SDcamps•演辩营全国英语演讲与辩论赛
Focus—trying to concentrate 专注——试图集中注意力 A famous athlete once said: 一个著名的运动员曾经说过: It is not necessarily the amount of time you spent of practice that accounts, 你为锻炼所花费的时间多少并不重要, it's what you put into the practice. 重要的是你在其中所投入的。 So we can spend our time, studying, or practicing, or doing whatever, 所以我们可以花时间,学习,...
Time Off—Vacation 空闲时光—度假 I haven’t had a vacation in a while. 我有段时间没有度假了。 I think I’ll take off soon. 我想自己不久就会启程。 I’m not sure where I’ll go or what I’ll do. 我不知道我要去哪里或我会做什么。 But I can learn a tourism place where I can go for a long road, 但是我了解到的是在旅游的地方我可以走很长的一段路、 breathe fresh air and take some nice pictu...
Everyone in the apartment complex I lived in knew who Ugly was. Ugly was the resident tomcat. Ugly loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and, shall we say, love. 我住的公寓大楼里的每个人都认得这只丑八怪。丑八怪曾是小区里的流浪猫。在这个世界上他只喜欢做三件事：战斗、吃垃圾，还有，应该说是爱吧。 The combination of these things combined with a life spent o...
Staying in touch with old friends 与老朋友们保持联系 I recently met an old friend I hadn’t seen in ages. 我最近见了一位许久没见面的老朋友。 He said that he had been busy and also didn’t really know to contact me. 他说自己过去一直很忙,也真的不知道与我联系。 I told him the same. 我告诉我也是一样。 The truth is, we have a few mutual friends, if we had really wanted to contact e...
Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God, "They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?" 从前，有个孩子马上就要诞生了。于是有一天他问上帝：“听说明天您就送我去人间了，但是，我这么弱小和无助，我在那儿怎么生活呢？” God replied, "Among the many angel...
The priest who made up the finger alphabet also founded the first school for the deaf in Paris in 1760. Teachers and doctors who wanted to help deaf people went to Paris and learnt Abbe de l'Epee's system. Then they taught it to their students and patients. Soon there were schools for the deaf in many countries. 组成手势语的牧师1760年在巴黎也建立了第一个聋哑学校。教...
The newspaper I previously worked for employs a very friendly receptionist. All receptionists are supposed to be friendly, but Connie Abbott has such a positive tone, she could brighten your day by saying, "Did anyone ever tell you that you look like a movie star? You ought to go to Hollywood and audition for the title role in a new movie: The Return of King Kong."...
Lessons learning from daily life 从日常生活中学到的教训 When I was a child, I always like reading fairy tales about heros who were good, 当我还是个孩子时,我总是喜欢阅读那些非常好的英雄在其中的神话故事, who had to go through many difficult situations often battling the bad guys before he or she lived happily ever after. 他们往往与坏人战斗之前必须要经历许多磨难,之后他或她从此...
Identity Crisis 身份危机 With industrialization and modernization, more and more people are confronted with the problem of identity. 随着工业化和现代化的发展，越来越多的人要面对身份问题。 The most interesting example is that of a so-called "banana", 最有趣的例子是所谓的香蕉型人， which refers to an American who has an Asian face but holds Western values. 它代表长着...
Difficulties arise in the lives of us all. 生活中困难在所难免。 What is most important is dealing with the hard times, coping with the changes, and getting through to the other side where the sun is still shining just for you. 最重要的是要挺过艰难的时刻，积极应对种种变故，冲破黎明前的黑暗，你终会看到只属于自己的灿烂阳光。 It takes a strong person to deal with tough times and...
Red 红色 When learning English, a good memory will help you, but a good imagination may help you even more. 在学英语的过程中,一个好的记忆将有助你的学习,但一个好的想象力可以帮助你更多。 For example, in English we don't have many words for colors, but we have many ways to describe a color. 举例来说,在英语里,对于颜色我们没有很多的词汇,但是我们有很多方式来描述一种颜色。 We s...
The sun is just rising in the morning of another day. What can I wish that this day may bring me? Nothing that shall make the world or others poorer, nothing at the expense of other men; but just those few things which in their coming do not stop me but touch me rather, as they pass and gather strength. 朝阳又在新的一天中冉冉升起。我期许这一天带给我什么呢？我希望带给我的不是...
Noticing your age–getting older 注意你的年龄——年纪越来越大 When do you feel like you are getting older? 你什么时候感觉自己正在慢慢变老? Is it when the songs you liked when you were young are now considered all this but good east to the next generation? 是你年轻时喜欢的歌曲现在被下一代认为老掉牙的时候吗? When I was younger, I rarely liked classic music or jazz. 当我年轻...
Writing: Just a letter 写作:只是一封信而已 In the modern age, you can communicate in so many ways: text messaging, e-mailing, faxing, calling, but there is something about snail mail that is special. 在当今时代,你可以通过许多方面进行交流:比如发短信、电子邮件、传真或者打电话,但有一种邮局信件是很特别的。 When was the last time you received a letter from someone? 你上次收到一封...
The adolescent girl from Tennessee is standing on the stage of a drama summer camp in upstate New York. It's a beautiful day. But the girl doesn't feel beautiful. She's not the leggy, glamorous Hollywood type. In fact, she describes herself as dorky. 一名少女由田纳西州来到纽约北部，她站在戏剧夏令营的舞台上，虽然天气是那么好，她的心情却一点也不好。因为她不是那种身...
Relax. He is the same little boy you loved yesterday. I smiled trying to hold back the tears. “No he isn’t. Yesterday I dreamed he would be an astronaut. Today I am hoping he will learn to talk.” 放松。他仍是你昨天爱着的那个小男孩。我笑着,试图抑制住眼里的泪水。“不,他不是。昨天我还梦想着他长大后会成为一名宇航员,今天我只希望他能学会说话。” It was ...
One Girl Changed My Life 一位女孩改变了我的生活 My childhood and adolescence were a joyous outpouring of energy, a ceaseless quest for expression, skill, and experience. School was only a background to the supreme delight of lessons in music, dance, and dramatics, and the thrill of sojourns in the country, theaters, concerts. And books, big Braille books that came with me on...
Being there,Done that 早已经历过 Have you ever heard the expression "being there done that"? 你听说过“早已经历过”这个表达吗? You say it to a friend when you want to let that person know that you've already experienced something. 当你要让那个人知道你已经经历过的时候，就对朋友使用这个表达吧。 You often say when want to emphasize that experience wasn't so good...
The same leaves over and over again! They fall from giving shade above To make one texture of faded brown And fit the earth like a leather glove. 同样的叶子，一回又一回！ 从投下树阴的高处飘落， 堆积成枯褐的纹理， 仿佛给大地戴上了皮手套。 Before the leaves can mount again To fill the trees with another shade, They must go down past things coming up. They must go down into the...
My morning routine varies little from day to day. I walk the dog, eat breakfast at the kitchen counter with Katie and Matt, then settle in for a day at the computer. And because I work mostly from home, I have learned that little forays into the outside world are imperative for psychological well-being. So before I begin attempting to put sentences together, I stroll over to...