新东方英语美文背诵 第19篇:Giving Life Meaning

Giving Life Meaning Have you thought about what you want people to say about you after you’re gone? Can you hear the voice saying, “He was a great man.” Or “She really will be missed.” What else do they say? One of the strangest phenomena of life is to engage in a work that will last long after death. Isn’t that a lot like investing all your money so that future generations ...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (37)克林顿告别演说

My fellow citizens,tonight is my last opportunity to speak to you from the Oval Office as your president. 同胞们,今晚是我最后一次作为你们的总统,在白宫椭圆形办公室向你们做最后一次演讲。 I am profoundly grateful to you for twice giving me the honor to serve,to work for you and with you to prepare our nation for the 21st century. 我从心底深处感谢你们给了我2次机会和荣誉,为你...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (38)肯尼迪航天计划演讲

We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained,and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. 我们踏上新的航程,为了获取新的知识,为了赢得新的权利,获取并运用权利,应该是为了全人类的进步。 For space science, like nuclear science and all technology,has no conscience of its own. 空间科学,正如核科学以及其他技术...

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奥巴马每周电视讲话:奥巴马总统将发表告别演讲(2)

in fits and starts, punctuated at times by hardship, 一阵一阵地,时不时地有困难, but ultimately written by generations of citizens who've somehow worked together, without fanfare, to form a more perfect union. 但最终被一代代的人们书写着。他们总是一起工作,没有炫耀,从而构建着更加完美的合众国。 Over the past eight years, we've added our own new chapter to that story. 在...

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奥巴马在德鲁斯基地告别白宫职员

Barack Obama: Hello, everybody. You know, Michelle and I, we've really been milking this goodbye thing. So, it behooves me to be very brief. Crowd: No! Barack Obama: Yes, yes. You know, I said before, and I will say again, that when we started on this journey, we did so with an abiding faith in the American people and their ability, our ability to join together and chang...

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奥巴马每周电视讲话:奥巴马总统将发表告别演讲(1)

Since the days of George Washington, presidents have delivered some form of final message while in office – a farewell address to the American people. 从乔治·华盛顿开始,总统们就在就职的最后时间里发表一些想法–向美国人民发表的告别演讲。 On Tuesday night, in Chicago, I'll deliver mine. 在周二晚上,在芝加哥,我将发表我的告别演讲。 I chose Chicago not only because i...

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奥巴马每周电视讲话:奥巴马总统将发表告别演讲(3)

Together, we've brought home most of our brave troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, 我们一起让我们在伊拉克和阿富汗英勇的部队大部分都回到国内, took Bin Laden and thousands of other terrorists off the battlefield for good. 围剿了本·拉登和数千名其他的恐怖分子,让其无法再上战场。 We've opened a new chapter with the people of Cuba, shutdown Iran's nuclear weapon program w...

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