英语演讲稿：Atoms for Peace

第一篇：英语演讲稿：Atoms for Peace

Madam President and Members of the General Assembly:

When Secretary General Hammarskjold’s invitation to address this General Assembly reached me in Bermuda, I was just beginning a series of conferences with the Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Great Britain and of France.Our subject was some of the problems that beset our world.During the remainder of the Bermuda Conference, I had constantly in mind that ahead of me lay a great honor.That honor is mine today, as I stand here, privileged to address the General Assembly of the United Nations.At the same time that I appreciate the distinction of addressing you, I have a sense of exhilaration as I look upon this Assembly.Never before in history has so much hope for so many people been gathered together in a single organization.Your deliberations and decisions during these somber years have already realized part of those hopes.But the great tests and the great accomplishments still lie ahead.And in the confident expectation of those accomplishments, I would use the office which, for the time being, I hold, to assure you that the Government of the United States will remain steadfast in its support of this body.This we shall do in the conviction that you will provide a great share of the wisdom, of the courage, and the faith which can bring to this world lasting peace for all nations, and happiness and well-being for all men.Clearly, it would not be fitting for me to take this occasion to present to you a unilateral American report on Bermuda.Nevertheless, I assure you that in our deliberations on that lovely island we sought to invoke those same great concepts of universal peace and human dignity which are so cleanly etched in your Charter.Neither would it be a measure of this great opportunity merely to recite, however hopefully, pious platitudes.I therefore decided that this occasion warranted my saying to you some of the things that have been on the minds and hearts of my legislative and executive associates, and on mine, for a great many months--thoughts I had originally planned to say primarily to the American people.I know that the American people share my deep belief that if a danger exists in the world, it is a danger shared by all;and equally, that if hope exists in the mind of one nation, that hope should be shared by all.Finally, if there is to be advanced any proposal designed to ease even by the smallest measure the tensions of today’s world, what more appropriate audience could there be than the members of the General Assembly of the United Nations.I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new, one which I, who have spent so much of my life in the military profession, would have preferred never to use.That new language is the language of atomic warfare.The atomic age has moved forward at such a pace that every citizen of the world should have some comprehension, at least in comparative terms, of the extent of this development, of the utmost significance to everyone of us.Clearly, if the peoples of the world are to conduct an intelligent search for peace, they must be armed with the significant facts of today’s existence.My recital of atomic danger and power is necessarily stated in United States terms, for these are the only incontrovertible facts that I know.I need hardly point out to this Assembly, however, that this subject is global, not merely national in character.On July 16, 1945, the United States set off the world’s first atomic explosion.Since that date in 1945, the United States of America has conducted forty-two test explosions.Atomic bombs today are more than twenty-five times as powerful as the weapons with which the atomic age dawned, while hydrogen weapons are in the ranges of millions of tons of TNT equivalent.Today, the United States stockpile of atomic weapons, which, of course, increases daily, exceeds by many times the total [explosive] equivalent of the total of all bombs and all shells that came from every plane and every gun in every theatre of war in all the years of World War II.A single air group, whether afloat or land based, can now deliver to any reachable target a destructive cargo exceeding in power all the bombs that fell on Britain in all of World War II.In size and variety, the development of atomic weapons has been no less remarkable.The development has been such that atomic weapons have virtually achieved conventional status within our armed services.In the United States, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps are all capable of putting this weapon to military use.But the dread secret and the fearful engines of atomic might are not ours alone.In the first place, the secret is possessed by our friends and allies, Great Britain and Canada, whose scientific genius made a tremendous contribution to our original discoveries and the designs of atomic bombs.The secret is also known by the Soviet Union.The Soviet Union has informed us that, over recent years, it has devoted extensive resources to atomic weapons.During this period the Soviet Union has exploded a series of atomic devices, including at least one involving thermo-nuclear reactions.If at one time the Unites States possessed what might have been called a monopoly of atomic power, that monopoly ceased to exist several years ago.Therefore, although our earlier start has permitted us to accumulate what is today a great quantitative advantage, the atomic realities of today comprehend two facts of even greater significance.First, the knowledge now possessed by several nations will eventually be shared by others, possibly all others.Second, even a vast superiority in numbers of weapons, and a consequent capability of devastating retaliation, is no preventive, of itself, against the fearful material damage and toll of human lives that would be inflicted by surprise aggression.The free world, at least dimly aware of these facts, has naturally embarked on a large program of warning and defense systems.That program will be accelerated and expanded.But let no one think that the expenditure of vast sums for weapons and systems of defense can guarantee absolute safety for the cities and citizens of any nation.The awful arithmetic of the atomic bomb does not permit of any such easy solution.Even against the most powerful defense, an aggressor in possession of the effective minimum number of atomic bombs for a surprise attack could probably place a sufficient number of his bombs on the chosen targets to cause hideous damage.Should such an atomic attack be launched against the United States, our reactions would be swift and resolute.But for me to say that the defense capabilities of the United States are such that they could inflict terrible losses upon an aggressor, for me to say that the retaliation capabilities of the Unites States are so great that such an aggressor’s land would be laid waste, all this, while fact, is not the true expression of the purpose and the hope of the United States.To pause there would be to confirm the hopeless finality of a belief that two atomic colossi are doomed malevolently to eye each other indefinitely across a trembling world.To stop there would be to accept helplessly the probability of civilization destroyed, the annihilation of the irreplaceable heritage of mankind handed down to use generation from generation, and the condemnation of mankind to begin all over again the age-old struggle upward from savagery toward decency, and right, and justice.Surely no sane member of the human race could discover victory in such desolation.Could anyone wish his name to be coupled by history with such human degradation and destruction? Occasional pages of history do record the faces of the “great destroyers,” but the whole book of history reveals mankind’s never-ending quest for peace and mankind’s God-given capacity to build.It is with the book of history, and not with isolated pages, that the United States will ever wish to be identified.My country wants to be constructive, not destructive.It wants agreements, not wars, among nations.It wants itself to live in freedom and in the confidence that the people of every other nation enjoy equally the right of choosing their own way of life.So my country’s purpose is to help us to move out of the dark chamber of horrors into the light, to find a way by which the minds of men, the hopes of men, the souls of men everywhere, can move forward towards peace and happiness and well-being.In this quest, I know that we must not lack patience.I know that in a world divided, such as ours today, salvation cannot be attained by one dramatic act.I know that many steps will have to be taken over many months before the world can look at itself one day and truly realize that a new climate of mutually peaceful confidence is abroad in the world.But I know, above all else, that we must start to take these steps now.The United States and its allies, Great Britain and France, have, over the past months, tried to take some of these steps.Let no one say that we shun the conference table.On the record has long stood the request of the United States, Great Britain, and France to negotiate with the Soviet Union the problems of a divided Germany.On that record has long stood the request of the same three nations to negotiate an Austrian peace treaty.On the same record still stands the request of the United Nations to negotiate the problems of Korea.Most recently we have received from the Soviet Union what is in effect an expression of willingness to hold a four-Power meeting.Along with our allies, Great Britain and France, we were pleased to see that his note did not contain the unacceptable pre-conditions previously put forward.As you already know from our joint Bermuda communiqué, the United States, Great Britain, and France have agreed promptly to meet with the Soviet Union.The Government of the United States approaches this conference with hopeful sincerity.We will bend every effort of our minds to the single purpose of emerging from that conference with tangible results towards peace, the only true way of lessening international tension.We never have, we never will, propose or suggest that the Soviet Union surrender what is rightly theirs.We will never say that the people of the Russia are an enemy with whom we have no desire ever to deal or mingle in friendly and fruitful relationship.On the contrary, we hope that this coming conference may initiate a relationship with the Soviet Union which will eventually bring about a free intermingling of the peoples of the East and of the West--the one sure, human way of developing the understanding required for confident and peaceful relations.Instead of the discontent which is now settling upon Eastern Germany, occupied Austria, and the countries of Eastern Europe, we seek a harmonious family of free European nations, with none a threat to the other, and least of all a threat to the peoples of the Russia.Beyond the turmoil and strife and misery of Asia, we seek peaceful opportunity for these peoples to develop their natural resources and to elevate their lives.These are not idle words or shallow visions.Behind them lies a story of nations lately come to independence, not as a result of war, but through free grant or peaceful negotiation.There is a record already written of assistance gladly given by nations of the West to needy peoples and to those suffering the temporary effects of famine, drought, and natural disaster.These are deeds of peace.They speak more loudly than promises or protestations of peaceful intent.But I do not wish to rest either upon the reiteration of past proposals or the restatement of past deeds.The gravity of the time is such that every new avenue of peace, no matter how dimly discernible, should be explored.There is at least one new avenue of peace which has not yet been well explored--an avenue now laid out by the General Assembly of the Unites Nations.In its resolution of November 18, 1953 this General Assembly suggested--and I quote--“that the Disarmament Commission study the desirability of establishing a sub-committee consisting of representatives of the Powers principally involved, which should seek in private an acceptable solution and report such a solution to the General Assembly and to the Security Council not later than September 1, of 1954.”

The United States, heeding the suggestion of the General Assembly of the United Nations, is instantly prepared to meet privately with such other countries as may be “principally involved,” to seek “an acceptable solution” to the atomic armaments race which overshadows not only the peace, but the very life of the world.We shall carry into these private or diplomatic talks a new conception.The United States would seek more than the mere reduction or elimination of atomic materials for military purposes.It is not enough to take this weapon out of the hands of the soldiers.It must be put into the hands of those who will know how to strip its military casing and adapt it to the arts of peace.The United States knows that if the fearful trend of atomic military build-up can be reversed, this greatest of destructive forces can be developed into a great boon, for the benefit of all mankind.The United States knows that peaceful power from atomic energy is no dream of the future.That capability, already proved, is here, now, today.Who can doubt, if the entire body of the world’s scientists and engineers had adequate amounts of fissionable material with which to test and develop their ideas, that this capability would rapidly be transformed into universal, efficient, and economic usage?

To hasten the day when fear of the atom will begin to disappear from the minds of people and the governments of the East and West, there are certain steps that can be taken now.I therefore make the following proposals:

The governments principally involved, to the extent permitted by elementary prudence, to begin now and continue to make joint contributions from their stockpiles of normal uranium and fissionable materials to an international atomic energy agency.We would expect that such an agency would be set up under the aegis of the United Nations.The ratios of contributions, the procedures, and other details would properly be within the scope of the “private conversations” I have referred to earlier.The United States is prepared to undertake these explorations in good faith.Any partner of the United States acting in the same good faith will find the United States a not unreasonable or ungenerous associate.Undoubtedly, initial and early contributions to this plan would be small in quantity.However, the proposal has the great virtue that it can be undertaken without the irritations and mutual suspicions incident to any attempt to set up a completely acceptable system of world-wide inspection and control.The atomic energy agency could be made responsible for the impounding, storage, and protection of the contributed fissionable and other materials.The ingenuity of our scientists will provide special safe conditions under which such a bank of fissionable material can be made essentially immune to surprise seizure.The more important responsibility of this atomic energy agency would be to devise methods whereby this fissionable material would be allocated to serve the peaceful pursuits of mankind.Experts would be mobilized to apply atomic energy to the needs of agriculture, medicine, and other peaceful activities.A special purpose would be to provide abundant electrical energy in the power-starved areas of the world.Thus the contributing Powers would be dedicating some of their strength to serve the needs rather than the fears of mankind.The United States would be more than willing--it would be proud to take up with others “principally involved” the development of plans whereby such peaceful use of atomic energy would be expedited.Of those “principally involved” the Soviet Union must, of course, be one.I would be prepared to submit to the Congress of the United States, and with every expectation of approval, any such plan that would, first, encourage world-wide investigation into the most effective peacetime uses of fissionable material, and with the certainty that they [the investigators] had all the material needed for the conduct of all experiments that were appropriate;second, begin to diminish the potential destructive power of the world’s atomic stockpiles;third, allow all peoples of all nations to see that, in this enlightened age, the great Powers of the earth, both of the East and of the West, are interested in human aspirations first rather than in building up the armaments of war;fourth, open up a new channel for peaceful discussion and initiate at least a new approach to the many difficult problems that must be solved in both private and public conversations, if the world is to shake off the inertia imposed by fear and is to make positive progress toward peace.Against the dark background of the atomic bomb, the United States does not wish merely to present strength, but also the desire and the hope for peace.The coming months will be fraught with fateful decisions.In this Assembly, in the capitals and military headquarters of the world, in the hearts of men everywhere, be they governed or governors, may be the decisions which will lead this world out of fear and into peace.To the making of these fateful decisions, the United States pledges before you, and therefore before the world, its determination to help solve the fearful atomic dilemma--to devote its entire heart and mind to find the way by which the miraculous inventiveness of man shall not be dedicated to his death, but consecrated to his life.I again thank the delegates for the great honor they have done me in inviting me to appear before them and in listening to me so courteously.

第二篇：英语演讲稿

Good afternoon teachers and classmates!I am Lixiangxi from class of grade.Today I will talk about technology [tekˈna:lədʒi]!Technology makes our life more and more comfortable.We use technological [ˌteknə'lɒdʒɪkl] machine every day, such as TV, computer, refrigerator [rɪˈfrɪdʒəˌretɚ] and air conditioner.TV can help to relax ourselves when we go back home after a day's hard study.we can put fruit and vegetable into refrigerator.Then next time when you eat them, they are still fresh.In winter ,air conditioner can make our room warm;in summer ,it makes room cold.so technology is very important in our life ,we must study hard to improve it to make it work for us!老师，同学们，下午好！我是李红，来自年。今天我要讲的是科技！科技使得我们的生活越来越舒适。我们每天都在用高科技的机器，例如：电视，冰箱、和空调。努力学习一天回家后电视可以帮我们放松自己。我们可以把水果蔬菜放进冰箱，这样下次吃的时候就是新鲜的。冬天时，空调可以让屋子暖和，夏天，可以变凉所以科技是非常重要的在生活中，我们必须努力学习去提高科技，让科技为我们服务！

第三篇：英语演讲稿

We Are The World ,We Are The Future

There is an old saying:We are all in the position of the farmers.If we plant a good seed ,we reap a good harvest.If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.We are young.“How to spend the youth?” It is a meaningful question.To answer it, first I have to ask “what do you understand by the word youth?” Youth is not a time of life, it’s a state of mind.Let’s show our right palms.We can see three lines that show how our love.career and life is.I have a short line of life.What about yours? I wondered whether we could see our future in this way.Well, let’s make a fist.Where is our future? Where is our love, career, and life? Tell me.Yeah, it is in our hands.It is held in ourselves.We all want the future to be better than the past.But the future can go better itself.Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.From the past, we’ve learnt that the life is tough, but we are tougher.We’ve learnt that we can’t choose how we feel, but we can choose what about it.Failure doesn’t mean you don’t have it, it does mean you should do it in a different way.Failure doesn’t mean you should give up, it does mean you must try harder.The past has gone.Nothing we do will change it.But the future is in front of us.Believe that what we give to the world, the world will give to us.And from today on, let’s be the owners of ourselves, and speak out “We are the world, we are the future.”

第四篇：英语演讲稿

Ladies and gentlemen, I am very happy to be here to share my thoughts about whether lady first is out of date or not with you.First,I should tell you the definion of the” lady first”, For a long period before the1960s, women were considerd to be the weaker sex.Just as Shakespare said in Hamlet:“Frailty, the name is women.” When a woman is on a crowded bus standing,usually gentleman will offer the seat he has.When a woman and a strange man walk into the same door,gentleman will always let the woman go first.When people want to go out of a concert hall after a concert,gentleman will forever wait till the women leaved.And,that's what we called lady-first.In contrast, men were regard the stronger and the dominant sex.In this light, they should undertake the duty to adopt a protective attitude toward the so-called weaker women.This implied that men should help women on and off with their coat ,light their cigarettes, or open the doors for them to go on and off the wagon, train, bus ,etc.Or to enter the houses.Have you ever seen the movie “Titanic”: Well, when the ship was sinking, it was the women who had the right to get on the lifeboats first, just because the men had the responsibility for taking care of and protecting the women.However,as society deloveping,more and more women don’t think they are weaker than men.They kind of women we called stronger women who have their own career,make decision by themselves.As the stronger women becoming more and more,this lead to the conclusion that the custom “Lady first” was developed out of respect in appearance, but in fact it was kind of looking down upon the women in nature.In the 1960s, the women began to challenge the tradition.Just as one lady put it :“Historically, men should walk on the outside of the pavement so as to prevent the women's dress from being spoilt by mud splashed by a carriage.Today,a man is supposed to walk on the outside side.But he should walk where he wants to, so should the woman.If out of love and respect,he actually wants to take the blows, he should walk on the inside, because that's where muggers hiding these days” This shows that to treat a woman as inferior just because she is a female is not only insulting but also out of step with contemporary American culture.The women today may go to restaurants Dutch treat.They may refuse such words as Chairman, businessman, policeman...instead they prefer Chairperson, businessperson, police or cop...just to show that thay are equal in every respect with male.I think that the custome “lady first” is not out of date,but as the society devoleping,something old or make the female feel unimpolite should be changed.We often say that female are sensitive,the male are always rational,not the female are weaker than male.Women and men are equal no matter in any where and any time.But the phenomena that women and men are not equal can be seen in many places.The unfair things have difficulities to be changed.But what we should do is keep faith,and try hard to do what you want to do,be the people who you what to be.The sex can decide nothing,only you own decision is the most important.

第五篇：英语演讲稿[定稿]

Life without limits

I dont know if you have heard of this title.In fact, I picked up this title from a name of a book called :life without limits :Inspiration for a ridiculously good life.The author of the book is Nick Vujicic.I am really really admire this person.so,to begin with, please let me give you a brief introduction of him.Born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic overcame his disabilities to live an independent, rich, fulfilling, and “ridiculously good” life while serving as a role model for anyone seeking true happiness.Now as an internationally successful motivational speaker, Nick eagerly spreads his central message: the most important goal is to find your life’s purpose and to never give up, despite whatever difficulties or seemingly impossible odds stand in your way.I can still remember that the first time I heard of his stories, I was shocked.Could you imagine a life in which you lose your arms and legs? Its horrible!how could you eat food ?how could you move to some places? And more importantly, how could you have the confidence to meet others’ eyes? They are totally huge challenge!however,nick managed to live a good life.By reading his book ,I found the key points with which Nick succeed.I ‘d like to share them with you.They are

A powerful sense of purpose.Hope so strong that it cannot be diminished faith in God and the infinite possibilities.Love and self-acceptance.Attitude with altitude.A courageous spirit.Willingness to change.A trusting heart.Hunger for opportunities.The ability to assess risks and to laugh at life.A mission to serve others first

That’s all.Nick picked up these important attributes along the way with which he live without limits.I hope you can also put them to use in your own journey toward a fulfillling and meaningful life

However, I have to admit that often we feel life is unfair and you may hit hard times while hard times and tough circumstances can trigger self-doubt and despire.You may fall down and feel as though you dont have the strength to get back up.Nick know that feeling,too.Nick will tell you that when we overcome challenges, we become stonger and more grateful for our opportunities.what really matters are the lives you touch along the way and how you finish your journey.If you feel bad about yourself,Nick will tell you when his parents saw he was born with neither arms nor legs, they wondered what God had in mind in creating him.At first,they assumed that there was no hope and no future for Nick.In other words, he would never live a normal or productive life.Today, though ,his life is beyond anything we could have imagined.He travel the world encouraging millions of people to overcome adversity with faith, hope, love,and courage so that they may pursue their dreams.Incredible!

If you are going to give up your dream,Nick will tell you to persist in your dream one more day,one more month ,one more year and then you will find that the outcome that you refuse to quit is surprising.Only the person who refuse to try again will be defeated.So, from the story of nick,we can see that in order to embrace a life without limits,the postive attitude towards life is really important.beside that, I want to repeat other important characteristic cause I think we can benefit from them.They are

These are what I wanna share with you.

英语演讲稿：Atoms for Peace

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