大学英语演讲比赛演讲稿
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. The title of my speech today is Crossing the Sea . An English poet by the name of Rudyard Kipling once wrote in this poem We and They :All the people like us are Weand everyone else is TheyWe live over the seaWhile They live over the wayWe eat pork and beef with cow horn-handled knivesThey who gobble their rice off a leafAre horrified out of their lives.When these lines first caught my eyes, I was shocked--how could two people remain so isolated and ignorant of each other in the past? Today's society, of course, is an entirely different picture. Those people who used to eat with gobble their rice might be as well have taken to fish and chips. Indeed, just take China as example; Our modern life has been influenced by Western style of living in so many ways that it's no longer surprising to see teenagers going crazy about rock-and-roll, whole families dining out at McDonald's and even rather elderly people dressed in Apple Jeans. However, these are only some expressions of the cultural changes taking place in our society today. What is really going on is a subtle but significant restructuring of the nation's mentality. Just look around. How many college graduates are ready to compete aggressively for every job opportunity, whereas not long ago they were asked just to sit idle and wait for whatever was to be assigned to them by the government? How many young people are now eager to seek for an independent life whereas only two decades ago they would rely totally on their parents to arrange for their future? Ask anyone who participates in today's speech contest. Who has not come with a will to fight and who has not come determined to achieve self-fulfillment in winning the game? And I'm quite certain that if Confucius had lived to see today's China, he would have been horrified to see young lovers kissing each other in public places in an unreserved expression of their passion. It is therefore evident that we as descendants of an ancient Eastern civilization are already living under strong influence of the Western culture. But it is not only in China that we find the incorporation of the two cultures. Take the United States as an example: During the 1980s, in face of the overwhelming competition from Japan, many American companies such as the Ford began to adopt a teamwork management from their rivals, the essence of which, lay at the very core of Eastern culture. Take the Chinese acupuncture as another example: This traditional treatment of diseases is finally finding its way to the West and hence the underlying notion that illness is resulted from the imbalance between yin and yang within the body--an idea which would strike any Westerner as incredible in the past! Ladies and Gentlemen, we live in a great epoch when the global integration of economy and the information revolution have brought cultures of the world closer than ever before. We live in a particular era when countries, East and West, find themselves in need of readjusting their traditional values. We live, at the same time, at a critical juncture of our evolution because such problems as ethnic conflicts and regional unrest are increasingly posing a threat to the peace and happiness of the whole human race.To cope with such an era and to embrace an even brighter future, we need to learn to live more harmoniously in a world community which is becoming smaller and smaller. My dear fellow students, our command of the English language render sit possible for us to gain an insight into Western culture while retaining our own cultural identity. Therefore, it is our sacred responsibility to promote the cultural exchanges and hence the mutual understanding between China and the rest of the world. It is my happiest dream that new generation of Chinese will not only grow up drinking Coca cola and watching Hollywood, but also be blessed with the far-reaching benefits of multiple cultures; benefits that our forefathers had never, ever dreamed of. To end my speech, I would like to quote Rudyard Kipling again:All the people like us are WeAnd everyone else is TheyBut once you cross over the seaYou will end by looking on WeAs only a sort of They.Thank you.译文:穿越海洋女士们、先生们，晚上好。
今天，我演讲的题目是:《穿越海洋》。
英国诗人罗得雅德·吉卜林曾写过一首诗，名叫《我们与他们》，其中写道:像我们的人是我们其余的人是他们我们生活在海这边他们生活在路那边我们用牛角柄的刀叉吃猪牛肉吞吃粽叶包饭的他们吓得要死。
第一次读到这首诗，我很震惊——过去两个民族何以如此疏离、彼此陌生?当然今日的社会呈现出完全不同的情景:那些过去吃米饭的人们也开始喜欢吃鱼和薯条。
的确如此，就拿中国来说，西方的生活方式已经广泛地影响了我们的现代生活，以致对于年轻人对摇滚乐着迷，全家去吃麦当劳，老年人穿苹果牌牛仔裤，大家都已习以为常。
然而，这不过是我们当今社会中所发生的文化变迁的表面现象而已，真正发生的却是我们的民族心理开始了微妙而又有重大意义的重建，大家只要看看周围就会清楚。
不久以前，大学生还只是束手空坐，等待政府给他们分配工作;如今，又有多少大学生正在做充分准备，为争取任何工作机会而激烈角逐? 20年前年轻人还完全依靠父母为他们安排未来，今天又有多少年轻人在急切地寻求一种独立的生活?试问今天参加演讲比赛的诸位，谁不是带着志在一搏的心情来到这里?谁不是铁下心来赢得这场比赛以实现自我?如今年轻人毫无顾忌地宣泄情感当众亲吻，我确信，倘若孔子在世，他必被吓坏。
很明显，我们这些东方古老文明的后裔们早已生活在西方文化的强烈影响之下，然而出现这种异质文化合流的现象不止是在中国。
以美国为例，20世纪80年代，面对来自日本的强大竞争压力，许多美国公司如福特公司开始采用对手的集体合作管理方式，而这种方式正是东方文化核心之精华。
再以中华针灸为例，这种传统的医疗方法以及这种疗法的依据——即人体阴阳失调导致疾病最终得到西方社会的承认，而在过去，西方人还认为这是无稽之谈。
女士们，先生们，我们恰逢一个伟大的时代:全球经济一体化、信息革命使得世界各种文化联系比以往更加紧密;我们恰逢一个特殊的年代:无论是东方国家还是西方国家都意识到自身急需调整传统价值。
与此同时，我们正生活在发展的关键时刻:种族冲突，地区动荡正越来越威胁着整个人类的和平与幸福。
如何对待这一时代，拥抱更加灿烂的未来，我们需要学会在越来越小的世界大家庭中更加和睦地生活。
亲爱的同学们，我们掌握英语，得以了解西方文化，与此同时，又不失本民族的文化特征。
因此，促进中国与世界的文化交流与相互理解是我们神圣的责任。
我有一个美好的梦想，我梦想中国的年轻一代不仅仅在喝可口可乐、看好莱坞影片中成长，而且还受益于我们的父辈所从未梦想过的多元文化所带来的深远影响。
最后，再次以罗得雅德·吉卜林的诗作为我此次演讲的结尾:像我们的人是我们其余的人是他们然而一旦你们穿洋越海就不会再把我们看做仅仅是他们。
谢谢。
英语演讲比赛稿(带中文翻译)
第一篇：（简单的）Ladies and Gentlemen , Good afternoon! I’m very glad to stand here and give you a short speech. today my topic is “Life”. I hope you will like it , Man’s life is a process of growing up, actually I’m standing here is a growth. If a person’s life must constituted by various choices, then I grow up along with these choices. Once I hope I can study in a college in future, however that’s passed, as you know I come here, now I wonder what the future holds for (= what will happen to) me. When I come to this school, I told to myself: this my near future, all starts here. Following I will learn to become a man, a integrated man, who has a fine body, can take on important task, has independent thought, an open mind, intensive thought, has the ability to judge right and wrong, has a perfect job. ?? Once my teacher said :” you are not sewing, you are stylist; never forget which you should lay out to people is your thought, not craft.” I will put my personality with my interest and ability into my study, during these process I will combine learning with doing. If I can achieve this “future”, I think that I really grow up. And I deeply believe kindred, good-fellowship and love will perfection and happy in the future. How to say future? Maybe it’s a nice wish. Lets make up our minds, stick to it and surely well enjoy our life. 先生们小姐们，大家下午好
我非常荣幸站在这里为你们带来一段小小的演讲，我今天所要讲的主题是“生命”，我希望你们喜欢。
人们的生活正在逐步的改善着。
实际上，我站在这里就正在成长。
如果一个人的生命必须面对许多各种各样的选择，那么，我会一边选择，一边成长。
曾经我希望我能在将来在大学里学习，不管怎么样，我考过了，如你所见到的，我现在正站在这梦寐以求的大学里，可是现在，我更渴望知道我的未来会有什么等着我。
当我来到这所学校的时候，我告诉我自己。
我的将来就从这里开始，接下来，我要学着去成为一个男人，一个
的男人，并有一个健康的身体。
能够胜任重任，能有独到的见解，能见识广泛，能思想深邃，能判断出对的和错的，能工作的非常出色。
我的老师曾经说过：“你不闭塞，你可以自成流派。
永远不要忘记你所能展示给人们是你的思想，不是你的技术。
”我将把我的人格和我的兴趣以及我的能力带到我的学习中去，在这个过程中，我将注重实践和理论的结合。
如果我能实现我的这个梦想，我想，我那时就真正的长大了，那时我相信我的亲情，友情，爱情将会变的十分完美，十分幸福。
你对你的将来怎么看呢
可能那会是一个很美好的愿望。
让我们坚定我们的目标，为之努力，并真正的享受我们的生命第二篇：稍难,而且比较长，你可以根据中文掐掉一些修饰的段落，精简一下。
是篇好文章。
Objectively SpeakingPeople in this world can be divided into two categories: those always working and those always making comments. The working ones never have time to idle away. Some may run a hotel, or do some business; some may open a factory or set up a school; others may be absorbed in scientific research, or devoted to military affairs or political issues. Right or wrong, successful or failed, they are always fully committed to their careers. Facing all kinds of risks(not because they neglect them, but mainly because they have the courage), and shouldering the responsibilities, they march forward, bravely and cautiously. They are risking their luck and their lives as well. They have neither time nor energy to comment on others. While attentively planning the future, they devote themselves wholly in hard work, leaving the embroidered stories and malicious gossips flying in the air. The commenting ones, however, usually work less, and even if they want to work sometimes, they simply are not capable enough. They are no better than anyone, but show admiration to nobody either. They blame either the heaven, or the earth, but never themselves. They dare not to take any risks, but they are also afraid of any hard work. They are gossip-mongers, making stories and spreading rumors, making you feel annoyed and upset. It’s not because that you have hurt them, or disturbed them, or hindered them, but because you are working. If only you are working, he is there commenting. Everything is hard at the beginning. You have just started a new cause, needing encouragement and support, yet he is there pouring a jar of cold water or blowing a gust of chilly wind, making you worried or perplexed. But once you have succeeded, he is there again sharing your success without feeling a little ashamed of the discouragement he had given you.Many people don’t like using their mind but enjoy echoing the views of others. They often take it for granted that the working ones are wrong while the commenting ones are definitely right. However in all fairness, how can it be true? Not working itself is already wrong, and it is a blunder to hurt the hard working people.From ancient time to the present, many great men have been commented on endlessly. Take the cases of Confucius, Emperor Qinshihuang, Empress Wu Zetian, Gengis Khan, Dr. Sun Yet-sun, Chairman Mao, Deng Xiaoping, etc.. Both positive and negative criticism have been made about them. They not only enjoyed compliments but also suffered slanders from all over the world.When commenting on what’s right and what’s wrong, the commenting ones themselves don’t really know what is wrong and what is right. They are simply demanding perfection. When criticizing the others’ inability, they themselves are actually unable to do anything, but simply pretending that they know better. This can well be compared with the actors and spectators. A new program is always followed by large amounts of criticism from the spectators. But if a spectator is given a chance to perform, a disaster will surely happen. Diners are always commenting on the skills of the chefs while readers are always criticizing the writers. Another case in point is the forty-chapter sequel of A Dream of the Red Mansions, which were written by Gao E who did a nearly perfect job. Nevertheless there are always such people who claim to be the experts on the novel, criticizing the latter forty chapters as a wretched sequel to a fine work. What if we ask them to write the sequel? I’m afraid they can only make it worse. It’s easier said than done.Capable and wealthy people are always the focus of the society. Capable people are usually marching ahead of others and may not be properly understood, hence causing various kinds of comments, more criticism but less support; Capable people can easily succeed, thus causing both admiration and comments, more jealousy but less appreciation (only their good luck is recognized); Capable people can be sought for help and attract the attention of the society, thus causing a lot of comments, more complaints but less gratitude (even though they didn’t ask anyone for help, if only they were not able to help others in a satisfactory way, it’s already their fault);Capable people can also suffer setbacks (some even experience ups and downs many times), experiencing fully the warmth and coldness of the human world, more hurts but less helps.Wealthy people are non the easier. No doubt there are cruel-hearted rich men, but it is also wrong to think that no wealthy people are kind-hearted. They are capable of devising and managing and they often need to take risks to get the chance. But who care about these?Whenever a group are dining or entertaining, everyone will take it for granted that the rich should pay the bill instead of going Dutch. If the rich doesn’t pay, then he’ll definitely be regarded as a miser;Among good friends and relatives, the rich should often help the poor, otherwise he will surely be blamed for his cruel-heartedness;From the ancient times, people have been used to killing the rich to save the poor, without thinking about how the rich became rich and the poor stayed poor. The policy of “allowing some people to get rich” has balanced people’s mind to some extent, but there is still a long way to go before we can get rid of “the hatred toward the wealthy”.Capable people or rich people are just human, neither sages nor perfect men. They have their own faults, and they may also commit mistakes. But objectively speaking, some mistakes are forced on them, which are the expectations of the public. They are expected to do this or that, but when expectations become disappointments, they have to take the blaming. In fact, it’s the public’s fault to demand for perfection or counting on unrealistic expectations of the rich.I encourage people to work, even though they may commit mistakes.I advise those enjoying commenting to make some effort to do something for the others. I hope people can make comments objectively instead of subjectively, without going to extremes, and not out of preference. I also hope that the hard-working people do not care too much about what the others say, even what the others criticize. You should believe that public opinions will finally decide what’s right and what’s wrong. What we need is just time. 平心而论 （中文翻译）世界上总有一些人在做事，总有一些人在说事。
做事的人不闲着，或者包个饭店，或者搞个买卖，或者办个工厂，或者建个学校，或者专心科研，或者从军从政。
也许对，也许错；也许成功，也许失败，但很投入。
他们担着天下的风险（并非都是忽略，大多还是敢于面对），扛着双肩的责任，奋然前行，又战战兢兢，常常是在赌运、也赌命。
他们没有时间去说别人的事，也没有精力去理会别人的事。
他们抬头看路，埋头做事，任由别人的飞短流长。
说事的人，常常是不大做事。
或者也曾经想做事，但做不来。
他们可能谁都不如，但又谁都不服。
怨天怨地，不怨自己。
他们不敢担任何的风险，又不肯出少许的力气。
一件事，他们能从头说到尾。
先是乌鸦叫，后来喜鹊噪，一会一变脸，令你心烦闹。
并不是你伤害了他，并不是你干扰了他，并不是你阻碍了他。
但只要你在做事，他就会来说事。
万事开头难。
当你刚刚起步，正需要鼓励与支持的时候，他会一盆凉水，一股阴风，让你浑身不舒服。
而一旦你业有所成，他又会满面春风地来分一瓢羹，好象不曾给过你那片下雨的乌云。
世上有许多人不喜欢动脑，却习惯于人云亦云。
他们常以为错在做事的人，理在说事的人。
但平心而论，怎么会这样呢
不做事，本身就是错。
再打击做事的人，不是错上加错嘛
从古至今，许多能人，伟人，都被无休无止地评论着。
如、、、、、、等，说是的有，说非的也有。
也堪称誉满天下，谤满天下。
说人是非，并非明白是非，不过是求全责备而已。
说人不行，未必自己真行，不过装腔作势而已。
就如演员与观众，每个节目出来，都会有一大堆褒贬。
但真让观众上台，可能又演不成了。
食客总是在评论厨师的手艺，读者总是在评论作者的长短。
再如的后四十回，乃所续写。
公平地说，几近天衣无缝。
但就有那么些人，甚至打着红学家的招牌，一定要说后四十回怎么不行，怎么狗尾续貂。
真不行吗
就让这几位“红学家”写写看，他们恐怕连鼠尾都拿不出来。
侃山容易，搬山难啊。
能人、富人，永远都是社会的焦点。
能人可能超前，为世人所不理解，会引起议论纷纷，支持的少，攻击的多。
能人可能成功，引起世人的羡慕，也会引起众多评论，佩服的少，嫉妒的多。
（只承认你的运气和侥幸）能人可能被求助，受到世人的关注，从而导致事后的品评，感谢的少，抱怨的多。
（你没有求人，但别人求你的事没办或没办好，都是你的错。
）能人也会遭遇挫折，（有人甚至三起三落）感受人心的冷暖，洞知世态的炎凉，帮扶的少，推墙的多。
富人也不轻松。
固然也有为富不仁者，但也不能说所有的富者都不仁。
他们还有经营能力和运作手段，并且常常要充满冒险地去把握先机。
但谁管这些
一群人吃饭或游乐，大家一定会认为要富者买单，而不是AA制。
如果你不买，那就是吝啬。
在亲朋好友的圈子里如果有富者，那就必须经常周济他人，否则就会被指责无情无义。
自古就有“杀富济贫”，不管富是怎么富，贫是怎么贫。
允许一部分人先富起来的政策，让人们的心态好多了。
但仇富观念的消除，还要漫长的历程。
能人、富人都是人，既不神圣，也非完人。
他们都有自身的毛病，也会犯各种错误。
但平心而论，还有一种错误是别人强加的，那就是众人的期望。
期望他们这样，期望他们那样，期望变成了失望，就成了他们的错。
对他们求全责备也好，对他们非份希求也好，其实都不应算作他们的错。
我主张鼓励做事的人，哪怕他们真的有错。
我奉劝说事的人，自己也努力去做些可做的事。
我希望人们能平心而论天下事，不要偏激，不要掺杂个人的恩怨，不要取舍于个人的得失。
我更希望做事的人，不要太在意别人一时怎么说、甚至怎么骂。
要相信，是非自有公论，只是个时间问题。
学校的英语口语演讲比赛，演讲稿开头怎么写
Smile, the world smiles with youDo you still remember the smiles from someone in your mind? What’s your feeling about that? The majority of people are trying to pursue happiness through their lifetime, but what is the root of happiness? I take the strong position that one of the secrets is smile. Smile makes the world go around. It’s easier to make new friends through charming and friendly smiles. Smile always creates a good impression. Maybe we cannot remember someone’s name after meeting each other for the first time; however, his or her smile impressed us. Each of us in the world is spending every minute on daily life kind of in a hurry. We sometimes neglect love or caring from others. What makes it worse is that we don’t even have time to smile to them in return. Many people just turn in on themselves; or show great sympathy on getting into fame or even social climbing. So it is no surprise that weariness or anxiety is around us. It is tragic that what they are up to exhausts them finally. But think for a while, is that all about life? For me, life is always good, wonderful and promising, although my family isn’t rich enough to afford money for me to buy luxuries, or go traveling where I like. There are pains in life, really, which everyone take inevitably. As the saying goes,“No pains, no gains.”Pains or sufferings from life are necessary for one to grow up. Life can never be complete without any difficulties. Life is full of sweetness, but from time to time, life is filled with adversity. That’s life. But one thing for us to remember when facing troubles is to smile. Don’t complain about that. That will make no difference other than keeping you in a worse situation.In fact, all of us are waiting for the day when our dreams come true. But in reality it’s not likely to happen just as what we expect. Perhaps, you are not a success in others’ eyes, you take no money with you or even you have a lower social status; however, you don’t need to lose heart, because the most valuable gift you have is your smile.Everyone has a bad day all his or her life. If you are one of the close friends of them, and you can’t help them out of woods on the spur of the moment, what you could do is to show your nice smile at least, trying to comfort them.
英语口语比赛演讲稿
Yours ,Li HuaDear Mr. Henry,Im Li Hua. I’m writing to ask you to do me a favour. Next month I’m going to participate in an English speech contest with the title My Favorite English Play. I’ve finished my speech draft , but I find it still far from satisfactory.I’m not sure of the proper expressions of some English words. And there may also be some mistakes in grammar and sentence structures. Would you be so kind to improve my draft in the attachment? In addition, I’m wondering whether you can help me with my oral speech at your convenience.I’d appreciate it if you could give me your guidance. Looking forward to your reply.Yours,Li Hua
