today i would like to begin with a story. there was once a physical therapist who traveled all the way from america to africa to do a census about mountain gorillas. these gorillas are a main attraction to tourists from all over the world; this put them severely under threat of poaching and being put into the zoo. she went there out of curiosity, but what she saw strengthened her determination to devote her whole life to fighting for those beautiful creatures. she witnessed a scene, a scene taking us to a place we never imaged we've ever been, where in the very depth of the african rainforest, surrounded by trees, flowers and butterflies, the mother gorillas cuddled their babies.

yes, that's a memorable scene in one of my favorite movies, called gorillas in the mist, based on a true story of mrs. diana fossey, who spent most of her lifetime in rwanda to protect the ecoenvironment there until the very end of her life.

to me, the movie not only presents an unforgettable scene but also acts as a timeless reminder that we should not develop the tourist industry at the cost of our eco-environment.

today, we live in a world of prosperity but still threatened by so many new problems. on the one hand, tourism, as one of the most promising industries in the 21st century, provides people with the great opportunity to see everything there is to see and to go any place there is to go. it has become a lifestyle for some people, and has turned out to be the driving force in gdp growth. it has the magic to turn a backward town into a wonderland of prosperity. but on the other hand, many problems can occur - natural scenes aren't natural anymore. deforestation to heat lodges are devastating nepal. oil spills from tourist boats are polluting antarctica. tribal people are forsaking their native music and dress to listen to u2 on walkman and wear nike and reeboks.

all these appalling facts have brought us to the realization that we can no longer stand by and do nothing, because the very thought of it has been eroding our resources. encouragingly, the explosive growth of global travel has put tourism again in the spotlight, which is why the united nations has made 20xx the year of ecotourism, for the first time to bring to the world's attention the benefits of tourism, but also its capacity to destroy our ecoenvironment.

now every year, many local ecoenvironmental protection organizations are receiving donations - big notes, small notes or even coins - from housewives, plumbers, ambulance drivers, salesmen, teachers, children and invalids. some of them cannot afford to send the money but they do. these are the ones who drive the cabs, who nurse in hospitals, who are suffering from ecological damage in their neighborhood. why? because they care. because they still want their mother nature back. because they know it still belongs to them.

this kind of feeling that i have, ladies and gentlemen, is when it feels like it, smells like it, and looks like it , it's all coming from a scene to be remembered, a scene to recall and to cherish.

the other night, as i saw the moon linger over the land and before it was sent into the invisible, my mind was filled with songs. i found myself humming softly, not to the music, but to something else, someplace else, a place remembered, a place untouched, a field of grass where no one seemed to have been except the deer.

and no matter who we are, what we do and where we go, in our minds, there's always a scene to remember, a scene worth our effort to protect it and fight for it.

thank you very much.

英语优秀的演讲稿篇2

breathingwithdreams

ihaveaquestionforyou.‘doyouknowhowtobreathe?’okay,iknowwhatyouarethinkingnow,“girl,areyoukiddingme?everybodyknowshowtobreathe.”actually,ifiwereyousittingdowninthereoneyearago,iwouldthink,“howdidshemakeittothefinal?”

alright,seriouslyspeaking,whatiamtalkingaboutis“theartofbreathing”,andit’saboutbreathinginayogaway:peacefullyandalwaysundercontrol.whatitrevealsistherealessenceofperseverance,“inordertoachieve,sometimes,youneedtowait.”andwhenitcomestothingsyoureallywantinlife,itisashardasitcouldpossiblybe.

forme,singingisalifething.wheniamsingingonthestage,ifeelwhole-heartedlyinvolved,andtheself-fulfillmentitrendersisinexplicablythrilling.butwithalltherealisticproblemsineedtofaceinlife,allthoseiwantseemtoofartobetrue–sofarthatiamterrifiedthatiwillnevereverbeabletogetthereandthatgraduallyiwillbecarriedawaybythecurrentsandtorrentsoflife.i’vebeendrownedintothisambivalenceforsolong.now,witharefinedperspectivetowardsself-realization,iamwaiting,inagracefulposture,andknowingthatiamgoingtogetthere.andonthis,ishouldsay,ioweyogaathank-you.

istillremember,aboutoneyearago,iattendedayogacoursefortheveryfirsttime.andtotellyouthetruth,iwentthereforanicefigure.however,afterpracticingforsometime,idiscoveredthattherewasanineffableinner-strengthburgeoningsneakilyinmewhileitotallyfocused.inordernottoletgothissignificantpower,istartedtopicturealliwantedinmymindwhileiwasfullyconcentrating,foribelievethewingsofimaginationcouldmakethingspossible.ilearnedtobreathewithmydreams,shapingtheeagernessintothiselegantgestureofpersisting.

andnow,ifyouaskmewhatexactlyis“theartofbreathing”,iwouldsayitisindeed“theartofliving”.itcombinesthesearchofbalance,thegraceofpatience,andtheawarenessofappreciation.

soeventhoughfeelingsaretiedupwithliferoutines,icouldstillholdontothatfreeegowhichihavealwaysadored:thegirlwhoissingingunderthespotlight,withallherheartandsoul;thegirlwhoisperseveringwithallshebelievesinandalwaysfeelsgratefulforwhathasbeenbestowedonher.

thatgirlisnowstandingrighthereinfrontofyou,hopingthatyouareallasluckyassheis,livingwithdreamsandlove.nomatterhowtoughthingsget,itellmyself,itellmyselfthat,everysinglethingiamdoingnowiseverystepclosertothatverymomentofmytrajectory,justlikeeveryyogabreathtoeveryblossommomentofmylife.

英语优秀的演讲稿篇3

it is human nature that all of us should be fond of beauty. everybody was born with a heart for beauty.

today in china,with the rising of our living standard, people's requirement of beauty has been heightened accordingly. some people spare no money or energy on beautiful clothes, fashionable hair styles,the decoration of their houses and even the improvement of their looks. but it seems to me,all these are more or less confined to the beauty in appearance,or rather,the outward beauty.

in my opinion,we shouldn't only pay attention to beautiful appearance and neglect the beautification of the mind and what we are after should be the perfect unity of the outward beauty and the inner beauty. as we all know,so far as objects and animals are concerned,there is only beautiful appearance to be mentioned, but to us humanbeings, although the outward beauty really matters, the inner beauty is much more important. this was confirmed by a famous russian writer 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 dear friends,from them you'll find out what real beauty is.

recently i learned from the radio an unpleasant incident about a well known singer. she is very charming with a sweet beautiful voice and very famous for singing the song."devotion of love". not long ago,she was invited to zhejiang province to give performance. the momentshe was to appear on the stage,she suddenly asked for more reward. worse still,after her request was satisfied, she didn't begin to sing at once. instead,she took her time to count all the money piece by piece. thus she kept the audience waiting for half an hour. so when she at last showed up and started to sing "devotion of love",a man rose up from his seat and shouted at her,"you don't have any devotion of love. you are not qualified to sing this song ! "hearing this, the singer stopped singing and began to shout abuses with her finger pointed at the man. at this time the whole audience burst into an uproar.

how disappointed her keen listeners were when they learned this! it is the singer 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 looking old woman. she was a widow without any children, living barely from hand to mouth by picking odds and ends from rubbish heaps. however,she took in more than ten homeless orphans successively and managed to bring them up. every day she labored from morning till night. in order to earn as much money as possible to raise the children and to keep them in school,she even went to a hospital regularly to sell her blood. she got so weak for the loss of blood that she sometimes fell in a faint on her way home.

when asked why she chose to burden herself with so many children,she smiled and simply answered,"oh,i love children and i like to have their company. "

though the old woman was poor materially, she was full of affection and rich in spirit. she was loved dearly by her children. she was also highly appreciated by the local government, and truly respected by people in her community.

maybe you can't help wondering, "what makes that ordinary woman so extraordinary?" it is nothing else but her inner beauty, her true devotion of love without any thought of rewarding. what a sharp contrast there is between the great woman and the selfish singer

so,to answer the question "what is real beauty?", i declare definitely,it is the beauty lying in one's heart of hearts and embodied in his actions and deeds,that is,the inner heauty!

英语优秀的演讲稿篇4

good evening, honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen.

it’s my great pleasure to stand here to present my speech—change the world, change ourselves.

it’s noticable that western holidays are becoming increasingly popular day by day, while chinese traditional festivals are being somewhat neglected. not long before about 10 doctors in beijing university and qinghua unversity announced that we should reject the invasion of western holidays ,because they regard western holidays as an challenge against our traditional festivals and culture.

frankly speaking, i don’t quite agree with them.indeed, we should never neglect or even discard our traditonal festivals as china boasts a brilliant history and splendid traditions. (examples).but why can’t we absorb the meaningful western holidays and culture. there are obvious reasons why some western holidays are so popular in china. on the one hand, some of the western holidays which we chinese don’t have are reasonable and meaningful, such as father’s day and april fool’s day etc. on the other hand,the prevalence of globalization enables western culture to prevail in china. overwhelmed by such a trend,chinese unconsiciously get involved in western holidays and culture.

with the further development of the whole world, the cultural communication between different countries and nations becomes faster and more and more important. we are indeed from different nations, but we are the citizens of the same world, so the outstanding culture of different nations is the commom wealth of everyone on the earth.the only way for us to protect our traditional culture is to reject the foreign culture? the answer is definitely no. what we ought to do is to spare no effort to educate chinese to get to know and treasure our splendid traditions instead of rejecting foreign culture. only by educating can we set our confidence and belief towards our culture. only by educating can we preserve and promote the wealth that our ancesters left for us.

at last i’d like to share a famouse saying of gandhi with all of you ,that is:if you want to change the world, then you must change yourself first.”

英语优秀的演讲稿篇5

hello! my name is li yue.i'm a girl. i'm a student in grade four.now let me talk about our school.

our school is shengli primary school.there is a big building in our school.there are many teachers and students in our school.our school has many teachers' offices and many classrooms.our school has a playground,a library and a canteen.look! our classroom is on the second floor, our teachers' office is on the first floor. the canteen is at the school gate,our school has a big playground. we often run ,play football and do morning exercises on the playground. in the garden, there are many beautiful flowers.they are colourful. i love these flowers.

our school has a library.there are many books in our school library. we can go to the library and read story-books. i like to read story-books.

our school has a canteen.i often eat lunch in the canteen.

our school has a computer room.there are many computers in it.we often go to the computer room and play computer games.i like playing computer games.

our school is beautiful. we love our shool.that's all.thank you.bye!

英语优秀的演讲稿篇6

hello! ladies and gentlemen, it is so nice to meet you!

i am glad that you can spend this precious time having this class in this afternoon.

now please allow me to introduce myself to you .my name is wangjia and i majored in traffic engineering .baoji is my hometown it is very beautiful. and the people are very friendly.

as we all known thinking is easy acting is difficult and to put one's thoughts into actions is the most difficult thing in the world.

so if we want to learn english well ,we must practice reading english everyday ,actually practicing repeatedly is the best way to succeed.when you speak ,don't care how poorly or how well you speak just care about catching the chance to speak ,enjoy losing face or just forget your face because the more you speak the better your english will become,never afraid of making mistakes because the more mistakes you make the more progress you will make.as a man living in the world ,we must try our best to make each day our masterpiece and don't let our parents down ,don't ever let our country down ,most importantly don't let ourselves down.

yesterday is a memory tomorrow is a dream so live for today just do it right now.i believe if you can dream it you can make it ,if you do you will win if you don't you won't.believe in yourself trust yourself try your best. don't give up ,never give in, never lose hope , never say impossible .the success is coming !

thank you !

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