关于大学理想的演讲稿通用五篇 范文英语【20篇】

Work and play do not contradict each other; in fact, they complement each other. As the saying goes, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." A life burdened with work leads you nowhere, for you would get tired and bored with your daily routine work. On the other hand, proper recreation will relieve the tension and discomfort of our monotonous life because it offers you various ways to let out your pent-up emotions.

What I usually do to relax after school is jogging and seeing movies. Usually I don't spare time for exercise, but I value the physical education class at school. Jogging several rounds in the field certainly relieves the day's pressure. On weekends, I'll catch the morning movie for my visual enjoyment. I feel revived and energetic for another week's work-load.

My University

This is the first journal of the college English, I'm not sure what to talk about. With a little moment's consideration, I would like to type down something about my university life.

As I firstly entered the campus, it was not a pleasant journey. Because of the heavy rain, my baggage got terribly wet, which took me a whole day to wish and dry them. And then came the Freshman Military Training. Though it was exhausted and awful, it was still meaningful in someway I think. Fortunately, the military training finished in 3 weeks and finally we got into main subject, our real university life.

If someone ask me "How do you think of your university life? " Now, I would reply with "different "and "challenging "without hesitation. As I have been in university for a week, I get to realize university life is so much different from what I thought before. When I was busy with the College Entrance Exam, I thought the university means less pressure, fewer subjects, more freedom, more spare time and a lovely girlfriend. I once fancied I could see wind blows woods and takes the noisy of birds away. I once fancied I could share sweet sunshine and peaceful air with a girl. I once fancied I could only spend 30% of a day studying, and the rest 70% is my own. But now, I find I have to preview, review and practise for 70% of a day, and hurry to sleep for the other 30%. In university, fewer subjects stands for more difficult knowledge, meanwhile, more spare time means wider knowledge area. Just like what a fellow student say, "In the NPU, you pay one person's fee, learn two personal majors, do three people's homework and beat against seven men to win a love. "

And I think, in university, it's a kind of chance to get more knowledge, eat more snacks, spend more money, try more new things and say good-bye to my teenage life to get ready for another big world.

看完“我的大学学生英语演讲稿3篇”的人还看：

Good afternoon, my dear friends.

I am very happy to meet you here.It is my great honor to communicate with

you at such a special occation.First of all,please allow me to express my

appreciation to you all to listion to me.

I am proud of being a college student.The collegelife is fresh,new

teachers, new classmates and new friends. I like the friendship, and their wide

knowledge and opening mind. The grand library, school buildings and wide

playground attrattde me very much.My college life is better than I expected, I

can do anything I like. In the college we can not only learn the professional

knowledge,but also develop our comprehensive abilities.If we can make full use

of the period,we can learn many useful things.Besides,we should have the active

attitude to our life,do a contributionto the society.Collegelife is the most

precious time in our life.Most of us want to become an outstanding man. But

there are some students still waste their time. They get together for eating,

drinking or playing cards. They're busy in searching for a girlfriend or a

boyfriend. They completely forget their task as college students.

Finally, I hope everybody can try their best to become a worthy person to

our country, and make great contributions to the society!

when i was seven, i started learning English. i played games and sang English songs with other children. sometimes, i watched English cartoons. it's funny. then i discovered the beauty of the language, and began my colorful dream in the English world.

i hope i can travel around the world someday. i want to go to america to visit washington, because my cousin is over there. of course, i want to go to london too, because england is where English language developed. if i can ride my bike in cambridge university, i will be very happy.

i hope i can speak English with everyone in the world. also i'll introduce china to them, such as the great wall, and the gardens in suzhou. i will teaching people of the world about the beautiful language of our country.

i like the English language. to learn English is wonderful. i once wanted to be an English teacher . i also like chinese literature. when i was really young, i was able to remember lots of poems. i also wanted to be a teacher of chinese. now i think that both of my dreams can come true: i will be able to use English to teach foreign friends chinese and share chinese culture with them. so that more and more people will be able to get to know the 5000 years' history culture, and the prosperity of our great china.

my future is not a dream.

敬爱的老师、亲爱的同学们：

大家好!

我是来自年级班的，今天我演讲的题目是《我有一个梦想》。

梦想是石，敲出星星之火;梦想是火，点燃熄灭的灯;理想是灯，照亮夜行的路;梦想是路，引你走到黎明。

每一个人都有自己的梦想，我的梦想是将来成为一名卓越的科学家。妈妈知道我的梦想后一个劲的摇头：“不行，我不同意我的乖女儿当什么科学家哟。科学家很苦，吃不好，睡不好。”但我认为这是妈妈考虑浅短，如果每个人都这么想，那么这个世界还有人为科学事业献身吗?浩瀚的宇宙藏着的无数问号，不也就成了永久问号，人类社会不还处在原始的茹毛饮血、刀耕火种的时代吗?

中国改革开放的总设计师说，科学技术是生产力，而且是第一生产力。伟大的科学家居里夫人发现了镭，可以用于治疗癌症。这一发现，让许许多多被疾病折磨的人们得到解脱，得到了快乐。瓦特发明了蒸汽机，这一发明，使人类社会向前迈进了一大步。

从而为资本主义社会的诞生奠定了坚实的基础。冯诺依曼发明的电脑，从那以后，就可足不出户，也能知晓世界上的重大事情，可真是“秀才不出门，尽知天下事。”小学生遇到难题可以询问电脑，人们可以网上购物，网上交易同，商家们可以运筹于帷幄之中，决胜于千里之外。

这些不都是科学带来的好处与方便吗?也正是有了科学的进步与发展，人类才从原始社会发展到现在，以及后来科技更加发达，物质财富更加丰富的社会!

你知道科学家为什么把冥王星踢出“家门”，称它为“矮行星”吗?你知道在笔尖上发现的星球是谁吗?为什么说是在笔尖上发现的呢?这一切的一切，都可以在科学界中寻求到答案，但是，仍有谜团未解开。

如人类究竟从哪里来?人类的智慧哪那里来?人的头颅可以移植吗?人体的潜力之谜，人体自然之谜，宇宙中的黄金，神秘天体绕太阳运行，火星上的金字塔之谜，亲人与亲人之间发生的心电感应等。

这些谜团，正等待着我们去解答。我相信，只要我们大家共同努力，这些谜团就会迎刃而解的。我们的社会就会更加进步，我们的国家就会更加和谐，更加富强。

我朝着理想奋斗，矢志不渝，坚韧不拔，这个目标决不会与我擦肩而过，它一定会和我成为好朋友，让我创造辉煌，成为第二个获诺贝奖的女性吧!

朋友们，为我加油吧!

谢谢大家!我的演讲到此结束!

Nowadays, the employment of college students is becoming more and more of a

problem. According to statistics, about 30% of graduate students can't find a

job after graduation. These college student who cannot find jobs are at their

worst. Why college graduates have difficulty finding jobs? Why is it a big

problem that puzzled people for years?

The reason for it is various. The main reason has the following points:

Firstly, the number of the college student is increasing faster and faster these

years. In addition, many colleges and universities fail to adapt their courses

to the development of economy.

Secondly, It's easy for some students to find work. But the fact is that some

students don't want to do the job, they except to find a work with a higher

salary. In addition, some graduates did not work hard in college, so they are

not competent for jobs they want.

Last but not least, some college students cannot come to terms with

themselves and with the world around them. They pursue too high goals and are

too particular about such factors as working conditions, salary, and so on.

Therefore, they are reluctant to accept the job when they are offered to

them.

How can we deal with the problem? In my opinion, students who are in colleges

must work harder than before to keep their competitiveness. Only in this way can

we find a suitable job. The government should take effective measures to expand

employment. I do believe that this problem will be resolved soon.

Many years ago, working in the big cities was many graduates’ choice. They

wanted to earn high salary and then found their own place in the economic zones.

But now, the situation changes, as the government put forward some welfare, more

graduates trend to work in the small cities.

许多年前，在大城市工作是许多毕业生的选择，他们想要挣高工资，有一定的经济实力。但现在，情况改变了，政府提出了一些福利使得更多的毕业生倾向于在小城市工作。

The big cities are still the graduates’ first choice to work. In order to

lure more talents to join the building of small cities, the local government has

provided much welfare, such as the fund to do the project, the nice house to

live and so on. Because of the pressure in the big cities, more young people

like to join the team. But the problems will come as they live for a long

time.

大城市仍然是毕业生就业的首选。为了吸引更多人才加入小城市的建设，地方政府提供了很多福利，比如投资资金开展项目，提供条件不错的房子等。因为在大城市的压力，所以更多的年轻人喜欢加入这个队伍。但是随着他们生活很长一段时间以后问题也会接迥而至。

Some young people can’t adapt themselves to the new environment, where full

of old generation and small kids around. It seems to be lacking vitality for

them. What’s more, nobody knows the policy that local government provides

whether will change someday. So when graduates make decision, they need to make

further consideration, or they will waste the best years to search the right

place.

一些年轻人无法适应新的环境，因为小城市都是老人和小孩，他们的生活似乎缺乏活力。而且，谁知道当地政府提供的政策是否有一天会改变。所以当毕业生做出决定时，他们需要深思熟虑，不然他们会浪费最好的年华去实现自己的价值。

Nowadays, more and more university graduates complain that graduation does not equate to employment. They experience great difficulties finding satisfactory jobs. What is the cause of this phenomenon

In my opinion, there are four causes:

First, graduates lack experience. They spend most of their time at school studying academic subjects and lack relevant job training. Only after graduation do they realize it’s hard to find jobs.

Second, competition among graduates grows more bitter and more bitter and bitter. The supply of university graduates exceeds social demand. This results in a decreased chance for any individual graduate to find a job.

Third, some students don’t study hard. Some of them skip classes just because they have no interest in certain subjects. Some play computer games or pursue other interests. Some sleep in class or in the library. Then they leave the sheltered environment of the university campus, to discover they don’t have adequate knowledge to apply for many positions, which makes them feel lost and frustrated.

Finally, some graduates are conceited. They lack experience but ask for a high salary, which is impractical.

So, university students should try their best to change this situation. When they are in school, they should make the most of their time and put their heart into their studies. They can hold part-time jobs in their spare time to accumulate relevant work experience. They should take part in some social activities and provide themselves with special training, if possible. When they graduate and apply for jobs, they should attach more importance to accumulating experience than to their starting salary.

good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i’d like to share my teaching dream with you. but before that, i want to say something about the beginning of this dream. in march this year, three teachers from australia came to our school. during the meeting, we exchanged a lot about education. i found that though we have almost the same teaching philosophy, we have different routines. what impressed me most was that their schools end at 3:00 in the afternoon and have no night classes. i can’t tell which kind of routine is better, but the sharp contrast made me think about a better education. the following is a dreamy school in my mind, in which there is no pressure but pleasure.

in this school, the buildings are well designed, close to nature. in the morning, children can read while enjoying the beautiful sunrise. in the evening, they can exercise by the lake reflecting the amazing sunset. in the spring, they can go to the wild, lie on the lawn, and watch the kite flying in the blue sky. in the summer, they can go to the forest, live in a cabin, and listen to the rhythm of the rain.…

students are free but polite and they respect each other. they can leave at 4:00 every afternoon, or perhaps earlier. they have the freedom to organize time. they can go to the library, go to the lab, the computer rooms or the playground. they’re self-motivated and have a strong thirst for knowledge. and there are no frequent exams and rankings. students won’t be forced to wear uniforms everyday, and there is no required hair style. everyday is so colorful that they are looking forward to the next day when going to bed at night.

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.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen,

When I was little, I lived in a remote village in southern China with my grandparents. Like many kids in the countryside, I enjoyed digging a hole in the opening among paddy fields, using branches and hay to bake sweet potatoes and playing hawk-and-chicken with my friends. Every Chinese New Year Eve, my grandmother would prepare our festive food called Guo. It was a tradition that neighbors help each other prepare Guo. While adults were busy pouring flour on the cutting board, pressing the paste flat and moulding it into beautiful shape, kids would run around in the village’s ancestral temple and immerse ourselves in the enchanting and cheerful smell of holiday.

Having lived in the city for the following ten years, I always feel the changes happening in my hometown every time I go back--the village looks surprisingly similar to the coastal city where I live! The opening field where I baked potatoes was leveled and a manufacturing factory has been built there, blocking the sunlight of our yard. The ancestral temple has been torn down and is now a small supermarket for villagers. The number of people knowing how to prepare Guo is diminishing and young people seem to be more interested in fast food and oblivious of traditional arts and skills. The village seems quite empty because most young people have become migrant workers in cities and only return home once or twice a year.

In the course of urbanization, villages gradually languish and die out when the passing on of traditions lose its population base. The total number of Chinese villages has declined from 3.7 million in 2000 to 2.6 million in 2010. Approximately 300 villages in China are disappearing every day. It’s saddening to see that many ancient villages, which survived warfare and natural disasters over thousands of years, have been demolished or annexed by cities in peacetime. Lulei Village, hometown for the famous mathematician, Chen Jingrun, was an affluent village in southern China with a history of over 700 years. Since the village obstructed the construction of the local railway station, it was almost torn down, including the former residence for Chen’s family.

We Chinese have been reveling in urbanization for decades. What worries me is that one day on this way to modernization, we turn back but are unable to see the link with our origins and ancestors. When we’re surrounded by skyscrapers and neon glamour, what defines us as Chinese? Urbanization does not mean brutally encroaching upon the countryside and strangling rural culture. It should not sever the ties with our beloved homeland. While promoting the country’s economy, it should also allow space for cultural diversity. In the ideal urbanization process, we should no longer emphasize the binary opposition of city and village, but endeavor to form a reciprocal relationship between the two.

Ladies and gentlemen, fallen leaves return to the roots. If we do not redefine and reorient urbanization, we will not be able to save millions of villages, neither can we revert to the origin where we belong.

Thank you.

have been in University for about one year. During my stay here, I came to realize that university life is like drinking coke. We experience all tastes of life here, sour, sweet, bitter and hot.

I am from Province, which is far away from here. I often miss my Mum, friends, and relatives in my hometown. However, I can't see them very often. So loneliness always keeps me company. I am sad that I can't be there with them.

Lucky for me, life in university is rich and colorful. With more free time,we can do many more things besides study, such as joining societies clubs, and taking part-time jobs. Such activities not only make our life more colorful, but also help us improve all kinds of skills. The university is a society miniature, what we learn here will benefit our future life.

Our path in life will not always be smooth. Setbacks can't be avoided. Failing an important exam, break up with boy or girl friend, or refused by a promising company, such setbacks are likely to get us down. Sometimes we fell so frustrated that we even burst into tears.

Drinkin coke is wonderful, despite the undesirble consequent hiccups. It's bitter, sour and peppery, but also sweet. And you'll even feel excited after gulping down a glass. A college experience is part of growing up. We cry, smile, fall in love, get hurt, leave, learn and then we become a better person.

University life is like drinking coke. I'm experiencing it. And I know, I enjoy it!

我一直在大学呆了一年多。我在这儿时,我才意识到大学生活就像喝可乐。我们的生活经历各种口味、酸、甜、苦、辣。

我从省,离这儿很远。我常常想念妈妈的亲戚、朋友,在我的家乡。然而,我不能经常见到他们。那么孤独总是会陪伴我。我很难过,我无法和他们在一起。

幸运的是,我在大学生活是丰富多彩的。有更多的闲暇时间,我们可以做更多的事情除了学习,如加入社团俱乐部,打工。这样的活动,不仅使我们的生活更加丰富多彩,而且还能帮助我们改进各种各样的技能。大学是一个社会,我们在这里学到的微缩有利于我们今后的生活。

我们的人生之路不会一帆风顺。挫折是无法避免的。失败的一个重要的考试,跟男孩还是女孩的朋友,或者拒绝由一个有前途的公司,这样可能会让我们的挫折。有时候,我们觉得很沮丧,我们甚至大哭起来。

喝可乐是美妙的,尽管undesirble随之打嗝。这是苦的,酸和暴躁,而且甜。你甚至可以感觉到激动下一杯。全身后,一个大学的经验是成长的一部分。我们哭泣,微笑着,坠入爱河,受伤,离开,学习,然后我们做一个更好的人。

大学生活就像喝可乐。我的感受。我知道,我喜欢它!

尊敬的各位老师，亲爱的同学们：

大家好，我今天演讲的主题是：放飞青春梦想。

梦想是，青春这班车我们最想去的地方。在最美的青春，拼搏和奋斗是抵达梦想的车票。

纵观风云历史，多少英雄豪杰，以此为歌，叱咤风云。

为理想而奋斗是最美丽的。知否?知否?有一条武汉长江大桥，如蛟龙出世。将“中国没人可用，中国无能”的谣言粉碎;有一条钱塘江大桥，宛如一道彩虹横跨汹涌的钱塘江。为人民带来便利和幸福。这些都出自一位平凡而伟大的中国人——茅以升。

他出生于战火纷飞的年代，从小立志造好桥，造福人民。在年轻时，茅以升怀着对桥的热爱。当他看到桥时，会仔细观察认真考究。甚至读到有关桥的句子，文言文他都一一摘录。古今中外关于桥的著作，他孜孜不倦，博览群书。汲取着中外文化的精髓。他开拓了视野，提升了自己的能力。更为他将来造桥奠定了重要的知识基础。

为了理想，他用实际行动向理想的彼岸航行。在夜以继日的奋斗，刻苦学习下他终于以第一名的成绩考取留美研究生。在取得博士学位后，他毅然国外优厚的条件，回国报效祖国。后来他燃烧青春，哪里需要他，哪里就有他的身影。梦想最终得到实现，成为我国著名的“桥梁之父”。

为梦想而拼搏的青春是最精彩的。“封侯非我意，但愿海波平!”这是著名抗倭将军戚继光的心愿。在年轻时他苦练武艺，博览群书，拜武艺高超的人为师，学得一身本领。当国家危难，他挺身而出。凭借非同寻常的领导才能和高超的武艺，戚继光带领的戚家军骁勇善战，令倭寇闻风丧胆。在戚继光的拼搏奋斗下，清除了东南沿海的倭寇。实现了他报效祖国的心愿，铸就一曲磅礴之歌，谱写了他的精彩人生。

回顾历史，令人感叹，令人振奋。以史为鉴，可以知得失。同学们，我们正处在比茅以升，戚继光更好的年代。我们拥有他们所无法想象的资源，开拓的视野。正因为如此，我们应当更加勤奋努力。“少年强则国强，少年智则国智。”在最美好的青春里，我们要为梦想而拼搏奋斗，去努力谱写我们的青春之歌，放飞青春梦想，驶向理想的彼岸。

我的演讲完毕，谢谢大家。

Mary was an English girl, but she lived in Rome. She was six years old. Last year her mother said to her, “You’re six years old now, Mary, and you’re going to begin going to a school here. You’re going to like it very much, because it’s a nice school.” “Is it an English school” Mary asked.” Yes, it is,” her mother said. Mary went to the school, and enjoyed her lessons. Her mother always took her to school in the morning and brought her home in the afternoon. Last Monday her mother went to the school at 4 o’clock, and Mary ran out of her class. “We’ve got a new girl in our class today, Mummy,” she said. “She’s six years old too, and she’s very nice, but she isn’t English. She’s German.” “Does she speak English” Mary’s mother asked.” No, but she laughs in English,” Mary said happily.

My Father

My father is a tall man with a pair of glasses. Everyone says he is a kind-hearted man. He often helps his neighbours and some strangers whom he doesnt know at all. He has really done a lot for others. I dont like him to do so because I think it has taken him too much time. When I discourage him, he always says with a smile,The world needs warm hearts.

My father loves his family, and loves his work even better. In the company, he is called workaholic He spends most of his time working, and often forgets to have meals or to go to bed.As a result,he doesnt enjoy good health. My father likes reading in his spare time. He told me reading was very interesting. I became interested in reading little by little. I like books, because they help me in many ways. My father has a bad habit he likes smoking very much. I hate it. See, the house is full of smoke. I know its bad for his health as well as mothers and mine. I advise him to give up smoking. Im sure he will follow my advice some day. Such is my father. I am proud of having such a good father.

红砖绿瓦，长满青苔的墙壁拥有着斑驳的记忆，也记录无数的大师的风度;碧波荡漾，校园中的水的柔净带给人一天的清新，收集着朝朝暮暮的露气。林荫小道，浓郁的树荫留下许多的年轻的爱情的背影，收集独属青春青涩的年华;浩瀚书海，卷帙浩渺书海淹没着自己，虽然觉得渺小却被大大的幸福拥抱着。图书馆中静谧的气氛，构筑我们对象牙塔美丽的向往，对大学的生活无数的遐想……

我心中的大学生活是充满仁爱的。各位老师在尽职尽责忙碌自己的工作之余，花点时间，把更多的关怀以及爱留给自己的学生，让每位学生得到有如父母关怀的温馨，不让他们有除学习之外无谓的压力和苦恼，以体现为人师表的内涵，每个学生以阳光般的笑颜和心态面对生活的点滴。

我心中大学生生活是光明、廉洁、大爱的。学生十年寒窗苦读，走进大学校门。为了铸造打开大学校门的这把沉甸甸的“钥匙”他们付出了难以想象的艰苦。高额的费用再也不是无法逾越的大山。作为知识聚集的圣堂，学校本着”以人为本“的宗旨，一切为了学生，为了学生一切，教书育人，传道授业。更多的去关怀学生的学习、生活，特别是那些贫困家庭和有残疾的学生家庭，送去校领导的体贴，让他们放下沉重的思想负担，安心学习。

我心中大学是和谐温馨的。同学们来自五湖四海，缘分所至，让大家相聚在了大学校园。大家都有着各自独有的文化和习俗，却那样理所应当的成为了哥们，我理想中的大学生活，会在下午的第三节课和同宿舍的其中的一两个或者集体逃课，躺在操场上的草坪上晒太阳，然后平静的畅想自己的未来。或者，会认识一个和他一见如故感情事业人生观价值观统统出奇的相似相见恨晚然后痛痛快快的一聊就是三天三夜的朋友。

我心中的大学生活是书香芬芳的。书是知识的海洋，每个人都愿接受它的洗涤。图书馆作为大学校园文化的中心，希望同学们畅所欲游。大家在这，欣赏各种报刊、杂志、教科书等，了解世间百态，既充分满足视野享受和充实自己，又锻炼自己的阅读能力，可谓一举两得。在书香芳香中生活学习实为一种人生享受。

我心中大学生活是充满勤奋的。为了自己以后的人生目标，大家相互促进，刻苦学习，珍惜时间，把握机会。先哲曾言：人若把一生的光阴虚度，便是抛下黄金未买一物。在大学这个美好校园里，我们怎能不为自己一搏?阳光下，献给你我最好的年华。

Dear friend ,whenever and wherever I think of China, I feel very much proud

of my motherland. Not only because of its vast land and rich culture but also

for the great changes that have been taken place here . Especially after the

20_ Beijing Olympic Games, China has emerged from its humble past to be a world

power , my motherland is becoming more and more prosperous .

However , at the same time , the environmental problem is becoming more and

more serious . You may still remember that "Green Olympics" is one of the three

themes of Beijing 20_ Olympic Games . But there is still something that does

not go with the Green Olympics in our daily life . For instance：we can always

see plastic bags flying everywhere when it's windy ; illegal advertisements

lying on the overbridge or the pavements look like scars of the city ; some

people even go to sleep with there light on for whole night .

As a middle school student , I am proud of the prosperity of my motherland

, while also worried about the environmental problems we are facing . I am eager

to do something to make my motherland more beautiful , so I have already taken

actions . I have put up signs asking people not to step on grasses in my school

and I have helped plant trees in the park . I have also called on my classmates

to help clean the nearby neighborhood on volunteering day .

One finger can not lift a small stone . It's necessary to get everybody to

take actions so as to make China a powerful and strong country in the world

.

My country has a bright foreground , I believe that in the future, more and

more people would be proud of China just like I do. For it's not only a country

of high technology and modernization, but also a country of green ideas and

environmental friendliness .

I will contribute my whole life to my mother- China, and devote all my life

to respond her. I wish my motherland much prosperous and strong each day , and I

wish our green homeland lasting forever !

I am proud --I am a son of China!

In my 18 years of life, there have been many things. University days are the best part of them. I can never forget the days when I stepped into my university. I was impressed by its garden-like campus, its enthusiastic students and especially its learning atmosphere. I at once fell in love with it.

After the arduous military training, I get absolutely absorbed in my studies. The classes given by the teachers are excellent. They provide us with information not only from our textbooks but from many other sources as well. They easily arouse my insatiable desire to take in as much as I can.

Frankly speaking, at first I had some difficulty following the teachers. However, through my own efforts and thanks to my teachers' guidance, I made remarkable progress. Now I've benefited a lot from lectures and many other academic reports.

Learning is a long process; I'll keep exploring in the treasure house of knowledge to enrich myself. This summer I got out of the ivory tower and entered the real world. A publishing house offered me a part-time job in compilation and revision.

At the beginning I was belittled by my colleagues. But they were really surprised when I translated seven English articles over 5,000 words on only one day. Gradually, they began to look at me with respectful eyes. In their opinion I turned out to be a useful and trustworthy colleague.

I also realize that only those who bring happiness for others can be truly happy. So I often take part in activities concerning public welfare. I once went to a barren mountain village with my classmates. We taught the kids there who could not afford school. While showing them how broad and how civilized the outer world is, I was deeply touched by their eagerness to learn, their honesty and their purity. I couldn't control my tears on the day when we left. The precious experience with the poor kids made me aware of the responsibility on the shoulders of us, future teachers.

Besides study and social practice, there are entertainments as well. I do body building every day, hoping to keep healthy and energetic. We also write a play and put it on in our spare time.

Campus life is the most splendid time. But different people have different choices. The majority of students cherish their beautiful season and cherish the hope that one day they'll become outstanding. But there are indeed some students still under ignorance. They gather together for eating, drinking or playing cards. They're busy in searching for a girlfriend or a boyfriend. They forget completely about their mission as college students and the hope of their motherland.

Finally, I do hope everybody can try their best to become a worthy citizen of the country. I do hope everybody can become the backbone of our nation and make great contributions to society!

the wedding gift

ray’s wedding had gone off without a hitch. everyone seemed to have had a good time. a few people had too good of a time; they went home with designated drivers. all evening, the gift table remained unguarded. who would steal anything, ray thought. he had never heard of such a thing happening at a wedding. but his best friend aaron said there was a first time for everything. he strolled out regularly from the inside festivities to check on the gift table, making sure no one suspicious was hanging around it.

ray and julia went on a 3-week honeymoon to italy right after the wedding. when they got back, they opened all the gifts and sent out thank you notes. but there was one problem. a married couple that used to be good friends had apparently given nothing. this surprised julia, because walt and mary said they were thrilled to be invited. and, they actually seemed to have had a great time at the wedding. frankly, ray didn’t even care if they hadn’t given a gift. he just needed to know whether to send a thank you note. ray called aaron. aaron said maybe walt had left an envelope on the gift table like aaron had. “yes, but we got your envelope with the cash inside,” ray said.

“maybe my envelope looked too thin, and some thief thought walt’s envelope looked nice and fat.”

aaron asked ray if he had looked everywhere for walt’s gift. had he called up the wedding site to see if anything had been left behind? ray said that he had looked everywhere and made a lot of calls that were fruitless.

ray didn’t know what to do. if he sent walt and mary a thank you note for a gift they hadn’t given, they would be insulted. if he didn’t send them a thank you note for a gift they had given, they would be insulted.

“what would you do?” ray asked. aaron said he would call walt up and tell him the problem.

“you can’t go wrong with simply being honest,” aaron said.

“oh, yes, you can,” ray countered. “sometimes it’s best to let sleeping dogs lie.” but he thought about it, and finally decided that honesty might be the best policy. he called walt and told him the problem. walt said that yes, he had given an envelope. in fact, the envelope contained $500 cash.

“$500?!” ray asked. “that’s a lot of cash, walt!” walt admitted that it was, but he had gotten a fat raise early that year and ray’s was the only wedding he’d been to in quite a while. ray thanked him very much, and apologized sincerely for someone stealing walt’s generous gift. walt told him that it was “only money.”

when ray told aaron about walt’s gift, aaron laughed. “the only thief at the wedding was walt! i quit playing cards with him last year because i caught him cheating. and it was only a $10 pot! i’m sure i told you about that.”

“yes, you did tell me,” ray said. but, of course, he had to send walt a thank you note anyway.

I Regain Confidence

By Li Jun (李军青岛海洋大学)

(2001年11月下旬，在上海举行的第七届“21世纪·爱立信杯”英语演讲比赛华东地区比赛中获得第一名)

专家点评:本演讲语言较流畅，从具体事件人手，将主题升华，催人奋进。

I received a devastating blow to my self-confidence in the first interview of my college years. I applied to be a host in our Student Acting Troupe and felt confident that I would be accepted. But one of the panel members told me: "You seem inadequate and you are a little vertically-challenged." My life has never been the same since. I used bigger heels to complement my height and psychological maneuvers and tricks to hide my lack of confidence. But no matter how hard I tried to look the part, there was still something missing.

As president of English Club, I organized the rehearsal of Snow White for an English party. Unfortunately, we could not find an actor to be the last dwarf. It had to be someone who was humorous by nature and fluent in English. Suddenly, all eyes turned to me, and I knew I would have to be the dwarf. To my great surprise and delight, once on stage, I was totally absorbed in the performance and my humorous nature was put to full use. As the dwarf, I was a big hit.

Yes, each of us is only one among millions of others, but each of us is an individual and each of us is unique. Cultivating our individuality will transform our lives, making of them a kaleidoscope of new colors and textures.

A world deprived of diversity would be a bland and boring place. The real tragedy is not being short or shy or ugly, but having your identity lost in a world in which everyone is a clone of a model cool boy or a flawless charming girl.

Given a choice, I would rather be ugly than live in such a world. I'd rather be a genuine dwarf accompanying a Snow White than be a Snow White among nothing but Snow Whites. I would rather be myself. I would contribute my individual and unique colors to create a more diverse universe. Please, be yourself.