六年级英语演讲

第一篇：六年级英语演讲

篇一：六年级英语演讲 my school life my school life i love school.i think school is really cool.my school called xianju experimental primary school!it is the most beautiful school in xianju!it has tall buildings and nice views.studying in this place is a great pleasure!then, let me tell you something about my school life.i go to school five days a week.im there eight hours each day.school is a big part of my life.my school day is long.my schedule is so full and colorful.my teachers are excellent.all the teachers regard us as their own children.i love our teachers.i love our classmates, too.i am getting along well with my classmates.whenever we have difficulties with our study, we help each other.we also dancing together, reading books together and playing sports together!my school life is full of happiness and fun.my schoolwork keeps me busy.although i have homework every day and tests all the time, i will not feel boring.i love to learn new knowledge.篇二：小学六年级英语演讲比赛1 there was a lion family living on the africa grassland.at the beginning of a new day，little lion must follow his mother to learn how to be a brave lion.mum: have a good sleep my lovely kid.i love you.boy: mum, would you tell me a story? boy: good night, mum.i love you.the next day.mum: get up!my little kid!get up!boy: mum, i want to sleep more.please!mum: it’s time to get up!quickly!boy: ok , mum.mum: good boy, today, you must learn how to get your food.boy: but, you always give me delicious food.boy: all right, but how can i get my food? mum: first, you need to look for someone you like, but remember: you must run faster than him or her.second, don’t let you food know that you want to eat it.at last, get it as fast as you can.do you remember? boy: yes, mum.but i don’t think i can do that.i’m afraid.mum: don’t be afraid.have a try!look, there is a little deer.go!just go!boy: no,mum.she is taller than me, i can’t run faster than her.mum: listen, my boy.you are the best one, no one can beat you.do you remember the story i told you yesterday? to be a brave lion.just do it.boy: all right.the little lion went the first step of his life.he run as fast as he can.then you guess what happened?yes, he did it.he get the most delicious food in the world.篇三：六年级我爱英语演讲稿

i’m very glad to make a speech here!this time, i’d like to talk something about english.at grade 3, i started to play games and sing english songs with other children.then i discovered the beauty of the language, and began my colorful journey in the english world.i hope i can travel around the world someday.i want to go to america to visit the washington monument.of course, i want to go to london too, because england is the motherland of the english language.if i can ride my bike in the cambridge university, i will be very happy.i hope i can speak english with everyone in the world.i’ll introduce china and chinese culture to them, such as the great wall, the tian’anmen square and dumplings.i know that rome was not built in a day.i believe that after persistent hard work, 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.篇四：英语演讲稿

攀登英语在农村小学英语中应用的可行性

清水县陇东乡中心小学 陶莹莹

内容摘要：

开设攀登英语的目的不是要求学生学习大量的语言知识，而在于培养小学生

学习英语的兴趣、积极的态度，建立起自信心，培养一定的语感和良好的语音、语调基础，克服“哑巴英语”，使他们形成初步运用英语进行简单日常交流的能

力，为进一步学习英语打下基础。还可以提高他们的思想品德修养，树立国际意

识，使他们长大后适应社会、经济、科技发展和国际交往的需要。

二零一一年九月二日我参加了由北京师范大学组织研究的关于“提升明德

项目教学的研讨会”其中主要学习了如何提高小学英语教育质量，攀登英语在小

学英语课堂中的实施与应用。而且听了武威市一名老师的示范课，让我受益匪浅。

现阶段，由于农村小学英语专业教师的匮乏，不能够全面使用英语教师来教

学，教师所教课程专业不对口，这是农村小学普遍存在的问题。而攀登英语项目

致力于解决我国儿童英语学习中普遍存在的一些突出问题，特别是英语学习中的

“哑巴英语”现象，立足学校的实践需求，对现行儿童英语学习的理念与目标、内容与方式、教师角色、语言学习环境创设与评价进行了许多改革。

“兴趣是最好的老师。”活泼，好动，表现欲强是孩子们的天性。而攀登英

语的教学内容、教学方法到教学过程的各个环节都潜在着很多可利用的兴趣因

素，只要主课教师有意识地去挖掘都可成为课堂中的的兴趣点，再从这些兴趣点

切入，以点带面优化课堂教学，就能大面积提高课堂学习的质量。

攀登在农村小学英语中应用的可行性

我校小学一年级已开设英语，而且我也非常荣幸的加入到攀登英语的行列

中，在教学中我们有过付出、有所回报，有过辛苦，也有欣慰。现就谈谈我对攀

登英语再农村小学英语教学中可行性的实践总结与看法：

一、攀登英语的教学模式和整个教学方法渗透了新课程改革的七大教育理念

主要表现在①以学生为主的课程理念。②以实践交流为主的语言学习理念。

③回归生活世界的课程生态理念。④培养高尚情操的人文发展理念。⑤创新与发

展的课程实施理念。⑥民主化的课程改革理念。⑦“大教学”理念。

这七大理念符合新课改的要求，通过各种教学活动，让学生在时间语言环境 中学习，交流。注重从品德，意志，情感等方面对学生进行美的教育，培养学生

的高尚情操，从而实现语言的内化与迁移表达，培养学生的创新与发展能力。

二、攀登英语的教学环境更适合农村小学英语的学习

1．学习环境创设的意义

通过营造丰富的英语学习环境，激发学生的英语学习兴趣；为学生提供充分

的实践练习与交流的机会；为学生提供内隐学习的机会，从而起到促进后继学习

效果的作用；为学生展示学习成果、记录成长历程。

2．物理学习环境的创设

背景环境。位置：教室内墙、教室外墙、楼道内展板等处均可作为创设背景

环境的地方。内容：将所有的课桌沿墙摆放，中间留出摆出椅子的位置。将椅子

按小组摆放，这样利于学生进行小组活动和评价。②评价用环境。位置：黑板，教室内墙。内容：与学生的学习活动评价直接挂钩，形式相对固定，但内容实时

更新。可以在黑板和教室内墙相对固定的地方设立一个“小组奖励”栏。黑板上

的“小组奖励栏”供教师在课堂再课堂上使用，用来记录每个小组在每一课堂中

的表现。

3．心里学习环境

教师可以通过课堂秩序，关注不举手发言的学生，可以通过创设的物理环境

对学生的评价，来鼓励学生，可以通过编制的歌曲童谣的舞蹈来引导学生积极的

参与。

这些学习环境对于农村教学设备是可以实现的，一台电视，一台vcd就可以

完成整个教学过程，这些教学仪器和教学环境更为农村小学英语的学习提升是一

个突破。

三、攀登英语的教学模式更适合农村小学英语的课堂教学

“攀登英语”教学的一般结构模式：

攀登英语的整个教学以这个模式为主，教学环节生趣，变化多样，符合小学

生活泼好动，易于接受新事物的天性，巧用攀登英语的教学模式是上好一堂课的

关键，下面就我所教的一点浅薄的经验和大家共享：

主要有1，巧用实物，头饰，卡片等，完成辅助教学。小学生的形象思维比较丰富，因此我们在交日常英语这一部分时，可以一边说口语一边以实物暗示，喜迎学生的注意力，帮助他们很好的理解句型。2，灵活运用歌曲童谣，营造欢快的课堂气氛。在教学过程中适当插入歌曲童谣，舒缓课堂气氛，重新提高学生的注意力。3，适当运用肢体语言，优化英语教学。肢体语言是英语课堂必不可少的部分，在歌曲童谣中，适当运用肢体语言，根据歌曲编排一些舞蹈，动作，更有利于帮助学生理解与接受。4，巧设游戏，巩固教学。在教学中巧妙地安排游戏，可以让学生再学习的同时尝到成功的喜悦和学习的乐趣。更加巩固所学知识。

四、攀登英语教环节与教学原则比其他教材更适合于农村小学英语的教学 主要表现在：①教材内容源于儿童生活，运用了适合儿童年龄阶段的教材内容，学生易于接受，教师更容易把握。②歌曲童谣节奏明快，图文声情并茂，教师易于编排舞蹈。③多角色的故事短剧，较适宜于组织活动。④注重内部环境和外部环境的创设。在攀登英语教学中我们还必须要遵循五大原则：①“no chinese”原则。教师和学生之间，学生与学生之间的沟通尽量用英文来进行，使学生完全沉浸在英语环境中。这样帮助了学生提高口语交际能力，无形中自发的实用英语②无错原则。教师要适度宽容学生，不要生硬地批评，职责或纠正，而要采用多媒体学习材料师范，同伴师范等形式来帮助孩子改正错误。③互动性原则。主要调动了学生与教师，学生与学生之间的相互协作，和小组竞争意识。④动静结合原则动静结合是攀登英语教学中的一项重要原则，比如在上watch and listen 时要求学生“静”，在listen and repeat时要求学生“动”但刚开始学时，学生只看了喜欢的动画，该“静”时过于兴奋，不能很好地把握，这是教师可以用肢体语言进行引导，已达到教学目的⑤真实情景原则。教师创设真实的教学情境，把主动权交给了学生，真正做到了以学生为主体的教学理念。

攀登英语的这些教学环节和教学原则，使得教师的攀登课堂更加的生动，学生的学习兴趣被很好的激发，让学生在快乐中学习，在真实情境中学习，改善了农村英语教学中，学生由于接触面比较狭隘，对英语的学习羞于张口，羞于表达的这一难题。因此，攀登英语在农村是可行的。

五、攀登英语教学适合所有非专业教师来教

现阶段，在农村小学由于教师的匮乏，专业对口的教师很少，每门课有老师带就很不错了，更不用说专业对口，尤其是英语教学，那不像语文数学老师随便都可以带，而英语它是一门外国语言，专业不对口，教出的学生在单词发音，语言运用等方面都有很大问题。而攀登英语也为我们解决了这一问题，他是适合所有老师，即使非专业老师也可以通过他的教学硬件和教学设计来教好每一位学生，因为攀登英语的课堂要求上课环节在教室的教材中都很清楚，而且教学用主要光盘，电视，dvd等，教师只是一名组织者和引导者，至于在课堂中的教学它的每个教学环节都很明确，就是 “听，观看”“听，重复”“跟唱，跟着学”“表演”。这些环节可以很完整的来结束一节课，而且对于教师来说也是一次再教育，适合所有教师来教和学习研究。总之，攀登英语是一门非常好的教学项目，值得推广。

单 位：清水县陇东乡中心小学

姓 名：陶莹莹

地 址：清水县陇东乡中心小学

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i love english 我喜欢英语

good morning everyone，may i have your attention,please? i am very happy to be here.my name is.im.my topic is i love english.as everyone knows,english is very important today.if we can speak english well,we will have more chance to succeed.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 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.thank you!our school good morning, my dear teachers and friends!my name is ____,.today, i am very happy to be here.my topic is “our school”.thats all.thanks!我们的学校

早上好，我亲爱的老师和朋友们!我的名字是_____。今天，我很高兴到这里来。我的主题是“我们的学校”。

我亲爱的朋友，欢迎来到我们的学校!我的学校是一个很漂亮的!它有一个大操场。我们可以发挥，也有一些运动。附近的操场，有一个花园。许多树木和花草在那里。因此，空气很干净，我们可以听到鸟儿在树上歌唱。这是如此美妙。我们的教学楼是周围的花园和看起来像我们的老师的怀抱欢迎我们。我们可以画画的美术室一楼和阅读故事书在图书馆的二楼。我的教室在三楼。这是清洁和光亮。我们要研究它。电脑室是五楼。我们可以唱歌跳舞的音乐室六楼。什么有很多乐趣!在我们的学校，我们的教师努力工作，帮助我们与我们的经验教训。我们努力学习，认真听取教师。下了课，发挥我们的教师与我们联系，我们感到非常高兴。

我们学校是太好，我们的教师是太好了。我们都爱他们。

第二篇：六年级英语演讲 my school life

My school life I love school.I think school is really cool.My school called Xianju experimental primary school!It is the most beautiful school in XianJu!It has tall buildings and nice views.Studying in this place is a great pleasure!Then, Let me tell you something about my school life.I go to school five days a week.I'm there eight hours each day.School is a big part of my life.My school day is long.My schedule is so full and colorful.My teachers are excellent.All the teachers regard us as their own children.I love our teachers.I love our classmates, too.I am getting along well with my classmates.Whenever we have difficulties with our study, we help each other.We also dancing together, reading books together and playing sports together!My school life is full of happiness and fun.My schoolwork keeps me busy.Although I have homework every day and tests all the time, I will not feel boring.I love to learn new knowledge.I like my school life.Though my school life is common, I could gain friendship and experience knowledge.I feel very happy because it is important for me to have an interesting primary school life.I love my school.I love my school life!Thank you for listening!

第三篇：六年级英语演讲作文

篇一：六年级我爱英语演讲稿

i love english grade 6 liu youyou i’m very glad to make a speech here!this time, i’d like to talk something about english.at grade 3, i started to play games and sing english songs with other children.then i discovered the beauty of the language, and began my colorful journey in the english world.i hope i can travel around the world someday.i want to go to america to visit the washington monument.of course, i want to go to london too, because england is the motherland of the english language.if i can ride my bike in the cambridge university, i will be very happy.i hope i can speak english with everyone in the world.i’ll introduce china and chinese culture to them, such as the great wall, the tian’anmen square and dumplings.i know that rome was not built in a day.i believe that after persistent hard work, 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.篇二：精选小学生英语演讲稿6篇下载

i love english 我喜欢英语

good morning everyone，may i have your attention,please? i am very happy to be here.my name is.im.my topic is i love english.as everyone knows,english is very important today.if we can speak english well,we will have more chance to succeed.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 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.thank you!our school good morning, my dear teachers and friends!my name is ____,.today, i am very happy to be here.my topic is “our school”.thats all.thanks!我们的学校

早上好，我亲爱的老师和朋友们!我的名字是_____。今天，我很高兴到这里来。我的主题是“我们的学校”。

我亲爱的朋友，欢迎来到我们的学校!我的学校是一个很漂亮的!它有一个大操场。我们可以发挥，也有一些运动。附近的操场，有一个花园。许多树木和花草在那里。因此，空气很干净，我们可以听到鸟儿在树上歌唱。这是如此美妙。我们的教学楼是周围的花园和看起来像我们的老师的怀抱欢迎我们。我们可以画画的美术室一楼和阅读故事书在图书馆的二楼。我的教室在三楼。这是清洁和光亮。我们要研究它。电脑室是五楼。我们可以唱歌跳舞的音乐室六楼。什么有很多乐趣!在我们的学校，我们的教师努力工作，帮助我们与我们的经验教训。我们努力学习，认真听取教师。下了课，发挥我们的教师与我们联系，我们感到非常高兴。

我们学校是太好，我们的教师是太好了。我们都爱他们。

第四篇：英语演讲

How many people know to jump nobody signs action?(Such this.)We know, in recent years this dance is very popular.now let me

Introduce the song.it Inherited “me” and “the most classic of both hot period of American music, restore ancient ways elements of culture and the English hackberrya Motown style perfect fit in, create a” nobody street.The choreography is usual Wonder showed Girls relaxed active stage style, easy toxic.After the nobody “

slow, the tango, guitar and Korea etc.Various English version emerge in endlessly.Girls not only Wonder in Korea, dominated the awards ceremony, with English ”nobody in the United States, and the first appearance on the bulletin board list every toradio of 76.These are becoming a global Wonder that Girls, on to the first family Obama and from the Philippines, down to a prison enthusiasts, the song of love.The emerging online video imitation and detonated a network of panic, “nobody.The Girls of Wonder nobody ”is a Korean pop the magic of music.In China, you can be heard everywhere, seeing all this song in the dance.This is also our today's theme: when speaking to South Korean pop storm comes, are you ready?

有多少人会跳nobody的招牌动作呢？像这样(表演动作)继承了《tell me》和《so hot》时期最为经典的复古元素，深受美国音乐文化影响的朴镇英又将Motown风格完美的融入其中，打造出了《nobody》这一名曲。编舞也一如既往的展现了Wonder Girls清爽活泼的舞台风格，简单易懂中毒性极强。

之后，《nobody》的慢版、探戈版、吉他版和韩中英语等各种版本层出不穷。Wonder Girls不仅在韩国内，横扫各大颁奖典礼，还凭借英文版《nobody》在美国初次登台，并一举登上了美国公告牌榜最热单曲的76位。这些都表明Wonder Girls红遍了全球，上至美国第一家庭的奥巴马母女，下至来自菲律宾某监狱的发烧友们，都对这首歌喜爱有加。不断涌现的网友模仿视频也引爆了网络，掀起了《nobody》的狂潮，持续至今。Wonder Girls的这首《nobody》可谓是韩国乐坛的一首的神奇之曲。在中国，你到处都可以听到这首歌，看到大家在跳。这也正是我们今天的要讲的主题：当韩潮来临时，你准备好了吗？

Not only dancing,what most popular in China for many years is Korean dramas.Believe that you have seen many Korean dramas, especially girls.Why han drama so attractive? I think it because it fit many people imagine, beautiful actress and rich childe romantic love story caused the female audience's endless longing.China ocean university professor JinLongFan tells us a funny thing: “once asked han students learn other languages, why don't you learn Korean? The answer is, because like han drama so intellect.Then I said, see dubbed or subtitles not ok? Why must learn Korean students? Then smiled answered and said to them, a personal experience in the south Korean dramas.It seems that mass culture of Korean triggered concern is not argue that already.”

不仅有舞蹈，在中国流行了很多年的韩剧。相信大家都看过很多韩剧，尤其是女孩子。为什么韩剧这么吸引人呢？我觉得很多因为它满足很多人的想象，美丽的女主角和富家公子的浪漫爱情故事引起广大女性观众的无限憧憬。中国海洋大学教授金龙范给我们讲了一段有趣的事情：“曾经问汉族学生，为什么不学其他语言而学韩国语？回答竟然是，因为喜欢韩剧所以才学。后来我又反问道，看译制片或字幕不就可以了吗？为什么一定要学韩国语？这时，学生们笑着回答说，想融入其中，切身感受一下韩剧。看来，韩国的大众文化触发了对韩国语的关注已是不可争辩的事实。”

South Korean star's influence has gone up rapidly in recent years, the media has breath more in star signed exclusive agency of 14 Korean.For the foreseeable future, the south Korean star will be further into our life.Entertainment,这也导致了韩国明星影响力在中国的飙升，有的星传媒更于日前一口气签下了十四位韩星的独家代理权。可以预见的是，韩国明星未来将进一步介入我们的娱乐生活。

Korean dramas and south Korean star, also brought the Korean beauty industry development in China.I think the blossom in China is Korea's beauty.I think the blossom in China is Korea's beauty.It also raises a tornado in China.I think this is because our native culture begins to release society beauty, the consciousness of chung Internet technology support and sow han drama, Korean stars and also because our country started business in China market, created beauty on the earth, a sunrise industry-plastic industry are formed, and quickly and quietly.Keen to change the appearance of the acquired through those who believe that not only can let yourself get cosmetic beautiful appearance can also help a successful career, such as “China's first man-made beauty” HaoLuLu, Korean star Kim hee-sun, won bin, etc., all looked after by Peugeot features of popular cosmetic..韩剧和韩国明星的引入，也带来了韩国美容业在中国的发展。我想在中国遍地开花的是韩国的美容业。它也同样在中国掀起了一阵旋风。我想这是由于我国本土文化开始释放社会崇美意识，互联网的技术支撑和韩剧热播和韩国明星走红，也由于我国商界开始支撑造美市场，在中国大地上,一个朝阳产业——整形美容业正在被悄然推动，并迅速形成热潮。热衷于通过后天努力改变外表的那些人相信，整容不仅可以让自己获得靓丽的外形还能帮助事业成功，如“中国第一人造美女”郝璐璐，韩国大牌明星金喜善、元斌、张东健等，一个个都凭借整容后标致的五官走红。

Of course, the lovely little also not in China, now the influence of melting and lovely Korean style has deep heart.And South Korea pickle, now a lot of cities in China have many Korean restaurant.It is of Japanese cuisine, refined, and civilization of the Chinese food,eating with material benefit and thick, taste and the long and grasp of of primitive simplicity, is rare delicacy wind.当然了，也少不了韩服在中国的影响，现在韩式甜美可爱的风格已经深人人心。还有韩国的泡菜，现在很多在中国的各个城市也有很多韩国料理店。它有日本料理的文明、雅致，又有中国菜的实惠与厚重，随吃法而变味道，采众长而秉古朴之风，实属不可多得的美味。

Today, I am not speaking to Korean culture is good or bad, just as an entertainment in Korean culture and talk to Chinese influence.Of course, I believe you are wise to choice , so, when the Korean pop storm you, are you ready? Accept or reject? Thank you!

今天，我不是来说韩国文化的好坏，只是作为一个娱乐在和大家谈论韩国文化对中国的影响。当然，我相信明智的你，因此，当韩国流行风暴向你袭来，你准备好了吗？接受或拒绝？谢谢！

第五篇：英语演讲

In September, 2008，the American subprime mortgage crisis which lasted more than one year gradually extended to the whole economy system to be an economy crisis all over the world.Its coming not only makes the Untied States face a series of economic problem，but also brings the economic market around the world a great shock: As a country，the Iceland has applied for the bankruptcy;Zimbabwe’s inflation has been out of control;Our neighbor，Korea，since its economic system gets closest to the United States，it suffers much more than other Asian countries in this economic storm.As for China, we are influenced a lot in this special year.A lot of factories in Guangdong and Fujian province suffered a lot: the difficulty in exporting, the workers were laid off，even made the factory break;A great number of students in universities also feel about the crisis, since it’s hard for them to find a job.However，as one of the newly developing countries in Asian countries，China has strict foreign exchange control and relatively independent financial system，which can help to reduce the influence that the crisis would bring.Although China is not an utopia in this storm，but we do worry less than the countries we referred to.Anyway，the new round of economic crisis has come.China，the powerful Titanic has to consider the crash the storm would bring.We should seize the opportunity and try our best to solve the problem.Only in this way can our journey to develop economy safe and harmonious.At last，I’d like to wish our country good luck.Let’s stand up from where we fall down

All the celebrations welcoming the new century were hold in the year 2000, because life without a greeting is like the sky without the sun.Greetings are very important for the whole world, in my opinion.But I don’t know whether greetings are enough for us.Especially when we meet with failures.I remember quite clearly that when I was a child, if I fall down and was on the brink of crying, my father always told me” Please stand up from where you fall down!”

Yes, we must stand up from where we fall down.That was a special mid night in 1993.Expectations filled our hearts.We stared at the TV, hoping excitedly as the voice would fly to our ears.But at last, each Chinese who loves our motherland was distressed to know the result: Beijing, lost to Sydney by a margin of two votes in the Olympic hosting competition.Eight years have past, but the frustration has not healed with time at all.Now, at the beginning of the new millennium, all of the pride and disappointment of the 20th century had gone with the wind.The 21st century, which is full of hope, longing and thought has come.Someone said, we would start from zero on.Should I really start from zero on?

No!I hold that we should go on with our efforts and ambitions stayed by last century, and make our life better.“New Beijing, great Olympics!” The voice cries this out around China’s capital, a 3,000-year-old city these days.Beijing, along with Paris, Istanbul, Osaka and Toronto, has been short listed by the International Olympic Committee as an official candidate city for the 2008 Olympic Games.Facing the new century, mankind is driven by the revolution of science and technology, world economy is undergoing broad and profound changes.But nobody can deny the fact that compared with developed nations, developing countries are confronted with more pressure and challenges.In order to become famous in the world, we must speed up our international economic restructuring to catch up with industrialized nations.Supporting Beijing’s bid is a systematic project that can support China’s development efforts.I believe recycled paper, clean fuel, sorted rubbish, water-saving and energy-efficient facilities will become reality in the coming years for China.I believe the new century is an era of learning and teaching, and lifelong education has become one of the main trends in the future development of Chinese society.I believe that, on July 13, our dream of Beijing’s Olympic bid will become true.Because to millions of Chinese, for China to have the global respect and support that she deserves is not just a dream.It is a part of our very souls.For we are not only equal members of our motherland, China, but we are also equal contributors to the world as a whole.Let us stand together, all nations in Beijing, in brotherhood, friendship and peace, in 2008 and forever!