英语演讲稿

第一篇：英语演讲稿

Thirty college students across the country attended the Tenth 21st Century Cup National English Speaking Contest in Beijing on April 10.Eventually, Xia peng, from Nanjing University was named the champion.The second and third places went to Zhang Jing, a sophomore from China Foreign Affairs University, and Zhang A Xu, from Hong Kong polytechnic University, respectively.More than 1000 college students in Beijing are lucky birds to listen to the speeches on the spot in Friendship Hotel.Just make to it the finals, they had to get past 60 others speaking on “The impact of globalization on traditional Chinese values”.That was at the semi-final on April 8-9.What will Chinese college students think about the impact? Each contestant had his own take on the subject.Xia summed up globalization by saying: “It’s just controversial and hard to say whether it is good or bad.” Xia took the old wall of his city, Nanjing, as a metaphor.He spoke about the conflict over whether to protect the old walls or tear them down to represent the conflict of ideas.He suggested that people protect the wall as a valuable relic while tearing down the “intangible walls” of their minds that prevent communication.While some other students are more focusing on the impact of globalization on family relations, attitudes towards love, and job-hunting.Over the past 10 years, the national English speaking competition has given contestants a chance to speak on a variety of topics closely related to their lives.Chinese students become more open-minded and receive various ideas and thinking over the decade.Diversity becomes more obvious on campus, students have more opportunities to express and show themselves.It’s not an easy task for the contestants to win through the fierce competition.Owning to their passion, hard work and persistence, they finally succeeded in the contest.Liu Xin, the first champion of the national contest, is now an anchorperson of CCTV-9.Recalling the passion of study on campus, she said: “When you want to express your idea by a foreign language without finding a right way, you’re really upset.Then you have to encourage yourself, and after a long term of bitterness, suddenly you find you get the right way with joy.” With the champion title in 21st Century Cup, Liu attended the International public Speaking competition in London in May 1996 afterward and got the first prize historically.The winner in ～ surprised the audience, since she came from accounting major instead of English major.Gu Qiubei, then 22 years old, was a senior in Shanghai Foreign Studies University.While being asked whether she had some good methods to learn English, she said: “Learn English with passion and enthusiasm.” Attracted by the greatness of English language, Gu even changed her major from accounting to English in her postgraduate study.The most important issue in English learning process she pointed out is personal interests.Only people interested in English benefit a lot from the learning methods and those with passion will finally achieve their dreams.When chief of global media giant Viacom Sumner Redstone gave a speech in Tsinghua University on his autobiography A passion to Win, he was asked what made him to restart his career at the age of 60, the 81-year-old media tycoon said: “Firstly, there’s a self-driving force in my deep heart, which keeps my passion to succeed and surpass others;secondly, I don’t think I’m too old to leave work, actually I love my work very much.”

Some of the contestants have achieved their dreams as Redstone;still others are on the way to their dream.With a passion to win, you will overcome obstacles and succeed at the end.I’m studying in a city that’s famous for its walls.people who visit my city are amazed at the imposing sight of its walls, especially when silhouetted against the setting sun with gold, shining streaks.The old, cracked bricks are covered with lichens and the walls are weather-beaten guards standing still for centuries.Our ancestors liked to build walls.They built walls in Beijing, Xi’an, Nanjing and many other cities, and they built the Great Wall, which snakes across half our country.They built walls to protect against enemies and evil spirits.This tradition has survived to this day: we still have many parks and schools walled off from the public.For a long time, walls were one of the most natural things in the world to me.My perceptions, however, changed after I made a hiking trip to the eastern suburbs of my city.My classmates and I were walking with some foreign students.As we walked out of the city, we found ourselves flanked by tall trees, which formed a wide canopy above our heads.Suddenly one foreign student asked me, “Where is the entrance to the eastern suburbs?”

“We’re already in the eastern suburbs,” I replied.He seemed taken aback, “I thought you Chinese had walls for everything.” His remark set off a heated debate.At one point, he likened our walled cities to “jails”, while I insisted that the eastern suburbs were one of the many places in China that had no walls.That debate had no winners, but I did learn a lot from this student.For instance, he told me that some major universities like Oxford and Cambridge were not surrounded by walls.I have to admit that we do have many walls in China, and as we develop our country, we must look carefully at them and decide whether they are physical or intangible.We will keep some walls but tear down those that impede our development.Let me give another example.A year ago, when I was working on a term paper, I needed a book on business law and found a copy in the law school library.However, the librarian coldly rejected my request to borrow it, saying, “You can’t borrow this book, you’re not a student here.” In the end, I had to spend 200 yuan to buy a copy.Meanwhile, the copy in the law school gathered dust on the shelf.At the beginning of this semester, I heard that my university had started to think of unifying its libraries and linking them to libraries at other universities, so my experience wouldn’t be repeated.Barriers would be replaced by bridges.An inter-library loan system would give us access to books from any library.With globalization and China integrated into the world, I believe many of these intangible walls will be knocked down.I know that globalization is a controversial issue, and it is hard to say whether it is good or bad.But one thing is for sure: it draws our attention to China’s tangible and intangible walls and forces us to examine their role in the modern world.And how about the ancient walls of mine and other cities? Should we tear them down? Definitely not.My city, like Beijing and other cities, is actually making a great effort to preserve the walls.These walls attract historians, archaeologists, and many schoolchildren who are trying to study our history and cultural heritage.Walls have become bridges to our past and to the rest of the world.If the ancient builders of these walls were still alive today, they would be proud to see such great changes in the role of their walls.They are now bridges that link East and West, South and North, and all countries of the world.Our cultural heritage will survive globalization.

第二篇：英语演讲稿

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

第三篇：英语演讲稿

We Are The World ,We Are The Future

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

第四篇：英语演讲稿

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

第五篇：英语演讲稿[定稿]

Life without limits

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

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

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

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

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

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

These are what I wanna share with you.