优秀的英文演讲范文8篇("The Art of Powerful English Public Speaking: Inspiring Speeches to Elevate Your Speaking Skills")

As a writer for a government website, I am thrilled to present a collection of excellent English speech templates. These exceptional speeches cover a diverse range of themes, from motivational talks to graduation addresses to political speeches. Whether you're looking to inspire your audience or make a powerful statement, this compilation is guaranteed to provide you with the perfect inspiration.

第1篇

with the improvement of the living standards, many people are no longer interested in the simple life style and some of them even feel ashamed to be thrifty. what they pursue is the latest fashion. in their eyes, thrift is already out of style. however, still other people insist that thrift is a good virtue. they say that the strong power of production doesn t mean that we are supposed to a live a luxurious life, because our natural resources are limited and some of them even are on the decline. moreover, they hold that waste may lead to degradation of social atmosphere and environmental pollution as well. as to me, i prefer the latter opinion. i believe waste not, want not. the truth of this saying is not to give up comfort but to enhance efficiency. in fact, economic growth depends

enormously on saving. besides, there are still millions of chinese living under poverty line. we can never afford reckless waste. therefore, it is no doubt that thrift is still a good virtue that we should not give up.

第2篇

for the love of my fatherover the years, i never thought of my father asbeing very emotional, and he never was, at least not in front of me. even thoughhe was 68 years old and only five-foot-nine, while i was six feet and 260pounds, he seemed huge to me. i always saw him as being that staunchdisciplinarian who rarely cracked a smile. my father never told me he loved mewhen i was a child, and i never held it against him. i think that all i reallywanted was for my dad to be proud of me. in my youth, mom always showered mewith “i love you’s” every day. so i really never thought about not hearing itfrom my dad. i guess deep down i knew that he loved me, he jue to think of it, i don’t think i ever told him that i loved him, either. inever really thought about it much until i faced the reality of death.

on november 9th, 1990, i received word that my national guard unit was beingactivated for operation desert shield. we would convoy to fort ben harrison,indiana, and then directly to saudi arabia. i had been in the guard for 10 yearsand never dreamed that we would be activated for a war, even though i knew itwas what we trained for. i went to my father and gave him the news. i couldsense he was uneasy about me going. we never discussed it much more, and eightdays later i was gone.

i have several close relatives who have been in the military during war time.my father and uncle were in world war ii, and two brothers and a sister servedin vietnam. while i was extremely uneasy about leaving my family to serve mycountry in a war zone, i knew it was what i had to do. i prayed that this wouldmake my father proud of me. my father is very involved in the veterans offoreign wars organization and has always been for a strong military. i was noteligible to join the veterans of foreign wars because i had not been in a warzone—a fact that always made me feel like i didn’t measure up in my father’seyes. but now here i was, his youngest son, being shipped off to a foreign land9,000 miles away, to fight a war in a country we had barely heard of before.

on november 17, 1990, our convoy of military vehicles rolled out of ruralgreenville, michigan. the streets were filled with families and well-wishers tosee us off. as we approached the edge of town, i looked out the window of mytruck and saw my wife, kim, my children, and mom and dad. they were all wavingand crying, except for my father. he just stood there, almost like a stonestatue. he looked incredibly old at that moment. i don’t know why, he justdid.

i was gone for that thanksgiving and missed our family’s dinner. there wasalways a crowd, with two of my sisters, their husbands and children, plus mywife and our family. it disturbed me greatly that i couldn’t be there. a fewdays after thanksgiving i was able to call my wife, and she told me somethingthat has made me look at my father in a different way ever since.

my wife knew how my father was about his emotions, and i could hear her voicequaver as she spoke to me. she told me that my father recited his usualthanksgiving prayer. but this time he added one last sentence. as his voicestarted to crack and a tear ran down his cheek, he said, “dear lord, pleasewatch over and guide my son, rick, with your hand in his time of need as heserves his country, and bring him home to us safely.” at that point he burstinto tears. i had never seen my father cry, and when i heard this, i couldn’thelp but start to cry myself. my wife asked me what was wrong. after regainingmy composure, i said, “i guess my father really does love me.”

eight months later, when i returned home from the war, i ran over and huggedmy wife and children in a flurry of tears. when i came to my father, i embracedhim and gave him a huge hug. he whispered in my ear, “i’m very proud of you,son, and i love you.” i looked that man, my dad, straight in the eyes as i heldhis head between my hands and i said, “i love you too, dad,” and we embracedagain. and then together, both of us cried.

ever since that day, my relationship with my father has never been the same.we have had many deep conversations. i learned that he’s always been proud ofme, and he’s not afraid to say “i love you” anymore. neither am i. i’m justsorry it took 29 years and a war to find it out.

"maybe you will forget those who shared pleasure with you, but you willremember those who tasted tears with you. " kahlil cirbran

“你也许会忘记那些与你一同笑过的人，但是你将永远记住那些与你一同伤心落泪的人。”---- kahlil girbran

everyone has a lot of friends and he must have his own friendship as well.but usually only when you get into trouble, will you know what the truefriendship is. the friend in need is the friend in deed. only the real friendswill help you when you are in trouble. if you establish your friendship when youare in trouble, make it go on forever.

每个人都有很多朋友，也一定有属于他自己的友谊。但是，通常只有当你遇到困难时，你才能知道什么是真正的友谊。患难见真情，只有真正的朋友会在你身处困境时帮助你。如果你在逆境中将友谊建立，那么请让它继续到永远。

maybe a boy and a girl become good friends. they feel very happy when theyare each other, but other students may think that they have fallen in love. ifyou were one of them, what would you do? if i were in that position, i would notcare about what anyone else may say. i only care about her feeling. we shouldknow that our friendship is pure without anything bad mixed. friendship is veryimportant for everyone, so i will let my friendship last forever.

也许一个女孩和一个男孩成为了好朋友，他们在一起会感到很幸福。但是，其他同学会认为他们相爱了。如果你是其中之一，你会怎么办?如果是我，我将不会在乎别人说什么，我只在乎她的感觉。我们应该明白，我们的友谊是纯洁的，是不含任何杂质的`。友谊对每个人都很重要，所以我会让我们的友谊继续下去。

everyone should know that he can not lose his opposite sex friends. if you donot make friends with your opposite sex classmates, then you have already losthalf of the friends. so you can make friends with all your classmates, and don'tbe shy. you should also pay enough attention to the friendship that you havealready established. don’t undermine it unless you want to hurt him. you shouldnever try to do so, for if you do that you will lose much in emotion.

每个人都应该明白你不能失去异性的朋友如果你不与异性同学交朋友，那么你就已经失去了一半朋友。所以你可以与你所有的同学交朋友，不要害羞。你同样也应该重视你已经建立的友谊，不要破坏它，除非你想伤害他。不过，请不要去尝试，如果你这么做你会失去太多的感情。

please cherish everything that you have already possessed. maybe you don'tcare about it now. but when you lose it, you will find that how important itis.

请珍惜你所拥有的一切也许你现在并不在乎，但当你失去时你会发现它是多么的重要。

第3篇

recently, ther is a heated debate in our society. the college students arethe beneficiaries of a rare privilege, who receive exceptional education atextraordinary places. but will we be able to face the challenge and supportourselves against all odds? will we be able to better the lives of others? willwe be able to accept the responsibility of building the future of ourcountry?

the cynics say the college students are the pampered lost generation, whichwould cringe at the slightest discomfort. but the cynics are wrong. the collegestudents i see are eagerly learning about how to live independently. we helpeach other clean the dormitory, go shopping and bargain together, and take parttime jobs to supplement our pocket money.

the cynics say we care for nothing other than grades; and we neglect theneed for character cultivation. but again, the cynics are wrong. we care deeplyfor each other, we cherish freedom, we treasure justice, and we seek truth. lastweek, thousands of my fellow students had their blood type tested in order tomake a contribution for the children who suffer from blood cancer.

as college students, we are adolescents at the critical turning point inour lives. we all face a fundamental choice: cynicism or faith, each willprofoundly impact our future, or even the future of our country. i believe inall my fellow classmates. though we are still inexperienced and even a littlebit childish. i believe that we have the courage and faith to meet any challengeand take on our responsibilities. we are preparing to assume newresponsibilities and tasks, and to use the education we have received to makeour world a better place. i believein our future.

today i am very glad to be here to share with you my ideas of success. whatis success? it is what everyone is longing for.sometimes success would be rathersimple. winning a game is success; getting a high grade in the exam is success;making a new friend is success; even now i am

however, as a person’s whole life is concerned, success becomes very

complicated. is fortune success? is fame success? is high social statussuccess? no, i don’t think so. i believe success is the realization ofpeople’

s hopes and ideals.nowadays, in the modern society there are manypeople

who are regarded as the successful. and the most obvious characteristics ofhem are money, high position and luxurious life. so most people believe that ssuccess and all that they do is for this purpose. but the problem is wether itis real success. we all know there are always more money, higher position andbetter condition in front of us. if we keep chasing them, where is the end? whatwill satisfy us at last? therefore, we can see, to get the real success we mustneed something inside, which is the realization of

different people have different ideas about success; cause people’s hopesand ideas vary from one another. but i am sure every success is dear toeverybody, cause it is not easy to come by, cause in the process of our strivingfor success, we got both our body and soul tempted, meanwhile we are enlightenedby the most valuable qualities of human beings: love, patient, courage and senseof responsibility. these are the best treasures. so now i am very proud that ihave this opportunity to stand here speaking to all of you. it is my success,cause i raise up to challenge my hope.

what is success? everyone has his own interpretation as i do. but i amsure

every success leads to an ever-brighter future. so ladies and gentlemen,believe in our hopes, believe in ourselves, we, every one of us, can make a

when the breeze gently hold when liuxu savoury, when the sun put it goldenglorious quietly around the cherry blossom trees on appered handsome; when thebeautiful petals in the air to reach several commonly roll long, then gentlylanded, we are enjoying a brilliant happineof campus life.

early morning, happy bird singing, accompany us go strollw floral path andwatched the we walked into the campus, eye is full of happiness. sunshine shopin writing has "e, nanjing normal university affiliated yangzi dickers" e, thebronze medal and put downy light reflection to our body, we cheerfully acceptedthis light, vigorous entered in campus. on the way to the classroom, and everyday that we can all see beautiful fountain and pool, and forceful huaihe booksand rather ?

the most successful person may not be the smartest ones.according to asurvey conducted among a group of people who were in the same university tenyears ago , those whose grade-point average was in the middle fifty percent ,all become rich or managers of different fields , while not a single young manof the upper ten percent becomes an executive or boss. why the smartest kids inthe classwill not end up the richest? why those who are not excellent in studiestend to be managers or own their own enterprise in their later life? and whatfactors lead to succein career and life if brains are not the only answer?according to my observation , academic brightneis only part of the story , theother factors are very important. one ingredient , among other things , is goodinterpersonal skills. there is stong evidence that friendship can help to tideyou over a period of difficulty. with a wide circle of friends who can betrusted yo provide information and resources, your chances of succeare muchhigher. on the contrary , if you are competent in profession , but havedifficulty in getting along with your colleagues and even your boss, you canhardly survive the corporation. another component is the ability to expreoneself. in today s world , what really counts is the ability to expreoneself ratherthan technical competence or professional knowledge . the larger the orgnizationof which you are an employee , and th fiercer the competition , the moreimportant it will be that you know how to convey your thoughts and convinceothers of your ideas. personality is also an important factor. whateverdifficulty or situation , those who appear relaxed and confident are nearer tosuccess. obviously , among the ingredients for succe, intelligence counts forthe half , the rest depends on your personality , and other abilities.

第4篇

we often hear people say, never give up. these can be encouraging words and words of determination. a person who believes in them will keep trying to reach his goal no matter how many times he fails. in my opinion, the quality of determination to succeed is an important one to have. therefore, i believe that we should never give up.

one reason is that if we give up too easily, we will rarely achieve anything. it is not unusual for us to fail in our first attempt at something new, so we should not feel discouraged and should try again. besides, if we always give up when we fail, we will not be able to develop new skills and grow as people. another reason we should never give up is that we can learn from our mistakes only if we make a new effort. if we do not try again, the lesson we have learned is wasted. finally, we should never give up because as we work to reach our goals, we develop confidence, and this confidence can help us succeed in other areas of our lives. if we never challenge ourselves, we will begin to doubt our abilities.

in short, it is important that we do not give up when working for our goals. whether we succeed in the end or not, we will learn something, and what we learn will help us to become better, more confident people. furthermore, if we give up, we have non chance of attaining our.

第5篇

if you could chooseif you could choose what kind of world to live in, whatkind 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 whattypes of opportunities would come your way, what opportunities would you select?if you knew that your experiences would match your expectations, what would yourexpectations be?in fact, you do have the power to choose your own way. you dohave the ability to decide what kinds of events, experiences, opportunities andcircumstances come your way.the world you experience is the world that yourdreams, your thoughts, your expectations and your actions most closelyresonate_. the world you see and live in is the world you most sincerely expectto see.the universe is filled with endless possibilities, and thosepossibilities keep growing with every minute. the way you live determines whichof those possibilities will come into your life.with your thoughts, youractions, your values, your dreams and expectations, you choose what kind ofworld you live in. the way you live is closely mirrored in the world yousee.

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。

第6篇

yet the vows of this nation can only be fulfilled if we in this nation are first, and, therefore, we intend to be first. in short, our leadership in science and industry, our hopes for peace and security, our obligations to ourselves as well as others, all require us to make this effort, to solve these mysteries, to solve them for the good of all men, and to become the world's leading space-faring nation.

we set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. for space science, like nuclear science and all technology, has no conscience of its own. whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the united states occupies a position of pre-eminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war. i do not say that we should or will go unprotected against the hostile misuse of space any more than we go unprotected against the hostile use of land or sea, but i do say that space can be explored and mastered without feeding the fires of war, without repeating the mistakes that man has made in extending his writ around this globe of ours.

there is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. its hazards are hostile to us all. its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation many never come again. but why, some say, the moon? why choose this as our goal? and they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? why, 35 years ago, fly the atlantic? why does rice play texas?

we choose to go to the moon. we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.

it is for these reasons that i regard the decision last year to shift our efforts in space from low to high gear as among the most important decisions that will be made during my incumbency in the office of the presidency.

in the last 24 hours we have seen facilities now being created for the greatest and most complex exploration in man's history. we have felt the ground shake and the air shattered by the testing of a saturn c-1 booster rocket, many times as powerful as the atlas which launched john glenn, generating power equivalent to 10,000 automobiles with their accelerators on the floor. we have seen the site where five f-1 rocket engines, each one as powerful as all eight engines of the saturn combined, will be clustered together to make the advanced saturn missile, assembled in a new building to be built at cape canaveral as tall as a 48 story structure, as wide as a city block, and as long as two lengths of this field.

within these last 19 months at least 45 satellites have circled the earth. some 40 of them were made in the united states of america and they were far more sophisticated and supplied far more knowledge to the people of the world than those of the soviet union.

the mariner spacecraft now on its way to venus is the most intricate instrument in the history of space science. the accuracy of that shot is comparable to firing a missile from cape canaveral and dropping it in this stadium between the 40-yard lines.

transit satellites are helping our ships at sea to steer a safer course. tiros satellites have given us unprecedented warnings of hurricanes and storms, and will do the same for forest fires and icebergs.

we have had our failures, but so have others, even if they do not admit them. and they may be less public.

第7篇

the swallow, will come back again. the willow will be green again; peach blossom thanks, have open again. but, dear friends, the youth, is never to return.

what is youth? youth is a fire, burning the most fiery passion, i he temperature around you; youth is a song, sing most passionate melody, let the music world. youth is a rain, release the hearty personality, the comfortable and into the heart.

youth, as people the best time of life, carrying the hope and the dream that too much. youth is running hard, gorgeous fall after the brave stand up, continue to run. we use blood in the stage of youth is wanton act, screaming, sweat, with the courage to do the only we didn't dare to do at this age. even if fall, also want to fall in the most beautiful posture! yes, because of have, exciting youth, so mayday from had an underground development to the present asian group, on the first day on the music rushes out a slice of heaven and earth; because of have, exciting youth, so towards the sunshine, with li yang from the failure of inferiority to the public, give the american people since the with fluent english. i admire such people, because they make the youth float in the sky, they to strive, to strive, to create their own beautiful tomorrow.

but not everyone can like mayday, like li yang can grasp so precious the perishable youth. in some people, willing to mediocrity, muddle along, never thought about what live to; some people want to dry out a career, but cannot pluck up the courage to do, step out the first step on the road to success, also led to the final. yuefeiceng said: "the mo, white young head, in vain." dear friends, do you really want to in the escape, spend your youth in mediocrity, losing in the process of pursuing dream happy, let youth folding wing?

i appreciate such a word - even if you don't succeed, you also can't be blank. so i try to, i struggle, i hope in the university four years, make public youth, be yourself, live a good, live out the value. so, dear friends, let us together, with new confidence, we tried to come up with enthusiasm to pursue their dreams of our youth. can let us in the future when university graduate looking back again, can have no regret to myself: "i don't have a dull, regret the youth."

第8篇

hello, everybody! thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. all right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. how is everybody doing today? (applause.) how about tim spicer? (applause.) i am here with students at wakefield high school in arlington, virginia. and wesquo;ve got students tuning in from all across america, from kindergarten through 12th grade. and i am just so glad that all could join us today. and i want to thank wakefield for being such an outstanding host. give yourselves a big round of applause. (applause.)i know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. and for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, itsquo;s your first day in a new school, so itsquo;s understandable if yousquo;re a little nervous. i imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now -- (applause) -- with just one more year to go. and no matter what grade yousquo;re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you couldsquo;ve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.i know that feeling. when i was young, my family lived overseas. i lived in indonesia for a few years. and my mother, she didnsquo;t have the money to send me where all the american kids went to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with an american education. so she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, monday through friday. but because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.now, as you might imagine, i wasnsquo;t too happy about getting up that early. and a lot of times, isquo;d fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. but whenever isquo;d complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and shesquo;d say, this is no picnic for me either, buster. (laughter.)so i know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. but isquo;m here today because i have something important to discuss with you. isquo;m here because i want to talk with you about your education and whatsquo;s expected of all of you in this new school year.but at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world -- and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed. thatsquo;s what i want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.i want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. every single one of you has something that yousquo;re good at. every single one of you has something to offer. and you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. thatsquo;s the opportunity an education can provide.