经典英语的演讲稿（精选3篇）
It is human nature that all of us should be fond of beauty. Everybody wasborn with a heart for beauty.
Today in China,with the rising of our living standard, people's requirementof beauty has been heIghtened accordingly. Some people spare no money or energyon beautiful clothes, fashionable hair styles,the decoration of their houses andeven the improvement of their looks. But it seems to me,all these are more orless confined to the beauty in appearance,or rather,the outward beauty.
In my opinion,we shouldn't only pay attention to beautiful appearance andneglect the beautification of the mind and what we are after should be theperfect unity of the outward beauty and the inner beauty. As we all know,so faras objects and animals are concerned,there is only beautiful appearance to bementioned, but to us humanbeings, although the outward beauty really matters,the inner beauty is much more important. This was confirmed by a famous Russianwriter in words much like this: "A person is
not lovely for being beautiful but beautiful for being lovely. "
Here, I'd like to quote two typical instances and I'm sure, my dearfriends,from them you'll find out what real beauty is.
Recently I learned from the radio an unpleasant incident about a well knownsinger. She is very charming with a sweet beautiful voice and very famous forsinging the song."Devotion of Love". Not long ago,she was invited to ZhejiangProvince to give performance. The moment she was to appear on the stage,shesuddenly asked for more reward. Worse still,after her request was satisfied, shedidn't begin to sing at once. Instead,she took her time to count all the moneypiece by piece. Thus she kept the audience waiting for half an hour. So when sheat last showed up and started to sing "Devotion of Love",a man rose up from hisseat and shouted at her,"You don't have any devotion of love. You are notqualified to sing this song ! "Hearing this, the singer stopped singing andbegan to shout abuses with her finger pointed at the man. At this time the wholeaudience burst into an uproar.
How disappointed her keen listeners were when they learned this! It is thesinger herself who spoiled her beautiful image in the eyes of others.
Now, I'm coming to another true story. It's about a poor, ordinary lookingold woman. She was a widow without any children, living barely from hand tomouth by picking odds and ends from rubbish heaps. However,she took in more thanten homeless orphans successively and managed to bring them up. Every day shelabored from morning till night. In order to earn as much money as possible toraise the children and to keep them in school,she even went to a hospitalregularly to sell her blood. She got so weak for the loss of blood that shesometimes fell in a faint on her way home. Responsibility is a Badge of Honourfor Youth.
the east and the west, let’s enjoy the combination of the two cultures?
kipling said:“east is east, and west is west, and never the twain shall meet!” but now, a century later, they have met.
they have met in business. they have met in education. they have met in the arts. some people will argue that these meetings will leave us with a choice between east and west, but i believe that the best future lies in the creative combination of both worlds. we can make western ideas, customs and technology our own, and adapt them to our own use. we can enjoy the best of both worlds, because our tradition is, above all, one of selecting the best and making it our own.
i love beijing and hennan opera because it always reminds me of who i am. but i am also a fan of pop music, especially english songs. so i have combined eastern melody with western language. it is called western henna opera.
when two cultures meet, there may be things in one culture, which do not fit into the tradition of the other. when this happens, we need to learn to understand and respect the customs of another culture. then there are certain things some people may not like. to this, i will say, if you do not like it, please try to tolerate it. to learn to tolerate what you personally don’t like is a great virtue at a time when different cultures mix and merge. before us, there are two rivers, eastern and western cultures. at present, they may run in different courses. but eventually, they will converge into the vast sea of human culture.
right now, i can see peoples of eastern and western cultures, standing side by side, singing the olympic theme song: we are hand in hand, heart to heart, together we will shape a beautiful tomorrow! thank you!
Learn How to Say No
We've all been taught that we should help people. It is the right thing to do and will make us popular with others. It may even win us favors in return. However, we must be realistic. We can't say yes to every request. If we did, we would fail or go crazy for sure. Sometimes we simply don't have the time to help. In this case, we must know how to say no politely.
When we need to say no, here is one method we can try. First, we should tell the truth. If we really can't do something, we should just say so. Second, we should remember to refuse requests politely. We must communicate clearly, but must also be sincere and sympathetic. A true friend will understand. Finally, we must not feel guilty about saying no. Sometimes refusing others is the right thing to do. It can save ourselves, and them, a lot of trouble. In short, we cannot please everyone all the time. Refusing favors is a part of life.