as you slowly open your eyes,look around,notice where the light comes into your room;listen carefully,see if there are new sounds you can recognize;feel with your body and spirit,and 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 is a new beginning for your life,a beginning where you are going to make new desicisions,take new actions,make new friends,and take your life to a totally unprecedented level!
in your mind’s eye,you can see clearly the things you want to have,the paces 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 on the day when everything happens as you dream.
you can see the smiles on the people around you when the magic moment strikes.
you can feel your face is getting red,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 long as you are confident,passionate and committed!and you are confident,you are confident,passionate and committed!
you will no longer fear making new sounds,showing new facial expressions,using your body in new ways,approaching new people,and asking new questions.
you will live every single day of your life with absolute passion,and you will show your passion through the words you speak and the actions you take.
you will focus all your time and effort on the most important goals of your life.you will never succumb to challenges of hardships.
you will never waver in your pursuit of excellence.after all,you are the best,and you deserve the best!
as you 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!
新一代大學英語四六級領軍人物，英語專家、文化學者、出版人、策劃人，“振宇英語”創始人，噹噹網外語圖書熱門作者。
外語教學與研究出版社、北京航空航天大學出版社、大連理工大學出版社、海豚出版社、首都師範大學出版社、中國宇航出版社等國內一流出版社“振宇英語”叢書主編。外研社榮譽作者、噹噹網外語圖書熱門作者。
曾任國家級媒體記者、翻譯、電台英語節目主持人、“振宇英語”專欄撰稿人、大學英語系主任、大學英語專業特聘專家教授。
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對於英語學習者來說，多聽多看多練英語演講是學地道英語的最佳有效途徑之一，也是訓練語音語調最有效的輔助手段。你不用擔心這些演講是否有語法問題，也不用擔心用詞是否準確，表達是否到位。因為一些名人的演講稿通常是斟句酌精心完成的。此外，通過演講學英語還可以潛移默化地幫助自己提升對英文的駕馭能力，增強英語的語感和美感。
本書精選了19篇具有代表性的名人的英語演講。這些名人或是國家領袖，或是關心民權民生的政治人物，或是創造經濟財富的精英，或是用文抒發情懷的作家記者，或是演藝界的娛樂名人。他們都在自己的領域裡作出了傑出的貢獻。他們思想深刻，見解獨到，注定是站在時代前列的人。
這些名人的演講充滿了智慧，富含啟迪。它們或是結合自身經歷立足於個人發展的諄諄教誨，像亞馬遜ceo傑夫·貝索斯在普林斯頓大學演講，他講了自己創業的故事，以此鼓勵畢業生：未來掌握在自己的手中，追尋自己的夢想，慎重選擇;或是號召民眾面對困難迎難而上，像美國第32任總統富蘭克林·羅斯福，他就任於美國經濟大蕭條時期，國內民生凋敝，萎靡不振，他告訴大家，我們惟一害怕的是害怕本身，展示了帶領民眾走出低谷的豪情;或者充滿人文關懷，如美國著名作家威廉·福克納，站在人類精神的高度，勉勵作家文人心中時時充滿愛、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·金和南非總統曼德拉，他們在演講中都表達了誓死捍衛民-主和自由的決心;或是顯示了對家庭的愛，並把這種愛升華為“老吾老，以及人之老;幼吾幼，以及人之幼”，如米歇爾·歐巴馬，她在演講中表達了對家庭的熱愛，同時也為丈夫競選吶喊助威----如果巴拉克·歐巴馬當選總統，將會保證每個美國人都能享受衛生保健，確保本國的每個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，風格迥異。無論你是被其恢宏的氣勢所震撼，還是被其精深的意蘊所折服，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：一定要奮發向上，積極進取，做出個人應有的成績，為時代，為國家做貢獻。
隨書贈送的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，或給你溫暖，或激發你前行的信念。同時，也讓你更有機會品味最地道的英語表達。此外，在每一篇文章之後，都附有提煉出的演講中具有指引性、勵志性的“經典語錄”，方便模仿與背誦。地道實用的英語學得多了積累得多了，你就能很自然地表達出極為純正的英語，既能提升你的書面語表達能力，也可以提升你的口語表達能力。
準備好了嗎?讓我們從現在開始，去聆聽那些溫暖人心的聲音吧!
ladies and gentlemen , good afternoon! i’m very glad to stand here and give you a short speech. today my topic is “youth”. i hope you will like it , and found the importance in your youth so that more cherish it.
first i want to ask you some questions:
1、do you know what is youth?
2、how do you master your youth?
youth
youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind ; it is not rosy cheeks , red lips and supple knees, it is a matter of the emotions : it is the freshness ; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life .
youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite , for adventure over the love of ease. this often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20 . nobody grows old merely by a number of years . we grow old by deserting our ideals.
years wrinkle the skin , but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul . worry , fear , self –distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust .
whether 60 of 16 , there is in every human being ‘s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living . in the center of your heart and my heart there’s a wireless station : so long as it receives messages of beauty , hope ,cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long as you are young .
when the aerials are down , and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old ,even at 20 , but as long as your aerials are up ,to catch waves of optimism , there is hope you may die young at 80.
thank you!