高中生英語(yǔ)演講（通用28篇）
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇1
My dream is to be a soldier, can defend the country's military.
When the country's operational orders, no matter how hard, how far the journey is, how bad environment, we all take command of the motherland, the command is dead, no matter, on wheels to execute commands. , I must take a gun rushed in front, regardless of bullets, I rushed in front. If I was caught, I no matter how to also won't surrender, never covet a peace betrayed the motherland.
Once I think being a engineer, athletes, diplomats... But I don't think they all have military glory, perhaps in the near future, to protect you, is I. Military is only an ordinary profession, and it is full of belief of defending the motherland!
As a modern army, should have rich knowledge of science, also want to use scientific means to combat, not only the topic of, be flexible action. So I should learn more knowledge, to grow up to defend our motherland.
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇2
whether sixty or sixteen,there is in every human being's heart the lure ofwonders,the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the gameof living.in the center of your heart and my heart there is a wirelessstation:so long as it receives messages of beauty,hope,cheer,courage and powerfrom men and from the infinite,so long are you young.
無(wú)論是60歲還是16歲,你需要保持永不衰竭的好奇心、永不熄滅的孩提般求知的渴望和追求事業(yè)成功的歡樂(lè)與熱情.在你我的心底,有一座無(wú)線電臺(tái),它能在多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間里接收到人間萬(wàn)物傳遞來(lái)的美好、希望、歡樂(lè)、鼓舞和力量的信息,你就會(huì)年輕多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間.
an individual human existence should be like a river—small atfirst,narrowly contained within its banks,and rushing passionately past bouldersand over waterfalls.gradually the river grows wider,the banks recede,the watersflow more quietly,and in the end,without any visible break,they become merged inthe sea,and painlessly lose their individual being.
人的生命應(yīng)當(dāng)像河流,開(kāi)始是涓涓細(xì)流,受兩岸的而十分狹窄,爾后奔騰咆哮,翻過(guò)危巖,飛越瀑布,河面漸漸開(kāi)闊,河岸也隨之向兩邊隱去,最后水流平緩,森森無(wú)際,匯入大海之中,個(gè)人就這樣毫無(wú)痛苦地消失了.
youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity,of theappetite for adventure over the love of ease.this often exists in a man of sixtymore than a boy of twenty.nobody grows old merely by a number of years.we growold by deserting our ideals.
青春意味著戰(zhàn)勝懦弱的那股大丈夫氣概和擯棄安逸的那種冒險(xiǎn)精神.往往一個(gè)60歲的老者比一個(gè)20歲的青年更多一點(diǎn)這種勁頭.人老不僅僅是歲月流逝所致,更主要的是不思進(jìn)取的結(jié)果.
years may wrinkle the skin,but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles thesoul.worry,fear,self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back todust.
光陰可以在顏面上留下印記,而熱情之火的熄滅則在心靈上刻下皺紋.煩惱、恐懼、缺乏自信會(huì)扭曲人的靈魂,并將青春化為灰燼.
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇3
Many years ago, there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help. So he placed a very large stone in the center of the main road into town. Then he hid behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
"Who put this stone in the center of the road?" said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty
he passed around the stone and continued on his way. Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone in the center of the road, but not one of them tried to remove it. Late in the afternoon, a young man came along. He saw the stone and said, "The night will be very dark. Some neighbor will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone. "
The young man then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his strength to move it to one side. But imagine his surprise when under the stone he found a bag full of money and this message: "This money is for the thoughtful person who removes this stone from the road. That person deserves help."
Hello everyone,today I'm very glad to be here to addrea speech about joking.
As we all feel, we are having a busy life -- busy working,busy studying,busy talking,busy eating,and even,busy falling asleep!In this rapid developing world,we have to be busy or we will fall behind others,but the busy life always bring us more or lesome unpleasent,but luckyly,we have an easy but excelent way to deal with it,that is,to joke!
A funny joke may relax our feelings,ma-ki-ng the busy more enjoyable;a friendly joke may better the atmosphere when two people meet the first time;a humor joke can make others laugh while feeling you are a clever person.
Joking is such a good thing,so remember to crack a joke and keep a happy mood in your busy life.
Thanks.
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇4
My dream hello everyone! it is my great pleasure to share my dream with you today.
My dream is to become a 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 if i am a teacher，i can teach my students a lot of might become stronger and cleverer because of me.
That is a very contented a is a developing country.
Chinese are not that excellent in their teachers in china might be very very 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.
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇5
大家好!今天我演講的題目是《我們是最美的中國(guó)人》。
"相親相愛(ài)胸懷坦蕩，我們是最美的中國(guó)人;勤勞勇敢樸實(shí)無(wú)華，我們是最美的中國(guó)人。"我聽(tīng)著這讓人振奮的歌曲，心中的自豪感油然而生。我驕傲，我生在這個(gè)偉大的國(guó)度;我驕傲，我們是最美的中國(guó)人。
我們是優(yōu)秀的`炎黃子孫，我們是真正的龍的傳人，在五千年漫漫征途中，一路風(fēng)雨一路輝煌，張騫出使西域，鄭和七下西洋，孫中山推翻封建帝制，毛澤東建立新中國(guó)……無(wú)數(shù)風(fēng)流人物，令每個(gè)中國(guó)人驕傲。
最美的中國(guó)人不僅僅是這些革命前輩，不僅僅是這些偉人英雄，
更多的是我們身邊再平凡不過(guò)的普通人，因?yàn)轶@心動(dòng)魄的瞬間考驗(yàn)而煥發(fā)令人敬仰的光亮。
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇6
Hi everyone,
My name is Dongqi Yang from china, I am horror to be here today and I am very happy to receive this award.
As you can imagine, as international students in Australia, the biggest challenge is English,
I remembered that when I come here first time, there is a party in the house of my home stay. During the time, they played jokes and they laughed all the time, do you know how embarrassed that is, everyone laughed except you. So I pretend to understand the joke in another party, I saw everyone laugh and I laugh too in 5 seconds later. My home stay was surprised about that and asked me “do you understand?”， and I answered “no”， “So why do you laugh?” ”because I do not want to be embarrassed”!
But as I receive this award today, I want to thank to them, because they encourage me to be involved with the committee rather than staying in at home, play computer and speak Chinese.
When I came to Wantirna College first time, I met liz collar who is international student coordinator. She is very kind to me, and she encourage me join SRC, I went to SRC meetings regularly all the time, but I didn’t even know what SRC was! That is the reason why I told her, I don’t want to go to SRC anymore. But she said “why not? You should go and you have to go!”I asked” why?” she said:” because I said so!”
But as ii receive this award today, I want to thank her. She helps me a lot.
Truth be told, I am not the best student in Wantirna College, but I appreciate this award and I will try my best in future.
I think I got 10 seconds left, I want to thank to Les and Vera who is my lovely home stay, thanks to Liz collar who is international student coordinator, I strongly want to thank to my mother, because she support me and gave me the opportunity to come to Australia. And thanks to Wantinran College, thanks to Australia and finally, thanks to everyone to be here tonight.
Have a great night.
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇7
Mr Myers said: if life is just there're blue sky without beautiful rain,only happiness without sadness, joy without pain, so, this life is not life - atleast not for the life of people.
Will inevitably encounter setbacks, life. It is a grain of small littlesand on the blueprint of life, meet it, sweeping it bravely; It is a notesewage, will at any time into life in the sea; It is a piece of dark clouds hidethe lighthouse, keep the ship lost to life the shore; It is on the way of life,let a person stumbling forward in the life on the road!
Setbacks, let a person lose, let people feel fear, let a person at a loss.In the dawn of the victory to illuminate the earth, setbacks, once frustratedsuccess will not belong to you, only persistence, courage, with optimism in theface of setbacks, only to leave a valuable experience, then hands victory isavailable.
Setbacks, it let me grow up. MAO yisheng once said, difficulties can onlybe intimidated by a coward idlers, and victory always goes to those who dare toclimb the summit of science. In the journey of growth, with a good attitudeabout it, but the value of your experience, are rising. Bravely through theclouds, you can see light; Put an end to the sewage, the sea is clear and clear;Kicked a stumbling block, life is still promising. Setbacks with me, let me growup in the experience.
Failing the exam, I'll careful analysis to the wrong reasons, to rememberthe correct answer, the next exam, experienced I will be the small bamboo shootsin wind and rain, the higher the longer, when I am wrong joke, the friendshipbetween friends, I will remember the lesson, saying the wrong thing no longernext time. Argue with parents when something good, parents would tell mesomething good or bad, has the experience and won't buy things natural on theprofiteers.
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇8
The struggle of the youth is the most beautiful奮斗的青春最美麗
Friends, do you know what is meant by life? And what is meant by the “struggle of the youth”?朋友，你知道什么叫生命嗎?你知道什么叫做奮斗的青春?jiǎn)?
We know, there are many examples about the struggle of the youth appearing in the films we see, in the songs we listen, and in the friends we meet. 我們知道，有許多關(guān)于青春奮斗的例子出現(xiàn)在我們看的電影中、我們聽(tīng)得歌曲中、我們遇到的朋友中。It is most startling to hear a watch or clock clicking away the seconds, each click indicating the shortening of one’s life by a little bit.最令人觸目驚心的一件事，是看著鐘表上的秒針一下一下的移動(dòng)，每移動(dòng)一下就是表示我們的壽命已經(jīng)縮短了一部分。Likewise, with each page torn off the wall calendar, one’s life is shortened by another day.再看看墻上掛著的可以一張張撕下的日歷，每天撕下一張就是表示我們的壽命又縮短了一天。Time, therefore, is life.因?yàn)闀r(shí)間即生命。Nevertheless, few people treasure their times as much as their life. 沒(méi)有人不愛(ài)惜他的生命，但是很少人珍惜他的時(shí)間。Time must not be wasted if you want to do your bit in your remaining years or acquire some useful knowledge to improve yourself, so that your life may turn out to be significant and fruitful.如果想在有生之年做一點(diǎn)什么事，學(xué)一點(diǎn)什么學(xué)問(wèn)充實(shí)自己，使生命有意義，不虛此生，那么久不可浪費(fèi)光陰。So, chose to work hard in your youth.所以，在你的年輕之際選擇奮斗吧。
Friends, speak up your mind, and do what you want to do!朋友，喊出你心中所要喊出的聲音吧，做出你心中所要做的事情吧!In short, hurry up to give full play to the life bestowed on you by Nature, and hold aloft a torch to offer a little light to the world, for, otherwise, your young limbs will begin to rot, your brilliant brain will be dulled and your enthusiasm will cool off. It will be too late to mend總之一句，趕快表現(xiàn)出造物所給你的生命，在這個(gè)世界上舉起一點(diǎn)光明的火花來(lái)，不然你的少年肢體要腐爛了，你的靈魂的頭腦就要呆笨了,你的熱情就要冷卻了，那時(shí)什么都遲了，什么也來(lái)不及了。
Friends, bring your youthful vitality and life into full play right now and here!朋友，在現(xiàn)在這一刻這一個(gè)地方，把你的青春的力，你的生命赤裸裸的變現(xiàn)出來(lái)吧!
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇9
Good morning, everybody!
In this world, there is one thing that is very fair to everybody, whether you are a male or female, young or old, rich or poor. Does anybody know what it is called?
Right.It is time. The topic I am going to present to you today is called “Treasure Every Minute”.
The clock is running. Make the most of today.
To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time with.
And remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is amystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present!! The clock is running. Make the most of today.
Good luck, everybody!
早上好,大家好!
在這個(gè)世界上，有一件事對(duì)每個(gè)人都是非常公平的，無(wú)論你是男是女，年輕還是年老，富有還是貧窮。
有人知道它叫什么嗎?
正確的。是時(shí)候了。今天我要給大家講的題目是“珍惜每一分鐘”。
鐘在走。充分利用今天。想知道"一年"的價(jià)值，就去問(wèn)留級(jí)的學(xué)生。
想知道"一個(gè)月"的價(jià)值，就去問(wèn)曾經(jīng)早產(chǎn)的母親。
想知道"一周"的價(jià)值，就去問(wèn)周報(bào)的編輯。
想知道"一小時(shí)"的價(jià)值，就去問(wèn)等待見(jiàn)面的戀人。
想知道"一分鐘"的價(jià)值，就去問(wèn)剛錯(cuò)過(guò)火車的人。
想知道"一秒鐘"的價(jià)值，就去問(wèn)剛躲過(guò)一場(chǎng)車禍的人。
想知道千分之一秒的價(jià)值，就去問(wèn)奧運(yùn)會(huì)的銀牌得主。
珍惜你所擁有的每一刻!
更要珍惜它，因?yàn)槟愫湍硞�(gè)特別的人分享了它，那個(gè)特別到足以陪伴你一生的人。
記住，時(shí)間不等人。昨天是歷史。明天是個(gè)謎。今天是一份禮物。這就是為什么它叫做現(xiàn)在!!
鐘在走。充分利用今天。
祝你好運(yùn),大家!
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇10
Smoking And Health
Today smoking is a widespread habit ali over the world. Not only the old, the youth, but also middle school students have been engaged in smoking. Many of them think that smoking is a smart symbol.
However, smoking is harmful to one’s ,health. It contributes a lot of lung cancer, from which many people have died in the past years. It can also cause many other diseases. In a word, if you smoke, you do have a much greater chance of losing your health. Furthermore, scientific research shows that smoking is not only harmful to smokers themselves, but also a threat to public health, especially to women and children. Therefore, many countries have made laws forbidding smokers to smoke m public places such as cinemas, stations, hospitals, and so on Giveup smoking! If you don’t smoke, don’t start. Give upsmoking for the sake of your health, for the sake of your family, and for the sake of the whole world.
吸煙與健康
現(xiàn)在，吸煙是一個(gè)世界范圍的習(xí)慣，不僅老年人、青年人吸煙，就連中學(xué)生也加入到這個(gè)行列中來(lái)，他們中的許多人認(rèn)為吸煙是一種瀟灑的象征。
然而，吸煙對(duì)人的健康是有害的，它會(huì)引起肺癌，在剛剛過(guò)去的幾年中;許多人因此而喪命，還可能引發(fā)其他的疾病�？傊�，如果你吸煙的話，你就很可能失去擁有健康的機(jī)會(huì)，更進(jìn)一步說(shuō)，科學(xué)研究顯示，吸煙不僅危害吸煙者本人，而且對(duì)公共健康來(lái)說(shuō)，也是一個(gè)兇兆，尤其是對(duì)婦女和孩子。因此，許多國(guó)家都制定了不準(zhǔn)在公共場(chǎng)合吸煙的法規(guī)，例如：電影院，車站，醫(yī)院等地。
戒煙吧，如果你還未染上，請(qǐng)不要開(kāi)始;戒煙吧，為了你的健康，為了你的家庭的健康，為了整個(gè)世界的健康。
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇11
Many people believe that money is the most important thing in life. It seems impossible to live without money in today’s society. With money people can buy bigger house fancy cloths expensive food luxurious cars and travel all around the world. Money leads to a better life and ensure people’s basic needs. Money is also stand for wealth and social status. If one makes countless money then he is a successful man. As to some young girls money is the only measure to access a man. If a man has a new apartment and a new car he will be the “hot stuff” in the girls’ eye. They marry for money rather than for love. Just like the old Chinese saying goes money makes the mare go. Making more money has become a major goal in the eye of some people. They value money more than anything else in the world.
Different people have different opinions of money. Some people spare no effort to make money such as stealing gambling and cheating. They believe money can bring them everything. However I don’t think money can make people really happy or bring people everything. People can not use money to buy health. Steven Jobs the founder of the Apple Company died of cancer. He was a billionaire but he couldn’t use money to buy himself a longer life. And money can not buy the time that already slip away. Money is also a tool for us to exchange materials but not all the stuff. We should have a right attitude towards money. We should earn money by honest means and spend it probably. Only in this way money can make us happy.
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇12
some people in the fierce competition of the rough waves swept away, hasnever recovered. some people are against the tuyere, set foot on top, on theshore, they succeeded. because they have much a stick to it. forefront for themis not a stumbling block, but padding their own foundation.
born easy, live easy, life is not easy. life is a process of life. no wind,no rain? it is because of the baptism of wind and rain to see the colorfulrainbow; with the pain of failure will taste the joy of success. turgenev in therudin, said: although our life short and small, but great everything is causedby the hand of the people; a life, realize the lofty mission, that is theirsupreme happiness in life. we are to create this society, inevitably someinjury, through the tears.
time, fast turn, across one dream magic song.
life, be about to rush out a way to! in order to cause, in order tostruggle in life, despite losing a lot of, but is there will be! and are oftenmore important than lost, it is the value and meaning of life.
life is long, the years.
how can we predict the future? but only clear conscience my heart! life,because there is competition, people have power; life, because of the struggle,the people to the pursuit of excellence.
smoke in life, like a cloud, the wind. transient. only the people and thebacking car, there is no reverse time and road, since we came to today, andpossession of today's social status and responsibility, only forward, forward,forward again! don't retreat. young people, more important is to see tomorrow,seize today, forge ahead in the quiet, perhaps before the sun mountain tomorrow,you created a miracle again!
有的人在激烈的風(fēng)浪中競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，卷走了，再也沒(méi)有恢復(fù)過(guò)來(lái)。有些人是靠著風(fēng)口，踏上山頂，在岸上，他們成功了。因?yàn)樗麄儗?duì)它有很多堅(jiān)持。對(duì)他們來(lái)說(shuō)，前沿不是絆腳石，而是充實(shí)自己的基礎(chǔ)。
生來(lái)容易，生活容易，生活不容易。生命是一個(gè)生命的過(guò)程。沒(méi)有風(fēng)，沒(méi)有雨?正是因?yàn)轱L(fēng)雨的洗禮，才看到了五彩繽紛的彩虹;伴隨著失敗的痛苦，才會(huì)嘗到成功的喜悅。屠格涅夫在rudin，說(shuō)：“雖然我們的壽命短和小，但是偉大的一切都是由人的手所造成的;一種生活，實(shí)現(xiàn)遠(yuǎn)大的使命，這是他們一生中的快樂(lè)。“我們創(chuàng)造了這個(gè)社會(huì)，難免有些損傷，通過(guò)眼淚。
時(shí)間，快速轉(zhuǎn)身，穿越一個(gè)夢(mèng)想的魔法之歌。
生活，即將沖出去!為了事業(yè)，為了奮斗，在生活中，盡管失去了很多，但也會(huì)有!而且往往比失去更重要，它是生命的價(jià)值和意義。
生命是漫長(zhǎng)的，歲月。
我們?nèi)绾晤A(yù)測(cè)未來(lái)?但只有問(wèn)心無(wú)愧，我的心!人生，因?yàn)橛懈?jìng)爭(zhēng)，人有力量;人生因?yàn)閵^斗，人民追求卓越。
生命中的煙，如云，風(fēng)。短暫的。”只有人民和倒車，沒(méi)有倒退的時(shí)間和道路”，既然我們來(lái)到今天，掌握今天的社會(huì)地位和責(zé)任，只有向前、向前、再向前!不要退卻。年輕人，更重要的是看明天，把握今天，在寧?kù)o中奮進(jìn)，也許明天太陽(yáng)山之前，你又創(chuàng)造了奇跡!
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇13
Hope from disappointment, rise began in grief. As a poet said: the hungryperson must have good appetite, a sense of urgency of people must be of highefficiency and a sense of crisis people must be progress fast. We also know thathard does not necessarily immediately to succeed, but if we give up, instead,will fail. Adhere to is victory, at the last moment has not yet come before theresult is always in the air.
Life, we will encounter many setbacks, these we can't avoid, only to face,the most important thing to keep in mind, that is to persist in the setback,never give up. Edison invented electric light and done hundreds of experimentsis the picture of never give up. 17 years after the Chinese women's volleyballteam to win is to never give up. We can see from them have one thing in common:believe that frustration is a test of life and believe that the efforts ofefforts will be the rainbow after the rain. How do not see your technology, butto rely on your perseverance, persistence is the key to decided to test successand failure. So, never give up is a kind of noble character, but also a strongwill. We want to succeed you must learn to strong, learn to "never give up", andto implement it, then, that one will eventually succeed, artist must be avictory to countless victory!
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇14
As we know, we would feel lonely if we didn't even have a friend. But it doesn't mean we could depend on our friends all the time. There is a amous motto saying that “A friend is like a quilt with cotton wadding, but the real thing that keeps you warm is your own temperature.” It is really true. We have to work hard together with our friends, encourage each other and help each other. When we receive love and friendship, we should repay as much as we can.
Finally, let's pray together now that one day, all of us could find the person we want to find, and could enjoy a real beautiful friendship in our lives. Let's pray the flower of friendship be-tween our friends and us would always bloom brightly in our heart.
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇15
expressions，using your body in new ways，approaching new people，and asking new questions。 you will live every single day of your高中生英語(yǔ)課前演講稿范文(1) life with absolute passion，and you will show your passion through As you slowly open your eyes，look around，notice where the the words you speak and the actions you take。 you will focus all light es into your room; listen carefully，see if there are new your time and effort on the most important goals of your life。
sounds you can recognize; feel with your body and spirit，and see you will never succumb to challenges of hardships。 you will never if you can sense the freshness in the air。 yes，yes，yes，it’waver in your pursuit of excellence。 after all，you are the best，s a new day，it’s a different day，and it’s a bright day! and and you deserve the best! most importantly，it is a new beginning for your life，a beginning as your coach and friend，i can assure you the door to all where you are going to make new desicisions，take new actions，the best things in the world will open to you，but the key to that make new friends，and take your life to a totally unprecedented door is in your hand。 you must do your part，you must faithfully level! you know all this is real as long as you are confident，follow the plans you make and take the actions you plan，you must passionate and mitted! and you are confident，you are passionate，never quit，you must never fear。 i know you must do it，you can you are mitted!
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇16
Friend, please believe in yourself!
Recall that you ever proudly said: "I can do it."
Looking for your memory in the long river of whether there is "I believe I"word.
"Believe in yourself, I can do it!"
This is just a simple word, but it is not empty talk, more is not a joke.This is in the affirmation of your ability, is a test of your own. Although youare very powerful, but you don't believe in yourself, you can't say: "I can doit!" In this way, the flowers and applause will be in your side slip; Waitingfor you to find, there is already late, the success of the throne has belongs tothose who dare to say "I can do it". So, we must have sufficientself-confidence, dare to loudly say: "I can do it!"
If there is no MAO zedong's "a single spark can start a prairie fire", theChinese revolution will not go so vigorous; If no dizhou tong "we Chinese is notbetter than foreigners stupid", China's biological research there won't be soquick development; If there is no xu haifeng that amazing one gun, China in theOlympic Games will not with zero breakthrough; If there is no 'harvard girl liuyiting "I admire her, but I and refuse to obey her", will lose a bright sceneryin harvard yard... Countless "without", telling the charm of confidence to us.Don't you to day?
"Believe in yourself, I can do it!"
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇17
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude to me is more important than facts.
It is more important than the past,than education,than money,than circumstances,than failures,than successes,than what the other people think, say,or do.
It is more important than the appearance,the giftedness or skill.
It will make or break a company,a church ,a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day, regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
We cannot change our past.We cannot change the fact that people will act in acertain way.We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the one stage we have.And that is our attitudes.
I am convinced that life is ten percent what happens to me ,and ninety percent how I react to it.And so it is with you.
We are in charge of our attitudes.
我活得越久，就越意識(shí)到態(tài)度對(duì)生活的影響。
對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，態(tài)度比事實(shí)更重要。
它比過(guò)去、比教育、比金錢、比環(huán)境、比失敗、比成功、比別人的想法、說(shuō)的話或做的事都重要。
它比外表、天賦或技能更重要。
它將成就或毀掉一個(gè)公司、一座教堂、一個(gè)家庭。
值得注意的是，我們每天都有選擇的機(jī)會(huì)，關(guān)于這一天我們將采取的態(tài)度。
我們不能改變我們的過(guò)去。
我們無(wú)法改變?nèi)藗儠?huì)以某種方式行事的事實(shí)。我們無(wú)法改變不可避免的事實(shí)。
我們唯一能做的就是在我們擁有的舞臺(tái)上表演。這就是我們的態(tài)度。
我相信生活中有百分之十的事情發(fā)生在我身上，百分之九十的事情發(fā)生在我如何應(yīng)對(duì)它。你們也是如此。
我們對(duì)自己的態(tài)度負(fù)責(zé)。
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇18
he values Americans live by may seem strange to you. As a result, you might find their actions confusing, even unbelievable. This is my opinion about American Value. Whether you agree with me or not - or is willing to accept as valid any generalizations about Americans - my observations are thought-provoking.
Americans do not believe in the power of fate, and they look at people who do as being backward, primitive, or na-iv-e. In the American context, to be "fatalistic" is to be superstitious, lazy, or unwilling to take initiative. Everyone should have control over whatever in the environment might potentially affect him or her. The problems of one's life are not seen as having resulted from bad luck as much as having come from one's lazineand unwillingneto take responsibility in pursuing a better life.
In the American mind, change is seen as indisputably good, leading to development, improvement, progress. Many older, more traditional cultures consider change disruptive and destructive; they value stability, continuity, tradition, and ancient heritage - none of which are considered very important in the United States.
Time is of utmost importance to most Americans. It is something to be on, kept, filled, saved, used, spent, wasted, lost, gained, planned, given, even killed. Americans are more concerned with getting things accomplished on time than they are with developing interpersonal relations. Their lives seem controlled by the little machines they wear on their wrists, cutting their discussions off abruptly to make their next appointment on time. This philosophy has enabled Americans to be extremely productive, and productivity Is highly valued In their country.
Equality is so cherished in the U.S. that it is seen as having a religious basis. Americans believe that all people are created equal and that all should have an equal opportunity to succeed. This concept of equality is strange to seven-eighths of the world which views status and authority as desirable, even if they happen to be near the bottom of the social order. Since Americans like to treat foreigners "Just like anybody else", newcomers to the U.S. should realize that no insult or personal indignity is intended if they are treated in a lethan-deferential manner by waiters in restaurants, clerks in stores and hotels, taxi drivers, and other service personnel.
Americans view themselves as highly individualistic in their thoughts and actions. They resist being thought of as representatives of any homogeneous group. When they do join groups, they believe they are special. Just a little different from other members of the same group. In the U.S. you will find people freely expressing a variety of opinions anywhere and anytime. Yet, in spite of this independence, almost all Americans end up voting for one of their two major political parties. Individualism leads to privacy, which Americans see as desirable. The word privacy does not exist in many non-Western languages. If It does, it is likely to have a negative connotation, suggesting lonelineor forced isolation. It is not uncommon for Americans to say, and almost to believe: "If I don't have half an hour a day to myself, I go stark-raving mad!"
Americans take credit only for what they accomplish as individuals. They get no credit for having been born into a rich family but pride themselves in having climbed the ladder of success, to whatever level, all by themselves. In an English-language dictionary, there are more than 100 composite words that have the word "self" as a prefix: self-aware. self-confident, self-conscious, self-contented, self-control, self-criticism, self-deception, self-defeating, self-denial. The equivalent of these words cannot be found in most other languages. It is an indicator of how highly Americans regard the self-made man or woman.
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇19
In life, we often bow. The bow can be divided into two kinds: one kind isexpressed in the physical, bow, bow to their elders, to the teacher to bow tothe men of his own kind... Another is to express the inner, bowed to success,bowed to justice and bowed to the courage, who can have thought we have a deepbow bow to failure.
Bow to failure, you will be more confident to meet. Failure doesn't meanyou are weak, it means that you should be confident enough to face everything.Face in front of you all, you should be one step a footprint, without flinchingbuilders of show ego. Have confidence in myself, to meet with confidence. Bow tofailure, you will have the courage to challenge more. No matter whatdifficulties and obstacles, no matter what, the wind and rain if we have thecourage to challenge, whether successful or not, you should be happy.Successful, means that you are strong; Failed, it only means that you are lackof courage, dare not to fight. Don't need to fear of failure, it was just astepping stone of success. Mainly rely on is your courage, have the courage tochallenge.
Bow failure, you will be more powerful to fight. Failure, you should faceup to it, it is your conscience friends, it will accompany in your side anytimeand anywhere, should teach you how to get to work. Brave to spell a spell, ascrap of it, afraid of what!
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇20
無(wú)論是60歲還是16歲，你需要保持永不衰竭的好奇心、永不熄滅的孩提般求知的渴望和追求事業(yè)成功的歡樂(lè)與熱情。在你我的心底，有一座無(wú)線電臺(tái)，它能在多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間里接收到人間萬(wàn)物傳遞來(lái)的美好、希望、歡樂(lè)、鼓舞和力量的信息，你就會(huì)年輕多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。
An individual human existence should be like a river—small at first,narrowly contained within its banks,and rushing passionately past boulders and over the river grows wider,the banks recede,the waters flow more quietly,and in the end,without any visible break,they become merged in the sea,and painlessly lose their individual being.
人的生命應(yīng)當(dāng)像河流，開(kāi)始是涓涓細(xì)流，受兩岸的限制而十分狹窄，爾后奔騰咆哮，翻過(guò)危巖，飛越瀑布，河面漸漸開(kāi)闊，河岸也隨之向兩邊隱去，最后水流平緩，森森無(wú)際，匯入大海之中，個(gè)人就這樣毫無(wú)痛苦地消失了。
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity,of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of grows old merely by a number of years.We grow old by deserting our ideals.
青春意味著戰(zhàn)勝懦弱的那股大丈夫氣概和擯棄安逸的那種冒險(xiǎn)精神。往往一個(gè)60歲的老者比一個(gè)20歲的青年更多一點(diǎn)這種勁頭。人老不僅僅是歲月流逝所致，更主要的是不思進(jìn)取的結(jié)果。
Years may wrinkle the skin,but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.Worry,fear,self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
光陰可以在顏面上留下印記，而熱情之火的熄滅則在心靈上刻下皺紋。煩惱、恐懼、缺乏自信會(huì)扭曲人的靈魂，并將青春化為灰燼。
Thank you!
謝謝大家！
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇21
When to life. None, tzu chi is hard to do.
In life, most people are under the pressure of life in the body, like aboulder burden, out of breath. Indeed, our life is too heavy, body and mind isalways have the feeling of fatigue. But can't afford to calm down and for hisown future, to find a way out. May be issued such a sigh: "alas, I what is theway out? I are going to get to this age, how or no hope." Sigh is useless, butvery tall to find a way out to may have the highest hope, is the absoluteprinciple.
No matter who you are, is inevitable in your own life path to find accurategoal in life. This is to oneself is also responsible for life!
Life is lost, in the final analysis is mainly not an explicit goal of thebroad ambition and strive for. No goal in life, it will only stay in place. Nolofty ambition, will only become lazy, only in god's hands, sigh. Don't let thechance slip away like this, so don't call youth gone, only by ambition and idealrushed out of the confusion of the vortex, a brand new page of life will openfor you from here.
To life, from the "ambition" first. The ancients of the interpretation ofthe "ambition", is that "referred to in the heart yue chi", is refers to thedevelopment trend of thought. Contemporary Chinese for the word "ambition",explains: "in the future as well as the realization of the ideal determination."After understanding the meaning of "chi", we is easy to understand the meaningof the "to". The so-called aspire to, is set in the future life ideal.
In one's life, in addition to the young and innocent childhood, other eachdifferent growth stages and determined to have a lot to do. In short, theteenagers studying stage, especially in university period, is life ambition toestablish period; Middle-aged working stage, is the realization of theaspirations life period; Old rest stage, is to the life ambition
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇22
worsening environment has become the biggest concern of the present-day world. Land resources are dwindling because of water loss and soil erosion. Waste gases poison the air we breathe. The rivers and lakes are polluted by waste dumped in them from factories. It is probably no exaggeration to say that deterioration of the quality of the environment threatens the existence of mankind itself.
Some people are of the opinion that the environmental problem is the price we have to pay for economic development. But I do not think that this argument is valid. After all, what is the point of economic growth if people’s lives are adversely alfected by worsening environmental pollution?
There is plenty of evidence to show that sustainable development can be achieved by balancing economic growth with protection of the environment. The key to achieving this is to make people aware of the seriousness of the problem. Both governments and ordinary citizens should join hands to make this world a better place to live in, not only for ourselves, but also for future generations.
環(huán)境與發(fā)展
不可否認(rèn)的是環(huán)境惡化已成為當(dāng)今世界上人們最擔(dān)心的事了。因?yàn)樗Y源的浪費(fèi)和土壤被侵蝕，土地資源逐漸縮小。我們呼吸著有毒的空氣，河流和湖泊也被附近的工廠里排放出來(lái)的廢棄物嚴(yán)重污染了。不夸大其詞地說(shuō)，環(huán)境質(zhì)量的惡化很可能威脅人類的生存。
有些人說(shuō)環(huán)境問(wèn)題是我們?yōu)榻?jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展所付出的代價(jià)。對(duì)此，我不敢茍同。如果人類的生活被日益惡化的環(huán)境污染所影響的話，那么，經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的意義何在?
足夠的證據(jù)表明：經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展與環(huán)境保護(hù)的平衡可以實(shí)現(xiàn)可持續(xù)發(fā)展。關(guān)鍵是使人們意識(shí)到問(wèn)題的嚴(yán)重性。政府和普通市民兩方都應(yīng)該攜手使地球成為更適合人類居住的地方，這不僅是為我們自己，也是為我們的后代。
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇23
Hello, ladies and gentlemen. It’s great to be here. First of all, thanks for your coming. Tonight, what I am gonna talk about is innovation. Who can tell me what is innovation? We all know that, since 1978, China has been through the greatest changes brought by the reform and opening-up. So what we can see from the reform and opening-up? The power of innovation. That’s why I am here. I am here to show you my Chinese dream. I want to talk about the future and how we're going to win it.
If we want to make innovation. But firstly, we should make sure that China is a place where we can make it if we try, where we can go as far as hard work and big dreams will take us. We understand that it’s not going to be a cakewalk, this competition for the future, which means all of us are going to have to do our best. We are going to have to win the future by being smarter and working harder and working together.
Innovation is the spirit of our country, the motive force for our country’s prosperity. Sparking the imagination and creativity of our people, unleashing new discoveries -- that's what China will do better than any other country on Earth. From the moment we have a new idea, we can explore it; we can develop it with a research grant; we can protect it with a patent; we can market it with a loan to start a new business. We’ve got a chain that takes a great idea all the way through. We must be confirmed that, today, the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But we will somehow find a way to overcome the difficulties.
My major is . My job is to discover or create new drugs for many diseases like cancer. You know that laboratory is the place where miracles happen. Believe it or not. What I do can save millions of people’s lives. For a long time, what challenges me is how to commercialize research. You come up with a great idea, but moving that new discovery from theory to practice or from the lab to the marketplace, that's really a big job. That’s what we should focus on. We need to act with a sense of urgency-to study and work and create as if the fate of the country depends on us-because it does. It depends on us. Thank you!
Our new president Xi Jinping came up with the dream of the Chinese nation's rejuvenation on December 29, 20xx. He said: the Chinese dream is a dream of national strength prosperity and people's happiness. Our people have an ardent love for life. They wish to have better education, more stable jobs, more income, greater social security , better medical and health care, improved housing conditions and better environment,They want their children to grow well, have ideal jobs and lead a more enjoyable life. To meet their desire for a happy life is our mission."
2He also expounded his views of realizing
our great dream. He said : To realize the dream, China must take the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The country must also foster the Chinese spirit,in which patriotism and the spirit of reform and innovation play a core role, and unite 1.3 billion people of all ethnicities into a great source of strength.
3I always ask myself what
can I do for our great Chinese dream ? As we all know that the wiser the youths are ,the wiser the nation will be;the wealthier the youths are ,the wealthier the nation will be;the stronger the youths are ,the stronger the nation
will be. Here the word wealthy means: enriching our knowledge reserve. As a new generation of science, every one here shouldering the great historical mission of ma-ki-ng china powerful and strong. You may say that this may exaggerate our role, but I want to say you are wrong. If I am a little screw our great dream may be a multifunction and complex machine. Through this example I just want to say I am very tiny but I am indispensable .
I believe that as long as all of our university students unite together and perform our own functions that study hard in school and work hard after we graduating from university . we must be able to achieve our great dream meanwhile enrich ourselves unwittingly!
President Xi also said:We are closer than in any other time of history to the goal of rejuvenating the Chinese nation. We are more confident and capable of achieving this goal than in any other period of history,"
lets us unite together to realize Chinese nation's great rejuvenation to struggle!
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇24
I will know that only those with inferior ability can always be at theirbest ，and I am not inferior.There will be days when I must IN THE WORLDconstantly struggle against forces which would tear me down，Those such sadespair and sadness are simple to recognize but there are others which approachwith a smile and the hand of friendship and they can slso destroy me.Againstthem，too.I must never relinquish control.
我將明白只有低能者才會(huì)江郎才盡，我并非低能者。我必須不斷對(duì)抗那些企圖摧垮我得力量。失望與悲傷一眼就會(huì)被識(shí)破，而其他許多敵人是不易察覺(jué)的，它們往往面帶微笑，伸出友誼之手，卻隨時(shí)有可能將我們摧垮。對(duì)它們，我們永遠(yuǎn)不能放松警惕。
And with this new knowledge I will also understand and recognize the moodsof him on whom i call， I will make allowances for his anger and irritation oftoday for he knows not the secret of controlling his mind.i can withstand himarrows and insults for now I know that tomorrow he will change and be a joy toapproach.
有了這項(xiàng)新本領(lǐng)，我也更能體察別人的情緒變化。我寬容怒氣沖沖的人，因?yàn)樗形炊每刂谱约旱那榫w，我可以忍受他的指責(zé)和辱罵，因?yàn)槲抑烂魈焖麜?huì)改變，重新變得隨和。
No longer will I judge a man on one meeting;no longer will i fail to callagain tomorrow on he who meets me with hate today.this day he will not buy goldchariots for a penny，yet tomorrow he would exchange his home for a tree.Myknowledge of this secret will be my key to great wealth.
我不再只憑一面之交來(lái)判斷一個(gè)人，也不再因他今日的可惡而明日不給他打電話。今天不肯花一分錢買金蓬馬車的人，明天他也許會(huì)用全部家當(dāng)換一顆樹苗。知道了這個(gè)秘密，我可以獲得極大的財(cái)富。
Henceforth I will recognize and identify the mystery of moods in allmankind，and in me.From this moment I am prepared to control whatever personalityawakes in me each day.I will master my moods through positive action and when Imaster my moods I will control my destiny.
我從此領(lǐng)悟到人類和我自己情緒變化的奧秘。對(duì)于自己千變?nèi)f化的個(gè)性，我不在聽(tīng)之任之，我將積極主動(dòng)的控制情緒，從而掌握自己的命運(yùn)。
I will become master of myself.
我將成為自己的主人。
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇25
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return. But what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.
A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.
The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth, even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.
A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life; a timely word may level stress; a loving word may heal and bless.
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇26
Dear teachers, students:
I am very happy to meet with you here today to tell you my speech is entitled "English, so I am happy."
English, spread to all over the world, people talk about memorization. Since my time in first grade began to learn English, I was not interested in it, but the third and fourth grade, when a sudden interest in reading in English every day, and even self-learning, to raise a lot of English results .
Now, my greatest interest is the time to see the English. Each weekend, I always find time to read English books or see on the English comic books, information books, and even outside the time when shopping, but also with some English information on the book, simply put it down.
Each school, I sometimes went to the library of books on English, a view that is 30 minutes, the harvest has been so many.
Once again, the summer vacation, I went to the United Kingdom. Where I see a lot of the city, this afternoon I have friends with the British dialogue in English, but also know a lot of knowledge of English, they also compliment away一extra-curricular knowledge of the English book.
I have often in the Monday and Tuesday, when listening to English tapes, one is 3 hours. Also frequently used sentence patterns learned review again, I learned to feel very proud.
The book in English class after school, but also extra-curricular English book out to read, every time I think: if these extra-curricular English read the end, learned that their English, reading and writing is not improved. Therefore, I, day and night, every day, reading, really English results improved reading and writing, I am more proud of.
I know that Rome was not built in a day. I believe that through continuous efforts to learn, one day, I can speak English very well.
Therefore, I am very happy of.
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇27
good afternoon, teachers! first please allow me to introduce myself briefly.
my name is xie tianyuan. i am 17 years old. my birthday is jan. 1st . it’s just new year’s day. i come from id 13, grade 2 of junan no. 1 senior high school.
i am a cheerful teenager，so my hobbies is extensive. in my spare time i like playing table tennis and soccer.after school, i like to surf the internet or listen to music. i also will put into the reading to enrich my knowledge, in order to understand the world. i like reading and i often borrow books from the school library. i enjoy reading books because the books can make me happy and sunny every day.
then i will say sth. about my family. there are three people in my family，my mother，father and me. my father is a strict but kind man. he always puts his own heart on his business. my mother is a teacher. she does pretty well. no matter what they do, or how busy they are, they always give me their deep love. i love them, too.
as long as you work hard，there will be a harvest. this is my motto. i’ll follow this path and study hard.
that’s all. thank you.
高中生英語(yǔ)演講 篇28
There were three brothers, of whom the eldest was called Jacob, the second Frederick, and the youngest Peter. This youngest brother was made a regular butt of by the other two, and they treated him shamefully. If anything went wrong with their affairs, Peter had to bear the blame and put things right for them, and he had to endure all this ill-treatment because he was weak and delicate and couldn't defend himself against his stronger brothers. The poor creature had a most trying life of it in every way, and day and night he pondered how he could make it better. One day, when he was in the wood gathering sticks and crying bitterly, a little old woman came up to him and asked him what was the matter; and he told her all his troubles.
'Come, my good youth,' said the old dame, when he had finished his tale of woe, 'isn't the world wide enough? Why don't you set out and try your fortune somewhere else?'
Peter took her words to heart, and left his father's house early one morning to try his fortune in the wide world, as the old woman had advised him. But he felt very bitterly parting from the home where he had been born, and where he had at least passed a short but happy childhood, and sitting down on a hill he gazed once more fondly on his native place.
Suddenly the little old woman stood before him, and, tapping him on the shoulder, said, 'So far good, my boy; but what do you mean to do now?'
Peter was at a loss what to answer, for so far he had always thought that fortune would drop into his mouth like a ripe cherry. The old woman, who guessed his thoughts, laughed kindly and said, 'I'll tell you what you must do, for I've taken a fancy to you, and I'm sure you won't forget me when you've made your fortune.'
Peter promised faithfully he wouldn't, and the old woman continued:
'This evening at sunset go to yonder pear-tree which you see growing at the cross roads. Underneath it you will find a man lying asleep, and a beautiful large swan will be fastened to the tree close to him. You must be careful not to waken the man, but you must unfasten the swan and take it away with you. You will find that everyone will fall in love with its beautiful plumage, and you must allow anyone who likes to pull out a feather. But as soon as the swan feels as much as a finger on it, it will scream out, and then you must say, "Swan, hold fast." Then the hand of the person who has touched the bird will be held as in a vice, and nothing will set it free, unless you touch it with this little stick which I will make you a present of. When you have captured a whole lot of people in this way, lead your train straight on with you; you will come to a big town where a Princess lives who has never been known to laugh. If you can only make her laugh your fortune is made; then I beg you won't forget your old friend.'
Peter promised again that he wouldn't, and at sunset he went to the tree the old woman had mentioned. The man lay there fast asleep, and a large beautiful swan was fastened to the tree beside him by a red cord. Peter loosed the bird, and led it away with him without disturbing the bird's master.
He walked on with the swan for some time, and came at last to a building-yard where some men were busily at work. They were all lost in admiration of the bird's beautiful plumage, and one forward youth, who was covered with clay from head to foot, called out, 'Oh, if I'd only one of those feathers how happy I should be!'
'Pull one out then,' said Peter kindly, and the youth seized one from the bird's tail; instantly the swan screamed, and Peter called out, 'Swan, hold fast,' and do what he could the poor youth couldn't get his hand away. The more he howled the more the others laughed, till a girl who had been washing clothes in the neighbouring stream hurried up to see what was the matter. When she saw the poor boy fastened to the swan she felt so sorry for him that she stretched out her hand to free him. The bird screamed.
'Swan, hold fast,' called out Peter, and the girl was caught also.
When Peter had gone on for a bit with his captives, they met a chimney sweep, who laughed loudly over the extraordinary troop, and asked the girl what she was doing.
'Oh, dearest John,' replied the girl, 'give me your hand and set me free from this cursed young man.'
'Most certainly I will, if that's all you want,' replied the sweep, and gave the girl his hand. The bird screamed.
'Swan, hold fast,' said Peter, and the black man was added to their number.
They soon came to a village where a fair was being held. A travelling circus was giving a performance, and the clown was just doing his tricks. He opened his eyes wide with amazement when he saw the remarkable trio fastened on to the swan's tail.
'Have you gone raving mad, Blackie?' he asked as well as he could for laughing.
'It's no laughing matter,' the sweep replied. 'This wench has got so tight hold of me that I feel as if I were glued to her. Do set me free, like a good clown, and I'll do you a good turn some day.'
Without a moment's hesitation the clown grasped the black outstretched hand. The bird screamed.
'Swan, hold fast,' called out Peter, and the clown became the fourth of the party.
Now in the front row of the spectators sat the respected and popular Mayor of the village, who was much put out by what he considered nothing but a foolish trick. So much annoyed was he that he seized the clown by the hand and tried to tear him away, in order to hand him over to the police.
Then the bird screamed, and Peter called out, 'Swan, hold fast,' and the dignified Mayor shared the fate of his predecessors.
The Mayoress, a long thin stick of a woman, enraged at the insult done to her husband, seized his free arm and tore at it with all her might, with the only result that she too was forced to swell the procession. After this no one else had any wish to join them.
Soon Peter saw the towers of the capital in front of him. Just before entering it, a glittering carriage came out to meet him, in which was seated a young lady as beautiful as the day, but with a very solemn and serious expression. But no sooner had she perceived the motley crowd fastened to the swan's tail than she burst into a loud fit of laughter, in which she was joined by all her servants and ladies in waiting.
'The Princess has laughed at last,' they all cried with joy.
She stepped out of her carriage to look more closely at the wonderful sight, and laughed again over the capers the poor captives cut. She ordered her carriage to be turned round and drove slowly back into the town, never taking her eyes off Peter and his procession.
When the King heard the news that his daughter had actually laughed, he was more than delighted, and had Peter and his marvellous train brought before him. He laughed himself when he saw them till the tears rolled down his cheeks.
'My good friend,' he said to Peter, 'do you know what I promised the person who succeeded in making the Princess laugh?'
'No, I don't,' said Peter.
'Then I'll tell you,' answered the King; 'a thousand gold crowns or a piece of land. Which will you choose?'
Peter decided in favour of the land. Then he touched the youth, the girl, the sweep, the clown, the Mayor, and the Mayoress with his little stick, and they were all free again, and ran away home as if a fire were burning behind them; and their flight, as you may imagine, gave rise to renewed merriment.
Then the Princess felt moved to stroke the swan, at the same time admiring its plumage. The bird screamed.
'Swan, hold fast,' called out Peter, and so he won the Princess for his bride. But the swan flew up into the air, and vanished in the blue horizon. Peter now received a duchy as a present, and became a very great man indeed; but he did not forget the little old woman who had been the cause of all his good fortune, and appointed her as head housekeeper to him and his royal bride in their magnificent castle.