第一篇：名人名校勵(lì)志英語演講稿

名人名校勵(lì)志英語演講稿：Dare to Compete, Dare to Care 敢于競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，勇于關(guān)愛---美國(guó)國(guó)務(wù)卿希拉里·克林頓耶魯大學(xué)演講

Dare to compete.Dare to care.Dare to dream.Dare to love.Practice the art of making possible.And no matter what happens, even if you hear shouts behind, keep going.要敢于競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，敢于關(guān)愛，敢于憧憬，大膽去愛！要努力創(chuàng)造奇跡！無論發(fā)生什么，即使有人在你背后大聲喊叫，也要勇往直前。

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It is such an honor and pleasure for me to be back at Yale, especially on the occasion of the 300th anniversary.I have had so many memories of my time here, and as Nick was speaking I thought about how I ended up at Yale Law School.And it tells a little bit about how much progress we’ve made.What I think most about when I think of Yale is not just the politically charged atmosphere and not even just the superb legal education that I received.It was at Yale that I began work that has been at the core of what I have cared about ever since.I began working with New Haven legal services representing children.And I studied child development, abuse and neglect at the Yale New Haven Hospital and the Child Study Center.I was lucky enough to receive a civil rights internship with Marian Wright Edelman at the Children’s Defense Fund, where I went to work after I graduated.Those experiences fueled in me a passion to work for the benefit of children, particularly the most vulnerable.Now, looking back, there is no way that I could have predicted what path my life would have taken.I didn’t sit around the law school, saying, well, you know, I think I’ll graduate and then I’ll go to work at the Children’s Defense Fund, and then the impeachment inquiry, and Nixon retired or resigns, I’ll go to Arkansas.I didn’t think like that.I was taking each day at a time.But, I’ve been very fortunate because I’ve always had an idea in my mind about what I thought was important and what gave my life meaning and purpose.A set of values and beliefs that have helped me navigate the shoals, the sometimes very treacherous sea, to illuminate my own true desires, despite that others say about what l should care about and believe in.A passion to succeed at what l thought was important and children have always provided that lone star, that guiding light.Because l have that absolute conviction that every child, especially in this, the most blessed of nations that has ever existed on the face of earth, that every child deserves the opportunity to live up to his or her God-given potential.But you know that belief and conviction-it may make for a personal mission statement, but standing alone, not translated into action, it means very little to anyone else, particularly to those for whom you have those concerns.When I was thinking about running for the United States Senate-which was such an enormous decision to make, one I never could have dreamed that I would have been making when I was here on campus-I visited a school in New York City and I met a young woman, who was a star athlete.I was there because of Billy Jean King promoting an HBO special about women in sports called “Dare to compete.” It was about Title IX and how we finally, thanks to government action, provided opportunities to girls and women in sports.And although I played not very well at intramural sports, I have always been a strong supporter of women in sports.And I was introduced by this young woman, and as I went to shake her hand she obviously had been reading the newspapers about people saying I should or shouldn’t run for the Senate.And I was congratulating her on the speech she had just made and she held onto my hand and she said, “Dare to compete, Mrs.Clinton.Dare to compete.”

I took that to heart because it is hard to compete sometimes, especially in public ways, when your failures are there for everyone to see and you don’t know what is going to happen from one day to the next.And yet so much of life, whether we like to accept it or not, is competing with ourselves to be the best we can be, being involved in classes or professions or just life, where we know we are competing with others.I took her advice and I did compete because I chose to do so.And the biggest choices that you’ll face in your life will be yours alone to make.I’m sure you’ll receive good advice.You’re got a great education to go back and reflect about what is right for you, but you eventually will have to choose and I hope that you will dare to compete.And by that I don’t mean the kind of cutthroat competition that is too often characterized by what is driving America today.I mean the small voice inside you that says to you, you can do it, you can take this risk, you can take this next step.And it doesn’t mean that once having made that choice you will always succeed.In fact, you won’t.There are setbacks and you will experience difficult disappointments.You will be slowed down and sometimes the breath will just be knocked out of you.But if you carry with you the values and beliefs that you can make a difference in your own life, first and foremost, and then in the lives of others.You can get back up, you can keep going.But it is also important, as I have found, not to take yourself too seriously, because after all, every one of us here today, none of us is deserving of full credit.I think every day of the blessings my birth gave me without any doing of my own.I chose neither my family nor my country, but they as much as anything I’ve ever done, determined my course.You compare my or your circumstances with those of the majority of people who’ve ever lived or who are living right now, they too often are born knowing too well what their futures will be.They lack the freedom to choose their life’s path.They’re imprisoned by circumstances of poverty and ignorance, bigotry, disease, hunger, oppression and war.So, dare to compete, yes, but maybe even more difficult, dare to care.Dare to care about people who need our help to succeed and fulfill their own lives.There are so many out there and sometimes all it takes is the simplest of gestures or helping hands and many of you understand that already.I know that the numbers of graduates in the last 20 years have worked in community organizations, have tutored, have committed themselves to religious activities.You have been there trying to serve because you have believed both that it was the right thing to do and because it gave something back to you.You have dared to care.Well, dare to care to fight for equal justice for all, for equal pay for women, against hate crimes and bigotry.Dare to care about public schools without qualified teachers or adequate resources.Dare to care about protecting our environment.Dare to care about the 10 million children in our country who lack health insurance.Dare to care about the one and a half million children who have a parent in jail.The seven million people who suffer from HIV/AIDS.And thank you for caring enough to demand that our nation do more to help those that are suffering throughout this world with HIV/AIDS, to prevent this pandemic from spreading even further.And I’ll also add, dare enough to care about our political process.You know, as I go and speak with students I’m impressed so much, not only in formal settings, on campuses, but with my daughter and her friends, about how much you care, about how willing you are to volunteer and serve.You may have missed the last wave of the dot.com revolution, but you’ve understood that the dot.community revolution is there for you every single day.And you’ve been willing to be part of remarking lives in our community.And yet, there is a real resistance, a turning away from the political process.I hope that some of you will be public servants and will even run for office yourself, not to win a position to make and impression on your friends at your 20th reunion, but because you understand how important it is for each of us as citizens to make a commitment to our democracy.Your generation, the first one born after the social upheavals of the 60’s and 70’s, in the midst of the technological advances of the 80’s and 90’s, are inheriting an economy, a society and a government that has yet to understand fully, or even come to grips with, our rapidly changing world.And so bring your values and experiences and insights into politics.Dare to help make, not just a difference in politics, but create a different politics.Some have called you the generation of choice.You’ve been raised with multiple choice tests, multiple channels, multiple websites and multiple lifestyles.You’ve grown up choosing among alternatives that were either not imagined, created or available to people in prior generations.You’ve been invested with far more personal power to customize your life, to make more free choices about how to live than was ever thought possible.And I think as I look at all the surveys and research that is done, your choices reflect not only freedom, but personal responsibility.The social indicators, not the headlines, the social indicators tell a positive story: drug use and cheating and arrests being down, been pregnancy and suicides, drunk driving deaths being down.Community service and religious involvement being up.But if you look at the area of voting among 18 to 29 year olds, the numbers tell a far more troubling tale.Many of you I know believe that service and community volunteerism is a better way of solving the issues facing our country than political engagement, because you believe-choose one of the following multiples or choose them all-government either can’t understand or won’t make the right choices because of political pressures, inefficiency, incompetence or big money influence.Well, I admit there is enough truth in that critique to justify feeling disconnected and alienated.But at bottom, that’s a personal cop-out and a national peril.Political conditions maximize the conditions for individual opportunity and responsibility as well as community.Americorps and the Peace Corps exist because of political decisions.Our air, water, land and food will be clean and safe because of political choices.Our ability to cure disease or log onto the Internet have been advanced because of politically determined investments.Ethnic cleansing in Kosovo ended because of political leadership.Your parents and grandparents traveled here by means of government built and subsidized transportation systems.Many used GI Bills or government loans, as I did, to attend college.Now, I could, as you might guess, go on and on, but the point is to remind us all that government is us and each generation has to stake its claim.And, as stakeholders, you will have to decide whether or not to make the choice to participate.It is hard and it is, bringing change in a democracy, particularly now.There’s so much about our modern times that conspire to lower our sights, to weaken our vision-as individuals and communities and even nations.It is not the vast conspiracy you may have heard about;rather it’s a silent conspiracy of cynicism and indifference and alienation that we see every day, in our popular culture and in our prodigious consumerism.But as many have said before and as Vaclav Havel has said to memorably, “It cannot suffice just to invent new machines, new regulations and new institutions.It is necessary to understand differently and more perfectly the true purpose of our existence on this Earth and of our deeds.” And I think we are called on to reject, in this time of blessings that we enjoy, those who will tear us apart and tear us down and instead to liberate our God-given spirit, by being willing to dare to dream of a better world.During my campaign, when times were tough and days were long I used to think about the example of Harriet Tubman, a heroic New Yorker, a 19th century Moses, who risked her life to bring hundreds of slaves to freedom.She would say to those who she gathered up in the South where she kept going back year after year from the safety of Auburn, New York, that no matter what happens, they had to keep going.If they heard shouts behind them, they had to keep going.If they heard gunfire or dogs, they had to keep going to freedom.Well, those aren’t the risks we face.It is more the silence and apathy and indifference that dogs our heels.Thirty-two years ago, I spoke at my own graduation from Wellesley, where I did call on my fellow classmates to reject the notion of limitations on our ability to effect change and instead to embrace the idea that the goal of education should be human liberation and the freedom to practice with all the skill of our being the art of making possible.For after all, our fate is to be free.To choose competition over apathy, caring over indifference, vision over myopia, and love over hate.Just as this is a special time in your lives, it is for me as well because my daughter will be graduating in four weeks, graduating also from a wonderful place with a great education and beginning a new life.And as I think about all the parents and grandparents who are out there, I have a sense of what their feeling.Their hearts are leaping with joy, but it’s hard to keep tears in check because the presence of our children at a time and place such as this is really a fulfillment of our own American dreams.Well, I applaud you and all of your love, commitment and hard work, just as I applaud your daughters and sons for theirs.And I leave these graduates with the same message I hope to leave with my graduate.Dare to compete.Dare to care.Dare to dream.Dare to love.Practice the art of making possible.And no matter what happens, even if you hear shouts behind, keep going.Thank you and God bless you all.

第二篇：名人名校勵(lì)志英語演講稿

Dare to Compete, Dare to Care 敢于競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，勇于關(guān)愛---美國(guó)國(guó)務(wù)卿希拉里·克林頓耶魯大學(xué)演講

Dare to compete.Dare to care.Dare to dream.Dare to love.Practice the art of making possible.And no matter what happens, even if you hear shouts behind, keep going.要敢于競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，敢于關(guān)愛，敢于憧憬，大膽去愛！要努力創(chuàng)造奇跡！無論發(fā)生什么，即使有人在你背后大聲喊叫，也要勇往直前。

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It is such an honor and pleasure for me to be back at Yale, especially on the occasion of the 300th anniversary.I have had so many memories of my time here, and as Nick was speaking I thought about how I ended up at Yale Law School.And it tells a little bit about how much progress we’ve made.What I think most about when I think of Yale is not just the politically charged atmosphere and not even just the superb legal education that I received.It was at Yale that I began work that has been at the core of what I have cared about ever since.I began working with New Haven legal services representing children.And I studied child development, abuse and neglect at the Yale New Haven Hospital and the Child Study Center.I was lucky enough to receive a civil rights internship with Marian Wright Edelman at the Children’s Defense Fund, where I went to work after I graduated.Those experiences fueled in me a passion to work for the benefit of children, particularly the most vulnerable.Now, looking back, there is no way that I could have predicted what path my life would have taken.I didn’t sit around the law school, saying, well, you know, I think I’ll graduate and then I’ll go to work at the Children’s Defense Fund, and then the impeachment inquiry, and Nixon retired or resigns, I’ll go to Arkansas.I didn’t think like that.I was taking each day at a time.But, I’ve been very fortunate because I’ve always had an idea in my mind about what I thought was important and what gave my life meaning and purpose.A set of values and beliefs that have helped me navigate the shoals, the sometimes very treacherous sea, to illuminate my own true desires, despite that others say about what l should care about and believe in.A passion to succeed at what l thought was important and children have always provided that lone star, that guiding light.Because l have that absolute conviction that every child, especially in this, the most blessed of nations that has ever existed on the face of earth, that every child deserves the opportunity to live up to his or her God-given potential.But you know that belief and conviction-it may make for a personal mission statement, but standing alone, not translated into action, it means very little to anyone else, particularly to those for whom you have those concerns.When I was thinking about running for the United States Senate-which was such an enormous decision to make, one I never could have dreamed that I would have been making when I was

here on campus-I visited a school in New York City and I met a young woman, who was a star athlete.I was there because of Billy Jean King promoting an HBO special about women in sports called “Dare to compete.” It was about Title IX and how we finally, thanks to government action, provided opportunities to girls and women in sports.And although I played not very well at intramural sports, I have always been a strong supporter of women in sports.And I was introduced by this young woman, and as I went to shake her hand she obviously had been reading the newspapers about people saying I should or shouldn’t run for the Senate.And I was congratulating her on the speech she had just made and she held onto my hand and she said, “Dare to compete, Mrs.Clinton.Dare to compete.”

I took that to heart because it is hard to compete sometimes, especially in public ways, when your failures are there for everyone to see and you don’t know what is going to happen from one day to the next.And yet so much of life, whether we like to accept it or not, is competing with ourselves to be the best we can be, being involved in classes or professions or just life, where we know we are competing with others.I took her advice and I did compete because I chose to do so.And the biggest choices that you’ll face in your life will be yours alone to make.I’m sure you’ll receive good advice.You’re got a great education to go back and reflect about what is right for you, but you eventually will have to choose and I hope that you will dare to compete.And by that I don’t mean the kind of cutthroat competition that is too often characterized by what is driving America today.I mean the small voice inside you that says to you, you can do it, you can take this risk, you can take this next step.And it doesn’t mean that once having made that choice you will always succeed.In fact, you won’t.There are setbacks and you will experience difficult disappointments.You will be slowed down and sometimes the breath will just be knocked out of you.But if you carry with you the values and beliefs that you can make a difference in your own life, first and foremost, and then in the lives of others.You can get back up, you can keep going.But it is also important, as I have found, not to take yourself too seriously, because after all, every one of us here today, none of us is deserving of full credit.I think every day of the blessings my birth gave me without any doing of my own.I chose neither my family nor my country, but they as much as anything I’ve ever done, determined my course.You compare my or your circumstances with those of the majority of people who’ve ever lived or who are living right now, they too often are born knowing too well what their futures will be.They lack the freedom to choose their life’s path.They’re imprisoned by circumstances of poverty and ignorance, bigotry, disease, hunger, oppression and war.So, dare to compete, yes, but maybe even more difficult, dare to care.Dare to care about people who need our help to succeed and fulfill their own lives.There are so many out there and

sometimes all it takes is the simplest of gestures or helping hands and many of you understand that already.I know that the numbers of graduates in the last 20 years have worked in community organizations, have tutored, have committed themselves to religious activities.You have been there trying to serve because you have believed both that it was the right thing to do and because it gave something back to you.You have dared to care.Well, dare to care to fight for equal justice for all, for equal pay for women, against hate crimes and bigotry.Dare to care about public schools without qualified teachers or adequate resources.Dare to care about protecting our environment.Dare to care about the 10 million children in our country who lack health insurance.Dare to care about the one and a half million children who have a parent in jail.The seven million people who suffer from HIV/AIDS.And thank you for caring enough to demand that our nation do more to help those that are suffering throughout this world with HIV/AIDS, to prevent this pandemic from spreading even further.And I’ll also add, dare enough to care about our political process.You know, as I go and speak with students I’m impressed so much, not only in formal settings, on campuses, but with my daughter and her friends, about how much you care, about how willing you are to volunteer and serve.You may have missed the last wave of the dot.com revolution, but you’ve understood that the dot.community revolution is there for you every single day.And you’ve been willing to be part of remarking lives in our community.And yet, there is a real resistance, a turning away from the political process.I hope that some of you will be public servants and will even run for office yourself, not to win a position to make and impression on your friends at your 20th reunion, but because you understand how important it is for each of us as citizens to make a commitment to our democracy.Your generation, the first one born after the social upheavals of the 60’s and 70’s, in the midst of the technological advances of the 80’s and 90’s, are inheriting an economy, a society and a government that has yet to understand fully, or even come to grips with, our rapidly changing world.And so bring your values and experiences and insights into politics.Dare to help make, not just a difference in politics, but create a different politics.Some have called you the generation of choice.You’ve been raised with multiple choice tests, multiple channels, multiple websites and multiple lifestyles.You’ve grown up choosing among alternatives that were either not imagined, created or available to people in prior generations.You’ve been invested with far more personal power to customize your life, to make more free choices about how to live than was ever thought possible.And I think as I look at all the surveys and research that is done, your choices reflect not only freedom, but personal responsibility.The social indicators, not the headlines, the social indicators tell a positive story: drug use and cheating and arrests being down, been pregnancy and suicides, drunk driving deaths being down.Community service and religious involvement being up.But if you look at the area of voting among 18 to 29 year olds, the numbers tell a far more troubling tale.Many of you I know believe that service and community volunteerism is a better way of solving the issues facing our country than political engagement, because you believe-choose one of the following multiples or choose them all-government either can’t understand or won’t make the right choices because of political pressures, inefficiency, incompetence or big money influence.Well, I admit there is enough truth in that critique to justify feeling disconnected and alienated.But at bottom, that’s a personal cop-out and a national peril.Political conditions maximize the conditions for individual opportunity and responsibility as well as community.Americorps and the Peace Corps exist because of political decisions.Our air, water, land and food will be clean and safe because of political choices.Our ability to cure disease or log onto the Internet have been advanced because of politically determined investments.Ethnic cleansing in Kosovo ended because of political leadership.Your parents and grandparents traveled here by means of government built and subsidized transportation systems.Many used GI Bills or government loans, as I did, to attend college.Now, I could, as you might guess, go on and on, but the point is to remind us all that government is us and each generation has to stake its claim.And, as stakeholders, you will have to decide whether or not to make the choice to participate.It is hard and it is, bringing change in a democracy, particularly now.There’s so much about our modern times that conspire to lower our sights, to weaken our vision-as individuals and communities and even nations.It is not the vast conspiracy you may have heard about;rather it’s a silent conspiracy of cynicism and indifference and alienation that we see every day, in our popular culture and in our prodigious consumerism.But as many have said before and as Vaclav Havel has said to memorably, “It cannot suffice just to invent new machines, new regulations and new institutions.It is necessary to understand differently and more perfectly the true purpose of our existence on this Earth and of our deeds.” And I think we are called on to reject, in this time of blessings that we enjoy, those who will tear us apart and tear us down and instead to liberate our God-given spirit, by being willing to dare to dream of a better world.During my campaign, when times were tough and days were long I used to think about the example of Harriet Tubman, a heroic New Yorker, a 19th century Moses, who risked her life to bring hundreds of slaves to freedom.She would say to those who she gathered up in the South where she kept going back year after year from the safety of Auburn, New York, that no matter what happens, they had to keep going.If they heard shouts behind them, they had to keep going.If they heard gunfire or dogs, they had to keep going to freedom.Well, those aren’t the risks we face.It is more the silence and apathy and indifference that dogs our heels.Thirty-two years ago, I spoke at my own graduation from Wellesley, where I did call on my fellow classmates to reject the notion of limitations on our ability to effect change and instead to

embrace the idea that the goal of education should be human liberation and the freedom to practice with all the skill of our being the art of making possible.For after all, our fate is to be free.To choose competition over apathy, caring over indifference, vision over myopia, and love over hate.Just as this is a special time in your lives, it is for me as well because my daughter will be graduating in four weeks, graduating also from a wonderful place with a great education and beginning a new life.And as I think about all the parents and grandparents who are out there, I have a sense of what their feeling.Their hearts are leaping with joy, but it’s hard to keep tears in check because the presence of our children at a time and place such as this is really a fulfillment of our own American dreams.Well, I applaud you and all of your love, commitment and hard work, just as I applaud your daughters and sons for theirs.And I leave these graduates with the same message I hope to leave with my graduate.Dare to compete.Dare to care.Dare to dream.Dare to love.Practice the art of making possible.And no matter what happens, even if you hear shouts behind, keep going.Thank you and God bless you all.

第三篇：名人勵(lì)志英語演講稿

名人英文勵(lì)志演講稿

新一代大學(xué)英語四六級(jí)領(lǐng)軍人物，英語專家、文化學(xué)者、出版人、策劃人，“振宇英語”創(chuàng)始人，當(dāng)當(dāng)網(wǎng)外語圖書熱門作者。

外語教學(xué)與研究出版社、北京航空航天大學(xué)出版社、大連理工大學(xué)出版社、海豚出版社、首都師范大學(xué)出版社、中國(guó)宇航出版社等國(guó)內(nèi)一流出版社“振宇英語”叢書主編。外研社榮譽(yù)作者、當(dāng)當(dāng)網(wǎng)外語圖書熱門作者。

曾任國(guó)家級(jí)媒體記者、翻譯、電臺(tái)英語節(jié)目主持人、“振宇英語”專欄撰稿人、大學(xué)英語系主任、大學(xué)英語專業(yè)特聘專家教授。

序言

對(duì)于英語學(xué)習(xí)者來說，多聽多看多練英語演講是學(xué)地道英語的最佳有效途徑之一，也是訓(xùn)練語音語調(diào)最有效的輔助手段。你不用擔(dān)心這些演講是否有語法問題，也不用擔(dān)心用詞是否準(zhǔn)確，表達(dá)是否到位。因?yàn)橐恍┟说难葜v稿通常是字斟句酌精心完成的。此外，通過演講學(xué)英語還可以潛移默化地幫助自己提升對(duì)英文的駕馭能力，增強(qiáng)英語的語感和美感。

本書精選了19篇具有代表性的名人的英語演講。這些名人或是國(guó)家領(lǐng)袖，或是關(guān)心民權(quán)民生的政治人物，或是創(chuàng)造經(jīng)濟(jì)財(cái)富的精英，或是用文字抒發(fā)情懷的作家記者，或是演藝界的娛樂名人。他們都在自己的領(lǐng)域里作出了杰出的貢獻(xiàn)。他們思想深刻，見解獨(dú)到，注定是站在時(shí)代前列的人。

這些名人的演講充滿了智慧，富含啟迪。它們或是結(jié)合自身經(jīng)歷立足于個(gè)人發(fā)展的諄諄教誨，像亞馬遜ceo杰夫·貝索斯在普林斯頓大學(xué)演講，他講了自己創(chuàng)業(yè)的故事，以此鼓勵(lì)畢業(yè)生：未來掌握在自己的手中，追尋自己的夢(mèng)

想，慎重選擇;或是號(hào)召民眾面對(duì)困難迎難而上，像美國(guó)第32任總統(tǒng)富蘭克林·羅斯福，他就任于美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)大蕭條時(shí)期，國(guó)內(nèi)民生凋敝，萎靡不振，他告訴大家，我們惟一害怕的是害怕本身，展示了帶領(lǐng)民眾走出低谷的豪情;或者充滿人文關(guān)懷，如美國(guó)著名作家威廉·福克納，站在人類精神的高度，勉勵(lì)作家文人心中時(shí)時(shí)充滿愛、憐憫、同情和犧牲的精神;或是顯示了追求自由平等的決心，如馬釘路德·金和南非總統(tǒng)曼德拉，他們?cè)谘葜v中都表達(dá)了誓死捍衛(wèi)民-主和自由的決心;或是顯示了對(duì)家庭的愛，并把這種愛升華為“老吾老，以及人之老;幼吾幼，以及人之幼”，如米歇爾·奧巴馬，她在演講中表達(dá)了對(duì)家庭的熱愛，同時(shí)也為丈夫競(jìng)選吶喊助威----如果巴拉克·奧巴馬當(dāng)選總統(tǒng)，將會(huì)保證每個(gè)美國(guó)人都能享受衛(wèi)生保健，確保本國(guó)的每個(gè)孩子都能得到世界一流的教育。精選出的這些演講名篇題材涉獵廣泛，風(fēng)格迥異。無論你是被其恢宏的氣勢(shì)所震撼，還是被其精深的意蘊(yùn)所折服，亦或是為其詼諧幽默而莞爾，都能感受到演講者所傳遞的共同心聲：一定要奮發(fā)向上，積極進(jìn)取，做出個(gè)人應(yīng)有的成績(jī)，為時(shí)代，為國(guó)家做貢獻(xiàn)。

隨書贈(zèng)送的mp3演講音頻，為演講者的原聲音頻。這些聲音鏗鏘有力，或給你啟迪，或讓你感動(dòng)，或給你溫暖，或激發(fā)你前行的信念。同時(shí)，也讓你更有機(jī)會(huì)品味最地道的英語表達(dá)。此外，在每一篇文章之后，都附有提煉出的演講中具有指引性、勵(lì)志性的“經(jīng)典語錄”，方便模仿與背誦。地道實(shí)用的英語學(xué)得多了積累得多了，你就能很自然地表達(dá)出極為純正的英語，既能提升你的書面語表達(dá)能力，也可以提升你的口語表達(dá)能力。

準(zhǔn)備好了嗎?讓我們從現(xiàn)在開始，去聆聽那些溫暖人心的聲音吧!篇二：名人名校勵(lì)志英語演講稿

-----it is such an honor and pleasure for me to be back at yale, especially on the occasion of the 300th anniversary.i have had so many memories of my time here, and as nick was speaking i thought about how i ended up at yale law school.and it tells a little bit about how much progress we’ve made.what i think most about when i think of yale is not just the politically charged atmosphere and not even just the superb legal education that i received.it was at yale that i began work that has been at the core of what i have cared about ever since.i began working with new haven legal services representing children.and i studied child development, abuse and neglect at the yale new haven hospital and the child study center.i was lucky enough to receive a civil rights internship with marian wright edelman at the children’s defense fund, where i went to work after i graduated.those experiences fueled in me a passion to work for the benefit of children, particularly the most vulnerable.now, looking back, there is no way that i could have predicted what path my life would have taken.i didn’t sit around the law school, saying, well, you know, i think i’ll graduate and then i’ll go to work at the children’s defense fund, and then the impeachment inquiry, and nixon retired or resigns, i’ll go to arkansas.i didn’t think like that.i was taking each day at a time.but, i’ve been very fortunate because i’ve always had an idea in my mind about what i thought was important and what gave my life meaning and purpose.a set of values and beliefs that have helped me navigate the shoals, the sometimes very treacherous sea, to illuminate my own true desires, despite that others say about what l should care about and believe in.a passion to succeed at what l thought was important and children have always provided that lone star, that guiding light.because l have that absolute conviction that every child, especially in this, the most blessed of nations that has ever existed on the face of earth, that every child deserves the opportunity to live up to his or her god-given potential.but you know that belief and conviction-it may make for a personal mission statement, but standing alone, not translated into action, it means very little to anyone else, particularly to those for whom you have those concerns.when i was thinking about running for the united states senate-which was such an enormous decision to make, one i never could have dreamed that i would have been making when i was here on campus-i visited a school in new york city and i met a young woman, who was a star athlete.and it doesn’t mean that once having made that choice you will always succeed.in fact, you won’t.there are setbacks and you will experience difficult disappointments.you will be slowed down and sometimes the breath will just be knocked out of you.but if you carry with you the values and beliefs that you can make a difference in your own life, first and foremost, and then in the lives of others.you can get back up, you can keep going.but it is also important, as i have found, not to take yourself too seriously, because after all, every one of us here today, none of us is deserving of full credit.i think every day of the blessings my birth gave me without any doing of my own.i chose neither my family nor my country, but they as much as anything i’ve ever done, determined my course.you have been there trying to serve because you have believed both that it was the right thing to do and because it gave something back to you.you have dared to care.well, dare to care to fight for equal justice for all, for equal pay for women, against hate crimes and bigotry.dare to care about public schools without qualified teachers or adequate resources.dare to care about protecting our environment.dare to care about the 10 million children in our country who lack health insurance.dare to care about the one and a half million children who have a parent in jail.the seven million people who suffer from hiv/aids.and thank you for caring enough to demand that our nation do more to help those that are suffering throughout this world with hiv/aids, to prevent this pandemic from spreading even further.and so bring your values and experiences and insights into politics.dare to help make, not just a difference in politics, but create a different politics.some have called you the generation of choice.you’ve been raised with multiple choice tests, multiple channels, multiple websites and multiple lifestyles.you’ve grown up choosing among alternatives that were either not imagined, created or available to people in prior generations.you’ve been invested with far more personal power to customize your life, to make more free choices about how to live than was ever thought possible.and i think as i look at all the surveys and research that is done, your choices reflect not only freedom, but personal responsibility.the social indicators, not the headlines, the social indicators tell a positive story: drug use and cheating and arrests being down, been pregnancy and suicides, drunk driving deaths being down.it is not the vast conspiracy you may have heard about;rather it’s a silent conspiracy of cynicism and indifference and alienation that we see every day, in our popular culture and in our prodigious consumerism.but as many have said before and as vaclav havel has said to memorably, “it cannot suffice just to invent new machines, new regulations and new institutions.it is necessary to understand differently and more perfectly the true purpose of our existence on this earth and of our deeds.” and i think we are called on to reject, in this time of blessings that we enjoy, those who will tear us apart and tear us down and instead to liberate our god-given spirit, by being willing to dare to dream of a better world.during my campaign, when times were tough and days were long i used to think about the example of harriet tubman, a heroic new yorker, a 19th century moses, who risked her life to bring hundreds of slaves to freedom.she would say to those who she gathered up in the south where she kept going back year after year from the safety of auburn, new york, that no matter what happens, they had to keep going.if they heard shouts behind them, they had to keep going.if they heard gunfire or dogs, they had to keep going to freedom.well, those aren’t the risks we face.it is more the silence and apathy and indifference that dogs our heels.thirty-two years ago, i spoke at my own graduation from wellesley, where i did call on my fellow classmates to reject the notion of limitations on our ability to effect change and instead to embrace the idea that the goal of education should be human liberation and the freedom to practice with all the skill of our being the art of making possible.thank you and god bless you all.篇三：名人英語演講稿

名人英語演講稿 tribute to diana 致戴安娜——查爾斯·斯賓塞

在全世界，戴安娜是同情心、責(zé)任心、風(fēng)度和美麗的化身，是無私和人道的象征，是維護(hù)真正被踐踏的權(quán)益的旗手，是一個(gè)超越國(guó)界的英國(guó)女孩，是一個(gè)帶有自然的高貴氣質(zhì)的人，是一個(gè)不分階層的人。this is the text of earl spencers tribute to his sister at her funeral.there is some very deep, powerful and heartfelt sentiment.would that those at whom it is aimed would take heed.the versions posted on several news services had minor errors.this is precisely as it was deliverd.i stand before you today the representative of a family in grief, in a country in mourning before a world in shock.we are all united not only in our desire to pay our respects to diana but rather in our need to do so.for such was her extraordinary appeal that the tens of millions of people taking part in this service all over the world via television and radio who never actually met her, feel that they, too, lost someone close to them in the early hours of sunday morning.it is a more remarkable tribute to diana than i can ever hope to offer her today.today is our chance to say thank you for the way you brightened our lives, even though god granted you but half a life.we will all feel cheated, always, that you were taken from us so young and yet we must learn to be grateful that you came along at all.only now you are gone do we truly appreciate what we are now without and we want you to know that life without you is very, very difficult.we have all despaired at our loss over the past week and only the strength of the message you gave us through your years of giving has afforded us the strength to move forward.there is a temptation to rush to canonize your memory.there is no need to do so.you stand tall enough as a human being of unique qualities not to need to be seen as a saint.indeed to sanctify your memory would be to miss out on the very core of your being, your wonderfully mischievous sense of humor with the laugh that bent you double, your joy for life transmitted wherever you took your smile, and the sparkle in those unforgettable eyes, your boundless energy which you could barely contain.but your greatest gift was your intuition, and it was a gift you used wisely.this is what underpinned all your wonderful attributes.and if we look to analyze what it was about you that had such a wide appeal, we find it in your instinctive feel for what was really important in all our lives.without your god-given sensitivity, we would be immersed in greater ignorance at the anguish of aids and hiv sufferers, the plight of the homeless, the isolation of lepers, the random destruction of land mines.diana explained to me once that it was her innermost feelings of suffering that made it possible for her to connect with her constituency of the rejected.the world sensed this part of her character and cherished her for her vulnerability, whilst admiring her for her honesty.the last time i saw diana was on july the first, her birthday, in london, when typically she was not taking time to celebrate her special day with friends but was guest of honor at a fund-raising charity evening.she sparkled of course, but i would rather cherish the days i spent with her in march when she came to visit me and my children in our home in south africa.i am proud of the fact that apart from when she was on public display meeting president mandela, we managed to contrive to stop the ever-present paparazzi from getting a single picture of her.that meant a lot to her.these were days i will always treasure.it was as if wed been transported back to our childhood, when we spent such an enormous amount of time together, the two youngest in the family.fundamentally she hadnt changed at all from the big sister who mothered me as a baby, fought with me at school and endured those long train journeys between our parents homes with me at weekends.it is a tribute to her level-headedness and strength that despite the most bizarre life imaginable after her childhood, she remained intact, true to herself.there is no doubt that she was looking for a new direction in her life at this time.she talked endlessly of getting away from england, mainly because of the treatment she received at the hands of the newspapers.i dont think she ever understood why her genuinely good intentions were sneered at by the media, why there appeared to be a permanent quest on their behalf to bring her down.it is baffling.my own, and only, explanation is that genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum.it is a point to remember that of all the ironies about diana, perhaps the greatest was this;that a girl given the name of the ancient goddess of hunting was, in the end, the most hunted person of the modern age.she would want us today to pledge ourselves to protecting her beloved boys william and harry from a similar fate.and i do this here, diana, on your behalf.we will not allow them to suffer the anguish that used regularly to drive you to tearful despair.beyond that, on behalf of your mother and sisters, i pledge that we, your blood family, will do all we can to continue the imaginative and loving way in which you were steering these two exceptional young men, so that their souls are not simply immersed by duty and tradition but can sing openly as you planned.we fully respect the heritage into which they have both been born, and will always respect and encourage them in their royal role.but we, like you, recognize the need for them to experience as many different aspects of life as possible, to arm them spiritually and emotionally for the years ahead.i know you would have expected nothing less from us.william and harry, we all care desperately for you today.we are all chewed up with sadness at the loss of a woman who wasnt even our mother.how great your suffering is we cannot even imagine.i would like to end by thanking god for the small mercies he has shown us at this dreadful time;for taking diana at her most beautiful and radiant and when she had joy in her private life.影響你一生的名人勵(lì)志演講(視頻+mp3+ 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《影響你一生的名人勵(lì)志演講》收錄了19篇英語演講，演講者來自政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)、文化等各個(gè)領(lǐng)域。本書共分為五章，分別為國(guó)家領(lǐng)袖、政治人物、商界精英、作家記者和娛樂名人。精選出的這些演講名篇題材涉獵廣泛、風(fēng)格迥異，有的氣勢(shì)恢宏，意蘊(yùn)精深；有的輕松詼諧，令人捧腹；有的言辭懇切，語重心長(zhǎng)。它們都有一個(gè)共同點(diǎn)：演講者或立足于時(shí)代背景下或從個(gè)人自身經(jīng)歷出發(fā)，鼓舞人奮發(fā)向上、積極進(jìn)取，做出個(gè)人應(yīng)有的成績(jī)，為時(shí)代、為國(guó)家做貢獻(xiàn)。本書配有原版音頻，讓你最近距離感受這些最具影響力的聲音。

國(guó)家領(lǐng)袖

夢(mèng)想與責(zé)任——巴拉克·奧巴馬（>>查看演講視頻及雙語演講稿）and even when you’re struggling, even when you’re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don’t ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.即使當(dāng)你苦苦掙扎、灰心喪氣、感到其他人對(duì)你放棄時(shí)，也不要放棄自己，因?yàn)楫?dāng)你放棄自己時(shí)，你也拋棄了自己的國(guó)家。must be strong 我們必須強(qiáng)大——威廉·杰斐遜·克林頓

因?yàn)槲覀兇蠹叶荚谏耐宦猛旧希覀兊穆猛緯?huì)有終點(diǎn)。但我們的美國(guó)之路必須走下去。the only thing we have to fear is fear itself 我們唯一害怕的是害怕本身——富蘭克林·羅斯福（>>查看演講音頻及演講稿中英對(duì)照）the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror, which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.我們唯一害怕的 是害怕本身——這種難以名狀、失去理智和毫無道理的恐懼，把人轉(zhuǎn)退為進(jìn)所需的種種努力化為泡影。i am prepared to die for an ideal 為理想我愿獻(xiàn)出生命——納爾遜·曼德拉（>>查看演講音頻及演講稿中英對(duì)照）i have fought against white domination, and i have fought against black domination.i have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony with equal opportunities.it is an ideal which i hope to live for and to see realized.but if needs be, it is an ideal for which i am prepared to die.我反對(duì)白人統(tǒng)治，也反對(duì)黑人統(tǒng)治。我珍視民主和自由社會(huì)的理想，在這個(gè)社會(huì)中，人人和睦相處，機(jī)會(huì)均等。我希望為這個(gè)理想而生，并希望能實(shí)現(xiàn)這個(gè)理想。但是如果需要，為理想我愿獻(xiàn)出生命。

we choose to go to the moon（>>查看演講視頻及英文演講稿）我們選擇登月——約翰·肯尼迪 the greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.我們學(xué)到的知識(shí)越多，認(rèn)識(shí)到的無知就越多。never tiring, never yielding, never finishing 永不疲憊，永不氣餒，永不完竭——喬治·布什 never tiring, never yielding, neverfinishing, we renew that purpose today;to make our country more just and generous;to affirm the dignity of our lives and every life.永 不疲憊，永不氣餒，永不完竭，今天我們重樹這樣的目標(biāo)：使我們的國(guó)家變得更加公正、更加慷慨，去體現(xiàn)我們每個(gè)人和所有人生命的尊嚴(yán)。

政治人物 i have a dream（>>查看演講音頻及英文演講稿）

我有一個(gè)夢(mèng)想——馬丁·路德·金 let us not wallow in the valley of despair, i say to you today, my friends.and so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, i still have a dream.it is a dream deeply rooted in the american dream.朋友們，今天我要對(duì)你們說，千萬不要沉淪在絕望的深谷里。盡管眼下困難重重，但我依然懷有一個(gè)夢(mèng)想。這個(gè)夢(mèng)想深深植根于美國(guó)夢(mèng)之中。i quit, but i will continue the fight 我放棄了，但我會(huì)繼續(xù)戰(zhàn)斗——希拉里·克林頓 on the day we live in an america where no child, no man, and no woman is without health insurance, we will live in a stronger america.that’s why we need to help elect barack obama our president.當(dāng)我們有朝一日居住在一個(gè)讓每個(gè)孩子、每個(gè)男人、每個(gè)女人都享有醫(yī)療保障的美國(guó)時(shí)，我們便擁有了一個(gè)更強(qiáng)大的美國(guó)。這就是為什么我們要幫助巴拉克·奧巴馬競(jìng)選總統(tǒng)職位。building the foundations for success 為成功做好準(zhǔn)備——安妮·德·薩里斯 knowing who we are and being confident enough to do what matters to us — that’s what counts.了解自己，滿懷自信，做好我們認(rèn)為重要的事情，這才是最重要的。let’s elect barack obama president of usa 讓我們選舉巴拉克·奧巴馬為美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)總統(tǒng)——米歇爾·奧巴馬

商界精英 unleashing your creativity（>>查看演講稿中英文對(duì)照）

釋放你的創(chuàng)造力——比爾·蓋茨 and i believe that through our natural inventiveness, creativity and willingness to solve tough problems, were going to make some amazing achievements in all these areas in my lifetime.我相信，憑借人類與生俱來的發(fā)明創(chuàng)造能力和不畏艱難、堅(jiān)韌不拔的品格，在我的有生之年里我們將在所有這些領(lǐng)域都創(chuàng)造出可喜的成就。grab your dreams when it shows up 當(dāng)夢(mèng)想來臨時(shí)抓住它——拉里·佩奇 overall, i know it seems like the world is crumbling out there, but it is actually a great time in your life to get a little crazy, follow your curiosity, and be ambitious about it.dont give up on your dreams.the world needs you all!總而言之，我知道這個(gè)世界看起來已支離破碎，但這確實(shí)是你們?nèi)松幸粋€(gè)偉大的時(shí)代，你們可以瘋狂一點(diǎn)，追隨你們的好奇心，積極進(jìn)取。不要放棄夢(mèng)想。世界需要你們。we are what we choose（>>查看演講稿視頻及雙語演講稿）

選擇塑造人生——杰夫·貝索斯 cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice.gifts are easy — theyre given after all.choices can be hard.you can seduce yourself with your gifts if youre not careful, and if you do, itll probably be to the detriment of your choices.聰明是一種天賦，而善良是 一種選擇。天賦得來很容易——畢竟它們與生俱來。而選擇卻頗為艱難。如果一不小心，你可能被天賦所誘惑，這可能會(huì)損害到你做出的選擇。

作家記者 the spirit of man 人類的精神——威廉·福克納 tribute to diana（>>查看英文演講稿）

致戴安娜——查爾斯·斯賓塞

在全世界，戴安娜是同情心、責(zé)任心、風(fēng)度和美麗的化身，是無私和人道的象征，是維護(hù)真正被踐踏的權(quán)益的旗手，是一個(gè)超越國(guó)界的英國(guó)女孩，是一個(gè)帶有自然的高貴氣質(zhì)的人，是一個(gè)不分階層的人。

follow your bliss, follow your heart（>>查看演講音頻及英文演講稿）

追隨你的幸福,傾聽你的心聲——安德森·庫(kù)珀 but it actually was the best thing that ever happened to me.i decided that if no one would give me a chance, i’d have to take a chance, and if no one would give me an opportunity, i would have to create my own opportunity.但這次失敗卻成了我人生中最有價(jià)值的經(jīng)歷。我下定決心，如果沒人給我機(jī)會(huì)，我就自己尋找機(jī)會(huì)；如果沒人給我機(jī)會(huì)，我就自己創(chuàng)造機(jī)會(huì)。

娛樂名人 failure is an option, but fear is not（>>查看演講視頻及演講稿中英雙語對(duì)照）

失敗是一個(gè)選項(xiàng)，但畏懼不是——詹姆斯·卡梅隆 so, thats the thought i would leave you with, is that in whatever youre doing, failure is an option, but fear is not.所以，這是我想給你的想法，不管你做什么，失敗是 一個(gè)選項(xiàng)，但畏懼不是。feelings, failure and finding happiness(點(diǎn)我去查看奧普拉演講視頻和雙語演講稿)感覺、失敗及尋找幸?！獖W普拉·溫弗瑞

——美國(guó)著名電視節(jié)目主持人奧普拉·溫弗瑞2008年在斯坦福大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮上發(fā)表的演講

1、奧斯特洛夫斯基

命運(yùn)對(duì)奧斯特洛夫斯基是殘酷的：他念過三年小學(xué)，青春消逝在疾馳的戰(zhàn)馬與槍林彈雨中。16歲時(shí)，他腹部與頭部嚴(yán)重負(fù)傷，右眼失明。20歲時(shí)，又因關(guān)節(jié)硬化而臥床不起。面對(duì)著命運(yùn)的嚴(yán)峻挑戰(zhàn)，他深切地感到：“在生活中沒比掉隊(duì)更可怕的事情了?！眾W斯特洛夫斯基與命運(yùn)進(jìn)行了英勇的抗?fàn)帲核幌胩稍跉垙U榮譽(yù)軍人的功勞簿上向祖國(guó)和人民伸手，他用沸騰的精力讀完了函授大學(xué)的全部課程，如饑似渴地閱讀俄羅斯與世界文學(xué)名著。書籍召喚他前進(jìn)，書籍陪伴他披荊斬棘。奧斯特洛夫斯基思想的烈馬，馳騁在烏克蘭與波蘭交界的遼闊的原野上，他口授的每一個(gè)字母都像無情的子彈，射向入侵的德國(guó)強(qiáng)盜。2.張海迪 1955年秋天在濟(jì)南出生。5歲患脊髓病，胸以下全部癱瘓。從那時(shí)起，張海迪開始了她獨(dú)到的人生。她無法上學(xué)，便在在家自學(xué)完中學(xué)課程。在殘酷的命運(yùn)挑戰(zhàn)面前，張海迪沒有沮喪和沉淪，她以頑強(qiáng)的毅力和恒心與疾病做斗爭(zhēng)，經(jīng)受了嚴(yán)峻的考驗(yàn)，對(duì)人生充滿了信心。她雖然沒有機(jī)會(huì)走進(jìn)校門，卻發(fā)憤學(xué)習(xí)，學(xué)完了小學(xué)、中學(xué)全部課程，自學(xué)了大學(xué)英語、日語、德語和世界語，并攻讀了大學(xué)和碩士研究生的課程。為了對(duì)社會(huì)作出更大的貢獻(xiàn)，她先后自學(xué)了十幾種醫(yī)學(xué)專著，同時(shí)向有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的醫(yī)生請(qǐng)教，學(xué)會(huì)了針灸等醫(yī)術(shù)，為群眾無償治療

達(dá)1萬多人次。

我們都是四肢健全的人，所以更我們應(yīng)該珍惜眼前的學(xué)習(xí)機(jī)會(huì)。3.愛迪生

在愛迪生發(fā)明燈泡的時(shí)候他失敗了很多次，當(dāng)他用到一千多種材料做燈絲的時(shí)候，助手對(duì)他說：“你已經(jīng)失敗了一千多次了，成功已經(jīng)變得渺茫，還是放棄吧！”但愛迪生卻說：“到現(xiàn)在我的收獲還不錯(cuò)，起碼我發(fā)現(xiàn)有一千多種材料不能做燈絲?！弊詈螅?jīng)過六千多次的實(shí)驗(yàn)終于成功了。

我們可以試想，如果愛迪生在助手勸他停止實(shí)驗(yàn)的時(shí)候放棄了，我們現(xiàn)在會(huì)怎么樣呢？可能我們還要點(diǎn)只有豆粒般大小的油燈在夜里照明。其實(shí)愛迪生的每次試驗(yàn)失敗都可以看作是挫折。這么一算，愛迪生發(fā)明電燈也就是遇上了六千多次的挫折，這是一個(gè)多么驚人的數(shù)目?。?.林肯

生下來就一貧如洗的林肯，終其一生都在面對(duì)挫敗，八次競(jìng)選八次落敗，兩次經(jīng)商失敗，甚至還精神崩潰過一次。好多次，他本可以放棄，但他并沒有如此，也正因?yàn)?他沒有放棄，才成為美國(guó)歷史上最偉大的總統(tǒng)之一。此路艱辛而泥濘。我一只腳滑了一下，另一只腳也因而站不穩(wěn);但我緩口氣，告訴自己，這不過是滑一跤，并不是死去而爬

不起來?！挚显诟?jìng)選參議員落敗后如是說

我們有的時(shí)候受到一次挫折，或經(jīng)受到一次失敗，就灰心喪氣，認(rèn)為自己一無是處，看看愛迪生和林肯，我們就會(huì)明白人的一生不是一帆風(fēng)順的，關(guān)鍵是學(xué)會(huì)堅(jiān)持，永不放棄。4.霍金

霍金雖然身體的殘疾越來越重，但卻力圖像普通人一樣生活，完成自己所能做的任何事情。他甚至是活潑好動(dòng)的——這聽起來有些好笑，在他已經(jīng)完全無法移動(dòng)之后，他仍然堅(jiān)持用唯一可以活動(dòng)的手指驅(qū)動(dòng)著輪椅在前往辦公室的路上“橫沖直撞”； ·威廉·霍金認(rèn)為他一生的貢獻(xiàn)是在經(jīng)典物理的框架里，證明了黑洞和大爆炸奇點(diǎn)的不可避免性，黑洞越變?cè)酱?；但在量子物理的框架里，他指出，黑洞因輻射而越變?cè)叫?，大爆炸的奇點(diǎn)不斷被量子效應(yīng)所抹平，而且整個(gè)宇宙正是起始于此。

第四篇：名人名校勵(lì)志演講

名人名校勵(lì)志演講：夢(mèng)想與責(zé)任---奧巴馬對(duì)美國(guó)學(xué)生的全國(guó)講話 中英演講稿

國(guó)總統(tǒng)奧巴馬2009年9月8日開學(xué)演講 英文全文

For Immediate Release September 8, 2009

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT

IN A NATIONAL ADDRESS TO AMERICA'S SCHOOLCHILDREN

Wakefield High School Arlington, Virginia

THE PRESIDENT:

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 we’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.)

大家好！謝謝你們。謝謝你們。謝謝你們大家。好，大家請(qǐng)就坐。你們今天都好嗎？（掌聲）蒂姆?斯派塞（Tim Spicer）好嗎？（掌聲）我現(xiàn)在與弗吉尼亞州阿靈頓郡韋克菲爾德高中的學(xué)生們?cè)谝黄?。美?guó)各地從小學(xué)預(yù)備班到中學(xué)12年級(jí)的學(xué)生正在收聽收看。我很高興大家今天都能參與。我還要感謝韋克菲爾德高中出色的組織安排。請(qǐng)為你們自己熱烈鼓掌。（掌聲）

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, it’s your first day in a new school, so it’s understandable if you’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 you’re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you could’ve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.我知道，今天是你們很多人開學(xué)的日子。對(duì)于進(jìn)入小學(xué)預(yù)備班、初中或高中的學(xué)生，今天是你們來到新學(xué)校的第一天，心里可能有點(diǎn)緊張，這是可以理解的。我能想象有些畢業(yè)班學(xué)生現(xiàn)在感覺很不錯(cuò)——（掌聲）——還有一年就畢業(yè)了。不論在哪個(gè)年級(jí)，你們有些人可能希望暑假更長(zhǎng)一點(diǎn)，今天早上還能多睡一小會(huì)兒。

I know that feeling.When I was young, my family lived overseas.I lived in Indonesia for a few years.And my mother, she didn’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.我了解這種感覺。我小時(shí)候，我們家生活在海外。我在印度尼西亞住了幾年。我媽媽沒有錢送我上其他美國(guó)孩子上的學(xué)校，但她認(rèn)為必須讓我接受美式教育。因此，她決定從周一到周五自己給我補(bǔ)課。不過她還要上班，所以只能在清晨四點(diǎn)半給我上課。

Now, as you might imagine, I wasn’t too happy about getting up that early.And a lot of times, I’d fall asleep right there at the kitchen table.But whenever I’d complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and she’d say, “This is no picnic for me either, buster.”(Laughter.)

你們可以想見，我不太情愿那么早起床。有很多次，我趴在餐桌上就睡著了。但每當(dāng)我抱怨的時(shí)候，我媽媽都會(huì)那樣地看我一眼，然后說：“小子，這對(duì)我也并不輕松。（笑聲）

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So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school.But I’m here today because I have something important to discuss with you.I’m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what’s expected of all of you in this new school year.我知道你們有些人還在適應(yīng)開學(xué)后的生活。但我今天來到這里是因?yàn)橛兄匾氖虑橐湍銈冋f。我來這里是要和你們談?wù)勀銈兊慕逃龁栴}，以及在這個(gè)新學(xué)年對(duì)你們所有人的期望。

Now, I’ve given a lot of speeches about education.And I’ve talked about responsibility a lot.我做過很多次有關(guān)教育問題的演講。我多次談到過責(zé)任問題。

I’ve talked about teachers’ responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.我談到過教師激勵(lì)學(xué)生并督促他們學(xué)習(xí)的責(zé)任。

I’ve talked about your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and don’t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the Xbox.我談到過家長(zhǎng)的責(zé)任，要確保你們走正路，完成家庭作業(yè)，不要整天坐在電視前或玩Xbox游戲。

I’ve talked a lot about your government’s responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren’t working, where students aren’t getting the opportunities that they deserve.我多次談到過政府的責(zé)任，要制定高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，支持教師和校長(zhǎng)的工作，徹底改善不能為學(xué)生提供應(yīng)有機(jī)會(huì)的、教育質(zhì)量差的學(xué)校。

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.That’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.然而，即使我們擁有最敬業(yè)的教師，最盡力的家長(zhǎng)和全世界最好的學(xué)?！绻銈兇蠹也宦男心銈兊呢?zé)任，不到校上課，不專心聽講，不聽家長(zhǎng)、祖父祖母和其他大人的話，不付出取得成功所必須的勤奮努力，那么這一切都毫無用處，都無關(guān)緊要。這就是我今天講話的重點(diǎn)：你們每個(gè)人對(duì)自己的教育應(yīng)盡的責(zé)任。

I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself.Every single one of you has something that you’re good at.Every single one of you has something to offer.And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is.That’s the opportunity an education can provide.我首先要講講你們對(duì)自己應(yīng)盡的責(zé)任。你們每個(gè)人都有自己的長(zhǎng)處。你們每個(gè)人都能做出自己的貢獻(xiàn)。你們對(duì)自己應(yīng)盡的責(zé)任是發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的能力所在。而教育能夠提供這樣的機(jī)會(huì)。

Maybe you could be a great writer--maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper--but you might not know it until you write that English paper--that English class paper that’s assigned to you.Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor--maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine--but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class.Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice--but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.你或許能成為一名出色的作家——甚至可能寫書或在報(bào)紙上發(fā)表文章——但你可能要在完成那篇英文課的作文后才會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才華。你或許能成為一名創(chuàng)新者或發(fā)明家——甚至可能設(shè)計(jì)出新一代iPhone或研制出新型藥物或疫苗——但你可能要在完成科學(xué)課的實(shí)驗(yàn)后才會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才華。你或許能成為一名市長(zhǎng)或參議員或最高法院的大法官——但你可能要在參加學(xué)生會(huì)的工作或辯論隊(duì)后才會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才華。

And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you’ll need an education to do it.You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse

這些都沒關(guān)系。世界上最成功的人士中有一些是遭遇失敗最多的人。作者J?K?羅琳（J.K.Rowling）所寫的系列小說《哈利?波特》（Harry Potter）第一部在獲得出版之前被退稿12次。邁克爾?喬丹（Michael Jordan）曾被他的高中籃球隊(duì)除名。在喬丹的籃球生涯中，他輸過數(shù)百場(chǎng)比賽，有成千上萬個(gè)球沒有投中。但他曾說過：“在我的一生中，我失敗了一次又一次、一次又一次。這就是我成功的原因。”

These people succeeded because they understood that you can’t let your failures define you--you have to let your failures teach you.You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time.So if you get into trouble, that doesn’t mean you’re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right.If you get a bad grade, that doesn’t mean you’re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.這些人士獲得成功，因?yàn)樗麄兌茫耗悴荒茏屖硐拗颇悖仨氉屖黹_導(dǎo)你。你必須讓失敗向你展示下次如何以不同的方式去做這件事情。因此，如果你遇到麻煩，那并不表示你是麻煩的制造者，而意味著你需要更加努力去把它做對(duì)。如果你有一門課分?jǐn)?shù)低，那不表示你比別人笨，而只表示你需要花更多的時(shí)間學(xué)習(xí)。

No one’s born being good at all things.You become good at things through hard work.You’re not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport.You don’t hit every note the first time you sing a song.You’ve got to practice.The same principle applies to your schoolwork.You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right.You might have to read something a few times before you understand it.You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it’s good enough to hand in.沒有一個(gè)人天生擅長(zhǎng)做各種事情。你通過勤奮而變得擅長(zhǎng)于各種事情。第一次從事新的體育項(xiàng)目時(shí)，你不可能是一位主力隊(duì)員。第一次唱一首歌曲時(shí)，你不可能唱準(zhǔn)每個(gè)音。你必須練習(xí)。同樣的道理適用于你的學(xué)業(yè)。你可能要把一道數(shù)學(xué)題做幾次才把它做對(duì)。你可能要把一些材料閱讀幾遍才能理解。在交出一篇優(yōu)美的作文之前，你肯定需要打幾遍草稿。

Don’t be afraid to ask questions.Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it.I do that every day.Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don’t know something, and that then allows you to learn something new.So find an adult that you trust--a parent, a grandparent or teacher, a coach or a counselor--and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.不要害怕提問。不要在需要幫助時(shí)害怕請(qǐng)求別人幫助。我天天請(qǐng)求別人的幫助。請(qǐng)求幫助不是軟弱的表現(xiàn)，它是力量的標(biāo)志，因?yàn)樗砻髂阌杏職獬姓J(rèn)自己對(duì)某些事情不懂，這樣做會(huì)使你學(xué)到新的東西。因此，請(qǐng)確定一位你信任的成年人，例如家長(zhǎng)、祖父母或老師、教練或輔導(dǎo)員，請(qǐng)他們幫助你遵循既定計(jì)劃實(shí)現(xiàn)你的目標(biāo)。

And even when you’re struggling, even when you’re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don’t ever give up on yourself, because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.即使當(dāng)你苦苦掙扎、灰心喪氣、感到其他人對(duì)你不抱希望時(shí)，也不要對(duì)你自己?jiǎn)适判?，因?yàn)楫?dāng)你自暴自棄時(shí)，你也拋棄了自己的國(guó)家。

The story of America isn’t about people who quit when things got tough.It’s about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.書寫美國(guó)歷史的不是在困難時(shí)刻退縮的人，而是堅(jiān)持不懈、加倍努力的人，他們對(duì)國(guó)家的愛促使他們?nèi)σ愿啊?/p>

It’s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation.Young people.Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war;who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon.Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google and Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.書寫美國(guó)歷史的是250年前坐在你們的位置上的學(xué)生，他們后來進(jìn)行了獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)并創(chuàng)建了這個(gè)國(guó)家。還有75年前坐在你們的位置上的年輕人和學(xué)生，他們走出了大蕭條并打贏了一場(chǎng)世界大戰(zhàn)；他們?yōu)槊駲?quán)而奮斗并把宇航員送上了月球。至于20年前坐在你們的位置上的學(xué)生，他們創(chuàng)辦了谷歌（Google）、嘰喳網(wǎng)（Twitter）和臉譜網(wǎng)（Facebook），改變了我們交流溝通的方式。

So today, I want to ask all of you, what’s your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a President who comes here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what all of you did for this country? 而今天，我要問問你們大家，你們將做出什么貢獻(xiàn)？你們將解決什么問題？你們將有什么發(fā)現(xiàn)？20年、50年或100年后來到這里講話的總統(tǒng)將會(huì)怎樣評(píng)價(jià)你們大家為這個(gè)國(guó)家所做的一切？

Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions.I’m working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books and the equipment and the computers you need to learn.But you’ve got to do your part, too.So I expect all of you to get serious this year.I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do.I expect great things from each of you.So don’t let us down.Don’t let your family down or your country down.Most of all, don’t let yourself down.Make us all proud.你們的家人、你們的老師和我正在竭盡全力保證你們接受必要的教育，以便回答上述問題。我正在努力工作，以便你們的教室得到修繕，你們能夠得到學(xué)習(xí)所需的課本、設(shè)備和電腦。但你們也必須盡自己的努力。因此，我希望你們大家從今年起認(rèn)真對(duì)待這個(gè)問題。我希望你們盡最大努力做好每一件事。我希望你們每個(gè)人都有出色的表現(xiàn)。不要讓我們失望。不要讓你們的家人或你們的國(guó)家失望。而最重要的是，不要辜負(fù)你們自己，而要讓我們都能[為你們]感到驕傲。

Thank you very much, everybody.God bless you.God bless America.Thank you.(Applause.)非常感謝你們大家。愿主保佑你們。愿主保佑美國(guó)。謝謝你們。（掌聲）

第五篇：名人名校

名人名校

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朱镕基總理演講 感動(dòng)國(guó)人~~~ 溫家寶在日本國(guó)會(huì)上的感人講話！！!振奮人心