英文演讲,如何提高教育

第一篇：英文演讲,如何提高教育

A total of 48 schools in central and eastern China who aim to upgrade their designated

learning institution status passed the preliminary evaluation by the Ministry of Education, the complete list of names released to the public on December 29.As outlined by the ministry, in order for a learning institution to be considered for university status in China, standards include having over 100 professors, over 8,000 enrolled undergrads, at least 10 different masters degree programs, as well as specific credential requirements for instructors and number of national awards.Liu Shaohuai, secretary of the Party committee at Yunnan University in Kunming, Yunann Province, was quoted by the Kunming-based Chuncheng Evening News as explaining that a school upgrade, such as from a college to university, helps in improving its education strength and quality, as well as strengthening its reputation and influence.However, it is still unclear that name changes are effective or how stringently the standards are upheld by the Ministry, amounting to nothing more than repackaging the same institution to attract students and increased government funding.Do you see the upgrade process as effective in improving its quality of education or merely a form of marketing?

Song Jun

A first-year sociology graduate student at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan

Being awarded a status change is key for schools looking to improve their reputation.Because most high school students prefer having the word “university” over “college” when they apply, a name change will boost enrollment.If enrollment goes up, the school will be able to employ better teachers, thus improving its reputation.Liu Ting

A business administration senior at China University of Petroleum, Beijing

A school's strength doesn't depend on what its name is.Take Massachusetts Institute of Technology for example.It doesn't have the word “university” in its name, but it is still a prestigious institution sought after by many students all over the world.Wang Qi

Associate professor at Hebei Normal University

The process involved in getting an upgrade is positive to the school's development, because as a “university”, the school has to improve their campus, courses and faculty in order to do so.Prof.Wang

at China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing

Changing from a “college” into “university” in title gives others an impression that the school has been improved.But the strength of a school lies in its education quality, not its name.Some schools especially add eye-catching words such as “finance and economics” or “politics and law” to their names, but whether this is reflecting any actual change is questionable.The education department should tighten up their evaluation of schools applying for an upgrade As China outperformed the rest of the world economically during the financial crisis,optimism about the country's progress soared--and self-satisfaction has followed.I worry that as a result the country's internal push for reforms has stalled.That's not good, for China's apparent strengths mask some serious underlying weaknesses.The area in which China needs reform most is education.Richard Levin, the president of Yale University, predicts that within 25 years several Chinese universities will be ranked among the world's top 10 and compete with Ivy League schools.Is there a reason for such a prediction, or is Levin just trying to scare his alumni into donating more to stay competitive?

Sure, there have been improvements, but not nearly on the scale Levin implies.China's professors and the research they do are indeed becoming world-class.The government earmarks 1.5% of gross domestic product for spending on higher education, and it has made it a specific goal to recruit some of the world's top minds by building world-class laboratories and giving them very generous funding.Many of my classmates from

Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences have been actively recruited, and some of them are now professors at Peking University and China's other top universities.To get the Chinese version of tenure, professors must get published in world-class journals in English;publication in Chinese journals doesn't count.These are all encouraging signs.They are the first thrust toward a Chinese institution cracking the world's top tier.However, an educational system can't become great on the merits of a few faculty

members who were mostly trained abroad and their research, awards and patents.It has

to be equipping students with the thinking skills that will allow them to compete with

graduates anywhere in the world and create the next Google(GOOGpeople)or Apple(AAPLpeople).By that measure, China's universities aren't succeeding.Too many multinational corporations can't find enough highly skilled white-collar workers in the country.In

interviews my firm, the China Market Research Group, conducts every year with senior executives at foreign companies in China, we hear a common complaint that younger workers just don't think analytically enough, despite being intelligent and earnest.It's incredible, when you consider that the number of university graduates has risen from 1 million a year a decade ago to more than 6 million this year.Former U.S.assistant secretary of education Chester Finn recently wrote in TheWall

Street Journal that the average Chinese college applicant has spent 30% more time in the classroom than his American counterpart--and that's not including considerable time in enrichment classes after school and on weekends.Finn cites that figure as something the U.S.should emulate.I could not disagree more.The amount of time in class is not the issue;the quality of that time is, and there the Chinese education system is lacking.Here are the three areas where reform should be concentrated:

First, students should be allowed to apply to colleges and then choose their majors later on, based on their interests.Currently they have to apply when they are 18 years old for a specific major at a specific school, the way Ph.D.students apply to postgraduate

programs in the U.S., and then they study that subject alone for four years.If they don't get accepted by their chosen academic department, they don't get in to the university.The result is that they try to game the system, applying for the major they think will get them into their university of choice rather than the one that actually interests them.The way curricula are designed, they rarely get to take electives, so they develop is no

multidisciplinary depth.Many students realize before long that they don't want to study biology or accounting after all, but they find they have no choice.This is a big reason there has been a recent boom in private training schools for young professionals.Second, universities need to work more closely with companies like Microsoft(MSFTpeople)and Intel(INTCpeople)to develop curricula and work-study programs.They need to become less theoretical and more practical in their aspirations.Not all students can become great thinkers, but all students need to learn how to earn money and support themselves.Colleges can do more to help with that by beefing up their career departments, aiding students in presenting themselves to prospective employers and forging better relationships with businesses.Finally, China's universities should make more effort to teach students to think critically.Too much learning is done by rote, and by taking in lectures and reading assignments with little or no discussion.Too many classes are graded solely on the basis of large multiple-choice exams, and there is little classroom interaction.Chinese graduate students need to spend more time teaching, with proper preparation, to improve the quality of instruction at the university level.A better trained corps of teaching fellows could lighten professors' loads and cut down class sizes significantly.That would make possible classroom discussions, allowing students to form their own thoughts and debate them.Chinese universities can't simply recruit their way to international prominence.They need to do far more to train their students to think, or their graduates will continue to fall short of employers' expectations--and China's own competitiveness on the world stage will suffer, too.Shaun Rein is the founder and managing director of the China Market Research Group, a strategic market intelligence firm.He writes for Forbes on leadership, marketing and China.

第二篇：英文演讲--教育与未来

Hello everybody!How is everybody doing today? I know that for many of us, this year is the first year of graduate study.Maybe some of you are wishing it was still summer and you could have stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.I know that feeling.But I’m here today because I want to talk with you about our education and future.We can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world--and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities.That’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.This isn’t just important for your own life and your own future.What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country.The future of China depends on you.What you’re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.So We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect.Maybe Some of you don’t have those advantages.But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life--what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have--none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school.There is no excuse for not trying.You know, Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.No one’s written your destiny for you, because here in China, you write your own destiny.You make your own future.J.K.Rowling--who wrote Harry Potter--her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published.Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career.But he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my life.And that’s why I succeed.”

The story of China isn’t about people who quit when things got tough.It’s about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.So I expect all of you to get serious this year.I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do.So don’t let your family down or your country down.Most of all, don’t let yourself down.Make us all proud.Thank you very much, everybody.God bless you.

第三篇：英文演讲

Why Do People Want To Have Less Stressed Life

As modorn society is bringing so much strees to people who want to just make a living, more and more people chosed to have less stress than high salery, glamorous life style and sometimes, fame.So, why do people want to have less stressed life? Some may ask.I think the main reason is almost every knows that stress is a great killer to health.Yes, if you are not even healthy, what are thease money for? It doesn't worth it!It is obvious, no one is not clear about that.There are may be other reasons too.Some people who do cares about their families found they have less time to spend wirh people they love because of the work load caused by stress.The complain“ I don't even know since when my little girl can call me dady!Stress has brought too much from my life!”

Of course, there maybe other reason for people getting away from stress, and i guess i don't have make a list of it.Because, each of you here may raise yourself the question: why do i want to have a less stressed life? And different version of the answer will just pop out your mind!

Everyone, please always remember: Seeking for a successful life is not wrong, but you should always judge the the thing you get and the thing you sacraficed.

第四篇：英文演讲

I feel so happy to have the chance to make a speech.The title of my speech is Protect the Environment, Protect Ourselves.I hope you will like it.今天能有机会给大家做这个演讲我感到非常荣幸。我演讲的题目是保护环境就是保护我们自身，希望大家喜欢。

Everybody knows waste paper and used coke cans are discarded everywhere.You might have seen plastic bags flying in the sky and getting caught in the trees when the wind blows or maybe you have seen old cans floating in the rivers and polluting the water.Our environment is the place in which we live, but it is being ruined by us.大家都能看见废纸，可乐瓶丢得到处都是；也可能看到过塑料袋满天飞，当风停的时候就挂在树上；易拉罐在河里顺流而下污染水源。我们大家赖以生存的环境，却被我们亲手破坏了。There is a story about house and trees.It is said that a man’s house was

surrounded by a lot of trees.Though the wind was strong, that man could have a good rest under the trees.How comfortable the life was!One day, that man wanted to enlarge his house, so he cut down all the trees.Then the autumn came without the protection.The strong wind blew the roof of the house into the sky.The whole house was gone with the wind.What a pity!But that’s the price people have to pay for destroying in the ecology balance.People shouldn’t be short-sighted.Protecting the environment is everyone’s task.有一个关于房子和树的故事。讲的是一个人住在树林围绕的房子中，尽管风很大，这个人还是可以在树下安然而坐。这是多么惬意的生活啊！可是有一天，他想扩建他的房屋，所以他把所有的树都砍掉了。然而，秋天就在这时候来了，因为房子没有任何的保护，狂风把房顶吹上了天空，整个房子黯然消逝在狂风中。这又是多么遗憾的一件事啊！但是，这就是破坏生态平衡的人所要付出的代价。人类不应该目光短浅，保护环境人人有责。

As you know, there are four kinds of pollution.They are air pollution, water pollution, waste pollution and noise pollution.But what can we do to solve the pollution? I think, firstly, we can make cars that don’t pollute the environment.We can ask companies to use modern clean technology.In some big cities, we can limit the number of cars.Secondly, we can try to use less water and make sure that we do not pollute the water.We can tell factories that they are not allowed to pour waste water into the lakes and rivers.Thirdly, we should not throw rubbish in parks and cities.We can pick up rubbish if we see it.We can put more rubbish bins in our parks and cities.Fourthly, we can live far from the noise and make the laws to limit the noise.大家都知道，有四种污染：空气污染、水污染、废弃物污染、噪音污染。但是，我们要怎么做才能避免这些污染呢?

我认为，首先，我们可以让汽车不再污染环境。我们可以让现代的公司使用清洁能源。在大城市，可以限制汽车数量。

第二，我们可以尝试节约用水，并且确保不污染水源。告知工厂，不能将废水直接倾倒在河流和湖泊。

第三，我们不应该随便乱扔垃圾，看见随地乱扔的垃圾的时候，随手捡起来；并且在我们的城市和公园绿地增设更多的垃圾箱。

第四，我们可以立法，设置最小噪音，从而让我们远离噪音。

第五篇：英文演讲

Jeff Bezos：We are What We Choose

As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas.在我还是一个孩子的时候，我的夏天总是在德州祖父母的农场中度过。

I helped fix windmills, vaccinate cattle, and do other chores.我帮忙修理风车，为牛接种疫苗，也做其它家务。

We also watched soap operas every afternoon, especially “Days of our Lives.”

每天下午，我们都会看肥皂剧，尤其是《我们的岁月》。

My grandparents belonged to a Caravan Club, a group of Airstream trailer owners who travel together around the U.S.and Canada.我的祖父母参加了一个房车俱乐部，那是一群驾驶Airstream拖挂型房车的人们，他们结伴遍游美国和加拿大。

And every few summers, we'd join the caravan.每隔几个夏天，我也会加入他们。

We'd hitch up the Airstream trailer to my grandfather's car, and off we'd go, in a line with 300 other Airstream adventurers.我们把房车挂在祖父的小汽车后面，然后加入300余名Airstream探险者们组成的浩荡队伍。

I loved and worshipped my grandparents and I really looked forward to these trips.我爱我的祖父母，我崇敬他们，也真心期盼这些旅程。

On one particular trip, I was about 10 years old.那是一次我大概十岁时的旅行。

I was rolling around in the big bench seat in the back of the car.我照例坐在后座的长椅上。

My grandfather was driving.祖父开着车。

And my grandmother had the passenger seat.祖母坐在他旁边。

She smoked throughout these trips, and I hated the smell.她一直在吸着烟，我讨厌烟味。

......At that age, I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic.在那样的年纪，我会找任何借口做些估测或者小算术。

I'd calculate our gas mileagethey're given after all.天赋得来很容易—毕竟它们与生俱来。

Choices can be hard.而选择则颇为不易。

You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful, and if you do, it'll probably be to the detriment of your choices.如果一不小心，你可能被天赋所诱惑，这可能会损害到你做出的选择。

This is a group with many gifts.在座各位都拥有许多天赋。

I'm sure one of your gifts is the gift of a smart and capable brain.我确信你们的天赋之一就是拥有精明能干的头脑。

I'm confident that's the case because admission is competitive and if there weren't some signs that you're clever, the dean of admission wouldn't have let you in.之所以如此确信，是因为入学竞争十分激烈，如果你们不能表现出聪明智慧，便没有资格进入这所学校。

Your smarts will come in handy because you will travel in a land of marvels.你们的聪明才智必定会派上用场，因为你们将在一片充满奇迹的土地上行进。

We humanswill astonish ourselves.我们人类，尽管跬步前行，却终将令自己大吃一惊。

We'll invent ways to generate clean energy and a lot of it.我们能够想方设法制造很多清洁能源。

Atom by atom, we'll assemble tiny machines that will enter cell walls and make repairs.也能够一个原子一个原子地组装微型机械，使之穿过细胞壁，然后修复细胞。

This month comes the extraordinary but also inevitable news that we've synthesized life.这个月，有一个异常而不可避免的事情发生了—人类终于合成了生命。

In the coming years, we'll not only synthesize it, but we'll engineer it to specifications.在未来几年，我们不仅会合成生命，还会按说明书驱动它们。

I believe you'll even see us understand the human brain.我相信你们甚至会看到我们理解人类的大脑。

Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Galileo, Newtonsomething that simply couldn't exist in the physical worldthe life you author from scratch on your own-begins.明天，非常现实地说，你们从零塑造自己人生的时代即将开启。

How will you use your gifts?

你们会如何运用自己的天赋？

What choices will you make? 你们又会作出怎样的抉择？

Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions? 你们是被惯性所引导，还是追随自己内心的热情？

Will you follow dogma, or will you be original? 你们会墨守陈规，还是勇于创新？

Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure? 你们会选择安逸的生活，还是选择一个奉献与冒险的人生？

Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions? 你们会屈从于批评，还是会坚守信念？

Will you bluff it out when you're wrong, or will you apologize? 你们会掩饰错误，还是会坦诚道歉？

Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love? 你们会因害怕拒绝而掩饰内心，还是会在面对爱情时勇往直前？

Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling? 你们想要波澜不惊，还是想要搏击风浪？

When it's tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless? 你们会在严峻的现实之下选择放弃，还是会义无反顾地前行？

Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder? 你们要做愤世嫉俗者，还是踏实的建设者？

Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind? 你们要不计一切代价地展示聪明，还是选择善良？

......I will hazard a prediction.我要做一个预测。

When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made.在你们80岁时某个追忆往昔的时刻，只有你一个人静静对内心诉说着你的人生故事，其中最为充实、最有意义的那段讲述，会被你们作出的一系列决定所填满。

In the end, we are our choices.最后，是选择塑造了我们的人生。

Build yourself a great story.为你自己塑造一个伟大的人生故事。

Thank you and good luck!谢谢聆听，好运！