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摘要：If you don't do that -- if you quit on school -- you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country.Now, I know it's not always easy to do well in school.
　　Welcome to English Club! It could serve as a platform to show your outstanding abilities and help you develop a range of great skills.
　　You can be involved in a variety of activities including staging musical dramas, holding group discussions and watching Oscar-winning movies. These extra-curricular activities could offer you ample opportunities. First, your active participation is helpful to strengthening the sense of responsibility and managing interpersonal relations. Second, various activities organized by us could raise your level of proficiency in English. A good command of English empowers you to enjoy decided competitive edge over your peers.
　　You can file a written application to our staff office or email us via . The deadline for entries is Sept. 25th. Come on, join us now!
　　This is the speech which I delivered to my classmates, now I present it here ,hoping you could give some recommendations.
　　Good morning, everyone. Today I want to share one of my experiences with you.
　　A few days ago , our college had an activity called ‘exchanging space’. I guess most of you tool part in it. For the sake of the fact that I’m in the student union, I was ordered to be a guide at the moment. My obligation was to show the judges coming from the public around the dormitories that had be decorated already. I said to myself: what an easy job! I must know my stuff pretty well.
　　All the afternoon , I companied the honorable judges wandering one dormitory after another, talking and laughting. There was a great deal of excitement. I considered what I did a wonderful job until a junior student told me that I had missed one dormitory which should be showed to the judges. I was totally shocked by what she said. No words occurred to me that seemed to be reasonable. ‘ it’s time you went downstairs to enjoy the games. As to your dormitory ,I will surely contact with my boss and find some solutions……‘ I answered in a frighten voice.
　　It was my carelessness that put myself into a tight corner. I couldn’t remember what I said to my boss because I was so ashamed to acknowledge my mistake. The memory that would never fade was the words my boss said to me:’ errors will slip in. we can deal with it properly. Don’t be so sad and do better next time!’
　　Things happened in the afternoon do teach me a lesson. Whatever easy work there is,we must spare no effort to handle it, or we’ll surely fail something to some degree.
　　One ceremonial speech
　　Your Excellency vice president and Mrs. Williams,
　　Our distinguished guests,
　　Ladies and gentlemen,
　　It is my privilege and great pleasure to host this banquet in honor of vice president and Mrs. Williams and other distinguished guests. I would avail myself this opportunity to extend my warm welcome to you all. A remark in the Analects of Confucius best express what I feel now, “it is such a delight that I have friends visiting from afar.”
　　Evidently, vice president Williams’s current visit has demonstrated his excellency’s determination to further enhance the friendly and cooperative relations between our two countries. I’m deeply convinced that frequent exchanges of visits between the top government officials of the two countries are beneficial not only to the improvement of our relations, but also to the peace and stability of the Asian pacific region and the world as a whole.
　　Over the years since the establishment of the diplomatic relationship between our two countries, we have carried out sincere and rewarding co-operation in political, economic, trade cultural educational, scientific and technological , public health and other fields.
　　Currently, China is engaged in a national drive for an unprecedented economic reform. It would not be possible for this grand reform program to yield successful results if china should be deprived of domestic sociopolitical stability, of an international environment of peace and development, and of economic and technical cooperation between China and other countries. It is our common wish to seek sustained word peace and ensuring mutual development and prosperity that we have made our current foreign policies, as well as economic and trade policies, and wish to promote our relations with any other countries. We are very pleased that your country is in persistent pursuit of a world peace policy and has remained a decade old trading partner of China. I’m looking forward to holdings talks with you on development of bilateral relations , as well as on Asian pacific and other international issues of common interest.
　　In closing , I would like you to join me in a toast
　　To the health of vice president and Mrs. Williams,
　　To the lasting friendship and cooperation between our two countries.
　　To the lasting peace and prosperity of the world !
　　Cheers!
　　As you lie down in your bed ，close your eyes and relax. Take a deep breath and hold it for a count of 3 〔1，2，3〕，then slowly exhale 。Your body is in a comfortable position and you eyes are closed 。 Take another deep breath ，even deeper than before，and hold the air for a count of 5 〔1，2，3，4，5 〕. Again ，slowly let your breath out. Notice how relaxed and loose your body feels .Now inhale again ,from the center of your body ，and hold your breath for a count of 8〔1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8〕.
　　Picture yourself standing in an observation elevator .Through the glasses you can see the doors to all the building and the children playing on the ground between the buildings and the elevator.
　　Slowly, you begin to sense the elevator is moving，it’s going up .
　　As it goes up, you begin to notice the windows and the people behind the windows。
　　The buildings are tall，and it takes a little while to get to the top.
　　Just as the elevator reaches over the buildings，a beautiful lake emerges in your sight, the water is clear and peaceful，ducks are playing on the lake and ripples are spreading 。
　　Beyond the lake is a grass covered mountain slope with sheep easily enjoying their meals。
　　The elevator keeps going up ，when it reaches over the top of the mountain ， a beautiful harbor appears on the horizon 。In the harbor sailboats are easily cruising on the blue and peaceful water 。
　　Around the harbor，large areas of trees and flowers and magnificent houses spread themselves regularly along the coast 。
　　You are struck by the beauty of the environment and harmony between nature and design 。
　　You begin to imagine yourself living in that harbor ，having all the thing you ever desire，enjoying all the friendships you ever dream， and achieving all the accomplishment you ever aspire。
　　You know all these beautiful things will be your to keep，to cherish and enjoy，because you have found a clear purpose for your life ，you have developed a sound strategy ，and you have taken all the actions necessary ：You got up ayou listened to the recordings and practiced as planed .you thought o you always wrote down your thougyou pushed yourself beyond your comfort zone when it comes to making new friends and seizing every learning opportunity。
　　Now，with 100% certainty you are moving in the right direction and at the right pace ，you can be at ease going into sleep 。Let your eyes relax ，then you head ，you neck ，you shoulder ，you chest ，you waist ，your thighs ，you knees，your feet ，your toes and your whole body 。Go，slowly ，go sleep!Have a sweet dream!
　　I feel honored to come here on my first visit to your beautiful city. On behalf of all the members of my mission, I would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to our host for their earnest invitation and gracious hospitality we have received since we set foot on this charming land. I am also very happy that this visit has given me an excellent opportunity to convey to you and to the people of Shanghai warm greetings and sincere good wishes for the government and people of my country. Although we live with a distance of tens of thousands miles between us, “Long distance separates no bosom friends,” as one of your Tang poets said.
　　The whole world is watching with great interest the sea changes that are taking place in China, particularly in Shanghai. This is a country with the fastest growing economy in the world. China’s rise as one of the strongest economic powers in the Asia- pacific region has attracted a growing number of business and financial giants in our country to invest in China, particularly to invest in a number of long term projects in Shanghai and its surrounding areas. Over the last few years, there has never been any place other than Pudong that hold so much attraction for our people in the business community. It is with this awareness that we have come here to seek better ways of promoting our economic and financial cooperation. One of the objectives of my mission is to sign our Investment Protection Agreement. I am also seeking possibilities of establishing through partnership with our Chinese colleagues, consultancy services for transnational corporations in Shanghai.
　　Last but not the least, I would like to extend in person our official invitation to the mayor of Shanghai. We would like his honor to visit the NYC at his earliest convenience, so as to given us an opportunity to return the warm reception and hospitality we enjoy here.
　　I greatly cherish the close relationship between our two cities. I also greatly value the position we enjoy as one of your most important trading partners. It is our sincere wish that we continued to work closely together to enhance our friendly relationship and to ensure a sustained growth in our economic, financial and trade cooperation. On the occasion of this reception, I wish Mr. Mayor and all our Chinese friends present here tonight
　　清晨励志演讲--每天早晨起来的时候读一读
　　As you slowly open your eyes, look around, notice where the light comes into your room, listen carefully, see if there’s any new sounds you can recognize, feel with your body and spirit, see if you can sense the freshness in the air.
　　Yes! Yes! Yes!!!
　　It’s a new day, it’s a different day and it’s a bright day. And most importantly, it’s a new beginning for your life, a beginning where you’re going to make new decisions, take new actions, make new friends, and take your life a totally unprecedented level.
　　In your minds’ eye, you can see clearly the things you want to have, the places you intend to go, the relationships you desire to develop, and the positions you aspire to reach. You can hear your laughters of joy and happiness in the day when everything h you can see the smiles on the people around you when the magic moment strikes. You can feel your face is getting red and your heart is beating fast and your blood is rushing all over your body to every single corner of your being.
　　You know all this is real as along as you’re confident, passionate and committed. And you are confident, you are passionate, you are committed. You’ll no longer fear making new sounds, showing new facial expressions, using your body in new ways, approaching new people and asking new questions. You’ll live every single day of your life with absolute passion. You’ll show your passion through the words you speak and the actions you take. You’ll focus all your time and effort on the most important goals of your life. You’ll never succumb to challenges or hardships. You’ll never waver in your pursuit of excellence. After all, you’re the best and you deserve the best.
　　As your coach and friend, I can assure you the door to all the best things in the world will open to you but the key to that door is in your hand. You must do your part, you must faithfully follow the plans you make and take the actions you plan. You must never quit, you must never fear. I know you must do it, you can do it, you will do it and you will succeed.
　　Now stand firm and tall, make a fist, get excited and yell it out:
　　I must do it! I can do it! I will do it! I will succeed!!!
　　I must do it! I can do it! I will do it! I will succeed!!!
　　I must do it! I can do it! I will do it! I will succeed!!!
　　奥巴马开学演讲稿英文版
　　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.)
　　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.
　　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.
　　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.)
　　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.
　　Now, I've given a lot of speeches about education. And I've talked about responsibility a lot.
　　I've talked about teachers' responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.
　　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.
　　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.
　　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.
　　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.
　　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.
　　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 or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You're going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You've got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.
　　And this isn't just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. The future of America depends on you. What you're learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.
　　You'll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You'll need the insights and critical-thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. You'll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.
　　We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems. If you don't do that -- if you quit on school -- you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country.
　　Now, I know it's not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.
　　I get it. I know what it's like. My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn't always able to give us the things that other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn't fit in.
　　So I wasn't always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I'm not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should have. And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.
　　But I was -- I was lucky. I got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and law school and follow my dreams. My wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, she has a similar story. Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didn't have a lot of money. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.
　　Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you don't have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there's not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don't feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren't right.
　　But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life -- what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home -- none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school. That's no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. There is no excuse for not trying.
　　Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.
　　That's what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.
　　Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didn't speak English when she first started school. Neither of her parents had gone to college. But she worked hard, earned good grades, and got a scholarship to Brown University -- is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to becoming Dr. Jazmin Perez.
　　I'm thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who's fought brain cancer since he was three. He's had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer -- hundreds of extra hours -- to do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind. He's headed to college this fall.
　　And then there's Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, and she's on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.
　　And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren't any different from any of you. They face challenges in their lives just like you do. In some cases they've got it a lot worse off than many of you. But they refused to give up. They chose to take responsibility for their lives, for their education, and set goals for themselves. And I expect all of you to do the same.
　　That's why today I'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education -- and do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each day reading a book. Maybe you'll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community. Maybe you'll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do, that all young people deserve a safe environment to study and learn. Maybe you'll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn. And along those lines, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot, and that you stay home from school when you don't feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.
　　But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it.
　　I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work -- that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star. Chances are you're not going to be any of those things.
　　The truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject that you study. You won't click with every teacher that you have. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute. And you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.
　　That's okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. J.K. Rowling's -- who wrote Harry Potter -- her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that's why I succeed."
　　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.
　　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.
　　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.
　　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.
　　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.
　　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 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.
　　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?
　　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.
　　Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless America. Thank you. (Applause.)
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