realize the importance ofenvironmental protection through education. Second, much more efforts should bemade to put the population planning policy into practice, because more peoplemeans more people means more pollution. Finally, those who destroy theenvironment intentionally should be severely punished. We should let them knowthat destroying environment means destroying mankind themselves.
英語(yǔ)演講 篇2
"Low carbon" start small， since the sixth grade， as long as I don't save， mom and dad will speak of the words in my ear。 To this end， I decided that I really want to be a low-carbon life。 Remember once， mom after using the mask， just ready to throw away， just let me see， I hurriedly shouts to prevent a mother: "mom， can't throw away!" Mother heard after， immediately stop。 I ran over and took the mother in the hands of the mask。 Then said to his mother: "mom you have finished using the mask can't throw， said on television the mask after use can wipe furniture， not only a bright shine， and its fragrance。
"After listening to his mother， smiled and patted my head say:" my daughter really understand low carbon life。 "I can't agree in front of dad， in a few days ago， because our wardrobe very damp， mom and dad are there， then I thought of my grandma often use newspaper mat in the wardrobe， she told the newspaper can be moistureproof， still can absorb peculiar smell， so I went to the newspaper， but used the newspaper all let me away， now also really didn't have the newspaper in the home， the somebody else all say" books to time square hate less "but I want to say today" newspaper when hate nothing "。 Well， by the way， today I thought I saw daddy came home from work with a newspaper， I hurriedly found the father， "dad you back a newspaper today? "Dad puzzled nodded， I can't wait to say:" quick contribution out， I have an idea。 "
When dad see me the paper pad in the wardrobe， harm my dad can't find newspapers and buy one。 Now， I walk to school every day， no longer let father motorcycle send me; Every time I go shopping bring your own bag。。。 I want to live a low-carbon life。 Low carbon starts from me， let's construction of a new civilization， happiness， charm， donggang。
“低碳從小做起”，自從上六年級(jí)以來(lái)，只要我不節(jié)儉，爸爸媽媽就會(huì)在我耳邊說(shuō)起這句話(huà)。 為此，我決定真的要做個(gè)低碳生活的執(zhí)行者。 記得有一次，媽媽用完面膜之后，剛準(zhǔn)備要扔掉，恰巧讓我看到了，我連忙大喊一聲阻止媽媽?zhuān)骸皨寢專(zhuān)荒苋拥?”媽媽聽(tīng)見(jiàn)了之后，立即停下。我飛快跑過(guò)去，奪下了媽媽手中的面膜。然后對(duì)媽媽說(shuō)：“媽媽你用完的面膜不能扔，電視上說(shuō)面膜用完之后能夠擦家具，不僅僅擦得亮，并且還有香味。
”媽媽聽(tīng)了后，微笑著拍拍我頭的說(shuō)：“我女兒真的懂得低碳生活了�！� 在爸爸面前我也不能服輸，就在前幾天，因?yàn)槲覀兗业囊鹿窈艹睗�，爸爸和媽媽都無(wú)計(jì)可施，這時(shí)我想到了奶奶常常用報(bào)紙墊在衣柜里，她說(shuō)過(guò)報(bào)紙能夠防潮，還能夠吸收異味，于是我就去找報(bào)紙，可是以前用過(guò)的報(bào)紙都讓我扔掉了，此刻家里還真的沒(méi)有報(bào)紙，人家都說(shuō)“書(shū)到用時(shí)方恨少”今日我卻想說(shuō)“報(bào)紙用時(shí)方恨無(wú)”。嗯，對(duì)了，今日我好像看見(jiàn)爸爸下班時(shí)拿回來(lái)了一張報(bào)紙，我連忙找到了爸爸：“爸爸你今日是不是拿回來(lái)一張報(bào)紙?”爸爸疑惑不解的點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭，我迫不及待的說(shuō)：“快貢獻(xiàn)出來(lái)，我有辦法了�！�
當(dāng)爸爸看我把報(bào)紙墊在衣柜里時(shí)，害的我爸爸找不到報(bào)紙又買(mǎi)啦一張。 此刻，每一天上學(xué)我都步行，再也不讓爸爸摩托車(chē)送我;我每次逛街都自備口袋……我要過(guò)真正的低碳生活。 低碳從我做起，讓我們一齊來(lái)建設(shè)禮貌、幸福、魅力、新東港吧。
英語(yǔ)演講 篇3
A Beautiful Doll
Tina is a lovely girl. She has a lot of dolls. One of these dolls is very beautiful. She has long blond hair and wears a white dress. The little girl likes her very much. She called her “Sandy”. You would forget all the sad things and become happy when you see her.
Tina tried to teach Sandy to speak, but she failed. When she is free, Tina always made clothed for her. When she is unhappy or met with some difficulties, Tina talked to her, because they are close friends. What a lovely girl she is! Do you like it, too?
漂亮的洋娃娃
緹娜是一個(gè)可愛(ài)的女孩， 她有許多洋娃娃。其中有個(gè)是很沒(méi)得：她有著金色的長(zhǎng)發(fā)，穿著一件白色的連衣裙。小女孩非常喜歡它，因此， 小女孩叫她“桑迪”。當(dāng)你看到它的時(shí)候就會(huì)高興，會(huì)忘記所有不開(kāi)心的事。
緹娜試著教桑迪說(shuō)話(huà)，可她失敗了。當(dāng)緹娜空閑時(shí)，她時(shí)常會(huì)桑迪縫衣服。當(dāng)她遇到不快樂(lè)的事或碰倒困難的時(shí)候，緹娜中哦你對(duì)它傾述，因?yàn)樗麄兪怯H密的朋友。多么可愛(ài)的一個(gè)女孩啊! 你也喜歡它嗎?
英語(yǔ)演講 篇4
Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. “Sow a thought,reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sowa character, reap a destiny,” the maxim goes.
人的品德基本上是又習(xí)慣組成的。 俗語(yǔ)說(shuō);思想決定行動(dòng)，行動(dòng)決定習(xí)慣，習(xí)慣決定品德，品德決定命運(yùn)。
Habits are powerful factors in our lives. Because they are consistent,often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character andproduce our effectiveness or ineffectiveness.
習(xí)慣對(duì)我們的生活有絕大的影響，因?yàn)樗且回灥摹?在不知不覺(jué)中， 經(jīng)年累月影響著我們的品德，暴露出我們的本性，左右著我們的成敗。
As Horace Mann, the great educator, once said, “Habits are like a cable. Weweave a strand of it everyday and soon it cannot be broken.” I personally do notagree with the last part of his expression. I know habits can be learned andunlearned. But I also know it isn't a quick fix. It involves a process and atremendous commitment.
美國(guó)著名教育家曼恩曾說(shuō)：“習(xí)慣就仿佛是一條纜繩，我們每天為他纏上一股新索，不要多久就會(huì)變得牢不可破。”這句話(huà)的后半段我不敢茍同，我相信習(xí)慣可以養(yǎng)成，也可以打破，但絕不是一蹴而就，而是需要長(zhǎng)期的努力和無(wú)比的毅力。
Those of us who watched the lunar voyage of Apollo 11 were transfixed as wesaw the first men walk on the moon and return to earth. But to get there, thoseastronauts literally had to break out of the tremendous gravity pull of theearth. More energy was spent in the first few minutes of lift-off, in the firstfew miles of travel, than was used over the next several days to travel half amillion miles.
宇航員搭乘阿波羅11號(hào)太空船，首次登陸月球的剎那，的確令人嘆為觀止。但宇航員得先擺脫地球強(qiáng)大的引力，才能飛往月球。由此在剛發(fā)射的幾分鐘，也就是整個(gè)任務(wù)一開(kāi)始的幾英里之內(nèi)，是最艱難的時(shí)刻，所耗的力量往往超越往后的幾十萬(wàn)英里。
Habits, too, have tremendous gravity pull- more than most people realize orwould admit. Breaking deeply imbedded habitual tendencies such asprocrastination, impatience, criticalness, or selfishness that violate basicprinciples of human effectiveness involves more than a little willpower and afew minor changes in our lives. “Lift off” takes a tremendous effort, but oncewe break out of the gravity pull, our freedom takes on a whole newdimension.
習(xí)慣也是一樣，它具有極大的引力，只是許多人不加注意或不肯承認(rèn)了。想要革除因循茍且，缺乏耐心，吹毛求疵或自私自利等不良習(xí)性，若是缺乏意志力，不能大刀闊斧的改革，便難以實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)。“起飛”需要極大的努力，然而一旦脫離重力的牽絆，我們便可享受前所未有的自由。
Like any natural force, gravity pull can work with us or against us. Thegravity pull of some of our habits may currently be keeping us from going wherewe want to go. But it is also gravity pull that keeps our world together, thatkeeps the planets in their orbits and our universe in order. It is a powerfulforce, and if we use it effectively, we can use the gravity pull of habit tocreate the cohesiveness and order necessary to establish effectiveness in ourlives.
習(xí)慣的引力就如同自然界所有的力量一般，可以為我們所用，也可能危害我們，關(guān)鍵看我們?nèi)绾芜\(yùn)用。不過(guò)，習(xí)慣或許一時(shí)有礙于達(dá)到目標(biāo)，但也有積極的一面。宇宙萬(wàn)物各循軌道運(yùn)行，彼此保持一定的秩序，畢竟也都有賴(lài)于引力的作用。所以只要我們善于運(yùn)用習(xí)慣的龐大引力，就能使生活有重心，有秩序，有效率。
英語(yǔ)演講 篇5
It’s beyond reproach that we will come across all kinds of difficulties andchallenges in our life time .Some will be subjected to frequent sadness .Somewill lose their way to move on .Thus,only when we equip ourselves with hope andcourage can we finally succeed in the uncertain future.
Forrest Gump showed so great courage in the movie that he touched me a lot. For one thing,no matter when and where Jenny got into trouble ,Forrest Gumpwould bring her out of it without thinking how dangerous the situation would be.Maybe we should all fell ashamed that we love ourselves more than we love love,but Forrest showed great courage in love .For another,Forrest gump risked hislife to save Bubba in the war.It’s courage that helped Forrest gain a series ofhonor after war .Forrest Gump is beautiful for his perseverance and touchesothers with his courage.
A person can’t do without courage in terms of love and friendship ,letalone life . A weak person may avoid the difficulties ,but a person with couragewill face up to it head-on. Therefore,let’equip ourselves with greatcourage.
【參考譯文】
我們一生中遇到各種困難和挑戰(zhàn)是無(wú)可指責(zé)的，有些人會(huì)經(jīng)常悲傷，有些人將失去前進(jìn)的道路，只有當(dāng)我們有希望和勇氣時(shí)，我們才能在不確定的將來(lái)取得成功。
阿甘在電影中表現(xiàn)出如此大的勇氣，他深深地打動(dòng)了我。對(duì)于一件事，無(wú)論何時(shí)何地，詹妮陷入了麻煩，阿甘會(huì)帶她出來(lái)不思考如何危險(xiǎn)的情況會(huì)。也許我們都應(yīng)該感到慚愧，我們愛(ài)自己比我們更愛(ài)的愛(ài)，但福雷斯特表現(xiàn)出了巨大的勇氣的愛(ài)。另一方面，阿甘冒著生命危險(xiǎn)去救Bubba在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中，它的勇氣使福雷斯特戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)后獲得一系列榮譽(yù)。阿甘是美麗的他的毅力和觸動(dòng)別人的勇氣。
在愛(ài)情和友誼方面，一個(gè)人不能沒(méi)有勇氣，更不用說(shuō)生活了。弱者可以逃避困難，但有勇氣的人會(huì)勇敢地面對(duì)困難。因此，讓我們以極大的勇氣武裝自己。
英語(yǔ)演講 篇6
hello everyone! it is my great pleasure to share my dream with you today.
my dream is to become a teacher.
you know being a teacher is a thing that is very valuable and very interesting. i suggest that it must be a great fun to be with children all the day. and if i am a teacher, i can teach my students a lot of knowledge. they might become stronger and cleverer because of me. that is a very contented feeling.
china is a developing country. chinese are not that excellent in their intellegent. so teachers in china might be very very important. they can provide the society with a lot of successful people, and make china a better place.
do you think that i have a good dream? i will work hard to make my dream become true!
thanks
英語(yǔ)演講 篇7
my dear friends,
do you know what is the most precious and everlasting thing in the world?money?you may lose everything you have if you don't use money carefullenough.youth?in one's long life youth is like a flash in the pan and no one inthe world has the secret to keep his youth forever.beautiful look?many peoplepray that they can get hold of beauty,but it disappears far more quickly thanthey can imagine.and when they are in real trouble beauty itself feelshelpless.a good job?as you grow older and your brain and hands can't work asfast as before.it will become other people's wealth.
then what is the most precious and everlasting thing in the world?
when you are far away from your family and feel especially lonely,who willyou think of?when you stand on the crossoad in your life and don't know whichway to choose,who will you think of?when you encounter greater difficulties thanever and need other's encouragement,who will you think of?when you decide tomake the greatest decision in your favorite course,who shed cheerful tears whensee you get achievements?whose wholehearted blessing will be always with you nomatter how far you will go?
yes,it's mother who you will always think of and it's mother's love thatwillbe always be with you.
i once heard a moving story about a mother.two childrens were drawn intothe flood and the situations was very dangerous.their mother jumped into thewater without hesitation.but the mother couldn't swim at all.jumping into thewater means she might lose her life.but at that time she had no time to thinkabout herself.she just wanted to try all means to save her children.maybe hercourage touched the god.the miracle happened.she finally succeeded in saving herboth children.and she,of course,felt extremely exhausted.
my friends,mother's love is the greatest love.mother's love is the safestlove.no matter you are happy or depressed ,rich or poor ,mother's love willalways stay with you.
英語(yǔ)演講 篇8
The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance that no insignificant person was ever born. Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws. And though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course. Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations. Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel. --By George W.Bush
3分鐘的英語(yǔ)演講稿篇5：Opportunities and Challenges
Good afternoon ，ladies and gentlemen!
I’m very honored to stand here and give you a short speech! my topic is Opportunities and Challenges.
First, I would like to know, what does your destiny offer you? Happiness, wisdom, a strong body or something else. If I had asked this question to president Nixon, he would probably had said,”Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.”
Needless to say, one of the biggest opportunities given to China is the 20xx Olympic Games. Till now, we have used two sevenths of the preparation time. How much changes have you seen? New roads, new subway lines, public-exercising equipments with beautiful colors, large blocks of grass fields, and also lots of modern gyms which are under construction.
Other than those, there are even more good effects brought to us by the Olympic Games that cannot be seen directly. For example, more and more people will get to know China. I’m sure the mysterious Chinese culture will attract them strongly. And the games will also do good to the economy and environment, for it is gaining the attention of foreign investors and the awareness of environmental protection is being strengthened. What is more, Olympic Games give a unique opportunity to inspire and educate a new generation of Chinese youth with the Olympic values and the Olympic spirit. Now that we have seen so many advances, could you even imagine us losing the holding rights?
I’ve already said a lot about the Olympics and China. But I think everyone should use some time to think of this question, ”Does the Olympic Games have any special meaning to you?”
For us, I mean the Chinese youth, 20xx Olympic Games is a tremendous gift. Because what we are waiting for is to do something significant as repaying the love given to us .The society is just like a ship, and in our dreams the captain is waving his hand and saying ”Hey! Come here and take the helm! ”How charming his voice is, but we have never heard of it in our true life. This morning, however, when we wake up, we will see the Olympic Games waving its hand. After chewing, most of us will have at least one plan about what to do for the Olympic Games. And mine is to be a “comforter” ----that is someone who will give comfort to others.
At the end of my speech, I hope all the preparation will go well, and everyone will show their ability to the world. Let us seize opportunities and give a big smile to challenges.
英語(yǔ)演講 篇9
good afternoon, my dear friends.
i am very happy to meet you here.it is my great honor to communicate withyou at such a special occation.first of all,please allow me to express myappreciation to you all to listion to me.
i am proud of being a college student.the collegelife is fresh,newteachers, new classmates and new friends. i like the friendship, and their wideknowledge and opening mind. the grand library, school buildings and wideplayground attrattde me very much.my college life is better than i expected, ican do anything i like. in the college we can not only learn the professionalknowledge,but also develop our comprehensive abilities.if we can make full useof the period,we can learn many useful things.besides,we should have the activeattitude to our life,do a contributionto the society.
collegelife is the most precious time in our life.most of us want to becomean outstanding man. but there are some students still waste their time. they gettogether for eating, drinking or playing cards. they're busy in searching for agirlfriend or a boyfriend. they completely forget their task as collegestudents.
finally, i hope everybody can try their best to become a worthy person toour country, and make great contributions to the society!
英語(yǔ)演講 篇10
We Are The World ,We Are The Future
Someone said “we are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book, whose pages are infinite”. I don’t know who wrote these words, but I’ve always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want it to be. We are all in the position of the farmers. If we plant a good seed ,we reap a good harvest. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
We are young. “How to spend the youth?” It is a meaningful question. To answer it, first I have to ask “what do you understand by the word youth?” Youth is not a time of life, it’s a state of mind.
Let’s show our right palms. We can see three lines that show how our love.career and life is. I wondered whether we could see our future in this way. Well, let’s make a fist. Where is our future? Where is our love, career, and life? Tell me.Yeah, it is in our hands. It is held in ourselves.
Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened. From the past, we’ve learnt that the life is tough, but we are tougher. Failure doesn’t mean you don’t have it, it does
mean you should do it in a different way. Failure doesn’t mean you should give up, it does mean you must try harder.
The past has gone. Nothing we do will change it. But the future is in front of us. Believe that what we give to the world, the world will give to us. And from now on, let’s be the owners of ourselves, and speak out “We are the world, we are the future.”
英語(yǔ)演講 篇11
In my 18 years of life, there have been many things. University days are the best part of them. I can never forget the days when I stepped into my university. I was impressed by its garden-like campus, its enthusiastic students and especially its learning atmosphere. I at once fell in love with it.
After the arduous military training, I get absolutely absorbed in my studies. The classes given by the teachers are excellent. They provide us with information not only from our textbooks but from many other sources as well. They easily arouse my insatiable desire to take in as much as I can.
Frankly speaking, at first I had some difficulty following the teachers. However, through my own efforts and thanks to my teachers' guidance, I made remarkable progress. Now I've benefited a lot from lectures and many other academic reports.
Learning is a long process; I'll keep exploring in the treasure house of knowledge to enrich myself. This summer I got out of the ivory tower and entered the real world. A publishing house offered me a part-time job in compilation and revision.
At the beginning I was belittled by my colleagues. But they were really surprised when I translated seven English articles over 5,000 words on only one day. Gradually, they began to look at me with respectful eyes. In their opinion I turned out to be a useful and trustworthy colleague.
I also realize that only those who bring happiness for others can be truly happy. So I often take part in activities concerning public welfare. I once went to a barren mountain village with my classmates. We taught the kids there who could not afford school. While showing them how broad and how civilized the outer world is, I was deeply touched by their eagerness to learn, their honesty and their purity. I couldn't control my tears on the day when we left. The precious experience with the poor kids made me aware of the responsibility on the shoulders of us, future teachers.
Besides study and social practice, there are entertainments as well. I do body building every day, hoping to keep healthy and energetic. We also write a play and put it on in our spare time.
Campus life is the most splendid time. But different people have different choices. The majority of students cherish their beautiful season and cherish the hope that one day they'll become outstanding. But there are indeed some students still under ignorance. They gather together for eating, drinking or playing cards. They're busy in searching for a girlfriend or a boyfriend. They forget completely about their mission as college students and the hope of their motherland.
Finally, I do hope everybody can try their best to become a worthy citizen of the country. I do hope everybody can become the backbone of our nation and make great contributions to society!
英語(yǔ)演講 篇12
People say that father’s love likes a mountain: heavy and silent. It’sheavy because he puts all his love to us and it’s silent because he does notknow how to express. Faced his love, we accept it silently without saying a wordto show our appreciation.
Before I was going to senior school, my father had never said a word toshow his love to me, so that I thought he did not love me very much andsometimes I was upset about it. However, when I left home for senior school, hecalled me frequently and just asked me some simple questions like: how’s yourstudy and life? When do you come home? or something like that. Gradually, Irealize that he misses me although he would never say it out. So this isfather’s love, not so obvious but definitely deep.
英語(yǔ)演講 篇13
everyone is attracted by beauty and beauty is powerful. but what is true beauty? perhaps you can get the answer from the following story.
this morning i went to the market to buy some vegetables with my parents. on the way we all highly praised a young man in western-style clothes and leather shoes who was riding by. but he rode so fast that he knocked an old lady down carelessly.instead of stopping, he pretended not to see this and rode away quickly. we were all very angry with the young man. to our happiness, a girl in plain dress ran forward at once, helped the lady up and took her home. we all praised the girl.
from this we know we cannot judge a person by his appearance. a person who is dressed beautifully may not have a beautiful soul. only a person who has a beautiful soul is really beautiful.
a man who lived in a block of apartments thought it was raining and put his head out the window to check. as he did so a glaeye fell into his hand.
he looked up to see where it came from in time to see a young woman looking down.
"is this yours?" he asked.
英語(yǔ)演講 篇14
Halloween Halloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate everyyear. It means "holy evening," and it comes every October 31, the even
ing before All Saints' Day. However, it is not really a church holiday, itis a holiday for children mainly.
Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick largeorange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candleinside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! Theselights are called jack-o'-lanterns, which means "Jack of the lantern".
The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes everyHalloween. Some children paint their faces to look like monsters. Then theycarry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house,they say,"Trick or treat! Money or eat!" The grown-ups put treat-money or candyin their bags.
Not only children, but most grown-ups also love Halloween and Halloweenparties because on this day,they can disguise themselves as personages or ghostas their imaginations will lead them. This bring them the satisfaction of beingyoung.
萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夕是美國(guó)人年年都會(huì)慶祝的秋季節(jié)日。它的意思是“神圣的夜晚”，在每年的10月31日，也就是萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夜。但實(shí)際上這不是一個(gè)真正的宗教節(jié)日，而主要是孩子們的節(jié)日。
每年秋天蔬菜成熟可以食用的時(shí)候，孩子們就會(huì)挑出大個(gè)兒的橙色南瓜。然后在南瓜上刻上一張臉，把一根點(diǎn)燃的蠟燭放在里面。看起來(lái)就好像有人在向南瓜外面張望。這些燈就叫做“iack-o'-lantems”，意思也就是“杰克的燈”。
每年萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夕孩子們還戴上奇怪的面具，穿上嚇人的服裝。有些孩子把臉?biāo)⒊晒治�。然后他們拿著盒子或袋子挨家挨�?hù)串門(mén)。每來(lái)到一個(gè)新房子他們就說(shuō)：“不款待就搗亂!給錢(qián)還是吃的!”大人們就會(huì)把用來(lái)招待的錢(qián)或糖放在他們的袋子里了。
不僅孩子，許多成年人也喜歡萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夕和萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夕晚會(huì)。因?yàn)檫@一天他們可以根據(jù)自己的想象把自己裝扮成名流或幽靈。這會(huì)帶給他們年輕的快感。
英語(yǔ)演講 篇15
my brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sisters bureau and lifted out a tissue-wrapped package. this, he said, is not a slip. this is lingerie. he discarded the tissue and handed me the slip.
it was exquisite, silk, handmade and trimmed with a cobweb of lace. the price tag with an astronomical figure on it was still attached.
jan bought this the first time we went to new york, at least 8 or 9 years ago. she never wore it. she was saving it for a special occasion.
well, i guess this is the occasion.
he took the slip from me and put it on the bed, with the other clothes we were taking to the mortician. his hands lingered on the soft material for a moment, then he slammed the drawer shut and turned to me, dont ever save anything for a special occasion. every day you re alive is a special occasion.
i remembered those words through the funeral and the days that followed when i helped him and my niece attend to all the sad chores that follow an unexpected death. i thought about them on the plane returning to california from the midwestern town where my sisters family lives. i thought about all the things that she hadnt seen or heard or done. i thought about the things that she had done without realizing that they were special.
im still thinking about his words, and theyve changed the weeds in the garden. im spending more time with my family and friends and less time in committee meetings. whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experience to savour, not endure. im trying to recognize these moment now and cherish them.
im not saving anything; we use our good china and crystal for every special. event such as losing a pound, getting the sink unstopped, the first camellia blossom… i wear my good blazer to the market if i feel like it. my theory is if i look prosperous, i can shell out $28. 49 for one small bag of groceries without wincing. im not saving my good perfume for special parties; clerks in hardware stores and tellers in banks have noses that function as well as my party going friends.
someday and one of these days are losing their grip on my vocabulary. if its worth seeing or hearing or doing, i want to see and hear and do it now. im not sure what my sister wouldve done had she know that she wouldnt be here for the tomorrow we all take for granted.
i think she would have called family members and a few close friends. she might have called a few former friends to apologize, and mend fences for past squabbles. i like to think she would have gone out for a chinese dinner, her favorite food. im guessing. ill never know.
its those little things left undone that would make me angry if i knew that my hours were limited. angry because i put off seeing good friends whom i was going to get in touch with someday. angry because i hadnt written certain letters that i intended to write one of these days. angry and sorry that i didnt tell my husband and daughter often enough how much i truly love them.
im trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives. and every morning when i open my eyes, i tell myself that every day, every minute, every breath truly, is... a gift from god.
英語(yǔ)演講 篇16
Ladies and Gentlemen
I'm only going to talk to you just for a minute or so this evening because I have some -- some very sad news for all of you -- Could you lower those signs please? -- I have some very sad news for all of you and I think sad news for all of our fellow citizens and people who love peace all over the world; and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight in Memphis Tennessee.
Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort. In this difficult day in this difficult time for the United States it's perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. For those of you who are black -- considering the evidence evidently is that there were white people who were responsible -- you can be filled with bitterness and with hatred and a desire for revenge.
We can move in that direction as a country in greater polarization -- black people amongst blacks and white amongst whites filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort as Martin Luther King did to understand and to comprehend and replace that violence that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land with an effort to understand compassion and love.
For those of you who are black and are tempted to fill with -- be filled with hatred and mistrust of the injustice of such an act against all white people I would only say that I can also feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family killed but he was killed by a white man.
But we have to make an effort in the United States. We have to make an effort to understand to get beyond or go beyond these rather difficult times.
My favorite poem my -- my favorite poet was Aeschylus. And he once wrote:
Even in our sleep pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart
until in our own despair
against our will
comes wisdom
through the awful grace of God.
What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness but is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country whether they be white or whether they be black.
So I ask you tonight to return home to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King -- yeah it's true -- but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country which all of us love -- a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke.
We can do well in this country. We will have difficult times. We've had difficult times in the past but we -- and we will have difficult times in the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness; and it's not the end of disorder.
But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together want to improve the quality of our life and want justice for all human beings that abide in our land.
And let's dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that and say a prayer for our country and for our people.
Thank you very much.
英語(yǔ)演講 篇17
i think every student in junior high school or even a new term the first class meeting is a "new semester new plan," the university did not expect to have such a ban would be the same. however, every freshman to the university of strange environments such as exploration in the dark. however, an early goal set for myself in the dark, lit as a beacon, a constant reminder to guide us forward.
sister school seniors who passed before the exchange of experience, we can avoid detours. but everyone there is a separate individual, the experience can not be completely copied, should have its own general plan. college life includes learning, work and life. following on from the three aspects i came to my planning.
about learning: as long as we still a student, the total should be on learning more important position. said freshman should be laid and compacted in the high number of basic english. therefore, in this two subjects put more effort is acceptable. last week the high number may be, i do feel a certain degree of difficulty, the preview before class and after school consolidation exercise is important. hope that through their practical learning in high numbers on the do not hang division. morning reading soon began to organize, which is learning english, the best opportunity to practice oral english. indeed difficult to get up early, but i, as a member of the department of learning, i not only have to set an example for other students should have acquired in the morning reading in. we have classes two nights a week only, the night a lot of time should be fully utilized. go to the library, participate in various activities that can harvest a lot of lectures! other courses i would like to attend a lecture class, exam take notes, exams should be no problem.
about work: every freshmen want to get a job at the university to exercise their own. i was no exception, experiencing a lot of job interviews, into the three departments. will certainly be a little tired, a little busy, but i am full, know a lot of people, make more friends, learned a great deal of knowledge not in books. learning to do the work of the best things correct.
about life: as born in wuhan, is the first time i came to the university of fully independent living. from open water to the laundry to wash, to organize the house ... everything seemed very used to. without the help of parents and care, even nagging, autonomy back to me. more were free, were less constrained; more hard copies, far fewer care; more were lazy, far fewer urge ... but bedroom, the students have the help and concern, i also feel the general home warmth.
i believe in learning, work, find the balance between three aspects of life, go hand in hand, college life will be our life a perfect memory!
thank you! the end of my speech!
英語(yǔ)演講 篇18
Dear：
Security issue may sound clichéd, but when it comes to the campus security, we have to take it seriously. Nearly every day, there are reports to the security office on campus that valuable things are stolen away. A surrounding with stealing and mugging can’t be worse for studying. In such cases, what measures should be taken to improve the campus security?
On one hand, we students should strengthen our security awareness. Once we smell out something unusual, we should report it to the campus guard immediately. On the other hand, more equipment such as monitors should be installed on campus so as to detect crimes as soon as possible. Besides, a proper amount of security guards should be arranged to patrol the campus.
In my opinion, campus security will be improved as long as efforts are made on campus. Therefore, colleges and universities should try their best to make everyone on campus safe and sound。
英語(yǔ)演講 篇19
"Grateful heart, thank you, my life, let me have the courage to do my own......" What a beautiful song, what a beautiful rhythm! Whenever hear this song, I can think of, think of my kind mother.
Every morning, who is up to us to do nutritious breakfast; Night, when we are asleep, and who cover the quilt for us; When we encounter setbacks, and who gives us courage; When...... The busy every day, that every day we have to pay for the people, who is our mother! My mother also has all the parents' love. Selflessness, mother of children education is very concerned about this aspect, each week to book city to see about a book on education, televisions, computers, will see my mother. She must be in the reading, she wanted her children to get perfect all aspects of education; She wants to let their children become a perfect person. To this end, mom again to buy a book on children's diet; Let me every day to eat sweet and delicious meals. Our family condition is bad, but my mother, willing to do anything for me. But we will make small at odds, but my mother still don't hit me, still love me. Quick graduated from primary school, my mother told me to read a good middle school, every day to rush about in each school, ask one Chinese to learn every day... Come back every day too tired to waist sour backache, but don't call a bitter.
I know in my heart, mother gave birth to me at the risk of the life; I was sick, mom to care for me; In study, my mother is also very fast, fast to do your homework every day to the ten o 'clock, but mother also dragged tired with me. I won't live up to the expectations of my mother for me, I will be with a grateful heart get into a good school, let mom because I no longer work.
Let us this life with gratitude
英語(yǔ)演講 篇20
Millions of words are to be told you, my father, but I have no idea where to start. In my heart, deep respect, affection and appreciation towards you are really beyond words of description…
You are always like a mighty mountain, carrying the world on your shoulders. You are always like a broad river, embracing all happiness and sorrow to your bosom. You are always like a solid bridge, assisting me to go through tribulations and hardships. You are always like a firm boat, taking me across all the storms and waves in life…
As a father, you are successful, for you have brought your two daughters into successes envied by others. As a husband, you are admirable, for you have been taking good care of your tender wife all the year round. As a son, you are famous and adorable, for you have been so kind to your parents and your wife’s that everyone around turned up their thumbs on you. And as a doctor, you are regretless, for all the folks in the town think highly of your medical techniques and ethics. But how could you be so miserable with your own son?
When all the village folks came to bid the last farewell to your son, you squatted there as if you were crawling on the ground. You said you had done everything in that way just for the sake of saving our mother, you said you hadn’t expected it like that and you said…
So I came to believe that the HEAVEN is jealous of the real talents, and I thought that your son was trying to escape from this earthly world in front of his seventy-year-old grandmother…
However, it was too late. How much did it take you to send your little son -- apple of your eye, pride of your soul -- to the hearse with your own hands? It was October according to the solar calendar, but how came light snow was descending from the sky and all the village folks were coming to see him off?
All of a sudden, a happy and harmonious family collapsed, and my mother broke down and meanwhile I was adopted by the most famous school -- No. 1 High School…
I didn’t know how you managed to cure my mother’s illness, I didn’t know how you made your lonely way, and I even didn’t know how you alone supported the whole family which almost broke into pieces…
When our mother came to a bit, you always told me all the heart-broken stories of your wife as kind of humorous ones. I was startled on hearing them, but you always put smiles on your face. I cannot remember how many times you smoked hard when you were alone. Obviously you were lost in the meditation of the agony and endless yearn…
Three years later, when my advice note of college matriculation flew into your hands, a smile of happiness and satisfaction burst on your face, and that was the only time ever since my brother went on his way three years before…
As your little daughter, a copy of you, my dear father, I was the only pride you’d like to boast and the only source where you derived all your happiness in those three years. But only your little daughter knew what it meant for you to lose such a remarkable and excellent son in the feudal atmosphere at that time. And only your little daughter knew what would brought to the family with her every single word or deed. She knew what it meant to fail in the college entrance examinations, and she knew no one else was bestowed the great responsibility of reviving the family. Therefore, she was determined to succeed in the examinations…
I still remember how relieved and satisfied you were when you saw me off at the bus station. Maybe it was I that reignited your hope of life. Anyway my mother recovered from her illness, and our family returned to the good lifestyle of long time before.
And I can feel that every time you see my daughter -- your granddaughter, your healthy and lovely granddaughter, you are filled with the passion of life…
Your daughter has recently bought an apartment, and this is greater news to you, for you know that life is changing for the better and even better…
It is Father’s Day today. Hereby your daughter presents you a song of Father to express my blessings to you and my mother for an eternity in life of happiness and health…
英語(yǔ)演講 篇21
Many people, especially young college students, like pop songs. They hum small tunes all the way to their schools and seem to be never tired of this. Some of them are even mad about pop songs, rock'n'roll in particular. They shout and shout until their voices become hoarse.
Others will submerge themselves in the romance of the love songs, with tears streaming down their cheeks. Despite such popularity of the pop songs, however, some people dismiss such kind of songs as crude and worthless. They hold that these songs are easy to sing and they are usually characterized with simple tunes which lack variety and depth. Based upon this, they say that pop songs should not have gained such popularity. Whereas many others stick to pop songs. Their lives seem to ha dull without songs.
In my point of view, pop songs should not be banned. True, their tunes are simple and sometimes repetitious, but this is not to say that they are of no artistic value. Folk songs are also quite simple in tune but no one could dismiss them as trash songs. There is no denying that some pop songs are equally excellent. Why? Because they are widely sung and widely remembered. For example, "Yesterday" is of high artistic value. No one can deny its beautifulness in tune. Of com-se, there are bad songs that will not last long, but pop song fans will give these songs their due by choosing to sing them or not.
英語(yǔ)演講 篇22
Before, I would be willing to celebrate the festival, especially the Spring Festival and the Mid Autumn Festival. However, this years Spring Festival is not the same as in previous years.
Before the new year, because of the severe snow disaster in the south, many uncles and aunts did not rest on the Spring Festival and insisted on their jobs. My father didnt go home for the Spring Festival during the Spring Festival. He insisted on the first line of coal mine production, for more coal and overtime work to support the coal in the south. Coal miners made their contributions to the production and life in the south. Although my father could not go home with us for the new year, I was very happy, and I was proud of him.
At eight p. m. thirty in the year, my mother and I sat on the couch to watch the Spring Festival. How wonderful the Spring Festival Gala is! Talk about the crosstalk, sing and sing in a moment, and dance in a moment. Its really busy! All of a sudden, mom asked me what I wanted in 20xx. I replied, "in 20xx, my wish is：study hard and make progress every day. I will make a careful and conscientious friend. I will become an excellent young pioneer.
英語(yǔ)演講 篇23
Yesterday was Saturday. It should be a leisurely day, but I was busyyesterday. I got up at eight o'clock and then I ate breakfast. After breakfast,my mother and I went to the downtown to do some shopping. We went to thedepartmen store, because my mother wanted to buy clothes for my father. And thenwe went to supermarket. I like going to supermaket because I can buy many snacksthere. However, when we were in supermarket, my father called my mothersuddenly. My aunt visited us! Then, we just bought some foods and went home by ataxi. When we got home, it was already four o'clock. Therefore, we had tostarted to prepare for the dinner. My aunt said that she would stay in my homefor several days. I was very happy,because I like to stay with my aunt and I didnot see her for a long time. Although I was busy yesterday, I was veryhappy.
昨天是星期六，應(yīng)該是悠閑的一天，但是昨天我很忙。我八點(diǎn)起床然后吃早餐。吃完早餐，我媽媽和我就到鎮(zhèn)上購(gòu)物。我們?nèi)チ税儇浬痰�，因�(yàn)槲覌寢屜虢o爸爸買(mǎi)衣服。接著我們就去了超市。我喜歡逛超市，因?yàn)槲铱梢栽谀抢镔I(mǎi)很多零食。但是，當(dāng)我們?cè)诔械臅r(shí)候，爸爸突然打電話(huà)給媽媽說(shuō)姑姑來(lái)看我們。然后，我們只買(mǎi)了一些晚餐的食物就打的回家了。當(dāng)我們到家的時(shí)候已經(jīng)將近四點(diǎn)了。所以我們不得不開(kāi)始準(zhǔn)備晚飯了。我姑姑說(shuō)她會(huì)在我家待幾天。我很高興，因?yàn)槲蚁矚g和姑姑待在一起，而且我很久沒(méi)見(jiàn)她了。盡管昨天很忙，但是我還是很高興。
英語(yǔ)演講 篇24
Has anyone asked you, what is your dream?
Childhood, when we still do not understand the meaning of the word, the mother told us that the dream is your dream to imagine the bold. It may not be realized, but it is your expectations of a good. Dream of life is the real meaning of life, dreams are the United States, so long since we became a dream come true beliefs.
You have, perhaps the hands of a dream is sugar, or to a small toy pistol. Because it can bring you happiness;
You have, perhaps the dream is for all 61 performances in dance, or in a particular contest winners. Because it can give you awards;
You have, perhaps the dream is a good report card, or a jealousy for all of the admission notice. Because it will bring you success.
Have had the dream, then the total variability, the total small hearts then let us boiling. If one day achieve my dream, I will know the feeling of happiness; if one day achieve my dream, I will know the feeling of reward; if one day achieve my dream, I will know the feeling of success. If, if, that is, if nothing else ... ...
Gulong once said: "never dream a dream, the difference between the two usually have a very from the worth thinking deeply." We desire a better life with all the imagination, dreams come from. However, the reality is because it has a very worthy of the same people thought the distance, it will be the driving force of our lives, because all the beautiful dreams, all our efforts to achieve. Who would not dream exist. Because there are too many reality of helplessness, so we will have 10,000 kinds of perfect vision. It is hard to say what is impossible, the dream of yesterday, it can be today's hope, and even can become tomorrow's reality. If I were to say the distance between dreams and reality, then please let us ask ourselves, our own life, what we really want? Today, we have long been out of immature, dream, is no longer a sugar, is the gun is performing is the award-winning. We have already gone through the darkness of three years, the dream is no longer a university admission notice. We have, dreams of the University of paradise, now, what we have in the dream? Is to study hard every day up to four years after the study section of the study to better schools? Or into the community has a good work to achieve the value of your life? Is traveling around the world to enjoy life, or fight the cause, accomplished? Think carefully, beautiful dream, virtually traction is no longer us, traction advance our efforts to live. Do not want to say that there is no dream we have the desire to survive. You are only alive, it will inevitably have their own dream. It no matter how vague, the total potential in our hearts so that we can never receive a tranquil state of mind until they become a reality. Dream and reality can be a total let us food for thought.
No one willing to ordinary life, but there is only one of Confucius, Mao Zedong is also only one of their big, big business, exceeding the limit of my dream, we can do is to have an unusual dream. We can not laugh a waste of people dream of recovery when the scientists, nor laughter of the small staff of the bank board the lunar dream, the dream of non-class, non-hierarchical, and the reality of the divide such as this can very well Xinghai, small than drains, no matter big Or Small , did not reach the other side of the end is not alone with the failure of the definition of life to pessimistic. Yu said that the cause of the pursuit of a person who can "dream" to do higher. Although the beginning of a dream, but as long as do non-stop, do not easily give up, dreams can come true. So, not to care about the distance between them how insurmountable, not to escape life, escapism, escape efforts. Asked me the distance between dreams and reality, I do not have a ruler to measure accurately, but would like to talk a out a true story. The hero is not my story, my story more than representative.
英語(yǔ)演講 篇25
Good afternoon, my dear friends.
Most people would like to be popular with others, but not everyone can achieve this goal. What is the secret to popularity? In fact, it is very simple. The first step is to improve our appearance. We should always make sure that we stay in good shape and dress well.
When we are healthy and well'groomed, we will not only look better but also feel better. In addition, we should smile and appear friendly. After all, our facial expression is an important part of our appearance. If we can do this, people will be attracted to our good looks and impressed by our confidence.
Another important step is developing more consideration for others. We should always put others first and place their interests before our own. It's also important to be good listeners; in this way people will feel comfortable enough to confide in us. However, no matter what we do, we must not gossip.
Above all, we must remember to be ourselves, not phonies. Only by being sincere and respectful of others can we earn their respect. If we can do all of the above, I am sure popularity will come our way.
英語(yǔ)演講 篇26
The most successful person may not be the smartest ones.According to asurvey conducted among a group of people who were in the same university tenyears ago , those whose grade-point average was in the middle fifty percent ,all become rich or managers of different fields , while not a single young manof the upper ten percent becomes an executive or boss.
Why the smartest kids in the classwill not end up the richest? Why thosewho are not excellent in studies tend to be managers or own their own enterprisein their later life? And what factors lead to success in career and life ifbrains are not the only answer? According to my observation , academicbrightness is only part of the story , the other factors are very important.
One ingredient , among other things , is good interpersonal skills. Thereis stong evidence that friendship can help to tide you over a period ofdifficulty. With a wide circle of friends who can be trusted yo provide
information and resources, your chances of success are much higher. On thecontrary , if you are competent in profession , but have difficulty in gettingalong with your colleagues and even your boss, you can hardly survive thecorporation.
Another component is the ability to express oneself . In today s world ,what really counts is the ability to express oneself rather than technicalcompetence or professional knowledge . The larger the orgnization of which youare an employee , and th fiercer the competition , the more important it will bethat you know how to convey your thoughts and convince others of your ideas.
Personality is also an important factor. Whatever difficulty or situation ,those who appear relaxed and confident are nearer to success. Obviously , amongthe ingredients for success , intelligence counts for the half , the restdepends on your personality , and other abilities.