英语演讲三分钟素材（通用24篇）
What life is about
As we all know, the most important thing in life is our attitude towards it, tons of men have tried different ways of treating life, and some succeeded, some failed, and here are some of the tips they left us.
Life isn’t about keeping score. Life isn’t about your shoes or your hair or the color of your skin. In fact it’s not about if you have lots of friends or if you are alone, and it’s not about how accepted or unaccepted you are. Life just isn’t about that.
But life is about whom you love and who you hurt. It’s about how you feel about yourself. It’s about trust, happiness and compassion. It’s about sticking up for your friends and replacing inner hate with love. Life is about avoiding jealousy, overcoming ignorance and building confidence. It’s about what you say and what you mean. It’s about seeing people for who they are and not what they have. And we should always remember to be ourselves. Other might have things that we desire but being what we really are is the only trail leading to the true colors of life. Most of all, it’s about choosing to use your life to touch someone else’s in a way that could have never been achieved otherwise.
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers; we buy more but enjoy them less. We’ve learnt how to make a living but not a life, we’ve added years to life, but not life to years. And it is time for us to choose whether to make a difference in our life.
And these choices are what life is about.
i have a dream
i am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
five score years ago, a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. it came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
but one hundred years later, the negro still is not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. one hundred years later, the negro is still languished in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. and so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
in a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. when the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the constitution and the declaration of independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every american was to fall heir. this note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable rights" of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." it is obvious today that america has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. instead of honoring this sacred obligation, america has given the negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."
but we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. we refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. and so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.
everyone tries to achieve success in his/her career. but some finally attain their aims while others fail. why? some continue their cause to the end through long period of hard struggles， but others are easily disappointed and stop halfway.
strong will， perseverance and diligence are the three essentials of success. a man of strong will and perseverance always has an inflexible spirit. he sticks to his cause no matter how tough it might be. life is short and we have too much to do. without diligence no one can achieve anything.
i believe that where there is a will there is a way， and that success belongs to those who can make constant efforts.
don't be afraid of life. believe that life is worth living， and your belief will help create the fact
everybody will have failure.the failure is a successful mother, if there is no failure, that will not have results to show an achievement.really, the successful man is very happy, they own fresh flowers, applause.but the person, who fail, own of only have lonesome with unfrequented.in fact, we should go to more honorific is those person of[with] failures.because, there is failure, just have results to show an achievement.
fail don‘t mean you is a for failed, fail to just mean you haven‘t succeeded; fail don‘t mean you a have no become, fail to mean you get experience; fail don‘t mean you are a stupid person who don‘t know to improvise, failing to mean you have attic faith; fail don‘t mean you have to has been suppressing not and quickly, failing to mean you take pleasure in trying.......
this is the failure, precious failure.
每个人都会有失败.失败乃成功之母,如果没有失败,那就不会有成功.的确,成功的人很幸福,他们拥有鲜花,掌声.但失败的人,拥有的只有寂寞和冷落.其实,我们更加应该去尊敬的是那些失败的人.因为,有了失败,才有成功.
失败并不表示你是一为失败者,失败只是表示你尚未成功; 失败并不表示你一无所成,失败表示你得到经验; 失败并不表示你是一个不知变通的蠢人,失败表示你有坚定的信念; 失败并不表示你必须一直压抑不快,失败表示你乐意尝试.......
这就是失败,宝贵的失败.
ladies and gentlemen, may i take your attention? thank you! today i will give a talk about biding to host the national civilized city. with the developing of societal science and technology in the earth which i love deeply, our life becomes more and more convinent and comfortable. but on the other hand, how is our envorinment and how is people’s cultural quality. iam very sad .because people throw rabbish here and there. and people drive car again sting the rules. how terrible our city is!
but luckly, the govenment of jiang xi province hosts an activity named "bid to host the national civilizd city".it can help to ehance our cultural quality as the same time the developing of sicence and technolog.
this activity let citizens know the ture meaning of civilizd city.besides,let people know more about the basic knoeledge and low.also, let us know hosting the national civilizd city is not a thing of a moment!so we must have perseverance to do what we can do and what we should do to help our city to be more civilizable.
for example, we can hold some good activities every month.we can make some speeches to arouse the public’s aware.
when we do our best to do it, we can see the blue sky being cleaner,the rival is more beautiful, the traffic is more convinent and our city is more civilizable.
what’s more, people smlle more friendly ! that’s all.thanks!
Life needs positive energy. A person’s life is a road with lots ofdifficulties and various negative emotions. Everyone will have the desperatetime. Positive energy can help us go through this period of time. For example, Iam sad about the exam yesterday. But an optimistic classmate encourages me tothink in a good way and comfort me. I can recover soon. But if she also is aspessimistic as me, I won’t have recovered so quickly. Maybe I will be sad for along time. There are many similar things happening in our life. To live a betterlife, we need positive energy.
生活需要正能量。人的一生是充满困难和各种负面情绪的一条路。每个人都有郁闷的时候。正能量可以帮助我们度过这段时期。例如，我为昨天考试的事而难过。但是一个乐观的同学鼓励我往好的方面想，安慰我。我可以很快地恢复过来。但是如果她也跟我一样悲观的话，我不可能这么快恢复心情的。也许我会伤心很久。在我们的生活中有很多这种类似的事情。为了生活得更美好，我们需要正能量。
Good afternoon,ladies and gentlemen!
I'm very honored to stand here and give you a short speech! To begin with ,I want to ask a question .Does everybody dream a good dream last night? Actually ,today I want to talk about dream with you. Of course, What I want to talk is not a dream you have last night,but a dream—— about life.
Everyone has dreams about life, different dreams at different life stage,and we need dreams to support us. Dreams are like the stars we never reach in the sky,but like most mariners,we can chart our course by them. With the dream,we have a direction,with a direction, we were no longer confused.With the dream, there is hope,With hope, we have the strength to fight.
I have a dream: To be a doctor.，because doctor may relieve the pain of patients. May let the human change the health. At the same time, I believed that, those who help others may be able to obtain joyfully. Therefore, I hoped in the near future ,I might be a doctor.
But I know，life is tough,and there are always ups and downs, maybe we fail in the way to our aims,and we may feel depressed ,whenever at this ti
A black boy in Wine factory guard oak his father. Every morning, he wipes a clean bucket, then the rows of neatly placed. Make him angry, often overnight, the wind took him neatly arranged barrel blown reel right and left.
The little boy was very sad and cried. The father touched the boy's head and said, "son, don't cry, we can find a way to conquer the wind"
The little boy sat on the edge of the barrel and wiped the tears to think, think for a long time has finally come up with a solution, he from the edge of the well choose a barrel and a barrel of water, then pour them into the empty barrel, and then he was very upset to go home to bed. For second days, just before dawn the little boy, hurriedly climb up, he ran to the place where the vats, the oak a are arranged neatly, no one was blown over by the wind, no one has been blown crooked. The little boy laughed, he said to his father: "to wooden barrels to be blown, will increase the weight of the bucket." the boy's father smiled approvingly.
Yes, we can not change the wind, the world can not change a lot of things, but we can change ourselves, to increase their own, so that we can adapt to change, not to be defeated!
My favourite super star is JJ , he has a lovely dimple and his eyes are also very lovely . Now let me tell you the story about JJ .
He enterde the music indestry at the year 20xx , before that year ,he was only a boy who wrote songs for many super stars ,his songs were liked by many people but no one care who was the writer . He was noly hard to write songs because he like music ,he thought music has it soal , if you sing it by heart , it well be lived.
I like a song of him , it's name is CRIES IN A DISTANCE , the song tells us ,nothing is sad if we belive the hope . He has many difficulty , but his song says , cries in a distance , can't stop the tremble , I'm just waiting my turn , hiding will never , save me forever , the guns gonne get me for sure . Dear god I pray why won't you be my friend , come to me and take my hand ,like mama would say everything will be ok.
Now he is not rather a shy singer and performer , the lyrical songs make him mature ,and now he is a man or not a boy.
He is a real super star with many fans ,the improve mark a big step forward confident.
even though we're poor in knowledge, our thinking is infinite. maybe wewill make some great achievements because of our enthusiasm. whether we'reexperienced or not, it doesn't matter. enthusiasm will take us further anddeeper.
尽管我们知识匮乏，但我们的思维是无限的。因为我们的热忱也许我们会有很好的成就。不管我们是否经历过，都没有关系。热情会带我们走得更远更深入。
please remember, everyone is so talented, and no one is born stupid. sincethere's an old saying, “through a sand, we can see a world. in a flower, we canfind a heaven."
请记住，每个人都是很有才华的，没有人是天生愚蠢的。因为有句老话，“通过一粒砂，我们可以看到一个世界。通过一朵花，我们可以找到一个天堂。”
failure is the mother of success. sometimes people have to cope with many mistakes and failures in order to reach the successful finals. while others might succumb to failure, they tend to retreat and give in their efforts. success often provides confidence and satisfaction, nevertheless failure companies with bitter, saddness, and suffering. it seems people have to learn through each experience, as success doesn't always falls from heaven.
i remembered i used to fail on my vocabury test when i was in high school. i had problem to memorize new words which got lloose each day. i almost decided to give up english, but was obliged to one of my neighbour classmates who kept on sending small sheet for me. in the end of the semester, i found i had finished my vocabulary book which became a work force in reading english. i then realized that a new word came and left our brains for several times. nobody is born as genius for success. success tends to arrive after a serial of trials and failures.
of course, success brings confidence and victory. but, life is not always easy and comfortable. there are more difficulties than eases in the real life. it is likely that we have to face some failures ahead. therefore, those who learn how to deal and endure failures will taste their success eventually.
failure is so common in our life. no one can avoid it. when we fail in doing something, we often feel so depressed that we have no interest in other things. sometimes failure can also make us lose heart. therefore, no one wants to be a failure.
success is what we all hope for, because it can bring us a sense of pride and a good reputation. the moment we succeed, we always feel so proud, as if having everything in our hands. if one enjoys his continuous success in his career, he will be famous and worshiped by others.
however, failure is the mother of success. one failure doesn’t mean you can never be successful. it depends on what we do to deal with failure. those who are always afraid of failure and can’t go through it will never win. but as long as we can get some lessons and experience from our failure, we’ll be sure to succeed.
失败是生活中是很常见的。没有人能避免失败。当我们做某事失败的时候，我们经常觉得很沮丧，而提不起兴趣去做其他的事情。有时失败会使我们丧失信心。所以，没有人想成为失败者。
成功是我们所希望的，因为它能够给我们带来的自豪感和良好的信誉。成功的那一刻我们都感到很自豪，就好像我们拥有了一切。如果一个人喜欢在他的职业生涯中不断取得成功，他就会出名，被别人崇拜。
不过，失败是成功之母。一次失败并不意味着你永远不能成功。这取决于我们如何面对失败。那些总是害怕失败，不能克服这个心理的人永远都不会成功。但只要我们能吸取教训，我们一定会成功的。
ladies and gentlemen, may i take your attention? thank you! today i will give a talk about biding to host the national civilized city. with the developing of societal science and technology in the earth which i love deeply, our life becomes more and more convinent and comfortable. but on the other hand, how is our envorinment and how is people’s cultural quality. iam very sad .because people throw rabbish here and there. and people drive car again sting the rules. how terrible our city is!
but luckly, the govenment of jiang xi province hosts an activity named "bid to host the national civilizd city".it can help to ehance our cultural quality as the same time the developing of sicence and technolog.
this activity let citizens know the ture meaning of civilizd ,let people know more about the basic knoeledge and , let us know hosting the national civilizd city is not a thing of a moment!so we must have perseverance to do what we can do and what we should do to help our city to be more civilizable.
for example, we can hold some good activities every can make some speeches to arouse the public’s aware.
when we do our best to do it, we can see the blue sky being cleaner,the rival is more beautiful, the traffic is more convinent and our city is more civilizable.
what’s more, people smlle more friendly ! that’s !
Good morning/afternoon! Ladies and gentlemen，boys and girls!
早上好/下午好!女士们，先生们，男孩和女孩!
I’m very glad to make a speech here. The topic of my speech is "be a civilized, courteous person."
我很高兴在这里发表演讲。我演讲的题目是“做一个文明、礼貌的人”。
Since the day I was born, I began to have a proud name—Chinese! Since the day I began to talk, the most beautiful sentence I’ve ever learnt has been “I love you, China!”
从我出生的那天起，我就有了一个骄傲的名字——中国人!自从我开始说话，我学过的最美丽的句子是“我爱你，中国!“
We all know that China is one of the four ancient civilizations in human history, is a vast territory and abundant resources, a long history of a state of ceremonies. Five thousand years of development of the Chinese nation, inherited many traditions and virtues from generation to generation.
我们都知道，中国是人类历史上的四大文明古国之一，是一个幅员辽阔、资源丰富，历史悠久的礼仪之邦,五千年的发展，中华民族世代相传了许多传统和美德。
Good manners are so important in our society. Each of us was still babbling, Our parents education how we treat people politely, When we enter the school, the teacher teaches us how to speak civilized and moral, it can be said that each of us knows how to be a civilized person. However, I would like to ask you: as a student in the new century, how will you show our elegant demeanor? How to make our school image better? How to let the distant guests feel the new appearance of us ?
文明礼仪在我们社会中非常重要，我们每个人都还在呀呀学语时，我们的父母教育我们如何礼貌待人，当我们进入学校，老师们教我们如何讲文明道德，可以说，我们每个人都知道如何成为一个文明的人。然而我想问你：作为新世纪的学生，你将如何展现我们的风采?如何使我们的学校形象更好?如何让远方的客人感受到我们的新面貌?
Everyone should be polite. Polite people show good manners. As a new century pupil, as the flower of our motherland and the future of the world, we must be a civilized pupil! But how can we be a civilized pupil? Meet teachers and guests take the initiative to say hello; on the stairs, crowded, pay attention to humility; pay attention to health, not littering, see the paper always picked up; take good care of public property, do not write scratch; with the students, can live together in peace together, friendship and cooperation. To be wrong, to apologize, to respect and trust each other. At home, filial piety, considerate parents, respect the elders. In the face of their elders to listen to criticism, temper, do not contradict. The guests came home warmly, generously and politely. On the outside, obey the traffic laws, don't throw confetti, protect the environment sanitation; help others, always for the sake of others, do good, the hearts of others".
作为一个新世纪的学生，作为祖国的花朵和世界的未来，我们必须成为一个文明的学生!但是我们怎样才能成为一个文明的学生呢?见到老师和客人主动问好;在楼梯上不拥挤，注意谦让;讲究卫生，不乱扔垃圾，看到纸屑随时捡起;爱护公物，不乱写乱划;与学生，能和睦相处，友好合作。错了，要道歉，要互相尊重和信任。在家，孝顺父母，体贴父母，尊敬长辈。在长辈面前要听批评、不耍脾气，不要抵触，热情、慷慨、礼貌地待客。在外面，遵守交通规则，不乱扔纸屑，保护环境卫生;帮助别人，总是为别人着想。
" A smile, say "hello", a "please", a "sorry", a "thank you" or" You are welcome" can make people open the window to the soul, They can make a difference. to exchange, to understand each other. a person is ordinary, insignificant, but everyone raised the banner of civilization, you can let the civilization of the new wind blowing across the land of china. Please start with each "little me", because society is like an ocean, and each of us is a small drop of water into the ocean. Please bring my song back to your home, please leave your smile behind. Let us work together to study, With our excellent performance, excellent work by our great motherland.
一个微笑，说一声“你好”，一句“请”，一句“对不起”，一句“谢谢”或者 “别客气”都能让人们打开心灵的窗户，去交流，去了解对方。人是平凡的，微不足道的，但每个人都提出了文明的旗帜，你可以让新的风吹在中国大地的文明。请从每一个“小我”开始，因为社会就像一个海洋，而我们每个人都是一个小水滴进入海洋。请把我的歌带回你的家，请留下你的笑容。让我们一起学习，用我们卓越的业绩回报伟大祖国。
Thank you for your listening!
谢谢你的聆听!
that's the american dream. that's what this country was built on. and that's what we'redetermined8 to restore.
in order to do that, it's time to have a fair tax structure, one that values paychecks as much as unearned income and inherited wealth, to take some of the burden off of the middle class. it's time to close tax loopholes so we can reduce the deficit9, and invest in rebuilding america - our bridges, our ports, our highways, rails, providing good jobs.
with corporate10 profits at near record highs, we should encourage corporations to invest more in research and development and the salaries of their employees. it's time for us to invest in educational opportunity to guarantee that we have the most highly skilledworkforce11 in the world, for 6 out of every 10 jobs in the near term is going to require some education beyond high school. folks, it's long past due to increase the minimum wage that will lift millions of hardworking families out of poverty target poverty and in the process produce a ripple12 effect that boosts wages for the middle class and spurs economic growth for the united states of america. economists13 acknowledge that if we do these and other things, wages will go up and we'll increase the gross domestic product of the united states.
my fellow americans, we know how to do this. we've done it before. it's the way we used to do business and we can do it that way again. all the middle class in this country want is a chance. no guarantee, just a chance.
americans want to work. and when given a fair shot, the american worker has never, ever, ever, let his country down. folks, it's never a good bet to bet against the american people.
thanks for listening.
transpositonal considerationGood afternoon, Ladies and Gentleman. Thanksfor raising your attention. Taday, I’ll give you a speechentitled“transpositonal consideration”.
Before starting my speech I would like to ask you a question! Have youheard the saying that What we cannot afford to lose is nothing but innovation.Yes, I have. I’ve always believed it is a truth.
I have heard that three apples changed the world. The first one seducedEve. The second one awakened Newton. The third one was in the hands of SteveJobs. We sort of think the innovation of the world began with apple.I imaginelots of people want to become another Newton or Jobs right now with just onehand to change the world, right? Have the innovation to follow your heart. Itsomehow already reflects what you truly want to become. Everything else issecondary.
Via question, we can start to innovate. Via innovating, we can start tocreate better life. No innovation, no improvement. No improvement, no success.And no success, no civilization.and the key to succssful innovation is always tobe persistant We try to innovate, maybe we would feel helpless, puzzled, andsad.
However, this is what we must experience. Don't let yourself down! It isinnovation that we cannot afford to lose! That’s all, Thank you!
On September 12th, 20__, our school held a flag-raising ceremony on the playground with the theme “For your safety, for your life!”
Tang Shaofeng, on behalf of the students, made a speech. He said that safety concerns every one of us and hidden threat against safety was everywhere. We may easily get injured in sports or traffic accidents , or get sick from food poisoning. Therefore，we should pay more attention to safety and try to learn more about first aid. To sum up, we should take good care of ourselves for the sake of our family’s happiness.
Later, our headmaster gave us some specific requirements. He said both teachers and students should attach special importance to school safety. Firstly, riding bicycles on campus is strongly prohibited. No ball games are allowed in the academic areas. We should keep to the right when going upstairs or downstairs. Besides, the windows must be closed and the doors must be locked when the last one leaves the classroom. Finally, we should always obey the traffic rules on our way home or to school.
hello,everybody !it is my great honor to be here to share my idea with you.today,i will talk something about dream——a word that has changed the world.
“what do you think is the word that has really changed our world ”
when i was asked about this question for the first time ,without thinkingit too much ,a word flash into my mind ——dream ,d-r-e-a-m.people more or lessdream about different things ,to be a teacher ,a doctor ,a scientist ,abusinessman and so on .all these people who have dreams should be respected,because dreams make the world go around .we grow great by our dreams.all bigmen are great dreamers in their youth.everyone has a dream ,and everythingstarts as one’s daydream.
martin luther king had a dream.he desired for a future where blacks andwhites would coexist harmoniously as equals.by speaking the way he did,heeducated,he inspired,he informed not just the people there,but people throughoutamerica and unborn generations.he pushed forward the pace of american blacksociety towards the racial equality .
thomas edison had a dream.he dreamed of a lamp that could be operated byelectricity,began where he stood to put his dream into action,and despite morethan ten thousand failures,he stood by that dream until he made it a physicalreality!and today,his dream lights up the world at night.
walt disney had a dream.this,in itself,wasn't unusual -- he was alwaysdreaming.he dreamed of making the first animated feature film,and of building anamusement park that parents could enjoy right along with their kids.walt disneyempowered his dream and today,disneyland,disney world and disney theme parksattract around the world thrill millions of visitors each and every year.
john f.kennedy had a dream.he wanted to land a man on the moon and returnhim safely to earth so as to restore faith in the american way of life.johnf.kennedy empowered his dream and 8 years later neil armstrong stepped on theface of the moon.the moon landing certainly gave americans new foundconfidence.
dream --- a word that has changed the world yes ,i would say so ,wouldn’tyou
youth is a special life relay station ,the growth with the worry ,the lifefeeling become aware happily with the dream ,collected a unique youth melody inhere .
we decide.we choose.and as we decide and choose,so are our lives formed.inthe end,forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.and most importantly,you are the one you choose to be.
it is easy to waste our lives ,our days ,our minutes .it is easy to existthan living .so hold fast to your dreams,for if dreams die,life is abroken-winged bird,that cannot fly.hold fast to your dreams,for when dreamsgo,life is a barren field,frozen with snow.
as everyone knows, english is very important today. it has been used everywhere in the world. it has become the most common language on internet and for international trade. if we can speak english well, we will have more chance to succeed. because more and more people have taken notice of it, the number of the people who go to learn english has increased at a gh speed.but for myself, i learn english not only because of its importance and its usefulness, but also because of my love for it. when i learn english, i can feel a different way of tnking wch gives me more room to touch the world. when i read english novels, i can feel the pleasure from the book wch is different from reading the translation. when i speak english, i can feel the confident from my words. when i write english, i can see the beauty wch is not the same as our cnese...i love english, it gives me a colorful dream. i hope i can travel around the world one day. with my good english, i can make friends with many people from different countries. i can see many places of great intrests. i dream that i can go to london, because it is the birth place of english.i also want to use my good english to introduce our great places to the english spoken people, i hope that they can love our country like us.i know, rome was not built in a day. i believe that after continuous hard study, one day i can speak english very well.if you want to be loved, you should learn to love and be lovable. so i believe as i love english everyday , it will love me too.i am sure that i will realize my dream one day!thank you!
How to Behave Well?
In order to build a civilized city, we students should try our best to behave well in the activities.
It's a good habit to keep our clothes clean and tidy. Our city should be kept clean every day. Don't throw litter or spit about. It's good manners to say "Thank you" and "Please" and so on. We should never say dirty words. Be friendly to others and always ready to help the people in need. For example, when we are on a bus, we should give our seats to the old and the women with babies. We should also obey traffic rules. When the traffic lights are red, we should stop. And we'd better not talk or laugh loudly in public.
If everyone behaves well, our city will be more beautiful and more attractive.
good afternoon:
honorable judges,dear teachers and close friends.i’m very glad to stand here to share my speech with you.today i’m going to talk about dreams.
everyone has a dream.
martin luther king had a dream-and we can all recall his civil rights speech.phil knight had a dream-and now the whole world knows his nike slogan“just do it”!
i also have a dream,but not only a simple one.
when i was in primary school,my dream was that i would be a doctor when i grew up.i’ll be the first person who produces a new medicine.this kind of medicine can make teachers relax when they are busy correcting their students’ exercises and preparing their lessons.because one day when i woke up at midnight,i found my father,a senior chinese teacher,was still busy with his work.i was deeply moved.i wish my father could be healthy and relaxed every minute.
now i’m a senior grade two student,all my classmates and i are working hard,we all know the college entrance examination which will come in the year of is a big problem for us.we must study harder and harder in order to go to a good university,then when we finish our school,we can find a good job in society.my dream is also that.though now i’m not good at study,i’ll try my best.
i know fantasy is hard to come true,bue dream can.
i’ll work hard for my dreams,i’ll never give up.
thank you!
ladies and gentlemen, this is joe biden, i'm filling in for president obama, while he addresses the nato summit in wales.
when the president and i took office in january of , this nation was in the midst of the greatest economic crisis since the great depression. our economy had plummeted1 at a rate of 8% in a single quarter-part of the fastest economic decline any time in the last half century. millions of families were falling underwater on their homes and threatened with foreclosure. the iconic american automobile2 industry was under siege.
but yesterday's jobs report was another reminder3 of how far we've come. we've had 54 straight months of job creation. and that's the longest streak4 of uninterrupted job growth in the united states' history.
we've gone from losing 9 million jobs during the financial crisis to creating 10 million jobs. we've reduced the unemployment rate from 10% in october of to 6.1% today. and for the first time since the 1990s, american manufacturing is steadily5 adding jobs-over 700,000 since . and surveys of both american and foreign business leaders confirm that america once again is viewed as the best place in the world to build and invest.
that's all good news.
but an awful lot of middle class americans are still not feeling the effects of this recovery. since the year , gross domestic product-our gdp - has risen by 25%. and productivity in america is up by 30%. but middle class wages during that same time period have gone up by only fourteen cents.
folks, it's long past time to cut the middle class back into the deal, so they can benefit from the economic growth they helped create. folks, there used to be a bargain in this country supported by democrats6 and republicans, business and labor7. the bargain was simple. if an employee contributed to the growth and profitability of the company, they got to share in the profits and the benefits as well. that's what built the middle class. it's time to restore the bargain, to deal the middle class back in. because, folks, when the middle class does well, everybody does well-the wealthy get wealthier and the poor have a way up.
internet civilizationgood afternoon, ladies and gentleman! first i want to say is that i’m very proud of to be invited to to present my topic here, which is “ internet civilization”.before i begin my topic, please allow me to ask you a question: every time you click the mouse to surf the web, do you know what does it mean?on the net, you can make friends overseas and call them with ip phones; you can get information from all over the world; you can even give a hand to some people in troubles and get help when in need.however, we have to admit that internet also leads to intimacy before acquaintance; it scatters secrets outwards, not inwards; and, most worrying of all, it is a vehicle for liars.here we should see, there exists good and evil, right and wrong on the web.
as netizens, we’d better grow to realize the importance of internet civilization.just as the famous saying goes “long and steep is the path to virtue.” many people advocate that we should be sincere, honest and responsible in our society—the real world.
now, what i want to add is that we also should obey the primary moral principles in this virtual world.all of my dear friends here, on the internet, which role did you play? which role are you playing? and which role will you play?
thank you very much!
“Depend on yourself” is what nature says to every man. Parents can helpyou. Teachers can help you. others still can help you. But all these only helpyou to help yourself
“自立”是自然对每个人的要求.也许你的父母、老师能够帮助你,其他人也可以帮助你,但是所有这些人都只是帮你更加自主、自立。
There have been many men in history. But many of them were very poor inchildhood, and no uncles, aunts or friends to help them. Schools were few. Theycould not depend duanwenw upon them for an education. They saw how it was andset to work with all their strength to know something. They worked their own waytill they became well-known.
历史上有很多伟人,他们在幼年时很穷,没有任何亲戚朋友帮助他们,而且当时很少有学校,所以他们无法从学校获得教育.认识到这一点,他们便开始自己努力去学习,并排除万难直到最后成功。
One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupils, ”I cannot make worthy men of you, but I can duanwenw help make men of yourself.”
有一位著名的英国老师曾经告诫他的学生:”我无法使你们出人头地,但是我可以帮你们造就自己。”
Some young men don't try their best to make themselves valuable to humanbeings. They can never gain achievement unless they see their weak points andchange their course. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as theylive, unless they accept the advice of their parents and teachers, and depend ontheir own efforts.
有些年轻人没有尽他们最大的努力去实现自己的人生价值。除非他们能够认识到自己的弱点,改变自己的方向,不然他们就不会获得成功。他们应该虚心接受父母和师长提出的忠告,并努力奋斗,否则,他们现在一无所成,而且终其一生都会一无所成。