SD冠军锦标赛｜美国藤校演讲与辩论赛中国选拔赛

Did you ever dream as a kid about flying like a bird? Which would you be more like: a parrot or an eagle? The two you know are very different kinds of birds. Even though it can fly, a parrot prefers to stay in the same comfortable cage, eat the same dry seeds,and listen to the same words over and over again until it can say them easily. A parrot’s satisfied just to do ...

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If one day you feel like crying… 假如有一天你想哭… Call me. 打电话给我… I don’t promise that I will make you laugh, 我不能保证能使你笑, But I can cry with you. 但是我能陪着你一起哭. If one day you want to run away– 假如有一天你想逃跑– Don’t be afraid to call me. 别怕打电话给我. I don’t promise to ask you to stop… 我不能叫...

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An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer (contractor) of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. 一位老木匠打算退休了。他向自己所在的建筑公司雇主请辞，表示想要和自己的老伴以及大家庭去过一种更加闲适的生...

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Dear son…… 孩子…… The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me… 哪天你看到我日渐老去,身体也渐渐不行,请耐着性子试着了解我… If I get dirty when eating… if I cannot dress… have patience. 如果我吃的脏兮兮，如果我不会穿衣服，有耐心一点。 Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you? 你记得我曾花多久时间教你这些事吗? If, ...

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1.As long as you are with me,I don’ care where we are go. 只要和你在一起，去哪里都一样。 2.You make me a better person. 是你成就了我。 3.I wish I’d met you sooner. 真希望早点遇见你。 4.I simply can not stop thinking about you. 我就是停不下来，我就是一直想你。 5.The best thing that has happen to me is falling in love with you. 爱上你是我有生以来最幸福的事。 6.I ca...

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英文文本： Starting a new book is a risk, just like falling in love. You have to commit to it. You open the pages knowing a little bit about it maybe, from the back or from a blurb on the front. But who knows, right? Those bits and pieces aren’t always right. Sometimes people advertise themselves as one thing and then when you get deep into it you realize that they’re someth...

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Why I Love You 我之所以爱你 Every time I think about you, 每当你浮现在我的脑海， I’m reminded of the reasons why I love you. 我试着回忆自己爱上你的原因。 From the deep of my eart and soul. 它源自我内心的深处和灵魂。 And I wonder what I’d do witout you, 并且担心没有你我该怎么办。 Without your ealing smile, 没有你抚平创伤的微笑， ...

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But You Didn’t 可是你没有 Remember the day I borrowed your brand new car and dented it? I thought you’d kill me, but you didn’t. 我记得那天我借用你的新车,我弄坏了它，我以为你一定会杀了我。可是你没有。 And remember the time I dragged you to the beach, and you said it would rain, and it did? I thought you’d say, “I told you so”....

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A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. 从前，有位年轻人即将大学生毕业。数月来，他一直渴望得到某汽车商产品陈列室中的一辆跑车。他知道，他那富有的父亲肯定买得起这辆车，于是，他便跟父亲说他很想得...

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I know you– the heartbroken. I’ve been there recently and plenty before. I know you better than you think I do. 我懂你——伤心的人。 我最近刚伤心过， 曾经伤心过很多次。 我比你想象的更懂你。 I know heartbreak as well as I know the taste of the ocean in my tears and the way my breath gets stuck in my heart, instead of my throat. ...

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1. I couldn’t fall asleep last night. 我昨晚睡不着。 2. I pass a wakeful night. 我彻夜未眠。 3. I was up all night. 我一整晚都没睡。 4. I had a sleepless night worrying about my exams. 我因为担心考试一整晚没睡着。 5. I’ve been suffering from insomnia. 我近来饱受失眠之苦。 6. I didn’t close my eyes until early this morning. 我一直到凌晨才睡着。 7. I tossed a...

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When times become difficult (and you know they sometimes will), remember a moment in your life that was filled with joy and happiness. 当你身陷困境的时候（你有时会），回想你生命中快乐和幸福的时刻。 Remember how it made you feel, and you will have the strength you need to get through any trial. 回想它是如何使你快乐，你便有了走出困境的勇气。 When life throws you one more obsta...

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A store owner was tacking a sign above his door that read “Puppies For Sale”. Signs like that have a way of attracting small children, and sure enough, a little boy appeared under the store owner’s sign. “How much are you going to sell the puppies for?” he asked. 一位店家在他的大门上钉起广告牌，上面写着“小狗待售”。这类的广告似乎总能吸引小孩子，...

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英文文本： Truly happy and successful people get that way by becoming the best, most genuine version of themselves they can be. Not on the outside–on the inside. It’s not about a brand, a reputation, a persona. It’s about reality. Who you really are. Sounds simple, I know. It is a simple concept. The problem is, it’s very hard to do, it takes a lot of...

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中文文本： 我停下来，注视着正在她的房间里忙着玩耍的小女儿。她一手拿着一个塑料电话，另一只手拿着一个玩具扫帚。我听到了她跟她假想中的“小朋友”在谈话，而她说的每一个字都让我永远牢记，即使那是假装的。 女儿说：“苏西就在角落里，因为她表现的不好。她连一个字都不肯听我说，也不干她该做的事情。”我看到她的娃娃在角落里，浑身上下都穿着粉红色的衣服，配着蕾丝。很显然，她是被放在那里的，让她...

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From Beethoven to his ‘Immortal Beloved’ 贝多芬致他“不朽的爱人” Good morning, on July 7 早上好，于7月7日 Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, now and then joyfully, then sadly, waiting to learn whether or not fate will hear us – I can live only wholly with you or not at all – Yes, I am resolved to wander so long away f...

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Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. 万物不变，是我们在变。你的衣服可以卖掉，但要保留你的思想。 Think it over……好好想想…… Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view; 今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路，但是我们的性情却更为急躁，眼光也更加狭隘； We spend ...

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Looking back at my younger years, I am sometimes amazed at how life has turned out. Nothing is exactly what I had originally planned for. The only thing that stays the same is who I am, my values, and my interests. If I could go back in time and hang out with my younger self for a day, here’s what I would tell her. 回首年轻的时候，有时我会惊讶于生活的变迁。一切都不...

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When we two parted In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted To sever for years, Pale grew thy cheek and cold, Colder thy kiss; Truly that hour foretold Sorrow to this. 当我们俩分手时 沉默不语满含泪花 想起来都心碎 要分离好几年 你的脸苍白冰冷 吻你似冰霜 当时真预兆了 今天的悲痛 The dew of the morning Sunk chill on my brow ...

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春 晓 孟浩然 春眠不觉晓 处处闻啼鸟 夜来风雨声 花落知多少 This morning of spring in bed I’m lying, Not wake up till I hear birds crying After one night of wind and showers, How many are the fallen flowers! ——许渊冲译 How suddenly the morning comes in Spring! On every side, you can hear the sweet birds sing Last night amidst the storm — ...

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