第一篇：决战人生--施瓦辛格清华英文演讲解读
决战人生--施瓦辛格清华英文演讲 2005年11月16日，在世界影坛被誉为“超级硬汉”的阿诺德-施瓦辛格来到清华大学发表演讲。年届58岁的现任加州州长依然风度翩翩，一上场就博得了热烈的掌声。以“坚持梦想”为主题，施瓦辛格与学生们畅谈理想，并分享了自己的成长故事。他说，在追逐梦想的过程中，常受到一些人的嘲讽和质疑，但他没有为此动摇，始终坚持通过自己取得的每一点进步去改变生活、改变未来。读罢此文，年轻的你是否也会将自己的梦想把握得更加坚定？ Hard Work and Determination Pays off 决战人生——施瓦辛格在清华大学的演讲(节选
by Arnold Schwarzenegger
I started way back as a weightlifter.From the first moment when I gripped a barbell and lifted the steel up over my head, I felt this was exhilaration, and I knew then that this was something that I was gonna do.I remember the very first real workout that I had.Eight miles away from my home village in Austria there was a gymnasium, and I rode to that gymnasium with a bicycle.And there I trained for half an hour;they said that after half an hour you should stop because otherwise your body will get really sore.But after half an hour I looked at my body, and nothing had happened.So I said, “I’d better work out for another half hour.” So I lifted some more.My strength didn’t improve, I didn’t see the muscles pop out or anything like that, so I trained for another half an hour.And then after another half hour I trained another half hour, and all together I’d trained(for two and a half hours.After that, I rode my bicycle home.And after the first mile I got numb, and I couldn’t feel anymore the handles of the bicycle, and I fell off the bike and I fell into the ditch at the side of the road.The next morning when I got up, my body was so sore that I couldn’t even lift my arms to comb my hair.I had to have my mother comb my hair, and you know how embarrassing that is.But you know something? I learned a very important lesson, that pain means progress.Pain is progress.After two or three years of discipline and determination and working out hard, I actually changed my body, and I changed my strength.And that told me something, that if I could change my body that much, then I could also change anything else.I could change my habits, my intelligence, my attitude, my mind, my future, my life.And this is exactly what I’ve done.I think that lesson
applies to people, and it also applies to countries.You can change, China can change, everyone in the world can change.I remember the first time I went to the United States and I was competing in the World Championships in Bodybuilding.I lost and I was devastated.I felt like a loser, a major loser.I cried, as a matter of fact, because I felt like I disappointed my friends and I disappointed myself.But the next day I got my act together, I shifted gears, and I said, “I’m going to learn from that lesson.” And from then on, I continued.My career took off, and everything that I wanted to do I accomplished.First it was to become a champion in bodybuilding.Later on I became a movie star, then I became the governor of the great state of California, of the sixth largest economy in the world.All of this happened because of my dreams, even though other people told me that those dreams were bogus and they were crazy, but I held onto my dreams.In Hollywood, they said, “You will never make it.You have a German accent.No one in Hollywood has ever made it with a German accent.Yeah, maybe you can play some Nazi roles or something like that, but you cannot become a leading star with an accent.Plus your body, you’re overdeveloped, you have all these muscles.They did Hercules movies 20 years ago, that’s outdated.And your name, Schwarzenegger, it will never fit on a movie poster.Forget it, you will never make it.Go back to body building.”
Well, the rest is history.After Terminator 3, I became the highest paid movie star in Hollywood.And, let me tell you something, it continued on.Even when I ran for governor people said, “Arnold, you will never become governor of California.What do you know about government?” Well, I continued campaigning.I listened to my dreams, and the rest also is history.I became governor.So always it just carried me on, those dreams.So bodybuilding gave me the confidence, movies gave me the money, and public service and being a governor gave me a purpose larger than myself.决战人生--施瓦辛格清华英文演讲节选(音频
我出道时是个举重运动员。自从第一次抓紧杠铃、将其高高举过头顶之际，我就为此感到异常兴奋。那时我知道，这就是我将来要做的事情。
我还记得最初那次真正的训练。当时我骑着自行车前往一家健身房，那儿离我家所在的奥地利小村庄有
八英里之遥。在那里我训练了半个钟头，因为他们说训练必须半小时一停，否则你会全身酸痛。后来我看看自己的身体，啥事没有！于是我说，“最好再练半小时吧。”就又多举了几下。可是力量并未因此增强，也不见肌肉鼓起来。然后我又练了半小时，再加半小时……结果总共练了两个半小时。
后来，我骑车回家了。刚走一英里，我顿觉四肢麻木，连车把都感觉不到了，结果整个人从车上摔下来，掉进了路边的水沟里。第二天早上起床，我浑身酸痛，连举手梳头都无能为力，只好叫我母亲替我梳头——这真令人难堪！可你知道吗，我获得了非常重要的一次教训，即：要想进步就得吃苦。
经过两三年意志上的磨练和体力上的锻炼，我确实改造了自己的身体，气力也变大了。
这件事告诉我，如果能大大地改变身体，我就能改变一切：我能改变习惯，改变智力，改变态度，改变思想，改变未来，改变人生。事实上我已经做到了。我想这一教训适用于人，也适用于国家。你能改变，中国能改变，世界上每个人都能变。
我还记得第一次到美国参加世界健美锦标赛。当时我输了，绝望无比。我就像一个败者，一个遭受惨败的人。我哭了，事实上因为我感到让朋友失望了，也让自己失望了。但第二天，我重振旗鼓，改变了态度，并对自己说，“我要吸取教训。”从那时起，我不断努力，事业从此辉煌腾达，我实现了自己想做的一切——首先成为健美冠军，接着成为电影明星，后来当上了世界第六大经济体——加利福尼亚州的州长。
这一切的实现都是因为我的梦想，即使别人说我的那些梦想都是虚伪而荒唐的，但是我仍坚持不弃。在好莱坞，他们曾说，“你决不可能成功，你一口德国音。在好莱坞还没有一个说话带德国音的人能成功的。饰演一些纳粹角色你倒是可以，但有口音的人想成为主角是不可能的。还有你的体形，一身肌肉，太过发达了！二十前他们是拍过大力士的影片，不过早过时了。还有你的名字，施瓦辛格，根本不适合上电影海报。算了，你不会成功的。还是回去搞你的健美运动去吧！”
其余的都成了往事。演完《终结者III》之后，我便成为好莱坞片酬最高的明星。但外界的质疑从未中断过。我竞选州长时还有人说，“阿诺，你永远当不上加州州长。你也懂政治？”而我依然参加了竞选。我相信自己的梦想，其余的都已成昨日黄花。我最终当上了州长。因此，那些梦想总引导着我不断向前
——健美运动给了我信心，电影给了我财富，而公共服务以及当州长给了我更大的决心。(编译：曈曈 http://www.xiexiebang.com 2006/01/10 15:15 《视听英语》杂志
第二篇：施瓦辛格就职演说(英文)
My fellow Americans, this is an amazing moment for me.To think that a once scrawny boy from Austria could grow up to become Governor of California and stand in Madison Square Garden to speak on behalf of the President of the United States that is an immigrant's dream.It is the American dream.I was born in Europe...and I've traveled all over the world.I can tell you that there is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America.As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship.Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.Tonight, I want to talk about why I'm even more proud to be an American — why I'm proud to be a Republican and why I believe this country is in good hands.When I was a boy, the Soviets occupied part of Austria.I saw their tanks in the streets.I saw communism with my own eyes.I remember the fear we had when we had to cross into the Soviet sector.Growing up, we were told, “Don't look the soldiers in the eye.Look straight ahead.” It was a common belief that Soviet soldiers could take a man out of his own car and ship him off to the Soviet Union as slave labor.My family didn't have a car — but one day we were in my uncle's car.It was near dark as we came to a Soviet checkpoint.I was a little boy, I wasn't an action hero back then, and I remember how scared I was that the soldiers would pull my father or my uncle out of the car and I'd never see him again.My family and so many others lived in fear of the Soviet boot.Today, the world no longer fears the Soviet Union and it is because of the United States of America!
As a kid I saw the socialist country that Austria became after the Soviets left.I love Austria and I love the Austrian people — but I always knew America was the place for me.In school, when the teacher would talk about America, I would daydream about coming here.I would sit for hours watching American movies transfixed by my heroes like John Wayne.Everything about America seemed so big to me so open, so possible.I finally arrived here in 1968.I had empty pockets, but I was full of dreams.The presidential campaign was in full swing.I remember watching the Nixon and Humphrey presidential race on TV.A friend who spoke German and English, translated for me.I heard Humphrey saying things that sounded like socialism, which is what I had just left.But then I heard Nixon speak.He was talking about free enterprise, getting government off your back, lowering taxes and strengthening the military.Listening to Nixon speak sounded more like a breath of fresh air.I said to my friend, “What party is he?” My friend said, “He's a Republican.” I said, “Then I am a Republican!” And I've been a Republican ever since!And trust me, in my wife's family, that's no small achievement!I'm proud to belong to the party of Abraham Lincoln, the party of Teddy Roosevelt, the party of Ronald Reagan and the party of George W.Bush.To my fellow immigrants listening tonight, I want you to know how welcome you are in this party.We Republicans admire your ambition.We encourage your dreams.We believe in your future.One thing I learned about America is that if you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you.You can achieve anything.Everything I have my career my success my family I owe to America.In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born.It doesn't make any difference who your parents were.It doesn't make any difference if, like me, you couldn't even speak English until you were in your twenties.America gave me opportunities and my immigrant dreams came true.I want other people to get the same chances I did, the same opportunities.And I believe they can.That's why I believe in this country, that's why I believe in this party and that's why I believe in this President.Now, many of you out there tonight are “Republican” like me in your hearts and in your beliefs.Maybe you're from Guatemala.Maybe you're from the Philippines.Maybe Europe or the Ivory Coast.Maybe you live in Ohio, Pennsylvania or New Mexico.And maybe just maybe you don't agree with this party on every single issue.I say to you tonight I believe that's not only okay, that's what's great about this country.Here we can respectfully disagree and still be patriotic still be American and still be good Republicans.My fellow immigrants, my fellow Americans, how do you know if you are a Republican? I'll tell you how.If you believe that government should be accountable to the people, not the people to the government...then you are a Republican!If you believe a person should be treated as an individual, not as a member of an interest group...then you are a Republican!If you believe your family knows how to spend your money better than the government does...then you are a Republican!If you believe our educational system should be held accountable for the progress of our children...then you are a Republican!If you believe this country, not the United Nations, is the best hope of democracy in the world...then you are a Republican!And, ladies and gentlemen...if you believe we must be fierce and relentless and terminate terrorism...then you are a Republican!
There is another way you can tell you're a Republican.You have faith in free enterprise, faith in the resourcefulness of the American people...and faith in the U.S.economy.To those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say: “Don't be economic girlie men!”
The U.S.economy remains the envy of the world.We have the highest economic growth of any of the world's major industrialized nations.Don't you remember the pessimism of 20 years ago when the critics said Japan and Germany were overtaking the U.S.? Ridiculous!
Now they say India and China are overtaking us.Don't you believe it!We may hit a few bumps — but America always moves ahead!That's what Americans do!
We move prosperity ahead.We move freedom ahead.We move people ahead.Under President Bush and Vice President Cheney, America's economy is moving ahead in spite of a recession they inherited and in spite of the attack on our homeland.Now, the other party says there are two Americas.Don't believe that either.I've visited our troops in Iraq, Kuwait, Bosnia, Germany and all over the world.I've visited our troops in California, where they train before they go overseas.And I've visited our military hospitals.And I can tell you this: Our young men and women in uniform do not believe there are two Americas!
They believe we are one America and they are fighting for it!We are one America — and President Bush is defending it with all his heart and soul!
That's what I admire most about the President.He's a man of perseverance.He's a man of inner strength.He is a leader who doesn't flinch, doesn't waiver, does not back down.My fellow Americans, make no mistake about it terrorism is more insidious than communism, because it yearns to destroy not just the individual, but the entire international order.The President didn't go into Iraq because the polls told him it was popular.As a matter of fact, the polls said just the opposite.But leadership isn't about polls.It's about making decisions you think are right and then standing behind those decisions.That's why America is safer with George W.Bush as President.春秋中文社区http://bbs.cqzg.cn He knows you don't reason with terrorists.You defeat them.He knows you can't reason with people blinded by hate.They hate the power of the individual.They hate the progress of women.They hate the religious freedom of others.They hate the liberating breeze of democracy.But ladies and gentlemen, their hate is no match for America's decency.We're the America that sends out Peace Corps volunteers to teach village children.We're the America that sends out missionaries and doctors to raise up the poor and the sick.We're the America that gives more than any other country, to fight aids in Africa and the developing world.And we're the America that fights not for imperialism but for human rights and democracy.You know, when the Germans brought down the Berlin Wall, America's determination helped wield the sledgehammers.When that lone, young Chinese man stood in front of those tanks in Tiananmen Square, America's hopes stood with him.And when Nelson Mandela smiled in election victory after all those years in prison, America celebrated, too.We are still the lamp lighting the world especially for those who struggle.No matter in what labor camp, they slave no matter in what injustice they're trapped — they hear our call...they see our light...and they feel the pull of our freedom.They come here as I did because they believe.They believe in us.They come because their hearts say to them, as mine did, “If only I can get to America.” Someone once wrote — “There are those who say that freedom is nothing but a dream.” They are right.It's the American dream.No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.And as Governor of the great state of California — I see the best in Americans every day...our police, our firefighters our nurses, doctors and teachers, our parents.And what about the extraordinary men and women who have volunteered to fight for the United States of America!I have such great respect for them and their heroic families.Let me tell you about the sacrifice and commitment I've seen firsthand.In one of the military hospitals I visited, I met a young guy who was in bad shape.He'd lost a leg had a hole in his stomach...his shoulder had been shot through.I could tell there was no way he could ever return to combat.But when I asked him, “When do you think you'll get out of the hospital?” He said, “Sir, in three weeks.” And do you know what he said to me then? He said he was going to get a new leg...and get some therapy...and then he was going back to Iraq to serve alongside his buddies!He grinned at me and said, “Arnold...I'll be back!”
Ladies and gentlemen, America is back!Back from the attack on our homeland — back from the attack on our economy, back from the attack on our way of life.We're back because of the perseverance, character and leadership of the 43rd President of the United States, George W.Bush.My fellow Americans...I want you to know that I believe with all my heart that America remains “the great idea” that inspires the world.It's a privilege to be born here.It's an honor to become a citizen here.It's a gift to raise your family here to vote here and to live here.Our president, George W.Bush, has worked hard to protect and preserve the American dream for all of us.That's why I say...send him back to Washington for four more years!Thank you, America — and God bless you all!
第三篇：施瓦辛格的演讲
施瓦辛格的演讲
Now let me tell you that if someone told me that something is impossible,I will go out and do it,this is just the way I always was.I was told to my face that you are nothing but a giant muscle.You can’t act,you have no future,and you have an accent that’s laughable.Ignore the naysayers and work like hell,trust yourself,break some rules,don’t be afraid to fail.I have made some fortune in several careers,and I have been very successful in several careers,by believing in myself.Let me tell you,you are going to find that naysayers are in every turn that you make.Don’t listen,just visualize your goal,know where exactly where you want to go,trust yourself,get out there and work like hell.And break some of the rules and never ever be afraid of failure.I couldn’t have gone through one lifting event in my life if I had been afraid of failure,because of course there’s always a chance that you can fail.When you lift the weight I tried ten times to lift bench press 500 pounds and I failed,but the eleventh time I did it.So never give up and never be afraid of failure,because otherwise you box yourself and you limit yourself.You all should go and be hungry for success,you should be hungry to make your mark and you should hungry to be seen and be heard and to have effect out there.You have to think outside the box,that’s what I believe after all,what is the point of being on this earth if all you want to do is be liked by anyone and to avoid trouble?The only way that I ever got any place was breaking some of the rules.When you’re out there,parting,horsing around,someone out there at the same time is working hard.Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning,just remember that.Now if you want to coast through your life,don’t pay any attention to any of those rules.But if you want to win,there is absolutely no way around hard,hard work.You have to think outside the box,that’s what I believe after all.What is the point of being on this earth,if all you want to do is be liked by everyone and to avoid trouble?The only way that I ever got any place was by breaking some of the rules.Don’t be afraid of fail,anything I have ever attempted,I was always willing to fail.You can’t always win but don’t be afraid to make decisions.You can’t be paralyzed by fear of failure or you will never push yourself.You keep pushing because you believe in yourself and in your vision,and you know that it is the right thing to do.And success will come.So don’t be afraid of fail.Don’t listen to the naysayers.I mean,how many times have you heard that you can’t do this and you can’t do that and it’s never been done before.I heard this all over the time.I love it when someone says no one has done this before,because when I do it that means I am the first one that has done it.So pay no attention to the people that say it can’t be done.Just remember,you can;t climb the ladder of success with your hands in the pockets.
第四篇：施瓦 决战人生演讲
决战人生--施瓦辛格清华英文演讲
我出道时是个举重运动员。自从第一次抓紧杠铃、将其高高举过头顶之际，我就为此感到异常兴奋。那时我知道，这就是我将来要做的事情。
我还记得最初那次真正的训练。当时我骑着自行车前往一家健身房，那儿离我家所在的奥地利小村庄有八英里之遥。在那里我训练了半个钟头，因为他们说训练必须半小时一停，否则你会全身酸痛。后来我看看自己的身体，啥事没有！于是我说，“最好再练半小时吧。”就又多举了几下。可是力量并未因此增强，也不见肌肉鼓起来。然后我又练了半小时，再加半小时……结果总共练了两个半小时。
后来，我骑车回家了。刚走一英里，我顿觉四肢麻木，连车把都感觉不到了，结果整个人从车上摔下来，掉进了路边的水沟里。第二天早上起床，我浑身酸痛，连举手梳头都无能为力，只好叫我母亲替我梳头——这真令人难堪！可你知道吗，我获得了非常重要的一次教训，即：要想进步就得吃苦。
经过两三年意志上的磨练和体力上的锻炼，我确实改造了自己的身体，气力也变大了。这件事告诉我，如果能大大地改变身体，我就能改变一切：我能改变习惯，改变智力，改变态度，改变思想，改变未来，改变人生。事实上我已经做到了。我想这一教训适用于人，也适用于国家。你能改变，中国能改变，世界上每个人都能变。
我还记得第一次到美国参加世界健美锦标赛。当时我输了，绝望无比。我就像一个败者，一个遭受惨败的人。我哭了，事实上因为我感到让朋友失望了，也让自己失望了。但第二天，我重振旗鼓，改变了态度，并对自己说，“我要吸取教训。”从那时起，我不断努力，事业从此辉煌腾达，我实现了自己想做的一切——首先成为健美冠军，接着成为电影明星，后来当上了世界第六大经济体——加利福尼亚州的州长。
这一切的实现都是因为我的梦想，即使别人说我的那些梦想都是虚伪而荒唐的，但是我仍坚持不弃。在好莱坞，他们曾说，“你决不可能成功，你一口德国音。在好莱坞还没有一个说话带德国音的人能成功的。饰演一些纳粹角色你倒是可以，但有口音的人想成为主角是不可能的。还有你的体形，一身肌肉，太过发达了！二十前他们是拍过大力士的影片，不过早过时了。还有你的名字，施瓦辛格，根本不适合上电影海报。算了，你不会成功的。还是回去搞你的健美运动去吧！”
其余的都成了往事。演完《终结者III》之后，我便成为好莱坞片酬最高的明星。但外界的质疑从未中断过。我竞选州长时还有人说，“阿诺，你永远当不上加州州长。你也懂政治？”而我依然参加了竞选。我相信自己的梦想，其余的都已成昨日黄花。我最终当上了州长。因此，那些梦想总引导着我不断向前——健美运动给了我信心，电影给了我财富，而公共服务以及当州长给了我更大的决心。
Applause……
Respect Governor Schwarzenegger, dear students, ladies and gentlemen, goodmorning.Today, we have a very ,very special guest to Tsinghua University.When he was a teenager of a not rich Australia family, he made up his mind to become a bodybuilding champion, a movie star and a successful businessman.All his dreams have come true, more than that, he is elected as the governor of the American State of California.Now, let‟s welcome governor Schwarzenegger.„Well, thank you very much president.First of all, I want to thank President Gu for having me here, and I want to thank Mr.Shiller for the kind introduction.Thank you very much.And it‟s wonderful to be here, at this university what a wonderful place.Just looking around a little bit here.It‟s a gorgeous ,gorgeous place.I want to congratulate you for going to this magnificent university here.At the last time I was here in China was five years ago, and then I was promoting my movies.We had a movie festival, a Schwarzenegger movie festival.I remember They showed my movies for almost a week.It must be wieard And they also show the movies on television, and I also here to promote the special Olympic which is an organization to help people with mental disability.So I once was here for both reasons.But this time I‟m here as the governor of the great state of California.I‟m here representing the people of California and be here on a trade mission and to see how we can do more business with China and to help more with each other.Because both California is a fast growing state and China is a very fast growing country, and there is a lot of things we can do to help each other.But I didn‟t want to miss the opportunity come here to meet the young people, especially, the most brilliant young people of China.And this is why to be great to be here at Tsinghua University that I‟m honored that I was invited here.Now I read a little bit about the history of Tsinghua,******* and richly prepare the students to attend universities in America.And I also know that since the attacks on our world trade centers, it has become more and more difficult to go to universities in America because you need to have a lot of papers to fill out, and to get visas, and it‟s a very complicated you have to wait much a long period of time before you can go with a but.Let me tell you things‟ improving already.We have ease our restriction hence it‟s easy to get a visa.My young Chinese friends, I want to tell in case that no one from America has ever invited you, let me do this right now here personally.I want to warmly invite all of you here to come to The United States, especially, to come to the California.Because that‟s the happening place.California is the best place.Please come and visit us.We‟ll welcome you.I invite you to come here to travel, to meet American people, and to come here to study in our Universities, to come and some day, hopefully you will come here to do business here and maybe you want to move over here.Whatever your goal is, you‟re always welcome.America, after all, not forget, is a land of opportunity, and this is not only a land of opportunity for us, illustrates for me, but for Chinese people as well.And remember that.I know, beginning with this century China has become a land of opportunity.It‟s a fast growing place.And the students of this university and citizens of rising China and I think you have a great future also here in this country.And today, I want to talk to you a little bit about dreams, about dream of your future and about dreams for this country.I want to talk to you about dreams because it seems to me I‟m somebody an expert in dreams, because I had many of my dreams become a reality.So, let me just tell you briefly here of my story.And tell you a little bit how I start my career.And I think this story a kind of relates a little bit to you and also to China.I started away back as a weight-lifter.I always like be lifting weight and being a body builder.From the first moment when I grip a bulb and held it around the bar and lift the steel above my head and I felt the exaltation and I knew then this is some that I‟m gonna do.This is what I‟m going to do.I‟m going to pursue the sport of weight-lifting and body-building.Now, I remember the first world record that I have had.It was eight miles away from my home village, Australia.It was in Gemasim.And I rode to Gemasim with a bicycle.And there I trained for half an hour.Because it‟s said that after half an hour, you should stop.Because in that way your body muscles will get really sour.But after half an hour, I looked at my body and nothing happened.So.It‟s said it‟s better to look out for another half hour.So lift some more, the strength didn‟t improve.I didn‟t see the muscles pop up or anything like that.So I trained for another half hour and after a half hour I trained another half hour.All together, I trained two and a half hours.And let me tell you something after two and an half hours, I left the Gymnasium, even they told me I should have trained that much.It will get your muscle really sour.I rode my bicycle home and after the first mile I got numb and I couldn‟t feel the handle of the bicycle and I fell off the bicycle and I fell into the ditch of roadside field.So, I got up again and I tried it again.Another few yards I fell off the bicycle again.And I tried three or four more times but I just couldn‟t ride my bicycle because my body was so numb and my legs felt like noodles.Well, let me tell you something the next morning when I got up.My arms were so sour that I couldn‟t even lift my arm to comb my hair.I had to have my mother to comb my hair.You know how embarrassing that is.But you know something I learned a very important lesson that pain means progress.Pain is progress.Each time my muscle was sour from a record I know that they are growing and they are getting strong.I think that is a real life lesson in that.After two or three years of discipline and determination of working that hard, I actually changed my body and changed my strength and that told me something.If I could change my body that much and if I could change the strength of my body that much, I could change anything else that I could change my habits, I could change my intelligence, that I could change my attitude, my mind, my future and my life and this is exactly what I‟ve done.And I think that lesson also applies to the people and also applies to countries.You can change, China can change, everyone in the world can change.Now, my parents, I have to tell you, didn‟t understand my dreams at all.They were always wondering: what you are doing, when you will get a real job and when you will make money.And all the questions they got and they hope they didn‟t raise a bum: someone who doesn‟t make money, but just wants to live in the gymnasium and thinks about his body.Well, owe to all these negative thinking, the more negative the thinking got, the more negative the questions got, the stronger and more robust I became.The strong I became inside.So, of cause, some one in your family may think the same way.This is why I mention that, some one in your family may not believe in your dreams.But let me tell you something my young friends: keep your dreams no matter what keep your dreams.Don‟t give up one day when you are temporarily defeated or denied keep your dreams.I remember the first time I went to the United States.And, I was competing in a competition.It was the world champion of body-building.I lost and came in second and I was devastated, I was crushed, and I felt like a looser, a major looser, let me tell you.I cried as a matter of fact, because of the thought I felt I disappointed my friends and disappointed myself.But the next day I got my act together.I shift the gears and say: I‟m gonna learn from that lesson.I‟m gonna stay in America, I‟m not go back to Europe.I‟m gonna train the American Champion.I‟m gonna train the American way.I‟m gonna eat American food.And a year later, I became the world champion of America in body-building.And from then on, I continued.My career took off, and everything that I wanted to do I accomplished.First it was to become a champion in bodybuilding.Later on I became a movie star, then I became the governor of the great state of California, of the sixth largest economy in the world.All of this happened because of my dreams, even though other people told me that those dreams were bogus and they were crazy, but I held onto my dreams.In Hollywood, they said, “You will never make it.You have a German accent.No one in Hollywood has ever made it with a German accent.Yeah, maybe you can play some Nazi roles or something like that, but you cannot become a leading star with an accent.Plus your body, you‟re overdeveloped, you have all these muscles.They did Hercules movies 20 years ago, that‟s outdated.And your name, Schwarzenegger, it will never fit on a movie poster.Forget it, you will never make it.Go back to body building.”
Well, the rest is history.After Terminator 3, I became the highest paid movie star in Hollywood.And, let me tell you something, it continued on.Even when I ran for governor people said, “Arnold, you will never become governor of California.What do you know about government?” Well, I continued campaigning.I listened to my dreams, and the rest also is history.I became governor.So always it just carried me on, those dreams.So bodybuilding gave me the confidence, movies gave me the money, and public service and being a governor gave me a purpose larger than myself.
第五篇：施瓦辛格关于气候变化的演讲
施瓦辛格关于气候变化的演讲
Well, thank you very much for the wonderful introduction.Thank you, Secretary General, Mr.President, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen:
I have come to feel great affection for the peoples of the world because they've always been so
welcoming to me—if it is as a bodybuilding champion, or as a movie star, private citizen, or as the
governor of the great state of California.And you, their delegates, have also made me feel very
welcome here this morning.So I want to thank you for this great honor for having me here.www.xiexiebang.com
I also want to thank my wife and my partner and the First Lady of California, Maria Shriver, for
being here today with me.Give her a big hand—right over there she is.Now, I've been asked—I've been asked to talk to you today about what is happening in California.What are we doing about climate change? Well, ladies and gentlemen, something remarkable is
beginning to stir—something revolutionary, something historic and transformative.Let me give you some background.California already leads the nation in information technology.We lead the nation in nanotechnology，in biotechnology, and in medical technology.We generate one of every four U.S.patents, and we
attract almost half of all U.S.venture capital.And according to The Economist magazine, California
is also home to three of the top six universities in the world.And in addition to all of this, California
is the seventh largest economy in the world.Now I do not mention these things to just simply boast or brag.I'm mentioning it because
California is a very powerful state, a very powerful place.And when do something, it has
consequences.And here is what we are doing.California is mobilizing—technologically, financially, and politically—to fight global climate
change.Now we're not doing this alone.While California is leading in the U.S., we are building on
the work of the European countries who have led the way up until now and have done extraordinary
work.England has already met its Kyoto goals.Germany has pioneered solar.The EU has led with
its trading system.And the list goes on and on.But California, because of its unique position, is on the cutting edge of what is to come.And what
is coming will benefit the countries and peoples represented in this chamber.Last year in California，we enacted greenhouse gas emission standards that were beyond anyone else's dreams.We enacted
the world’s first low carbon fuel standards.Now do I believe that California’s standards will solve global warming? Of course not.What we’re
doing is changing the dynamic, preparing the way and encouraging the future.The aerospace
industry built the modern economy of Southern California.The computer industry and the internet
built the economy of the Silicon Valley.And now green, clean technology—along with
biotech—will take California to the next level.Right now, in California, the brightest scientists from around the world and the smartest venture
capitalists are racing to find new energy technologies and the solution to global warming.It is a
race that is fueled by billions and billions of dollars.Last year alone, California received more than
1.1 billion dollars in clean tech investment.And this amount is expected to grow by 20 to 30%
annually for the next ten years.More venture capital is being invested in clean tech than in
telecommunications.Now I have been to those labs and research parks.I have talked with the
scientists and to the venture capitalists.I have seen their ambition.And let me tell you, I would not
www.xiexiebang.com bet against it.So what does all this mean for the nations in this chamber? Well the cell phone, which started as a
tool for the rich, is now widespread in the developing world.The price has dropped dramatically，and therefore it can be afforded by almost everyone.And the same thing will happen with
environmental technologies.And it is in the developed world's best interests to help the poor
nations finance these advancements.When it comes to the environment, the technologies are changing; the economics are changing; and
the urgency's changing.So the question today is this: Are the nations of the world ready are to
change? I believe that California will do great things, amazing things, but we need the world to do great things, too.The time has come to stop looking back at the Kyoto protocol.The time has come to stop looking
back in blame or suspicion.The consequences of global climate change are so pressing—that it
doesn’t matter who was responsible for the past.What matters is who is answerable for the future.And that means all of us.The rich nations and the poor nations have different responsibilities, but one responsibility we all
have—and that is action.Action, action, action.The current stalemate between the developed and
the developing worlds must be broken.It is time to come together in a new international agreement
that can be embraced by rich and poor nations alike.California is moving the United States beyond
debate and doubt to action.So I urge this body to push its members to action also.Ladies and gentlemen, in closing, let me just say this: Do not lose hope.I do not believe that doom
and gloom and disaster are the only outcomes.Humanity is smart, and nature is amazingly regenerative.I believe that we can renew the climate of this planet.I believe this 100 percent.So I
pledge to you, the members of the United Nations, that we in California will work with all our heart to this end for which we all long.Thank you very much.Thank you.
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