堅持不放棄的英語演講稿

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　　堅持的英語演講稿***中英文對照***篇

　　Never, Never Give Up

　　We often hear people say, “Never give up.” These can be encouraging words and words of determination. A person who believes in them will keep trying to reach his goal no matter how many times he fails. In my opinion, the quality of determination to succeed is an important one to have. Therefore, I believe that we should never give up.

　　One reason is that if we give up too easily, we will rarely achieve anything. It is not unusual for us to fail in our first attempt at something new, so we should not feel discouraged and should try again. Besides, if we always give up when we fail, we will not be able to develop new skills and grow as people. Another reason we should never give up is that we can learn from our mistakes only if we make a new effort. If we do not try again, the lesson we have learned is wasted. Finally, we should never give up because as we work to reach our goals, we develop confidence, and this confidence can help us succeed in other areas of our lives. If we never challenge ourselves, we will begin to doubt our abilities.

　　In short, it is important that we do not give up when working for our goals. Whether we succeed in the end or not, we will learn something, and what we learn will help us to become better, more confident people. Furthermore, if we give up, we have non chance of attaining our goals, but if we keep trying, there is always a chance that we will succeed one day.

　　Thank you !

　　永遠不要放棄

　　我們經常聽到人們說，“永不放棄”，這些可以鼓勵的話和決心的話。相信他們的人會繼續努力去實現他的目標，不管他失敗多少次。在我看來，成功的決心是一個重要的問題。因此，我相信我們不應該放棄。

　　一個原因是，如果我們放棄太容易，我們很少會實現任何東西。在我們的第一次嘗試中失敗是不尋常的，所以我們不應該感到氣餒，應該再試一次。此外，如果我們總是放棄當我們失敗，我們將無法發展新的技能和增長的人。我們不應該放棄的另一個原因是我們可以從我們的錯誤中學習，只有當我們做出新的努力。如果我們不嘗試，我們所學到的教訓是浪費的。最後，我們永遠不會放棄，因為當我們努力達到我們的目標時，我們會發展信心，而這種信心能幫助我們在生活的其他領域取得成功。如果我們從不挑戰自我，我們就會開始懷疑自己的能力。

　　總之，重要的是，我們不放棄工作時，我們的目標。不管我們是否成功，我們都會學到一些東西，我們的學習會幫助我們變得更好，更有自信的人。此外，如果我們放棄，我們有機會實現我們的目標，但如果我們繼續努力，總有一個機會，我們會成功的一天。

　　謝謝!

　　堅持的英語演講稿

　　別堅持說英語 Don't insist on English

　　I know what you're thinking. You think I've lost my way, and somebody's going to come on the stage in a minute and guide me gently back to my seat. ***Applause*** I get that all the time in Dubai. "Here on holiday are you, dear?" ***Laughter*** "Come to visit the children? How long are you staying?"

　　我知道你們在想什麼，你們覺得我迷路了，馬上就會有人走上臺溫和地把我帶回我的座位上。***掌聲***。我在迪拜總會遇上這種事。“來這裡度假的嗎，親愛的?”***笑聲***“來探望孩子的嗎?這次要待多久呢?"

　　Well actually, I hope for a while longer yet. I have been living and teaching in the Gulf for over 30 years. ***Applause*** And in that time, I have seen a lot of changes. Now that statistic is quite shocking. And I want to talk to you today about language loss and the globalization of English. I want to tell you about my friend who was teaching English to adults in Abu Dhabi. And one fine day, she decided to take them into the garden to teach them some nature vocabulary. But it was she who ended up learning all the Arabic words for the local plants, as well as their uses -- medicinal uses, cosmetics, cooking, herbal. How did those students get all that knowledge? Of course, from their grandparents and even their great-grandparents. It's not necessary to tell you how important it is to be able to communicate across generations.

　　恩，事實上，我希望能再待久一點。我在波斯灣這邊生活和教書已經超過30年了。***掌聲***這段時間裡，我看到了很多變化。現在這份資料是挺嚇人的，而我今天要和你們說的是有關語言的消失和英語的全球化。我想和你們談談我的朋友，她在阿布達比教成人英語。在一個晴朗的日子裡，她決定帶她的學生到花園去教他們一些大自然的詞彙。但最後卻變成是她在學習所有當地植物在阿拉伯語中是怎麼說的。還有這些植物是如何被用作藥材，化妝品，烹飪，香草。這些學生是怎麼得到這些知識的呢?當然是從他們的祖父母，甚至曾祖父母那裡得來的。不需要我來告訴你們能夠跨代溝通是多麼重要。

　　But sadly, today, languages are dying at an unprecedented rate. A language dies every 14 days. Now, at the same time, English is the undisputed global language. Could there be a connection? Well I don't know. But I do know that I've seen a lot of changes. When I first came out to the Gulf, I came to Kuwait in the days when it was still a hardship post. Actually, not that long ago. That is a little bit too early. But nevertheless, I was recruited by the British Council along with about 25 other teachers. And we were the first non-Muslims to teach in the state schools there in Kuwait. We were brought to teach English because the government wanted to modernize the country and empower the citizens through education. And of course, the U.K. benefited from some of that lovely oil wealth.

　　但遺憾的是，今天很多語言正在以前所未有的速度消失。每14天就有一種語言消失，而與此同時，英語卻無庸置疑地成為全球性的語言。這其中有關聯嗎?我不知道。但我知道的是，我見證過許多改變。初次來到海灣地區時，我去了科威特。當時教英文仍然是個困難的工作。其實，沒有那麼久啦，這有點太久以前了。總之，我和其他25位老師一起被英國文化協會聘用。我們是第一批非穆斯林的老師，在科威特的國立學校任教。我們被派到那裡教英語，是因為當地政府希望國家可以現代化並透過教育提升公民的水平。當然，英國也能得到些好處，產油國可是很有錢的。

　　Okay. Now this is the major change that I've seen -- how teaching English has morphed from being a mutually beneficial practice to becoming a massive international business that it is today. No longer just a foreign language on the school curriculum. And no longer the sole domain of mother England. It has become a bandwagon for every English-speaking nation on earth. And why not? After all, the best education -- according to the latest World University Rankings -- is to be found in the universities of the U.K. and the U.S. So everybody wants to have an English education, naturally. But if you're not a native speaker, you have to pass a test.

　　言歸正傳，我見過最大的改變，就是英語教學的蛻變如何從一個互惠互利的行為變成今天這種大規模的國際產業。英語不再是學校課程裡的外語學科，也不再只是英國的專利。英語***教學***已經成為所有英語系國家追逐的潮流。何樂而不為呢?畢竟，最好的教育來自於最好的大學，而根據最新的世界大學排名，那些名列前茅的都是英國和美國的大學。所以自然每個人都想接受英語教育，但如果你不是以英文為母語，你就要通過考試。

　　Now can it be right to reject a student on linguistic ability alone? Perhaps you have a computer scientist who's a genius. Would he need the same language as a lawyer, for example? Well, I don't think so. We English teachers reject them all the time. We put a stop sign, and we stop them in their tracks. They can't pursue their dream any longer, till they get English. Now let me put it this way, if I met a monolingual Dutch speaker who had the cure for cancer, would I stop him from entering my British University? I don't think so. But indeed, that is exactly what we do. We English teachers are the gatekeepers. And you have to satisfy us first that your English is good enough. Now it can be dangerous to give too much power to a narrow segment of society. Maybe the barrier would be too universal.

　　但僅憑語言能力就拒絕學生這樣對嗎?譬如如果你碰到一位天才電腦科學家，但他會需要有和律師一樣的語言能力嗎?我不這麼認為。但身為英語老師的我們，卻總是拒絕他們。我們處處設限，將學生擋在路上，使他們無法再追求自己的夢想，直到他們通過考試。現在容我換一個方式說，如果我遇到了一位只會說荷蘭話的人，而這個人能治癒癌症，我會阻止他進入我的英國大學嗎?我想不會。但事實上，我們的確在做這種事。我們這些英語老師就是把關的。你必須先讓我們滿意，使我們認定你的英文夠好。但這可能是危險的。把太多的權力交由這麼小的一群人把持，也許會令這種障礙太過普及。

　　Okay. "But," I hear you say, "what about the research? It's all in English." So the books are in English, the journals are done in English, but that is a self-fulfilling prophecy. It feeds the English requirement. And so it goes on. I ask you, what happened to translation? If you think about the Islamic Golden Age, there was lots of translation then. They translated from Latin and Greek into Arabic, into Persian, and then it was translated on into the Germanic languages of Europe and the Romance languages. And so light shone upon the Dark Ages of Europe. Now don't get me wrong; I am not against teaching English, all you English teachers out there. I love it that we have a global language. We need one today more than ever. But I am against using it as a barrier. Do we really want to end up with 600 languages and the main one being English, or Chinese? We need more than that. Where do we draw the line? This system equates intelligence with a knowledge of English which is quite arbitrary.

　　於是，我聽到你們問"但是研究呢?研究報告都要用英文。”的確，研究論著和期刊都要用英文發表，但這只是一種理所當然的現象。有英語要求，自然就有英語供給，然後就這麼迴圈下去。我倒想問問大家，為什麼不用翻譯呢?想想伊斯蘭的黃金時代，當時翻譯盛行，人們把拉丁文和希臘文翻譯成阿拉伯文或波斯文，然後再由拉伯文或波斯文翻譯為歐洲的日耳曼語言以及羅曼語言。於是文明照亮了歐洲的黑暗時代。但不要誤會我的意思，我不是反對英語教學或是在座所有的英語老師。我很高興我們有一個全球性的語言，這在今日尤為重要。但我反對用英語設立障礙。難道我們真希望世界上只剩下600種語言，其中又以英文或中文為主流嗎?我們需要的不只如此。那麼我們該如何拿捏呢?這個體制把智慧和英語能力畫上等號這是相當武斷的。

　　再苦再累也不要放棄

　　1.You never know how strong you really are until being strong is the only choice you have.

　　不到沒有退路之時，你永遠不會知道自己有多強大。

　　2.You cannot change what you refuse to confront.

　　你不去面對又怎麼能去改變呢。

　　3.No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.

　　無論你犯了多少錯，或者你進步得有多慢，你都走在了那些不曾嘗試的人的前面。

　　4.Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.

　　生活不是等待暴風雨過去，而是要學會在雨中跳舞。

　　5.Letting go doesn't mean that you're a quitter. It doesn't mean that you lost. It just means that you realize in that moment that's it's time to let go and move on.

　　放手不代表放棄，不代表你輸了。那隻代表你知道在那一刻你該放手了，然後繼續生活。

　　6.If you are passionate about something, pursue it, no matter what anyone else thinks. That’s how dreams are achieved.

　　如果你想要什麼，那就勇敢地去追求，不要管別人是怎麼想的，因為這就是實現夢想的方式。

　　7.Give up worrying about what others think of you. What they think isn’t important. What is important is how you feel about yourself.

　　不要為別人怎麼看你而煩惱。別人的看法並不重要，重要的是你怎麼看待你自己。

　　8.You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.

　　當你不再急於否認錯誤時，你就學到了重要的一課。

　　9.Never let success get to your head, and never let failure get to your heart.

　　不要讓成功衝昏了頭腦，也不要把失敗記在心裡。

　　10.Life is short and you deserve to be happy.

　　生命苦短，你應該過得開心些。