介绍美国英文演讲稿

第一篇：介绍美国英文演讲稿

篇一：美国文化之节日介绍演讲稿(英文版)the american heritage festival 1.united states is a cultural powers.short but rich history and unique it makes for an ethnic melting pot, and bring together the worlds culture.if the thought of this huge social and human treasures of get in, we may wish to take a short cut, that is, on his holiday to be a general understanding of the culture, because it is a microcosm of the festival.2.day(情人节 情人节)(february valentines day(情人节)(february 14)3.november 1, halloween is the traditional festival of the west.halloween, namely 31 october night, children enjoy a good time to play.as night fell, the children put on colorful costume, and wore a mask of all sorts, put on a pumpkin lampran out to play.packed with parity, the demons were dressed up as children of mobile pumpkin lamp, ran to a neighbors door, intimidation, like shouting: to trick or treat and give money or to eat.if the adults do not have to change for the hospitality they candy, and those naughty boy just talk the talk: well, youre not playing entertaining, i you.4.november 4th thursday is thanksgiving.on thanksgiving day, the united states the whole fun, people follow the customs of the prayer of thanksgiving to the church, and rural towns are nearby, theatrical performances or sporting events, etc.continues for another year of relatives will return from many, one family luck, taste the delicious thanksgiving turkey.christmas is the most typical christmas tree decorations, people in a small fir or pine filled with gifts and lantern, the top of the tree with a big star.篇二：美国文化演讲稿,英文版 presentation i’m glad to show you mine presentation today.and now let’s see some pictures.what are they? maybe you’ll say “ads”.but do you see the slogans on them? just as this one “obey your thirst”.advertisements give latest information about products.but some people think that advertisements don’t give much information but only try to persuade customers to buy.may be what mentioned above is the citizens’ view about advertisement.so, what i want to say is that we can pay more attention on advertising slogans, and some of them give us some inspiration.we might as well take a look.first i want to share my favorite slogan with you.it’s the slogan of the hennessy.“to me, the past is black and white, but the future is always color.” just as the slogan said, i hold the view that a person can’t be always lost in the past, and no matter how happy or terrible the past is, the future is worthy to be expected.this slogan gives a clear picture of the life that every successful person who want to realize the dream.besides, there’s another slogan, “start ahead”.i believe that most of us are familiar with its chinese meaning “成功之路，从头开始”.iargue that wherever we go and whatever we meet, this sentence is full of power and wisdom.the other one is the slogan of canon.as it said, “impossible made possible.” when we are in case of emergency or we meet difficulties at the critical stage of our life, it’s a good choice for us to use the slogan for encouragement.there’re also many slogans which deserve to be thought about.for example, “intelligence everywhere,” “the relentless pursuit of perfection,” and the most famous one “just do it”.maybe we’ll forget them after the first time we heard them or maybe we could seldom remember them unless in a special situation.in my opinion, since we have so many excellent advertising slogans, we have every reason to make full use of the social resources.in other words, after we enjoy the happiness and know about the introduction of the products, we should take in the wisdom and the truth which behind them.thank you, it’s all my presentation.篇三：美国经典英文演讲100篇

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美国经典英文演讲100篇：oklahoma bombing memorial address2013-04-04 thank you very much, governor keating and mrs.keating, reverend graham, to the families of those who have been lost and wounded, to the people of oklahoma city, who have endured so much, and the people of this wonderful state, to all of you who are here as our fellow americans.美国经典英文演讲100篇：brandenburg gate address2013-04-03 美国经典英文演讲100篇：message to the grass roots2013-04-03 so we are all black people, so-called negroes, second-class citizens, ex-slaves.you are nothing but a [sic] ex-slave.you dont like to be told that.but what else are you? you are ex-slaves.美国经典英文演讲100篇：address on taking the oath of office2013-04-02 the oath that i have taken is the same oath that was taken by george washington and by every president under the constitution.but i assume the presidency under extraordinary circumstances never before experienced by americans.this is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.美国经典英文演讲100篇：a crisis of confidence2013-04-02 this a special night for me.exactly three years ago, on july 15, 1976, i accepted the nomination of my party to run for president of the united states.i promised you a president who is not isolated from the people, who feels your pain, and who shares your dreams, and who draws his strength and his wisdom from you.美国经典英文演讲100篇：on vietnam and not seeking re-election2013-04-01 tonight i want to speak to you of peace in vietnam and southeast asia.no other question so preoccupies our people.no other dream so absorbs the 250 million human beings who live in that part of the world.no other goal motivates american policy in southeast asia.美国经典英文演讲100篇：statement to the senate judiciary...2013-04-01 my name is anita f.hill, and i am a professor of law at the university of oklahoma.i was born on a farm in okmulgee county, oklahoma, in 1956.i am the youngest of 13 children.i had my earlyeducation in okmulgee county.my father, albert hill, is a farmer in that area.my mothers name is irma hill.she is also a farmer and a housewife.美国经典英文演讲100篇：television and the public interest2013-03-31 governor collins, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.governor collins youre much too kind, as all of you have been to me the last few days.its been a great pleasure and an honor for me to meet so many of you.and i want to thank you for this opportunity to meet with you today.美国经典英文演讲100篇：eulogy for robert francis kennedy2013-03-31 on behalf of mrs.kennedy, her children, the parents and sisters of robert kennedy, i want to express what we feel to those who mourn with us today in this cathedral and around the world.美国经典英文演讲100篇：black power2013-03-30 thank you very much.it’s a privilege and an honor to be in the white intellectual ghetto of the west.we wanted to do a couple of things before we started.美国经典英文演讲100篇：chappaquiddick2013-03-30 on the weekend of july 18, i was on marthas vineyard island 美国经典英文演讲100篇：religious belief and public morality2013-03-29 the catholic churchs actions with respect to the interplay of religious values and public policy make clear that there is no inflexible moral principle which determines what our political conduct should be.美国经典英文演讲100篇：presidential nomination acceptance..2013-03-29 i have not sought the honor you have done me.i could not seek it, because i aspired to another office, which was the full measure of my ambition, and one does not treat the highest office within the gift of the people of illinois as an alternative or as a consolation prize.《美国经典英文演讲100篇》音频打包下载2013-03-28 美国经典英文演讲100篇：vice-presidential nomination...2013-03-28 my heart is filled with pride.my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination for vice president of the united states.美国经典英文演讲100篇：the marshall plan2013-03-28 美国经典英文演讲100篇：the great society2013-03-27 how do i document that case? seven years later, the richest 1 percent of our society pays 20 percent less in taxes.the poorest 10 percent pay 20 percent more: reaganomics.美国经典英文演讲100篇：1988 dnc address(上)2013-03-26 tonight, we pause and give praise and honor to god for being good enough to allow us to be at this place at this time.when i look out at this convention, i see the face of america: red, yellow, brown, black and white.we are all precious in gods sight--the real rainbow coalition.美国经典英文演讲100篇：a whisper of aids2013-03-25 incidentally, that he spent weeks in the preparation of--his words and policies were subjected to instant analysis and querulous criticism.美国经典英文演讲100篇：civil rights address2013-03-24 upon receiving the first preliminary hard information of this nature last tuesday morning at 9 a.m., i directed that our thank you very, very much, president keohane.mrs.gorbachev, trustees, faculty, parents, and i should say, julia porter, class president, and certainly my new best friend, christine bicknell--and, of course, the class of 1990.i am really thrilled to be here today, and very excited, as i know all of you must be, that mrs.gorbachev could join us.

第二篇：美国名胜古迹英文介绍 2

1.自由钟

The Liberty Bell, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an American bell of great historic significance.The Liberty Bell is perhaps one of the most prominent symbols associated with early American history and the battle for American independence and freedom.Its most famous ringing, on July 8, 1776, summoned citizens for the reading of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress.Previously, it had been rung to announce the opening of the First Continental Congress, in 1774, and the Battle of Lexington and Concord, in 1775.The bell was not officially known as the “Liberty Bell” until 1837, when it became a symbol of the abolitionist movement.Its cast inscription from Leviticus 25:10 states, “Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.” The Liberty Bell is one of the most familiar symbols of independence and nationhood within the United States, second only to the Statue of Liberty;strangely perhaps, given its widespread use within the country, the Liberty Bell is hardly recognized outside of the US, and far less well known as a symbol of America than either the Statue of Liberty or the Stars and Stripes.2.自由女神

the Statue of Liberty

Liberty Enlightening the World, known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue given to the United States by France in 1885, standing at Liberty Island in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans.The copper statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and is a gesture of friendship between the two nations.The sculptor was Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.Gustave Eiffel, the designer of the Eiffel Tower, engineered the internal structure.Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statue's construction and adoption of the Repoussé technique.The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable icons of the U.S.worldwide,[1] and, in a more general sense, represents liberty and escape from oppression.The Statue of Liberty was, from 1886 until the Jet age, often the first glimpse of the United States for millions of immigrants after ocean voyages from Europe.It's said that il Sancarlone or the Colossus of Rhodes inspired it.3.华盛顿碑

The Washington Monument

The Washington Monument usually refers to the large white-colored obelisk at the west end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C..It is a United States Presidential Memorial constructed for George Washington, the first President of the United States and the leader of the revolutionary Continental Army, which won independence from the British following the American Revolutionary War.Other monuments to honor Washington, also known as the “Washington Monument”, are in Balti more and Washington County, Maryland.The monument is made of marble, granite, and sandstone.It was designed by Robert Mills, a prominent American architect of the 1840s.The actual construction of the monument began in 1848 and was not completed until 1884, almost 30 years after the architect's death, due to lack of funds and the intervention of the American Civil War.A difference in shading of the marble(visible approximately 150 feet up)clearly delineates the initial construction from its resumption in 1876.It is generally considered fortunate that the Greek Doric rotunda Mills planned for the base of the monument was never built.[1]

The Washington Monument at duskIts cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1848;the capstone was set on December 6, 1884, and the completed monument was dedicated on February 21, 1885.It officially opened to the public on October 9, 1888.Upon completion, it became the world's tallest structure at 169 m, a title it inherited from the Cologne Cathedral and held until 1889, when the Eiffel Tower was finished in Paris, France.The Washington Monument reflection can be seen in the aptly named Reflecting Pool, a rectangular pool extending westward in the direction of the Lincoln Memorial.4大峡谷

The Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is a very colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River, in northern Arizona, USA.It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park — one of the first national parks in the United States.President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of the Grand Canyon area, visiting on numerous occasions to hunt mountain lions and enjoy the scenery.The canyon, created by the Colorado River cutting a channel over millions of years, is about 277 miles(446 km)long, ranges in width from 0.25 to 15 miles(0.4 to 24 kilometers)and attains a depth of more than a mile(1,600 m).Nearly two billion years of the Earth's history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut through layer after layer of sediment as the Colorado Plateaus have uplifted.The first recorded sighting of the Grand Canyon by a European was in 1540, García López de Cárdenas from Spain.[citation needed] The first scientific expedition to the canyon was led by U.S.Major John Wesley Powell in the late 1860s.Powell referred to the sedimentary rock units exposed in the canyon as “leaves in a great story book.” Long before that, the area was inhabited by Native Americans who built settlements within the canyon walls.5、华尔街

Wall Street is the name of a narrow street in lower Manhattan in New York City, running east from Broadway downhill to the East River.Considered to be the historical heart of the Financial District, it was the first permanent home of the New York Stock Exchange（纽约证券交易所）.The phrase “Wall Street” is also used as a metonym（换喻词）to refer to American financial markets and financial institutions as a whole.Most New York financial firms are no longer headquartered on Wall Street, but elsewhere in lower or midtown Manhattan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, or New Jersey.JPMorgan Chase, the last major holdout, sold its headquarters tower at 60 Wall Street to Deutsche Bank in November 2001.6、自由女神

Statue of Liberty

Liberty Enlightening the World, known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue given to the United States by France in 1885, standing at Liberty Island in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans.The copper statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and is a gesture of friendship between the two nations.The sculptor was Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.Gustave Eiffel, the designer of the Eiffel Tower, engineered the internal structure.Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statue's construction and adoption of the Repoussé technique.The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable icons of the U.S.worldwide, and, in a more general sense, represents liberty and escape from oppression.The Statue of Liberty was, from 1886 until the Jet age, often the first glimpse of the United States for millions of immigrants after ocean voyages from Europe.It's said that il Sancarlone or the Colossus of Rhodes inspired it.7、第五大道

The Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the center of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA.It runs through the heart of Midtown and along the eastern side of Central Park, and because of the expensive park-view real estate and historical mansions along its course, it is a symbol of wealthy New York.It is one of the best shopping streets in the world, often paired with London's Oxford Street and the Champs Elysées in Paris.It is one of the most expensive streets in the world, on a par with London and Tokyo lease prices.The “most expensive street in the world” moniker changes depending on currency fluctuations and local economic conditions from year to year.Joseph Winston Herbert Hopkins founded this street.It is the dividing line for the east-west streets in Manhattan,(for example, demarcating the line separating East 59th Street from West 59th Street)as well as the zero-numbering point for street addresses(numbers increase in both directions as one moves away from Fifth, with 1 East 59th Street on the corner at Fifth Avenue, and 300 East 59th Street located several blocks to the East).Fifth Avenue is a one-way street and carries southbound(“downtown”)traffic.Some people refer to Fifth Avenue c olloquially as “Fashion Ave,” but many refrain from it to avoid confusion with the real Fashion Ave, also known as Seventh Avenue.Fifth Avenue extends from the north side of Washington Square Park through Greenwich Village, Midtown, and the Upper East Side

8、白宫

Formerly known as the Executive Mansion(1810–1902)the official office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.in Washington, D.C.The White House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres(7.2 hectares).Since the administration of George Washington(1789–97), who occupied presidential residences in New York and Philadelphia, every American president has resided at the White House.Originally called the “President's Palace” on early maps, the building was officially named the Executive Mansion in 1810 in order to avoid connotations of royalty.Although the name “White House” was commonly used from about the same time(because the mansion's white-gray sandstone contrasted strikingly with the red brick of nearby buildings), it did not become the official name of the building until 1902, when it was adopted by President Theodore Roosevelt(1901–09).The White House is the oldest federal building in the nation's capital.9、尼加拉瓜大瀑布

Niagara Falls in the Niagara River, W N.Y.and S Ont., Canada;one of the most famous spectacles in North America.The falls are on the international line between the cities of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, Ont.Goat Island splits the cataract into the American Falls(167 ft/51 m high and 1,060 ft/323 m wide)and the Horseshoe, or Canadian, Falls(158 ft/48 m high and 2,600 ft/792 m wide).The governments of the United States and Canada control the appearance of the surrounding area, much of which has been included in parks since 1885.The earliest written description of the falls is that of Louis Hennepin(in Nouvelle Découverte, 1697), who was with the expedition of Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, the French explorer, in 1678.In the 19th cent., daredevils attempted to brave the falls in barrels, boats, and rubber balls.The great Blondin performed(1859)on a tightrope over the falls, which continue to be a major center of international tourism.Historical and natural history material relating to the region is in the Niagara Falls Museum in the city of Niagara Falls, N.Y.10、巴拿马运河

Panama Canal waterway across the Isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic(by way of the Caribbean Sea)and Pacific oceans, built by the United States(1904-14)on territory leased from the republic of Panama.The canal, running S and SE from Limón Bay at Colón on the Atlantic to the Bay of Panama at Balboa on the Pacific, is 40 mi(64 km)long from shore to shore and 51 mi(82 km)long between channel entrances.The Pacific terminus is 27 mi(43 km)east of the Caribbean terminus.The minimum depth is 41 ft(12.5 m).From Limón Bay a ship is raised by Gatún Locks(a set of three)to an elevation 85 ft(25.9 m)above sea level, traverses Gatún Lake, then crosses the Continental Divide through Gaillard(formerly Culebra)Cut and is lowered by Pedro Miguel Lock to Miraflores Lake and then by the Miraflores Locks(a set of two)to sea level.The average tidal range on the Atlantic side is less than a foot(.3 m);that on the Pacific side is 12.6 ft(3.8 m).11、黄石公园

The Yellowstone Park Foundation is a 501(c)3, non-profit organization created in 1996.A group of concerned citizens, working with the National Park Service, started the Foundation in order to protect, preserve, and enhance Yellowstone National Park.The Foundation works to fund important projects and programs, many of which are beyond the financial capacity of the National Park Service.The Foundation receives no annual government funding;it relies instead upon the generous support of private citizens, foundations, and corporations to ensure that Yellowstone's great gifts to the world will never diminish.Since its inception, the Yellowstone Park Foundation has successfully funded more than 100 projects in Yellowstone.12、帝国大厦

New York, the Empire State Building was built in March 1930, then use the lightest construction materials, built in the West during the economic crisis has become a symbol of U.S.economic recovery, now still and the Statue of Liberty in New York to become a permanent mark.Has world's first high-Building and the New York City landmark building.Empire State Building is a modern high-rise office buildings, and the Statue of Liberty in New York as a sign.Construction on the 381-metre-high Empire State Building, since 1931, the top world's tallest building, the throne for 40 years.This building in the United States the most economically depressed, the most sluggish, with only less than 2 years to build.102 House and 86 in a floor observatory, is due to open Taiwan's Wang, the wind power is considerable.Sunny days when the Yuanwang to be 100 kilometers away.13、夏威夷

For most of us, Hawaii begins to weave her spell（魅力）with some little glimmer（微光）of awareness.Golden beaches and golden people.Sun, sand, sea, and surf„„And somewhere between the blue skies and the palm trees（棕榈树）„„we're hooked（吸引）.The Hawaiian Islands are one of the most beautiful places on earth.The weather is friendly.The temperature ranges from 60-90 degrees all year long.It's a little warmer in summer, and a little cooler in winter, but every day is a beach day for somebody.There are no strangers in Paradise.Perhaps the most beautiful part of Hawaii is the genuine warmth of people.We call it the spirit of Aloha.It has allowed a melting pot of cultures from all over the world to find common ground（共同点）, and a new home, in this most gentle of places.14、百老汇

Broadway theatre is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the United States, as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows.Broadway theatre, or a Broadway show, refers to a performance, usually a play or musical that appeals to a mass audience, presented in one of the thirty-nine large professional theatres with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District of the New York City borough of Manhattan.The shows that reach Broadway and thrive there have historically been perceived as more mainstream and less cutting edge than those produced Off-and Off-Off-Broadway or in regional non-profit theatres such as the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis and the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

第三篇：100篇美国经典英文演讲稿

美国经典英文演讲100篇:Brandenburg Gate Address

Ronald Reagan

Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate delivered 12 June 1987, West Berlin

[AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio.(2)]

Thank you.Thank you, very much.Chancellor Kohl, Governing Mayor Diepgen, ladies and gentlemen: Twenty four years ago, President John F.Kennedy visited Berlin, and speaking to the people of this city and the world at the city hall.Well since then two other presidents have come, each in his turn to Berlin.And today, I, myself, make my second visit to your city.We come to Berlin, we American Presidents, because it's our duty to speak in this place of freedom.But I must confess, we’re drawn here by other things as well;by the feeling of history in this city--more than 500 years older than our own nation;by the beauty of the Grunewald and the Tiergarten;most of all, by your courage and determination.Perhaps the composer, Paul Linke, understood something about American Presidents.You see, like so many Presidents before me, I come here today because wherever I go, whatever I do: “Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin” [I still have a suitcase in Berlin.] Our gathering today is being broadcast throughout Western Europe and North America.I understand that it is being seen and heard as well in the East.To those listening throughout Eastern Europe, I extend my warmest greetings and the good will of the American people.To those listening in East Berlin, a special word: Although I cannot be with you, I address my remarks to you just as surely as to those standing here before me.For I join you, as I join your fellow countrymen in the West, in this firm, this unalterable belief: Es gibt nur ein Berlin.[There is only one Berlin.] Behind me stands a wall that encircles the free sectors of this city, part of a vast system of barriers that divides the entire continent of Europe.From the Baltic South, those barriers cut across Germany in a gash of barbed wire, concrete, dog runs, and guard towers.Farther south, there may be no visible, no obvious wall.But there remain armed guards and checkpoints all the same--still a restriction on the right to travel, still an instrument to impose upon ordinary men and women the will of a totalitarian state.Yet, it is here in Berlin where the wall emerges most clearly;here, cutting across your city, where the news photo and the television screen have imprinted this brutal division of a continent upon the mind of the world.Standing before the Brandenburg Gate, every man is a German separated from his fellow men.Every man is a Berliner, forced to look upon a scar.President Von Weizsäcker has said, “The German question is open as long as the Brandenburg Gate is closed.” Well today--today I say: As long as this gate is closed, as long as this scar of a wall is permitted to stand, it is not the German question alone that remains open, but the question of freedom for all mankind.Yet, I do not come here to lament.For I find in Berlin a message of hope, even in the shadow of this wall, a message of triumph.In this season of spring in 1945, the people of Berlin emerged from their air-raid shelters to find devastation.Thousands of miles away, the people of the United States reached out to help.And in 1947 Secretary of State--as you've been told--George Marshall announced the creation of what would become known as the Marshall Plan.Speaking precisely 40 years ago this month, he said: “Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos.” In the Reichstag a few moments ago, I saw a display commemorating this 40th anniversary of the Marshall Plan.I was struck by a sign--the sign on a burnt-out, gutted structure that was being rebuilt.I understand that Berliners of my own generation can remember seeing signs like it dotted throughout the western sectors of the city.The sign read simply: “The Marshall Plan is helping here to strengthen the free world.” A strong, free world in the West--that dream became real.Japan rose from ruin to become an economic giant.Italy, France, Belgium--virtually every nation in Western Europe saw political and economic rebirth;the European Community was founded.In West Germany and here in Berlin, there took place an economic miracle, the Wirtschaftswunder.Adenauer, Erhard, Reuter, and other leaders understood the practical importance of liberty--that just as truth can flourish only when the journalist is given freedom of speech, so prosperity can come about only when the farmer and businessman enjoy economic freedom.The German leaders--the German leaders reduced tariffs, expanded free trade, lowered taxes.From 1950 to 1960 alone, the standard of living in West Germany and Berlin doubled.Where four decades ago there was rubble, today in West Berlin there is the greatest industrial output of any city in Germany: busy office blocks, fine homes and apartments, proud avenues, and the spreading lawns of parkland.Where a city's culture seemed to have been destroyed, today there are two great universities, orchestras and an opera, countless theaters, and museums.Where there was want, today there's abundance--food, clothing, automobiles--the wonderful goods of the Kudamm.¹ From devastation, from utter ruin, you Berliners have, in freedom, rebuilt a city that once again ranks as one of the greatest on earth.Now the Soviets may have had other plans.But my friends, there were a few things the Soviets didn't count on: Berliner Herz, Berliner Humor, ja, und Berliner Schnauze.[Berliner heart, Berliner humor, yes, and a Berliner Schnauze.²] In the 1950s--In the 1950s Khrushchev predicted: “We will bury you.” But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history.In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind--too little food.Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself.After these four decades, then, there stands before the entire world one great and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity.Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace.Freedom is the victor.And now--now the Soviets themselves may, in a limited way, be coming to understand the importance of freedom.We hear much from Moscow about a new policy of reform and openness.Some political prisoners have been released.Certain foreign news broadcasts are no longer being jammed.Some economic enterprises have been permitted to operate with greater freedom from state control.Are these the beginnings of profound changes in the Soviet state? Or are they token gestures intended to raise false hopes in the West, or to strengthen the Soviet system without changing it? We welcome change and openness;for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty--the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace.General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate.Mr.Gorbachev, open this gate.Mr.Gorbachev--Mr.Gorbachev, tear down this wall!I understand the fear of war and the pain of division that afflict this continent, and I pledge to you my country's efforts to help overcome these burdens.To be sure, we in the West must resist Soviet expansion.So, we must maintain defenses of unassailable strength.Yet we seek peace;so we must strive to reduce arms on both sides.Beginning 10 years ago, the Soviets challenged the Western alliance with a grave new threat, hundreds of new and more deadly SS-20 nuclear missiles capable of striking every capital in Europe.The Western alliance responded by committing itself to a counter-deployment(unless the Soviets agreed to negotiate a better solution)--namely, the elimination of such weapons on both sides.For many months, the Soviets refused to bargain in earnestness.As the alliance, in turn, prepared to go forward with its counter-deployment, there were difficult days, days of protests like those during my 1982 visit to this city;and the Soviets later walked away from the table.But through it all, the alliance held firm.And I invite those who protested then--I invite those who protest today--to mark this fact: Because we remained strong, the Soviets came back to the table.Because we remained strong, today we have within reach the possibility, not merely of limiting the growth of arms, but of eliminating, for the first time, an entire class of nuclear weapons from the face of the earth.As I speak, NATO ministers are meeting in Iceland to review the progress of our proposals for eliminating these weapons.At the talks in Geneva, we have also proposed deep cuts in strategic offensive weapons.And the Western allies have likewise made far-reaching proposals to reduce the danger of conventional war and to place a total ban on chemical weapons.While we pursue these arms reductions, I pledge to you that we will maintain the capacity to deter Soviet aggression at any level at which it might occur.And in cooperation with many of our allies, the United States is pursuing the Strategic Defense Initiative--research to base deterrence not on the threat of offensive retaliation, but on defenses that truly defend;on systems, in short, that will not target populations, but shield them.By these means we seek to increase the safety of Europe and all the world.But we must remember a crucial fact: East and West do not mistrust each other because we are armed;we are armed because we mistrust each other.And our differences are not about weapons but about liberty.When President Kennedy spoke at the City Hall those 24 years ago, freedom was encircled;Berlin was under siege.And today, despite all the pressures upon this city, Berlin stands secure in its liberty.And freedom itself is transforming the globe.In the Philippines, in South and Central America, democracy has been given a rebirth.Throughout the Pacific, free markets are working miracle after miracle of economic growth.In the industrialized nations, a technological revolution is taking place, a revolution marked by rapid, dramatic advances in computers and telecommunications.In Europe, only one nation and those it controls refuse to join the community of freedom.Yet in this age of redoubled economic growth, of information and innovation, the Soviet Union faces a choice: It must make fundamental changes, or it will become obsolete.Today, thus, represents a moment of hope.We in the West stand ready to cooperate with the East to promote true openness, to break down barriers that separate people, to create a safer, freer world.And surely there is no better place than Berlin, the meeting place of East and West, to make a start.Free people of Berlin: Today, as in the past, the United States stands for the strict observance and full implementation of all parts of the Four Power Agreement of 1971.Let us use this occasion, the 750th anniversary of this city, to usher in a new era, to seek a still fuller, richer life for the Berlin of the future.Together, let us maintain and develop the ties between the Federal Republic and the Western sectors of Berlin, which is permitted by the 1971 agreement.And I invite Mr.Gorbachev: Let us work to bring the Eastern and Western parts of the city closer together, so that all the inhabitants of all Berlin can enjoy the benefits that come with life in one of the great cities of the world.To open Berlin still further to all Europe, East and West, let us expand the vital air access to this city, finding ways of making commercial air service to Berlin more convenient, more comfortable, and more economical.We look to the day when West Berlin can become one of the chief aviation hubs in all central Europe.With--With our French--With our French and British partners, the United States is prepared to help bring international meetings to Berlin.It would be only fitting for Berlin to serve as the site of United Nations meetings, or world conferences on human rights and arms control, or other issues that call for international cooperation.There is no better way to establish hope for the future than to enlighten young minds, and we would be honored to sponsor summer youth exchanges, cultural events, and other programs for young Berliners from the East.Our French and British friends, I'm certain, will do the same.And it's my hope that an authority can be found in East Berlin to sponsor visits from young people of the Western sectors.One final proposal, one close to my heart: Sport represents a source of enjoyment and ennoblement, and you may have noted that the Republic of Korea--South Korea--has offered to permit certain events of the 1988 Olympics to take place in the North.International sports competitions of all kinds could take place in both parts of this city.And what better way to demonstrate to the world the openness of this city than to offer in some future year to hold the Olympic games here in Berlin, East and West.In these four decades, as I have said, you Berliners have built a great city.You've done so in spite of threats--the Soviet attempts to impose the East-mark, the blockade.Today the city thrives in spite of the challenges implicit in the very presence of this wall.What keeps you here? Certainly there's a great deal to be said for your fortitude, for your defiant courage.But I believe there's something deeper, something that involves Berlin's whole look and feel and way of life--not mere sentiment.No one could live long in Berlin without being completely disabused of illusions.Something, instead, that has seen the difficulties of life in Berlin but chose to accept them, that continues to build this good and proud city in contrast to a surrounding totalitarian presence, that refuses to release human energies or aspirations, something that speaks with a powerful voice of affirmation, that says “yes” to this city, yes to the future, yes to freedom.In a word, I would submit that what keeps you in Berlin--is “love.” Love both profound and abiding.Perhaps this gets to the root of the matter, to the most fundamental distinction of all between East and West.The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship.The totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an affront.Years ago, before the East Germans began rebuilding their churches, they erected a secular structure: the television tower at Alexander Platz.Virtually ever since, the authorities have been working to correct what they view as the tower's one major flaw: treating the glass sphere at the top with paints and chemicals of every kind.Yet even today when the sun strikes that sphere, that sphere that towers over all Berlin, the light makes the sign of the cross.There in Berlin, like the city itself, symbols of love, symbols of worship, cannot be suppressed.As I looked out a moment ago from the Reichstag, that embodiment of German unity, I noticed words crudely spray-painted upon the wall, perhaps by a young Berliner(quote): “This wall will fall.Beliefs become reality.” Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall, for it cannot withstand faith;it cannot withstand truth.The wall cannot withstand freedom.And I would like, before I close, to say one word.I have read, and I have been questioned since I've been here about certain demonstrations against my coming.And I would like to say just one thing, and to those who demonstrate so.I wonder if they have ever asked themselves that if they should have the kind of government they apparently seek, no one would ever be able to do what they're doing again.Thank you and God bless you all.Thank you.

第四篇：美国自然主义介绍演讲稿

Opening Good afternoon everyone, I’m honored to represent my group to stand here and talk about the American Naturalism with you today.I hope you can enjoy it.We always say that literature originates from life.Naturalism is probably the most faithful one to describe the life.In the world of naturalism we can hardly enjoy ourselves.The whole picture of naturalism is somber and dark;and the general tone is hopelessness and even despair.So before we go into it there’s something that I hope you can remember about the naturalism.2 We can finds humanistic values in these naturalistic works.In the works there is a desire to assert one’s human identity, to define oneself against the social and natural forces one confronts.Whenever we find the weakness of ourselves we try to fight against it.History background Social background During 1980s(the decades after the Civil War)the United States were changing into “Modern America” in the economic, social and cultural aspects.Industrialism, science and the new philosophy of life influenced the change of the country.The spread of industrialization created extremes of wealth and poverty.The Proletariat workers' life was decided by the external forces beyond their control.There appeared a lot of slums.The conditions in the slums became worse and worse.The city poor lived a life of insecurity, suffering and violence.Westward expansion continued to push the frontier nearer the Pacific coast.But the settlers found themselves controlled by the cruel forces as railroad companies.These forces charged heavy rates and drove farmers to bankruptcy.Life became a struggle for survival.Man is helpless and insignificant in a cold world.Culture background The literature climate of the country was also changing.Apparently the realism writers were too old and too set in their ways to re-orient themselves in the new period.Realism was now too restrained and genteel in tone to tell the truth of the harsher realities of American life.Darwin & Spencer At the same time the spread of Darwin’s theory of evolution changed people’s ideology.Darwin, in On the Origin of Species referred that humans are highly evolved animals.(first)Herbert Spencer is English philosopher.He adapted the theory of evolution into a social system in which those individuals, species, or races with the best acquired characteristics would survive.(social Darwinism)émile Zola(1840～1902)French writer 对比他们的不同

Zola held that the literary artist “must operate with characters, passions, human and social data as the chemist and the physicist work on inert bodies, as the physiologist works on living bodies.” Human beings as “products” should be studied impartially, without moralizing about their natures.He dared to describe the bloody scenes of the life and have the extraordinary and excessive description in human nature.The surroundings and heredity can decide one’s destiny.French Naturalism with its new techniques and new ways of writing, appeal to the imagination of the younger generation like Crane Norris and Dreiser.Put yourself on the operating table.加结语）Definition Let’s see the general definition of the naturalism.The term naturalism describes a type of literature that attempts to apply scientific principles of objectivity and detachment to its study of human beings.Thus, if a writer wishes to depict life as it really is, he or she must be rigorously.Features of Naturalism 1.Human is controlled by laws of heredity and environment and has no free will or choice(determinism).The universe is cold, indifferent, and essentially Godless, man was enslaved, they are helpless, insignificant and lacking dignity.Everything is determined by a complex of internal chemisms and by the forces of social pressure.2.The naturalist writers report the life of the helpless people truthfully and objectively.They write their novels with a passion for scientific accuracy.There are a lot of factual details in their works.They paint life as it is lived in the slums, and are blamed of telling just the ugly side of it.The typical settings are slums, sweatshops, factories, farms.3.The naturalists are different from the realists.Though the naturalists write about real life, they do not look at the average.They look at the violent, unpleasant and ugly sides of life.Instead of reflecting the middle-class life, they write about the life of failure, poverty and even crime.Characters are always ill-educated or lower-class whose lives are governed by the forces of heredity, instinct, and passion.The reality is found when the forces of Nature are most powerful in checking human desires, in keeping humans from realizing their dreams.extreme experiences 4.There are less happy ending in the naturalistic fictions than in the realistic ones.The tone of Naturalistic writings is more ironic and pessimistic and less sympathetic and serious than realistic writings.5.Life became a struggle for survival.Therefore, naturalistic novels reflect the struggle of man to adapt to environment.However the characters in the novels never give up.They died, but they didn’t admit defeat.Representative writers • The young writers were not admitted by the critics of that time and some of there books were forbidden because of their truly reveal of the life.Naturalistic writers cleared the way for the next generation, “the lost generation” of the 1920s.In theme they represented the life of the lower classes truthfully and broke into such forbidden regions as violence, death, and sex.In technique their works exhibit honest skills and artistry.• •

Stephen Crane

Crane's works reflect many of the major artistic concerns at the end of the nineteenth century, especially naturalism, impressionism, and symbolism.his first book, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets(1893)transitional period a sympathetic study of an innocent and abused slum girl Maggie descents into prostitution and her eventually suicide.the red badge of courage

Fleming, a young recruit under fire for the first time in an unnamed battle of the Civil War.A farm boy whose struggle with his emotions might be that of the eternal recruit in any battle of any war, Henry has dreamt of fighting heroically in “Greek-like” battles.In first battle, Fleming witnessed the real, cruel war and the death of soldiers.He began to run like a wild animal.At the same time, he wanted to own a wound---“the symbol of courage”.In his way of return, he was hit by a scared soldier and accidentally got the “the red badge of courage”.Yet he received great praise and careful care because of this “red badge”.In the second war, Fleming began to act like a real hero to fight with his enemy.He was like a war beast and fired without a stop until his comrades remind him of the retreat of the enemy.He became a real man.Comments The Red Badge of Courage is often considered one of the best American war stories ever written, even though the author was born after the events and never saw battle himself.His purpose in writing the book was to rewrite the traditional hero, explore the complicated mental world and instinctive fear, and also to criticize the insignificance of war.It is also a psychological novel.Theodore Dreiser

Dreiser read voraciously by himself.He immersed himself in Dickens and Thackeray, read widely Shakespeare, and tasted Fielding, Pope, Thoreau, Emerson, and Twain, but his true literary influences were from Balzac, Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer.Sister Carrie A country girl comes to Chicago to look for a better life.On the train, she gets acquainted with a traveling salesman, Drouet.She first stays with her sister.However, her sister is too poor to keep her.Then when she is seriously ill, Drouet comes to her rescue and takes her home.Later, her beauty attracts Drouet’s friend, Hurswood.Hurswood deserts his comfortable home and family, and forces her to elope with him.For sometime, they experience terrible poverty.Sister Carrie goes out to work on the stage and becomes successful.But Hurswood proves himself to be unfit.He tries different jobs but fails.Then Sister Carrie deserts him.On a cold winter night, he commits suicide.Comments Materialism, including the desire for money, is an important theme in Sister Carrie.The materialism is shown mostly through Carrie's character but also through Hurstwood, a man with a respectable life and money, who still wants more and for that reason commits a crime.The city in itself is also a place of materialism, it is a place that offers all kinds of amusements, pleasures and things to buy, but to participate in what the city has to offer one has to have money.• Style

–(1)Lack of concision, without good structure.And readers are sometimes burdened with massive detailed description of characters and events.–(2)Lack in imagination, journalistic method

–(3)He broke away from the gentle tradition of literature and dramatized the life in a very realistic way.There is no comment, no judgment but facts of life in the stories.His style is not polished but very serious and well calculated to achieve the thematic ends he sought.Franklin Norris

Frank Norris was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1870.His father, Benjamin, was a self-made Chicago businessman and his mother, Gertrude Glorvina Doggett, had a stage career.In 1884 the family moved to San Francisco where Benjamin went into real estate.In Paris where he studied painting for two years and was exposed to the naturalist novels of Emile Zola He attended the University of California, Berkeley between 1890 and 1894 where he picked up the ideas of human evolution of Darwin and Spencer, that are reflected in his future writings.Although he did not openly support socialism as a political system, his work nevertheless evinces a socialist mentality and influenced socialist/progressive

Comment on The Octopus The railroad is compared to octopus with millions of tentacles.It illustrates how social and economics conditions ruined the lives of innocent, powerless people.But Norris did not seem to blame the railroad officials for the tragedies.To him, conditions, natural forces, not men were responsible for what had happened, and the laws of nature could ruin an insignificant farmer as well as a financial superman.The novel reveals his determinist view clearly.

第五篇：介绍中国结英文演讲稿

The cultural connotations of Chinese knot Good afternoon, my dear teacher and classmates!What can you relate to when you see this? Can it be seen a culture in your opinion? A kind of culture image that indeed derived from it, that’s my topic today.well look what it is.(ppt中国结)Yes, just as you can see, Chinese knot, a kind of characteristic folk decorations of handicraft art.and what I want to introduce to you is The cultural connotations of Chinese knot.I will reveal it in two parts as follows一、二、The developing history of Chinese knot The cultural meaning of Chinese knot  Appeared in ancient time  developed in Tang and Song Dynasty(960-1229A.D.)and  popularized in Ming and Qing Dynasty(1368-1911A.D.Chinese Knot has so long a history ,dating back to ancient time, When our ancestors first invented rope and tied to record events and fix things.The knot has been growing gradually, more and more widely applied in

people’s daily life, by the time tang, it upgrade from original practical use to be used on clothes for decoration, most of which a nice and elegant butterfly knot on women’dresses

when times come to ming and qing dynasty,the Chinese knot are coming into its peak.So many Chinese knots of different styles and colors have permeated into people’s lives at almost all aspacts , appearing on the curtain, closet, necklace as well on the wall and doors of shops。In that period, it was also combined with other fortunate stuff to delived blessings for people.chinese knot，had really become a part of Chinese people’s lives and a special stand for Chinese culture.Chinese Knot has so rich and profound meanings.1.Firstly, knot”is associated with many words like Combinition, unity, ,marriage, close relationship…… which show us the feeling of warm and intimacy.at the same time ,it presents the strength that unite every one.2.Secondly,The pronunciation “jie” is the partial tone of Chinese characters “ji”, which involves various nice and beautiful blessings to people.such as happiness ,wealth ,joy, Longevity and so on.There are many Chinese knots named accordance with their unique characteristic forms,相应地，delivering the warmest regards, best wishes or finest ideal.For example， Pan chang knot means relying on each other and never separated  Double coin knot means plentiful money and treatures  round brocade knot(团锦结)：having a promising future in career or other

3.thirdly,a Chinese knot contains the Philosophy idea of back and forth.Every knot is weaved by a single rope from start to finish.However complex and confusing it looks, it came from the process of countless cycle and can be reduced to the simple 2-D lines.Chinese knots, catching the track of chinese developing history

with such profound cultural connotations, are really a treasure deserving our cherish.