英语励志演讲短文2024（精选30篇）
Why SpendYour Days in Fear?
Why do you spendyour time in sadness?Know that you are the source of all happiness.
Why do you spendyour days in fear?Know that your mere sight can make difficulties disappear.Why do you cry and ask for help?
Know that you are the best man for your own help.Why do you feel so weak and helpless?Know that you arein all sidesmatchless.Why do you feel so depressed?
Know that you are the blessed.Why do you feel so stressed?Know that you can have anything at your orders.Why dont you act on opportunities?Know that you can go through all disasters.Why dont you live life to the full?Know that there is no point in being dull.Why do you doubt your talent and skill?Know that you can achieve anything with your incredible will.Why do you spendlife feeling so miserable4?Know that no matter whatyour soul is indestructible.
There were two little dogs in a village . There was a thousand-mirror housenear the village.One day ,one dog went to the house ,stood at the door and lookat the mirrors and there were a thousand dogs in them .Then it bit at them andthey bit at it too .So it went back to the village and it told the people thehouse was bad .
The other dog visited the house .It smiled at the mirrors and the dogs inthe mirrors smiled at it too .So it was happy and told the people the house wasreally good.
有两只狗在村。有一个千镜屋在村附近。有一天，一只狗走到屋子里，站在门口，看着镜子还有一千条狗在他们。然后它咬他们，咬它。所以它回到村里，它告诉人们，房子是坏的。
另外一只狗参观了房子。它对着镜子和狗在镜子笑过。所以很高兴，告诉人们这房子真的很好。
The future can be anything we want to make
I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as areminder that the future can be anything we want to make it.
We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything thatwe can imagine, just like a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.
We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reapa good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop.If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminatedby the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all beconcerned about the future because that is where we will spend the reminder ofour lives.
The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The futureis before us and dynamic. Everything we do will effect it.
Each day will brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in ourbusinesses, if we will only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of theprogress in every field of human endeavor.
我不知道这段文字是谁写的，我一直很喜欢并用它们来提醒自己，那就是未来操之在我。
我们可以掌握神秘而不可知的未来，从中创出我们所能想象的任何东西，一如雕刻家可以将未成型的石头刻出雕像一样。
我们每个人都是农夫。我们若种下好种子，就会有丰收。倘若种子长得不良且长满杂草，我们就会徒劳无获。如果我们什么也不种，就根本不会有什么收获。
我希望未来会比过去更好。我不希望未来会被那些充斥在历史中的错误所污染。我们应关心未来，因为往后的余生都要在未来中度过。
往昔已一去不复返而且是静止的。任凭我们怎么努力都不能改变过去。未来就在我们眼前而且是动态的。我们的所作所为都会影响未来。
只要我们体会的出来，每天都可以发现新的知识领域伴随而生，可能是在家里，也可能是在我们的事业中。我们正处在人类所努力钻研的每个领域中进步的起点。
I love spring, I love flowers, everything glorious spring, love motherland thriving spring.
Spring girl walked with light steps that came to us, she brings us a burst of cool breeze. Spring girl give us bring the brilliant sunshine, sometimes we have to bring in the thin rain, the earth washed clean, so that the seedlings in the field, drink eat eat, also let small seedlings to drink in full.
Spring girl came to the garden, when an artist, the flowers painted colorful: yellow, red, white, blue, with pink, flower scrambling to show valve spits core, powder like Xia, white as snow, red like fire: you see the bushes in full bloom of Phalaenopsis, like countless butterflies, let a person are not clear exactly where is the flower, where is the butterfly. The grass green, seemed to put my clothes are green.
The weather is warm spring girl. People take off the thick winter clothes have to go out and do something you love -- our children go to school, people go to work, old people is in the square, the park activities bones, doing all kinds of sports. Accompanied by the spring breeze of March 5th, a lot of "Lei Feng" appeared in the streets, help the cache, to help repair the clock, to help diagnose a disease of the elderly, propaganda of all kinds of knowledge... "Lei Feng" are busy doing all kinds of things, civilization in the breeze to thousands of households.
Beautiful spring ah! Jing Mei, Wumart, learn from Lei Feng to do good people more beautiful!
Nick, a 25-year-old Australian, was born without limbs. He used to be madefun of for looking like a monster. Everything seemed impossible to him. However,Nick never gave up. With great efforts, he finally learned to swim, fish andeven surf. What surprised me is that he completed a university education and gottwo degrees. And now he is the CEO of two companies. Nick believes: Attitude isaltitude. In his eyes, nothing is impossible. He thinks a positive attitude isthe key to success.
After reading Nick’s story, I have been feeling inspired by his spirit.Compared with him, we are healthy enough to enjoy life. Somehow, we are alwaysfrustrated facing difficulties. I think Nick has set a good example to us. Tryto appreciate what we do have and be more persevering and we will achievesuccess in the end.
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. It’s not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips or supple knees. It’s the matter of the will. It’s the freshness of the deep spring of life.
A poet said “To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour. Several days ago.
As you slowly open your eyes,look around,notice where the light comes into your room;listen carefully,see if there are new sounds you can recognize;feel with your body and spirit,and see if you can sense the freshness in the air.
Yes,yes,yes,it’s a new day,it’s a different day,and it’s a bright day!And most importantly,it is a new beginning for your life,a beginning where you are going to make new desicisions,take new actions,make new friends,and take your life to a totally unprecedented level!
In your mind’s eye,you can see clearly the things you want to have,the paces you intend to go,the relationships you desire to develop,and the positions you aspire to reach.
You can hear your laughters of joy and happiness on the day when everything happens as you dream.
You can see the smiles on the people around you when the magic moment strikes.
You can feel your face is getting red,your heart is beating fast,and your blood is rushing all over your body,to every single corner of your being!
You know all this is real as long as you are confident,passionate and committed!And you are confident,you are confident,passionate and committed!
You will no longer fear making new sounds,showing new facial expressions,using your body in new ways,approaching new people,and asking new questions.
You will live every single day of your life with absolute passion,and you will show your passion through the words you speak and the actions you take.
You will focus all your time and effort on the most important goals of your life.You will never succumb to challenges of hardships.
You will never waver in your pursuit of excellence.After all,you are the best,and you deserve the best!
翻译
当你慢慢睁开眼睛,环顾四周,注意到的光进入你的房间;仔细听,看看是否有新的声音你能认出,感觉与你的身体和精神,看看你是否能感觉到新鲜的空气。
是的,是的,是的,这是新的一天,这是不同的一天,这是一个美好的一天!最重要的是,它对你的生活是一个新的开始,一个开始,你要做出新的desicisions,采取新的行动,结交新朋友,和你的生活完全前所未有!
在你的想象中,你可以清楚地看到你想要的东西,你打算去的步伐,你渴望发展的关系,你渴望达到的位置。
你可以听到你的笑声的欢乐和幸福的日子发生的一切如你的梦想。
你可以看到微笑在你周围的人当魔法时刻罢工。
你可以感受到你的脸越来越红,你的心跳在加速,你的血液都冲在你的身体,你的每一个角落!
你知道这一切都是真实的,只要你有信心,热情和!你有信心,你有信心,热情和!
你将不再担心发出异样的声音,显示新的面部表情,用新的方式使用你的身体,结交陌生人,你更不会在乎提出奇怪的问题。
你将生活的每一天生活绝对的激情,你会展示你的激情通过你说的话语和你所采取的行动。
你将所有的时间和精力在最重要的目标你的生活。你永远不会屈服于困难的挑战。
你将不会再动摇你对美德的追求。毕竟,你是的,你应该得到的!
Consider...YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there hasnever been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entirehistory and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that. You'rebetter than one in a million, or a billion, or a gazillion…
You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!
You're amazing! You're awesome! And by the way, TAG, you're it. As amazingand awesome as you already are, you can be even more so. Beautiful young peopleare the whimsey of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art. Butyou don't become "beautiful" just by virtue of the aging process.
Real beauty comes from learning, growing, and loving in the ways of life.That is the Art of Life. You can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by justwaiting for life to happen to you. Or you can choose to accelerate your growthand intentionally devour life and all it offers. You are the artist that paintsyour future with the brush of today.
Paint a Masterpiece.
God gives every bird its food, but he doesn't throw it into its nest.Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, it's truly up to you.
Every day of your life, it is important to take the time to “smell the roses” — to appreciate the experiences that lead to happiness. This is part of being truly happy.
Happiness is a state of mind. It starts with accepting where you are, knowing where you are going and planning to enjoy every moment along the way. You know how to be happy, and feel that you have enough time or money or love or whatever you need to achieve your goals. And just feeling that you have enough of everything means that you do indeed have enough.
You have to choose to be happy, and focus upon being happy, in order to be happy. If you instead focus upon knowing that you will be happy if you achieve something, you will never be happy, as you have not learned to “smell the roses”. The irony is that when you are happy, you are inevitably more productive, and far more likely to achieve what everything-seekers are seeking.
"We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pagesare infinite---"
I do not know who wrote those words,but I have always liked them as areminder that the future can be anything we want to make it.We can take themysterious,hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine,justlike a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.
We are all in the position of the farmer.If we plant a good seed,we reap agood harvest.If our seed is poor and full of weeds,we reap a useless crop.If weplant nothing at all,we harvest nothing at all.
I want the future to be better than the past.I don't want it contaminatedby the mistakes and errors with which history is filled.We should all beconcerned about the future because that is where we will spend the reminder ofour lives.
The past is gone and static.Nothing we can do will change it.The future isbefore us and dynamic.Everything we do will effect it.Each day will brings withit new frontiers,in our homes and in our businesses,if we will only recognizethem.We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of humanendeavor.
“我们正在阅读一本页数无限的书的第一章的第一节……”
我不知道这段文字是谁写的,我一直很喜欢并用它们来提醒自己,那就是未来操之在我。我们可以掌握神秘而不可知的未来，从中创出我们所能想象的任何东西，一如雕刻家可以将未成型的石头刻出雕像一样。
我们每个人都是农夫，我们若种下好种子,就会有丰收，倘若种子长得不良且长满杂草,我们就会徒劳无获，如果我们什么也不种,就根本不会有什么收获。
我希望未来会比过去更好。我不希望未来会被那些充斥在历史中的错误所污染，我们应关心未来,因为往后的余生都要在未来中度过。
往昔已一去不复返而且是静止的，任凭我们怎么努力都不能改变过去，未来就在我们眼前而且是动态的.我们的所作所为都会影响未来，只要我们体会的出来,每天都可以发现新的知识领域伴随而生，可能是在家里,也可能是在我们的事业中，我们正处在人类所努力钻研的每个领域中进步的起点。
We have only one now,the environment becomes worse and u know,there's no enough clean water for many of them lose theirlives because of a lot of countries,people have to cut trees there's nothing to keep water from running we have pollutedthe land,the river and the people may say:we are the masters the "master" seems to be confronted with problems that are far beyondhis control.
the holes of the ozone layer make the earth less suitable to live for somecreatures including human ng all the disasters made by ourselves,wehave the responsibility to deal with the problem.
we must do something useful to protect our can plant treesand take good care of can save the water and ask our parents to do n't throw any litter onto the ground and we should collect them we take good care of our earth today,it will be more beautifultomorrow.
1、 yesterday is a memory tommorrow is a dream so live for todayjust do it right now.i believe if you can dream it you can make it ,ifyou do you will win if you dont you wont.believe in youself trustyouself try your best. dont give up ,never give in, never lose hope ,never say impossible .
ladies and gentlemen , good afternoon! i’m very glad to stand here and give you a short speech. today my topic is “youth”. i hope you will like it , and found the importance in your youth so that more cherish it.
first i want to ask you some questions:
1、do you know what is youth?
2、how do you master your youth?
youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind ; it is not rosy cheeks , red lips and supple knees, it is a matter of the emotions : it is the freshness ; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life .youth means a temperamental divdominance of courage over
timidity of the appetite , for adventure over the love of ease. this often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20 . nobody grows old merely by a number of years . we grow old by deserting our ideals.
years 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 .
whether 60 of 16 , there is in every human being ‘s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living . in the center of your heart and my heart there’s a wireless station : so long as it receives messages of beauty , hope ,cheer, courag
can recognize; feel with your body and spirit, and see if you can sense the freshness in the air.
yes, yes, yes, it’s a new day, it’s a different day, and it’s a bright
day! and most importantly, it is a new beginning for your life, abeginning where you are going to make new desicisions, take new actions,
make new friends, and take your life to a totally unprecedented level!in your mind’s eye, you can see clearly the things you want to have,the paces you intend to go, the relationships you desire to develop, and
the positions you aspire to reach.
you can hear your laughters of joy and happiness on the day wheneverything happens as you dream.
you can see the smiles on the people around you when the magic momentstrikes. you can feel your face is getting red, your heart is beating fast, and your blood is rushing all over your body, to every single corner of your being!
you know all this is real as long as you are confident,passionate and
you will no longer fear making new sounds, showing new facialexpressions, using your body in new ways,approaching new people, andasking new questions.
you will live every single day of your life with absolute passion, and you will show your passion through the words you speak and the actions you take.
you will focus all your time and effort on the most important goals of
your life. you will never succumb to challenges of hardships.you will never waver in your pursuit of excellence. after all,you are
the best, and you deserve the best!
as your coach and friend, i can assure you the door to all the bestthings in the world will open to you, but the key to that door is in yourhand. you must do your part, you must faithfully follow the plans you make
and take the actions you plan, you must never quit, you must never fear. i know you must do it, you can do it, you will do it, and you will succeed!
now stand firm and tall, make a fist, get excited, and yell it out:i must do it! i can do it! i will do it! i will succeed!
i must do it! i can do it! i will do it! i will succeed!
i must do it! i can do it! i will do it! i will succeed!
hello! ladies and gentlemen, it is so nice to meet you !i am gladthat you can spend this precious time having this class in thisafternoon.
now please allow me to introduce myself to you .my name is wangjia and i
majored in traffic engineering .baoji is my hometown it is verybeautiful. and the people are very friendly.
as we all knowen thingking is easy acting is difficult and to putones thoughts into actions is the most difficult thing in the world.so if we want to learn english well ,we must practice reading englisheveryday ,acturally practicing repeatly is the best way to
succeed.when
you speak ,dont care how poorly or how well you speak just care aboutcatching the chance to speak ,enjoy losing face or just forget your face
making mistakes because the more mistakes you make the more progress you will make.as a man living in the world ,we must try our best to makeeach day our masterpiece and dont let our parents down ,dont ever let
our country down ,most importantly dont let ourself down.
yesterday is a memory tommorrow is a dream so live for today
in the world, i am sure that no one dare say he hasnt met any trouble all his life. so we must face failure. in fact, failure is not fearful,but important thing is how to face it correctly. facing failure, people will never take their fate lying down.they will try their best to work harder and harder until at last they succeed. not being courageous to face setbacks, people have no chance to enjoy the pleasure of success. so they have nothing to do but feel sad and empty
all day and all night. in fact, they lose the chance of success themselves. my friend, whenever in trouble, please remember, failure is the mother of success.
我们必须面对失败 我们都知道：“失败是成功之母。”但真正理解这句话的人却不多。 我相信，世界上没有一个人敢说他一生中从没遇到过任何麻烦。因此，我们必须面对失败。其实，失败并不可怕，重要的是如何正确看待它。敢于面对失败，人们将不再由命运摆布。他们将
全力以赴的辛勤工作，直到最后成功。 不敢面对挫折，人们也就没有机会享受成功的喜悦。他们会无所事事，终日沮丧而空虚。事实上，是他们自己把成功的机会丧失了。 朋友们，无论何时你遇到了困难，请记住：“失败是成功之母。”
twists and turns in life are unavoidable and are not always bad. we should have a more optimistic view on life and try to make the most of it and draw lessons from the bumps and turns along the way.
挫折
生活中假如有任何一个因素可以促进成功，那就是从挫折中受益的能力。我所了解的每一次达到的成功都是因为那个人能够对挫折进行分析，在下一次工作中真正得益。假如混淆挫折和失败，你就注定会真正失败。 因为不是挫折使你失败，而是你自己拒绝从挫折中看到成功的方向和勇气。挫折并不可耻。在每个取得成功的人的生活中，挫折是家常便饭。但你一定要能够面对挫折而不感到羞耻，能够分析它并了解失败的原因，否则挫折就是绝对的损失。换言之，挫折可以帮助解决它自身的起因。挫折不但可以为我们成功做好预备，而且没有任何东西可以在我们的内心激发起如此强烈的想要成功的欲望。假如你让一个婴儿抓住一根竿子，然后试着把竿子抽出来，孩子就会越抓越紧，直到他们整个重量都依附于此。每次你被击败的时候，正是这同样的反应会赋予你崭新的更为巨大的力量。假如你能够利用挫折带来的这种力量，你就能够用它来完成远远超乎你能力的目标。
ideal is the beacon. without ideal , there is no secure direction ; without direction , there is no life .( leo tolstoy , russian writer)
理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。 don“t part with your illusions . when they are gone you may still exist , but you have ceased to live. (mark twain , american writer)
不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。（(美国作家 马克·吐温)
the honest man takes pains, and then enjoys pleasure. 正直的人先经历痛苦，然后享受欢乐。
if you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
如果你等待，发生的只是你变老。
——larry mcmurtry
to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
去奋斗，去追求，去发现，但不要放弃
One day, if someone gets up on the right side of the bed and calls me andsays:’ You are the greatest person on earth. You are doing a great job and Iwant you to know I am honored to call you a friend.” I know he is sincere. Howdoes it make me fell? Great. But the next day, he gets up on thewrong side side of the bed, picks up the phone and says:” You rascal, you cheat,you crook! You are biggest fraud in town.” How does it make me feel?Terrible.
一天，如果某人情绪甚佳，并打电话给我说：“你是世界上最伟大的人。你做得非常好，我想让你知道把你称作朋友是我的荣幸。”我知道他是诚心的。听了这话我会有何感受?棒极了。然而第二天，他情绪不佳，拿起电话给我说：“你这恶棍，你这骗子，你这个不诚实的人!你是镇上最大的骗子。”我又有何感受?非常糟糕。
So the first day when he says, “You are the greatest guy,” I feel great andthe next day when he says, “you rascal,” I feel terrible. Who is controlling mylife? Obviously, he is, Is that the way I want to through life? Not at all. Thatis being externally driven.
第一天，他说：“你是最棒的人”时，我感觉良好。而第二天，当他说：”你是恶棍”时我感觉糟糕。谁在操纵我的生活?很明显是他。难道这就是我的生活方式吗?决不是，这是外因驱动。
I want to be internally driven. When he calls me and says I am the greatestguy it is good to hear those words. But even if he doesn’t say those words, inmy own estimation, I am still a god human being. And the next day when he ripsme apart, he can’t really, because in my own estimation. I am stilla good human being. When people make statements like, “You make me angry, ” thefocus of control is external. But if I say I am angry or I choose to be angry,the focus of control is internal.
我要主动的生活。当他打电话给我说我是最棒的人时，接受这些话语是有益的，但即使他并不是这么说，在我的自我评价中我依然是个好人。而第二天，当他想将我的自尊心撕碎时，他也并不能真正做到，因为在我的自我评价中我依旧是个好人。当人们说：“你使我愤怒“时，操纵点在外界。而如果我说我生气了，或者我要选择生气，那么操纵点就是内在的。
The first time in life? Then grasp your chance with your perfectperformance on the dating night, by learning the following principle inheart.
Dress properly. While everyone wants to give an impressive debut on thefirst date, you should avoid wearing something too bizarre to be accepted. Ifyou are still in school, a sportswear can fulfill your purpose. For businessmanor grownups, casual clothes are recommended. Never put up your workinguniforms,no matter how well you like that Armani suit. It is no work. A fewaccessories such as a pair of sunglasses or silver loops on the wrist can add upto the romance sphere.
Take a bath before dating. And if you like, spray a little perfume, butunless you're sure that he or she likes the smell,don't use ones that are toostrong.
Watch your manner. You're no prince of the Scotland nor Cinderella in thelegend. Proper manners will ensure a lasting relationship while bad ones scareaway your sweetheart. And do make sure you do not boast about your fortune, for,not everyone are green addicts. And your way of smiling, or your greatestoath,should neither be "coy" nor "by St. Loy!" after the nun in Chaucer.
Be a little sensitive than merely innocent. Do make sure you do not intrudehis or her privacy on the first date. For there maybe something deeply concealedwithin the inner core of every heart, of which the owner doesn't share oftenwith anyone but his intimacy.
Finally, wish you good luck. May you get your hearts combined and start anew journey in the miracle of life and love. Stay tuned till a borderline isreached, and keep on through out the whole way.
简评看来第一次约会真是令人兴奋并紧张期待的。为第一次约会所提出的建议也是仁者见仁、智者见智。王永同学用词简单、结构精炼，读起来节奏快，例如：“DressProperly....If you are still in school，a sportswear can fulfill your purpose.Forbusinessman Orgrowmups，casual clothes arerecommended.”这样的文章结构像是在提醒我们时不我待，要抓住机会，抓紧时间。
Last night, I watched a tennis game, it was the US open, because there wasa Chinese female player came to the semi-final, so I stayed up to watched thegame. Unluckily, she was injured twice, though she still wanted to finish thegame, her body situation did not allow her to do so. Her insistence moved somany audience, they gave her the biggest applause.
The power of insistence is great, it will help you set free your potentialand keep move on. Just for the players, they will face all kinds of incidencesnow and then, but the will to insist will make them finish the game. Sometimes,people win the game not because of their excellent skills, but their strongwill. Those who can stick on to the final line will win people’s applause.
What’s more, when people insist to finish the game, it is the respect thatthey show to their opponents. Their spirit deserves people’s applause.Insistence is a merit, we should keep it, no matter what we do, we must rememberto insist.
Good afternoon, everyone. It’s my great honor to stand here and give you a short speech. My topic is “Never give up”. Now let’s begin.
Have you seen a film named Titanic, I believe no one will shake head. It’s a film about how the ship Titanic sank into the sea in that time. It is very exciting. But I am quite interested in the story of the film, Jack and Rose’s story. I can learn some deeper things from it.
After the ship hit an iceberg and sank into the sea. Jack and Rose and other people fell into the cold sea water. As the weather was getting colder and colder, they were gradually stepping into death. Jack asked Rose to promise him not to give up the hope of life. At last, Jack was dead, and Rose had a narrow escape, because she listened to Jack and didn’t give up.
As for us, we will never be in the sank Titanic and do not insist on waiting for the rescue of others, but, in reality, never give up is still necessary and much more important.
In the race of life, there is no doubt that we will go through ups and downs, peaks and valleys, and joys and sorrows. When confronting adversities, someone feels blue and frustrated, declining to struggle one more time. However, there are some people holding fast to their original dreams, making relentless determinations to overcome life’s challenges and become respectable. In face of obstacles, they practice the spirit of “never give up” and eventually mount the winner’ stand.
Never give up the hope of life is high level thing, but we are obliged to do it bit by bit. No matter how life treats us, we shouldn’t give up the possibility of success, even if we are refused thousands of times, even if we are acting in adversity. We couldnt, wouldnt and shouldnt give up. In short, never give up is necessary and much more important in our life. Only holding the spirit can we achieve our goals and taste the sense of the success.
That’s all. Thank you for your attention.
In the State of Zheng. There was a man who wanted to go into town to buy apair of new shoes.
郑国，有个人想去城里买一双新鞋子。
Before leaving home, he measured his foot with a piece of straw for size.After he arrived at the town and entered a shoe shop, he put his hand into hispocket only to find that in his haste he had left the measurement at home.Thereupon, he turned round and started for home. But when he rushed back to theshoeshop with the measurement, the shop had closed. As a result, he had suanwenwbusied himself for nothing.
他离家前先用一根稻草量了自己的脚，把他当作尺码。他到了城里，走进鞋店，伸手摸口袋，从发现因为急着赶路，把尺码忘在家里了。于是，他转身就往家里跑。可是等他拿着尺码赶回鞋店的时候，店已经关门了。结果，他白忙了一阵子，还是没有买到鞋子。
Later, someone asked him:” Were you buying shoes for yourself or forothers? ”
后来，有人问他：“你是给自己买鞋，还是给别人买鞋?”
He answered:” For myself.”
他回答说：“是给我自己。
Someone else asked him:” Don’t you have your feet on yourself? You needonly to Try on shoes with your feet to get the right size. Why did you go backhome to fetch the measurement? “
别人又问他：“脚不是长在你自己身上吗?英语小短文只要用你的脚去试试鞋子的大小，不就可以了吗?为什么还要回家去拿尺码呢?“
The man of Zheng insisted:” I would rather trust the measurement than myown feet.”
那个郑国人坚持说：“我宁愿相信尺码，也不相信自己的脚。“
Self-confidence, as is approved by research and practice, has an amazinglypowerful influence on the output of people’s ents who believethat they’ll recover soon generally cures faster than those who think theywon’ents with optimistic characters usually provide better performance,even if they work the same hard as ough someone may regard suchconclusion as superstitious, it does take place everyday and alscientists have discovered that, when a man feels confident, his brain willsecrete some kinds of hormone that boost brain activity and improve theefficiency of his immune contrast, a melancholic brain is suppressedby other chemicals and cannot fully exhibit its potential.
To help building up self-confidence, you can take the following two t, identify your merits and value you constantly compare yourweakness to others’ advantages, you’d only gain frustration rather nd, track every little progress you’ve made and review may not possibly become perfectly successful in one day, but ifonly you can see yourself growing gradually, surely you’re on the right e’re also other methods making you more confident that depend on yourself tofind out, and they’re all necessary elements to make you more competitive inyour area.
"We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pagesare infinite---"
I do not know who wrote those words,but I have always liked them as areminder that the future can be anything we want to make can take themysterious,hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine,justlike a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.
We are all in the position of the we plant a good seed,we reap agood our seed is poor and full of weeds,we reap a useless weplant nothing at all,we harvest nothing at all.
I want the future to be better than the past.I don't want it contaminatedby the mistakes and errors with which history is should all beconcerned about the future because that is where we will spend the reminder ofour lives.
The past is gone and ing we can do will change future isbefore us and ything we do will effect day will brings withit new frontiers,in our homes and in our businesses,if we will only are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of humanendeavor.
“我们正在阅读一本页数无限的书的第一章的第一节……”
我不知道这段文字是谁写的,我一直很喜欢并用它们来提醒自己,那就是未来操之在我。我们可以掌握神秘而不可知的未来，从中创出我们所能想象的任何东西，一如雕刻家可以将未成型的石头刻出雕像一样。
我们每个人都是农夫，我们若种下好种子,就会有丰收，倘若种子长得不良且长满杂草,我们就会徒劳无获，如果我们什么也不种,就根本不会有什么收获。
我希望未来会比过去更好。我不希望未来会被那些充斥在历史中的错误所污染，我们应关心未来,因为往后的余生都要在未来中度过。
往昔已一去不复返而且是静止的，任凭我们怎么努力都不能改变过去，未来就在我们眼前而且是动态的我们的所作所为都会影响未来，只要我们体会的出来,每天都可以发现新的知识领域伴随而生，可能是在家里,也可能是在我们的事业中，我们正处在人类所努力钻研的每个领域中进步的起点。
Life is unfair.
Success is not measured on the days when the sun shines. Success is measured on the dark, stormy, cloudy days.
If you can't absorb failure, you're never gonna meet success.The thing about life is it's not always easy, and you can't always win. Some point of your life, it hits you. It hits you really really hard.
The person you love doesn't love you back, you get fired, you lose a family member. At some point of your life, you're gonna hit rock bottom.
You're paralyzed, you're like, "Why?" And that why can really really destroy you. Once you start asking yourself, "Why me? Why not the others, why me?
I'm actually a good person, I never did something significantly bad, why the hell did it hit me?" Because that's life.
Life is unfair. Success is not measured on the days when the sun shines. Success is measured on the dark, stormy, cloudy days. And if you can't absorb failure, you're never gonna meet success.
The future can be anything we want to make
I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as areminder that the future can be anything we want to make it.
We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything thatwe can imagine, just like a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.
We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reapa good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop.If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminatedby the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all beconcerned about the future because that is where we will spend the reminder ofour lives.
The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The futureis before us and dynamic. Everything we do will effect it.
Each day will brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in ourbusinesses, if we will only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of theprogress in every field of human endeavor.
To be or nor to be, that is a question. To succeed or to fail? How tosucceed and how to achieve? These problems confuse many teenagers innowadays.
We all have dreams, and we all work hard to realize them. But there willalways be some problems and setbacks to stop the pace of advance. When theyappear, what should we do? To stop or to go on? Mrs. Curie told us the answer.We all know that Mrs. Curie discovered radium, but how many people really knowhow hard she worked? At that time, there were many people disapprove of Mrs.Curie. Although she got over hundreds of difficulties, she still believed inherself and never gave up. Finally, she succeeded to discover radium. She provedthat she was right by her continuous hard work and her strong spirit. We shouldlearn from Mrs. Curie. She told us the truth through her own experiences thatbelieve in yourself, you can do it! Never give up, face the difficulties with asmile, someday, you will be proud of yourself.
The key to success is confidence. It makes you brave, helps you get overthe troubles, and brings motivation to you. For example, somebody always getnervous when they have an important speech, if they are in a nervous mood, theresults are always terrible. But if they are confident to themselves, theresults turn out to be better. Therefore, be confident, believe in yourself,keep smile in your face when comes to difficulties, and you will achievemore.
尊敬的评委，尊贵的来宾，女士们，先生们，大家晚上好!能够站在这里进行演说，我感到十分荣幸。今天我将和大家一起分享honorable judges,distinguished guests,ladies and gentlemen,good evening!I feel really honored to stand here and make a speech.today I'm going to look together with you into this question:
：Good morning everybody!It's my honor to speak here,and I am very glad to share my topic with you. Then today I'd like to talk something about......(大家早上好!能在这里做此次演讲我十分荣幸，也很高兴能跟大家一起分享我的主题，今天我想演讲的是......)
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the English Speaking Competition for Grade 20__. (掌声~~~) First of all, please allow me to introduce myself, your host for today. I’m Sammy from Cla6, Grade 20__.
(译文：女士们，先生们，大家晚上好!欢迎来到05级英语演讲比赛的现常首先，请允许我来个自我介绍。我是今晚的主持人—来自05级6班的典典。)
There are all together 26 contestants to compete in today’s English Speaking Competition, all from Grade 20__. And this competition will be mediated by a panel of five judges. Also on the panel are “question masters” who will be responsible for raising questions of today’s contestants. Now, I have the great privilege of presenting today’s judges.
(译文：角逐今晚比赛的有26名选手,他们均来自外院05级的同学。此次比赛我们邀请到了五名评委，五名评委中有两名是“提问员”，这两名“提问员”将对每位选手进行提问。好的，我很荣幸地向大家介绍一下我们的五位评委。 微笑状~)
Ladies and gentlemen, MiLiu, (掌声~~~) welcome; MiLuo, (掌声~~~)welcomeOK, after introducing our judges, now let’s go over the rules of the competition.
(译文：女士们，先生们，她们是刘老师，欢迎!骆老师，欢迎!好的，介绍完我们的评委之后，让我们来看看今天的比赛规则吧。 微笑状~)
Each of the contestants has 3 minutes to present a prepared speech and 2 minutes to answer questions raised by the judges.
(译文：每位选手要进行3分钟的命题演讲和2分钟的回答。)
During the prepared speech, a staff member will raise a yellow board as a signal that there is half a
minute left. Then, at the end of 3minutes, a red board will be raised to let the speaker know that the time has run out. So, please raise the red board. Thank you!
(译文：在命题演讲环节，在选手的演讲时间还剩下半分钟的时候，我们的工作人员将会举一块黄颜色的牌子示意。当3分钟时间一到，我们的工作人员会举一块红色的牌子示意时间已到。现在，工作人员示意一下下。谢谢! 微笑状~)
Now the topic for today’s prepared speech is “Olympic Games, Beijing 20__”.
(译文：今天的命题演讲的题目是：北京20__奥运会。)
Ladies and gentlemen, the top four winners today will be able to attend the College Final to be held on November 3rd.
(译文：女士们，先生们，今晚比赛的前四名选手将可以参加11月3号晚上的院里的决赛。)
Now let’s welcome contestant No.1
(译文：现在，让我们有请1号选手。 微笑状~)
Thank you for contestant No.1, now let’s welcome contestant No.2.
(译文：谢谢1号选手的演讲。接下来，让我们有请我们的2号选手。 微笑状~)
Thank you for contestant No.2. Here, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to announce the score of contestant No.1 is 86.6. Congratulations! Now, let’s welcome contestant No.3
(译文：谢谢我们的2号选手。女士们，先生们，下面我宣布1号选手的最后得分是：86.6分。恭喜!接下来，让我们有请我们的3号选手。 微笑状~)
And now, let’s have a short breath and wait for the final results. For this period, let’s welcome MiLiu to give us a comment on this competition.
(译文：现在，让我们稍作休息等待比赛的最终结果。在这段时间里，让我们有请刘老师来给本次比赛作个点评。欢迎! 微笑状~)
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the English Speaking Competition for Grade 20__. After our judges’ discussion, the exciting moment is coming.
(译文：女士们，先生们，欢迎回来。您现在看到的是外院20__级英语演讲比赛。经过我们评委老师的讨论之后，激动人心的时刻到了。 兴奋状~)
Right now, what I am going to announce is the first winner. Ladies and gentlemen, the first winner of the competition is contestant No. 9. Congratulations!!
(译文：首先，我要宣布的是本次比赛的第一名。女士们，先生们，本次比赛的第一名就是我们的9号选手。让我们以热烈的掌声欢迎她上台领奖。 微笑状~)
Till now, our competition has come to an end. Thank you for your coming! See you next time. Bye-Bye! 你自己看看可有什么适合你的!!!
I love English--英语演讲稿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 high 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 thinking which gives me more room to touch the world.When I read English novels,I can feel the pleasure from the book which 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 which is not the same as our Chinese...
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 contries.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!
亲爱的老师，同学们：
我很高兴可以在这个课堂上做一次演讲。这一次，我想谈谈英语。我的话题是我爱英语。
正如每个人所知，英语在今天十分重要。它已经被应用到世界的各个角落。它已经成为商业上最为通用的一门语言并广泛的用于国际贸易。如果我们能说好英语，我们就有更多的机会成功。因为越来越多的人注意到这一点，学英语的人数正在已很高的速度增长。
但是对我而言，我学英语不仅仅因为它的重要性以及它的实用性，更是因为我喜爱英语。当我学英语时，我可以体会到一种不同的思维方式，它可以给我更多接触世界的空间。当我读英语小说时，我能感受到不同于阅读翻译文的快乐。当我说英语时，我可以感到自信。当我写英语时，我能够感到不同于汉语的那种美
我爱英语，它给了我一个色彩斑斓的梦。我希望有朝一日我可以畅游世界，用我流利的英语，我可以和世界各地的人交友。我能看到许多的名胜。我希望我能够到伦敦去，因为那里是英语的故乡。
我也希望用我流利的英语来将我们的名胜介绍给说英语的朋友，我希望他们可以像我们一样的爱我们的国家。
我知道，罗马不是一天筑成的。（成功需要日积月累。）我相信在持续不断的努力学习下，总有一天我可以拥有一口流利的英语。
如果你想被爱，你就应该学着去爱他人。所以我相信我对英语的爱定将换来它对我的爱。
我相信总有一天我会实现我的梦！
谢谢！
Disabled people are normal people, except that they can not see as much aswe can, or they can not walk as fast as we can. Since they can not see as much,or they can not walk as fast, they need our help.
We can immediately do a long list of ways in which we can help them, forinstance, Each student finds some one to help, in the neighborhood or thecommunity. You can help them to cross the road. You can help pushing their wheelchairs. l Set up kind of organization. Collect some money. Use this money tohelp them, to buy them daily necessities, to help their children finish school.As they are disabled, it is more difficult for them to earn as much as normalpeople do. That’s why they usually need help in physical things. As they aredisabled, they feel lonely. They think they are not as good as normal people.They easily become lonely, sad, disappointed. They easily lose hope of life.They need help more in spiritual things. They need people to chat with. Theyneed people to encourage them to continue their lives. They need people to getrid of prejudices over them. Now, I would suggest, do whatever we can to helpthem. We can donate our pocket money. We can walk up to help the disabled tocross the street. We can make friends with the disabled by visiting them, bycalling them, by emailing them, by whatever means. However, don’t always thinkwe are better than the disabled. As normal people, we always make normalmistakes.
We take it for granted that we can see things while the blind can not. Ifyou know the story about Helen Keller, you will understand why you are wrong.The blind can not see with their bare eyes, but they can see better with theirears. They can see better with their hands. So, help the disabled while youtreat them like normal people. And they are normal people!
A boy found an eagle's egg and he put it in the nest of a prairiechicken.The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken.He grew up doing whatprairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distanceswith a noisy fluttering of wings.It was a dreary life.Gradually the eagle grewolder and bitter.One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful birdsoaring on the currents of air,high above the mountains.
"Oh,I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle.The chickenreplied,"Don't give it another thought.That's the mighty eagle,the king of allbirds-you could never be like him!" And the eagle didn't give it anotherthought.He went on cackling and complaining about life.He died thinking he was aprairie chicken.My friends,you too were born an eagle.The Creator intended youto be an eagle,so don’t listen to the prairie chickens!
一个小男孩发现了一只老鹰下的蛋,把它放进了一只山鸡的窝里.鹰被孵出来了,但他以为自己是一只山鸡.渐渐的他长大了,却做着山鸡所做的事---从泥土里寻找食物,做短距离的飞翔,翅膀还啪啪作响.生活非常沉闷,渐渐地鹰长大了,也越来越苦恼.有一天,他和他的山鸡朋友看见一只美丽的鸟在天空翱翔,飞的比山还高.
“哦,我要能飞的那么高该多好啊!”鹰说.山鸡回答说,“不要想了,那是凶猛无比的鹰,鸟中之王---你不可能像他一样!”于是鹰放弃了那个念头.他继续咯咯地叫,不停的抱怨生活.最后他死了,依然认为自己是一只山鸡.朋友们,你们天生就是雄鹰.造物主有意把你造就成一只雄鹰,所以不要听信山鸡的话!
When I was in my 20s， I saw my very first psychotherapy client。 I was a Ph。D。 student in clinical psychology at Berkeley。 She was a 26—year—old woman named Alex。 Now Alex walked into her first session wearing jeans and a big slouchy top， and she dropped onto the couch in my office and kicked off her flats and told me she was there to talk about guy problems。 Now when I heard this， I was so relieved。 My classmate got an arsonist for her first client。 （Laughter） And I got a twentysomething who wanted to talk about boys。 This I thought I could handle。
But I didn't handle it。 With the funny stories that Alex would bring to session， it was easy for me just to nod my head while we kicked the can down the road。 "Thirty's the new 20，" Alex would say， and as far as I could tell， she was right。 Work happened later， marriage happened later， kids happened later， even death happened later。 Twentysomethings like Alex and I had nothing but time。
But before long， my supervisor pushed me to push Alex about her love life。 I pushed back。
I said， "Sure， she's dating down， she's sleeping with a knucklehead， but it's not like she's going to marry the guy。"
And then my supervisor said， "Not yet， but she might marry the next one。 Besides， the best time to work on Alex's marriage is before she has one。"
That's what psychologists call an "Aha！" moment。 That was the moment I realized， 30 is not the new 20。 Yes， people settle down later than they used to， but that didn't make Alex's 20s a developmental downtime。 That made Alex's 20s a developmental sweet spot， and we were sitting there blowing it。 That was when I realized that this sort of benign neglect was a real problem， and it had real consequences， not just for Alex and her love life but for the careers and the families and the futures of twentysomethings everywhere。
There are 50 million twentysomethings in the United States right now。 We're talking about 15 percent of the population， or 100 percent if you consider that no one's getting through adulthood without going through their 20s first。
Raise your hand if you're in your 20s。 I really want to see some twentysomethings here。 Oh， yay！ Y'all's awesome。 If you work with twentysomethings， you love a twentysomething， you're losing sleep over twentysomethings， I want to see — Okay。 Awesome， twentysomethings really matter。
So I specialize in twentysomethings because I believe that every single one of those 50 million twentysomethings deserves to know what psychologists， sociologists， neurologists and fertility specialists already know： that claiming your 20s is one of the simplest， yet most transformative， things you can do for work， for love， for your happiness， maybe even for the world。
This is not my opinion。 These are the facts。 We know that 80 percent of life's most defining moments take place by age 35。 That means that eight out of 10 of the decisions and experiences and "Aha！" moments that make your life what it is will have happened by your mid—30s。 People who are over 40， don't panic。 This crowd is going to be fine， I think。 We know that the first 10 years of a career has an exponential impact on how much money you're going to earn。 We know that more than half of Americans are married or are living with or dating their future partner by 30。 We know that the brain caps off its second and last growth spurt in your 20s as it rewires itself for adulthood， which means that whatever it is you want to change about yourself， now is the time to change it。 We know that personality changes more during your 20s than at any other time in life， and we know that female fertility peaks at age 28， and things get tricky after age 35。 So your 20s are the time to educate yourself about your body and your options。
So when we think about child development， we all know that the first five years are a critical period for language and attachment in the brain。 It's a time when your ordinary， day—to—day life has an inordinate impact on who you will become。 But what we hear less about is that there's such a thing as adult development， and our 20s are that critical period of adult development。
But this isn't what twentysomethings are hearing。 Newspapers talk about the changing timetable of adulthood。 Researchers call the 20s an extended adolescence。 Journalists coin silly nicknames for twentysomethings like "twixters" and "kidults。" It's true。 As a culture， we have trivialized what is actually the defining decade of adulthood。
Leonard Bernstein said that to achieve great things， you need a plan and not quite enough time。 Isn't that true？ So what do you think happens when you pat a twentysomething on the head and you say， "You have 10 extra years to start your life"？ Nothing happens。 You have robbed that person of his urgency and ambition， and absolutely nothing happens。
And then every day， smart， interesting twentysomethings like you or like your sons and daughters come into my office and say things like this： "I know my boyfriend's no good for me， but this relationship doesn't count。 I'm just killing time。" Or they say， "Everybody says as long as I get started on a career by the time I'm 30， I'll be fine。"
But then it starts to sound like this： "My 20s are almost over， and I have nothing to show for myself。 I had a better résumé the day after I graduated from college。"
And then it starts to sound like this： "Dating in my 20s was like musical chairs。 Everybody was running around and having fun， but then sometime around 30 it was like the music turned off and everybody started sitting down。 I didn't want to be the only one left standing up， so sometimes I think I married my husband because he was the closest chair to me at 30。"
Where are the twentysomethings here？ Do not do that。
Okay， now that sounds a little flip， but make no mistake， the stakes are very high。 When a lot has been pushed to your 30s， there is enormous thirtysomething pressure to jump—start a career， pick a city， partner up， and have two or three kids in a much shorter period of time。 Many of these things are incompatible， and as research is just starting to show， simply harder and more stressful to do all at once in our 30s。
The post—millennial midlife crisis isn't buying a red sports car。 It's realizing you can't have that career you now want。 It's realizing you can't have that child you now want， or you can't give your child a sibling。 Too many thirtysomethings and fortysomethings look at themselves， and at me， sitting across the room， and say about their 20s， "What was I doing？ What was I thinking？"
I want to change what twentysomethings are doing and thinking。
Here's a story about how that can go。 It's a story about a woman named Emma。 At 25， Emma came to my office because she was， in her words， having an identity crisis。 She said she thought she might like to work in art or entertainment， but she hadn't decided yet， so she'd spent the last few years waiting tables instead。 Because it was cheaper， she lived with a boyfriend who displayed his temper more than his ambition。 And as hard as her 20s were， her early life had been even harder。 She often cried in our sessions， but then would collect herself by saying， "You can't pick your family， but you can pick your friends。"
Well one day， Emma comes in and she hangs her head in her lap， and she sobbed for most of the hour。 She'd just bought a new address book， and she'd spent the morning filling in her many contacts， but then she'd been left staring at that empty blank that comes after the words "In case of emergency， please call 。。。 。" She was nearly hysterical when she looked at me and said， "Who's going to be there for me if I get in a car wreck？ Who's going to take care of me if I have cancer？"
Now in that moment， it took everything I had not to say， "I will。" But what Emma needed wasn't some therapist who really， really cared。 Emma needed a better life， and I knew this was her chance。 I had learned too much since I first worked with Alex to just sit there while Emma's defining decade went parading by。
So over the next weeks and months， I told Emma three things that every twentysomething， male or female， deserves to hear。
First， I told Emma to forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital。 By get identity capital， I mean do something that adds value to who you are。 Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next。 I didn't know the future of Emma's career， and no one knows the future of work， but I do know this： Identity capital begets identity capital。 So now is the time for that cross—country job， that internship， that startup you want to try。 I'm not discounting twentysomething exploration here， but I am discounting exploration that's not supposed to count， which， by the way， is not exploration。 That's procrastination。 I told Emma to explore work and make it count。
Second， I told Emma that the urban tribe is overrated。 Best friends are great for giving rides to the airport， but twentysomethings who huddle together with like—minded peers limit who they know， what they know， how they think， how they speak， and where they work。 That new piece of capital， that new person to date almost always comes from outside the inner circle。 New things come from what are called our weak ties， our friends of friends of friends。 So yes， half of twentysomethings are un— or under—employed。 But half aren't， and weak ties are how you get yourself into that group。 Half of new jobs are never posted， so reaching out to your neighbor's boss is how you get that un—posted job。 It's not cheating。 It's the science of how information spreads。
Last but not least， Emma believed that you can't pick your family， but you can pick your friends。 Now this was true for her growing up， but as a twentysomething， soon Emma would pick her family when she partnered with someone and created a family of her own。 I told Emma the time to start picking your family is now。 Now you may be thinking that 30 is actually a better time to settle down than 20， or even 25， and I agree with you。 But grabbing whoever you're living with or sleeping with when everyone on Facebook starts walking down the aisle is not progress。 The best time to work on your marriage is before you have one， and that means being as intentional with love as you are with work。 Picking your family is about consciously choosing who and what you want rather than just making it work or killing time with whoever happens to be choosing you。
So what happened to Emma？ Well， we went through that address book， and she found an old roommate's cousin who worked at an art museum in another state。 That weak tie helped her get a job there。 That job offer gave her the reason to leave that live—in boyfriend。 Now， five years later， she's a special events planner for museums。 She's married to a man she mindfully chose。 She loves her new career， she loves her new family， and she sent me a card that said， "Now the emergency contact blanks don't seem big enough。"
Now Emma's story made that sound easy， but that's what I love about working with twentysomethings。 They are so easy to help。 Twentysomethings are like airplanes just leaving LAX， bound for somewhere west。 Right after takeoff， a slight change in course is the difference between landing in Alaska or Fiji。 Likewise， at 21 or 25 or even 29， one good conversation， one good break， one good TED Talk， can have an enormous effect across years and even generations to come。
So here's an idea worth spreading to every twentysomething you know。 It's as simple as what I learned to say to Alex。 It's what I now have the privilege of saying to twentysomethings like Emma every single day： Thirty is not the new 20， so claim your adulthood， get some identity capital， use your weak ties， pick your family。 Don't be defined by what you didn't know or didn't do。 You're deciding your life right now。 Thank you。
Belief in yourself is the secret of successfrom the moment we are born, our destiny had been set. it is the start of our life. as a little child, we go to school and are curious to everything in the world.
When we get older, we tend to understand the function in this world.
We start to think, sometimes wonder about life. Next thing we know, we are growing up. The world is changing, and our life is changing everyday.
Right now, this particular moment in our life, we think again.
We have we done in our life?
Are we successful?
Are we rich?
Are we happy? And flashbacks starts, the memories took charge of our brain.
We reflect to ourselves, we question ourselves.
Why are we not successful?
Why are we not rich?
Why are we not happy?
Then, we need to ask how.
How to be successful?
How to be rich?
How to be happy?
With the questions, we figure out the answers. one of the dominating techqniue to be successful is first start from yourself. Believe in yourself. If you don't believe in what you can do, then who else?
If you don't care about yourself, then who else? trust your feelings, believe that you can do it. and as long as you hold that thought, nothing, nothing can stop you.
The successful future right ahead of you are led by a pathway called belief.
Dear audience and judges,
My topic is "Can money buy happiness".
As we all know, money can buy all the goods in our life, no matter how huge it is. A spaceship, for example, if you really feel your bank account can afford it.
However, when it comes to love, satisfaction, happiness and many other human feelings, it is completely not like this. The result of many recent research can support my point. They said that, though people received far more money than ever, their standard for happiness also rised. That means, if you had one yuan, a car might be your dream, but if you had one million, you might consider owning a space trip. So when people always hope for those they can not afford, they will push themselves to an unhappy
Anyhow, money equal wealthy in life but not happiness in mind. Only by changing our attitude to money and enjoying every day, can we obtain a truely happy future!
Today's speech I want to talk to my classmates about a few stories, thesestories are in our side, but we have never noticed, thinking.
One night last semester, go alone to five teaching self - study. Fatigue tohis eyes faint, faint yellow light trance to see a little boy shuttle betweentables and chairs, those hands links to pick up the garbage in the table bucket.Looking back, his mother is holding a large woven bag, came and took thegarbage. Mother and son of the shadow under the irradiation of a group of lightsappear very long, repeated, fade out of the classroom. I just looked at, whatseems to be thinking, so for a long time.
A small thing in life study, let me look at yourself again. His little badhabits, bring others? Shouldn't we be good young people who love school andlife? How can we indulge in the erosion of negative energy on us? I have asked afew students, how don't you remember to take away the garbage generated byself-study in class? Most students are vacant answer, not someone to accept?
Some of our own little habits, little laziness. Slowly become entrenchednegative energy, we didn't even notice, slowly accustomed to. Our youth, we areyoung, but ignorance is not synonymous with youth and youth.
Classmate, don't know if you have ever met this kind of situation, onenight, you are going to carry a bag to the library to study, is shouting to letthe dormitory of several other elder brothers go with you, at that time, aclassmate said: " oh, boy, the sun came out to the west, you should go to thelibrary, don't pack! " you hesitated, thinking about next week's exam, orthinking about to go to the library self-study make-up class, so, you are goingto go, then another voice rang:" hurry up to open the computer, hero league opena black shop sent a person ah, how can you do without! " at this time, yousilently put down the bag, opened the computer, just study the idea of abruptwas left behind ...
The word " positive energy" students are familiar with, its network meaningrefers to all give people up, give people hope and pursuit, make people actionmotivation and feelings. As a contemporary college student, I think we should bea positive energy person, at the same time, also should make friends withpositive energy, in each other's communication, let positive energy togetherinto a larger upward force, so that college life more positive. " true, good,beautiful" has always been as a synonym for positive energy, specific to collegelife, positive energy also covers a lot of meaning: for example, pay attentionto social welfare undertakings, to participate in social practice, let lovetransfer, so that their lives are sublimated; In the face of setbacks and lifeis not the best, to be able to persevere, with a positive attitude to face; Inthe study, be able to persevere, hard work, perseverance; Be a responsibleperson, able to understand their responsibilities, parents' expectations andsocial expectations. My classmates, my story is not over yet.
After that night, I often talked to my classmates about the experience,everyone also have feelings. Gradually, I found that after class we didn't leavethe classroom in such a hurry, but scanned the table bucket, conveniently taketheir garbage. I feel a positive energy in the spread, everyone has a sunshineand beautiful heart. In the dormitory, inner remorse let me I can no longercontinue to play games like this, I flatly cutting away. One day, two days, Ialso saw them in the study room, we smiled at each other. The original transferof positive energy is not difficult. Young people always have all kinds ofideas, the oath of youth will always be on the lips. No matter where can reflectthe vitality of our young people, and the university is a place where youngpeople gathered most. There will be more things, and the inside of the idea willbe more rich.
One windy spring day， I observed young people having fun using the wind tofly their kites。 Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled theskies like beautiful birds darting and dancing。 As the strong winds gustedagainst the kites， a string kept them in check。
Instead of blowing away with the wind， they arose against it to achievegreat heights。 They shook and pulled， but the restraining string and thecumbersome tail kept them in tow， facing upward and against the wind。 As thekites struggled and trembled against the string， they seemed to say， “Let me go!Let me go! I want to be free!” They soared beautifully even as they fought therestriction of the string。 Finally， one of the kites succeeded in breakingloose。 “Free at last，” it seemed to say。 “Free to fly with the wind。”
Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the mercy of an unsympatheticbreeze。 It fluttered ungracefully to the ground and landed in a tangled mass ofweeds and string against a dead bush。 “Free at last” free to lie powerless inthe dirt， to be blown helplessly along the ground， and to lodge lifeless againstthe first obstruction。
How much like kites we sometimes are。 The Heaven gives us adversity andrestrictions， rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength。Restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition。 Some of us tugat the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might haveobtained。 We keep part of the mandment and never rise high enough to get ourtails off the ground。
Let us each rise to the great heights， recognizing that some of therestraints that we may chafe under are actually the steadying force that helpsus ascend and achieve。
在一个有风的春日，我看到一群年轻人正在迎风放风筝玩乐，各种颜色、各种形状和大小的风筝就好像美丽的鸟儿在空中飞舞。当强风把风筝吹起，牵引线就能够控制它们。
风筝迎风飘向更高的地方，而不是随风而去。它们摇摆着、拉扯着，但牵引线以及笨重的尾巴使它们处于控制之中，并且迎风而上。它们挣扎着、抖动着想要挣脱线的束缚，仿佛在说：“放开我!放开我!我想要自由!”即使与牵引线奋争着，它们依然在美丽地飞翔。最后，一只风筝成功挣脱了。“最后自由了，”它好像在说，“最后能够随风自由飞翔了!”
然而，脱离束缚的自由使它完全处于无情微风的摆布下。它毫无风度地震颤着向地面坠落，落在一堆乱草之中，线缠绕在一颗死灌木上。“最后自由”使它自由到无力地躺在尘土中，无助地任风沿着地面将其吹走，碰到第一个障碍物便毫无生命地滞留在那里了。
有时我们真像这风筝啊!上苍赋予我们困境和约束，赋予我们成长和增强实力所要遵从的规则。约束是逆风的必要匹配物。我们中有些人是如此强硬地抵制规则，以至我们从来无法飞到本来能够到达的高度。我们只遵从部分戒律，因此永远不会飞得足够高，使尾巴远离地面。
让我们每个人都飞到高处吧，并且认识到这一点：有些可能会令我们生气的约束，实际上是帮忙我们攀升和实现愿望的平衡力。