八年级励志英语演讲稿（精选2篇）
Someone said “we are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book, whose pages are infinite”. I don’t know who wrote these words, but I’ve always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want it to be. We are all in the position of the farmers. If we plant a good seed ,we reap a good harvest. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
We are young. “How to spend the youth?” It is a meaningful question. To answer it, first I have to ask “what do you understand by the word youth?” Youth is not a time of life, it’s a state of mind. It’s not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips or supple knees. It’s the matter of the will. It’s the freshness of the deep spring of life.
A poet said “To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour. Several days ago, I had a chance to listen to a lecture. I learnt a lot there. I’d like to share it with all of you. Let’s show our right palms. We can see three
lines that show how our love.career and life is. I have a short line of life. What about yours? I wondered whether we could see our future in this way. Well, let’s make a fist. Where is our future? Where is our love, career, and life? Tell me.Yeah, it is in our hands. It is held in ourselves.
We all want the future to be better than the past. But the future can go better itself. Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened. From the past, we’ve learnt that the life is tough, but we are tougher. We’ve learnt that we can’t choose how we feel, but we can choose what about it. Failure doesn’t mean you don’t have it, it does mean you should do it in a different way. Failure doesn’t mean you should give up, it does mean you must try harder.
As what I said at the beginning, “we are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book, whose pages are infinite”. The past has gone. Nothing we do will change it. But the future is in front of us. Believe that what we give to the world, the world will give to us. And from today on, let’s be the owners of ourselves, and speak out “We are the world, we are the future.”
敬爱的老师，亲爱的同学们，
大家好，我是八一班的曾月，今天我演讲的题目是《我的梦想》
一年前，我和妈妈结识了两个非洲外教朋友。Toh 和他的妻子Pemaler。我们关系非常要好。周末的时候，妈妈常带我去窜门儿。Pemaler总是打开电脑让我玩。那一天，一进他们家，我就照例朝电脑跑去，电脑开着，上面是pemaler准备上课用的图片。你能想象我看到的画面是什么吗？那些画面又在我的心里产生多大的震撼？看了那些画面，我再也没有心思去玩Toh为我下载的最新游戏，再也没有胃口去品尝pemaler为我准备的精致可口的点心。我呆若木鸡。
这就是我所看到的画面（图1）。当时我不禁惊呼，这是什么？这是一个“人”吗？还是一个什么奇怪的生物？但是他的的确确是人。而且，还是一个婴儿。但他已经连吮吸和吞食的力量都没有了。我不知道他的生命还能维持几天几时几分几秒钟。
（图2）这些孩子虽然大一些，但也几乎每一天都吃不上一顿饱饭，他们的生命从开始到结束就从未摆脱过饥饿。吃了这顿没下顿的日子，他们能撑多久呢？其实压根儿就不能用“顿”来形容他们的食物。他们的食物是这样的。（图3）这个孩子正在努力捡起掉落在地上的粉末，我多么希望那是面粉。而这个孩子正在吮吸母亲的乳汁，（图4）然而，这个母亲那干瘪的乳房里还有多少乳汁可供这个孩子维持生命？图片下面的说明是，几天后，这位母亲死去了，带着她的孩子。你看到这个母亲藏在阴影里的眼神了吗？我只看到两个字：绝望。
(图5)而这一幅，它的名字叫“苍蝇的盛宴”。这个孩子的身上粘满了苍蝇。但他为什么不抖一抖，把苍蝇赶走？因为他已经习惯了，他已经麻木了。更让人悲伤的是，他也许连挥一挥手的力气都没有了！
(图6)这个孩子站着一堆尸体中。Pemaler告诉我，一些非洲国家连年战乱。硝烟弥漫，战火连天。军队每到一处就使那片土地化为废墟。残暴的军队随意杀害手无寸铁的村民。甚至把他们的头砍掉当球踢。这个孩子和很多孩子一样。他的亲人已经被杀害。他只是幸存者，但他真的是幸运的吗？不，他也许比死去的亲人更痛苦，谁能保证在下一次的杀戮中他能够再次幸免于难？他的命运只剩下永无止境的胆战心惊的逃亡和流浪。
这就是我想跟大家分享的图片。相信大家或多或少都知道一些非洲的苦难。我和大家一样。但是说实在的，在我头脑中并没有一个具体的概念。我一直以为所有人，都安详宁静、幸福快乐地生活在这个蓝色的星球上，性命无忧，衣食无忧。但是看到这些画面以后，我完全被震惊了。这真是一片令人毛骨悚然的悲情大陆。难以想象这是我们地球上的一片土地，这些国家是美丽的蓝色星球上的国度。
（图7-8）生活本应该是充满希望的。非洲的孩子，他们的脸上本应该有这样的笑容。
所以，在此，和大家分享我的梦想。那就是做一名志愿者。加入国际红十字会或者无国界医生组织，被派驻非洲，给那里的人们带去纯净的饮用水、食物和药品。（图9）我知道这个梦想还很遥远。但，既然坚定了方向，就朝着梦想进发，时间自会带着我到达梦想实现的那一天。如果你也有同样梦想，那就让我们一起努力吧。去拥抱非洲，去治愈非洲。（图10）让幸福的阳光洒满这片土地的每一个角落。就像Michael Jackson的歌所唱的那样：To make a better world, for you and for me！To make a better world, for you and for me！谢谢大家！
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude to me is more important than facts.
It is more important than the past,than education,than money,than circumstances, than failures,than successes,than what the other people think,say,or do.
It is more important than the appearance,the giftedness or skill.
It will make or break a company,a church ,a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day, regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
We cannot change our past.We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way.We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the one stage we have.And that is our attitudes.
I am convinced that life is ten percent what happens to me ,and ninety percent how I react to it.And so it is with you.
We are in charge of our attitudes.