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41篇1:简单的英语演讲稿1分钟
Joining the league of international stars like Victoria Beckham, Madonna and Jennifer Lopez, Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor is all set to launch her own web site.
The site would inform netizens about the actress' latest fashion trends.
"Kareena's official website is going to be on an absolutely tech savvy format. It's going to be on the lines of the sites of international stars like Victoria Beckham, Madonna and Jennifer," a source close to the actress revealed Tuesday.
The source added: "Her website is going to be more fashion oriented. The site will have updates not only of Kareena's fashion trends but also other trends that take place all over the globe".
The actress has been known for her fashion presence even in the fashion fraternity and looks forward to sharing her trend sense with her fans through the site.
"She has sound knowledge about the fashion industry and the web site will give her a chance to share her fashion knowledge with her fans. There have been a number of occasions when Kareena has even actively participated in designing her own costumes for films," said the source.
Kareena is also the brand ambassador of a global fashion retail chain Globus.
篇2:英语简单的励志演讲
Quit making excuses! Making excuses or blaming others for any situation in
your life is nothing more than playing the victim.
停止编造借口!无论生活中发生何种情况,编造借口或责怪他人无非是一种假扮受害者的行为。
Take responsibility! Make your life decisions, and if you don’t, then it’s
your fault. You are a spiritual being in a physical body, and your spirit should
run your life. Take it back! Make today the day you quit playing the victim by
making excuses and blaming others for what happens to you.
承担起责任!你应自己做决定,如果没有,那么这是你的失误。你的思想存在于你的身体里,而你的思想左右你的生活。取回你的思想!从今天开始,当面对发生在你身上的事时,停止编造借口或责怪他人。
Quit procrastinating! Cancer is not the most deadly killer; procrastination
is. It kills dreams. It kills your future. Never use the phrase “I’ll try”.
There is no such thing as trying. Pay attention when others use this phrase:
ninety-nine percent of the time they do nothing. The words are just an easy way
to comfort oneself.
不要拖延!癌症并非最可怕的杀手,拖延才是。它扼杀梦想;它断送未来。绝不说“我试试!”这样的话,并没有尝试一说。当其他人这么说时你应注意到,99%的可能是他们并未尝试。这些词不过是种简单的自我安慰。
Quit thinking self-defeating thoughts! Quit thinking that you can’t do what
you want to do. It’s not what you are that’s holding you back; it’s what you
think you are. You were given all the equipment you need to accomplish anything
you desire. Use that power today.
拒绝那些会让你受到打击的想法!不要认为你无法完成你想做的事。让你退却的不是你的现状如何,而是你怎样评价自己。你具备那些能够使你达成梦想的条件,从今天起,让它们发挥作用。
As for bad habits: just quit! Take the challenge. Pick one, and quit it
this week. Next week pick another, and so on. Improve your life by being a
“quitter” now.
戒掉不良习惯!接受这项挑战。选一个坏习惯,从这个星期开始,戒掉它!下周开始另一个,以此类推。做一个“终结者”,让你的生活越来越好。
篇3:简单七年级英语演讲稿
Hello everyone,it's really my honor to be here.Today, shall we talk about courage.
Courage is not only found in the heat of war or the mighty works of brave men and women. Courage is the mother taking care of her sick child in the early morning hours. Courage is the father who shows up on time everyday at a boring, low-paying, dead-end job to feed and clothe his family.
Courage comes in many forms, not only from thoughts and deeds of greatness, but in the routine, everyday art of living.
When life gets you down, when it seems that your world is at an end, take courage and go the next step. You will be amazed at the power and strength you have inside.
Just gather up enough courage to take you through this day. You only have to live one day at a time. You do not have to deal with all your troubles at one time. Like the Scotsman said, "The troubles of tomorrow must wait until this day is done."
Yes, courage comes from deep within the heart and flushes away the paralysis created by fear. A song, a story, a poem or a friend could re-ignite the spark of courage and inspire us to take the next step to success.
That’s all,thank you!
篇4:英语励志演讲稿1分钟简单
Ladies and gentlemen,
I have had a lot of teachers in my school who have given me much help in my
study. For their help I will never forget them. But today I am going to talk
about a special teacher of mine.
This teacher is not a human being and its name is“Computer”. It has been
teaching me a lot of knowledge and I appreciate it very much.
With the development of modern science and technology, computers are widely
used in every teritories [every field] including education. How can a computer
be my teacher? How does a computer teach me? Multimedia(多媒体)helps a lot in this
aspect in recent years, and computer-based training (CBT) has become a popular
educational medium (手段).
Even before the multimedia come [came] up, many different learning systems
appeared, using the components and techniques we now associate with the term
“multimedia”.
Multimedia components, such as graphics (动画) , animations , sound and
video, make the learning process easier through visualization. Animations can
present many complex subjects dynamically, but human teachers can not do this on
blackboards. Multimedia makes our study more lively and interesting.
For example, a CD-ROM disk named “Encarta Encyclopedia” contains 650 MB
information including images, graphics, music clips, video clips, animations ,
texts, hotwords, and database search functions. Fields involved includes
physical sciences, performance arts, social sciences, politics, military,
education and so on. When pressing a button, I can hear American President
Clinton's speech clip.
I may enjoy playing all kinds of musical instruments in the world. I can
also see the animation of many physical phenomena. This makes physical concept
to be understood deeply [ concepts understood better]. The audio features of
multimedia can greatly help me learning [learn] foreign languages. With its
speech output capabilities, I'm no longer dependent on an instructor for proper
pronunciation.
How can I interact with a computer? There are many ways, including
keyboard, mouse pointer, and touch screen. I often use a keyboard.
When I press right keys, I can see and hear whatever I want. Information
world is at my fingertip. I wish that true speech input-output system would be
invented one day.
As teachers, computers have a lot of virtues: They are positive, they have
good memories and never lose any information stored in them.
They have much knowledge in every field. They can let out all kinds of
sounds, and can also improve the efficiency of our study. For example, if I want
to, I can skip some chapters so that I can study at my own pace.
Although computers will never take the place of human teachers, they are
welcomed by more and more learners. Computers will continue to evolve(发展)with
the aid of modern technologies.
Computers are so powerful, helpful and important that everybody needs it,
especially in the future! I love my computer teacher!
Thank you.
篇5:简单的学生英语演讲稿
I still remember the Tatinic,though it's a big ship but it still sunk,so ,in my opinion ,the best ship is the friendship.
Everyone needs friends baceuse there are a lot of things that you can't deal with ypourself,and the friends judt make up for it.
friendship just likes the sun ,it can make you fell warm though in the cold winter,friendship just likes the water in the desert ,it can make you fell that in the world ,there still has hope .in a word ,the friendship is the same meaning as the greatness ,selfness and devotion.
To make friends ,adding a friend equals addng a way ,open your heart ,devote yoursef,let friendship make your world colourful.
篇6:简单的英语演讲稿
I 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!
篇7:简单的学生英语优秀演讲稿
In my opinion, to protect environment, the government must take even more concrete measures. First, it should let people fully realize the importance of environmental protection through education.
Second, much more efforts should be made to put the population planning policy into practice, because more people means more people means more pollution.
Finally, those who destroy the environment intentionally should be severely punished. We should let them know that destroying environment means destroying mankind themselves.
篇8:简单的学生英语优秀演讲稿
I have a pot of cactus, which the body was stabbed, the body is oval, plus a small thorn root straight Yo, looks like a lovely Xiaoci Wei. Cactus look really strange, it was neither the elegant peony, jasmine fragrance and no fragrance, and no graceful narcissus, but it does have a kind of vitality.
Cactus is often said to listen to great length in the desert, it is very strong, even if a month does not give it water, it can still full of life.
Quite right, these days have been snow, the weather is very cold, I have forgotten the existence of Cactus, when I found it, its body covered with a layer of snow, thin, standing there, like dying, I It was pathetic, could not help but to sigh: "Poor cactus, dead!"
I hold the pot cactus, on the mother said: "It's dead! You see it, all withered!" "No, it stands strong with, you see!" Mother cactus flutter of snow rushed to me after said: "Look, it is still so green, but it was wrapped in snow.!" the whole winter, potted cactus that grows in silence still, despite cold invasion, thirst torture, was left intact.
Yes ah, people do not like this? A person with difficulty, as it was encased in the cactus, as long as you can stand the strong, never falling, what difficulty will be overcome it? Even the cold of snow Cactus can unplug see green. Not to mention us?
Think of a child, I am learning calligraphy, then I did a little strong determination, difficulties always retreat. An exercise, I also practiced how well this practice with a brush to write the "dragon" character I gave up the brush on paper back after some chaotic map of the room watching TV. I backed out, I was overwhelmed that heavy snow, but also did not want to stand up. I gave up, it should not be more, ah, I'll use my strong push this snow
Open, good light, in front of me, and I have to give up.
Really, I want to learn the spirit of Cactus, regardless of wind and rain, I will remember, the sun just after the storm, a storm, a rainbow.
篇9:英语简单的励志演讲
What is success? Different people hold views on This question. Some think
that one is successful if he can make a great deal of money. Others argue that
success means holding an important government post. Still others believe that
whoever has got high academic title is successful. It is clear that there are
quite different opinions on success.
In order to become successful, you should first of all be both perseverant
and hardworking. As you know, whatever you do, there are always two possible
results: success and failure. When you fail, you should never lose heart. On the
contrary, you must build up your confidence and work even harder. You should
always keep in mind that perseverance is the mother of success and industry is
the key to it. In addition, you should pay great attention to your work method.
It is necessary for you to sum up your experience constantly and improve the
efficiency of your work. Finally, it is important for you to get along well with
your co-workers, care for each other and help each other. If you follow these
principles, you will certainly achieve remarkable success in the future.
In my opinion, success means achieving brilliant results in one’s work,
that is, making outstanding contributions to the development of the country and
bringing happiness to the people. So my conclusion is that even if one has made
great progress in what he does, I don’t think there’s any reason for him to be
conceited.
篇10:简单的英语演讲稿1分钟
Flute is a modern orchestral and chamber music in the main melody of the treble instruments, appearance is an open severalthe long cylindrical tube. Early flute is ebony wood or coconut, modern multi-use of metal materials, such as nickel silver alloy ordinary professional type of silver alloy, 9K and 14K gold, 90 secondary school students after the first use of silver or silver flute flute, the more popular brands have a love climbing, and Attas, there are performers use special glass flute.
Traditional wooden flute sound is characterized by rich, warm, delicate, and the metal flute sound more bright and broad.
Different materials solely on the basis of the flute player of the loving choice. But the band should be unified in the use of a flute, in order to get the most harmonious and full of sound effects.
篇11:简单的学生英语演讲稿
Our great motherland is one of the largest countries in the world. It has a population of over twelve hundred million. Beijing is its capital.
We Chinese people are brave and hardworking. We have a glorious revolutionary tradition. We drove out all the enemies. In 1949 the People's Republic of China was founded. Since then great changes have taken place in our motherland. Now our country is getting stronger and stronger. We Chinese people are working hard to make our motherland into a powerful country.
Children are regarded as “flower of our motherland”. In our country children are taken very good care of. Special laws have been issuedto protect them. Thousands of schools have been set up to make education available to all children. The Party and the government pay special attention to the growth of children because they represent our bright future.
篇12:简单好背的3分钟英语演讲稿
Good morning, it's my honor to stand here and give you this speech about
dreams. There I want to start my speech with two short stories.
The first story happened when I was in primary school, I wrote in my
composition that my dream was to be a teacher when I grew up. Meanwhile, what my
classmates wrote about their dreams was that he or she wanted to be a doctor, a
scientist or an astronaut.
The second story happened at my first year in university. At the careers
planning class, when the teacher asked about our dreams, one of my classmates
stood up and said, “I want to be a farmer, because I grow up in a farmer's
family and I love to be engaged in agriculture.” When he sat down, everyone
clapped.
These two stories happened during my growth process, from which I got my
understanding of dreams. When I was a child I believed that a dream must be a
big dream, but when I grow up I find this big dream is so far away from me, I
know little about it, and I have done nothing to achieve it, so it's not my
dream. My classmate's answer let me know a real dream is not just about being a
great man, or doing a great job, it's about what you really want to be, and are
willing to try every effort to pursue it.
Because what makes a dream valuable is not just about the result, it's also
about the process, the process when you are trying, when you are struggling,
when you failed and restarted again and again, because of the process, dreams
can be meaningful and become your wealth.
Thank you.
篇13:初一英语简单的演讲稿
Good morning everybody!It's my honor to speak here,and I am very glad to share my topic with you. Then today I'd like to talk something about which is more important, time or money. Some people often say:“money is more important than time.”they think that if people have money. They can buy clothes, foods, drinks, houses, cars, computers and so o n. But l don’t think so. Because when time is gone we can't get it back. But we can keep on making more money. We can use time to get money. However we can’t use money to get time. Lost wealth maybe replaced by industry. Lost knowledge by study. Lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone for ever. I cannot afford to waste my time making money. So I think time is more important than money. We must make full use of our time to study and work. Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique.
篇14:简单的学生英语优秀演讲稿
Once man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited.
Today things are different. The world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources,and polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on earth will not survive.
We realize that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet,with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught.We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear. Yet, we continue to use powerful machines to cut down more and more trees. We see that if rivers are polluted with waste products, we will die. Yet, waste products are more and more
i think avoiding to do many things is not the way to protect the envirnment,the point is not the thing we can't do,but is the thing we shuld do,we are human beings, and we are different form the other animals,we should relay on our telegent and brave.
here i think there are two effecient ways to protect the enviroment, and first one if the development of the technology, the knowlodge is power, it always makes us to get twice acheivement with half effort,for example, an typical pollution plastic package, many places forbid to use the plastic pakage,in fact the plastic package is very good,it has many advantage, low cost ,durable,convenient. the issue is we can't break down it, with the development of technology, one day it will be wildly used, but now what we can do is to use other things to instead it. we usually call for to save the resorces, but in my opinion the resorce is just like the money, if you want more money, you have to earn, but not to save. so the best way is to use the present resorce to discover the new and powrful resorce,we call it sustanibol development.
the other aspect of the protection is advocating everyone to join the group, to make every one realize the importance of protecting the enviroment, the more people ,the more power,thus, you can image if everyone has the habit to improve our enviroment,who make the pollution, if you want the enviroment better,now make you contribution and make your choice!
about my country
I'm worried about my country.
There is polution everywhere.
It's time to do something about it.
We need fresh air to breathe.
We need pure water to drink.
We need a clean environment to be healthy.
People have to stop littering.
We have to respect our surroundings.
We must become friends of the earth.
First,everyone must get involved.
Everyone must lend a hand.
Together we can clean up our neiborhoods.
Second,we can practice conservation.
We can reduce waste and reuse things.
We can recycle paper,bottles,and plastic.
Third,we can put up more "Don't litter" signs.
We can trashcans on every corner.
We can pick up garbage when we see it.
We must take action to fight pollution.
It's our future we're protecting.
It's our duty to keep our planet clean.
So,please don't pollute.
Don't be a litterbug.
Don't be afraid to remind others,too.
Let's protect nature's beauty.
Let's make our future bright.
Let's start to clean up now.
篇15:英语励志演讲稿1分钟简单
hello,everyone!
my name is --x, at 200 - years - joined the -- school of information
management department of economic information study, and in 200 - years - months
before graduation.
succeeded under eat bitter, i come out from the rural areas, have realized
that the school career is not easy. in school, systematic study of the economic
information management knowledge, while taking advantage of spare time out to do
part-time. he was a clerk and the two companies did business and so on.
accumulated some experience in social practice, to 200 - years - months -
months, has been yishion clothing store clerk and business sales and so on. work
in six months time, i have made some achievements, the company completed the
sale of the development tasks, in addition to the other branch colleagues to
help sell some clothes. in my work, i had successes and failures, but regardless
of success or failure, all of my accumulated experience and lessons, work
through these six months, i not only personal ability, professional knowledge
had improved, he has learned team spirit , the importance of team spirit. i
believe that with six months work experience, i more clearly what they have to,
what to do, what to do, how to do a good job. i believe that this experience
will be my next life, a good start.
thank you!
篇16:简单七年级英语演讲稿
Ladies and Gentlemen , Good morning/afternoon! I’m very glad to stand here and give you a short speech. today my topic is “youth”. I hope you will like it , and found the importance in your youth so that more cherish it.
First I want to ask you some questions:
1、 Do you know what is youth?
2、 How do you master your youth?
Youth
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind ; it is not rosy cheeks , red lips and supple knees, it is a matter of the emotions : it is the freshness ; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life .
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite , for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20 . Nobody grows old merely by a number of years . We grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years wrinkle the skin , but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul . Worry , fear , self –distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust .
Whether 60 of 16 , there is in every human being ‘s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living . In the center of your heart and my heart there’s a wireless station : so long as it receives messages of beauty , hope ,cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long as you are young .
When the aerials are down , and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old ,even at 20 , but as long as your aerials are up ,to catch waves of optimism , there is hope you may die young at 80.
Thank you!
篇17:简单七年级英语演讲稿
Gratitude, it though is a verb, a smile movement, actually, achieves truly grateful person but little little. As the 21st century, we first Thanksgiving of should be parents. Maybe, you wasn't thinking, from your newborn then, until the girl, to youth contradiction of strong and courageous of boy, who you give at most? Needless to say, of course, is parents! So we must do "the 'parents' dripping of grace, when animals are reported." We have today happiness of life, have a warm home, safe, do have a happy, no famine, well-groomed, when leisure read kinds of extra readings do, here everything, and who creates? Are the parents to be thankful for, don't we? Although some classmates hatred parents leave task is too heavy, so that the children are suffocatively come, I want to say is: you don't have to for work and exhaustion of body and mind; No room to live without bothering to care, and your biggest task is to learn, that's still not enough?
Remember a stormy night, bean big rain some cracking hit the window. That night, I suddenly went limp body, ZhiChan, awakened the sleeping mom, mom took a look, 39 degrees thermometer. Now god panic, hurriedly woke daddy, daddy to the kitchen and TuiShaoYao and water, I take next, he lay in bed and absently fell asleep. I woke up after shut-eye, opens his eyes and finds that parents are still in my heart guard, beside a kind of unspeakable felling ` ` ` ` ` `
I really thank god, let me incarnate upon parents' knees, such as the most extensive and most without parents unconditional love, with all the true love sloping, all emotions to perfusion, a bit does not attend his own labor and hardship, from early parenting, can I tarnished write comments today account of gratitude.
Thanksgiving is a way, Thanksgiving is a kind of state. Only learn Thanksgiving, can get the respect of others and loved ones.
篇18:英语演讲稿经典简单好背精选
I'm sure everybody is interested in dream, so I will share a story
with you.
When we talk about dreams,we are so excited.We all have our own dreams,some
want to be teachers,others want to be doctors,others want to be
scientists.However,not all dreams can come true,as people always give them up
for some reason.
A dream is to a man what wings are to a bird. With a dream in the deep
heart`s core, a man is spontaneously driven to hitch his wagon to a star. A
dream is an inexhaustible source of energy that keeps our enthusiasm burning,
and kindles our desire to enhance our spiritual cultivation, refine our
character, and upgrade our quality of life. A life without a dream is like a
bird with broken wings, confined to a cage and oblivious of what lies beyond the
range of its vision. On the contrary, a man with a dream is like a warrior armed
with ambition, foresight and gallantry, daring to step into an unknown domain to
make a journey of adventure. It is dream that adds fullness, variety, and spice
to our life and makes it worth living.
I would like to take Liu Xiang as an example.Liu,as the first chinese man
to win an Olympic track and field medal,dreamed of defending his Olympic title
on home soil.To achieve this dream,he was bathed with sweat on the training
ground every day.What’s more,now and then he suffered injuries.However,neither
the injury nor the pressure has prevented him from striving to achieve the
goal.Eventually,he kept or even renewed his record in the men’s 110-meter hurdle
with his perseverance.
It is true that barriers may sometimes stand in the way of your dreams,but
remember success is hiding behind them.Instead of making dozens of excuses for
your failure,just think about Liu Xiang’s story,hold on your dreams and never
give up.
If you do not want your dreams to come to naught,then hold fast to your
dreams and never give up.Just as the saying goes,”Do not,for one repulse,forgo
the purpose that you resolved to effect.”
If you can do the following points,your dreams will come true one
day.First,plant your dream in a fertilized soil.Second,water it with your
diligence and give it the best food----knowledge.Third,remove the seeds of
unhappiness for they can destory your dream.The most important is let the seed
of your dream enjoy the beautiful sunshine,so what it can grow well.And however
hard the situation is,o not give it up and always give it your best care.Then
you will get a good harvest in the end.
Dreams are what we pursue for a lifetime,with many dreams,we have
motivation to fight for our life.The opposite side of dream is reality.We have
to face reality everyday,reality is what we perceive in our life.Reality always
frustrates us to be successful.We need to balance them.
篇19:英语简单的励志演讲
Who are we? That is the first question. It’s a question that’s almost
impossible to answer.
我们到底是谁?这是我们要解答的第一个问题,是一个几乎回答不了的问题
But we all agree that one’s busy or daily self is not quite one’s real
self. We’re quite sure that we’ve lost something in the course of just making
our living.。
但是我们都同意这一点,那个每天在日常生活中奔忙的自己,并不是我们真实的自己。我们都很清楚,我们在为生计奔波的过程中失去了某些东西。
A crowd is watching a person running about looking for something in a
field, and a wise man asks, “What has that person lost?” Someone may guess a
watch, another a diamond ring. When everyone has guessed, the wise man who like
everyone else there has no idea, says, “I’ll tell you one thing for sure. He’s
lost some breath.”
当一群人看着一个人在田野中奔跑着寻找某个东西时,智者向他们出了一个谜题:“那个人到底丢失了什么?”有个人认为是一块手表,另一个人认为是一枚钻石戒指。其他人也有不同的答案,智者也不知道那个人丢失了什么,但他却说:“我可以明确地告诉你们一件事,他丢失了一些生命力。”
And no one can deny that he’s right. The point is that we often forget our
true selves in pursuit of things that are external1 to us, like a bird
forgetting its own danger in pursuit of a mantis, which in turn forgets its own
danger in pursuit of some other prey.
没有人认为智者所言是错的。其实我们经常在为生计奔波时忘记了我们自己,就像一只鸟在捕捉螳螂时忘记了自己的安危,相应地,螳螂在捕捉它的猎物时也忘记了自己的安危。
篇20:简单的短篇英语演讲稿
English is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries and of the United States since the mid 20th century,it has become the lingua franca in many parts of the world. It is used extensively as a second language and as an official language in Commonwealth countries and many international organizations.
Historically, English originated from several dialects, now collectively termed Old English, which were brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers beginning in the 5th century. The language was influenced by the Old Norse language of Viking invaders. After the Norman conquest, Old English developed into Middle English, borrowing heavily from the Norman (Anglo-French) vocabulary and spelling conventions. The etymology of the word "English" is a derivation from 12th century Old English: englisc or Engle, and plural form Angles; definition of, relating to, or characteristic of England. Modern English developed with the Great Vowel Shift that began in 15th-century England, and continues to adopt foreign words from a variety of languages, as well as coining new words. A significant number of English words, especially technical words, have been constructed based on roots from Latin and ancient Greek.