课前三分钟演讲英文（精彩19篇）

小时候，总听妈妈给我讲屈原因为楚平王而投汨罗江，从此便有了端午节，我也似懂非懂地知道了：原来端午节是由屈原而产生的。

When I was a child, my mother told me to listen to Qu Yuan because Chuping

Wang and the Miluo River, then have the Dragon Boat Festival, I also vaguely

know that the Dragon Boat Festival was produced by Qu Yuan.

相传屈原是一个爱国诗人，投江后，汨罗江畔的百姓们纷纷去打捞屈原的尸体，因此有了赛龙舟的习俗;百姓们把饭团等投入江中，因此有了吃棕子的习俗，百姓们把兄雄黄酒倒入江中，因此有了喝雄黄酒的习俗。

Legend has it that Qu Yuan is a patriotic poet, Jiang River, Miluo people

have to recover Qu Yuan's body, so there is the custom of the dragon boat race;

people have the balls and into the river, so there is the custom of eating

zongzi, people are the brother of wine poured into the river, so have a drink

realgar wine the custom.

记得前不久，我还了南湖边，看龙舟竞渡，那儿人山人海，一派热闹的景象，南湖边上围满了人，不用说他们就是来看龙舟竞赛的，只见不远处湖面上，停泊着大大小小的的龙舟，龙舟选手们严阵以待，不过一会儿就上了各自的龙舟，他们一个个精神抖擞，似乎真的是要打捞屈原。一眨眼的工夫，他们就开始了，随着“嘿咻嘿咻”的口号声。他们有节奏地划起龙舟，这使我不禁想象起了当时百姓们纷纷去打捞屈原时的情景……

I remember not long ago, I also see the South Lake, dragon boat races,

there are huge crowds of people, a lively scene, South Lake surrounded with

people, they see the dragon boat race is needless to say, not far from the lake

park, large and small dragon boat, Dragon Boat athletes embattled, but soon on

the boat, they all seem to be in fine fig, really want to salvage Qu Yuan. In a

blink of an eye, they began, with the slogan "sex.". They have a rhythm to draw

from the dragon boat, which I imagine the people at that time have to retrieve

his time......

我长这么大最快乐的就是去年圣诞节的平安夜。

去年的 11月24日，我和妈妈度过了一个快乐的夜晚。记得那天晚上，街道上灯火璀璨，车辆川流不息。我和妈妈随着熙熙攘攘的人群来到了家和超市。我们挑选了一棵大大的圣诞树，然后又买了彩灯，图片和许多小礼物。回到家，我和妈妈就忙着动手打扮那棵圣诞树。我们先挂上一串彩灯，把电源插在插座上，再安上遥控按钮。“啪”的一声，所有的彩灯都亮起来，五颜六色，漂亮极了!接着我们把许多小礼物都挂在圣诞树上，把它打扮得五彩缤纷，花枝招展的。我和妈妈相互对视，不约而同的手牵着手，围着漂亮的圣诞树又蹦又跳，还唱起了欢乐的歌儿。我发现在妈妈的眼里透露出来的不仅仅是喜悦，还有对我的亲切和关怀。我凝视着妈妈，觉得此时此刻，我是天底下最幸福的孩子!

在欢乐的时刻，我们围着圣诞树许下了自己最美好的愿望。我的愿望是：祝妈妈永远年轻、漂亮!

我永远忘不了那个幸福、快乐的平安夜!

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.

Hold Fast To Your Dreams

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every vally shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

Wow, what a dream it has been for Martin Luther King. But the changing world seems telling me that people gradually get their dreams lost somehow in the process of growing up, and sometimes I personally find myself saying goodbye unconsciously to those distant childhood dreams.

However, we meed dreams. They nourish our spirit; they represent possibility even when we are dragged down by reality. They keep us going. Most successful people are dreamers as well as ordinary people who are not afraid to think big and dare to be great. When we were little kids, we all dreamed of doing something big and splashy, something significant. Now what we need to do is to maintain them, refresh them and turn them into reality. However, the toughest part is that we often have no ideas how to translate these dreams into actions. Well, just start with concrete objectives and stick to it. Don’t let the nameless fear confuse the eye and confound our strong belief of future. Through our talents, through our wits, through our endurance and through our creativity, we will make it.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams, for when dreams go, life is a barren field frozen with snow. So my dear friends, think of your old and maybe dead dreams. Whatever it is, pick it up and make it alive from today.

Goodmorning， everybody! Today， Im very happy. Let me introduce myself to

you. My name is HuangZixun. My English name is Eileen. Im 8. I study in Class1

Grade 2 in The Shiyan Primary School of Shiqiao. Im an active girl. I like

playing table tennis and badminton，because I think theyre very interesting. And

I also skip rope at school everyday. Id like eating potatoes. Theyre tasty. My

favourite colour is pink. And I like chinese best. Its funny. On weekends， I

like reading in my room and going skating on The Panyu Square. I have a happy

family. My father， my mother and me. My dream is to be a painter， because I like

drawing very much. Im a happy girl. Thank you for listening! Please remember

me!

Hello, schoolmates and teachers.

Good afternoon, everybody!

I'm Pang Qiyuan, from Class 2, Senior 3.

Today I'm very happy here to talk about my dream. I hope you can support me and do me a favor, OK?

Dream likes a beautiful flower. Different people have different dreams.They make the earth colorful and wonderful. A dream is a target in life, in which it can give people power. It can show people the directions and final destinations.

I have three dreams. My first dream is that I wish I could go to college some day, which is also the one of many other students' dreams. Going to college for further education can not only enrich our knowledge, but also teach us how to behave better. I always imagine that the college life must be very interesting. This dream gives me energy to study harder and harder. Now I'm trying my best to make it come true. Sure, I have enough confidence to realize my dream.

My second dream is becoming an excellent doctor. I always dream that I could turn a doctor like Bai Qiuen, so that I could cure a lot of patients, help them get rid of sick devil, let them lead a healthy and happy life, and finally I will feel happy, too.

My third dream is that all the people together with the surroundings can live in perfect harmony. There are no quarrellings, no cheatings, and no wars in the world. We should be kind to each other, love each other and care each other. All the people in the world could get along as well as a big family with each other. I dream that we could enjoy absolute peace and freedom.

These are my dreams. How I wish that they could come true soon!

Thank you.

梦乐园的全体群友,

大家晚上好!

我是梦乐园群主瞬间，今天我们能够欢聚军供宾馆，我的心情无比激动，请允许我代表梦乐园全体管理，向在坐个各位群友，致以亲切的问候和最诚挚的谢意!

今天是12月9日，举办这次辞旧迎新联欢会，回忆往昔，放飞心情，展望未来，共同建设属于我们自己的幸福乐园。我们梦乐园成立两年多了，同贺各位群友，拥有在梦乐园群中相识、相知、相伴的这段美好时光。

梦乐园给我们带来了快乐、安详、幸福、健康和喜悦。经过了两年的风风雨雨，从小到大，从开始时无组织的零散人群，发展成为有自己名号的皇冠五级高级群。人渐渐多了，队伍壮大了，人的素质也提高了。我们的感情逐步在加深，我们的队伍逐步的在逐渐扩大。

梦乐园群能够有今天的成绩，应该衷心感谢各位群友大力支持、鼎力相助、携手同行。我首先要感谢我们管理，以及他身边那些有着一颗爱心，乐于助人的、热衷于这个团体的群友们，是你们的辛勤付出和热情、周到的服务，成就了一次次的聚会、和爱心公益活动。

人以类聚，物以群分。我们来到这样的一个大家庭，都是为了一个共同的目的：参加运动、广交朋友、消除烦恼、身心健康、积极向上。我们大家不论男女，也不管职务高低，也不在乎从事何种职业，能走到一起，这就是一种缘分!

相同的目标，共同的爱好，一致的兴趣和一颗包容的心，把我们彼此并不熟悉的人紧紧的联系在一起。在梦乐园这个集体当中，我们从陌生，到相互熟悉、认识，发展到相濡以沫的知心朋友。这是一个飞跃，这是一种默契，这是灵魂的交织和碰撞。

朋友多了路好走，群友一起没烦恼。最后，祝愿在坐的各位工作顺利，身体健康，同时也祝愿我们的梦乐园积极向上，永远成为大家交友的平台，心灵的港湾，快乐的驿站!

祝所有群友们，今天玩的开心!圣旦晚会圆满成功!谢谢大家!

校长、各位老师、各位同学大家平安：

今天是全世界都在热烈庆祝的大日子!因为20__年前，在遥远的国都以色列伯利恒的地方，弥赛亚(也就是救世主)降生了!然而我们却发现，所谓的普天同庆，如今却已慢慢沦为嘉年华会式的狂欢，甚至因狂欢过度，每年都有许多人丧命!这已远远背离耶稣降生的意义。因此，在这儿我要和大家一起分享耶稣降生的故事，以及其中所蕴含的意义。

当年，以色列尚在罗马政权统治之下。罗马人为了统计百姓的人数，于是下令所有的人都要回本籍地报名上册(就像现在的户口普查)。于是耶稣的父亲-约瑟，就带著因圣灵感孕而身怀六甲的妻子——马利亚，由定居地-加利利的拿撒勒赶回本籍地-犹大的伯利恒。由于回来报名上册的人太多了，每家旅馆都客满，而马利亚临盆在即。在约瑟的苦苦央求下，一位好心的旅馆老板让他们借住在马房，于是，当晚耶稣就降生在马槽中。

当耶稣降生的那一刻，在伯利恒野地裡看守羊群的牧羊人，忽然见到上帝派来的使者站在他们旁边，告诉他们救世主已经降生的好消息。同时出现了一大队的天兵，和那位天使高声的讚美上帝说：「在至高之处荣耀归与上帝，在地上平安归与他所喜悦的人」。这是第一支报佳音的队伍，也就是后来每年的圣诞节。

从耶稣的降生，我们可以得到两个启示：

1、学习他谦卑的态度。

根据圣经的记载，耶稣是救世主，应当是无上光荣的，但他却选择降生在马槽这麽卑微的地方，正显现出他的谦卑。他曾说：「我来是要服事人，而不是要被人服事」;又说：「我心柔和谦卑，你们当负我的轭」;他更曾为门徒一一洗脚。这些在在显明他的谦卑。我们行事为人，是否也该学习他这谦卑的样式?

2、追求心灵上真正的平安。

人生在世，难免会遭遇困厄灾祸。于是，很多人就用各种方式祈求灾祸不要临到他的身上，也因此产生了各种忌讳：这个不能做，那个不能吃;早上出门要朝东走，晚上回家时要先朝南走……只要有一点闪失，就整天害怕担心，这是真正的平安吗?我认为真正的平安是，即使遇到了灾祸，心裡也不会惊慌失措。因为你知道有一位比你更有能力的人，他可以为你分愁解忧，他可以为你承担一切的重担，如同婴儿安睡在父母的怀抱中，无惧外面的狂风暴雨。这是多麽令人喜乐的事啊!

如今，我已找到了心灵上真正的平安，不知你们找到了没?

我的分享就到此结束，耶稣爱你，愿他赐你平安!

hello ,everybody!my name is __x.I’m 12 years old .I’m a girl.I have many

hobbies.such as singing、drawing and writing.my favorite animal is dog.because

It’s very cute .I like it very much!And my favorite season is spring .In the

sping,the sky is very blue.the glasses is very green and the flowers is so

beautiful.I can go hiking with my parents .we all very happy.this is me !a happy

girl!

大家好,我的名字是某某某,我今年某某岁了.我是一个女孩,我有许多的爱好,比如唱歌、画画和写作.我最喜欢的动物是小狗,因为他十分可爱,我非常喜欢他.我最喜欢的季节是春天.在春天里,天是蓝的,草十分碧绿,花很漂亮.我可以与我的父母一起去远足.我们都很开心!

这就是我,一个开心的女孩!

同学们,你们知道圣诞节的由来吗?

每年的12月25日，是徒纪念耶稣诞生的日子，称为圣诞节。

从12月24日到来年1月6日为圣诞节节期。节日期间，各国徒都举行隆重的纪念仪式。

圣诞节本来是徒的节日，由于人们格外重视，它便成为一个全民性的节日，国家一年中最盛大的节日，可以和新年相提并论，类似我国过春节

“圣诞节”这个名称是“基督弥撒”的缩字。弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。耶诞节是一个宗教节。

我们把它当作耶苏的诞辰来庆祝，因而又名耶诞节。这一天，全世界所有的会都举行特别的礼拜仪式。

但是有很多圣诞节的欢庆活动和宗教并无半点关联。交换礼物，寄圣诞卡，这都使圣诞节成为一个普天同庆的日子。

后人为纪念耶稣的诞生，便定十二月二十五为圣诞节，年年望弥撒，纪念耶稣的出世。

这就是圣诞节的由来。

good morning teachers and classmates. 早上好，老师同学们。

im glad to be here for self-introdution.我很高兴能在这里做自我介绍。my name is ___ and

you can also call me ____. 我叫___，你们也能叫我___.我来自八年级___班。i am a local person who is

14 years old,and im of the opinion that my hometown

is a beautiful city.

我是一个14岁的本地女孩，我认为我的家乡是一个美丽的城市。 i have a family of four,

my mother ,father ,younger brother and me. 我有一个4口人的家庭，家里有我妈，我爸，

我弟和我。 we are getting along with each other.

我们一家人相处得很好。作为一名来自典型中国家庭的中国女孩，我怕知道我身上寄托了父母对我成功的很大希望。

所以，我觉得我有责任让他们梦想成真。 its tired for anyone to be successful.

对每个人来说，成功的路都是辛苦的。however, i have the confidence because i have such ability!

尽管这样，我依旧有信心，因为我有能力。

i am kind-hearted, patient, outgoing and creative. 我很善良，有耐心，开朗，还很有创造力。 i am

a hard working student especially do the things i am interested in. 尤其

在做我喜欢的事情时，我会很努力。i will try my best to resolve any problem no matter how

difficult it is. 无论

有多困难，我都会尽力去解决问题。no pain, no gainsis golden words in my life

book.“没有付出就没有得到”是我的人生金句。 i love music, because music can make me feel relaxed.

我爱音乐，因为音乐能让我放松。 and im also a piano player.我还是一名钢琴演奏者。i practice my skill for 8

hours every week in my spare time. 每周在我休息时间

里，我会话8小时练习我的钢琴技巧。 by doing this, i can refresh my mind.

这么做能让我精神变得很清醒。that’s all. thank you for giving me such a valuable opportunity!

就这些，感

谢您给我这么珍贵的机会。

校长、各位老师、各位同学大家平安：

今天是全世界热烈庆祝的大日子!因为20xx年前，在以色列伯利恒的地方，弥赛亚(也就是救世主)降生了!然而我们却发现，所谓的普天同庆，如今却已慢慢沦为嘉年华会式的狂欢，甚至因狂欢过度，每年都有许多人丧命!这已远远背离耶稣降生的意义。因此，在这儿我要和大家一起分享耶稣降生的故事，以及其中所蕴含的意义。

当年，以色列尚在罗马政权统治之下。罗马人为了统计百姓的人数，於是下令所有的人都要回本籍地报名上册(就像现在的户口普查)。於是耶稣的父亲-约瑟，就带著因圣灵感孕而身怀六甲的妻子-马利亚，由定居地-加利利的拿撒勒赶回本籍地-犹大的伯利恒。由於回来报名上册的人太多了，每家旅馆都客满，而马利亚临盆在即。在约瑟的苦苦央求下，一位好心的旅馆老板让他们借住在马房，於是，当晚耶稣就降生在马槽中。

当耶稣降生的那一刻，在伯利恒野地里看守羊群的牧羊人，忽然见到上帝派来的使者站在他们旁边，告诉他们救世主已经降生的好消息。同时出现了一大队的天兵，和那位天使高声的赞美上帝说：「在至高之处荣耀归与上帝，在地上平安归与他所喜悦的人」。这是第一支报佳音的队伍，也就是后来每年的圣诞节，基督徒都会四处报佳音的由来。

从耶稣的降生，我们可以得到两个启示：

1、学习他谦卑的态度。

根据圣经的记载，耶稣是救世主，应当是无上光荣的，但他却选择降生在马槽这麼卑微的地方，正显现出他的谦卑。他曾说：「我来是要服事人，而不是要被人服事」;又说：「我心柔和谦卑，你们当负我的轭」;他更曾为门徒一一洗脚。这些在在显明他的谦卑。我们行事为人，是否也该学习他这谦卑的样式?

2、追求心灵上真正的平安。

人生在世，难免会遭遇困厄灾祸。於是，很多人就用各种方式祈求灾祸不要临到他的身上，也因此产生了各种忌讳：这个不能做，那个不能吃;早上出门要朝东走，晚上回家时要先朝南走……等。只要有一点闪失，就整天害怕担心，这是真正的平安吗?我认为真正的平安是，即使遇到了灾祸，心里也不会惊慌失措。因为你知道有一位比你更有能力的人，他可以为你分愁解忧，他可以为你承担一切的重担，如同婴儿安睡在父母的怀抱中，无惧外面的狂风暴雨。这是多麼令人喜乐的事啊!

如今，我已找到了心灵上真正的平安，不知你们找到了没?

我的分享就到此结束，耶稣爱你，愿他赐你平安!

A bottle had fallen down，with half of its water pouring out. To the scene,

two men responded

differently, one man, feeling extremely sad, his hand covering his face,

sighed ”All has gone!” The other seemed much more optimistic. He ran happily to

raise up the bottle and said with great gratitude ”There is still some water

left.”

Why did the two people have such distinct reaction? It is because they

judged the situation from opposite perspectives. After the bottle fell, the

pessimistic observer focused on the losses thereby thinking negatively, while

the other observer noticed the remaining liquid and then had a positive opinion.

Actually, the fallen bottle is a symbol of unfortunate circumstances in life and

the two kinds of responses reflect two different attitudes towards

misfortunes.

Misfortunes mean obvious losses; however , they still bring latest

opportunities to people with optimistic mind. From the perspective of optimists,

firing a career disaster , will be a reminder of the necessity for an urgent

improvement in their personality or expensive sensing the signal for change,

those optimists will strive to achieve personal growth, the growth which

provides a guarantee to healthier career development in the future. Misfortunes

are blessings in disguise and optimism can unlock the cover. Therefore, in the

face of misfortunes people should adopt an optimistic attitude.

a man dirning with a friend explained the peculiarities of the restaurant they were in:"the waiters never admit they don't have something. they'll take your order. for a slice of sun and too away as if they mean to get it...then they'll come back and say they just ran out.”

一位和朋友吃饭的男士解释他们在饭馆里吃饭的怪现象时说:“服务员从未承认过他们没有什么莱。假如你想要一份太阳，他们也会拿着菜单离去，好像真能给你弄来似的。然后，他们回来说这道菜刚卖完。”为了证明这一点，我说:“请来一份恐龙。”

to prove his point，he said to the waiter,“the dinosaur，please.”

“好的，先生，”服务员回答说:“您要的恐龙是做得嫩点还是老点儿的?”

“yes，sir，“answered the waiter.”and how would you like it cooked? "

“老点儿的。”

"well done!"

服务员离开了，又很快回来了。“对不起，先生，我们的恐龙菜刚卖完。”

the waiter left and returned quickly.“i'm sorry, sir，but we've just run out of a dinosaur.”

“什么?”顾客气愤地说:“没有恐龙?”

" what?" said the diner with feigned disappointment."no dinosaur?"

那服务员低声地说:“我们的确还剩一些。”他显得作常自信的样子。“但恐龙肉有点儿不太鲜了，所以我们还是不给您上这道菜的好。”

the waiter lowered his voice. "well，we do have some left，“he whispered confidentially,"...but it's not very fresh and i won't serve it!”

Good moring ladies and gentlemen!it is great honour for me to take this interview,thank you for giving me this chance!my name is xx, i am an undergraduate of xidian university,major in telecommunication engineering.as the cradle of china's telecommunication talents,xidian universtiy's long history,good research atmosphere and the long term cooperation with xx institue, provide me an excellent stduy environment. after about four years' hard work, i have learnd all the courses of telecommunication engineering and have good command of the basis of telecommunication technology. I am confident that my solid education background will lay me a sound foundation to fulfill my master degree courses! in addition to my solid education background,i have good communicate skill and strong team spirit.i strongly believe this will be a great help for me to fullfil my master degree courses.futher more,i am healthy and tough.besides study i enjoy playing basketball much!Sports give me a healthy body and tough mind.that's all, thank you very much!

Thank you!

Chief Justice Rehnquist, President Carter, President Bush ， President Clinton, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.

As I begin, I thank President Clinton for his service to our nation.

And I thank Vice President Gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace.

I am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of America's leaders have come before me, and so many will follow.

We have a place, all of us, in a long story -- a story we continue, but whose end we will not see. It is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, a story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to conquer.

It is the American story -- a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.

The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born.

Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws. And though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course.

Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.

Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel.

While many of our citizens prosper, others doubt the promise, even the justice, of our own country. The ambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth. And sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a continent, but not a country.

We do not accept this, and we will not allow it. Our unity, our union, is the serious work of leaders and citizens in every generation. And this is my solemn pledge: I will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity.

I know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than our selves who creates us equal in His image.

And we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.

America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold them. And every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, American.

Today, we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

America, at its best, matches a commitment to principle with a concern for civility. A civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness.

Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.

But the stakes for America are never small. If our country does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not be led. If we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their idealism. If we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.

We must live up to the calling we share. Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. And this commitment, if we keep it, is a way to shared accomplishment.

America, at its best, is also courageous.

Our national courage has been clear in times of depression and war, when defending common dangers defined our common good. Now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us. We must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.

Together, we will reclaim America's schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.

We will reform Social Security and Medicare, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent. And we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working Americans.

We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge.

We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.

The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power thatf avors freedom. We will defend our allies and our interests. We will show purpose without arrogance. We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. And to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth.

America, at its best, is compassionate. In the quiet of American conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is unworthy of our nation's promise.

And whatever our views of its cause, we can agree that children at risk are not at fault. Abandonment and abuse are not acts of God, they are failures of love.

And the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is no substitute for hope and order in our souls.

Where there is suffering, there is duty. Americans in need are not strangers, they are citizens, not problems, but priorities. And all of us are diminished when any are hopeless.

Government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and common schools. Yet compassion is the work of a nation, not just a government.

And some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's touch or a pastor's prayer. Church and charity, synagogue and mosque lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and in our laws.

Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.

And I can pledge our nation to a goal: When we see that wounded traveler on

the road to Jericho, we will not pass to the other side.

America, at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is valued and expected.

Encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to conscience. And though it requires sacrifice, it brings a deeper fulfillment. We find the fullness of life not only in options, but in commitments. And we find that children and community are the commitments that set us free.

Our public interest depends on private character, on civic duty and family bonds and basic fairness, on uncounted, unhonored acts of decency which give direction to our freedom.

Sometimes in life we are called to do great things. But as a saint of our times has said, every day we are called to do small things with great love. The most important tasks of a democracy are done by everyone.

I will live and lead by these principles: to advance my convictions with civility, to pursue the public interest with courage, to speak for greater justice and compassion, to call for responsibility and try to live it as well.

In all these ways, I will bring the values of our history to the care of our times.

What you do is as important as anything government does. I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.

Americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves. When this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace it. When this spirit is present, no wrong can stand against it.

After the Declaration of Independence was signed, Virginia statesman John Page wrote to Thomas Jefferson: "We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?"

Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his inauguration. The yearsand changes accumulate. But the themes of this day he would know: our nation's grand story of courage and its simple dream of dignity.

We are not this story's author, who fills time and eternity with his purpose. Yet his purpose is achieved in our duty, and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another.

Never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose today, to make our country more just and generous, to affirm the dignity of our lives and every life.

This work continues. This story goes on. And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.

God bless you all, and God bless America.

dear __,

i am greatly honored to formally invite you to participate in mr. guo jings wedding ceremony with ms. huang rong to be held at beijing grand hotel from 8 to 10 p.m. on april 1, 20__.

as you are a close friend of us, we would very much like you to attend the celebration and share our joy. the occasion will start at seven oclock in the evening, with the showing of their wedding ceremony. this will be followed by a dinner party. at around ten, we will hold a small musical soiree, at which a band will perform some works by bach and strauss.

yours sincerely,

__

__/__/__

Goodafternoon, teachers! Today, I`m very happy to make a

speech here. Now, let me introduce myself. My name is ZhuRuijie. My English name is Molly. I`m 12. I come from Class1 Grade 6 of TongPu No.2 Primary School. I`m an active girl. I like playing basketball. Because I think it`s very interesting. I`d like to eat

potatoes. They`re tasty. My favourite colour is green. And I like math best. It`s fun. On room. I have a happy family. My father is tall and strong.My mother is hard-working and tall, too. My brother is smart. And I`m a good student. My dream is to be a teacher, because I want to help the poor children in the future. Thank you for listening! Please remember me!

as we know, you have to learn how to fly much more independently instead of under your parents’ considerate protection when you get into college, which also means you will come across enormous questions that should be solved by yourself. from my point of view, those main problems can fall into three parts.

first of all, the complicated relationship. for one thing, you have to know how cultural differences function in your relationship and respect them. in addition, college students spend less time studying together owing to different courses’ choosing, which requires us to devote more energy to building relationship. for the other thing, it is also vital to communicate with your parents often by using mobile phones or other tools.

secondly, the temptations. the college serves us a more relaxed environment mixed with other temptations such as the internet, alcohols and so on. what’s more, the college teachers won’t compel you to study like before, you doze off or play cell phone in class, and you flee up the morning class because you get up too late. such too frequent behaviors will cripple your passion and enthusiasm towards life, so it is essential for us to resist these temptations and insist pursuing our own goals.

thirdly, the balance between study and work. most of us will choose to take a part time job to earn the extra money or just to exercise ourselves. but it is significant to keep a relatively balanced relationship between them since i always regard the study as our main task, so my principle is adjusting work to follow the schedule of study.

in conclusion, whatever issues we meet or miseries we suffer from, confront the hash reality head on, what we can do is remembering the past, living in the present and looking forward to the future.

If You Could ChooseIf you could choose what kind of world to live in, what

kind of world would you choose? If you could decide what would happen tomorrow,

with what kinds of things would you fill it?If you had the power to decide what

types of opportunities would come your way, what opportunities would you select?

If you knew that your experiences would match your expectations, what would your

expectations be?In fact, you do have the power to choose your own way. You do

have the ability to decide what kinds of events, experiences, opportunities and

circumstances come your way.The world you experience is the world that your

dreams, your thoughts, your expectations and your actions most closely

resonate_. The world you see and live in is the world you most sincerely expect

to see.The universe is filled with endless possibilities, and those

possibilities keep growing with every minute. The way you live determines which

of those possibilities will come into your life.With your thoughts, your

actions, your values, your dreams and expectations, you choose what kind of

world you live in. The way you live is closely mirrored in the world you

see.

如果你可以选择在什么样的世界里生活,那么你将会选择怎样的世界呢?如果你可以决定明日之事,你将会怎样充实它呢?倘若你有力量决定自己的机遇,你会怎样选择呢?倘若你知道你的经历会如你所愿,那么你会如何期待呢?事实上,你有能力选择你要走的路。是你自己决定你将要做的事、英语短文你将获得的经历、你将得到的机会和你将置身其中的环境。你体验的这个世界和你的梦想、思维、期待甚至行为产生共鸣。你看到的世界和你时下生活的这个世界就是你真心期待见到的世界。这个宇宙充满了无限的可能,这些可能每一分钟都在增加。你的生活方式决定了何种可能性会来到你的世界。你所选择生活的世界取决于你的想法,你的作为,你秉持的价值理念,你的梦想还有对未来的期待。你有什么样的世界观就会有什么样的生活方式。