SDcamps•演辩营全国英语演讲与辩论赛
If I Had My Life to Live Over I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren’t there for the day. I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage. I would have talked less and listened more. I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained...
Think of What You Have Instead of What You Want In over a dozen years as a stress consultant1)，one of the most pervasive2) and destructive3) mental tendencies4) I’ve seen is that of focusing on what we want instead of what we have．It doesn’t seem to make any difference how much we have；we just keep expanding our list of desires，which guarantees we will remain...
I will laugh at the world. Henceforth will l shed only tears of sweat, for those of sadness or remorse or frustration are of no value in the market place whilst each smile can be exchanged for gold and each kind word, spoken from my heart, can build a castle. Never will l allow myself to become so important, so wise, so dignified, so powerful, that I forget how to laugh at m...
An American Professor’s Advice to Chinese Students 美国教授对欲赴美留学者的忠告 Try a little to stretch yourself and integrate into1 the greater society around you. It’s definitely a challenge. It can be difficult and unpleasant. But it can also be fun and enriching2, rewarding and of the utmost benefit in the long run3. 试着扩展你的生活范围，参与到身边更广阔的社会中去。这肯...
Do As the Americans Do 在美国学会入乡随俗 Be confident.“Confidence” is probably one of the most noticeable traits in the Americans. They show confidence in the way they talk, the way they smile, the way they dress and the way they walk. Living and competing with all these confident American students, I find it extremely important to be confident as an international student a...
引言： 我激荡在这绵绵不息、滂沱四方的生命洪流中，我就应该追逐这洪流，而且追过它，自己去造更广、更深的洪流。 Be a Fighter A young friend of mine asked me in a letter, “What kind of man should I be?” My answer was, “Be a fighter.” Another friend of mine inquired, “How should I live my life?” Again my answer was, “Be a fighter.” T...
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. Since she was six years old, Reese Witherspoon has wanted to be a country singer. And Dolly Parton is her ...
TRUST Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg，Pa．，a distance of about eighty miles．It was late．I was late and if anyone asked me how fast I was driving，I’d have to plead1) the Fifth Amendment2) to avoid self－incrimination3)．Several times I got stuck behind a slow－moving truck on a narrow road with a solid white line on my left，and I was clinchin...
Never give up a chance of being a hero Every time when I read the five thousand years old chinese history, I am moved and convinced by those earthshaking heroes. EmperorQin Shi huang, Liu Xiu, LI Shiming, Zhao Kuangyin, jenghis Khan……. I am also a unique creature of god, and the end product of thousands of years of evolution. Therefore, I am better equipped in both mind and ...
All about Americans 美国人面面观 How the Americans See Themselves 美国人怎样看自己 Americans are proud to be Americans but each individual will explain that he, personally, is not like the other Americans. He is better. Americans are proud to be different from each other, and from the world. 美国人很骄傲自己是美国人。但每个人又会说，就个人而言，自己是不同于其他美国人的，因为...
Does money buy happiness？ Does money buy happiness？Not.Ah，but would a little more money make us a little happier？Many of us smirk1) and nod．There is，we believe，some connection between fiscal2) fitness and feeling fantastic．Most of us would say that，yes，we would like to be rich．Three in four American collegians now consider it “very important” or “essential” that t...
Pen of Life Suppose someone gave you a pen – a sealed, solid-colored pen. You couldn’t see how much ink it had. It might run dry after the first few tentative words or last just long enough to create a masterpiece(or several) that would last forever and make a difference in the scheme of things. You don’t know before you begin. Under the rules of the game...
引言： 孩子确实点亮了一个家，他们从未熄灭过一盏灯。 Parenthood If it was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor! Shouting to make your children obey is like using the horn to steer your car, and you get about the same results. To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today. The smartest advice on raising ch...
Prayer for My Mother 为我的母亲祈祷 Dear God, 亲爱的上帝： Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell them. 如今我已不再年轻，一些朋友的母亲已经去世了。我曾听这些子女们说过，他们从没有向母亲充分表示过他们的感激之情，而待到要告...
Every Woman Should Know…… 每个女人都应该知道…… Every woman should know how to fall in love without losing herself… 每个女人都应该知道如何陷入情网但不迷失自我…… Every woman should know how she feels about having kids… 每个女人都应该知道有了孩子会有什么感受…… Every woman should know how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without ruining the frien...
Being less than perfectly well–dressed in a business setting can result in a feeling of profound discomfort that may well require therapy to dispel1. And the sad truth is that “clothing mismatches2” on the job can ruin the day of the person who’s wearing the inappropriate attire3 and the people with whom he or she comes in contact. 在生意场合着装稍有不慎就会使人有非常...
My Wagon Instead of an established home, my parents gave me something better：a gypsy wagon, so that I could make my home wherever I might be. My father built with boards of art, music, adventure, and deviation from the norms of society. My mother used boards of unfaltering support, philanthropy1), and appreciation of beauty. Between these supports were nailed planks from ea...
Thanks, Before & After I never intended to tell you anything about this，but since I became an adult I discovered that the meaning of Thanksgiving sure isn’t what it used to be． When I was younger，I remember receiving the inevitable homework assignment to write an essay on “Something I Am Thankful For．” Then，I’d spend a lot of time sitting in my room tryi...
Santa Claus: The True Story I remember my first Christmas party with Grandma．I was just a kid．I remember tearing1) across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb：“There is no Santa Claus，”she jeered．“ Even dummies2) know that.” My grandma was not the gushy3) kind，never had been．I fled to her that day because I knew she would be straight ...
Thinking of You When will the moon be clear and bright? With a cup of wine in my hand, I ask the blue sky. I don’t know what season it would be in the heavens on this night. I’d like to ride the wind to fly home. Yet I fear the crystal and jade mansions are much too high and cold for me. Dancing with my moon-lit shadow, It does not seem like the human world. The ...