著名英语演讲稿8篇(英语演讲经典：激荡心灵的致辞)

Famous English speeches have become timeless symbols of inspiration, education, and leadership. From Winston Churchill's wartime speeches to Martin Luther King Jr.'s calls for civil rights, these speeches have left an indelible mark on world history and continue to inspire us today. Here, we present a selection of some of the most famous English speeches that stand out as powerful testaments to the human spirit.

第1篇

as everyone knows,english is very important today.it has been used everywhere in the world.it has become the most common language on internet and for international trade. if we can speak english well,we will have more chance to succeed.because more and more people have taken notice of it,the number of the people who go to learn english has increased at a high speed.

but for myself,i learn english not only because of its importance and its usefulness,but also because of my love for it.when i learn english, i can feel a different way of thinking which gives me more room to touch the world.when i read english novels,i can feel the pleasure from the book which is different from reading the translation.when i speak english, i can feel the confident from my words.when i write english,i can see the beauty which is not the same as our chinese...

i love english,it gives me a colorful dream.i hope i can travel around the world one day. with my good english, i can make friends with many people from different contries.i can see many places of great intrests.i dream that i can go to london,because it is the birth place of english.

i also want to use my good english to introduce our great places to the english spoken people,i hope that they can love our country like us.

i know, rome was not built in a day. i believe that after continuous hard study, one day i can speak english very well.

if you want to be loved, you should learn to love and be lovable. so i believe as i love english everyday , it will love me too.

第2篇

different people have different opinions. somesmokers think smoking is a kind of enjoyment, andthey could live without food but will die withoutsmoking. also they said they have freedom ofsmoking and it has nothingto do with others.however a lot of non-smokers don't agree. in theiropinion, smoking is harmful to not onlysmokersthemselves but also public health especially thewoman and children. therefore, many coutries have worked out lots to forbid smoking in publicplaces, such as cinemas, hospitals, stations etc. nowadays, smokersmake up one quarter of theworld's population. if the problem of smoking is not dealt with seriously, human health will bein danger. so smoking should be banned in no time.

第3篇

the vast desert， a tree stand， the show is a monument to the image.

towering mountains， thousands of tree stand up， as is a magnificent the great wall.

we are a symbol of too much， and too much. but i believe that my image is not ＂the gentlest hands， skin， such as diorskin＂ lin daiyu， nor is the modern ＂unkempt and shabby＂， ＂su qier＂. we are a symbol of hope and vitality. so we show in front of others should be inserted without pleats， face without scale， modest and polite gestures exudes a stream of heroic spirit， the image of the vigor and vitality of the modern new youth， a into the embodiment of the spirit of nature.

someone once said， life is a kind of hardness， integrity and dignity of life is propped up the hardness of bone. ＂better life＂ and ＂the kui back in the day， and not ashamed on the ground＂， which is always the traditional virtue of the china. li bai＇s ＂the eyebrow nengcui zheyaoshan powerful thing， so that i may not be happy yan＂ this awe inspiring atmosphere of the verse and whether it will make those no self-esteem people to shame？ loss of self-esteem is a worthless person， and we as the vanguard of the times， if drown in the darkness forever， or to do a dauntless hero， a flower in the wind and rain sonorous rose. the answer is self-evident. desert desolate also has the monument stands， castle peak again proud， but also have the great wall around， the river again quiet， also there is a dragon in the recumbent. but the time can be changed， our image， our glory remains the same. because we pride， because we are confident， because we have a fresh life. and because of this， it is a vast desert riparian long， qingshan was evergreen， the hardness of life is forever.

第4篇

the past two days are special for the 7.23 million examinees and their parents. it is the national college entrance examination (gaokao in chinese). based on the current education system in china, the result of the two day exam greatly impacts the future of any students in china. the score will decide whether you can receive college education. for most places in china, only half of the students are eligible for college education (only 3.40 million will be admitted to colleges in 20xx) and the rest has to start work after high-school. in cities like beijing and shanghai, students are lucky enough to have a much higher ratio (more than 70%) to enter colleges.

tsinghua, peking university, fudan university and shanghai jiao tong university are among the first class in china. but only very few people can go there.

to enter a college or not, or to enter a good college or not directly impact the first offer they can get after graduate and impact their career. so it is the most critical time for students.

isaac recorded the "no honking during gaokao" sign. i saw the same sign near henan rd. and zhaojiabang rd.. not only honking is not allowed. all construction sites around schools were ordered to work in limited time in the recent 10 days. thousands of policemen are working around schools to make sure there is no noise or traffic jam during the two important days. taxi drivers even offer free ride to transport examinees and their family.

第5篇

have you ever bought any food on the train? and do you ask for the receiptafter buying it? nowadays, all trains in china provide its passengers withreceipts for commodities, but 7 years ago, things were quite different.

on 13th of october, 20__, the train t109 from beijing to shanghai wasspeeding on the railway. a graduate student bought a sausage at 1 yuan on thetrain, then asked for a receipt.

“are you kidding? it’s just one yuan!” the crew member was surprised.

the student, however, answered in a determined voice, “i paid the money, soi deserve the receipt.”

“but we never give receipts on the train.’ as a result, his further requestwas turned down by a cold shoulder.

several days later, the student sued the national railway ministry, for notproviding receipts for passengers.

to his dismay, the court turned down the case for lack of evidence. but he,who majored in law at that time, believed law as a most powerful weapon, so hedid not give up. instead, he began his journey of collecting first-hand evidenceby taking trains and buying commodities aboard. when his classmates were playingsoccer, he was taking the train; when his classmates were buying food atmcdonald’s, he was buying food on the train; when his classmates were askinggirls out, he was asking for the receipts. as he joked, ‘i was either taking thetrain or on the way to take the train.’

one month later, he appeared in the court again, with newly-collectedevidence and a stronger confidence. and i guess, ladies and gentlemen, you willall cheer for the result because this time, the student won the case. very soon,a regulation about receipts on the train came out. and whatever we buy on thetrain now, there’s a receipt for us.

outside the court, the student was asked, “how do you make it to the end?”he said, “as a law student, i root my faith in law. i believe that law is there,to protect every person with no exception, and to ensure every person has asay.”

his words spread a strong faith in law, which is not only a doctrine of alaw student, but also a belief that all citizens ought to hold. it is this faiththat initiates the student to resort to law for a tiny issue; it is this faiththat supports him to endure all the exhausting trips when collecting evidence;it is this faith that makes a seemingly “ridiculous” receipt request legal andrightful. it is this faith that helps to change our life, enhance our judicialsystem and bring social justice.

to many, a receipt of 1 yuan is too small to mention, however rights are tobe respected and law is to be believed in. it all starts with a tiny receipt of1 yuan, but we get a monumental case, a new regulation and a bumper harvest insocial justice. the bridge that leads a tiny start to a bumper harvest is faith,the faith in law, rightful and strong.

第6篇

let me begin my speech with a replay of scenes familiar to most, if not all, of those present here today.

take. take. take.. the relationship between a mother and a child always seems to follow such a pattern. i know my mother is always there for me, providing me with everything i need; from food to clothing, from tuition to pocket money. i never thought twice about all she did until one day she said,

like a child endlessly asking, we humans, throughout history, have been continually demanding what we desire from nature. we enjoy the comfort and beauty of our furniture, yet we never bother to think about the serious soil erosion caused by deforestation. we take it for granted that we must warm ourselves in winter times, yet we seldom realize the burning away of precious natural resources.we appreciate all the prosperity from the development of modern industry, yet few would give the slightest consideration to the global air and water pollution caused by industrial wastes. our ruthless exploitation has permanently impaired our mother earth.as we tragically learned from last summer's floods. we cannot continue our carelessness. finally, standing here at the threshold of the 21st century, we cannot help thinking of our posterity. nature is not only the mother of the present generation, but

also the mother of the generations to come. how severely our descendents will criticize us if we leave them a barren and lifeless mother? how much more they will appreciate us if we give them a world of harmony to inherit? let us start respecting and caring for nature from now on. let us start the campaign of creating a mutually beneficial relationship between people and nature right from this moment. with this new start, i firmly believe that our children, and our children's children will live in a brand new age of green trees, clean air, crystal water, blue sky and an even more promising world!

第7篇

i believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart,the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind. so i dance daily.

the seldom-used dining room of my house is now an often-used ballroom — anopen space with a hardwood floor, stereo, and a disco ball. the cd-changer hassix discs at the ready: waltz, swing, country, rock-and-roll, salsa, andtango.

each morning when i walk through the house on the way to make coffee, iturn on the music, hit the "shuffle" button, and it's dance time! i dance aloneto whatever is playing. it's a form of existential aerobics, a movingmeditation.

tango is a recent enthusiasm. it's a complex and difficult dance, so i'm upto three lessons a week, three nights out dancing, and i'm off to buenos airesfor three months of immersion in tango culture.

the first time i went tango dancing i was too intimidated to get out on thefloor. i remembered another time i had stayed on the sidelines, when the dancingbegan after a village wedding on the greek island of crete. the fancy footworkconfused me. "don't make a fool of yourself," i thought. "just watch."

reading my mind, an older woman dropped out of the dance, sat down besideme, and said, "if you join the dancing, you will feel foolish. if you do not,you will also feel foolish. so, why not dance?"

and, she said she had a secret for me. she whispered, "if you do not dance,we will know you are a fool. but if you dance, we will think well of you fortrying."

a friend asked me if my tango-mania wasn't a little ambitious. "tango? atyour age? you must be out of your mind!"

on the contrary: it's a deeply pondered decision. my passion for tangodisguises a fearfulness. i fear the shrinking of life that goes with aging. ifear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances. i fear thedying that goes on inside you when you leave the game of life to wait in thefinal checkout line.

i seek the sharp, scary pleasure that comes from beginning something new —that calls on all my resources and challenges my mind, my body, and my spirit,all at once.

my goal now is to dance all the dances as long as i can, and then to sitdown contented after the last elegant tango some sweet night and pass on becausethere wasn't another dance left in me.

so, when people say, "tango? at your age? have lost your mind?" i answer,"no, and i don't intend to."

robert fulghum has written seven bestsellers including "all i really needto know i learned in kindergarten." a native of waco, texas, he was a unitarianminister for 22 years and taught painting and philosophy. fulghum lives inseattle and crete.

independently produced for npr by jay allison and dan gediman with johngregory and viki merrick. photo by miro svolik.

我相信，随着心跳、脉搏以及心中的音乐去跳舞是我的天性。所以我每天都跳。

我屋子里那个很少使用的餐厅，现在经常被用来作“舞厅”——一个铺着硬木地板、配有立体音响装置的迪厅。我的换片箱里备好了6张碟片：华尔兹、摇摆、乡村、摇滚、萨尔萨和探戈。

每天早上，在去煮咖啡的路上，我都把音乐打开，并摁下“随机”键。跳舞的时间到了!不管放的是什么曲子，我都会随着曲子独自起舞。这是一种关乎存在的增氧运动，一种动起来的沉思。

探戈最近很火爆。这是一种很复杂的比较难跳的舞，所以我一周要上三次课，花三个晚上出去跳舞，我还打算去布宜诺斯艾利斯待三个月，接受探戈文化的浸礼。

第一次去上探戈舞蹈课的时候，我非常害怕，都不敢到地板上去。我还记得，有一次，在希腊克里特岛上，一场乡村婚礼之后，舞会开始了，而我却一直待在旁边不敢跳。那高超的步法让我眼花缭乱。“别做傻事了，”我想，“就看看吧。”

一位年龄比我还大的女士看出了我的想法，她从舞场中退出来，坐在我旁边说，“如果加入这场舞会，你会觉得很傻。如果你不加入，你一样会觉得很傻。既然这样，干吗不跳?”

然后，她说她要告诉我一个秘密。她低声说道：“如果你不跳，我们就会知道你是个傻瓜。可是如果你跳了，我们就会因为你的尝试而觉得你很棒。”

一个朋友问我，我对探戈的嗜好是不是有点儿太狂野了。“探戈?你这个年龄?你一定是精神不正常了!”

恰恰相反：这是我深思熟虑之后的决定。我对探戈的热情掩盖了一种害怕。我害怕生命随着年龄的增长而缩短。我害怕因为不再学习、不再冒险而产生的无聊。我害怕在退出生命之局而等着末日审判的过程中，你体内发生的死亡。

我追寻那种随着新事物而产生的，尖锐而略带惊吓的喜悦——这就要求我全身心投入，对我的心智、身体和勇气同时进行挑战。

我现在的目标就是：跳完所有我能跳的舞蹈，然后，在某个甜蜜的夜晚，跳完最后一支优雅的探戈后，满意地坐下来，离开世界——因为我体内没有一支没有跳过的舞了。

所以，当人们说，“探戈?你这个年龄?精神不正常吧?”我便回答：“没有啊，我可不想不正常。”

第8篇

itsquo;s my great pleasure to stand here to present my speech—change the world, change ourselves.

itsquo;s noticable that western holidays are becoming increasingly popular day by day, while chinese traditional festivals are being somewhat neglected. not long before about 10 doctors in beijing university and qinghua unversity announced that we should reject the invasion of western holidays ,because they regard western holidays as an challenge against our traditional festivals and culture.

frankly speaking, i donsquo;t quite agree with them.indeed, we should never neglect or even discard our traditonal festivals as china boasts a brilliant history and splendid traditions. (examples).but why cansquo;t we absorb the meaningful western holidays and culture.

there are obvious reasons why some western holidays are so popular in china. on the one hand, some of the western holidays which we chinese donsquo;t have are reasonable and meaningful, such as fathersquo;s day and april foolsquo;s day etc. on the other hand,the prevalence of globalization enables western culture to prevail in china. overwhelmed by such a trend,chinese unconsiciously get involved in western holidays and culture.

with the further development of the whole world, the cultural communication between different countries and nations becomes faster and more and more important. we are indeed from different nations, but we are the citizens of the same world, so the outstanding culture of different nations is the commom wealth of everyone on the earth.the only way for us to protect our traditional culture is to reject the foreign culture? the answer is definitely no. what we ought to do is to spare no effort to educate chinese to get to know and treasure our splendid traditions instead of rejecting foreign culture. only by educating can we set our confidence and belief towards our culture. only by educating can we preserve and promote the wealth that our ancesters left for us.

at last isquo;d like to share a famouse saying of gandhi with all of you ,that is:if you want to change the world, then you must change yourself first.