經(jīng)典的英語演講稿15篇
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經(jīng)典的英語演講稿1
Transcr ipt of Apple CEO Tim Cook's commencement address at Tulane University
蘋果CEO蒂姆·庫克杜蘭大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮演講致詞
Hello Tulane! Thank you President Fitts, Provost Forman, distinguished faculty, other faculty (laughs), and the entire Tulane family, including the workers, ushers, (and) volunteers who prepared this beautiful space. And I feel duty-bound to also recognize the hard-working bartenders at The Boot. Though they're not here with us this morning, I'm sure some of you are reflecting on their contributions as well. (The Boot is a popular college bar right next to Tulane's campus which has been around for decades.)
你好，杜蘭大學(xué)！感謝菲茨校長、福爾曼教務(wù)長、尊敬的教職員工、其他教職員工[笑]以及整個杜蘭大家庭，包括為這個美麗的講堂做準(zhǔn)備的工作人員、引座員和志愿者。我覺得我有責(zé)任也稱贊一下在The Boot工作的辛勤的調(diào)酒師。雖然他們今天早上沒有和我們在一起，但我相信你們中的一些人也在反思他們的貢獻(xiàn)。[The Boot是一家受歡迎的大學(xué)酒吧，緊挨著杜蘭大學(xué)校園，已經(jīng)存在了幾十年了。]
And just as many of you have New Orleans in your veins, and perhaps your livers, some of us at Apple have New Orleans in our blood as well. When I was a student at Auburn, the Big Easy was our favorite getaway. It's amazing how quickly those 363 miles fly by when you're driving toward a weekend of beignets and beer. And how slowly they go in the opposite direction. Apple's own Lisa Jackson is a proud Tulane alum. Yes. She brought the Green Wave all the way to Cupertino where she heads our environment and public policy work. We're thrilled to have her talent and leadership on our team.
就像你們中很多人的血管里也許還有肝臟里有新奧爾良一樣，我們蘋果公司的一些人的血液里也有新奧爾良。當(dāng)我還是奧本大學(xué)的學(xué)生的時候，我們最喜歡的度假勝地是Big Easy。非常神奇的是，當(dāng)你在周末開車駛向這個勝地，想象著甜甜圈和啤酒的時候，363英里的距離似乎一閃而過；而當(dāng)你返程時，路途卻顯得那么遙遠(yuǎn)。蘋果的員工麗莎-杰克遜(LisaJackson)是一位令人驕傲的杜蘭大學(xué)校友。是。她把綠色浪潮一路帶到了庫比蒂諾，在那里她領(lǐng)導(dǎo)著我們的環(huán)境和公共政策工作。我們很高興她能在我們的隊伍中發(fā)揮才華和進(jìn)行領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。
OK, enough about us. Let's talk about you. At moments like this, it always humbles me to watch a community come together to teach, mentor, advise, and finally say with one voice, congratulations to the class of 20xx!
好了，別再提我們了。讓我們談?wù)勀銈儭Ｔ谶@樣的時刻，看到一個社區(qū)聚集在一起傳道受業(yè)解惑，最后用一個聲音說，祝賀20xx年的同學(xué)們，這讓我感到很謙卑！
Now there's another very important group: your family and friends. The people who, more than anyone else, loved, supported, and even sacrificed greatly to help you reach this moment. Let's give them a round of applause. This will be my first piece of advice. You might not appreciate until much later in your life how much this moment means to them. Or how that bond of obligation, love, and duty between you matters more than anything else.
現(xiàn)在還有一個非常重要的群體：你們的家人和朋友。那些比任何人都更愛你們、更支持你們、甚至甘愿自我犧牲的人，為了幫助你們達(dá)到這一時刻，他們付出了巨大的代價。讓我們?yōu)樗麄児恼啤＿@將是我的第一條建議。直到你生命的后期，你們才會意識到這一刻對他們來說有多么重要，或者意識到你們的義務(wù)、愛和責(zé)任有多么重要。
In fact, that's what I really want to talk to you about today. In a world where we obsessively document our own lives, most of us don't pay nearly enough attention to what we owe one another. Now this isn't just about calling your parents more, although I'm sure they'd be grateful if you did that. It's about recognizing that human civilization began when we realized that we could do more together. That the threats and danger outside the flickering firelight got smaller when we got bigger. And that we could create more - more prosperity, more beauty, more wisdom, and a better life - when we acknowledge certain shared truths and acted collectively.
事實上，這就是我今天真正想和你們說的。在一個我們沉迷于記錄自己生活的世界里，我們中的大多數(shù)人對我們彼此虧欠的東西沒有給予足夠的關(guān)注。這不僅僅是給你們的父母打更多的電話，盡管我相信如果你們會這么做，他們會很感激的。當(dāng)我們意識到我們可以在一起做更多的事情時，人類文明就開始了。當(dāng)我們變得更越來越強(qiáng)大時，在閃爍的火光之外的威脅和危險就會變得越來越小。我們可以創(chuàng)造更多——更多的繁榮，更多的美，更多的智慧，更美好的生活——只要我們承認(rèn)某些共同的真理并采取集體行動。
Maybe I'm biased, but I've always thought the South, and the Gulf Coast in particular, have hung on to this wisdom better than most. (Tim Cook grew up in Robertsdale, Alabama, which is about an hour from New Orleans and is similarly close to the Gulf of Mexico.) In this part of the country, your neighbors check up on you if they haven't heard from you in a while. Good news travels fast because your victories are their victories too. And you can't make it through someone's front door before they offer you a home-cooked meal.
也許我有偏見，但我一直認(rèn)為南方，特別是墨西哥灣海岸，比大多數(shù)人更能堅持這一智慧。[庫克在阿拉巴馬州的羅伯茨代爾長大，那里距離新奧爾良大約一個小時的路程，同樣靠近墨西哥灣。]在這個國家的這個地方，如果你們的鄰居有一段時間沒有你們的消息，他們會忍不住來看望你們。好消息傳得很快，因為你們的勝利也是他們的勝利。在他們提供一頓熱飯熱菜招待你們之前，你們是不可能走出大門的。
Maybe you haven't thought about it very much, but these values have informed your Tulane education too. Just look at the motto: not for one's self, but for one's own. You've been fortunate to live, learn, and grow in a city where human currents blend into something magical and unexpected. Where unmatched beauty, natural beauty, literary beauty, musical beauty, cultural beauty, seem to spring unexpectedly from the bayou. The people of New Orleans use two tools to build this city: the unlikely and the impossible. Wherever you go, don't forget the lessons of this place. Life will always find lots of ways to tell you no, that you can't, that you shouldn't, that you'd be better off if you didn't try. But New Orleans teaches us there is nothing more beautiful or more worthwhile than trying. Especially when we do it not in the service of one's self, but one's own.
也許你們還沒有想太多，但這些價值觀也影響了你們杜蘭大學(xué)的教育。看看這句座右銘：不是為了自己，而是為了自己人。你們很幸運(yùn)地生活、學(xué)習(xí)和成長在一座城市里，在這個城市里，人類的潮流融合成了一種神奇的、意想不到的東西。在那里，無與倫比的美，自然的美，文學(xué)的美，音樂的美，文化的美，似乎不期而至地從河口涌出。新奧爾良的人們使用兩種工具來建造這座城市：不太可能的和不可能的。無論你走到哪里，都不要忘記這個地方的教訓(xùn)。生活總會找到很多方法來告訴你，不，你不能，你不應(yīng)該，如果你不去嘗試，你會過得更好。但是新奧爾良告訴我們，沒有什么比嘗試更美麗和更有價值了。尤其是當(dāng)我們這樣做不是為自己服務(wù)，而是為自己人服務(wù)的時候。
For me, it was that search for greater purpose that brought me to Apple in the first place. I had a comfortable job at a company called Compaq that at the time looked like it was going to be on top forever. As it turns out, most of you are probably too young to even remember its name. But in 1998, Steve Jobs convinced me to leave Compaq behind to join a company that was on the verge of bankruptcy. They made computers, but at that moment at least, people weren't interested in buying them. Steve had a plan to change things. And I wanted to be a part of it.
對我來說，正是為了追求更偉大的目標(biāo)，我才第一次來到蘋果。我曾在一家叫康柏(Compaq)的公司找到了一份舒適的工作，在當(dāng)時看來，這份工作將永遠(yuǎn)是的工作。事實證明，你們中的大多數(shù)人可能還太年輕，甚至不記得它的名字。但在1998年，史蒂夫-喬布斯說服我離開康柏，加入一家瀕臨破產(chǎn)的蘋果公司。他們制造電腦，但至少在那一刻，人們對購買這些電腦并不感興趣。史蒂夫有個改變一切的計劃。我也想成為其中的一員。
It wasn't just about the iMac, or the iPod, or everything that came after. It was about the values that brought these inventions to life. The idea that putting powerful tools in the hands of everyday people helps unleash creativity and move humanity forward. That we can build things that help us imagine a better world and then make it real.
這不僅僅是iMac，或者iPod，或者之后的一切，而是使這些發(fā)明創(chuàng)意復(fù)活的價值觀念。把強(qiáng)大的工具放在普通人手中將有助于釋放創(chuàng)造力和推動人類向前發(fā)展。我們可以建造一些東西來幫助我們想象一個更美好的世界，然后讓它成為現(xiàn)實。
There's a saying that if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life. At Apple, I learned that's a total crock. You'll work harder than you ever thought possible, but the tools will feel light in your hands. As you go out into the world, don't waste time on problems that have been solved. Don't get hung up on what other people say is practical. Instead, steer your ship into the choppy seas. Look for the rough spots, the problems that seem too big, the complexities that other people are content to work around. It's in those places that you will find your purpose. It's there that you can make your greatest contribution. Whatever you do, don't make the mistake of being too cautious. Don't assume that by staying put, the ground won't move beneath your feet. The status quo simply won't last. So get to work on building something better.
有句諺語說，如果你做你喜歡做的事，你的人生中將永遠(yuǎn)不會有一天是在工作。在蘋果公司，我知道了這是一個徹頭徹尾的謊言。你會比你想象的更努力工作，但你卻一點也不覺得費(fèi)勁。當(dāng)你走進(jìn)這個世界的時候，不要把時間浪費(fèi)在已經(jīng)解決的問題上。不要為別人所說的是實際的情況而心煩意亂。相反，引導(dǎo)你的船進(jìn)入波濤洶涌的大海。尋找那些蠻荒之地，那些看起來還很難解決的問題，那些其他人樂于解決的復(fù)雜問題。在那些地方，你會找到你的目標(biāo)。在那里你可以做出你的貢獻(xiàn)。無論你做什么，都不要犯太謹(jǐn)慎的錯誤。不要以為原地不動，地面就不會在你腳下移動。現(xiàn)狀根本不會持久。所以開始做些更好的事吧。
In some important ways, my generation has failed you in this regard. We spent too much time debating. We've been too focused on the fight and not focused enough on progress. And you don't need to look far to find an example of that failure. Here today, in this very place, in an arena where thousands once found desperate shelter from a 100-year disaster, the kind that seem to be happening more and more frequently, I don't think we can talk about who we are as people and what we owe to one another without talking about climate change.
在某些重要的方面，我們這代人辜負(fù)了你們。我們花了太多時間辯論。我們一直太專注于斗爭，而沒有把足夠的注意力放在進(jìn)步上。你不需要看太遠(yuǎn)就能找到失敗的例子。今天，就在這個地方，在這個成千上萬人曾經(jīng)絕望地躲避百年災(zāi)難的地方，這種災(zāi)難似乎變得越來越頻繁。我認(rèn)為，如果我們不談?wù)摎夂蜃兓覀兙蜔o法談?wù)撐覀兪钦l，以及我們彼此虧欠了什么。
(applause) Thank you. Thank you.
謝謝！謝謝！
This problem doesn't get any easier based on whose side wins or loses an election. It's about who has won life's lottery and has the luxury of ignoring this issue and who stands to lose everything. The coastal communities, including some right here in Louisiana, that are already making plans to leave behind the places they've called home for generations and head for higher ground. The fishermen whose nets come up empty. The wildlife preserves with less wildlife to preserve. The marginalized, for whom a natural disaster can mean enduring poverty.
這個問題不會因為誰勝誰負(fù)而變得簡單，這是一個關(guān)乎誰贏了人生彩票、誰有忽視這個問題的能力、誰會失去一切的問題。沿海社區(qū)，包括路易斯安那州的一些社區(qū)，已經(jīng)在計劃離開世代以來被稱為“家園”的地方，前往更海拔更高地方。如今漁民的漁網(wǎng)空空如也、野生動物生計蕭條。對于生存在邊緣地區(qū)的人來說，自然災(zāi)害往往就意味著持久的貧困。
Just ask Tulane's own Molly Keogh, who's getting her Ph.D. this weekend. Her important new research shows that rising sea levels are devastating areas of Southern Louisiana more dramatically than anyone expected. Tulane graduates, these are people's homes. Their livelihoods. The land where their grandparents were born, lived, and died.
問問杜蘭大學(xué)的莫莉·基奧（Molly Keogh）就知道了，她這個周末就要拿到博士學(xué)位了。她的一項重要新研究表明，海平面上升對路易斯安那州南部地區(qū)造成的破壞比任何人預(yù)想的都要嚴(yán)重。杜蘭大學(xué)的畢業(yè)生們，這些地方都是人們的家園、他們的生計、他們祖父母出生、生活和去世的地方。
When we talk about climate change or any issue with human costs, and there are many, I challenge you to look for those who have the most to lose and find the real, true empathy that comes from something shared. That is really what we owe one another. When you do that, the political noise dies down, and you can feel your feet firmly planted on solid ground. After all, we don't build monuments to trolls, and we're not going to start now.
當(dāng)我們談?wù)摎夂蜃兓蛉魏闻c人類成本有關(guān)的問題時，我有很多問題希望你們能夠著手去做：去尋找那些因此損失的人，并從一些共同的東西中找到真正的、真正的同理心，這才是我們真正虧欠彼此的東西。當(dāng)你這樣做的時候，政治上的喧囂就會平息下來，你會感到自己的腳牢牢地踩在了堅實的土地上。畢竟，我們從來不為巨魔建造紀(jì)念碑，也不會現(xiàn)在開創(chuàng)這個先例。
If you find yourself spending more time fighting than getting to work, stop and ask yourself who benefits from all the chaos. There are some who would like you to believe that the only way that you can be strong is by bulldozing those who disagree or never giving them a chance to say their peace in the first place. That the only way you can build your own accomplishments is by tearing down the other side.
如果你發(fā)現(xiàn)自己花在斗爭上的時間比上班的時間還多。那么停下來，問問自己誰能從所有這些混亂中受益。有些人想讓你相信，你能變得強(qiáng)大的方法，就是制服那些不同意你觀點的人，或者從一開始就不給他們機(jī)會表達(dá)自己的機(jī)會。他們想讓你相信，你能成就自己的方法就是摧毀對方。
We forget sometimes that our preexisting beliefs have their own force of gravity. Today, certain algorithms pull toward you the things you already know, believe, or like, and they push away everything else. Push back. It shouldn't be this way. But in 20xx, opening your eyes and seeing things in a new way can be a revolutionary act. Summon the courage not just to hear but to listen. Not just to act, but to act together.
我們有時會忘記，我們先前存在的信念有其自身的引力。今天，某些算法會把你已經(jīng)知道、相信或喜歡的東西主動拉向你，而把其他的東西推開，但事情本不應(yīng)該如此。然而在20xx年，睜開眼睛、以一種全新方式看待事物可能是一種革命性的行為。你不僅要鼓起勇氣去聽，還要有勇氣去聽。不僅僅是行動，而是要一起行動。
It can sometimes feel like the odds are stacked against you, that it isn't worth it, that the critics are too persistent and the problems are too great. But the solutions to our problems begin on a human scale with building a shared understanding of the work ahead and with undertaking it together. At the very least, we owe it to each other to try.
有時候你會覺得機(jī)會對你不利、覺得這么做不值得、覺得批評之聲太過頑固，亦或覺得問題太大（超出了自己的處理能力）。但是，解決我們當(dāng)下問題的辦法首先就是在人類范疇內(nèi)建立對今后工作的共同理解，并著手共同解決這一問題。至少，我們也應(yīng)該放手一搏。
It's worked before. In 1932, the American economy was in a free-fall. Twelve million people were unemployed, and conventional wisdom said the only thing to do was to ride it out, wait, and hope that things would turn around. But the governor of New York, a rising star named Franklin Roosevelt, refused to wait. He challenged the status quo and called for action. He needed people to stop their rosy thinking, face the facts, pull together, and help themselves out of a jam.
這樣的方式在之前曾成功過。1932年，當(dāng)時的美國經(jīng)濟(jì)一落千丈，有1200萬人失業(yè)。傳統(tǒng)觀點認(rèn)為，我們能做的就是撐過這段時間、等待，并希望情況會有所好轉(zhuǎn)。但當(dāng)時政途冉冉升起的紐約州州長富蘭克林o羅斯福（Franklin Roosevelt，后就任美國第32任總統(tǒng)，美國歷連任超過兩屆的總統(tǒng)）拒絕等待。他敢于挑戰(zhàn)現(xiàn)狀，呼吁采取行動。他呼吁人們停止繼續(xù)抱有樂觀的想法，面對現(xiàn)實、齊心協(xié)力，幫助自己擺脫困境。
He said: "The country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it and try another. But above all, try something."
他說：“這個國家需要一些大膽、持續(xù)的嘗試。采取一種方法并加以嘗試是再正常不過的事情。如果失敗了，我們就承認(rèn)失敗，然后再試一次。但最重要的是，我們需要嘗試一些東西。”
This was a speech to college students fearful about their future in an uncertain world. He said: "Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world."
這是一場對大學(xué)生的演講，他們擔(dān)心自己在一個不確定世界里的未來。他（羅斯福）說：“你們的任務(wù)不是在世界上開辟自己的道路，而是改造世界。”
The audacious empathy of young people, the spirit that says we should live not just for ourselves, but for our own. That's the way forward. From climate change to immigration, from criminal justice reform to economic opportunity, be motivated by your duty to build a better world. Young people have changed the course of history time and time again. And now it's time to change it once more.
年輕人無畏的同情心告訴我們，我們不僅要為努力生活，而且要為自己而活。這是一條前進(jìn)的道路，從氣候變化到移民、從刑事司法改革到經(jīng)濟(jì)機(jī)遇，我們都要以建設(shè)一個更美好世界的責(zé)任為動力。此前的年輕人一次又一次地改變了歷史的進(jìn)程，現(xiàn)在是時候再次改變了。
I know, I know the urgency of that truth is with you today. Feel big because no one can make you feel small. Feel brave because the challenges we face are great but you are greater. And feel grateful because someone sacrificed to make this moment possible for you. You have clear eyes and a long life to use them. And here in this stadium, I can feel your courage.
我知道，今天你們所接觸到真相帶來的緊迫性。大膽一些，因為沒有人能讓你感到弱小。勇敢一些，因為我們面臨的挑戰(zhàn)是巨大的，但你們將更加偉大。懂得感恩，因為已經(jīng)有人為你們生活在的當(dāng)下做出了犧牲，讓這一刻成為可能。你們擁有一對清澈的眼睛，人生的道路也還很長。在這個體育場，我能感受到你們的勇氣。
Call upon your grit. Try something. You may succeed. You may fail. But make it your life's work to remake the world because there is nothing more beautiful or more worthwhile than working to leave something better for humanity.
呼喚你的勇氣。嘗試，你可能會成功，也可能會失敗。但是，請讓改造世界成為你自己的人生工作，因為沒有什么比為人類留下更好的東西更具價值。
Thank you very much, and congratulations class of 20xx!
非常感謝，祝賀20xx屆的畢業(yè)生們！
經(jīng)典的英語演講稿2
internet civilizationgood afternoon, ladies and gentleman! first i want to say is that i’m very proud of to be invited to to present my topic here, which is “ internet civilization”re i begin my topic, please allow me to ask you a question: every time you click the mouse to surf the web, do you know what does it mean?on the net, you can make friends overseas and call them with ip phones; you can get information from all over the world; you can even give a hand to some people in troubles and get help when in ver, we have to admit that internet also leads to intimacy before acquaintance; it scatters secrets outwards, not inwards; and, most worrying of all, it is a vehicle for we should see, there exists good and evil, right and wrong on the web.
as netizens, we’d better grow to realize the importance of internet as the famous saying goes “l(fā)ong and steep is the path to virtue.” many people advocate that we should be sincere, honest and responsible in our society—the real world.
now, what i want to add is that we also should obey the primary moral principles in this virtual of my dear friends here, on the internet, which role did you play? which role are you playing? and which role will you play?
thank you very much!
經(jīng)典的英語演講稿3
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 including education. how can a computer be my teacher? how does a computer teach me? multimedia(多媒體)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 up, many different learning systems appeared, using the components and techniques we now associate with the term “multimedia”. multimedia components, such as graphics (動畫) , animations , sound and video, make the learning process easier through visualization. animations can present many comple_ subjects dynamically, but human teachers can not do this on blackboards. multimedia makes our study more lively and interesting. for e_ample, a cd-rom disk named “encarta encyclopedia” contains 650 mb information including images, graphics, music clips, video clips, animations , te_ts, 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. the audio features of multimedia can greatly help me learning 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 e_ample, 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(發(fā)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!
經(jīng)典的英語演講稿4
In this competitive society it is essential to know how to sell yourself in order to get the job you want. That means you must be able to market your best features and present yourself in the best light. After all，you never get a second chance to make a first impression.
There are several things you can do to project a good image in an interview. First of all，look like a winner. Dress conservatively and well，and you'll look like you're going to the top. Second，communicate clearly. Consider each question carefully and respond with total honesty. Remember to make eye contact and maintain good posture. You need to look attentive but also at ease. Third，have a positive and assertive attitude. It's important to appear confident of your ability and optimistic about your future. Finally，be prepared. Present a professional resume and be ready to explain everything in detail.
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.
By following the advice above，you are bound to make a good impression on potential employers. Then you will be able to choose the best opportunity for you and take that first step towards success.
經(jīng)典的英語演講稿5
today i will read a love letter . it's written to a boy .
there's so much i want to say to you , but i'm not sure where i should begin . may be you don't remember me , no matter . i could say all those things and all would be true ,but as i reread them , holding your hand and watching for your elusive smile .
do you know there is someone thinking of you and caring you all the time ? your smiling eyes are just like the sparking stars hanging on the curtain of my heart .
meeting you was fate , and falling in love with you was out of my control .you are everything to me , and i was so blessed when god sent you here for me .
coffee is lonely without cups , i am lonely without you . every day without you is like a book without pages . i'll think of you every step of the way .
it's you that led me out of the loneliness when i was lost in my mind . if we can only encounter each other rather than stay with each other , when i wish we had never encountered . love is the greatest refreshment in life . you make my heart smile .
i hope everyone can understand this love letter . because when love is not madness , it is not love .
finally , this love letter , i want to give present a boy , tell him , i like him .
thank you .
今天，我將要念一封寫給一位男生的情書。
有好多事想告訴你，不過不確定應(yīng)該從哪里開始。也許你不記得我，不過沒有關(guān)系。這些都是我想說的話，而且都是認(rèn)真的，并且等著你在不經(jīng)意間對我微笑。
你知道么，有個人時時想念你，惦念你?你含笑的眼睛，像星光閃閃，綴在我的心幕，夜夜閃亮。
遇見你是命運(yùn)的安排，而愛上你是我的情不自禁。你是我的一切，我是如此幸運(yùn)，上帝讓你來到我的身邊。
沒有杯子，咖啡是寂寞的`，沒有你，我是孤獨(dú)的。沒有你的日子，就像一本沒有書頁的書。我會想你，在漫漫長路的每一步。
你帶我走出寂寞。如果我們只是遇見，不能停留，那么不如不見。愛情是生活的提神劑。我的心因你而笑。
我希望每個人都能理解這封情書，因為如果愛不瘋狂，那就不是愛了。
最后，這封情書，我想送給在座的一位男生，告訴他，我喜歡他。
謝謝。
經(jīng)典的英語演講稿6
good! in this weather, sun days, we ushered in the primary school level in the last gather.
and around to wave farewell to the campus, though, there are a thousand words can not express my feeling of attachment to his alma mater. students believe that, you feel as i do with it. from school to the present, i am most impressed by the school is the cherry tree
in front of trees and the edge of the tree small tree. that little tree is my first year in the guard when the old man saw the seeds of, and now that it has added a six-ring, and the cherry tree has
witnessed its growth. we like the little tree, and the campus is the cherry trees, is not it?
watching all the campus, is so familiar with, can not help but brought back memories of my ... ...
remember that second-grade "61" children's day, the school
playground is now only one-third of the ground but not the plastic cement, as a result of the auction would be too crowded, i was squeezing the students fell. only heard "jenna" and say, i fall on the cement floor, and when i difficult to climb up from, it was found that the skin of the left knee has been frayed, blood flow quickly out, i slowly walked to the classroom, continue to spread the pain. at this time, met a lot of students said: "funny, how the?" "oh, you knee the frayed, tease, how to engage in, to, paper towels, put the stone around the wound erase it!" "oh, quick to the health room! "bork, bork, bork concerned with the students asked me. later, i was with a group of well-intentioned arm mounted x school went to the health room, xu teachers to help me carefully cleaning the wound, the medicine, i grinned in pain呲you want to cry, to comfort students, i hold back the tears. although not to the activities of the afternoon, and can only stay in the classroom, but my heart is still full and happy!
remember the tug-of-war a year ago, the decider in the final, we lost the power of the second seeded player disparity - 501 classes. what? we have failed, it is our experience of three tug-of-war's biggest setback, because we have never been defeated before, the
situation was very tense, one-to-one level! we became a draw play, the final outcome of the board is scheduled! after all, we have the beginning of some sad, some resulting in decreased strength, but the thought of collective honor above all else, it once again full of
confidence, full of energy on the floor of the "battlefield" "come on, come on!" cao teachers led the team pulling to one side cheering for us, we keep a stiff upper lip, were doing a full, good! rope has been moved to our side, increasing margins, and with the referees whistle out the other side of the rope of a song that we are all collapsed. "victory, victory!" we are lying on the ground cheered: "" five consecutive championships, five consecutive championships! "cao teachers face is flushed with excitement. yes, we have after some twists and turns ultimately on the strength once again won the first prize!
set of clothing, i have it hung in the closet where the most conspicuous, as it witnessed the first performance school!
remember the past primary school life, each touch of our unique memory of the clouds in the sky.
time flies, time flies, we are about to bid farewell to the division of friends of primary and secondary schools, secondary schools entered the door, bid farewell to the naive and innocent childhood into young and mature man.
beloved teacher, dear students, let us this precious child, locked in this beautiful emotion, the memory of the permanent collection that it!
經(jīng)典的英語演講稿7
Sports are more than competitions. To me, they mean growth under the care of others. I learned this the hard way.
I used to be very shy and often felt lonely. Although I did well in all the academic subjects, I was afraid of physical education. My classmates often laughed at me.
“Look at that girl,” they said. “Her feet don’t leave the ground when she runs!”
Their words embarrassed me. Moreover, whenever the teacher organized some competitive games, no one in the class liked to have me as their partner or team member. As a result, I often ended up looking at others enjoy their games.
Things would go on like that if not for a sports meet in my high school. By mistake, my name was put on the list of those who would compete in the women’s 1500 meters race. By the time people found the mistake, it was too late to change.
My desk-mate was a natural athlete. She said to me, “I couldn’t run that race in your place, because I’ve signed up for three items already.” Other athletic girls of the class said the same.
I was utterly dumbfounded. 1500 meters! Running against the best runners from other classes! And in front of students of the entire school! It would be the worst nightmare I’d ever have!
“You still have time to catch up because there is still one month before the sports meet,” they all said this to me, including my teacher.
My desk-mate patted me on the shoulder, “Cool! You will run for our class! And we will do training together.” Yes, this is not just for myself, but for my class too, I said to myself. But still, 1500 meters to me was like Mount Everest to a beginning climber. I had no idea even how to start my preparation.
Fortunately, my desk-mate gave me a hand. Every afternoon after class, several of us ran together. When the fear of being laughed at struck me, I saw others running right beside me. They gave me strengths. While we were running, some others would stand by the tracks cheering for us.
One month certainly couldn’t make me a good runner. But when I was standing behind the start line, I no longer felt lonely or afraid. I saw my classmates standing by the tracks waving at me as if about to run beside me.
With the shot of the starting gun, I dashed out and ran as fast as I could, as if it were a 200-meter race. Soon I was out of breath and slowed down. Other runners passed me one by one, and gradually I had no idea how many of them were still behind me. My legs were getting heavier and heavier, and I might fall down at any moment. However, I suddenly heard my classmates chanting my name. My desk-mate even ran along the tracks beside me and cheered for me at the same time, just like the month-long training we did together.
As expected, I was almost the last to cross the finish line. Immediately, my classmates held my arms and urged me to walk on my feet and not to sit down. I was surrounded, with all kinds of drinks handed to me. I felt a kind of warmth I had never felt before. Even though I was almost the last to finish the race, I was full of confidence that I would improve in the future.
That sports meet was an unforgettable experience. The memory of my classmates cheering for me, holding my arms and handing me drinks stays fresh on my mind. Sports are no longer about winning or losing. They give me a lot of confidence, both confidence in my fellow students and confidence in my own potential. I am no longer lonely, no longer afraid. Sports have brought me close to my classmates and helped us grow together.
Now, I participate in the sports meet every year. Even if I am not competing, I would help my classmates with their practice, just like the way my desk-mate and others ran with me.
3分鐘經(jīng)典英語演講稿篇四
I have a question for you. ‘Do you know how to breathe?’ Okay, I know what you are thinking now, “Girl, are you kidding me? Everybody knows how to breathe.” Actually, if I were you sitting down in there one year ago, I would think, “How did she make it to the final?”
Alright, seriously speaking, what I am talking about is “the art of breathing”, and it’s about breathing in a Yoga way: peacefully and always under control. What it reveals is the real essence of perseverance, “In order to achieve, sometimes, you need to wait.” And when it comes to things you really want in life, it is as hard as it could possibly be.
For me, singing is a life thing. When I am singing on the stage, I feel whole-heartedly involved, and the self-fulfillment it renders is inexplicably thrilling. But with all the realistic problems I need to face in life, all those I want seem too far to be true– so far that I am terrified that I will never ever be able to get there and that gradually I will be carried away by the currents and torrents of life. I’ve been drowned into this ambivalence for so long. Now, with a refined perspective towards self-realization, I am waiting, in a graceful posture, and knowing that I am going to get there. And on this, I should say, I owe Yoga a thank-you.
I still remember, about one year ago, I attended a Yoga course for the very first time. And to tell you the truth, I went there for a nice figure. However, after practicing for some time, I discovered that there was an ineffable inner-strength burgeoning sneakily in me while I totally focused. In order not to let go this significant power, I started to picture all I wanted in my mind while I was fully concentrating, for I believe the wings of imagination could make things possible. I learned to breathe with my dreams, shaping the eagerness into this elegant gesture of persisting.
And now, if you ask me what exactly is “the art of breathing”, I would say it is indeed “the art of living”. It combines the search of balance, the grace of patience, and the awareness of appreciation.
So even though feelings are tied up with life routines, I could still hold onto that free EGO which I have always adored: the girl who is singing under the spotlight, with all her heart and soul; the girl who is persevering with all she believes in and always feels grateful for what has been bestowed on her.
That girl is now standing right here in front of you, hoping that you are all as lucky as she is, living with dreams and love. No matter how tough things get, I tell myself, I tell myself that, every single thing I am doing now is every step closer to that very moment of my trajectory, just like every Yoga breath to every blossom moment of my life.
經(jīng)典的英語演講稿8
Since the quality of honesty applies to all behaviors, one cannot refuse to consider factual information, for example, in an unbiased manner and still claim that one's knowledge, belief or position is an attempt to be truthful. Such a belie
f is clearly a product of one's desires and simply has nothing to do with the human ability to know. Basing one's positions on what one wants — rather than unbiased evidence gathering — is dishonest even when good intentions can be cited — after all even Hitler could cite good intentions and intended glory for a select group of people. Clearly then, an unbiased approach to the truth is a requirement of honesty.
Because intentions are closely related to fairness and certainly affect the degree of honesty/dishonesty, there is a wide spread confusion about honesty--and a general belief that being dishonest means that one ALWAYS correctly understands if their behavior is either honest or dishonest. Self-perception of our morality is non-static and volatile. It's often at the moment we refuse to consider other perspectives that there is a clear indication we are not pursuing the truth, rather than simply and exclusively at the moment we can muster up evidence that we are right. Socrates had much to say about truth, honesty and morality, and explained that if people really understood that their behavior was wrong — then they simply wouldn't do it — by definition. Unfortunately, honesty in the western tradition has been marginalized to specific instances — perhaps because a thorough understanding of honesty collides with ideologies of all types. Ideologies and idealism often exaggerate and suppress evidence in order to support their perspectives — at the eXPense of the truth. This process erodes the practice and understanding of honesty. To an ideologist the truth quite often becomes insignificant, what matters most are their ideals and what ever supports their desires to enjoy and spread those ideals.
Human beings are inherently biased about what they believe to be good due to individual tastes & backgrounds, but once one understands that a decidedly biased approach to what is true — is inherently dishonest, one can also understand how idealism and ideology have poorly served the quest for an honest, moral society. Both honesty and morality require that we base our opinions about what is good — upon unbiased ideas of what is TRUE — rather than vice versa (determining what is true based on what we feel is good) — the way all ideologies would have us believe.
經(jīng)典的英語演講稿9
Respected teacher, Dear students :
happy, peaceful Spring Festival has been living along with a short winter break. The new semester has come, we fully loaded with the joy of harvest 20xx, entered a pin great hopes for 20xx. We also made into a tense and enriching campus life. We should set a good goal, perseverance and faith, we can not, and work together for goals, dreams and wonderful. Tashi field gradually fallen down. Of course, achievements and honors often envy, admiration, "a trip to the saying goes," If we want to make that vision a reality.
Accumulation is essential, we should start now, start from the neighborhood. Tashi one step at a time toward the magnificent goal. A new semester, will no doubt provide us with a brand new place, but need to be reminded often is the crown of thorns : honor knit. the road to succeis often paved by sweat, not a smooth journey. It requires the faithful pursuit of youthful enthusiasm and down-to-earth efforts, a persistent climbing.
Therefore, we must cultivate perseverance, a sense of spirit. Determined to learn, you are mentally prepared for college graduates, have lofty ambitions, have the enthusiasm to learn, in the face of difficulties and setbacks, not discouraged, and an unswerving manner in which learning! We should also cultivate good moral character. When we sat in the bright classroom, brings new textbooks, listening to the teacher's teaching, students, Do we think we are being our help and care from all sectors of society? Our teachers, parents and the community who are acquainted with us quietly watching us. China since ancient times "dripping Zhien Yongquan phase" by saying : parenthood us. We should be grateful to their parents; teachers gave us knowledge, and enhance our ability, we should be grateful for teachers; others concerned to help us, and we should be grateful to them. Society Thanksgiving, a plan Zhi is the traditional Chinese virtues, we should constantly develop and inheritance!
A new semester, a new journey, a new look, at this point in time, we believe that each student hearts are filled with the passion to forge ahead. because each and every one of us faces filled with youthful vitality. Let us seize this beautiful spring of 20xx, ideal for ambitious, to put the plan into action. Flight ideal scull, and the schools the same boat, true trip, the students displayed charisma and the wisdom of devoting themselves.
經(jīng)典的英語演講稿10
Someone said “we are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book， whose pages are infinite”。 I don’t know who wrote these words， but I’ve always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want it to be。 We are all in the position of the farmers。 If we plant a good seed ，we reap a good harvest。 If we plant nothing at all， we harvest nothing at all。
We are young。 “How to spend the youth？” It is a meaningful question。 To answer it， first I have to ask “what do you understand by the word youth？” Youth is not a time of life， it’s a state of mind。 It’s not a matter of rosy cheeks， red lips or supple knees。 It’s the matter of the will。 It’s the freshness of the deep spring of life。
A poet said “To see a world in a grain of sand， and a heaven in a wild flower， hold infinity in the palm of your hand， and eternity in an hour。 Several days ago， I had a chance to listen to a lecture。 I learnt a lot there。 I’d like to share it with all of you。 Let’s show our right palms。 We can see three
lines that show how our love。career and life is。 I have a short line of life。 What about yours？ I wondered whether we could see our future in this way。 Well， let’s make a fist。 Where is our future？ Where is our love， career， and life？ Tell me。Yeah， it is in our hands。 It is held in ourselves。
We all want the future to be better than the past。 But the future can go better itself。 Don’t cry because it is over， smile because it happened。 From the past， we’ve learnt that the life is tough， but we are tougher。 We’ve learnt that we can’t choose how we feel， but we can choose what about it。 Failure doesn’t mean you don’t have it， it does mean you should do it in a different way。 Failure doesn’t mean you should give up， it does mean you must try harder。
As what I said at the beginning， “we are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book， whose pages are infinite”。 The past has gone。 Nothing we do will change it。 But the future is in frront of us。 Believe that what we give to the world， the world will give to us。 And from today on， let’s be the owners of ourselves， and speak out “We are the world， we are the future。”
有人說“我們正在讀一本書的第一章的第一節(jié)，頁數(shù)無限的”。我不知道誰寫的這些話，但我一直很喜歡他們提醒人們，可以是任何我們想要的未來。我們都是農(nóng)民的地位。我們?nèi)舴N下好種子，我們收獲豐收。如果我們工廠什么都沒有，我們什么也沒收獲。
我們年輕的時候。“如何度過青春？“這是一個有意義的問題。要回答這個問題，首先我要問“你怎么理解這個詞的青年嗎？“青春不是生命的一個階段，它是一種心態(tài)。它不是紅潤的面頰，紅色的嘴唇和柔軟的膝蓋。它的問題。它是生命的深泉的清新。
一個詩人說：“從一粒沙子看到一個世界，從一朵野花看到一個天堂，把無限放在你的手掌，永恒也就消融于一個時辰。幾天前，我有機(jī)會聽一個講座。我學(xué)到了很多。我想與大家分享。讓我們展示我們的右手掌。我們可以看到三個
行，展示我們的愛。職業(yè)和生活。我有一個短線的生活。你的呢？我想知道是否我們可以看到我們的未來。好吧，讓我們做一個拳頭。我們的未來在哪里？哪里是我們的愛，事業(yè)和生活？告訴我。是的，它是在我們的手中。這是在自己舉行。
我們都希望未來會比過去更好。但是未來可以更好的自己。不要因為完結(jié)而哭，要為曾經(jīng)發(fā)生而微笑。從過去，我們知道，生活是艱苦的，但我們是更堅強(qiáng)。我們知道我們不能選擇我們的感覺，但我們可以選擇。失敗并不意味著你不擁有它，它意味著你應(yīng)該換一種方式。失敗并不意味著你應(yīng)該放棄，它意味著你須更加努力。
就像我一開始說，“我們正在讀一本書的第一章的第一節(jié)，頁數(shù)無限的”。過去的已經(jīng)過去了。我們所做的任何事都不會改變它。但是未來是在我們面前。相信我們給世界，世界將給我們。從今天開始，我們是自己的主人，說出“我們是世界，我們是未來。”
經(jīng)典的英語演講稿11
Hello，everyone!
My name is __x， at 20__ years Joined the __ School of Information Management Department of economic information study， and in 200 _ years _ months before graduation.
Succeeded under eat bitter， I e 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 panies 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 pany pleted 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， whatto do， how to do a good job. I believe that this experience will be my next life， a good start.
Thank you!
Thank you!
經(jīng)典的英語演講稿12
First I must say the campus life is really different from what I have experienced in high instance，I used to lean upon my dormitory teache
r to wake me up on now I have to set several alarm clocks to make myself could hear them in the morning otherwise I would miss my then even worse there would be nobody remind me
except my teacher!So the differences are everywhere and I could easily find change of life is great and it’s wonderful:I have more time of my own and the rights to decide how I live.
My campus activities are rich and ning English has become a habit to me cause I plan to study abroad in next few ing Guzheng is my favorite activity.I have kept on practising it since I was a little girl and I wish to win more competitions in my campus life.
Our university has the first level equipments and the most experienced teachers，also has the best students(laugh).I consider it to be a honor that I’ve got a chance to study here and I sincerely hope that we could live wonderful lives in our campus!
經(jīng)典的英語演講稿13
hello, everyone .today i want to introduce one of my favourite novels. first let’s enjoy a video about it.
yes, this is the novel i’d like to introduce--.it is written by alice sebold, an american author. and in last year it was adapted（改編） into a movie by peter jackson, who is famous for his magic products—lord of rings. the movie is also very good.
after seeing the video, you may think this novel is frightening. i want to say ‘no, it’s not a horror fiction’. the novel tells about the thoughts of a murdered girl called susie after she was dead. she cannot forget her families and her lover .she stays in her own perfect world, watching their life. however, if the dead don’t forget the alive or don’t leave them for the heaven, people who are alive will not forget the sadness and cannot be cured by time.
somebody may think it’s a story about justice. but i want to say :’ no.’ at the end of the story , susie was able to come back to stay a few minutes with her boy .the last thing she want is only a kiss. she didn’t care about the punishment of the murder and just wish people all a long and happy life. that is what the novel wants to told us: love is always more important than hate. and ‘a(chǎn) family ,is like the bones all over one’s body .even though one piece breaks down and the others may feel sorry about it for some time , the dead are gone and the life is to be continued .
if one day u die,
if u are in in-between,
if u are in such a edge（邊緣）of love and hate, hope and despair（絕望）.
what is your choice?
in a word, this is a moving novel that tells us the meaning of love and death. i believe when you read it, it can touch the softest corner of your heart.
that’s all, thank you.
經(jīng)典的英語演講稿14
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen :
Life is not long, but many times choose, you have many choices come through today. Wait more than 60 days, you in turn to make a choice, but the choice is your life is very important, very crucial choice. The choice to a large extent directly related to your future direction in life, whether related to the future glory of life, and even the success of the big problems of life.
The last choice, because your young, largely by your parents or relatives to help you to make choices. Then the choice of their ability to help so you can create conditions to help you (for example, taking your difference, they can give you the money you read Choosing Health). Entrance options, but this largely depends on yourself decide the. Because: First, the difficulty of the selection bigger, some parents and relatives also lack guidance capability; second is the choice of policy, a more equitable, they may have money, but you also can not score enough money to help you. So many choices in this and future autonomy of the major is in your own hands.
Select certain subjective and objective conditions. The university entrance exam already created the objective conditions of choice. For example, the University has long been the face of the door here open for each student, you can enter with their conditions. Another example is that the state's admission policy is not directed against an individual, but against all the candidates this year, has been formed, you can only prepare the conditions required by policy to choose. Another example: you face the teachers and the teaching environment of objective factors in the last more than 60 days are basically constant. You can only adjust themselves to the further adaptation. Therefore, the objective conditions of your current studies, as if we can only face each generation has been formed as the productivity of conditions, can only be subjective on this basis up efforts to promote the development of the existing productive forces, not to complain about now have low productivity. This year's college entrance examination, you can only have been formed by the face of these subjective and objective conditions to efforts to improve their academic performance. Not to complain about the objective conditions than me.
In addition to other life choices, and many give up. But a lot of life to give up in order to better choices. You this time, the face of the university are beckoning to you, you can choose not to give up. Can also say: You give up a lot in the past, that is, to this choice. Example, Why did not you work outside the home? Why not stay at home farming? Why seeing your parents morning to evening, busy doing farming work, and even sick exertion in the field, and you share those concerns did not go home for their problem-solving, can you give up so they are not all for this time of choice?
Both gave up so much, they chose today, why not try to choose tomorrow? Beckon you do not choose to have this as another of the universities? There is the further purification of your soul, raise your quality, and increase your survivability, and improve your quality of life in the future to achieve greater value of life your furnac.
Thank you!
經(jīng)典的英語演講稿15
Opening Statement: Sexual Harrassment Hearings Concerning Judge Clarence ThomasMr.Chairman, Senator Thurmond, members of the committee, my name is Anita F.
Hill, and I am a professor of law at the University of Oklahoma.
I was born on a farm in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, in 1956.
I am the youngest of 13 children.
I had my early education in Okmulgee County.
My father, Albert Hill, is a farmer in that area.
My mothers name is Irma Hill.
She is also a farmer and a housewife.
My childhood was one of a lot of hard work and not much money, but it was one of solid family affection, as represented by my parents.
I was reared in a religious atmosphere in the Baptist faith, and I have been a member of the Antioch Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, since 1983.
It is a very warm part of my life at the present time.
For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977.
I am attaching to this statement a copy of my resume for further details of my education.
I graduated from the university with academic honors and proceeded to the Yale Law School, where I received my JD degree in 1980.
Upon graduation from law school, I became a practicing lawyer with the Washington, DC, firm of Ward, Hardraker, and Ross.
In 1981, I was introduced to now Judge Thomas by a mutual friend.
Judge Thomas told me that he was anticipating a political appointment, and he asked if I would be interested in working with him.
He was, in fact, appointed as Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights.
After he had taken that post, he asked if I would become his assistant, and I accepted that position.
In my early period there, I had two major projects.
The first was an article I wrote for Judge Thomas signature on the education of minority students.
The second was the organization of a seminar on high-risk students which was abandoned because Judge Thomas transferred to the EEOC where he became the chairman of that office.
During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.
I had a good deal of responsibility and independence.
I thought he respected my work and that he trusted my judgment.
After approximately three months of working there, he asked me to go out socially with him.
What happened next and telling the world about it are the two most difficult things -- experiences of my life.
It is only after a great deal of agonizing consideration and sleepless number -- a great number of sleepless nights that I am able to talk of these unpleasant matters to anyone but my close friends.
I declined the invitation to go out socially with him and explained to him that I thought it would jeopardize what at the time I considered to be a very good working relationship.
I had a normal social life with other men outside of the office.
I believed then, as now, that having a social relationship with a person who was supervising my work would be ill-advised.
I was very uncomfortable with the idea and told him so.
I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions.
However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions.
He pressed me to justify my reasons for saying no to him.
These incidents took place in his office or mine.
They were in the form of private conversations which would not have been overheard by anyone else.
My working relationship became even more strained when Judge Thomas began to use work situations to discuss sex.
On these occasions, he would call me into his office for reports on education issues and projects, or he might suggest that, because of the time pressures of his schedule, we go to lunch to a government cafeteria.
After a brief discussion of work, he would turn the conversation to a discussion of sexual matters.
His conversations were very vivid.
He spoke about acts that he had seen in pornographic films involving such matters as women having sex with animals and films showing group sex or rape scenes.
He talked about pornographic materials depicting individuals with large penises or large breasts involved in various sex acts.
On several occasions, Thomas told me graphically of his own sexual prowess.
Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about these subjects.
I would also try to change the subject to education matters or to nonsexual personal matters such as his background or his beliefs.
My efforts to change the subject were rarely successful.
Throughout the period of these conversations, he also from time to time asked me for social engagements.
My reaction to these conversations was to avoid them by eliminating opportunities for us to engage in extended conversations.
This was difficult because at the time I was his only assistant at the Office of Education -- or Office for Civil Rights.
During the latter part of my time at the Department of Education, the social pressures and any conversation of his offensive behavior ended.
I began both to believe and hope that our working relationship could be a proper, cordial, and professional one.
When Judge Thomas was made chair of the EEOC, I needed to face the question of whether to go with him.
I was asked to do so, and I did.
The work itself was interesting, and at that time it appeared that the sexual overtures which had so troubled me had ended.
I also faced the realistic fact that I had no alternative job.
While I might have gone back to private practice, perhaps in my old firm or at another, I was dedicated to civil rights work, and my first choice was to be in that field.
Moreover, the Department of Education itself was a dubious venture.
President Reagan was seeking to abolish the entire department.
For my first months at the EEOC, where I continued to be an assistant to Judge Thomas, there were no sexual conversations or overtures.
However, during the fall and winter of 1982, these began again.
The comments were random and ranged from pressing me about why I didnt go out with him to remarks about my personal appearance.
I remember his saying that some day I would have to tell him the real reason that I wouldnt go out with him.
He began to show displeasure in his tone and voice and his demeanor and his continued pressure for an explanation.
He commented on what I was wearing in terms of whether it made me more or less sexually attractive.
The incidents occurred in his inner office at the EEOC.
One of the oddest episodes I remember was an occasion in which Thomas was drinking a Coke in his office.
He got up from the table at which we were working, went over to his desk to get the Coke, looked at the can and asked, Who has pubic hair on my Coke? On other occasions, he referred to the size of his own penis as being larger than normal, and he also spoke on some occasions of the pleasures he had given to women with oral sex.
At this point, late 1982, I began to feel severe stress on the job.
I began to be concerned that Clarence Thomas might take out his anger with me by degrading me or not giving me important assignments.
I also thought that he might find an excuse for dismissing me.
In January of 1983, I began looking for another job.
I was handicapped because I feared that, if he found out, he might make it difficult for me to find other employment and I might be dismissed from the job I had.
Another factor that made my search more difficult was that there was a period -- this was during a period of a hiring freeze in the government.
In February of 1983, I was hospitalized for five days on an emergency basis for acute stomach pain which I attributed to stress on the job.
Once out of the hospital, I became more committed to find other employment and sought further to minimize my contact with Thomas.
This became easier when Allison Duncan (sp) became office director, because most of my work was then funneled through her and I had contact with Clarence Thomas mostly in staff meetings.
In the spring of 1983, an opportunity to teach at Oral Roberts University opened up.
I participated in a seminar -- taught an afternoon session and seminar at Oral Roberts University.
The dean of the university saw me teaching and inquired as to whether I would be interested in furthering -- pursuing a career in teaching, beginning at Oral Roberts University.
I agreed to take the job in large part because of my desire to escape the pressures I felt at the EEOC due to Judge Thomas.
When I informed him that I was leaving in July, I recall that his response was that now I would no longer have an excuse for not going out with him.
I told him that I still preferred not to do so.
At some time after that meeting, he asked if he could take me to dinner at the end of the term.
When I declined, he assured me that the dinner was a professional courtesy only and not a social invitation.
I reluctantly agreed to accept that invitation, but only if it was at the every end of a working day.
On, as I recall, the last day of my employment at the EEOC in the summer of 1983, I did have dinner with Clarence Thomas.
We went directly from work to a restaurant near the office.
We talked about the work I had done, both at education and at the EEOC.
He told me that he was pleased with all of it except for an article and speech that I had done for him while we were at the Office for Civil Rights.
Finally, he made a comment that I will vividly remember.
He said that if I ever told anyone of his behavior that it would ruin his career.
This was not an apology, nor was it an explanation.
That was his last remark about the possibility of our going out or reference to his behavior.
In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since.
I am of course aware from the press that some questions have been raised about conversations I had with Judge Clarence Thomas after I left the EEOC.
From 1983 until today, I have seen Judge Thomas only twice.
On one occasion, I needed to get a reference from him, and on another he made a public appearance in Tulsa.
On one occasion he called me at home and we had an inconsequential conversation.
On one occasion he called me without reaching me, and I returned the call without reaching him, and nothing came of it.
I have on at least three occasions, been asked to act as a conduit to him for others.
I knew his secretary, Diane Holt.
We had worked together at both EEOC and education.
There were occasions on which I spoke to her, and on some of these occasions undoubtedly I passed on some casual comment to then Chairman Thomas.
There were a series of calls in the first three months of 1985, occasioned by a group in Tulsa, which wished to have a civil rights conference.
They wanted Judge Thomas to be the speaker and enlisted my assistance for this purpose.
I did call in January and February to no effect, and finally suggested to the person directly involved, Susan Cahal (ph) that she put the matter into her own hands and call directly.
She did so in March of 1985.
In connection with that March invitation, Ms.
Cahal (ph) wanted conference materials for the seminar and some research was needed.
I was asked to try to get the information and did attempted to do so.
There was another call about another possible conference in July of 1985.
In August of 1987, I was in Washington, DC and I did call Diane Holt.
In the course of this conversation, she asked me how long I was going to be in town and I told her.
It is recorded in the message as August 15.
It was, in fact, August 20th.
She told me about Judge Thomass marriage and I did say congratulate him.
It is only after a great deal of agonizing consideration that I am able to talk of these unpleasant matters to anyone except my closest friends.
As Ive said before these last few days have been very trying and very hard for me and it hasnt just been the last few days this week.
It has actually been over a month now that I have been under the strain of this issue.
Telling the world is the most difficult experience of my life, but it is very close to having to live through the experience that occasion this meeting.
I may have used poor judgment early on in my relationship with this issue.
I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career.
And I did not want early on to burn all the bridges to the EEOC.
As I said, I may have used poor judgment.
Perhaps I should have taken angry or even militant steps, both when I was in the agency, or after I left it.
But I must confess to the world that the course that I took seemed the better as well as the easier approach.
I declined any comment to newspapers, but later when Senate staff asked me about these matters I felt I had a duty to report.
I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas.
I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant.
It would have been more comfortable to remain silent.
I took no initiative to inform anyone.
But when I was asked by a representative of this committee to report my experience, I felt that I had to tell the truth.
I could not keep silent. Good morning:Honorable judges, dear teachers and close friends.
I’m very glad to stand here to share my speech with you.
Today I’m going to talk about Love and Take care of Nature.Mother Nature is an exquisite and complex life-system.
Its charm appears in the trees, stream, soil, insects, moss and fungus, all the things on the earth in different shapes, which are interdependent.
When you get close to nature, please remember, each tree, stone and species of animals here has lived harmoniously for hundreds, thousands or even millions of years.
When we pass away, they will continue to live.
They are the real masters, while we are just the passer-by.
However, the conduct we unconsciously do, such as picking, lumbering, tramping and abusing can probably destroy the balance of their life.
Therefore, we must reduce our bad influence as much as possible.
While you are enjoying the nature, do not forget please, the beauty of the lives also needs to be concerned with and to be protected.Each life on the earth has a long and touching evolutionary story.
From the origin, the lives of the human being are equal to those of others; they both are the composing parts of Mother Nature.
Nevertheless, for some inexplicable reasons, the human becomes the spirits of all creatures.
Of course, it is the result of the evolution, but still we should be grateful to all our companions in nature for the opportunity they offer.In spite of this, humans cannot live without earth.
They live on the earth, drink the sweet water, and enjoy the sunshine, the air, the sky, the fruit; the grains utilize the energy and so on.
In a word, the human being cannot live without nature, and Mother Nature makes us grow stronger.I do not like the word Pet, but preferring the word Animal instead.
I have been loving animal since I was just a little boy.
When thinking of the Pet Fashion, I always feel much annoyed.
For the animals will be given a shackle and lose their liberty if they become someones pets.
Their natural attribution can be deprived, too.Up to now, relying on their scientific power, the human have opened up too much and over developed nature, in order to fill up their growing appetites of wealth.
They destroy the balance of nature, however, they dont realize, their own development and existence will be threatened.
Therefore, our sights should be focused on nature and we should try to develop the concept of keeping human and nature in unity.We should lay emphasis on our education with consider cultural and natural emotion. Greetings,everybody.Its really great to be here.Id like to talk about my favorite TV channels.
I enjoy watching TV.Im not embarrassed to admit it.Not all programs are a big waste of time.
Some programs are educational and worthwhile.Some channels are relaxing and entertaining.Let me introduce my four favorites to you.
First,I love action movies.I thrive on the excitement.They make me feel so alive.
I pretend Im the hero.I always defeat the bad guys.I usually end up having a beautiful girlfriend.
Action movies are a blast.Action movie a nice escape.I recommend the action movies on HBO.
Second,I really like comedy.I like humorous entertainment.It always cheers me up.
Laughter is so healthy.Its like food for the soul.Its like sunshine on a rainy day.
My comedy must have quality.It must be wholesome and good-natured.It can never be sexist or humiliating.
Third,I love adventure programs.Im nuts about traveling.The Travel Channel is a favorite.
I also love to explore.Im into science and innovation.The Discovery Channel always fascinates me.
Besides,Im crazy about animals.I respect the animal kingdom.I think Animal Planet is really cool.
Finally,I love watching the news.Im a news freak.Im a politics junky.
I cant get enough of politics.I analyze and compare many news shows.I seldom believe much of what I hear.
I know politics turns a lot of people off.It turns me on.Its my duty as a citizen to stay informed.
In conclusion,I enjoy the tube.Its really not so bad.Its not all useless junk.
Enjoy and beware.Enjoy quality programs.Beware of becoming a couch potato.
Thank you for listening.Thanks for your attention.I hope you always watch excellent TV programs.
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