經典英文演講稿

　　在演講前多背幾篇是非常有必要的，下面小編就分享給你們，希望對你們有用。

　　如下：

　　感情生活的真諦

　　Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them: Work, Family, Health, Friends, Spirit. And you' re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls -family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.

　　把生活想象成一個在空中拋接五隻凍的遊戲。這五隻球被你分別稱為:工作、家庭、健康、友誼和精神。你努力不讓它們從空中掉下來。你馬上就發現惟有工作是一個橡皮球。如採你將它掉到地上，它還會伴回來。但其它四隻球家庭、健康、朋友和精神都是玻雞的。如果你把任何一個掉到地上，便會不可挽回地留下疤痕、裂縫、受損甚至摔得粉碎。它們永遠也無法恢復原樣。你必須懂得這一點並在生活中努力保持平衡。

　　How?

　　怎樣做到這一點呢?

　　Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don' t set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you. Don' t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would cling to your life, for without them, life is meaningless.

　　不要總拿自己與別人比從而貶低自身的價值。正因為我們彼此的差異不同，我們才會各有千秋。別人認為重要，並不能作為你確定目標的根據。只有你自己知道，什麼東西對你最好。與你內心最貼近的東西，切美等閒視之。要像堅守生命一樣堅守住它們，因為失去它們，生活就會毫無意義。

　　Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life. Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

　　不要耽於過去或未來，而讓生命從指間悄悄溜走。一次只 i舌一天，活在今日，你就充實地活過生命中的每一天。如果你還可以付出，就不要輕言放棄。在你停止努力那一刻之前，什麼都沒有真正結束。

　　Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us each together. Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings. Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going.

　　正因為我們都不完美，我們才會彼此需要。不要害怕逍遙風險。只有通過冒險，我們才能學會如何變得勇敢。別說真愛難求，而將愛才巨之門於生活之外。獲得愛的捷徑是給予愛，失去愛的捷徑是扼住愛，而守住愛的捷徑是給愛插上翅膀。不要一生奔忙，匆匆而過，以至於忘了自己從何而來，往何而去。

　　夢想終有成真時

　　The first day of school our professor introduced a little old lady to us.

　　開學第一天，教授把一位小個子老太太介紹給了我們。

　　"Why are you in college at such a young age? " I asked later. She jokingly replied, I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, and then retire and travel."

　　隨後我問道“你為什麼這麼‘年輕’還來讀大學？”她開玩笑地回答：“我來這兒是為了認識一個有錢的丈夫，結婚，生幾個孩子，然後退休去旅行。”

　　"No, seriously," I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age. "I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one one! she told me.

　　“不，認真點兒。”我問道。我很好奇，到底是什麼東西讓她在這個年紀還要接受這樣一個挑戰。“我一直夢想著上大學，現在我就在讀大學！”她告訴我。

　　We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave c1ass together and talked nonstop. I was always listening to this"time machine" as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

　　我們馬上成了朋友。在隨後的三個月裡，我們每天一起離開教室，不停地交談。我總是和歷經了歲月滄桑的她一起分享她的智慧和經驗。

　　At the end of the semester we invited Rose to make a speech to our football team. I'll never forget what she taught us. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her note card on the floor. A little embarrassed she simply said, "I'm sorry. This whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know." As we laughed she cleared her throat and began:"We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will tum twenty years old. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly u5uaUy don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets."

　　期末的時候，我們邀請羅斯給我們的橄欖球隊講話。我永遠都不會忘記她教給我們的東西。就在她要開始進行她事先準備好的演講時，她把寫了要點的卡片摔在了地上。她有點兒尷尬，但只是說：“對不起。這酒可真要命!我沒辦法再準備好我的講稿了，就讓我把我知道的東西告訴你們吧。”我們笑了起來，她清了清嗓子，開始演講：“我們並不是因為年老就不再玩耍；我們變老是因為我們不再玩耍。只有四個祕密可以讓你保持年輕，快樂，獲得成功。你必須每天都開懷大笑，尋找幽默。你必須有一個夢想。失去了夢想，你就會雖生猶死。我們周圍有很多人，他們已經‘死了’自己卻不知道。成長和長大之間有著巨大的差距。如採你現在 19歲，躺在床上整整一年什麼都不做，你也還會變成 20歲。每一個人都會長大，這不需要任何天賦和能力。要不斷地在變化中尋找機遇，這樣才是成長。不要留有遺憾。老年人通常不會為做過的事遺憾，而是為還沒有做過的事情感到遺憾。只有那些有遺憾的人才會怕死。”

　　At the year's end Rose finished the college degree. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral to honor the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

　　年底的時候，羅斯獲得了大學學位。畢業一星期後，她在夢中安詳地離開了人世。兩千多名大學生參加了她的葬禮，來紀念這位通過自己的親身經歷來告訴我們永遠都可以成就自己的理想的了不起的老人。

　　冬日的溫暖

　　Winter gives us the opportunity to stay inside and look outside, as we' re not called outdoors to enjoy the warmth and sunshine. Snuggle up in the sofa, put a blanket over you, have a cup of hot cocoa, and enjoy the observations on this precious season...

　　當我們沒有出外享受溫暖和陽光時，冬季為人們創造了一個待在室內，觀察室外的機會。鋪條毯子在身上，捲曲在沙發上，喝著一杯熱可可，享受著觀察這個美麗季節的快樂。

　　Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: It is the time for home.

　　冬季是一個享受舒適，美食與溫馨的季節。冬季也是傳遞友誼的季節，冬季還是圍坐在火爐旁談天說地的季節。冬季是享受家之溫暖的季節。

　　During the winter I am content, or try to think I am. There is a wonderful joy in leaving behind the noisy city streets and starting out along the white road that leads across the hills. With each breath of the sharp, reviving air one seems to inhale new life. A peace as evident as the sunshine on the fields lakes possession of one' s inner being. The trivial cares are driven away by the first sweep of wind that comes straight from the mountains. The intense silence that broods over the snow-bound land is a conscious blessing from the nature.

　　在冬季，我很滿足，或自認為滿足。把喧鬧的城市街區拋在身後，沿著白皚皚的公路前往山崗。在每一次強烈，復甦的呼吸下，整個人也好像注入了新生。照射在田野上的寧靜的陽光同時也感染了我們的內心世界。從山崗上徑直吹來的第一絲風也將心中瑣碎的煩惱一併吹走。白雪覆蓋著的大地顯得分外寂靜，這是一份來自大自然的祝福。

　　Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter: Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.

　　有時我們的命運就像冬天裡的一棵採樹:當時，誰會去想這棵採樹的枝葉會再次交綠，開花，但我們一直懷有希望，並堅定著信念。