英语演讲稿：什么是真正的美
个人很喜欢的一篇小文章宁静的真谛 the real meaning of peaceThere once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them. One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.从前有个国王，悬赏能画出最好的宁静的画的画家。
很多画家都试过了。
国王看了所有的作品，但他真正喜欢的只有两幅。
一幅画中是一片宁静的湖泊，四周群山环绕，而湖泊就是一面完美的镜子。
蓝色的天空中白云飘飘，每个看到这幅画的人都认为这真是一幅表现宁静的完美作品。
The other picture had mountains, too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all.另一幅画也有山脉，但却崎岖不平，而且光秃秃的。
上面是乌云密布的天空，而且狂风骤雨、闪电雷鸣，一条白色的瀑布从山的一侧倾泻下来。
这看起来一点都不宁静。
But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest — in perfect peace.然而当国王仔细地看了看，他看到在岩石的裂隙中长着一颗小小的灌木。
在汹涌的水流中间，鸟妈妈安坐在她的巢穴中——如此和谐。
Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?你认为哪幅画能得到国王的赞赏呢
国王选择了第二幅。
你知道为什么吗
“Because,” explained the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”国王说：“这是因为，宁静并不是指在这个地方没有噪音，没有烦扰，没有艰难的劳动。
宁静意味着所有这些因素都存在于你的周围，而你的心中依然能保持安宁。
这才是宁静的真谛。
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以“我心中的美”为主题的英语演讲稿
BeautyMany people believe beauty is a form of sophistication and complication. But beauty is not as convoluted and complicated as what many people think it is. In fact, there are two parts of beauty in a person: physical beauty, and natural beauty.If a person labels another as “beautiful, it does not mean that he or she is the Madonna of the decade, or the star of the world. It only means that in one persons point of view, she or he is beautiful. A goddess will not seem beautiful without the influence of a person’s emotions or intuition. Natural beauty exists in everyone, which I believe as even more beautiful than the sophisticated and complicated mask of beauty. My perception is based on what I noticed on the bus on the way to my French class. When I rode on the public bus, a lady sat behind me. She possessed freckles and natural features. But when I turned back, I caught a glimpse of her applying on makeup. The lady looked as if she dipped her face in white powder. Although all the freckles were gone, she looked like a ghost with extremely thick mascara. The natural beauty of that lady is what I consider beautiful, her true beauty; the mask beauty of that lady looked revolting.Not everyone has the same standards for physical beauty. Physical beauty should be considered as the masked beauty of a person; physical beauty, however, is not the beauty that the person gains after a cosmetic surgery. People should embrace what they have and what they are born with. Thus beauty is not a savior faire or the distinction that a person shows. A beautiful woman will not be labeled as beautiful without being affected by a person’s opinion. Anyone who has natural beauty can be described as beautiful. 这样可
急求一篇关于美的演讲稿
一个人能飞多高，并非由人的其他因素决定，而是受他自己的信念所制约。
”这里说到的信念归根结底也就是自信。
在你想做一件事之前，你拥有了自信，也就等于成功了一半。
什么是自信
自信是一种思想，一种内在潜意识，是对自己的肯定。
我们口吃患者缺乏自信，或没有自信，甚至有自卑感，觉着自己讲话不如别人，别人哪样都好，而自己却一无是处。
这些人的生活是痛苦的，他们用消极的心态应对生活，整天处于悲痛、失落之中。
在众人面前抬不起头来，他们很少或从不参加集体活动，性格内项，不善言谈。
因为他们没有勇气面对困难挫折，认为别人都比自己强，所以在社会竞争中没有机会，即使有了机会，也屡遭失败。
难道这些人能力差吗
不
他们的智力并不比别人低，有的人某些方面的表现甚至很卓越。
就是因为自卑，缺乏自信，使他们的聪明才智得不到正常的发挥，以至影响了自己的前程
生活中，做任何事情都有技巧和方法，否则，你可能花费几倍的努力，也达不到理想的效果。
为什么有些人貌不出众，然而他的气度翩翩，在人们面前总显有一种非凡的气质，表现出无处不在的自信呢
这里就谈到了拥有自信的方法和技巧。
俗话说：“金无赤金，人无完人。
”世界上没有完美的事，也没有完美的人，人人都有缺陷、都有不足，做人重要的是扬长避短，挣脱“短处”的锁链，摆脱它对心理的控制，让全身心获得一种自由地走向生活。
在你感到自卑，缺乏自信的时候，你应该平静你的心态，学会仔细观察，只要你善于运用自己明亮的眼睛，你会不难发现周围你认为最完美的人其实也有缺点和短处。
或许这些缺点和短处正是你的长处。
例如：你若感觉自己的个子矮，你会常常羡慕那些个高的人，但是你可能相貌很好，你的学习成绩，工作水平很高，或许你有一个美满的家庭，这些条件那个高的人不一定全具备的，这就是你自身的闪光点。
众所周知，钱是很重要的东西，也是所有人都离不开的，人们都迫切希望拥有它。
人们常常羡慕那些有钱人，向往出门轿车，家居豪宅的生活。
所以在那些有钱人面前有些人感到自己不如别人，产生自卑感，为此而懊恼。
我们知道，很多有钱的人却不能拥有健康，他们被疾病困绕缠身，痛苦不堪。
钱虽好，但是买不来健康，健康对那些疾病痛苦中的人们是多么珍贵和美好。
而穷人没有钱，却拥有了那些有钱人非常想得到的健康，我们还有什么理由自卑呢
总之，拥有自信并不难，你只要平静心态，善于观察，你就会发现自己的长处和优点，用你的这些长处去比别人的短处，你就会拥有自信
我们经过长期的总结和分析发现，一个人的脸皮状况与自我意识有非常明显关系，一个人越是能意识到自己长处和优点，其心理状态就越佳，脸皮抵御外界干扰、刺激就越强，就越不会被失败和挫折吓倒、打倒。
当别人不给自己面子，甚至有意让我们难堪、出丑时，我们依然能够用自我肯定的方式，即依靠我们的脸皮来实现心理上的平衡及精神上的解脱，脸皮此时也就发挥了无穷的威力。
疯狂英语创始者李阳，在兰州大学读书时英语考试时常不及格。
但到大学二年级时必须要过英语四级，否则就拿不到学位证书。
为此他独自一个人跑到陵园里大声读外语，不多时他发现英语进步的很快。
李阳开始了反省：原来由 于自己脸皮薄，怕读不准外语，因而不敢开口，而越不敢开口就越读不准外语，从而形成了恶性循环；而现在进步快的原应就是因为自己独自一个人在陵园大声阅读而不怕别人指责，李阳意识到要想取得更大的进步和成就就得不怕丢脸，大胆阅读。
为此他开始走出陵园到大庭广众之下放声朗读。
为了更好的锻炼自己的脸皮和胆量，他还穿些奇装异服，带上耳环。
果然遭到了很多同学的白眼，甚至有人说他“自不量力，当众出丑，不知羞耻......”但对于一个有理想有抱负的青年并没有因此而退缩、吓倒。
因为他有自己坚定的目标就是锻炼自己的胆量和脸皮以提高自己的水平。
结果在英语四级考试中名列全校第二名，最终的成功是对那些嘲笑者的有力回击。
同时别人的嘲笑也给了李阳锻炼自己的机会。
现在李阳的名字已享誉海内外，他最终赢得了属于自己的真正的“面子”。
我们所说的脸皮厚正是心理健康，勇敢坚强，心胸开阔，充满自信，心理素质高的表现。
它对我们发挥自身潜能，把握机遇，营造良好的人际关系以及更好地适应社会都有极为重要的作用，从而有利与我们积极地创造和实现人生价值。
现代的社会是竞争的社会，机遇对每个人来说是均等的，但它更青睐与那些善于把握它的人。
我们周围的一些成功的人，他们的智力并不比我们高多少，但他们都比较善于把握和利用机会。
而脸皮厚薄又决定了我们把握机会的多少。
脸皮薄者前怕狼后怕虎，怕丢脸，怕别人笑话，怕出丑，怕失败，总是处于消极被动地位，很多本应该能抓住的机遇，结果与之擦身而过，更谈不上成功。
而那些脸皮厚者无所顾虑，坚定自己的目标，敢想敢做，敢做敢当，不怕出丑，不怕失败，因而他们获得的机会就多，成功的可能性也就越高。
失去金钱的人，损失甚少；失去健康的人损失极多；失去勇气的人损失一切。
许多天才因为缺乏勇气而在这个世界上消失。
每天默默无闻的人们被送进坟墓，他们由于胆怯，从未尝试努力过，他们若能接受诱导而起步，就极有可能功成名就。
过去不等于未来，一百个想法，不如一个行动。
怎样拥有自信，就是不断丢脸、丢脸，直到丢得自己满不在乎了，你也就成功了
人生最大敌人就是我们自己，不战胜自己又何谈战胜别人
只要我们充满自信，坚定自己的目标，契而不舍，坚持到底就一定能够成功
英语演讲
If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. “There are only two creatures,” syas a proverb, “who can surmount the pyramids—the eagle and the snail.” If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once. The habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begain early enough. I often hear grown up people say “ I could not fix my attention on the sermon or book, although I wished to do so” , and the reason is, the habit was not formed in youth. If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory. I would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.假如我又回到了童年，我做事要更有毅力，决不因为事情艰难或者麻烦而撒手不干，我们要光明，就得征服黑暗。
毅力在效果上有时能同天才相比。
俗话说：“能登上金字塔的生物，只有两种——鹰和蜗牛。
”假如我又回到了童年，我就要养成专心致志的习惯；有事在手，就决不让任何东西让我分心。
我要牢记：优秀的滑冰手从不试图同时滑向两个不同的方向。
如果及早养成这种专心致志的习惯，它将成为我们生命的一部分。
我常听成年人说：“虽然我希望能集中注意听牧师讲道或读书，但往往做不到。
”而原因就是年轻时没有养成这种习惯。
假如我现在能重新开始我的生命，我就要更注意记忆力的培养。
我要采取一切可能的办法，并且在一切可能的场合，增强记忆力。
要正确无误地记住一些东西，在开始阶段的确要作出一番小小的努力；但要不了多久，记忆力本身就会起作用，使记忆成为轻而易举的事，只需及早培养，记忆自会成为一种才能。
If I were a boy again, I would cultivate courage. “Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice,” syas a wise author. We too often borrow trouble, and anticipate that may never appear.” The fear of ill exceeds the ill we fear.” Dangers will arise in any career, but presence of mind will often conquer the worst of them. Be prepared for any fate, and there is no harm to be freared. If I were a boy again, I would look on the cheerful side. Life is very much like a mirror: if you smile upon it, I smiles back upon you; but if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return. Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come in contact with it. “ who shuts love out ,in turn shall be shut out from love.” If I were a boy again, I would school myself to say no more often. I might write pages on the importance of learning very early in life to gain that point where a young boy can stand erect, and decline doing an unworthy act because it is unworthy. If I were a boy again, I would demand of myself more courtesy towards my companions and friends, and indeed towards strangers as well. The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable. Finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were the sole purpose of life, I would , if I were a boy again, I would still try harder to make others happy.假如我又回到了童年，我就要培养勇气。
一位明智的作家曾说过：“世上没有东西比勇气更温文尔雅，也没有东西比懦怯更残酷无情。
”我们常常过多地自寻烦恼，杞人忧天。
“怕祸害比祸害本身更可怕。
”凡事都有危险，但镇定沉着往往能克服最严重的危险。
对一切祸福做好准备，那么就没有什么灾难可以害怕的了。
假如我又回到了童年，我就要事事乐观。
生活犹如一面镜子：你朝它笑，它也朝你笑；如果你双眉紧锁，向它投以怀疑的目光，它也将还以你同样的目光。
内心的欢乐不仅温暖了欢乐者自己的心，也温暖了所有与之接触者的心。
“谁拒爱于门外，也必将被爱拒诸门外。
”假如我又回到了童年，我就要养成经常说“不”字的习惯。
一个少年要能挺得起腰，拒绝做不应该做的事，就因为这事不值得做。
我可以写上好几页谈谈早年培养这一点的重要性。
假如我又回到了童年，我就要要求自己对伙伴和朋友更加礼貌，而且对陌生人也应如此。
在坎坷的生活道路上，最细小的礼貌犹如在漫长的冬天为我们歌唱的小鸟，那歌声使冰天雪地的寒冬变得较易忍受。
最后，假如我又回到了童年，我不会力图为自己谋幸福，好像这就是人生唯一的目的；与之相反，我要更努力为他人谋幸福。
