英语演讲稿范文高中（精选19篇）
Courage is very important. Everyone needs it. We will meet manydifficulties in our life and sometimes we will fail, but we can’t lose courage.If we lose courage, we can’t do anything, because we don’t dare to do anything;we are afraid of failure. This is my Chinese teacher me in the first class. Iagree with him. For example, we don’t have the courage to hands up to say ouranswer, how can we know we are right or wrong. I will remember his wordforever,” never lose courage .”
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed-we hold theses truths to be self-Oevident, that all men are created equal. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. i have a dream today! When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and hamlet, from every state and city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children-black men and white men , jews and Gentiles, Catholics and Protestants-will be able to join hands and to sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “free at least ,free at last . Thank God Almighty, we are free at last.”
我有一个梦：有一天，这个国家将站起来，并实现他的信条的真正含义：我们将捍卫这些不言而喻的真理，即所有人生来平等。我有一个梦：有一天在乔治亚洲红色的山丘上，从前的奴隶的子孙们能和奴隶主的子孙们像兄弟一样坐在同一张桌旁;我有一个梦我的四个孩子有一天将生活在这样一个国度，在那里，人们不以肤色，而是以品格来评价他们。当自由的钟声响起的时候，当我们让它从每一个村庄，每一个州，每一个城市响起的时候 ，我们将能够加速这一天的到来。那是，上帝所有的孩子，无论黑人白人还是犹太人，异教徒。天主教徒，还是新教徒，他们都能够手挽手歌唱那古老的黑人圣歌：“终于自由了，终于自由了，感谢上帝，我们终于自由了!”
The first step is to mix the flour with water. when the dough is ready we can begin to make dumpling wrappers. we use a rolling pole to roll the dough into small thin and round pieces so that they will be easy to cook. when the wrappers are done it' s time to prepare the filling. Usually we use meat such as beef or mutton and some vegetables such as cabbage or carrots for filling.You may actually choose whatever you like to put into it. we must chop those things into small pieces.Then put some salt oil and other condiments into it and stir it evenly. When all these preparations are done we can start making dumplings. First put a spoonful of filling in the center of the wrapper. Then stick the two opposite sides together and then the rest. Don' t just cover the filling with the wrappers. The best shape of dumplings is that of a ship because when they are boilin
It's a great honor for me to stand here to deliver a speech to you. Then today I want to talk something about dreams and reality.
As the famous Russian litterateur Lev Tolstoy said, “Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without a direction, there is no life.” So there’s no doubt that everyone needs his or her own ideal. Have you ever thought that what is practical and sensible will connect with our most treasured dreams? Maybe, to somebody, reality has little relation to ideal. To others nothing can be done without the sense of reality. So make our dreams a part of our reality. And make our reality a part of our dreams. There is no reason why our dreams must oppose our reality. Improve our dreams and our reality by bringing them together.
As a university student, establishing a dream is one of the most important things we have to do .But everyone must see the reality clearly at first. Your family condition, your personal ability, your social intercourse, your subject and the job you want to do, these things show you the reality and lead you to establish a dream.
Further more, difficult or otherwise, we should put the power of reality into our dreams. Last but not least remember to work hard at the task of chasing our dreams. Do believe that we can achieve our ideal step by step by the passage of time!
In the end, I want to share with you a poetry <app:lookup:poetry> named " I think I can"
Maybe you can not understand the meaning of the poetry , But do not be worried ,Let me tell you the meaning
Thank you for your listening!
Good afternoon, everyone,
The national student sports program, waged by the Ministry of Education and aimed at improving students health, was held from 10：00a.m.~11:00a.m.on April 29，2019 in many primary and middle schools all over China. Almost 11 million students in Jiangsu province participated in this program.
The Ministry of Education advocates that we do exercises for one hour a day and can work healthily for 50 years. Our whole life will be very enjoyable.
In my opinion, we senior high school students should do exercises for one hour a day even though our spare time is limited. Health is a basic condition for our study. If we did not do exercises, we wouldn’t be able to get good study records. So every one of you, join the program now!
Thank you!
Good morning/afternoon/evening, my name isX . It is really a great honorto have this opportunity/chance to introduce myself. I would like to answerwhatever you may raise, and I hope I can make a good performance today.
I am a third year master major in automation at Shanghai Jiao TongUniversity, P. R. China. Withtremendous interest in Industrial Engineering, I amwriting to apply for acceptance into your Ph.D. graduate program.
In 1995, I entered the Nanjing University of Science & Technology(NUST) -- widely considered one of the China’s best engineering schools. Duringthe following undergraduate study, my academic records kept distinguished amongthe whole department. I was granted First Class Prize every semester,In 1999, Igot the privilege to enter the graduate program waived of the admissiontest.
At the period of my graduate study, my overall GPA(3.77/4.0) ranked top 5%in the department. In the second semester, I became teacher assistant that isgiven to talented and matured students only. This year, I won the AcerScholarship as the one and only candidate in my department, which is theultimate accolade for distinguished students endowed by my university.Presently, I am preparing my graduation thesis and trying for the honor ofExcellent Graduation Thesis.
Research experience and academic activity
When a sophomore, I joined the Association of AI Enthusiast and began tonarrow down my interest for my future research. With the tool of OpenGL andMatlab, I designed a simulationprogram for transportation scheduling system. Itis now widely used by different research groups in NUST. I assumed and fulfilleda sewage analysis & dispose project for Nanjing sewagetreatment plant. Thiswas my first practice to convert a laboratory idea to a commercial product.
In retrospect, I find myself standing on a solid basis in both theory andexperience, which has prepared me for the Ph.D. program. My future researchinterests include: Network Scheduling Problem, Heuristic Algorithm research(especially in GA and Neural network), Supply chain network research, Hybridsystem performance analysis with Petri nets and Data Mining.
青春的颜色 The Color of YouthCollege is the very amazing stage for students,they have gone through the hard time and finally come to their dream place. Inthis beautiful age, students are young and full of energy, their color of youthshould be red, which meansactive.大学是学生非常美妙的阶段,他们已经度过了艰难的时期,最终来到他们梦想的地方。在这个美丽的年纪,学生是年轻和充满活力,青春的颜色应该是红色的,这意味着活跃。Forcollege students, their main energy should be put on study. It is the age offighting, they need to learn more knowledge, so that they can make somepreparation for their future. What they learn will decide what kind of job theywill do in the future. It is important to master the skills and find their ownadvantages.对大学生来说,他们的主要精力应该放在学习。这是奋斗的年纪,他们需要学习更多的知识,这样他们就可以为他们的未来做准备。他们学习什么将决定他们将来会做什么样的工作。重要的是要掌握技巧,找到自己的优势。Besidesstudy, joining the activity is also part of their lives. They can learn how toget along with others and cooperate with other students. Cooperation is reallyimportant, the employers take special attention on this ability. So joining theactivity can cultivate students’ practicalskills.除了学习,参加活动也是他们生活的一部分。他们可以学习如何与他人相处和与其他学生合作。合作是非常重要的,雇主特别关注这一能力。所以参加活动可以培养学生的实践技能。Thecolor of youth is red, it is full of energy, students store their knowledge andfight for their future.青春的颜色是红色的,它充满了能量,学生在储备他们的.知识和为他们的未来而奋斗。
Johnson went to the Hunan Provincial Museum yesterday and shocked by thesplendid Chinese Culture.
The Mummified corpse left him a great imprssion.
Some picture are following below,which are the TIME CAPSULE from thepast!
A time capsule is a historic cache of goods and/or information, usuallyintended as a method of communication with people in the future.
Time capsules are sometimes created and buried with much hoopla duringcelebrations such as a World Fair, cornerstone laying for a building or otherevent.
They can also be unintended caches such as at Pompeii.
The phrase "time capsule" has been in use since about 1937, but the idea isas old as the earliest human civilizations in Mesopotamia.
人人都说上课发言需用勇气，谁说不是呢。今天老师说了只要没上过台的小组就要挨罚。我们组据差点挨罚了呢!
事情是这样的：我们今天有两节课，第一节课的气氛好不错，有许多小组都上台展示了，为了是这种浓厚的学习气氛更充分的在班内洋溢，老师就在下课的时候说每个小组必须上台，不然就有加罚。这可为难了我们组。
为了不能加罚我们是拼了命的练习，终于上课了。一上课老师就开始进行小组展示，第一个上的是王佩云他们组，说实话他们组展示的还真不错，加入了许多人物对话和动作。
当我们组要向他们组发起挑战时，老师居然没叫我们。接下来一连好几次都是这样。最后我们组生气了，老师让我们交流完第八段后，我们毅然的举起了手，老师叫我们了。我们太兴奋了，以至于兴奋的忘了词。轮到我们的时候我忘了怎莫说。还好因为周老师问大家是不是没准备好。大家说是，所以我们又准备了一会。
这一会为了证明我们是有勇气上台的，所以我们大声自信的说出了那句话，赢得了大家的掌声，还为小组加了一颗星，那一刻我太高兴了。
发言需要勇气，我就是我，是颜色不一样的烟火!
dragon boat festival, often known as tuen ng festival or duan wu festival,is a traditional chinese festival held on the fifth day of the fifth month ofthe chinese calendar. it is also known as the double fifth.[citation needed] ithas since been celebrated, in various ways, in other parts of east asia as well,most notably korea.
the e_act origins of duan wu are unclear, but one traditional view holdsthat the festival memorializes the chinese poet qu yuan of the warring statesperiod. he committed suicide by drowning himself in a river because he wasdisgusted by the corruption of the chu government. the local people, knowing himto be a good man, decided to throw food into the river to feed the fishes toprevent them from eating qu's body. they also sat on dragon boats, and tried toscare the fishes away by the thundering sound of drums aboard the boat and thefierce looking dragon-head in the front of the boat.
in the early years of the chinese republic, duan wu was also celebrated as"poets' day", due to qu yuan's status as china's first poet of personalrenown.
today, people eat zongzi (the food originally intended to feed the fishes)and race dragon boats in memory of qu's dramatic death.意思是：端午节，往往被称为端午节或段吴节，是一种传统的中国节日举行的第5天的第5个月对中国的日历。它也被称为双五分之一。 [引文需要]，它已被庆祝，以各种方式，在其他部分的东亚地区，以及，最显着的韩国。
确切的起源段吴不清楚，但一个传统的观点认为，电影节memorializes，中国诗人屈原的战国时期。他致力于自杀溺水自己的一条河，因为他是反感，由腐败的楚政府。有关地方人民政府，明知他是一个好人，决定投掷食物到河饲料的鱼，以防止他中国教育总网文档频道们吃曲的身体。他们还就坐在龙艇，并试图恐吓鱼类远离由如雷的声音，鼓上的船民和激烈的期待龙头，在前面的船民。
在最初几年，中国共和国，段武也庆祝“诗人节” ，由于屈原的地位，作为中国的第一诗人的个人名声。
今天，人们吃粽(食物原本打算饲料鱼)和种族的龙艇在记忆曲的戏剧性的死亡。
In 1983， at the close of the International Design Conference in Aspen，Steve Jobs buried a time capsule with his friends.
Many attendees contributed various items， like a Rubik's cube， and even aMoody Blues recording.
But because the late Apple co-founder donated the Lisa mouse he'd usedduring his presentation at the conference，it has become known as the "Steve JobsTime Capsule."
During that speech，Jobs seems to have predicted a slew of futuretechnologies，including the iPad，wireless networking，and even Apple's AppStore
Time change me a lot.So below the time capsule,you can follow with me,tohave a look my change.
When I was born,I am a happy guy.All the neighbours like me,they said:sheis beautiful,cute.
I look have a little fat.(You should be say:scaphium scaphigerum.)Haha.
And six years old,I leave my home with my mother.
I have no idea what will happen,but I know everything will change to mylife in the future.
The time capsule to help us to be the people in warm,to be knowed the godtell us what.
You are so cute,you know,you are unique.
Hello, i'm JackMa, founder and chairman of Alibaba Group.
大家好，我是马云，阿里巴巴集团的创始人和董事会主席。
(创始人founder，主席chairman)
15 years ago, 18 founders in my apartment had a dream,that someday we can build up a company ,that can server millions of small business. Today , this remain our mission to make easy to do business anywhere.
2019年前，在我的公寓里，18位创始人有了一个梦。这个梦想就是，在某一天我们能够创立一个为成千上万小企业主服务的公司。这个梦想，从始至终都没有改变过，让天下没有难做的生意。
(小企业主small business，让天下没有难做的生意make it easy to dobusiness anywhere)
At Alibaba, we fight for the little guy,the small businessmen and women and their customers. our role is simple, through our ecosystem,we help merchants and customers find each other and conduct business on their terms and in ways that best serve their unique needs. We help merchants to grow, creat jobs and open new markets, in ways that were nervier before possible.
在阿里巴巴，我们为一些小的生意人奋斗，和他们的客户在不懈努力。其实，我们的目标非常简单：能够帮助商家和客户找到彼此，并按照他们独特的需求方式来开展服务。我们帮助这些小生意人成长，创造出前所未有的工作机会，开拓出崭新的市场。
(生态系统ecosystem，商家和客户merchants andcustomers)
Today, 15 years passed. We’ve grown so significantly and have become a household name inChina. And soon, we are ready for the world to know us.
如今，2019年过去了。我们再中国已经成了一个家喻户晓的名字。现在，我们也已经准备好让全世界来认识我们。
You will hear details fromour business later. But first let me take you on a journey around China,to see some of the real people,real stories that Alibaba has impact on them.
稍后，您将听到我们公司商业上经营的细节。不过，首先让我带您开启一段走遍中国的旅程，让我们透过一些真实的人们以及他们的真事，看看阿里巴巴对他们产生了什么影响。
I am proud to share with you these stories that show the heart and sprit of Alibaba.
我深感荣幸，能和你们分享这些故事，能为您展示阿里巴巴的精神与核心。
I’m proud that we ignite innovation,creat jobs benefit customers and help entrepreneurs fulfill their dreams.
让我感到更加自豪的是，我们能够点燃创新、创造机会、造福客户、并且能给创业者圆梦。
With Alibaba’s platforms,people are improving their lives today, and have hope for a better tomorrow.From our humble beginnings and throughout the past 15 years. Alibaba has changed commerce inChina.Our business has grown, but we never lost sight of our customers, focusing on solving their problems,leads to the best outcome for our business.
通过阿里巴巴这个平台，人们能够改善他们现有的生活，并且能够憧憬一个更好的未来。从我们最初很单纯的一个小期望开始，如今2019年过去了。阿里巴巴已经改变了中国电子商务的模式。我们的业务不断发展壮大，但是我们从未丢失对于客户第一的理念。我们始终专注于帮助客户解决问题，基于这点，也成就了我们最好的业务结果。(客户第一Customer first，本段为整齐用never lost sightof our customers.)
Alibaba has come a long way,but we want to be a company that can last 102 years. We still have 87 years to go,and we believe one thing, “Today is difficult, tomorrow is more difficult,but the day after tomorrow is beautiful ” . So web have to work very hard in order to survive the long journey.
阿里巴巴已经走过了一段不短的旅程，要让阿里巴巴成为一家持续发展102的企业，还有87年的时间需要我们努力。我们深知，今天很不易，明天更加困难，但是未来是无限美好的。因此，我们必须更加努力，才能够在未来的漫漫征程中赢得胜利。(今天很不易，明天更加困难，但是未来是无限美好的。Today isdifficult, tomorrow is more difficult ,but the day after tomorrow isbeautiful.)
Of my presentation today is entitled Dragon Boat Festival in May had five.Fifth lunar month, known as Dragon Boat Festival, client is the beginning, earlymeans. Fifth Five-side can be called. Dragon Boat Festival will be called insome places in May Festival, Ai Festival, summer festivals. Chinas Dragon BoatFestival is a traditional festival for Chinese people. Began in the Spring andAutumn Period, more than 2,000 years of history has been. Dragon Boat Festivaland the origin of many legends, there are: to commemorate Qu Yuan, said that theMemorial and Memorial said Caoe; According to Mr. Wen Yiduo the test of DragonBoat Festival and Dragon Boat Festival the history of education cited research,the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival, China South Wuyue ancient totem nationalfestival held in the festival, earlier than the Yuan. But thousands of years, QuYuans patriotism and his touching poem, it has been widely popular. In the fieldof folk culture, the Chinese people in the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boatraces and eating rice dumplings, are linked with the commemoration of QuYuan.
Today, I gave the students tell us about Qu Yuan said: Qu Yuan, is theminister of the Spring and Autumn Period . Ju-yin, he advocated empowerment,strongly linked Qi met with strong opposition from the aristocracy, Qu Yuan wasgreedy removal, were e_iled. In e_ile, wrote a care for the Li Sao, Heaven, NineSongs and other immortal poems, far-reaching (and thus, Dragon Boat Festival,also known as a poet). 278 BC, the Qin Chu Kyoto break. Quyuan see their countryinvaded, , but still can not bear to give up their own motherland, in the May 5,in the pen to write the way for after the death of Miluo River bouldering voteto their own lives wrote a magnificent piece of patriotism. Legend of Qu Yuansdeath, Chu abnormal grief people have rushed to pay tribute to Qu Yuan MiluoRiver. Fisherman from the vessel are designated in the river to salvage hisround. A fisherman out of rice ready for Qu Yuan, eggs and other food, thump,thump, and thrown into the River, the said fish is to eat a lobster crab, itwould not have bent a doctors physical. See below follow the e_ample of peopleone after another. An old doctor was brought into a scene hsiunghuang wine-ri,said that the water dragon drunk beast collapsed, the doctor would not hurt theenemy. Later, for the dragon balls in order to avoid the food, people come upwith neem leaves board, color outside the winding wire, developed into a .
Which is essential for the activities of the day evolved as follows: eatingdumplings, dragon-boat race, hanging calamus, Artemsia argyi, smoked herb,Angelica dahurica, hsiunghuang wine to drink. It is said that eating ricedumplings and dragon-boat race is in memory of Qu Yuan, so after the liberationof the Dragon Boat Festival had to be called the Poets Day to commemorate QuYuan. As for hanging calamus, Artemsia argyi, smoked herb, Angelica dahurica,hsiunghuang wine to drink, it is said to be evil in order to pressure.
Dragon Boat Festival in addition to known people eat rice dumplings, therich have around. Monopterus eat egg noodles tea fan Nanchang in Jiang_iProvince, the Dragon Boat Festival tea eggs and salt to eat eggs. Eggs are eggs,duck, goose. Eggshell painted red net bags with colorful, and hung on the neckof a child means a child wishes , safe and sound. Eat rice cake to eat frieddumplings and so on. I like to eat rice dumplings, and the North and the Souththroughout the different customs, dumplings of various sizes, there are saltysweet, have reached a large, three catties giant dumpling pocket, and there aresmall and small, passport-size longer than the sweet dumpling. . I have eatenLeshan we produced the best son to eat meat, the rice holding in meat, fat andnot greasy, eating up a pepper and the fresh bamboo leaves, articulate Liu_iang,long taste. The most valuable is cheap, there are 82 of each weight, only two offive cents.
I went to three cities to play during last summer holidays. They areBeijing, Dalian and HuHehot.
I went to Beijing more than eight times. Beijing is the capital of China.It’s a big city. I am very familiar with Beijing. It takes an hour and fortyminutes from Nantong to Beijing by plane. There are many tall buildings inBeijing. It’s a modern city. My family visited the Great Wall, the SummerPalace, the Palace Museum, the Beihai Park, the Space Museum, etc. I went to thecountryside of Beijing to go boating and fishing. It was very interesting. Iwent shopping in WangFuJing. I bought lots of souvenirs and other things. I likeeating Beijing snacks. They are delicious. Don’t mithe Beijing Duck. It isreally nice.
Dalian is a beautiful city. Dalian is close to Beijing. I spent 5o minuteson the plane. Dalian is near the sea. I smelled the salty taste in the air. Theroads are clean. There are lots of trees and flowers near the roads. There aremany esplanades and Japanese buildings. There are some fountains in one of theesplanades. Some people flew kites and walked on the esplanades. We went to seethe beach and the sea. The sea is blue. There were many swimmers in the sea. Ilay on the beach to see the sky.Dalian is a very nice place to live.
Huhehot is in Inner Mongol. There are lots of large grasslands. Thegrasslands are endless. The sky is bright blue. There were a lot of horses andsheep. They were running or eating grass. I rode a horse on the graland. Ipicked some colourful flowers. We drank the tea with milk. There is a smalldesert, it was very hot when I walked on it. The sand could sing.
These trips helped me open my eyes. I enjoyed my day.
We are not going to evade that responsibility. We are going to let peopledown. And people, far and near, will hear of us. Frost will be brought to theirbackbones and tears to their eyes when our stories are told and retold, So letus go forth, my fellow members of this luckily chosen generation, and meet thenew century in victory and glory.
Knowing the Consequences of Choice
Over the past Spring Festival, I got involved in a family dispute. Rightbefore I got home, four satellite channels of CCTV were added to the 14 channelswe had already had. In prime time at night, they all had interesting shows.Therefore, the five of us-my parents, my sisters and I-had to argue over what towatch. Finally, we agreed that we should watch the "most interesting"programme... If we
could agree what that was.
However, all of us there remember that for a long time after we had TV,there were only one or two channels available. The increase in options revealsan important change in our life: the abundance of choice.
Fifteen years ago we all dressed in one style and in one colour. Today, weselect from a wide variety of designs and shades.
hello everyone!
Everyone has a dream, it is everybody yearning. But the man without a dream of the life will be empty. But dreams are always with the thought of advance and change. Begin to remember, I have a dream. I hope I have money, people always ask: "boy, this is a great dream, have money, what are you going to do?" " I'm going to buy chocolate."" if you have a lot of money?" " I will buy a lot of chocolate.""
if you have money to burn?" " I'll buy chocolate factory." Indeed when we, innocent, with a kind heart, happineand joy is a constant movement. When I was young, I have a dream. I hope you can become a kite, floating in the sky, and then slowly fell down. Then in the green meadow like playing with companion, often chasing the white clouds in the sky, let the flap with laughter, do the multicolored multicoloured dream. Read, I have a dream. I hope to have a basketball; when I had time for basketball, but also want a football; when I play football, volleyball became my pursuit. Another has a dream into a reality when, in fact I believe that the dream is not far away from me, as long as childish play, will be the realization of a dream. Slowly into the primary school, middle school, high school .... Will feel more pressure there, so will not be a dream, only know that reading to die, there is no note of those happy. Remember, I have a dream. I hope that day will not have a lot of homework to do.
A bit of time to play deprived, and our day in 40% were imprisoned in the classroom, a lot of time on their study. But in the face of learning, or a vague awareness. As the saying goes," woolly-headed", understanding, also from feudalism to capitalism, the more feel it right. Start up high all the time, I have a dream, I hope I can become a top student, got many awards; home to be family praise; in school teachers have been affirmed; among the students to stand head and shoulders above others performance; in the eyes can be recognized as a good child. But, gradually, I found that to achieve this dream and cannot rely on to childish play. Later, I learned how to fight. Bustling about home from school one day, it is leisure, listen to music, eat dinner, back to school. This day very dull, perhaps sometimes put a lot of friends; sometimes miss, or a pair of sleepy driving school. Love fashion school clothing, really want to go for a walk, take a look at. Sunday's time is very short, baby I really want to make, s
lowly know life hard and dream is really too difficult, but I will work hard, to see everyone to live up early to catch up later, hold oneself no longer loose.
Today, I have a dream, I hope I can enter a favorite university, the best in Beijing. My dreams, in the high school that dark water jar for food, every day for enrich myself struggling for the future of the food, light and hard. Dream is like a seed, in the" heart" of the soil, although it is very small, but can be rooted blossom, if there is no dream, just like living in the desert of Gobi, desolate, no vitality. Have dream, have pursuit, has the goal, has a dream, there will be a driving force. It will urge people forward, maybe in the dreams of the road, will meet many setbacks, but never mind, fell himself up, for his dream and forward, after all, the future is our own creation.
Thank you!
Ladies and Gentlemen: My topic is Honesty.
As a correspondent of the Qingdao Morning News, I visited Dr. James Gilman,the President of the International Committee for Marco Polo Studies in England.In this picture, this is James, and this is me and we are looking at a dragon’stooth. This is a true story.
65 years ago, James lived in Qingdao. Then he was only 5 years old. Heoften visited the Aquarium and was fascinated by a creature on display there,which he thought was a dragon. He was afraid of its sharp teeth and wanted oneto keep as a treasure.
In the late 1930s, when the Japanese occupied Qingdao, his family had toleave. On his last day in Qingdao, he ran to the Aquarium and pulled out one ofthe teeth from the dragon’s mouth.
He kept the tooth for the next 65 years, but the feeling of guilt at havingstolen it was there in the background all through his life. It was always on hisconscience, and the feeling intensified as he became older. Finally he decidedto put right his childish error. In 20__, he visited Qingdao and returned it tothe Aquarium with his sincere apologies. He received a warm welcome.
When James visited Qingdao, I accompanied him all the time and reported onhis visit. I was deeply touched by his honesty. It has taught me a lot. I thinkto err is human. The important thing is to have the courage to admit and correctone’s error.
Honesty is a vital quality of human behaviour. So we should try to keep anhonest mind in everything we say and do. I would like to say to all of myfriends: Let’s be honest people of good moral character.
If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance(毅力)more often, andnever give up a thing because it was hard or inconvenient. If we want light, wemust conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results.“There are only two creatures,” says a proverb, “who can surmount thepyramids—the eagle and the snail.”
If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; Iwould let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember thata good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once. The habit ofattention becomes part of our life, if we begin early enough. I often heargrown-up people say “I could not fix my attention on the lecture or book,although I wished to do so” , and the reason is, the habit was not formed inyouth.
If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to thecultivation of the memory. I would strengthen that faculty by every possiblemeans, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little hard work at first toremember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very littletrouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.
If I were a boy again, I would look on the cheerful side. Life is very muchlike a mirror: if you smile upon it, I smile back upon you; but if you frown andlook doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return.
Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that comein contact with it. “who shuts love out ,in turn shall be shut out fromlove.”
Finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were the solepurpose of life, I would, if I were a boy again, I would still try harder tomake others happy.