dear friends:
if you can dream it, you can do it.——walt disney
it was a long four years. even after i had actually graduated, the nightmares began to haunt me, the university would call to say i hadn’t truly graduated. there had been a mistake and there was just one more class i needed to take. i was always so relieved to wake up and realize that it had only been a bad dream. in reality, i had completed every course needed for my degree, and i was a full-fledged college graduate!
now, the rest of my life loomed ahead of me. sometimes a bachelor’s degree prepares you for a specific occupation——you train to be an accountant, you graduate and get a position in an accounting firm. often, however, your stint in college only prepares you to make further decisions regarding your future. you’re pretty sure what you don’t want to do!
during my senior year of college, i had toyed with the idea of changing my major. at that point, i had finally discovered what captured my heart. but, wanting to finally be finishing school was a stronger pull. so, i took a few courses in physiology and exercise science, but not enough to receive a degree in physical therapy. that would require advanced schooling, beyond my bachelor’s degree——and i just wasn’tready to tackle that. having completed my b.c. degree, i didn’t have any intentions of furthering my education.
so, i did the safe thing and got an office job——the very thing i was sure that i didn’t want to do! i detested the office policies, the suits i had to wear and the downtown environment that i had to drive to every day. i knew this was not where i belonged.
but god knew what path my career was to follow. a position opened up at the most exclusive health club in our city, so i applied. this was my kind of environment——an active, vibrant kind of place——completely at the opposite end of the spectrum from the office environment where i found myself. the position required that i work saturday nights and sunday mornings. perfect, i thought! i could keep my office job monday through friday and work at my dream job on the weekends. this arrangement lasted several months until, eventually, a full-time position opened up and i was able to resign from my office job.
over the next few years, i worked my way up the leader, gaining experience in several different departments. i found my niche as the director of member services——catering to our clientele and providing them with numerous cutting-edge programs. i would have stayed at that job forever——it seemed to be the pinnacle of all my dreams fulfilled. here were fellow employees who had a passion for the same things that i did——health and fitness. yet again, god had other plans for my in two years, a newer, bigger, better and more state-of-the-art health club facility was built——just five miles down the road. and, in turn, the owner lost many members to that club. and, in turn, the owner lost thousands of dollars. one by one we were each laid off.
after trying unsuccessfully to land another similar position elsewhere, i knew what i had to do. go back to school!thanks!
a bet
two pals are sitting in a pub watching the eleven-'clock news。a reporter es on about a man threatening to jump from the 20th floor of a downtown building。one friend turns to the other and says，'i'll bet you ten bucks the guy doesn't jump。'
'it's a bet，' agrees his buddy。
a few minutes later， the man on the ledge jumps，so the loser hands his pal a $10 bill。'i can't take your money，'his friend admits。'i saw him jump earlier on the six-o'clock news。'
'me，too，'says the other buddy。'but i didn't think he'd do it again。
打賭
兩個好朋友正坐在一家小酒館內觀看十一點的電視新聞。一則新聞報道説，有個男人威脅要從商業區一座大樓的二十層跳下去。一位朋友轉身對另一位説道：我敢賭十塊錢，那傢伙不會往下跳。
賭就賭，他的朋友欣然同意。
幾分鐘後，站在牆檐上的男人跳了下去，因而賭輸的那位交給他的朋友一張十元的鈔票。我不能拿你的錢，他的朋友承認道，早在六點的新聞裏，我就已見他跳下去了。
我也是，另一位説，可我想他不會再跳了!
秋，趴在窗邊凝望着枯黃，幹皺的梧桐葉徐徐飄落，不禁升起一片“無可奈何花落去”的憂愁，激起一層“剪不斷，理還亂”的惆悵，難道我隨着年齡的增長亦變成多愁善感的“林黛玉”了嗎?
不經意間，目光掠過書桌上那攤開的《神祕島》，書中堅韌沉着的工程師，機靈能幹的託普都閃現在我的眼前，面對生存的危機，他們的沉着，冷靜;面對困難，他們臨危不懼;對朋友，他們真摯而熱情。相比之下，這秋色小景有什麼值得惋惜的呢?不!——我不是“林黛玉”，我堅信“人不輕狂枉少年”!幹嘛把這美好的年華白白浪費在這無用的哀歎中呢?《神祕島》讓我慢慢放開了自己的那點悲秋小情緒，何不把這美好的時光用來好好的讀讀手中的這本書呢?
考試一敗塗地，心灰意冷，順手拿起了《神祕島》苦澀淚水沾濕了它，留下了斑斑的痕跡，他不計較，卻我燃起了希望之火，我彷彿看到了工程師一行人在安慰我;舞蹈考級時，台下人頭攢動，我緊張不安，心如小鹿亂撞，耳邊好像好像響起了託普的聲音“別緊張，慢慢來。”……從此我愛上了它.原來書可以給人這麼多!在書中我發現了無數寶藏，那是無價的精神食糧!
隨着年齡的增長，涉獵的書籍也越來越多，書，也越來越讓我痴迷，手邊是書，牀頭是書，恨不得時時與書相伴;小憩讀書，睡前讀書，總希望刻刻沉浸書鄉。
書，為我展現了豐富多彩的大千世界：滾滾黃河的九曲噴薄，雄偉長城的逶迤壯觀，九寨黃龍的空靈清秀，麗江古都的古色古香……無不讓我豪氣頓生，中華大地風景如畫!
書，讓我品味了人生的喜怒哀樂：當歷經磨難的白雪公主終於和王子在一起幸福的生活時，我喜極而泣;當為眾人求得通行證的羊脂球被所謂的高貴人排斥譏諷時，我義憤填膺;當祥子賣了用血汗換來的車子埋葬虎妞時，我泣不成聲;當孫悟空反下天庭豎起“齊天大聖”的旗子時，我樂不可支……
不論外面是蕭蕭秋風，還是鵝毛大雪，只需一個座椅，一本好書，哪裏都是天堂，不必“簾卷西風，人比黃花瘦”的多愁善感，不必“採菊東籬下悠然見南山”的悠然雅緻，亦不必“晴空一鶴排雲上，便引詩情到碧霄”的獨特見解，只想遨遊在書的海洋裏，盡情嬉戲體會，讓這位孜孜不倦的老師告訴我人生的哲理，讓這位諄諄教導的老師指引我前進的方向……
書香悠悠，幽幽書香，我願此生與書常伴!
大家好！
我演講的題目是《樂看人生，笑迎生活》。
在人生的旅途中，我們常常會遇到這樣那樣的挫折和失敗，陷入各種意料之外的困境之中，這時，請不要自卑，不要輕易就説：我不行了。要以積極樂觀的態度對待人生，勇於給自己鼓勁，敢於對自己説：太好了。
有這樣一個故事，父親因兒子成績平平，家中整日“戰火不斷”，在打罵聲中，兒子的成績一落再落，最終成了倒數第一名。父親想，反正打罵沒用，乾脆換一種心態試試。於是，他看着兒子的試卷笑着説：“太好了，真是太好了！”兒子吃了一驚，父親説：“你想，一個跑在最後的人，不必擔心別人會超過自己，而只要你一努力就一定能超過別人。”兒子聽了，恍然大悟，以後的學習，他特別努力，幾次考試後，兒子的成績升到了前幾名。從這個故事看我們的學習，我們應從中受到啟發：考試不理想，沮喪中，我們也不妨來一句“太好了！”因為考試指出了我們學習中的弱點，告訴了我們努力的方向。
現在發現問題總比會考時栽跟頭再醒悟要好得多呀。失敗為昨天畫上了句號，新的生活從這裏開始，成功從這裏起飛。讓我們在面對挫折時對自己説“太好了”對於成長中的我們，酸甜苦辣都是營養，挫折是人生的大學。讓我們在面對困難時，對自己説“太好了”在克服困難中，我們不斷成熟。
只要我們無愧於自己，無愧於父輩，讓我們以樂觀的態度對待我們的學習和生活，不斷努力進取，譜寫人生燦爛的樂章！
各位老師，各位同學：
記得有人曾經説過：“這世界上只有兩種東西能引起人心深深的震動。一個是我們頭上燦爛的星空，另一個是我們心中崇高的道德。”而今，我們仰望蒼穹，天空仍然明朗，內心那些崇高的道德法則，有些卻需要我們再次呼喚。誠信就是其中之一。李白説“三杯吐然諾，五嶽倒為輕。”形容誠信的分量比大山還重。孔子説“人而無信，不知其可”意在“沒有誠信的人，幾乎是不能想象的”。盧照鄰説“若有人兮天一方，忠為衣兮信為裳”。更將誠信提升到了一個立身於世無它不可的境界。
誠信如此重要，我們更應倍加珍惜，如果僅是為了相對漂亮的分數，或是逃避一時的難堪，而在自己的回憶裏留下了不光彩的一筆，豈不可惜。
誠信不但是一種自尊、自重、自愛，更是真實的自我、坦蕩的自我、誠信的自我，這是一種光榮。正如古語所説：“索物於暗室者，莫良於火;索道於當世者，莫良於誠。”有了火光，才能照亮黑暗，有了誠信，才能立足天下。誠信是人之脊樑，“山無脊樑，要塌方;虎無脊樑，莫稱王;人無脊樑，別做人，做個飯袋，裝米糧。”
“對人以誠信，人不欺我，對事以誠信，事無不成”，我誠信，所以我美麗;我誠信，所以我自豪。真誠希望我們各位同學憑自己的辛勤汗水和真才實學，在考場上發揮出色水平，以誠信考試為榮，以違紀作弊為恥，弘揚求實學風，維護知識尊嚴!
也許有些同學的考試成績的不是太如意，可是即使自己的成績不理想，也不要在考試中採取不正當的競爭手段，我們應當做一個光明磊落的人。做一個誠信的人!贏要贏得別人心服口服，即使輸也要輸的坦坦蕩蕩。
如果你想在考試中作弊，想在考試中投機。那麼我想試問，你將會拿着通過丟失自己的尊嚴而得到的高分去炫耀嗎?還是捧着那通過違背自己人格的而拿到的榮譽去譏諷別人的誠信!在那短暫的虛偽謊言下，所有的一切都是虛無縹緲的，生命不可能在謊言中開出燦爛的鮮花，你只會在其中墮落之後再墮落，如同吸食着毒品，一點一點的吞噬你自己的精神你自己的人生!
可能你還抱有一絲幻想，想着最起碼大家知道我曾經考好過輝煌過，而事實呢?到了最後你誰也沒有騙到，誰也沒有受到傷害，你只是在以“誠信做人誠信考試”的氛圍裏扮演着那最為可笑的小丑，你一直以為自己很聰明，而不知道你一直在自欺欺人，在拿自己的命運開玩笑!在拿自己的人生開玩笑!你就在大家的身邊用那虛偽的永遠都不會真實的賤賣一點點的掩埋自己，欺騙自己，到最後你只會在親人的失望，老師的歎息，同學的歧視下慢慢逝去。
試問：你甘心願意自欺欺人，自食惡果嗎?
你肯甘心承認你自己就比別人差，比別人失色嗎?
你難道甘心看到十年寒窗後的慘敗，看到丟失誠信，丟失人格的自我嗎?
我相信我們都會説“不!”都不會接受!因為我們都渴望能夠通過自己的努力綻放專屬自己的人生七彩之花!
“誠信為人之本”小時候，父母常常告訴我們不能撒謊。“華盛頓的小斧頭”“烽火戲諸侯”等等中外的誠信故事我們也是耳熟能詳。可是我們真的做到誠信了嗎?
“誠信”是由“誠”和“信”兩個字組成。“誠”意味着誠實，“信”代表着守信。誠實守信可能會讓我們失去一些利益，但誠信所帶來的好處是無窮的。那裏，有一個關於汽修店的故事：一個顧客走進一家汽車維修店，自稱是某運輸公司的汽車司機。“在我的帳單上多寫點零件，待我回公司報銷後，定有你一份好處。”他對店主説。店主拒絕了他的要求。顧客繼續糾纏道：“我的生意不算小，以後會常來的，你定能賺不少錢!”店主告訴他，這事無論如何他也不會做。顧客氣急敗壞的嚷道：“誰都會這麼幹的，我看你是太傻!”店主讓這名顧客離開，他絕不會做這種虛假的生意。這時，顧客露出微笑、滿懷敬佩的握住店主的手：“我，就是那家運輸公司的老闆，我一向在尋找一個固定的、信得過的維修店，你還讓我到哪裏去談這筆生意呢?”。最終，運輸公司與這位店主談成了一筆大生意，雙方都獲益無數。
誠信雖然可能讓我們在表面上失去很多，但每一次誠信，都可能是命運轉折的開始。相反，違反道德與誠信可能會讓我們獲得利益，但這並不是永久的。在美國以往有這樣一個案例：有一個小女孩，每一天靠地鐵上下學。一次上學，他匆忙中忘記了刷卡，到了學校也沒有人説她，就此，她嚐到了甜頭。以後的每一天，她都會逃票。在她心中暗暗自喜的同時，她卻不明白：在她的公民信用記錄單上，已經有了一條又一條的不良記錄。在若干年後，這位小女孩長大了，到了找大學的年齡，她來到一所世界聞名的大學，期望被錄取。可是校方人員拒絕了。小女孩很不解：“我的成績明明很好，你們為什麼不收我?”校方人員打開了電腦，小女孩一看，傻眼了：在她的公民信用記錄單上，她的信用幾乎為零。上頭一條條的數據上都顯示她以往一次次的逃票記錄。她這才追悔莫及……
人要守信，這是我們都明白的。但誠信也有“底線”的。如果過度了，可能會導致不良的後果。最常見的：有人上課説話，你聽見了，便向教師打了小報告。這個同學雖然挨罰了，可是對你懷恨在心，便有了謠言的出現“___是教師派來的卧底，大家細心!”漸漸地，你便被孤立。這，便是過度誠信。
除此之外，還有一種情景叫做“善意的謊言”。有人認為這只是撒謊的一個藉口，實則不然。“善意的謊言”它有一個形容詞“善意的”。所以，善意的謊言是進取的。適當的善意的謊言能夠在關鍵時刻拯救一個人、善意的謊言也能夠是一根救命稻草，將我們從人生的低谷中拉上來。適當的使用善意的謊言是能夠的，但這不能變成撒謊的一種理由。
“不以惡小而為之，不以善小而不為”。名言是先人們在一次次的失敗、一次次的絕望中總結出來的。做人要誠信，可是也要學會變通。誠信，雖然會讓我們有所損失，但它帶給我們的好處是無限的。讓我們從此刻做起，從小事做起，做一個誠信的人!
thank you. thank you, president chen, chairmen ren, vice president chi, vice minister wei. we are delighted to be here today with a very large american delegation, including the first lady and our daughter, who is a student at stanford, one of the schools with which beijing university has a relationship. we have six members of the united states congress; the secretary of state; secretary of commerce; the secretary of agriculture; the chairman of our council of economic advisors; senator sasser, our ambassador; the national security advisor and my chief of staff, among others. i say that to illustrate the importance that the united states places on our relationship with china.
i would like to begin by congratulating all of you, the students, the faculty, the administrators, on celebrating the centennial year of your university. gongxi, beida. (applause.)
as i'm sure all of you know, this campus was once home to yenching university which was founded by american missionaries. many of its wonderful buildings were designed by an american architect. thousands of americans students and professors have come here to study and teach. we feel a special kinship with you.
i am, however, grateful that this day is different in one important respect from another important occasion 79 years ago. in june of 1919, the first president of yenching university, john leighton stuart, was set to deliver the very first commencement address on these very grounds. at the appointed hour, he appeared, but no students appeared. they were all out leading the may 4th movement for china's political and cultural renewal. when i read this, i hoped that when i walked into the auditorium today, someone would be sitting here. and i thank you for being here, very much. (applause.)
over the last 100 years, this university has grown to more than 20,000 students. your graduates are spread throughout china and around the world. you have built the largest university library in all of asia. last year, 20 percent of your graduates went abroad to study, including half of your math and science majors. and in this anniversary year, more than a million people in china, asia, and beyond have logged on to your web site. at the dawn of a new century, this university is leading china into the future.
i come here today to talk to you, the next generation of china's leaders, about the critical importance to your future of building a strong partnership between china and the united states.
the american people deeply admire china for its thousands of years of contributions to culture and religion, to philosophy and the arts, to science and technology. we remember well our strong partnership in world war ii. now we see china at a moment in history when your glorious past is matched by your present sweeping transformation and the even greater promise of your future.
just three decades ago, china was virtually shut off from the world. now, china is a member of more than 1,000 international organizations -- enterprises that affect everything from air travel to agricultural development. you have opened your nation to trade and investment on a large scale. today, 40,000 young chinese study in the united states, with hundreds of thousands more learning in asia, africa, europe, and latin america.
各位敬愛的老師，親愛的同學們：
大家好!
今天我演講的題目是：保護地球，愛我家園。
大家都知道，環保就是環境保護。但是地球這顆美麗富饒的藍色星球，在人類的破壞下，已經遍體鱗傷，保護環境，已迫在眉睫。
在不遠的從前，南美洲有一種鴿子叫候鴿，數量龐大，當幾十億只鴿子飛過森林時，整個天空都被蓋住了，但因為人們發現其食用價值後肆意捕殺，加上環境的惡化、森林的減少，鴿子在一天天的減少，1914年，最後一隻候鴿在動物園的籠中死去，這種美麗的鳥兒徹底滅絕了。當時美國降半旗致哀。
人類的這種肆意破壞環境的行為不僅能使動物絕種，也能使氣候劇變。酸雨、全球變暖、海平面上升、浮冰融化、冰架崩塌、沙塵暴……這些自然災害，全部都是人類的“傑作”。大家知道全球變暖的過程中，1度需要什麼代價嗎?美國科學家經過實驗論證，得出一個驚人的結論：地球平均温度上升1度，會使農作物大量的減產;極地上升2度，融化的水將會淹沒地球90%的土地;上升3度，地球上的一切生態系統都將崩潰。
那麼，造成氣候劇變的原因是什麼呢?是因為人們肆意砍伐森林、使土地荒蕪，人們肆意捕殺，使動物滅絕。人們建起一座座化工廠，化工廠的廢氣可以“鑽”開臭氧層，使陽光中的紫外線直接照到地球的表面，能造成人中暑、患上皮膚癌、加速冰融化等嚴重的後果。
對於環境保護，我們能做些什麼?下面，我來告訴大家幾點我們能做到的措施：
第一、儘量不要使用一次性筷子，使用一次性筷子過多，會導致人們更加努力的砍伐樹木。
第二、節約水電，水龍頭用過後要關緊，因為一個滴水的水龍頭半個小時就可浪費1.8升的水。電燈用後及時關閉，這樣既可防止電能浪費，又能避免發生火災。
第三、不要亂丟廢電池、塑料瓶等物品。一節電池中的化學廢料就可使一平方米的土地失去利用價值。
最後，我呼籲，作為未來的接班人，我們應當團結起來，保護地球，愛我家園!謝謝大家!
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