Mutton and steak or cabbages and potatoes全国英语演讲大赛演讲稿之第八名

第一篇：Mutton and steak or cabbages and potatoes全国英语演讲大赛演讲稿之第八名

Mutton and steak or cabbages and potatoes Good morning: Ladies and gentlemen, my title of the speech is mutton and steak or cabbage and potatoes.Today, I'd like to start my speech with my college life.My parents give me 600 Yuan for accommodation monthly, and every time when I check my account at the beginning of a month I feel like a millionaire.Therefore, I always impulsively spend a large amount of money during the first half of month enjoying mutton, bacon, and steak for meals, but inevitably end up eating onions, cabbages and potatoes at the end of each month.Well, indeed, I should know how to plan my money.But, in a broader sense, one should plan the present to create a bright future instead of exploring the future for the guarantee of a temporarily satisfying present.And that little theory also applies well when it comes to our human beings’ future.Nowadays, we are dreaming of a bright future where energy is now not exhausted, water is clean and abundant, species no longer extinct and people live in peace and harmony on earth.Whether that dream will come true depends largely on whether we decide to exploit the future for the present or plan the present for the future-which may in turn lead to completely different futures of mankind.Well, if human beings all follow my example, I believe we may all end up eating cabbages and potatoes.But, what I mean by this is that, if we keep on exploiting the future by overusing the energy, over pumping underground water, or massively slaughtering wild animals, we may be facing a future where energy is exhausted, water is dried and species are dying out.And of course in order to obtain those indispensable resources, conflicts, competitions and even wars may start again;filing the world with bullets, bombs, and bloods.Well, that is the first possible future we human beings may be faced with: dark, gloomy, and violent—quite the contrary to our dream.However, if we human beings adopt a sense of sustainable development, we could realize how important it is to plan the present for the future.And in that way, our destiny might change.By planning the future, I mean to use whatever we can use presently at hand to change the bad situation.For example, facing energy crisis, we can try from now on to develop a certain kind of technology that can turn the unlimited solar energy into all kinds of energy we need.And in the same way, water crisis may not be a problem if we try to find ways to turn natural rain into drinking water;and species will be well preserved if we effectively enforce relevant laws and make people realize how important it is to maintain species diversity.And then people, nature and society are harmonized and we certainly use in our second possible future-bright, promising, harmonious and peaceful-exactly the same as in our dream.So ladies and gentlemen, now let's get back to the matter of my food.Of course, stand in front of all of you here today.I'd like to promise that I would plan my money for food right now.And I'd like to invite all of you here to plan with me together.From now on, let's enjoy two dishes of vegetables and one for each meat;and, if need be, let's only eat cabbages and potatoes for a few days, because we all know that in that way, mutton and steak will be somewhere in the future, blinking at us.Thank you.这是来自解放军外国语学院的钟文天同学的演讲稿，全文围绕蔬菜与肉食这件日常小事情来说明人类需要节制，来使得人类社会，动物和谐共处。Mutton mutton

['mʌtn] n.羊肉;[谑]羊;[俚]娼妓 braised mutton 红烧羊肉 curried mutton 咖喱羊肉 mutton bird 红嘴海燕mutton

muttonchops n.圆形络腮胡子 muttonhead n.[口]笨蛋, 傻瓜 muttony ['mʌtənɪ] adj.有羊肉味的习惯用语

(as)dead as mutton 真死, 僵死 过时, 报废, 失效

eat a bit of mutton with sb.(=eat sb.'s mutton)和...共餐

eat a bit of one's mutton with sb.(=eat sb.'s mutton)和...共餐

take a bit of mutton with sb.(=eat sb.'s mutton)和...共餐

take a bit of one's mutton with sb.(=eat sb.'s mutton)和...共餐

eat mutton cold 受人白眼, 被冷待, 被轻视 Let us return to our mutton.[俚]回到本题吧, 言归正传吧。stick to one's muttons 紧扣主题

mutton dressed(up)as lamb [口]作年轻妇女打扮的老太婆[中年妇女]

Steak steak

[steik] n.牛排;大块肉片;大块鱼片 a beef steak 炸牛排 steak knife 吃牛排时用的餐刀 steak tartare 鞑靼式生拌牛肉末(加洋葱葱花、生鸡蛋、胡椒粉生拌, 配欧芹菜生吃)

Impulsively impulsive

[im'pʌlsiv] adj.有推动力的;冲动的;刺激的;任性的(不考虑行为的适合性和后果)【物】瞬动的, 冲击的 an impulsive action 受一时感情所驱使的行动

继承用法 impulsively adv.impulsivenessn.Temporarily temporary

['tempərəri] adj.暂时的, 临时的;一时的 temporary punishment 有期徒刑

temporary workers 临时工

temporary pleasure 一时的快乐

词性变化 temporaryn.临时的人员[事物], 临时工

They are all temporaries like me.他们都象我一样是临时人员。词性变化

temporariness

n.Exploit 及物动词 vt.1.开采;开发

Many countries exploit oil under the sea.许多国家在海底开采石油。2.剥削

3.利用（…为自己谋利）4.运用；利用；发挥

5.[贬义](出于自私自利目的而)利用(别人、形势、机会等)，利用…而自肥；用手段使(别人)为自己服务

to exploit the enemy's unpreparedness 乘敌不备

6.【广告业】做广告推销；激发对…的兴趣

She exploited her new movie through a series of guest appearance.她通过一系列客串表演来宣传推销她的新影片。名词 n.其他读音：[ˈeksplɔit]

1.英勇（或激动人心、引人注目）的行为

He performed many daring exploits.他有过很多英勇事迹。2.功绩，功勋，业绩，辉煌成就

Slaughtering vt.1.屠杀, 杀戮;屠宰 n.1.屠杀;残杀 2.屠宰及物动词 vt.1.屠杀, 杀戮;屠宰

The invading army slaughtered a lot of people.侵略军杀了许多人。名词 n.1.屠杀;残杀

The battle resulted in a frightful slaughter.战斗以可怕的大屠杀告终。2.屠宰

Parliament has passed an act forbidding the slaughter of animals for pleasure.议会通过了一项禁止杀生取乐的法令。展开词典例句同义词 名词 n.屠宰;杀戮 slaughter

继承用法 slaughterhouse ['slɔ:təhaʊs] n.屠宰场

slaughterman n.屠夫;刽子手

slaughter [massacre] of the innocents 屠杀婴儿

(议会趁会期快满而作出的)撤消某些议案的决议

特殊用法

casualty slaughter 伤残畜屠宰间, 急宰间 forced slaughter 强制宰杀

home slaughter 农家屠宰

humane slaughter 失知觉后屠宰, 无痛屠宰

Exhausted vt.1.屠杀, 杀戮;屠宰 n.1.屠杀;残杀 2.屠宰及物动词 vt.1.屠杀, 杀戮;屠宰

The invading army slaughtered a lot of people.侵略军杀了许多人。名词 n.1.屠杀;残杀

The battle resulted in a frightful slaughter.战斗以可怕的大屠杀告终。2.屠宰

Parliament has passed an act forbidding the slaughter of animals for pleasure.议会通过了一项禁止杀生取乐的法令。展开词典例句同义词 名词 n.屠宰;杀戮

massacrekillingbutcherycarnagegenocide暂无词性

其他释义

genocidebutcherymurderdestructionkillkillingcarnagemassacrebutcher派生词

slaughtererslaughterous语源 Middle English(as a noun): from Old Norse slátr'butcher's meat';related to slay.The verb dates from the mid 16th cent 图片 slaughter 更多图片>>434116 http://dictdata.client.iciba.com/page/ slaughter 柯林斯英语大词典（体验版-本地）

slaughter

n the killing of animals, esp for food

现代英汉综合大辞典（本地）

slaughter

['slɔ:tə] vt.屠宰;(大)屠杀, 残杀 大减价;亏本出售(证券)无情批判, 彻底击败 slaughter cattle 宰牛

The playwright was slaughtered by the press.这位剧作家受到新闻界的无情批判。

词性变化 slaughter ['slɔ:tə] n.宰杀, 屠杀, 杀害 大减价

继承用法 slaughterhouse ['slɔ:təhaʊs] n.屠宰场 slaughterman n.屠夫;刽子手 slaughterer n.屠夫;刽子手

习惯用语

slaughter [massacre] of the innocents 屠杀婴儿

(议会趁会期快满而作出的)撤消某些议案的决议

特殊用法

casualty slaughter 伤残畜屠宰间, 急宰间 forced slaughter 强制宰杀

home slaughter 农家屠宰

humane slaughter 失知觉后屠宰, 无痛屠宰

Indispensable 1.必不可少的, 必需的

n.1.不可缺少之物

Sustainable development 可持续发展 Species diversity

物种多样性

Blinking

形容词 adj.1.闪光的,一眨眼的

第二篇：全国英语演讲大赛演讲稿之第二名

Good afternoon,Ladies and gentlemen, I have a friend who just started his career as a teacher in a primary school.Weeks age he came and ask me to raise a topic for his mid-term composition test.I was curious why he chose me, because he is a teacher himself.My friend said that he wanted something that the students can really show their different ideas.Without thinking, I asked him to let his students to write about what they would do if they were given one million U.S.dollars, my friend left with satisfaction and I fell into my old memories.(tell a story related to his core problem of speech that he will discussed next)

It reminded me of my time in primary school.(the transfer from the story above to personal experience)In our Chinese class, our teacher required us to write a composition with the topic “my most unforgettable day” with our real experience.When papers came back, half of the students wrote about the first day they came to school.The rest were all about picking up money on the streets and giving it to policemen or helping a blind man cross the street.Of course;I was among them.(a sense of humor)But I remember every clearly that one student, only one student gave something different.He wrote about the day that he first kiss a girl.I read his composition.After all these years, I can’t remember every word, but I dare to say that Shakespeare may not be able to write equally well when he was 11 years old.(adapt hyperbole here, compare the child with Shakespeare，interesting and inspire audience’s mood)But the kid was scored zero.The composition was written out of real experience and genuine emotion.But our teacher thought the content was “unhealthy”.I am sure you know the Chinglish meaning of this word “unhealthy”.That was 15 years ago.You read about this composition and you feel that half of our population are blind, so all these kids can have a chance to help a blind man cross the street and everyone of us has a hole in our pocket, so all these kids have a chance to pick up lost money and give it the policemen.(Filled with humor as well as worries)

A few days ago, my friend sent me an e-mail of all the copies of his students’ compositions.I have to say, I was sadly disillusioned.Among these papers, 40% students said that they would donate their money to people in poverty, so their children can have a chance to go to school.The rest were much more like.Some wanted to support Panda Protection Project and some wanted to read books to enlarge their knowledge.One student even said that he would like to spend his one million U.S.dollars on the effort to cure AIDS.I was more than astonished to know that a ten-year-old child knew what AIDS really is.Of course, that was a long time ago.(Funny but arise people’s worries about Chinese education and children’s future)

It has always been our dream to open the hearts of our children.I encourage them to describe their dream and we act in the way as if we are always ready to accept their thoughts.However, children are scared by the zero marked on their papers.They are trained to say what we want to hear.(show personal worries and care about next generation-our nation’s future)People compare children to flowers of tomorrow.And parents do dream about the scenery that roses, tulips, daffodils flourish in the future.But down the road we are going on in the future, or the future of future, only one kind of flower can be found.And that is the flower we like most.(show an imagine of future’s bad situation to raise people’s attention and emphasize on education problem again)Thank you!

Summery

这是此次大赛的亚军，来自天津师范的英语专业的吴相臣的演讲，获得的是最佳幽默奖，无可非议的是他显然是这前十名中最有幽默感的演讲者，而且他的演讲在演讲时极具感染力，在演讲过程中多次赢得台下的评委和同学的笑声和掌声，而且在问答环节中，仍然保持着这种幽默，搞怪的气氛，整个演讲场地由他一下子暖起来了。他在演讲环节引起评委的注

意，而且中央电视台著名英语主持人-刘欣，也别他的幽默感所感染。他无疑是此次大赛中在演讲的个人风采展示中最杰出的一个。最能感染听众。

这篇演讲稿中有以下几个亮点：

1．整篇演讲由几个事件组成，而演讲者选举的这几个事件，是以一个过来人在回忆自己在孩子时代写作文和现在孩子写作文中表现的思维局限，来反映中国教育约束孩子的想象力和思维，他以先一个同龄孩子的眼光，后以一个教育从事者的眼光的来看待这个问题，不仅有时空的跨越，而且还有一种强烈的对比，更加突出问题严重性。

2．个人的情感和观点融入所举出的事件中.，直白的观点陈述很少，这样结构不会显得很突兀，极具亲和力。

3．语言朴实，真挚，幽默诙谐的同时又不失思考。从笑声中看到问题，从简单中看到不简单。

4．论述有点到面，从一个细小的点中，洞悉整个存在的问题。能从孩子在写作文来反映问题，而且加上个人的思考的角度的转换，不仅反映真实，而且具有深入思考的价值。

第三篇：全国英语演讲大赛演讲稿之第六名

Never lose the vision of reality

Good afternoon

Ladies and gentlemen, today my topic is never losing the vision of reality.Talking about dreams and future, I would say, dreams should not be too far away from reality.Detaching from reality, looking solid or practical actions, any dream plan or dream project will be nothing short of daydreaming, or, at most well-intentioned thinking.Here I am remained the year of 2000, when 191 member states of the United Nations held a world summit conference, which made a declaration known as the millennium development goals.The goals of 2015, which every member state pledged to meet, were such as, elimination of hunger and poverty, drastic reduction in child mortality rates, reversing a spread of AIDS and other deadly disease, ect.Now, six years later, almost half way to the final year of 2015, do we see any signs of realizing these goals? Today, half the world-about three billion people, still live under two U.S dollars a day;and about 279 million children have no access to safe water, 11 million children die before they reach the year of five each year.Do we come to harness the spread of the AIDS? The answer is also “no” and indeed AIDS is spreading faster and wider than ever before.What is even worse, with the weak of the Iraqi War, the nuclear crisis in Iran and unsettled situations

in many places, the vision of us young people today are often limited but the limited vision that we do have and care about every day cannot change the conviction that this world does not seem to promise a vary bright future before us.Who is blame for this? Of course, we can blame the government: how they disappoint all seem to be: in the moment they are pledging to build a better future for us, and the other moment they are igniting wars killing more innocent people.But don’t you think we ordinary folks should also take some responsibility for, say elimination of hunger and poverty? When we are quickly rushing to schools, works, or place of entertainment, how many times do we stop just to hand over some food to the deprived on the streets? When we are reading newspapers browsing for news about what is going on in this world, how often do we stop to think about actual ways that we can do to help the people who are suffering from various disastrous situations? In fact, how much have we done to help the people who are in need just around us.Dreams are certainly beautiful and indispensable in our life, for they give us inspiration and motivation.Future plans are certainly necessary, for they provide us with goals and guides.But what is most beautiful and important is an action on a day-to-day base in order to realize our dreams or make our future goals realized, we need to put our worlds into deeds and

base our vision on reality.In other words, while human beings should be, first and foremost, idealists and thinkers, we should also be, and all the more, realists and practical doers.Thank you.这是来自第六名北京语言大学的英语专业的崔笑笑的演讲稿，这篇演讲稿被她演绎的淋漓精致，极为流畅自然，所以她获得了此次大赛的最佳风度奖。她以millennium development goals的签署之后，在这几年里世界发生的细微变化和与当初所制定的目标作比较，发现相差甚远，由此展开观点论述：Never lose the vision of reality.语言犀利，准确，观点独到，是一篇议论性演讲稿的佳作。

1．Vision

视力, 视觉, 视野

洞察力;想象力;眼力

幻象, 梦想, 幻影

美景;美人;绝妙的东西

【宗】显圣;【医】幻视

(修辞学的)描述;电影中的回忆场面, 幻想场面

the field of vision

视野

a person of broad vision

见解广阔的人

The lady was a lovely vision.这位贵妇模样儿长得很美。

2．detach

[di'tætʃ]

vt.分开, 解开, 分离

指派担任特种任务, 分遣, 派遣(军队等)

be detached from

脱离

Men were detached to defend the pass.已经派遣了人员去防守关隘。

3.millennium

[mi'leniəm]

n.一千年(间);千周年纪念

(基督教)至福一千年

(幻想中的)太平盛世, 黄金时代

4．elimination

1.排除;除去,根除

2.淘汰

5．conviction

1.确信, 坚定的信仰, 坚定的看法（或信念）

2.判罪；定罪；证明有罪

3.深信；坚信；坚定；肯定

6． pledge

n.1.保证;誓言；誓约

2.信物

3.抵押，质钱，抵押品

vt.& vi.1.保证, 许诺;发誓

vt.1.典当

2.保证给予（或做），正式承诺；使保证，使发誓

vi.1.宣誓参加美国大学生联谊会

7． ignite

1.点燃;引发;（使）燃烧;着火

Petrol ignites very easily.汽油很容易着火。

The blast was caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited.爆炸是由数袋甲烷气体着火引起的。

He ignited the fireworks.他点燃了烟花。

The rock and roll ignites the excitement of the audience.摇滚乐激起了观众的热情。

8．deprived

形容词 adj.1.贫困的The conference heard an appeal from a representative from one of the more deprived areas.大会听取了一名来自一个比较贫困地区的代表的呼籲。

9． disastrous

形容词 adj.1.灾难性的, 造成灾害的Carelessness in driving often results in disastrous accidents.驾驶不慎常带来不幸的意外。

2.极坏的, 很糟的The road was disastrous.路面真糟糕。

10.first and foremost

英基本释义1.首要的1.首要的He was a singer, but first and foremost a scholar.他是个歌手, 但他主要是一位学者。

第四篇：全国英语演讲大赛演讲稿之第九名

Dream for ourselves

Good afternoon: Ladies and gentlemen, the topic of my speech today is Dreams of Ourselves.In the first day of my English oral course, our teacher asked us to think about what we would be doing ten years from now, go to America and marry an American girl, a guy student said.He thought it might one of the best ways to learn English well.I may be raising my children with some freelance work to boot, uttered one of my roommates, who was unanimously voted by us to be our “ miss angel in the house”.What about you, Richard, our teacher turned to the walking dictionary of our class.I may be taking up your position and busy being a respected professor.The whole class roared with laughter, our teacher laughed, too.What beautiful dreams we used to have.But now, everybody is busy doing double major, stuffing their heads with straight As internships, exchange programs.The once vigorous and diversified voices have thinned into one: be the one that suits need of the job market.Ladies and gentlemen, it means the dreams should relevant to reality.But now, aren’t we college students too much bound by this reality? If dreams are simply reality shows, can they still be called dreams? A couple weeks ago, I read the story of Ma Yan, who had to drop out of school because of poverty.She said she wanted to go to school so that her family could live a better life.However, growing up impressed by Martin Luther king’s I have a dream talk and the Chinese proverb that everyone is born to be somebody.My classmates and I may think that we are less driven than this starving little girl.But aren’t we making any difference, if we are not being true to ourselves?

Ladies and gentlemen, Steven jobs, CEO of apple computer, once said, our time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else life.I think it’s especially true with us twenty something, who are sort of feeling disoriented in face of dream and reality.The other night, my roommate complained to me what little memory she would have for her college days.True!The dreams may become tomorrow’s reality and the day after tomorrow’s memory.But if we are not dreaming for ourselves, where can the memory come from? And plus, if we can not even master our own dreams, how can we master the future of our society?

Ladies and gentlemen, with the advance in science and technology, we are faced with dilemma than ever, the controversy over surrogate mothers;the right way to treat animals;the pros and cons of the online pop culture.There might be never definite answers to these questions, but how we judge and envision them to be will decide the future of us all.Luckily, I have found my dream, that is, to be a journalist.To be honest with you, it has something to do with Ma Yan, whose story was reported by a French journalist in the first place.He is the one that bridged Ma Yan’s reality and her dream.I also want to be a bridge of this kind, and this dream in mind, I know I’ll have not only a future ahead, but also a precious memory behind.That’s end of my speech.Thank you very much.这是来自上海复旦大学的胡懿选手，第九名。她的演讲 结合个人的生活，朴实干净的语句却闪烁着她的真挚情感和对生活的思考。是一篇极具感染力的演讲稿。

1.freelance

英[ˈfri:lɑ:ns] 美[ˈfriˌlæns]

freelance

英[ˈfri:lɑ:ns] 美[ˈfriˌlæns] vi.1.当自由职业者2.自由职业者

n 2.boot

1.长统靴, 高统鞋 2.后备箱, 行李箱 3.踢 vt.1.踢 3.uttered

1.以口发出声音

The wounded man uttered a groan.那个受伤的人发出呻吟。

My name was uttered by someone near me.近处有人喊我的名字。2.说, 讲

She didn't utter a word all night.她整夜一言不发。形容词 adj.1.彻底的;完全的;绝对的He was in utter despair.他完全绝望了。

4.unanimously副词 adv.1.无异议地;全体一致地

The resolution was carried unanimously.决议获一致通过。

Three judges unanimously upheld the sentence.三名法官一致维持这个判决。

Following discussion, the annual report was accepted unanimously.经过讨论，报告获一致通过。

5.stuffing 名词 n.1.填充物, 填料

There’s hardly any stuffing left in the sofa.沙发里几乎没剩下什么填料。2.食物中的填料, 馅

We had a chicken and stuffing, and new potatoes from the garden.我们吃了只百宝鸡, 还有园子里种的新鲜马铃薯

6.diversified

1.多样化的；多种经营的

develop a diversified economy 发展多种经济

7.vigorous 形容词 adj.1.有力的

She made a vigorous speech in defence of her boyfriend.她为她的男朋友做了有力的辩护。2.精力充沛的

The old man is still vigorous and lively.那老人依然精力充沛。

8.thinned 形容词 adj.1.薄的;细的

She should wear a thinner shirt in summer.夏天她应该穿薄一点的衬衫。2.稀的, 稀疏的, 稀少的I have thin hair.我头发很稀。3.瘦的

There were two girls there, a fat one and a thin one.那儿有两个姑娘, 一个胖的, 一个瘦的。

4.弱的, 缺乏力量的, 浅薄的, 微弱的, 尖细的, 有气无力的His excuse for being late was very thin.他迟到的借口是无法使人相信的。5.稀薄的；淡的6.能见度较高的；稀薄的 7.稀薄的；含氧少的 8.不真心实意的；冷淡的 9.微弱的；暗淡的

10.质量差的；空乏的；拙劣的 及物动词 vt.& 不及物动词 vi.1.(使)变稀薄, 使变淡,(使)变稀少,(使)变稀疏,(使)变细

His hair is thinning.他的头发逐渐稀少了。

He thinned the wine by adding water.他往酒里加水把它稀释。副词 adv.1.薄薄地

9.internship名词 n.1.〈美〉实习医师,实习医师期

10.bound

不及物动词 vi.1.跳;弹回

Rubber balls can be made to bound.可以使橡皮球弹回。

The little horse is bounding.小马在跳跃。2.向上弹；向上跳

3.邻接，毗连，接壤，接界，紧靠(on，upon)The United States bounds on Mexico in the south.美国的南面与墨西哥接壤。及物动词 vt.1.给…划界, 限制

The teacher asked the students to bound Asia.老师要学生划出亚洲的边界。2.使弹回，使跳回，使跳

3.[常用被动语态]形成(或构成)…的边界(或疆界、界线)；成为…的界线，邻接，接壤

The village is bounded on one side by a river.这座村庄一面以河为界。名词 n.1.跳, 跳跃, 跃进

The dog jumped over the gate in one bound.那只狗一跳就越过了栅门。2.界限, 范围

The king maintained order within the bounds of his realm.国王在其王国的疆界之内维持着秩序。3.(球等的)反跳，反跃，弹回，跳回 形容词 adj.1.被捆绑的, 被束缚的

He kicked at the bound prisoner.他朝那被绑着的囚犯踢了一脚。She is bound to her family.她被家庭束缚住了。2.一定的, 必定的;有义务的

He is bound to succeed in his enterprise.他在事业上一定会成功。

Find a girl just like your mother then she's bound to like her.找个像你母亲那样的，这样你母亲一定会喜欢她。3.去, 准备去

This train is bound from Shanghai to Nanjing.这列火车是从上海开往南京的。4.因…受阻（或不能正常工作）

5.密切关联(或相关)的，有密切联系(或关系)的

6.(书籍)装订好的，装有封面的，用封面包住的；用线带固定于封面的 7.【语言学】黏着的,黏附的,连着的

8.[通常作表语]准备(或正在)到…去的，(向特定方向)出发的，动身的；前往…的；(船等)驶往(或开往)…的(常与for，to连用)

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11.driven 形容词 adj.1.(人)奋发努力的;发愤图强的a driven sense of obligation 紧迫的责任感

2.像雪一样纯洁；道德高尚

I don’t think you’re really in a position to criticize her.You’re hardly as pure as the driven snow yourself!我觉得你没资格批评她，你自己也并非纯洁无瑕

12.disoriented形容词 adj.1.分不清方向或目标的,无判断力的

13.dilemma名词 n.1.左右为难

She was in a dilemma whether to stay at school or get a job.是继续求学还是找工作, 她感到难以决定。2.窘境，困境

14.surrogate1.替代;代理

For some people, reading travel books is a surrogate for actual travel.对某些人来说, 读游记可代替真正的旅行。

15.controversy1.公开辩论, 论战 16.envision 及物动词 vt.1.想像,展望

They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults.他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。

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第五篇：全国英语演讲大赛演讲稿之第十名

Good afternoon

Ladies and gentleman, two thousand years ago, the Chinese philosopher, Confucius, advocated a harmonious society without selflessness and conflicts.Fifteen hundred years later, the English author, Tomas More, wrote about an imaginary place in which everyone enjoys peace equality and common wealth.These and various other ideal worlds have something in common: peace, love and harmony.Such has been a dream of human beings throughout the world.And we have been long working hard toward this goal.History has witnessed numerous wars and even today some parts of the world are still suffering from the threats of conflicts.Such a dream, however, has only been going stronger instead of going awry.When the athletes from North and South Korea walked into the Olympic field hand in hand, handing one flag of Korean peninsula, they together lit the torch to end the half-century’s conflicts.It is true there are still many problems in the world-Problems of too complicated roots to be solved at once.As we all know, some small countries are being bullied by big power now and then;but at the same time we see protests being staged all over the world.The nuclear power has caused unstable equilibrium but the cold war has made us aware that what a desolate future the world would have if nuclear war to break out.Racial discrimination and religious conflicts still prevail, but as far as I know, no religion in the world teaches people to hate or fight, indeed, reality is always far from ideal.But the problems are nor altogether unsolvable.We human beings are blessed with reasonand have the confidence that the light of reason will eventually disperses the dark and shadows with economy is growing at an amazingly fast rate in the last two decades.China is now facing with both tremendous opportunities as well as challenges.An important charge of mindset is that china is learning to be critical of its own problems and more concerned with addressing these problems, public opinion has been so active abs constructive as it is now.Self-criticism and a sense of crisis is a sign of maturity and self-confidence.Chinese visionaries are now advocating green GDP and attaching great importance to social development that emphasizes human beings.So it is not hard to see the direction in which china is moving.Policymaking is getting more down to earth.Corruption is still being fought hard and concepts such as due process and human rights are working their way into public consciousness.So, with all these efforts going on, sure and steady, there is good reason to believe that china’s future will be bright.Last week, a forum was held in Beijing, the theme is Chinese dream and a harmonious world.The message is that all Chinese have a dream and that dream is peace and propensity and the realization of this dream will contribute to the harmony of the whole world.Thank you very much.此篇演讲稿选自全国大学生英语演讲比赛第十名——来自北京外国语大学赵婷的现场演讲稿。她演讲时语言组织极为缜密，规范，表达流畅，根据中国实情，观点独到。是一篇作为演讲的佳作。也是用来学习英语的好材料。

1.imaginary

[i'mædʒinəri]

adj.想象中的, 假想的;虚构的imaginary指“想象的”、“虚构的”, 如:

Although the main characters in the novel are so true to life, they are imaginary.虽然小说里的人物写得栩栩如生, 但都是虚构的。

imaginative指“ 富于想象力的”, 如:

Scott was an imaginative writer.司格特是位富于想象力的作家。

imaginable 指“可想象的”, 常放在名词后面, 前加 all, only, every 或最高级形容词, 如:

This is the only solution imaginable.这是唯一想得出的解决办法。

2.Korean peninsula

Korean Peninsula

朝鲜半岛

Korean Peninsula nuclear issue朝鲜半岛核问题

3.awry

扭曲；斜；歪

4.nuclear

形容词 adj.1.核的, 原子核的He's very interested in nuclear physics.他对核物理学非常感兴趣。

2.使用或生产核能的A nuclear reactor is the apparatus in which atoms are split.核反应堆是分裂原子的装置。

3.核武器的5.equilibrium

平衡(状态, 性, 图, 曲线), 均衡, 均势, 相称,平均

(心情的)平静

(判断的)不偏不倚

equilibrium constant

【化】平衡常数

the equilibrium of demand and supply

供求均衡

indifferent equilibrium

【物】随遇平衡

the theory of equilibrium

【哲】均衡论

习惯用语

be in equilibrium

保持[处于]平衡状态

be in equilibrium with

与....平衡

reach equilibrium with

与...(达)到平衡

6.tremendous

1.极大的, 巨大的2.绝妙的, 极棒的7.propensity

propensity

[prə'pensiti]

n.倾向, 爱好, 嗜好, 脾性(to, for)

income-ties

所得倾向

individual-ties

个人(对储蓄及现在消费的)倾向

a propensity to extravagance [for gambling]

奢华[赌博]的癖好

特殊用法

average propensity' to consume

平均消费倾向

average propensity to import

平均输入倾向

average propensity to save

平均储蓄倾向

marginal propensity

边际倾向

8.due process

1.法定诉讼程序

9.visionary

1.有眼光的, 有远见的The question remains though——was he a visionary or a madman？ 问题仍然存在——他究竟是个有远见的人, 还是个疯子？

2.空想的, 幻想的, 不切实际的a visionary scheme for the future

对未来的不切实际的计划

The ideas of a visionary may seem impractical to us.在我们看来,空想家的观念好像不切实际。

名词 n.1.有幻觉的人

2.好幻想的人;空想家

They are left-wing visionaries.他们是左翼空想家。

3.有远见卓识者

True visionaries are often misunderstood by their own generation.真正有远见卓识者往往受同时代人的误解。