第一篇：美國MIT大學招生官說明演講(英文)

00025 Part Three

David Burge

Thank you very much for inviting us here today.As our privilege and honor to be here, I first took advanced placement course in 1991 and I was one of the most demanding courses that I’ve ever took.When I earned my grade of 4 on my AP exam, which is one of my proudest academic moments.In 1993, I took a course while attending university campus on china history is by far my favorite course of my entire time.Normally, when I attend conferences, I’m known as the gentle men in the boat time.This conference expected I would be known as gentlemen pretending to be XXX(人名), I got here today is to explain a little bit about public universities in the United State.I have worked in public universities for 15 years at 3 different institutions so that’s the subject I know well.I presently work at Arizona Sate University.For those of you who are not familiar with Arizona Sate University.We are located in Phoenix Arizona and the easiest way to put it in perspective is we are 5 hours for Volcanoes.And we are 4 hours from Las Vegas.When Speak with the coming international students，and I asked them what they want to do other than learn While in United State.They said want to go Disney land and Los Vegas.ASU offers more than 650 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in 17 colleges and schools.And I will explain how important that is to public university admission process when you are applying to American public universities, you are most often making an application to a very specific program.So the admission standards will be different depending on the program which you are applying.But let’s take a step back and introduce you to the public university system within United States and speak them because it’s different that I would understand the university system in China to be.Fir stable, public universities are only partially funded by the States government within United States.There are very few national or federal funded institutions or federal governments will provide funding to individuals students to attend universities.And there are few municipal funded or charged universities.Which is to say, a municipality or a city would fund institutions in part of learning.The public university system in US is very diverse.There is no one way we all determine admissions rather a collective and individuals how we approach things.I’m going to spend my time today using a Arizona State University as an example of one type public university applying process.It is what we call it objective review meaning that we will review a student’s academic records but we do not require letter of reference.We do not require an essay.That’s one of the distinction between the several colleges we speak today.A quick note.This table being displayed is from the report of reference several times here this morning.This is from the IIE open doors report.This is the top 15 American universities by total international in the roll.I placed blue arrows next to public universities.So you can see the ten of the top 15 American universities for international in roll in public.One goal is there.Let’s guess what that is.The objective review of the American admission process simply means that we are looking at 2 criteria for admission.The first criteria would be performance in your high school or your transfer institution.And we will convert your grade point average to the American scale.The traditional American scale is a 4 point of your point average.And your applying as first time fleshment and we convert your point average to 3.0 or higher.You have met academic requirements in order to be admitted to Arizona Sate university.As this

is in objective review, we do this process in a rolling bases which is to say an applicant has appliedthe Arizona Sate university today could expect here as few as 3or 4 weeks as the admission decisions.There is no final deadline we gather every applicants sitting in the room we read them rather we collect the access-ment of evaluation of credits they’ve earned.And we administer admission decisions as soon as recruit.In addition to the academic criteria we valuate , we always look at the English proficiency standards.As for English proficiency,we are looking for some of the mandatories presented on the screen.Students can demonstrate they have a command of English sufficiency to perform well in Arizona State university by taking a paper base TOEFL and earning a 500 or Internet base TOELF at 61 or working at IELTS and earning a 6.0 higher with no individual band under 5.5.These are the standards that get applied at public universities in US.An important fact I should mention is we are the largest public university in the US.We have more than 70,000 students in roll.This will get a studentadmitted to our institution.However, if that student has the intention of studying business, the admission standards become a bit more complex.So notice the first standard I identified , if a student wants to study business would be either 1160 on SAT test that does not include the writing part rather first 2 components or has earned 3.6 GPA on the 4 point scale.Again compare that, the raw university standards of 3.0 on 4 point scale compared to 3.6.Or in the case of institutions are post secondary schools that provide class rank you rank top 8%.So the business standards are going to be a bit higher.Now let’s look at another lay complexing.If you want to study engineering at a place like Arizona State university, then you will have a different admission standards.So the student must earn 1140 on SAT or 3.0 GPA.But we also take a deep look at the courses the student has takenin high school.We want to make sure the student has taken at least 4 years of math and has taken 3 years of laboratory science.So we take a deep dive intostudent’s academic records if the engineering is the expectation.Notice in the case of engineering, the English proficiency requirement is also higher.Which is to say ,550 on the paper base TOEFL or 79 on internet-based TOEFL or 6.5 IELTS.The pictures come together at public universities which is that we don’t necessarily look at the whole linguistic review my colleagues do but the individual programmes will have individual standards must be here to gain at the admission.You will find these at most public universities.The standards may change , but you will find that many public universities in US are looking for those objective measures to determine whether or not someone gets admitted.Let’s skip over this to conditional admission.Now we need aspect of admission that I don’t suppose is you completely need to public universities but important for you to understand as educators.If a student has the academic qualification to gain admission but less English proficiency skills, that student can still be admitted.And there is a very specific path for that student to get entry into a school like Arizona State university expect for many of my colleagues joining me here today.It is a case a student making application to...Let’s use the engineering as an example.Let’s go back here.That student has 1200 on SAT, so he meets the academic requitements and also has 4 years of maths and 3 years of laboratory science.Let’s say he has earned a 500 on paper-based TOEFL which makes him eligible to attend some majors at ASU but not his desired major at ASU.That student would have a choice.That student couldeither gain admission into a different program to study meaning that he would not going to engineering.Or that student could come to ASU could take English preparatory course work.We guarantee that student he or she completes that course work.He or she will be guaranteed admission once they satisfy the English proficiency.So the students can expand their time within the public university like Arizona state university.They can spend more time learning English in a intensive environment.Perhaps for 7 weeks.Perhaps for a whole semester.Or perhaps for the entire academic year.And roll over into degree seeking studentsat the Arizona state university.In conclusion , I might point out there some new answers the the approach.These are the academic criteria.These are the English proficiency criteria.I know many students are quite interested how is that impact their thesis, their immigrationpaper work.Let me say for student we consider for admission.All they have to submit would be their academic credentials.They should submit applications,the fees, the transcript , test scores if that helps calls for admission.We would admit a student without financial guarantee.However, we would not issue the visa paper work until the documentations on file.So you have the steer system where the student can gain the admission, gain the necessary documentation to be issue the appropriate piece of paper work at final complete their enrollment in public Universities like Arizona state university.All I explained today is available in the English and Chinese language website which many universities have.That is very common in American universities.That will help explain to both students ,parents and individuals like yourself.With that, I say thank you very much for your attention today.00027 Part Three Matt McGann

第二篇：美國大學通用申請變臉 招生官欲見

美國大學通用申請變臉 招生官欲見真實申請人

8月1日，美國“通用申請(commonapplication)”將啟用第四版。這將是美國通用申請有史以來最大的變革，涉及表單提交模式、申請文書以及推薦信表格等多項變化。下面，南京加成留學老師為大家分析一下。

美國“通用申請”自1975年由15所美國大學聯合設計啟用，意在簡化美國大學本科申請步驟。目前，有超過500所美國大學使用“通用申請”接受申請，其中包括哈佛大學、耶魯大學、普林斯頓大學在內的綜合排名前40的美國本科名校。美國“通用申請”系統公布的數據顯示，2012至2013年，中國學生有超過2萬人使用“通用申請”申請美國本科。中國是目前國際學生“通用申請”使用率最高的國家，占國際學生使用“通用申請”總人數的32%左右。

據了解，根據發展需要，“通用申請”每隔一段時間都會按照美國大學需求進行調整和修改。面對全球不斷增加的申請人，尤其是中國成倍增長的申請人數，美國大學迫切希望從更有效的申請體系中挑選出更優秀、更符合院校特質的學生。新版“通用申請”在三個方面發生了明顯變化。

第一個重要變革是，申請作文(Essay)題目及字數發生變化。舊版題目有6個，基本圍繞“國家或國際上的議題”、“對你影響最大的人”、“歷史文學藝術作品中的人物形象對你的影響”等話題，而新版題目取消了自選題目，減少為5個，并更多集中在“你的觀點”、“你的成長”、“你的所學所獲”等方面。同時，對申請作文的字數和錄入方式進行了更為嚴格的限制。之前建議字數在250至500字之間，但如若字數超出的話，可通過Word或PDF等格式上傳；而新版嚴格要求字數必須在250至650字之間。

第二個重要變革是，提交推薦信內容發生變化。舊版要求申請人提供兩位任課教師及一位升學顧問或學校領導的推薦信。新版則要求升學顧問或學校領導的推薦信不能只簡單地介紹申請人的背景及表現，而需要根據增加的問題進行回答，以便美國大學全面了解申請人所在學校的背景和情況。

第三個重要變革是，申請人的社會實踐要求發生變化。舊版在“活動方面”的考量主要有兩個地方：一是一篇1000個字符的短答描述最重要的一個活動；二是按照重要性列出參與的10個活動，并做100字符的簡短描述。新版則去掉了活動短答，突出在活動列表中列出參與的10個活動，并將活動描述的字數限制增加到了150字符，要求申請人對參加活動的重要細節進行更充分地表述。

美國大學傾向于招收綜合素質優秀的學生。此次“通用申請”的變革正體現了美國大學招生的實質需求。以往的申請作文題目，使得一些寫作能力和英文使用水平較好的學生更具優勢，所寫人或事情可能與自己無關，但卻憑借精彩的文筆打動招生官而被錄取。

新版的申請作文題目則能夠使申請人的思想、觀點和心智成熟度在回答中得到最大展現，有助于招生院校透過申請作文的回答深入全面地了解申請人，錄取到滿意的人選。同樣，在推薦信的要求方面，美國大學希望通過格式化問題的設計，全面了解申請人所在的學校，區分出不同檔次、不同學校的學生，在考慮錄取時能夠區別對待。

美國大學希望能夠看到“真實”的申請人。但是，很多中國學生通過留學中介機構申請美國大學，導致出現了包裝過度甚至材料造假的情況。新版“通用申請”在一定程度上有助于美國大學更好的甄別申請人。同時，對于計劃留學美國的中國學生而言，提前規劃申請美國大學的前期準備顯得尤為重要。，則更關注學生的綜合能力、團隊合作能力、判斷形勢作出正確

決定的能力，對學生的心理素質更加關注，能反映此類能力的實踐活動對這些院校來說更有說服力；文科類院校更注重學生的閱讀分析能力和閱讀知識貯備情況，這需要學生平時有大量的積累。

權威提醒：名校期待一個最真實的你

為博名校青睞而采用投機取巧的方式提高平時成績、完善活動經驗的行為并不少見，殊不知，這種走捷徑的方式也僅僅是“泥菩薩”過不了江。據王丹介紹，美國名校是寬進嚴出，或許投機取巧能讓你邁進名校的大門，但美國名校在校期間各方面考核嚴謹，成功獲得名校學歷并不是件易事。

對此，南京加成留學老師建議道，留學前要糾正自己的態度，不要想著急功近利地去做一些事。如果你去造一個假的成績單，就相當于在自己身上綁上了一個“炸彈”，它隨時有可能爆炸，別去做搬起石頭砸自己腳的事情。各類院校對學生能力的考察往往通過學生申請文書中的小短文，學生只有親身經歷的事情、用心思考了，并有自己的一番體會才能說服名校審核官。后又在劉永好的安排下，于22歲時攻讀北京大學國際MBA。她就因為不滿父親的工作狀態問題，覺得“中國企業很土”，鼓動父親去參加時尚雜志的專訪和“大片拍攝”。

這些還是小代溝?，F實的殘酷在于，那些根本不愿意接手家族生意的企二代們。送子女越洋學習，滿心歡喜他們學成歸來，會幫忙打

第三篇：美國大學招生：錄取官最關注哪三項？

美國大學招生：錄取官最關注哪三項？

錄取官給每個申請人的時間非常有限？

在美國大學，錄取官都是專職的工作。他們的任務就是為大學錄取學生。所以一個大學的招生辦公室，通常被譽為大學的守門員。因為招生辦所錄取的學生質量，將會影響一個大學的聲譽和教學質量。通常，一個大學的招生辦公室專職人員大概也就是10 到幾十名，主要根據這個學校的規模。大學招生辦公室最忙的季節應該是10月到次年的3月，這個期間是他們審閱學生資料和做出錄取決定的階段。其余的時間，大學招生辦的官員們都會分散到世界各地的學校，去為學校做宣傳、招募學生，讓更多的學生了解這個學校。

在最忙的季節里，每天一個考官要看30-40份學生的申請材料。如果按照每天八個小時的工作計算，如果一個考官看40份學生的申請，那么這個考官所給予學生的時間大概也就是十幾分鐘。說起來這個時間是非常有限的。一個訓練有素的錄取官，要有敏銳的判斷力，在非常短的時間內就要抓住學生的特點。錄取官在看文件的時候，要隨時做筆記，記錄下學生材料中最閃光的部分。

讓學生閃光的部分，除了學生能夠展示自己GPA的成績單，就是學生的文書和推薦信了。文書要展現自己最好的一面，給錄取官以沖擊力，感動錄取官。在此，專家提醒廣大中國學子，寫文書時一定要保持真實的自己，撰寫自身經歷最重要的是充分挖掘其中的意涵，突出自己獨到的思想，寫出一個有特色的自我。專家指出：“學生的個性和經歷都是一顆顆珍珠，好的申請文書是挑出美麗的珍珠，將他們串連成一條美麗的項鏈?！?/p>

再就是推薦信，信中老師所用的一些關鍵性描述詞語，都會是錄取官所關注的要點，也是錄取官筆記的主要內容。

高中學校名氣的高低對申請是否有影響？

美國大學錄取官在審閱學生材料的時候，會以學校為單位，這樣有利于做出對一個學校學生的橫向的比較和平衡。比如，申請學生中來自人大附中的有20人，那么錄取官就會一口氣把這20個人的材料看完，從中做出挑選。也就是說，一個學生不但要與全世界其他學校的學生競爭，同時要與本校的學生競爭。

有的學生還會關心一個問題，學校名氣的高低對申請是否會造成影響？朗閣留學專家指出：“在申請美國本科的時候，國內知名高中的優勢并不明顯，任何一所國內高中的學生，只要你有自己的優勢和特色并且有能力展示出來，都有可能獲得美國大學甚至頂尖名校的青睞?！?/p>

錄取官最關注哪些方面？

錄取官在閱讀學生申請材料的時候，最關注的是什么呢？首先是GPA。美國大學錄取官認

為，GPA反映了學生長期學習的積累，最能反映學生真實的學習能力。

通常最高的GPA是4分，但是錄取官要仔細審查這個GPA是如何算出來的，主課的GPA如何。如果課程中有AP課程，他們要看學生究竟逃避了哪些有難度的課程。如果SAT的成績還不錯，他們會進一步審查SAT每個單項的成績如何。比如對于美國學生，他們會關注數學的成績。當然，對于中國學生，他們會更關注閱讀的成績和寫作的成績。

如果一個學生的成績里面突然出現了一個C或者D，都會引起錄取官的關注，他們會尋找答案，看看究竟出了什么問題。對此，朗閣留學專家建議準備赴美留學的高中生們，一定要特別重視平時的學習，每一項成績都是日后申請大學的重點審查因素。

其次，課外活動經歷和文書也會起到很大的作用。專家表示，課外活動及其取得的成績是錄取委員會考察的一項重要參數，錄取官會從課外活動經歷中判斷這個學生所具備的能力和潛力以及這個學生的個性特點。而文書會讓錄取官喜歡上一個學生，看了這篇文章，錄取官就可能會做出一個判斷，認為這個學生是好樣的，這個學生能夠給學校增添色彩。反之亦然。

另外，錄取官特別關注那一篇為什么要申請該大學的文章。大部分的大學都會有這樣一篇文章，學生通過文章來說明為什么喜歡這個大學。要想表達出對一個學校的真正的興趣，要有證據。在美國，最重要的證據就是你曾經看過這個學校，或者在這個學校參加過暑期班，對這個學校有具體和詳細的感受。如果你不能親臨這所大學，也可以在你的活動經歷或文書中展現出你的興趣愛好和特長與這個大學的匹配度，告訴錄取官你非常適合這所大學。

朗閣總述：由此看來，想要在錄取官十分有限的審核材料的時間內脫穎而出，你不僅需要具備優異的成績，獨特的課外活動經歷和精彩感人的文書也是吸引考官眼球的“法寶”。此外，一定要向錄取官證明，你是多么熱愛這所學校。

第四篇：美國經典英文演講一百篇

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第五篇：美國經典英文演講100篇

美國經典英文演講100篇:Brandenburg Gate Address

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Ronald Reagan

Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate

delivered 12 June 1987, West Berlin

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Thank you.Thank you, very much.Chancellor Kohl, Governing Mayor Diepgen, ladies and gentlemen: Twenty four years ago, President John F.Kennedy visited Berlin, and speaking to the people of this city and the world at the city hall.Well since then two other presidents have come, each in his turn to Berlin.And today, I, myself, make my second visit to your city.We come to Berlin, we American Presidents, because it's our duty to speak in this place of freedom.But I must confess, we’re drawn here by other things as well;by the feeling of history in this city--more than 500 years older than our own nation;by the beauty of the Grunewald and the Tiergarten;most of all, by your courage and determination.Perhaps the composer, Paul Linke, understood something about American Presidents.You see, like so many Presidents before me, I come here today because wherever I go, whatever I do: “Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin” [I still have a suitcase in Berlin.]

Our gathering today is being broadcast throughout Western Europe and North America.I understand that it is being seen and heard as well in the East.To those listening throughout Eastern Europe, I extend my warmest greetings and the good will of the American people.To those listening in East Berlin, a special word: Although I cannot be with you, I address my remarks to you just as surely as to those standing here before me.For I join you, as I join your fellow countrymen in the West, in this firm, this unalterable belief: Es gibt nur ein Berlin.[There is only one Berlin.]

Behind me stands a wall that encircles the free sectors of this city, part of a vast system of barriers that divides the entire continent of Europe.From the Baltic South, those barriers cut across Germany in a gash of barbed wire, concrete, dog runs, and guard towers.Farther south, there may be no visible, no obvious wall.But there remain armed guards and checkpoints all the same--still a restriction on the right to travel, still an instrument to impose upon ordinary men and women the will of a totalitarian state.Yet, it is here in Berlin where the wall emerges most clearly;here, cutting across your city, where the news photo and the television screen have imprinted this brutal division of a continent upon the mind of the world.Standing before the Brandenburg Gate, every man is a German separated from his fellow men.Every man is a Berliner, forced to look upon a scar.President Von Weizs?cker has said, “The German question is open as long as the Brandenburg Gate is closed.” Well today--today I say: As long as this gate is closed, as long as this scar of a wall is permitted to stand, it is not the German question alone that remains open, but the question of freedom for all mankind.Yet, I do not come here to lament.For I find in Berlin a message of hope, even in the shadow of this wall, a message of triumph.In this season of spring in 1945, the people of Berlin emerged from their air-raid shelters to find devastation.Thousands of miles away, the people of the United States reached out to help.And in 1947 Secretary of State--as you've been told--George Marshall announced the creation of what would become known as the Marshall Plan.Speaking precisely 40 years ago this month, he said: “Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos.”

In the Reichstag a few moments ago, I saw a display commemorating this 40th anniversary of the Marshall Plan.I was struck by a sign--the sign on a burnt-out, gutted structure that was being rebuilt.I understand that Berliners of my own generation can remember seeing signs like it dotted throughout the western sectors of the city.The sign read simply: “The Marshall Plan is helping here to strengthen the free world.” A strong, free world in the West--that dream became real.Japan rose from ruin to become an economic giant.Italy, France, Belgium--virtually every nation in Western Europe saw political and economic rebirth;the European Community was founded.In West Germany and here in Berlin, there took place an economic miracle, the Wirtschaftswunder.Adenauer, Erhard, Reuter, and other leaders understood the practical importance of liberty--that just as truth can flourish only when the journalist is given freedom of speech, so prosperity can come about only when the farmer and businessman enjoy economic freedom.The German leaders--the German leaders reduced tariffs, expanded free trade, lowered taxes.From 1950 to 1960 alone, the standard of living in West Germany and Berlin doubled.Where four decades ago there was rubble, today in West Berlin there is the greatest industrial output of any city in Germany: busy office blocks, fine homes and apartments, proud avenues, and the spreading lawns of parkland.Where a city's culture seemed to have been destroyed, today there are two great universities, orchestras and an opera, countless theaters, and museums.Where there was want, today there's abundance--food, clothing, automobiles--the wonderful goods of the Kudamm.1 From devastation, from utter ruin, you Berliners have, in freedom, rebuilt a city that once again ranks as one of the greatest on earth.Now the Soviets may have had other plans.But my friends, there were a few things the Soviets didn't count on: Berliner Herz, Berliner Humor, ja, und Berliner Schnauze.[Berliner heart, Berliner humor, yes, and a Berliner Schnauze.2]

In the 1950s--In the 1950s Khrushchev predicted: “We will bury you.”

But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history.In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind--too little food.Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself.After these four decades, then, there stands before the entire world one great and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity.Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace.Freedom is the victor.And now--now the Soviets themselves may, in a limited way, be coming to understand the importance of freedom.We hear much from Moscow about a new policy of reform and openness.Some political prisoners have been released.Certain foreign news broadcasts are no longer being jammed.Some economic enterprises have been permitted to operate with greater freedom from state control.Are these the beginnings of profound changes in the Soviet state? Or are they token gestures intended to raise false hopes in the West, or to strengthen the Soviet system without changing it? We welcome change and openness;for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty--the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace.General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate.Mr.Gorbachev, open this gate.Mr.Gorbachev--Mr.Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

I understand the fear of war and the pain of division that afflict this continent, and I pledge to you my country's efforts to help overcome these burdens.To be sure, we in the West must resist Soviet expansion.So, we must maintain defenses of unassailable strength.Yet we seek peace;so we must strive to reduce arms on both sides.Beginning 10 years ago, the Soviets challenged the Western alliance with a grave new threat, hundreds of new and more deadly SS-20 nuclear missiles capable of striking every capital in Europe.The Western alliance responded by committing itself to a counter-deployment(unless the Soviets agreed to negotiate a better solution)--namely, the elimination of such weapons on both sides.For many months, the Soviets refused to bargain in earnestness.As the alliance, in turn, prepared to go forward with its counter-deployment, there were difficult days, days of protests like those during my 1982 visit to this city;and the Soviets later walked away from the table.But through it all, the alliance held firm.And I invite those who protested then--I invite those who protest today--to mark this fact: Because we remained strong, the Soviets came back to the table.Because we remained strong, today we have within reach the possibility, not merely of limiting the growth of arms, but of eliminating, for the first time, an entire class of nuclear weapons from the face of the earth.As I speak, NATO ministers are meeting in Iceland to review the progress of our proposals for eliminating these weapons.At the talks in Geneva, we have also proposed deep cuts in strategic offensive weapons.And the Western allies have likewise made far-reaching proposals to reduce the danger of conventional war and to place a total ban on chemical weapons.While we pursue these arms reductions, I pledge to you that we will maintain the capacity to deter Soviet aggression at any level at which it might occur.And in cooperation with many of our allies, the United States is pursuing the Strategic Defense Initiative--research to base deterrence not on the threat of offensive retaliation, but on defenses that truly defend;on systems, in short, that will not target populations, but shield them.By these means we seek to increase the safety of Europe and all the world.But we must remember a crucial fact: East and West do not mistrust each other because we are armed;we are armed because we mistrust each other.And our differences are not about weapons but about liberty.When President Kennedy spoke at the City Hall those 24 years ago, freedom was encircled;Berlin was under siege.And today, despite all the pressures upon this city, Berlin stands secure in its liberty.And freedom itself is transforming the globe.In the Philippines, in South and Central America, democracy has been given a rebirth.Throughout the Pacific, free markets are working miracle after miracle of economic growth.In the industrialized nations, a technological revolution is taking place, a revolution marked by rapid, dramatic advances in computers and telecommunications.In Europe, only one nation and those it controls refuse to join the community of freedom.Yet in this age of redoubled economic growth, of information and innovation, the Soviet Union faces a choice: It must make fundamental changes, or it will become obsolete.Today, thus, represents a moment of hope.We in the West stand ready to cooperate with the East to promote true openness, to break down barriers that separate people, to create a safer, freer world.And surely there is no better place than Berlin, the meeting place of East and West, to make a start.Free people of Berlin: Today, as in the past, the United States stands for the strict observance and full implementation of all parts of the Four Power Agreement of 1971.Let us use this occasion, the 750th anniversary of this city, to usher in a new era, to seek a still fuller, richer life for the Berlin of the future.Together, let us maintain and develop the ties between the Federal Republic and the Western sectors of Berlin, which is permitted by the 1971 agreement.And I invite Mr.Gorbachev: Let us work to bring the Eastern and Western parts of the city closer together, so that all the inhabitants of all Berlin can enjoy the benefits that come with life in one of the great cities of the world.To open Berlin still further to all Europe, East and West, let us expand the vital air access to this city, finding ways of making commercial air service to Berlin more convenient, more comfortable, and more economical.We look to the day when West Berlin can become one of the chief aviation hubs in all central Europe.With--With our French--With our French and British partners, the United States is prepared to help bring international meetings to Berlin.It would be only fitting for Berlin to serve as the site of United Nations meetings, or world conferences on human rights and arms control, or other issues that call for international cooperation.There is no better way to establish hope for the future than to enlighten young minds, and we would be honored to sponsor summer youth exchanges, cultural events, and other programs for young Berliners from the East.Our French and British friends, I'm certain, will do the same.And it's my hope that an authority can be found in East Berlin to sponsor visits from young people of the Western sectors.One final proposal, one close to my heart: Sport represents a source of enjoyment and ennoblement, and you may have noted that the Republic of Korea--South Korea--has offered to permit certain events of the 1988 Olympics to take place in the North.International sports competitions of all kinds could take place in both parts of this city.And what better way to demonstrate to the world the openness of this city than to offer in some future year to hold the Olympic games here in Berlin, East and West.In these four decades, as I have said, you Berliners have built a great city.You've done so in spite of threats--the Soviet attempts to impose the East-mark, the blockade.Today the city thrives in spite of the challenges implicit in the very presence of this wall.What keeps you here? Certainly there's a great deal to be said for your fortitude, for your defiant courage.But I believe there's something deeper, something that involves Berlin's whole look and feel and way of life--not mere sentiment.No one could live long in Berlin without being completely disabused of illusions.Something, instead, that has seen the difficulties of life in Berlin but chose to accept them, that continues to build this good and proud city in contrast to a surrounding totalitarian presence, that refuses to release human energies or aspirations, something that speaks with a powerful voice of affirmation, that says “yes” to this city, yes to the future, yes to freedom.In a word, I would submit that what keeps you in Berlin--is “love.”

Love both profound and abiding.Perhaps this gets to the root of the matter, to the most fundamental distinction of all between East and West.The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship.The totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an affront.Years ago, before the East Germans began rebuilding their churches, they erected a secular structure: the television tower at Alexander Platz.Virtually ever since, the authorities have been working to correct what they view as the tower's one major flaw: treating the glass sphere at the top with paints and chemicals of every kind.Yet even today when the sun strikes that sphere, that sphere that towers over all Berlin, the light makes the sign of the cross.There in Berlin, like the city itself, symbols of love, symbols of worship, cannot be suppressed.As I looked out a moment ago from the Reichstag, that embodiment of German unity, I noticed words crudely spray-painted upon the wall, perhaps by a young Berliner(quote):

“This wall will fall.Beliefs become reality.”

Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall, for it cannot withstand faith;it cannot withstand truth.The wall cannot withstand freedom.And I would like, before I close, to say one word.I have read, and I have been questioned since I've been here about certain demonstrations against my coming.And I would like to say just one thing, and to those who demonstrate so.I wonder if they have ever asked themselves that if they should have the kind of government they apparently seek, no one would ever be able to do what they're doing again.Thank you and God bless you all.Thank you.美國經典英文演講100篇:Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address

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William Jefferson Clinton

Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Prayer Service Address

delivered 23 April 1995 in Oklahoma City, OK

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Thank you very much, Governor Keating and Mrs.Keating, Reverend Graham, to the families of those who have been lost and wounded, to the people of Oklahoma City, who have endured so much, and the people of this wonderful state, to all of you who are here as our fellow Americans.I am honored to be here today to represent the American people.But I have to tell you that Hillary and I also come as parents, as husband and wife, as people who were your neighbors for some of the best years of our lives.Today our nation joins with you in grief.We mourn with you.We share your hope against hope that some may still survive.We thank all those who have worked so heroically to save lives and to solve this crime--those here in Oklahoma and those who are all across this great land, and many who left their own lives to come here to work hand in hand with you.We pledge to do all we can to help you heal the injured, to rebuild this city, and to bring to justice those who did this evil.This terrible sin took the lives of our American family, innocent children in that building, only because their parents were trying to be good parents as well as good workers;citizens in the building going about their daily business;and many there who served the rest of us--who worked to help the elderly and the disabled, who worked to support our farmers and our veterans, who worked to enforce our laws and to protect us.Let us say clearly, they served us well, and we are grateful.But for so many of you they were also neighbors and friends.You saw them at church or the PTA meetings, at the civic clubs, at the ball park.You know them in ways that all the rest of America could not.And to all the members of the families here present who have suffered loss, though we share your grief, your pain is unimaginable, and we know that.We cannot undo it.That is God's work.Our words seem small beside the loss you have endured.But I found a few I wanted to share today.I've received a lot of letters in these last terrible days.One stood out because it came from a young widow and a mother of three whose own husband was murdered with over 200 other Americans when Pan Am 103 was shot down.Here is what that woman said I should say to you today:

The anger you feel is valid, but you must not allow yourselves to be consumed by it.The hurt you feel must not be allowed to turn into hate, but instead into the search for justice.The loss you feel must not paralyze your own lives.Instead, you must try to pay tribute to your loved ones by continuing to do all the things they left undone, thus ensuring they did not die in vain.Wise words from one who also knows.You have lost too much, but you have not lost everything.And you have certainly not lost America, for we will stand with you for as many tomorrows as it takes.If ever we needed evidence of that, I could only recall the words of Governor and Mrs.Keating: “If anybody thinks that Americans are mostly mean and selfish, they ought to come to Oklahoma.If anybody thinks Americans have lost the capacity for love and caring and courage, they ought to come to Oklahoma.”

To all my fellow Americans beyond this hall, I say, one thing we owe those who have sacrificed is the duty to purge ourselves of the dark forces which gave rise to this evil.They are forces that threaten our common peace, our freedom, our way of life.Let us teach our children that the God of comfort is also the God of righteousness: Those who trouble their own house will inherit the wind.1 Justice will prevail.Let us let our own children know that we will stand against the forces of fear.When there is talk of hatred, let us stand up and talk against it.When there is talk of violence, let us stand up and talk against it.In the face of death, let us honor life.As St.Paul admonished us, Let us “not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”2

Yesterday, Hillary and I had the privilege of speaking with some children of other federal employees--children like those who were lost here.And one little girl said something we will never forget.She said, “We should all plant a tree in memory of the children.” So this morning before we got on the plane to come here, at the White House, we planted that tree in honor of the children of Oklahoma.It was a dogwood with its wonderful spring flower and its deep, enduring roots.It embodies the lesson of the Psalms--that the life of a good person is like a tree whose leaf does not wither.3

My fellow Americans, a tree takes a long time to grow, and wounds take a long time to heal.But we must begin.Those who are lost now belong to God.Some day we will be with them.But until that happens, their legacy must be our lives.Thank you all, and God bless you.