英语演讲稿

[1] 专业英语演讲稿开头

future?

How to say future?Man’s life is a process of growing up, actually I’m standing here is a growth.

If a person’s life must constituted by various choices, then I grow up along with these choices. Once I hope I can study in a college in future, however that’s passed, as you know I come here, now I wonder what the future holds for (= what will happen to) me.

When I come to this school, I told to myself: this my near future, all starts here.

Following I will learn to become a man, a integrated man, who has a fine body, can take on important task, has independent thought, an open mind, intensive thought, has the ability to judge right and wrong, has a perfect job. Once my teacher said :” you are not sewing, you are stylist; never forget which you should lay out to people is your thought, not craft.”

[2] 专业英语演讲稿开头

尊敬的各位领导、老师,亲爱同学们:

大家好!我是高一3班的谢雨欣,很荣幸代表新生发言.

这是一个凉爽的秋季，也是一个青春热情点燃的时刻。同学们沿着生命的轴线，翻覆了十几年的岁月，终于来到了代表高中的刻线上。而这所高中，正是我们梦寐已久的野寨中学。从今天起，三年内，我们新的人生乐章，就将在这里，伴随潜水河畔每天升起的朝阳，赫然奏响！

怀着梦想和一丝丝的激动与忐忑，跨进了野寨中学的校门。在风景优美、文化厚重的校园内穿行，顿时让人产生了一种被选择的庄严感和使命感。我们踏进的是一所历史悠久而又朝气蓬勃的名校，这里孕育着梦想的光焰、酝酿着人才的醇香，而我们有幸被选择出来，就是要成为传承历史、创造辉煌的排头兵！

首先，我们要做一个牢记使命的人。野中有一种无形的力量，今日的优秀与明日的栋梁，今日的思考与明日的奉献，被这种力量维系在一起。无论是为自己、为家庭，还是为学校，为国家，野寨两个字总是要深刻而醒目的烫在你我的前额上——我是野中学子，梦想和远方无时无刻不在征召着我们，策马扬鞭，江山踏碎，这正是用拼搏和汗水笑傲未来人生的重要转折点。

其次，我们要做一个懂得规划的人。高中是勇者的角斗，更是智者的交锋，运筹帷幄方可致胜千里。没有事先的规划，面对如山压来的学业，只能是疲于应付。拥有一份长久的规划，就是要明白，不要把太多的悠游和散漫留在课堂，不要把所有的赌注和悔恨留到高三，不要把所有的紧张和惊愕都留在考前。正如罗盘之于行船，明月之于黑夜，有规划的人，在碰壁之时不会退缩，在诱惑之上不会停留。不管经历多少风雨，总能昂首阔步，为着最初的梦想，孜孜以求。

第三，我们要做一个品质优秀的人。也许，在未来我们会被新的挑战吓得手足无措，会被成绩的锋芒深深刺痛，“海到无边天作岸，山登绝顶我为峰。”在学海之中泛舟，勤奋和自信，是给人劈波斩浪、勇往直前的动力源泉。我们要学勤劳的农夫，以笔为犁，翻耕知识的泥土;以汗为露，浇灌心灵的禾苗。或许将晨兴而起，戴月而归，但是唯有春夏的踏实经营，才有秋日的欣然收获。我们也要学顽强的海燕，每一场风暴，都鼓动起一双双有力的翅膀;每一道闪电，都划亮一颗颗清澈的眼眸。目光坚毅，可以穿越重重艰难险阻;翅膀舞动，也只为丈量梦想与天空的距离。

同学们，人生总有千千万万的舞台，而摆在我们面前的就是最为精彩的一座。让我们从今天起，摆脱懵懂，走向成熟，用蓬勃的朝气点亮如花的笑靥，用青春的色彩描摹如诗的未来！

[3] 专业英语演讲稿开头

老师们，同学们：

你们好！

良好的习惯是成功的前提。作为一名二中学生，行为规范是一项我们要用三年认真学习并严格遵守的必修课。

自尊自爱，注重仪表;诚实守信，礼貌待人；尊规守纪，勤奋学习；勤劳俭朴，孝敬父母；严于律己，遵守公德。

看似朴实的几句话，看似简单的几项规范，却需要比铁杵成针更长久的坚持，比滴水穿石更坚定的意志，把他们当作我们今后为人处世的准则，日常生活的一部分。对自己负责，对家庭负责，对学校负责，对社会负责。

没有规矩不成方圆。奥运赛场上，正是那些规则让每一场赛事精彩绝伦，运动员得以发挥最佳水平，做到更高，更快，更强。圆形的球只有在方形的规则下才能展示出最独具特色的魅力，使得球类运动成为最引人注目的运动之一。

总之，在二中的三年，我们在探索求知、追寻梦想的旅途中，要严守行为规范，举手投足，一颦一语都必须牢记我们是二中人，我们要昂首挺胸，我们要当之无愧。这样才能不走岔路，勇往直前！

请记住，今天，我们以二中为荣；明天，二中以我们为荣！

[4] 专业英语演讲稿开头

老师们，同学们：

我是高一x班的，十分荣幸地代表xx中学高中一年级全体同学在此发言，感到无比激动。在这秋风送爽、硕果累累的美好季节，我们带着父母的殷切嘱托，怀着对未来的美好憧憬，来到了我们梦寐以求的学校——xx中学，成为了一个真正的剑中人。我们都为此感到骄傲!感到自豪!

进入这个环境优雅，校园整洁的x中校门，在短短的几天学习生活中，我们发现：这里不仅有先进的办学理念，有良好的校风，严谨的教风，务实的学风;更有甘于吃苦，乐于奉献，诲人不倦，敬业爱生的老师;有精神饱满、好学上进、求实创新的高二、高三年级的学兄学姐们以及初中的学弟学妹们。融入在这个温馨和谐的大家庭里，我们不仅感到温暖更感到幸运。因此，我们可以向全县父老乡亲坦诚表白：到剑中读书，是我们的明智选择，我们将一生无悔。高一新生入学演讲稿

在x中这片肥沃的知识乐土上，我们不仅感到几分新鲜，更多的是增添几分责任感和使命感。在这里，我们每个人都播种下自己理想的种子，并努力奋斗去实现它。作为一年级新生，我们走进新的学校，步入新的起点，怀着新的希望，踏上新的征程。我们的背包里应该装些什么去远行呢?我想首先要带上理想和目标，因为理想是我们终生奋斗不息的力量源泉，目标是我们勇往直前的精神支柱。

我们将用飞扬的青春、跳动的热情来续写剑阁中学的历史，用求知的艰辛和拼搏的快乐来填充我们生命的颜色!

在刚刚结束的军训中，我们已学到了解放军战士铁的纪律和顽强的意志，体会到了军队生活的团结、紧张、严肃、活泼，因此我们要把这严格的纪律、高昂的斗志连不同怕苦不怕难的长征精神投入到新学期的学习中去。“自信人生二百年，会当水击三千里。”走进剑阁中学，我们敢于踏平坎坷，一路高歌;坚信风雨之后，彩虹依旧。困难并不可怕，因为有着亲切友善的师长帮我们渡过难关;迷茫也不畏惧，因为有着并肩携手的同学为彼此指明方向。

在此，我谨代表一年级全体新生郑重承诺：

一、刻苦学习，发奋图强，再创佳绩，为校争光!

二、尊敬师长，团结同学，人人争先!

三、模范地遵守学校一日常规，争优优秀剑中学子!

四、爱护学校设施，维护校园秩序，营造一良好的学习环境!

老师们，同学们，我们这一届高一新生一定不会辜负大家的殷切期盼，我们会不断完善，改进自己，把艰苦奋斗，争创佳绩的.目标落实并贯穿于三年的高中生活中去，我们会把对学校的热爱体现在行动上!“今日我以剑中为荣，明日剑中以我为荣。”相信在校领导和教师的培养下，我们将个个是精英，人人是先进!

最后，祝同学们新学期愉快!祝老师们教师节快乐!祝愿xx级的师兄师姐们、学弟学妹们在明年的高考、中考中再创佳绩，为剑中再添荣耀!

谢谢大家!

[5] 专业英语演讲稿开头

有句谚语说，"人生没有了朋友就犹如失去了阳光",这也就是说，友谊对人的生活是不可缺少的。 Friendship is to our life what salt is to dasher. When you are happy, friendship is just like adding flowers on the brocade; when you are sad, friendship is a dose of consolation; if you are in trouble, friends will surround you and remove the barriers for you; if you have a hard nut to crack, you can turn to friends for help.

友谊是我们的生活中的调味品。当你快乐的时候，友谊就像是盛开的鲜花，展现在你面前，当你可悲时，友谊是一剂安慰;如果您遇到了麻烦，朋友们将会出现并帮你解除困难，如果你有一个难办的事，您可以找朋友获得帮助。 Every one need friends, and if you fail to make friends, you should examine yourself and see if there is something wrong with your personality. Maybe you have social faults such snobbishness, talkativeness and using slang etc. All of that will drive your new acquaintances. Whatever your social faults may be, look at them honestly and make real effort to correct them.

每个人都需要朋友，如果你不能交到朋友，就该反省自己，看是否的你的个性有什么问题。或许你有些在社交上应该避讳的缺点：譬如势力、饶舌、说脏话等等。这些都会妨碍你结交新朋友。无论你有什么社交缺点，都应该正视它们，并努力改正。 However, what’s actual difficult is that friendship is easier made than e are several important elements necessary to maintain a good friendship.

然而，真正困难的是：友谊容易得到却不易保持。要想维持友谊以下几方面是必不可少的了. Listen ability to really listen to another is a cornerstone of good helps you to understand your friend and his/her feelings,as well as shows that you really care. 善于倾听。倾听是友谊的基石,它有助于你更好的了解你的朋友同时又表示你在关心你的朋友。 Spend quality time with your friend relationship can be satisfying without quality time spend time for your friend,schedule get together.

与朋友相聚。没相聚就没友谊。所以抽点时间与朋友一起聚聚 Be forgiving. There is not even one person in the world who is know your own shortcomings,so dont expect perfection from others.Im not saying that you should always accept a wrong doing on your friends them when you didnt like something and be always ready to make up t hold grudges in your will help your friend to be long-suffering with you as well.

宽容。人无完人,任何人都有自己的缺点，所以就不要要求别人完美。我并不是叫你一味的纵容朋友的错误，相反你应该明确的告诉你的朋友，不要藏在心底，这对你和你们自己的友谊都是有好处的 Admit your faults every friendship there will be conflict sooner or it comes，often the wrong is on both sides Admit your wrongs instead of just pointing out the wrongs of another person will help you both to keep the line of communication open and strengthen your friendship

勇于承认自己的错误.朋友相处迟早都会产生冲突的,但产生误会和冲突时双方都是有责任的我认为勇于承认自己的过错比追究责任更有助于解决问题和增进友谊 In short, when we have established friendship, we ought to cherish and treasure it by means of words and deeds. Only thus, can we develop real friendship and keep the sacred lamp of friendship burning all our life.

简言之，建立了友谊之后，要通过言语和行动来珍惜友谊，像爱护宝物一样爱惜友谊。只有这样，才能发展真正的友谊，让神圣的友谊之灯照亮我们一生。

Thank you!

[6] 专业英语演讲稿开头

Success is a feeling, that means success is not considered as big or small, high or low. It is just a good mood from your heart. Maybe passing a final test is a success for a student, learning to walk is a success for a little child, marrying a beautiful girl is a success for a lad, signing a contract is a success for a pany. Success varies from individual to group.

Success is a feeling, that means success is changing since your childhood. While you were a little child, you thought it was a success that your parents finally bought you lovely toys after you begged again and again. Success is the feeling you had when you were told that you won the contest. After graduation, you started working. You were successful when you finished a plicated task very well and you were praised. When married, maybe a happy marriage and a happy family meant success for you. When your child grew up, you hoped he or she attend a famous university or go abroad to study or work, at that time you considered that was your success. When you were old enough and couldn’t work at all, success was a feeling that your children and grandchildren came to see you from a long distance. Actually, success always acpanied you in your growth.

However, we have to admit that you can’t be successful all the time. We always meet many difficulties on the way to success. The more difficult it is, the much happier we are when we succeed.

To be successful, we should have a clear aim and then try our best to reach it. Wherever you go, whatever you are, your success belongs to yourself. It is a good feeling that you love it very much, and it really can make you laugh from the heart.

[7] 专业英语演讲稿开头

Well, this is not how i expected to wake up this morning. after i received the news, malia walked in and said, "daddy, you won the nobel peace prize, and it is bos birthday!" and then sasha added: "plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up." so its good to have kids to keep things in Perspective.

I am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the nobel committee. let me be clear: i do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of american leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations.

To be honest, i do not feel that i deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who have been honoured by this prize – men and women who have inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.

But i also know that this prize reflects the kind of world that those men and women, and all americans, want to build – a world that gives life to the promise of our founding documents. and i know that, throughout history, the nobel peace prize has not just been used to honour specific achievement; its also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes. and that is why i will accept this award as a call to action – a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st-century.

These challenges cant be met by any one leader or any one nation. and thats why my administration has worked to establish a new era of engagement in which all nations must take responsibility for the world we seek...

Some of the work confronting us will not be completed during my presidency. some, like the elimination of nuclear weapons, may not be completed in my lifetime. but i know these challenges can be met so long as its recognised that they will not be met by one person or one nation alone. this award is not simply about the efforts of my administ

Tration – its about the courageous efforts of people around the world.

And thats why this award must be shared with everyone who strives for justice and dignity – for the young woman who marches silently in the streets on behalf of her right to be heard even in the face of beatings and bullets; for the leader imprisoned in her own home because she refuses to abandon her commitment to democracy; for the soldier who sacrificed through tour after tour of duty on behalf of someone half a world away; and for all those men and women across the world who sacrifice their safety and their freedom and sometimes their lives for the cause of peace.

That has always been the cause of america. thats why the world has always looked to america. and thats why i believe america will continue to lead. thank you very much.

[8] 专业英语演讲稿开头

洛川：尊敬的各位领导老师，

严乐：亲爱的同学们，大家 (合)晚上好！

洛川：怀揣着梦想的我们走进了大学校园，为了同一个梦想我们聚在了一起， 严乐：为了展示新时代大学生的风采，增强同学们的自信心和自豪感，增进思想交流，繁荣校园文化

洛川：我院特此举办教育学院第六届普通话大赛暨中英文演讲比赛暨学生专业月陈志厚老师

教育学院辅导员 郑再生老师 严乐：欢迎您以及教育学院学生会主席团成员和各兄弟院系学习部长的到来。 严乐;担任本次比赛评委的分别是， 外语学院院长 车贵成老师 文学院老师 董炳荣老师

教育学院第五届中文演讲比赛中文组比赛冠军 范禹

英语辩论赛专业组第二名获得者 伍结玲

校级演讲比赛第三名，辩论比赛专业组第二名 刘焕彬（ 洛川欢迎） 洛川：下面我宣布韶关学院教育学院第六届普通话大赛暨中英文演讲比赛暨专业技能开幕式 合：正式开始，

严乐：下面有请谭建生书记为开幕式致辞，大家掌声欢迎。

技能开幕式活动：洛川：大家好，我是主持人洛川。

严乐：大家好，我是严乐。那么在这么盛大的日子里，我们也邀请到了许多重量级的嘉宾，洛川来给大家介绍一下。 洛川：好的，下面请允许我为大家介绍莅临本次比赛的嘉宾，他们分别是， 教育学院书记 谭建生

教育学院辅导员 陈志厚郑再生

洛川：好的，谢谢谭书记的精彩讲话，下面请允许我为大家介绍教院学生专业技能月的项目。

严乐：我们将采用PPT的形式，对于教育学院的专业你了解吗？这都没关系，下面就有请我们教育学院的四个不同专业的学生代表以讲解LOGO的形式为大家来介绍我们学院的四个专业。 介绍4个

洛川;好的，预祝我们学院学生专业技能月活动圆满成功。

严乐：相信大家都期待很久了吧，接下

来就该进入我们今晚的比赛了！

洛川;畅意的青春，飞扬的季节，用朗朗书声赞颂美好时光，

严乐：今天我们意气风发，站上决胜舞台，一起见证中英文演讲比赛的决赛时刻。

洛川：下面我宣布第六届教育学院中英文演讲比赛决赛 合：正式开始

洛川：下面是选手介绍时间。中文组： A1号选手陈梦蕾来自13心理学班 她的格言是：如果要飞的高就该把地平线忘掉

严乐： A2号选手段涵嘉来自13心理学班 他的格言是：天行健，君子以自强不息；地势坤，君子以厚德载物。 洛川：B1号选手张丽萍来自13小学教育班她的座右铭是：浪费食物，天打雷劈。

严乐：B2号选手张绮静来自13小学教育班 她的座右铭是 ：当激情褪去，让责任支撑自己走下去。笑到最后，笑得最好。

洛川：英文组：C1号选手欧阳碧琦来自12心理学1班 她的格言是：live your life to the fullest.

严乐： C2号选手朱如倩来自12心理学1班她的格言是：just do it . 洛川：D1号选手陈静茵来自13小学教育班 她的人生至理名言是：活在当下。

严乐：D2号选手徐洁瑜来自13小学教育班 她的格言是：要么旅行，要么读书，身体和心灵总有一个在路上。

严乐：下面请允许我为大家介绍本次比赛的`流程，本次比赛共分为三个板块，第一板块是小组情景剧

（1）选手按选手说明会抽到的小组序号上场（中英文选手各2组），按中英文顺序进行表演，每个组限时3~5min。中文组选手A1号陈梦蕾A2号段函嘉将为大家带来《面试狂想曲》，B1号张丽萍B2张琦静将带来《普通话》

洛川：英文组选手C1欧阳碧琪C2朱如倩将带来《friends》，D1陈静因D2徐洁瑜将带来《2 broke girls》 严乐：

接下来第二个板块是主题演讲 选手根据选手说明会的演讲主题进行演讲（先中文组，再英文组，时间为（3~5min）

一位选手上台后，请下位选手做好准备。

洛川：那么在经过了主题演讲环节后，

我们将稍事休息，一起来轻松一下，进入中场休息的观众互动环节：请一位观众上台，随机抽选一件物品并推销这件物品，时间在

2min内（要求幽默创新，观众会有神秘小礼品）（20:50~21:00）

严乐;紧接着，观众将参与并进入第三个环节. 非常现场（21:00~21:30）按照选手说明会抽取的A1跟A2 PK，放映 PPT的同时，会出现一个场景要求选手轮流讲述看法，每个选手限时2分钟，三轮比赛结束后，请一位评委点评。今晚的比赛将会激烈开展，那么也请选手们使出浑身解数，努力争取最后的桂冠吧！

洛川;好的 话不多说，赶快进入今天的比赛吧。

严乐:下面进入第一板块, 小组情景剧.有请中文组选手A1号陈梦蕾A2号段函嘉为大家带来《面试狂想曲》，

洛川:接下来有请B1号张丽萍B2号张琦静带来《普通话》

严乐: 英文组选手C1号欧阳碧琪C2号朱如倩为大家带来《friends》，

洛川:D1陈静因D2徐洁瑜带来的《2 broke girls》

严乐; 热闹的情景剧刚刚走过，下面我们即将迎来精彩的第二部分—主题演讲。请选手根据选手说明会的演讲主题进行演讲，先中文组后英文组，按照抽到的顺序出场。

洛川;准备永远没有最早，开始永远不会太迟，下面即将开始的是中文组的精彩演讲，他们演讲的主题是 永远没有最早，永远不会太迟。现在大家掌声有请A1号选手陈梦蕾为大家带来精彩演讲。

严乐;感谢A1号选手的精彩演讲，下面有请A2号选手段涵嘉。

洛川：感谢A2号选手的精彩演讲，下面有请B1号选手张丽萍。

严乐：感谢B1号选手的精彩演讲，接

下来，有请中文组的最后一名选手B2号张琦静。

洛川：感谢C1号选手欧阳碧琦的精彩演讲，下面有请下一位选手C2号朱如

倩带来精彩表现。

严乐：谢谢C2号选手朱如倩的精彩表

现，那么接下来大家掌声欢迎D1号选手陈静茵为大家带来精彩演讲。

洛川：谢谢D1号选手陈静茵的精彩表现，那么接下来就请大家掌声有请中文组的最后一名选手徐洁瑜为大家带来精彩演讲。

严乐： 从在一起到说分开，从穷学生到土豪金，从一窍不通到深谙世事，镜子里看到自己，从失败到再一次站起来，永远深刻的一句话：yesterday ,you said tomorrow.。感谢中文组的所有参赛手的精彩演讲，下面将要出场的是英文组的选手，今晚他们将要围绕

yesterday ,you said tomorrow .。各抒己见，率先出场的是C1号选手欧阳碧琦，大家掌声有请。

洛川：感谢C1号选手欧阳碧琦的精彩演讲，下面掌声有请下一位选手C2号朱如倩带来精彩表现。

严乐：谢谢C2号选手朱如倩的精彩表现，那么接下来大家掌声有请D1号选手陈静茵为大家带来精彩演讲。

洛川：谢谢D1号选手陈静茵的精彩表现，不知道英文组的最后一名选手徐洁瑜将会有怎样的表现呢？大家掌声有请！

严乐：感谢今晚8位选手，请选手们在台下稍事休息，那么我们今晚的演讲部分到此也已步入尾声。不知现在场内有多少观众呢，本次比赛为观众设计了一个活泼可爱的互动环节。

洛川：是的，我们的比赛已进入了《非常现场》阶段，选手口若悬河，相信观众们也一定不赖吧，我们会随机抽选几位观众，被选中的观众随机抽选一件物品并推销这件物品，要求时间在2分钟内且幽默创新，最优者将会获得小礼品一份哦，大家踊跃参加吧！

洛川：在欣赏完8位选手各具特色的演讲之后，接下来有请评委们对选手们的表现进行点评。首先是中文组的董炳荣老师

大家掌声欢迎。

严乐：掌声送给董炳荣老师，感谢老师的点评。相信大家在听完点评之后对选手们的表现也有了更进一步的认识。获益良多。那么紧接着有请英文组的评委车贵成老师为大家作出点评。掌声有请。

洛川：掌声送给车贵成老师，感谢老师精彩而深刻的点评，同时也为我们的比赛结果增加了一些悬念。那么现在终于到了最后关头，今晚的获奖者即将浮出水面。紧接着就是颁奖仪式。首先有请中文组选手。

严乐：首先宣读的是中文组奖项。活得教育学院第6届中英文演讲比赛中文组三等奖的是。。。号选手。。。掌声鼓励，并有请。。。。。为选手颁奖。

洛川：感谢颁奖嘉宾，请颁奖嘉宾到台

下稍作休息。接下来颁发二等

奖，获得教育学院第6届中英文演讲比赛中文组二等奖的是号选手，掌声鼓励。并有请。。为选手颁奖。

严乐：感谢颁奖嘉宾，比赛已进行

到此，请嘉宾与选手们一起在台下，稍作休息。

洛川：现在，我们将颁发今晚中文

组的一等奖。获得教育学院第6

届中英文演讲比赛中文组一等奖的是号选手，掌声鼓励。并有请。。老师为选手颁奖。 洛川：感谢颁奖嘉宾，并有请获奖

选手与颁奖嘉宾一起合影留念之后到台下稍作休息。在中文组颁奖结束后，下面来揭晓英文组的各奖项。有请英文组的各位选手。获得教育学院第6届中英文演讲比赛英文组三等奖的是号选手，掌声鼓励。并有请。。为选手颁奖。感谢颁奖嘉宾，有请颁奖嘉宾到台下稍作休息。

[9] 专业英语演讲稿开头

From Monday until Friday most people are busyworking or studying,but in the evenings and off weekends they are free to relax and enjoy watch television or go to the movies;others participate in depends on individual e are many different ways to spend our spare time.

Almost everyone has some kind of may be anything from collecting stamps to making model hobbies are worth a lot of money; others are valuable only to their owners.

I know a man Who has a coin collection worth several thousand yuan.A short time ago he bought a rare ten-yuan piece worth 250 was very happy about the purchase and thought the price was reasonable,on the other hand,my son collects match has almost 600 of them but I doubt if they are wortfi any ver,to my son they are extremely ing makes him happier than to find a new match-box for his collection.

That's what a hobby means,i is something we like to do in our spare time simply for the fun value in money is not important,but the pleasure it gives us is.

[10] 专业英语演讲稿开头

no writer who knows the great writers who did not receive the prize can accept it other than with humility. there is no need to list these writers. everyone here may make his own list according to his knowledge and his conscience.

没有一个作家，当他知道在他以前不少伟大的作家并没有获得此项奖金的时候，能够心安理得地领奖而不感到受之有愧。这里无须一一列举这些作家的名字。在座的每一个人，都可以根据他的学识和良心提出自己名单来。

it would be impossible for me to ask the ambassador of my country to read a speech in which a writer saidall of the things which are in his heart. things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate; but eventually they are quite clear and by these and the degree of alchemy that he possesses he will endure or be forgotten.

要求我国的大使在这儿宣读一篇演说，把一个作家心中所有感受说出来那是不可能的。一个人作品中的一些东西可能不会马上被人理解，在这点上，他有时是幸运的;但是这一切终究会十分清晰起来，通过它们以及作家所具有的点石成金的本领之大小，他将青史留名或被人遗忘。

writing at its best is a lonely life. organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but i doubt if they improve his writing. he grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates. for he does his work alone, and if he is a good enough writer, he must face eternity or the lack of it each day.

很多时候，写作是一种孤寂的生活。作家组织固然可以排遣他们的孤独，但是我怀疑它们是否能够促进作家的创作。一个在稠人广众之中成长起来的作家，自然可以免除孤苦寂寥之虑，但他的作品往往流于平庸。而一个在孤寂中工作的`作家，如果他又确实不同凡响，那他就必须面对永恒或者面对缺乏永恒的每一天。

for a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. he should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. then sometimes, with good luck, he will succeed.

对于一个真正的作家来说，每一本书都应该成为他继续探索那些尚未涉及的领域的一个新起点。他应该永远尝试去做那些从来没有人做过或者他人做过但却已经失败的事。这样他就会有幸获得成功。

how simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well written. it is because we have had such great writers in the past that a writer is driven far out past where he can go, out to where no one can help him.

如果仅仅是将已经写好的作品换一种方式来重新诠释，那么文学创作就显得太轻而易举了。我们的前辈大师们留下了伟大的业绩，正因为如此，一个普通作家常被他们逼人的光辉驱赶到远离他可能到达的地方，陷于孤立无援的境地。

i have spoken too long for a writer. a writer should write what he has to say and not speak it.

作为一个作家，我讲的已经太多了。作家应当把自己要说的话写下来，而不是说出来。

again i thank you.

再一次谢谢大家。

[11] 专业英语演讲稿开头

犯错的价值

每个人都会避免犯错，但或许避免犯错本身就是一种错误?请看以下这篇“犯错家“凯瑟琳舒尔茨告诉我们，或许我们不只该承认错误，更应该大力拥抱人性中“我错故我在“的本质。

So it's 1995, I'm in college, and a friend and I go on a road trip from Providence, Rhode Island to Portland, Oregon.

当时是95年 我在上大学 我和一个朋友开车去玩 从罗得岛的普罗旺斯区出发 到奥勒冈州的波特兰市

And you know, we're young and unemployed, so we do the whole thing on back roads through state parks and national forests -- basically the longest route we can possibly take.

我们年轻、无业 ，于是整个旅程都在乡间小道 经过州立公园 和国家保护森林 我们尽可能绕着最长的路径

And somewhere in the middle of South Dakota, I turn to my friend and I ask her a question that's been bothering me for 2,000 miles.

在南达科塔州之中某处 我转向我的朋友 问她一个 两千英里路途上 一直烦恼我的问题

"What's up with the Chinese character I keep seeing by the side of the road?"

"路边那个一直出现的中文字到底是什么?"

My friend looks at me totally blankly.

我的朋友露出疑惑的神情

There's actually a gentleman in the front row who's doing a perfect imitation of her look.

正如现在坐在第一排的这三位男士 所露出的神情一样

(Laughter) And I'm like, "You know, all the signs we keep seeing with the Chinese character on them."

(笑声) 我说"你知道的 我们一直看到的那个路牌 写着中文的那个啊"

She just stares at me for a few moments, and then she cracks up, because she figures out what I'm talking about.

她瞪着我的脸一阵子 突然笑开了 因为她总算知道我所指为何

And what I'm talking about is this.

我说的是这个

(Laughter) Right, the famous Chinese character for picnic area.

(笑声) 没错，这就是代表野餐区的那个中文字

(Laughter) I've spent the last five years of my life thinking about situations exactly like this -- why we sometimes misunderstand the signs around us,

(笑声) 过去的五年 我一直在思考 刚刚我所描述的状况 为什么我们会对身边的征兆 产生误解

and how we behave when that happens, and what all of this can tell us about human nature.

当误解发生时我们作何反应 以及这一切所告诉我们的人性

In other words, as you heard Chris say, I've spent the last five years thinking about being wrong.

换句话说，就像 Chris 刚才说的 过去五年的时间 我都在思考错误的价值

This might strike you as a strange career move, but it actually has one great advantage: no job competition.

你可能觉得这是个奇异的专业 但有一项好处是不容置疑的： 没有竞争者。

(Laughter) In fact, most of us do everything we can to avoid thinking about being wrong, or at least to avoid thinking about the possibility that we ourselves are wrong.

(笑声) 事实上，我们大部分的人 都尽力不思考错误的价值 或至少避免想到我们有可能犯错。

We get it in the abstract.

我们都知道这个模糊的概念。

We all know everybody in this room makes mistakes.

我们都知道这里的每个人都曾经犯错

The human species, in general, is fallible -- okay fine.

人类本来就会犯错 - 没问题

But when it comes down to me right now, to all the beliefs I hold, here in the present tense, suddenly all of this abstract appreciation of fallibility 　goes out the window -- and I can't actually think of anything I'm wrong about.

一旦这个想法临到我们自身 我们现在所有的 所有的信念 对人类可能犯错的抽象概念随即被我们抛弃 我无法想到我有哪里出错

And the thing is, the present tense is where we live.

但是，我们活在现在

We go to meetings in the present tense; we go on family vacations in the present tense; we go to the polls and vote in the present tense.

我们开会，去家庭旅游 去投票 全都是现在式

So effectively, we all kind of wind up traveling through life, trapped in this little bubble of feeling very right about everything.

我们就像现在一个小泡泡里 经历人生 感觉自己总是对的

I think this is a problem.

我认为这是个问题

I think it's a problem for each of us as individuals, in our personal and professional lives, and I think it's a problem for all of us collectively as a culture.

我认为这是每个人私人生活 和职业生活中的问题 我认为我们身为群体，这也造成了文化问题

So what I want to do today is, first of all, talk about why we get stuck inside this feeling of being right.

于是，我今天想做的是 先谈谈为甚么我们会 陷在这种自以为是的心态中

And second, why it's such a problem.

第二是为甚么这是个问题

And finally, I want to convince you that it is possible to step outside of that feeling, and that, if you can do so, it is the single greatest

最后我想说服大家 克服这种感觉 是可能的 而且一旦你做到了 这将成为你道德上

moral, intellectual and creative leap you can make.

智性上和创意上最大的进步

So why do we get stuck in this feeling of being right?

为甚么我们会陷在 这种自以为是的心态中?

One reason actually has to do with a feeling of being wrong.

事实上这和犯错的感觉有关

So let me ask you guys something -- or actually, let me ask you guys something, because you're right here: How does it feel -- emotionally --

我想问问你们 让我问问台上的你们 当你意识到自己犯错了

how does it feel to be wrong?

你感觉如何?

Dreadful. Thumbs down.

糟透了。很差劲。

Embarrassing. Okay, wonderful, good.

难堪。很好，是的。

Dreadful, thumbs down, embarrassing -- thank you, these are great answers, but they're answers to a different question.

很糟糕，很差劲，很难堪。 谢谢你们提供这些答案 但这些答案没有回答我的问题

You guys are answering the question: How does it feel to realize you're wrong?

你们回答的问题是： 当你意识到你犯错的时候，你的感觉如何?

(Laughter) Realizing you're wrong can feel like all of that and a lot of other things, right?

(笑声) 意识到你犯错了就会有刚刚所说的这些感觉，不是吗?

I mean it can be devastating, it can be revelatory, it can actually be quite funny, like my stupid Chinese character mistake.

令人沮丧，暴露了一些真实 有时候甚至有些好笑 像我误以为路牌是中文字

But just being wrong doesn't feel like anything.

但犯错本身 事实上毫无感觉

I'll give you an analogy.

让我给你一个例子

Do you remember that Loony Tunes cartoon where there's this pathetic coyote who's always chasing and never catching a roadrunner?

你记得卡通里 那个总是在追逐 却从未抓到猎物的土狼吗?

In pretty much every episode of this cartoon, there's a moment where the coyote is chasing the roadrunner and the roadrunner runs off a cliff,

几乎在每一集里 牠的猎物 - 一只走鹃鸟 都会跳下悬崖

which is fine, he's a bird, he can fly.

反正牠是鸟，牠可以飞

But the thing is, the coyote runs off the cliff right after him.

但土狼也会跟着牠一起跳崖

And what's funny -- at least if you're six years old -- is that the coyote's totally fine too.

那很好笑 如果你是个六岁儿童 土狼也很好

He just keeps running -- right up until the moment that he looks down and realizes that he's in mid-air.

牠就这么继续跑 直到牠往下看 发现自己漫步在空中

That's when he falls.

这时候他才会往下掉

When we're wrong about something -- not when we realize it, but before that -- we're like that coyote after he's gone off the cliff and before he looks down.

在我们犯错时 在我们意识到我们犯错时 我们就像那只土狼 还没意识到自己奔出悬崖

You know, we're already wrong, we're already in trouble, but we feel like we're on solid ground.

我们已经错了 已经惹上麻烦了 但仍然感觉像走在地上

So I should actually correct something I said a moment ago.

我应该改变我之前的说法

It does feel like something to be wrong; it feels like being right.

犯错的感觉就和 正确的感觉一样

(Laughter) So this is one reason, a structural reason, why we get stuck inside this feeling of rightness.

(笑声) 事实上我们这种自以为对的感受 是有构造性的原因的

I call this error blindness.

我称之为错误盲点

Most of the time, we don't have any kind of internal cue to let us know that we're wrong about something, until it's too late.

大部份的时间里 我们身体里没有任何机制 提醒我们错了 直到木已成舟

But there's a second reason that we get stuck inside this feeling as well -- and this one is cultural.

但还有第二个理由 文化性的理由

Think back for a moment to elementary school.

回想小学时代

You're sitting there in class, and your teacher is handing back quiz papers, and one of them looks like this.

你坐在课堂里 你的老师发回小考考卷 像这样的小考考卷

This is not mine, by the way.

虽然这张不是我的

(Laughter) So there you are in grade school, and you know exactly what to think about the kid who got this paper.

(笑声) 你从小学时代 就知道该对拿这张考卷的同学 下甚么评语

It's the dumb kid, the troublemaker, the one who never does his homework.

笨蛋，捣蛋鬼 从不做功课的坏学生

So by the time you are nine years old, you've already learned, first of all, that people who get stuff wrong are lazy, irresponsible dimwits --

你不过才九岁 你已经懂得，首先 那些犯错的人 都是懒惰、不负责任的傻瓜

and second of all, that the way to succeed in life is to never make any mistakes.

第二 想要在人生中成功 就不要犯错

We learn these really bad lessons really well.

我们很早就得到这些错误讯息

And a lot of us -- and I suspect, especially a lot of us in this room -- deal with them by just becoming perfect little A students,

而我们 尤其是这个大厅里的许多人 都因此成为好学生 拿全A

perfectionists, over-achievers.

完美主义、永不满意

Right, Mr. CFO, astrophysicist, ultra-marathoner?

不是吗? 财务长、天体物理学家、超级马拉松先生们?

(Laughter) You're all CFO, astrophysicists, ultra-marathoners, it turns out.

(笑声) 结果是你们全成了财务长、天体物理学家、跑超级马拉松

Okay, so fine.

那很好

Except that then we freak out at the possibility that we've gotten something wrong.

但一旦我们发现有可能犯错 就开始手足无措

Because according to this, getting something wrong means there's something wrong with us.

因为依照规定 犯错 代表我们一定也有甚么不对劲

So we just insist that we're right, because it makes us feel smart and responsible and virtuous and safe.

于是我们坚持己见 因为那让我们感觉聪明、得体 安全和可靠

So let me tell you a story.

让我告诉你们一个故事

A couple of years ago, a woman comes into Beth Israel Deaconess medical center for a surgery.

几年前 一个女人到 Beth Israel Deaconess 诊所做手术

Beth Israel's in Boston.

Beth Israel 在波士顿

It's the teaching hospital for Harvard -- one of the best hospitals in the country.

是哈佛大学的教学附属医院 全国数一数二的医疗中心

So this woman comes in and she's taken into the operating room.

这个女人被送进开刀房

She's anesthetized, the surgeon does his thing -- stitches her back up, sends her out to the recovery room.

麻醉，外科医生做完手术 缝合，将她送进恢复室

Everything seems to have gone fine.

一切看上去都很好

And she wakes up, and she looks down at herself, and she says, "Why is the wrong side of my body in bandages?"

她醒来，往自己身上一看 说“为甚么我的左腿绑着绷带?”

Well the wrong side of her body is in bandages because the surgeon has performed a major operation on her left leg instead of her right one.

她应该接受治疗的是右腿 但为他做手术的外科医生 却把刀开在左腿

When the vice president for health care quality at Beth Israel spoke about this incident, he said something very interesting.

当副院长出来为医院的医疗质量 和这次意外做出解释时 他说了句很有趣的话

He said, "For whatever reason, the surgeon simply felt that he was on the correct side of the patient."

他说“无论如何 这位外科医生感觉 他开下的刀是在正确的一侧”

(Laughter) The point of this story is that trusting too much in the feeling of being on the correct side of anything can be very dangerous.

(笑声) 故事的重点是 相信自己的判断力 相信自己站在对的一边 是非常危险的

This internal sense of rightness that we all experience so often is not a reliable guide to what is actually going on in the external world.

我们心中时常感觉到的 理直气壮的感觉 在真实世界中 并不是个可靠的向导。

And when we act like it is, and we stop entertaining the possibility that we could be wrong, well that's when we end up doing things

当我们依此行事 不再思考我们是否犯错 我们就有可能

88.like dumping 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, or torpedoing the global economy.

把两百湾加仑的石油倒进墨西哥湾 或是颠覆世界经济

So this is a huge practical problem.

这是个很实际的问题

But it's also a huge social problem.

这也是个很大的社会问题

Think for a moment about what it means to feel right.

“感觉对”究竟是什么意思

It means that you think that your beliefs just perfectly reflect reality.

这代表着你认为你的信念 和真实是一致的

And when you feel that way, you've got a problem to solve, which is, how are you going to explain all of those people who disagree with you?

当你有这种感觉的时候 你的问题就大了 因为如果你是对的 为甚么还有人和你持不同意见?

It turns out, most of us explain those people the same way, by resorting to a series of unfortunate assumptions.

于是我们往往用同一种 思考方式去解释这些异议

The first thing we usually do when someone disagrees with us is we just assume they're ignorant.

第一是当他人不同意我们的说法 我们便觉得他们无知

They don't have access to the same information that we do, and when we generously share that information with them, they're going to see the light and come on over to our team.

他们不像我们懂得这么多 当我们慷慨地和他们分享我们的知识 他们便会理解，并加入我们的行列

When that doesn't work, when it turns out those people have all the same facts that we do and they still disagree with us, then we move on to a second assumption,

如果不是这样 如果这些人和我们获得的信息一样多 却仍然不认同我们 我们便有了下一个定论

which is that they're idiots.

那就是他们是白痴

(Laughter) They have all the right pieces of the puzzle, and they are too moronic to put them together correctly.

(笑声) 他们已经有了所有的信息 却笨到无法拼凑出正确的图像

And when that doesn't work, when it turns out that people who disagree with us have all the same facts we do and are actually pretty smart,

一旦第二个定论也不成立 当这些反对我们的人 和我们有一样的信息 又聪明

then we move on to a third assumption: they know the truth, and they are deliberately distorting it for their own malevolent purposes.

我们便有了第三个结论 他们知道事实是甚么 但却为了自己的好处 故意曲解真实。

So this is a catastrophe.

这真是个大灾难

This attachment to our own rightness keeps us from preventing mistakes when we absolutely need to and causes us to treat each other terribly.

我们的自以为是 让我们在最需要的时候 无法预防犯错 更让我们互相仇视

104.But to me, what's most baffling and most tragic about this is that it misses the whole point of being human.

对我来说 最大的悲剧是 它让我们错失了身为人的珍贵意义

It's like we want to imagine that our minds are just these perfectly translucent windows and we just gaze out of them and describe the world as it unfolds.

那就像是想象 我们的心灵之窗完全透明 我们向外观看 描述在我们之前展开的世界

And we want everybody else to gaze out of the same window and see the exact same thing.

我们想要每个人和我们有一样的窗子 对世界做出一样的观察

That is not true, and if it were, life would be incredibly boring.

那不是真的 如果是，人生将会多么无聊

The miracle of your mind isn't that you can see the world as it is.

心灵的神奇之处 不在你懂得这个世界是甚么样子

It's that you can see the world as it isn't.

而是去理解那些你不懂的地方

We can remember the past, and we can think about the future, and we can imagine what it's like to be some other person in some other place.

我们记得过去 思考未来 我们想象 自己成为他人，在他方

And we all do this a little differently, which is why we can all look up at the same night sky and see this and also this and also this.

我们的想象都有些不同 于是当我们抬头看同一个夜空 我们看到这个 这个 和这个

And yeah, it is also why we get things wrong.

这也是我们搞错事情的原因

1,200 years before Descartes said his famous thing about "I think therefore I am,"

在笛卡儿说出那句有名的”我思故我在“ 的一千两百年前

this guy, St. Augustine, sat down and wrote "Fallor ergo sum" -- "I err therefore I am."

圣奥古斯丁，坐下来 写下"Fallor ergo sum" "我错故我在"

Augustine understood that our capacity to screw up, it's not some kind of embarrassing defect in the human system, something we can eradicate or overcome.

奥古斯丁懂得 我们犯错的能力 这并不是人性中 一个令人难堪的缺陷 不是我们可以克服或消灭的

It's totally fundamental to who we are.

这是我们的本质

Because, unlike God, we don't really know what's going on out there.

因为我们不是上帝 我们不知道我们之外究竟发生了甚么

And unlike all of the other animals, we are obsessed with trying to figure it out.

而不同于其它动物的是 我们都疯狂地想找出解答

To me, this obsession is the source and root of all of our productivity and creativity.

对我来说 这种寻找的冲动 就是我们生产力和创造力的来源

Last year, for various reasons, I found myself listening to a lot of episodes of the Public Radio show This American Life.

因为一些缘故 去年我在广播上 听了很多集的"我们的美国人生"

And so I'm listening and I'm listening, and at some point, I start feeling like all the stories are about being wrong.

我听着听着 突然发现 这些故事全和犯错有关

And my first thought was, "I've lost it.

我的第一个念头是 “我完了

I've become the crazy wrongness lady.

我写书写疯了

I just imagined it everywhere,"

四处都看到有关犯错的幻觉”

which has happened.

说真的是这样

But a couple of months later, I actually had a chance to interview Ira Glass, who's the host of the show.

但几个月后 我访问了那个广播节目的主持人 Ira Glass

And I mentioned this to him, and he was like, "No actually, that's true.

我向他提到这件事 他回答我“事实上

In fact," he says, "as a staff, we joke that every single episode of our show has the same crypto-theme.

你是对的”他说 “我们这些工作人员总是 开玩笑说每集节目之中的 秘密主题都是一样的

And the crypto-theme is: 'I thought this one thing was going to happen and something else happened instead.' And thing is," says Ira Glass, "we need this.

这个秘密主题就是 "我以为这件事会这样发生 结果其它事情发生了" 他说"但是，这就是我们需要的

We need these moments of surprise and reversal and wrongness to make these stories work."

我们需要这些意外 这些颠倒和错误 这些故事才能成立。"

And for the rest of us, audience members, as listeners, as readers, we eat this stuff up.

而我们身为观众 听众、读者 我们吸收这些故事

We love things like plot twists and red herrings and surprise endings.

我们喜欢故事转折 令人惊讶的结局

When it comes to our stories, we love being wrong.

我们喜欢在故事里 看到犯错

But, you know, our stories are like this because our lives are like this.

但，故事会这样写 是因为人生就是这样

We think this one thing is going to happen and something else happens instead.

我们以为某些事情会这样发生 发生的却是其它事

George Bush thought he was going to invade Iraq, find a bunch of weapons of mass destruction, liberate the people and bring democracy to the Middle East.

小布什以为他入侵伊拉克 会找到大规模毁灭性武器 解放中东百姓，为他们带来民主自由

And something else happened instead.

但却不是这样

And Hosni Mubarak thought he was going to be dictator of Egypt for the rest of his life, until he got too old or too sick and could pass the reigns of power onto his son.

穆巴拉克以为 他到死都会是埃及的独裁者 一直到他年老或卧病 再把他的权力交给下一代

And something else happened instead.

但却不是这样

And maybe you thought you were going to grow up and marry your high school sweetheart and move back to your home town and raise a bunch of kids together.

或许你想过 你会长大、嫁给你的初恋情人 搬回老家，生一群孩子

And something else happened instead.

但却不是这样

And I have to tell you that I thought I was writing an incredibly nerdy book about a subject everybody hates for an audience that would never materialize.

我必须说 我以为我写的是一本很冷僻的书 有关一个人人讨厌的主题 为一些从不存在的读者

And something else happened instead.

但却不是这样

(Laughter) I mean, this is life.

(笑声) 我们的人生

For good and for ill, we generate these incredible stories about the world around us, and then the world turns around and astonishes us.

无论好坏 我们创造了啦 那包围我们的世界 而世界转过头来，令我们大吃一惊

No offense, but this entire conference is an unbelievable monument to our capacity to get stuff wrong.

说真的，这整个会议 充斥着这样难以置信的时刻 我们一次又一次地意识到自己的错误

We just spent and entire week talking about innovations and advancements and improvements, but you know why we need all of those innovations

我们花了整整一周 讨论创新，进步 和改善 你知道我们为甚么需要这些创新

and advancements and improvements?

进步和改善吗?

Because half the stuff that's the most mind-boggling and world altering -- TED 1998 -- eh.

因为其中有一半 来自最应该改变世界的 98年的TED 呃

(Laughter) Didn't really work out that way, did it.

(笑声) 真是出人意料之外啊，不是吗

(Laughter) Where's my jet pack, Chris?

(笑声) 我的逃生火箭在哪，Chris?

(Laughter) (Applause) So here we are again.

(笑声) (掌声) 于是我们又在这里

And that's how it goes.

事情就是这样

We come up with another idea.

我们重新想出其它点子

We tell another story.

我们有了新的故事

We hold another conference.

我们开了另一个会议

The theme of this one, as you guys have now heard seven million times, is the rediscovery of wonder.

这次的主题是 如果你还没有听到耳朵出油的话 是重新找到想象的力量

And to me, if you really want to rediscover wonder, you need to step outside of that tiny, terrified space of rightness and look around at each other

对我来说 如果你真的想重新找到想象的力量 你需要离开 那个小小的、自我感觉良好的小圈圈 看看彼此

and look out at the vastness and complexity and mystery of the universe and be able to say, "Wow, I don't know.

看看宇宙的 广大无垠 复杂神秘 然后真正地说 “哇，我不知道

Maybe I'm wrong."

或许我错了。”

Thank you.

谢谢各位

(Applause) Thank you guys.

(掌声) 谢谢