第一篇：英語演講比賽文稿

Job-hunting-----My heart will go on Googevening ladies and gentalmen

It's my honor to stand here and enjoy the English Speech Competition,so firstly i will thank all of you for giving me such a precious chance.my name is XIANG JIU ZHOU.a gental person i always think so.though English is not my majorit's my favorite.tha's true..and it's Always on my mind just like someone you loved deeply.So next Iwill do my best to show myself, but i still wish all of you cangive me some encouragement and some applause...Sincere appreciation.Back when i was a child, inmy inner heart there are a lot of great dreams.Including becoming a scientist, a writer, a doctor,a general,or justa professor.In short, at that time i was full of fantasy, I always believed that i would be a talented person, a person useful to society.....so my dear friends,did you also had those great dreams when you were a child? Butas time goes by ,quite a lot of things have changed, of course, include my thoughts of life and once great

dreams.facing this,i just want to say“how time flies”l.And that once a child who was full of fantasy hasnow become a college student.But change is still changing just like the little boy and time is still flyingjust like those great dreams once i had,and they never stay a

mement.......unfortunately,..i cannot change the

reality ,butin my inner heart there is a sound summoning me frequently.that is “to be a professor” and i can still hear it right now......but.....now,if you want to ask the college student stand here “how many roads must a man walk down before we call him a man”i think:at present,what he can do is just to silence only silence because he can do nothing except this.perhaps it soundsa bit pessimistic,but the truth is indeed the case...so , my drear friends ,if you were in my situation,can you answer this question?

I am so clear that human alives, you need a decent job.It can be said that since the moment i enterthe University ,I often ask myself questions Such as whatwork will make me fit?or what can I do after graduation?or what i have lived for? ??Even right now ponder these issues perhaps they are

still difficult to answer, but I told myself that there is a need to answer it....more importantly,the answer should be found by myself.and luckily enough,i got it.“to be a professo and search for the knowledge ”is the finally answer.so,friends here,have ever asked these questions such as“what i have lived for?”

Frankly speaking,the current employment are extremely

hard,especially in the context of economic crisis and It also adds to the difficulty of getting a good job.But as everyone knows “only the strong survive',so as a person of noble aspirations he should'veknown what to do anytime anywhere even when trouble troubles him...So during this rough

period ,the most important thing we need to do is that we should not Indulgence.on the contrary,we should be more

self-confident and work harder than before...so,dear

friends,i really hope youbelieve that” bread and milk would have “.and if you just believe it ,there is nothing to it.and i also believe that as long as you have the spirit of rock climbing,u will be successful and will find a job that belongs to youselves ”Listen, there must be something,there must be something“,i heard some voice fluttering from the distant world”hey,guy,do you still remember that dream you've dreamed of so many times in every long lonely night.“"to be a professor”“yes,i did.i always did,and i deeply hope it can be achieved someday......”

Finally,my pledge my oath: On my way of the job-hunting,my heart will go on and on just like on my way of searching for the knoeledge...all my Dear friends,do you believe me? That's the end.Thanks for your listening....

第二篇：演講比賽 文稿

“頌長(zhǎng)城，愛中華”國(guó)防教育電視演講比賽主持詞

（第一次催場(chǎng)，現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的各位觀眾朋友，歡迎各位參加我們此次演講比賽，因?yàn)槲覀兇舜伪荣惾啼洸ィＭ魑荒茏袷乇荣悤?huì)場(chǎng)秩序，請(qǐng)各位將手機(jī)調(diào)成靜音或震動(dòng)狀態(tài)。感謝各位的積極配合。我們此次比賽將會(huì)在14點(diǎn)準(zhǔn)時(shí)開始）

尊敬的各位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)

各位來賓

大家下午好，我是北侖電視臺(tái)節(jié)目主持人鑫淼

又是一個(gè)金色的年輪，又是一個(gè)豐收的七月，在這美好的日子里，我們迎來了頌長(zhǎng)城，愛中華”國(guó)防教育電視演講比賽

為深入貫徹落實(shí)胡錦濤總書記關(guān)于“形成全黨全國(guó)關(guān)心國(guó)防，支持國(guó)防，建設(shè)國(guó)防的濃厚氛圍”的重要指示精神，全面落實(shí)科學(xué)發(fā)展觀，大力宣揚(yáng)新時(shí)期擁政愛民，關(guān)心國(guó)防，獻(xiàn)身國(guó)防的生動(dòng)實(shí)踐，抒發(fā)愛國(guó)情感，傳播國(guó)防知識(shí)，弘揚(yáng)以愛國(guó)主義為核心的民族精神和以改革創(chuàng)新為核心的時(shí)代精神，引導(dǎo)干部群眾增強(qiáng)國(guó)防觀念，支持國(guó)防建設(shè)，為全面建設(shè)小康社會(huì)，今天在這里，區(qū)人武部，區(qū)委宣傳部，區(qū)文民辦，區(qū)廣播電視中心共同組織舉辦“頌長(zhǎng)城，愛中華”國(guó)防教育電視演講比賽。下面，我為大家介紹今天出席我們活動(dòng)的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，他們是：

寧波軍分區(qū)政治部主任趙天云大校，區(qū)委副書記簣開波，區(qū)委常委，宣傳部長(zhǎng)楊勁等。

讓我們用熱烈的掌聲歡迎各位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的到來。

我們這次比賽還得到了浙江大匯工程建設(shè)股份有限公司的大力支持和參與。在此我們表示最誠(chéng)摯的感謝。同時(shí)也歡迎他們的到來。

下面我為大家介紹今天比賽的評(píng)委，他們是

區(qū)人武部：王意雄同志

區(qū)委宣傳部

區(qū)委黨校

區(qū)教育局

讓我們?yōu)楦魑辉u(píng)委即將開始的辛勤工作表示熱烈的歡迎和衷心的感謝！

我們本次比賽設(shè)一等獎(jiǎng)兩名，二等獎(jiǎng)四名，三等獎(jiǎng)六名。

在這里我宣讀一下比賽規(guī)則：

1、比賽選手出場(chǎng)順序均有抽簽決定。

2、每位參賽選手的演講時(shí)間不超過8分鐘

3、為體現(xiàn)“公開、公正、公平”的原則，比賽進(jìn)行現(xiàn)場(chǎng)打分，當(dāng)場(chǎng)公布。前三名選手演講結(jié)束后評(píng)委開始打分，五位評(píng)委打分的平均分為最后得分。評(píng)委按照百分制給每位參賽的選手打分，去掉一個(gè)最高分和最低分，取其他所有分值的平均分。名字按照參賽選手的最后得分從高到低排列。

4、演講時(shí)如需背景音樂的，由參賽者自行準(zhǔn)備。并在賽前交至籌備小組

5、一律使用普通話，儀態(tài)自然大方，著裝規(guī)范

6、具體評(píng)分細(xì)則已經(jīng)下發(fā)給各位評(píng)委和選手，自此不做宣讀

好，現(xiàn)在我宣布頌長(zhǎng)城，愛中華國(guó)防教育電視演講比賽正式開始，請(qǐng)各位選手做好準(zhǔn)備

下面按照賽前的抽簽順序進(jìn)行比賽。

首先有請(qǐng)1號(hào)選手，來自(單位)的（名字），他演講的題目是XXXX。請(qǐng)2號(hào)選手作準(zhǔn)備。

有請(qǐng)2號(hào)選手，來自XXX(單位)的XXX（名字），他演講的題目是XXXX。請(qǐng)3號(hào)選手作準(zhǔn)備。

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有請(qǐng)3號(hào)選手，來自XXX(單位)的XXX（名字），他演講的題目是XXXX。請(qǐng)4號(hào)選手作準(zhǔn)備。

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有請(qǐng)4號(hào)選手，來自XXX(單位)的XXX（名字），他演講的題目是XXXX。請(qǐng)5號(hào)選手作準(zhǔn)備。

根據(jù)比賽規(guī)則，前3名選手演講結(jié)束后評(píng)委集中打分，現(xiàn)在，1號(hào)到3號(hào)選手的成績(jī)已經(jīng)出來了，1號(hào)選手最后得分：，2號(hào)選手最后得分，3號(hào)選手最后得分。

下面，有請(qǐng)5號(hào)選手，來自XXX(單位)的XXX（名字），他演講的題目是XXXX。請(qǐng)6號(hào)選手作準(zhǔn)備。

現(xiàn)在公布4號(hào)選手最后得分：

（孫）現(xiàn)在公布6號(hào)選手最后得分：。

有請(qǐng)8號(hào)選手，來自XXX(單位)的XXX（名字），他演講的題目是XXXX。請(qǐng)9號(hào)選手作準(zhǔn)備。

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（倪）現(xiàn)在公布7號(hào)選手最后得分：。

有請(qǐng)9號(hào)選手，來自XXX(單位)的XXX（名字），他演講的題目是XXXX。請(qǐng)10號(hào)選手作準(zhǔn)備。有請(qǐng)6號(hào)選手，來自XXX(單位)的XXX（名字），他演講的題目是XXXX。請(qǐng)7號(hào)選手作準(zhǔn)備。

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（倪）現(xiàn)在公布5號(hào)選手最后得分：。

有請(qǐng)7號(hào)選手，來自XXX(單位)的XXX（名字），他演講的題目是XXXX。請(qǐng)8號(hào)選手作準(zhǔn)備。

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現(xiàn)在公布8號(hào)選手最后得分：。

有請(qǐng)10號(hào)選手，來自XXX(單位)的XXX（名字），他演講的題目是XXXX。請(qǐng)11號(hào)選手作準(zhǔn)備。

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現(xiàn)在公布9號(hào)選手最后得分：。

有請(qǐng)11號(hào)選手，來自XXX(單位)的XXX（名字），他演講的題目是XXXX。請(qǐng)12號(hào)選手作準(zhǔn)備。

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現(xiàn)在公布10號(hào)選手最后得分：。

有請(qǐng)12號(hào)選手，來自XXX(單位)的XXX（名字），他演講的題目是XXXX。?????????????????????????

進(jìn)行到這里，我們所有參賽的12位選手已經(jīng)全部演講結(jié)束，都表現(xiàn)出了很高的水平，真的是各有千秋，難分高下，最后排名如何，我們的工作人員正在進(jìn)行緊張的計(jì)算和最后的核對(duì)，請(qǐng)大家和12位選手一起等待最后的比賽結(jié)果。）大家期待已久的比賽結(jié)果終于出來了，首先公布11號(hào)選手的最后得分：XXX，12選手的最后得分：XXX。下面我來宣布最后的比賽成績(jī)：

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX（每個(gè)人的具體分?jǐn)?shù)）

根據(jù)各位選手的比賽成績(jī)和我們的獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)設(shè)置，獲得本次演講比賽三等獎(jiǎng)的選手是(3人)，有請(qǐng)頒獎(jiǎng)嘉賓(3人)為他們頒獎(jiǎng)！掌聲表示祝賀！

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獲得本次演講比賽二等獎(jiǎng)的選手是XXXXXX(2人)，有請(qǐng)頒獎(jiǎng)嘉賓XXXX(2人)為他們頒獎(jiǎng)！掌聲表示祝賀！

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獲得本次頌長(zhǎng)城，愛中華”國(guó)防教育電視演講比賽一等獎(jiǎng)的選手是XXXXX（1人），有請(qǐng)頒獎(jiǎng)嘉賓XXX(1人)上臺(tái)頒獎(jiǎng)。

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讓我們?cè)僖淮伟颜坡曀徒o這些獲獎(jiǎng)選手，向他們表示衷心的祝賀！

尊敬的各位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、各位評(píng)委、各位同事：

國(guó)防建設(shè)是我的事，你的事，大家的事，是今天的事，明天的事，長(zhǎng)久的事。讓我們?cè)趨^(qū)委區(qū)政府的正確領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下，共同譜寫丹徒北侖國(guó)防建設(shè)更加絢麗的篇章。

到這里，2012年頌長(zhǎng)城，愛中華”國(guó)防教育電視演講比賽演講比賽全部結(jié)束了。感謝大家的參與

請(qǐng)各位現(xiàn)場(chǎng)觀眾讓我們此次比賽的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)和嘉賓先行，請(qǐng)各單位組織好退場(chǎng)秩序。再次感謝大家

第三篇：英語演講比賽優(yōu)秀文稿欣賞

Look on life’s bright side
K=7 李玲玲

Good morning teachers, Today it is my great pleasure to be here to share my speech with you.Before my speech, would you like to answer my question--What’s the life? In my opinion, life is like a mirror.If you cry to it, it cries to you, if you want it smile to you, you have only one way, that is---smile.The most beautiful smile is the most fascinating kind of expression, sincere , warm and happy.Success and failure in life is just like the two sides of a coin.Failure does not mean that you have not succeeded, it only means that you shall have to learn more.Failure does not mean you can not succeed, failure means you need more time;Failure does not mean anything, failure only means you need to work harder.Dear friends ,let’s face failure smiling!Do you know, Mark Twain, the famous writer, whose business was down, he lost all his money, but he didn’t give up.After earnest thinking, he abandoned business and buried him into writing.At last he succeeded.When somebody asked for his experience of success, his answer is very simple---“because I know that the life is bright.”

Yes, life is bright.If he didn’t look on the bright side of the life, if he lost heart, how could he reach his success? Why are you always keeping yourselves in the sad feeling, why not smile to life? Balzac wrote: “The world things are never absolute, and the results are vary, suffering is a stepping stone for the genius.Failure for the talented people is an asset, for the weak is an abyss.” Life is beautiful.Can you hear birds singing? Can you see flowers blooming? How bright our lives are！!I would like to tell you a story.Shi Li hua, a businessman of Tailand, whose business community owns hundreds of millions of dollars.Unfortunately, in 1997’s financial crisis, he went bankrupt.Facing the failure, he said simply: “Well!And I can start all over again!” He calmly walked into the ranks of street selling sandwiches.A year later, he comeback.his smiling face of a failure made him reborn.My dear friends please do not complain about life giving you so much suffering, do not complain there are too many twists and turns in life.If the ocean lost rolling waves , you would lose power;If desert lost sandstorm, it would lose the spectacular, life is obtained if only two points to the front line of smooth, life would have been impossible charm.Friends, smile!Sing songs of life!Life is bright!

Open you mind, so narrow-minded selfish fade;Fly the soul freely, so open-minded tolerance regression.Thus, a clear insight into the world will be in front of you: blue sky, white clouds, clear water , romantic flowers will be stunning in your nose, butterflies will dance at your side.Friends, smile!Sing songs of life!Life is bright!To think each failure is an attempt not to feel inferior;to think of every success of a lucky, not proud.In this way, smiling, playing the calm of the string, to face setbacks,

to accept happiness, to taste alone to shower sad.Before I finish my speech, would you like to smile we me? Let’s embrace all our lives, smiling!Everything will become so beautiful, so nice!This is our bright true life!Thank you!

第四篇：當(dāng)你老了_大學(xué)演講比賽文稿

當(dāng)你老了

“當(dāng)你老了，走不動(dòng)了，爐火旁取暖，回憶青春，多少人曾愛你青春歡暢的時(shí)辰”，一首《當(dāng)你老了》勾出了無數(shù)青絲白發(fā)背后的回憶，也激起了多少青年熱淚下錚錚的誓言。難忘今宵皎月下的閑庭信步，躊躇滿志的你是否在月影星疏間找回了曾經(jīng)擲地有聲的理想。時(shí)光仿佛在這個(gè)冬天留給我們太多的眷戀，每一個(gè)畫面都像是凝固的照片，如同那永遠(yuǎn)盤腿屈躬的《思想者》，在沉思人生的路該去向何方。無數(shù)的事實(shí)證明，那些在艱難困苦中還恪守原則，懷抱夢(mèng)想的人，無不有超強(qiáng)的毅力與堅(jiān)持不懈的精神，而那些只把理想掛在嘴邊的人，最終只能在失敗的哀樂中草草收?qǐng)觯麄兊那啻合г跓o涯的時(shí)光里，他們的理想游離在無氧的塵土間。歷史勾勒出黑白的枯淡，也營(yíng)造了彩色的繽紛，而青春無疑是彩色的，充滿活力的，有夢(mèng)想的。

五四時(shí)期的作家林語堂先生說過“夢(mèng)想無論怎樣模糊，總潛伏在我們的心底，使我們的心境永遠(yuǎn)得不到寧?kù)o，直到這些夢(mèng)想成為事實(shí)才止；像種子在地下一樣，一定要萌芽滋長(zhǎng)，伸出地面來，尋找陽光”。其實(shí)夢(mèng)想并不是掛在嘴上，而是埋藏在心里的，等到冬去春來，等到溫暖的陽光喚醒長(zhǎng)眠冬日的記憶。在這樣的時(shí)節(jié)里，充滿著朝氣與希望，我們有什么理由荒廢呢？趁著明媚的春光與朝陽，趁著年輕時(shí)的血?dú)夥絼偅弥鴷r(shí)光的流轉(zhuǎn)還未后悔，在悠蕩的青春里撥開層層迷霧，找尋到我們奮斗的動(dòng)力與信仰吧！正如小麥在最容易滋生惰性的時(shí)節(jié)里蓄勢(shì)而“發(fā)”，不因深埋土里為人所不識(shí)而放棄，也不因整個(gè)冬天見不到陽光而苦惱，而是朝向陽光的方向努力生長(zhǎng)。我們不也應(yīng)該這樣嗎？寒冷不應(yīng)成為我們前進(jìn)的阻力，而應(yīng)成為消滅惰性的動(dòng)力。

因?yàn)楹洌驗(yàn)榭嚯y與折磨，我們整個(gè)冬天慵懶的躲在閉塞的室內(nèi)，等待著冬去春來。然而古詩(shī)所說“不經(jīng)一番徹骨寒，哪得梅花撲鼻香”。在歷經(jīng)苦難與折磨時(shí)，我們應(yīng)像那些擁有梅花品質(zhì)的人一樣，讓苦難更好的鑄造我們；

而不是像那些意志薄弱的人，將其當(dāng)成一種折磨。其實(shí)如同互相搏斗的兩人，不是我戰(zhàn)勝你，就是你把我打倒，最終的勝利者只有一方。人生正如一場(chǎng)比賽，由于各種因素的不同，譬如起跑線的不同，導(dǎo)致結(jié)果不同，但有一樣卻是相同的，那便是我們的青春。婉如門前老樹上冒出的新芽，充滿積極向上的希望。我想擁有別樣的人生，不管是酸甜苦辣，仰或是跌宕起伏，我都愿拿我的青春作賭注，在正當(dāng)年華的時(shí)間里劃過時(shí)間的裂痕，留住自己堅(jiān)毅且?guī)洑獾纳碛啊Ｒ苍S成功會(huì)令我洋洋灑灑，失敗會(huì)令我垂頭喪氣，然而耀眼的背后卻是暗里的刺痛，頹靡的背后又是不甘心的再起。但，這正是我想要的別樣人生，它可以不斷磨練我，直至我能發(fā)出像太陽一樣能照遍神州大地的光芒。這樣的人生無疑是首蕩氣回腸的挽歌，令人久久的陶醉。

偉人奧斯特洛夫斯基曾說過：一個(gè)人的生命應(yīng)該這樣度過，當(dāng)他回首往事時(shí)，不會(huì)因虛度年華而悔恨，也不會(huì)因碌碌無為而羞恥。在臨死的時(shí)候，他能夠說：我的整個(gè)生命和全部精力，都已獻(xiàn)給了世界上最壯麗的事業(yè)——為人類的解放事業(yè)而斗爭(zhēng)！我想，我們作為當(dāng)代大學(xué)生，社會(huì)主義的接班人，我們更應(yīng)該謹(jǐn)記這句話！希望我們的青春無怨、無悔！這樣，當(dāng)你老了，兩鬢白發(fā)之時(shí)，我們可以自豪的說：“此生無憾”！

最后我希望以莎士比亞說過的一句話來結(jié)束我的演講：“青春時(shí)代是一個(gè)短暫的美夢(mèng)，當(dāng)你醒來時(shí)，這早已消失得無影無蹤”。所以別讓青春沉浮，這個(gè)夢(mèng)雖然短暫卻讓人回味，有活力的青春才是夢(mèng)想騰飛的翅膀！

第五篇：英語節(jié)目文稿

SWINGGYPSY-----搖擺吉普車

Opening

F: Hello, everyone.Welcome to this week’s Crispy English on Xiamen University Broadcasting Station.I’m Sijia.M: I’m Yuanxuan.F: To outsiders, the Gypsy is always a mystery.From origin to fortune telling, from clothing to everyday life, everything about them seems to be covered with a veil.M: In today’s program, we are going to get close to the special ethnic group—the Gypsy.F: We will begin the journey with Word Club, and in World’s Kaleidoscope, more information about the Gypsy is waiting for you.M: In Movie House, we will have a movie about a person’s wandering into the wild.Coming soon is Word Club.Please stay tuned.Word Club

F: Hello, everyone.Welcome back.In today’s Word Club, we are going to share with you some fresh words and expressions related to the special ethnic group—the Gypsy.M: When people talk about the Gypsy, some certain modifiers often come to their minds.Sijia, when you hear the word “gypsy”, what’s the first impression that occurs to you?

F: Um, a beautiful woman in a long colorful dress with a crystal ball in her hands.M: Aha, I think many of us are not strange to your description.That is a typical image of a gypsy fortune teller.“Fortune teller”, “占卜師、算命師”.身著色彩斑斕的長(zhǎng)裙，手捧水晶球的女郎是吉普賽占卜師的典型形象。

F: Yes, you are right.In ancient times, a lot of Gypsies made their living by telling fortunes.Actually, Gypsies are prized for their remarkable gifts to foresee the future or perform magic.There are four major divination methods for the Gypsy.“Divination method”, “占卜方法”.They are “palm reading”, “看手相”;“tea leaves reading”, “茶葉算命”;“crystal ball”, “水晶球” and “tarot cards”, “塔羅牌”.M: Wow, it seems that Gypsies are natural fortune tellers.No wonder they can make a living out of it.F: 嗯，你說的沒錯(cuò)！吉普賽人似乎天生就是算命師。“天生的”, “natural”.當(dāng)我們想說一個(gè)人天生擁有某種稟賦時(shí)，除了 “natural”之外，我們還可以用 “inborn” or “unschooled”。例如, He has an inborn talent for arts。他是個(gè)天生的藝術(shù)家。M: Gypsies are not only natural fortune tellers, but also inborn wanderers.To Gypsies, being a nomadic people, wandering from one place to another is as natural as breathing.F: “Wanderer”, “流浪者”, 對(duì)于吉普賽人來說人生即是流浪，流浪即是生活。The word “nomadic”, meaning “流浪的、游牧的”, is definitely an accurate word to describe their life.M: In fact, the term “Gypsy” itself has an undertone of wandering.“吉普賽式的生活”, “the gypsy life”, is a life that keeps traveling from place to place with no permanent home.And if someone says, “I’ve never lived in one place for long;it must be the Gypsy in me.” What he really wants to say is that he has a desire to go around the world.F: Other words that mean the same as “wanderer” are “rover”, “roamer”, “stray”, and “tramp”.Only the last two are negative.M: So if you come across a wanderer one day, be careful about your choice of words.Don’t make a mistake.F: Being dubbed as the “free spirit” of the world, Gypsies keep wandering and barely stop.But if they travel most of the time, where do they live? Yuanxuan, do you have any idea?

M: Um...let me have a guess.Do they live in a kind of tent like the Mongolian yurt? F: “Mongolian yurt”, “蒙古包”.But Gypsies do not live in yurts.They have their special “house”—a caravan, “大篷車”.M: A caravan?

F: Yes, a caravan is the “house” of a Gypsy family.It was a wagon driven by one or two horses in the past and now, a vehicle can be pulled by a car.Usually, these caravans are equipped with only the most basic necessities of daily life.M: Wow, live in a vehicle!That sounds interesting.F: Totally agree.Apart from this interesting life style, you can find excellent dancers and instrument performers in Gypsies.Over the years, they have developed their own kind of music and dance.M: Flamenco is a style of dance coming from the Gypsy.Involving vigorous actions as clapping the hands and stamping the feet, the rhythm of the dance is often very strong.“Flamenco”, “弗拉明戈舞”.這種源于吉普賽人的舞蹈，節(jié)奏明快，熱情奔放，是世界的一大藝術(shù)瑰寶。

F: Speaking of dance, there are various styles of dances, such as “classical dance” “古典舞”, “ballet” “芭蕾舞”, “folk dance” “民間舞、民族舞”, “modern dance” “現(xiàn)代舞”, “tap dance” “踢踏舞” and “jazz” “爵士舞”.The Flamenco, belonging to the folk dance, enjoys a worldwide fame.M: Well, dear friends, that’s all for today’s Word Club.Let’s go on the journey in World’s Kaleidoscope.Just a minute!

World’s Kaleidoscope

M: Welcome back.You are with Yuanxuan and Sijia in today’s Crispy English.In World’s Kaleidoscope we are going to talk about the special ethnic group—the Gypsy.F: Speaking of the Gypsy, people are always curious about who they are, so today we will begin with their origin.M: The origin of the Gypsy was a mystery until the 18th century.In the past, Gypsies were considered of coming from Egypt and thus they got the name Gypsy, which is short for Egyptian.But this was and still is a widely spread mistake.F: In fact, the Gypsy has nothing to do with Egypt.After years of research, scholars finally believed that the Gypsy originated in India.About 1,000 years ago, they began to leave their homeland, probably as a result of Muslim invasion.M: Also from then on, the Gypsy started their wandering life, and has never settled down.By the 14th century, they arrived in Europe and spread to different countries.F: Strangely, wherever they entered, they got a new name.In Britain, they were called “Gypsy”, in France, “Bohemian”, in Russian, “Tzigane”.Undoubtedly, these names make people feel more confused about them.M: But all the time Gypsies call themselves Roma, a distinct people from the rest Europeans.F: It seems we have talked much about their origin, but still, I don’t know who they are.I mean, what do they look like?

M: Aha, you are asking the right person.Let me give you a description of a typical Gypsy.F: Please.I’m all ears.M: She was dancing, turning, whirling on an old Persian carpet, thrown down carelessly beneath her feet.While she danced like that, to the thrumming of a

tambourine held above her head by her two pure, shapely arms, slim, frail, lively as a wasp, with her golden unpleated bodice, her brightly colored dress swirling out, her bare shoulders, her slender legs uncovered now and then by her skirt, her dark hair, her blazing eyes, she was a supernatural creature.F: Ah, this is La Esmeralda in Victor Hugo′s Notre Dame de Paris(巴黎圣母院).Yeah, she is a typical Gypsy woman.How can I forget her!

M: Though she is a character in a fiction, she is a typical Gypsy in appearance.In reality, Gypsies have very expressive dark eyes and blue-black hair.Often, the Gypsy women wear long, full skirts of bright colors.Both men and women love to wear abundant jewelry, especially gold coins and hoop earrings.F: No matter in novels or in reality, the Gypsy is known as a symbol of freedom.They preserve a wandering culture.They are always happy, optimistic, carefree and unconventional.M: Yes.For example, they like to walk barefoot because they think “it is better to feel the earth”.And they lack routine of any kind.For them, the routine may simply be to eat when hungry, to sleep when tired.They have no particular day of rest, such as Sunday, but take advantage of almost any occasion to “celebrate” the day.F: And because of the wandering life style, Gypsies traditionally earn money by trading horses, telling fortunes, or repairing pots and dishes.M: To outsiders, their behaviors are unacceptable, but they are totally indifferent to what others think of them.In their concepts, life is short, so just be yourself—a true Gypsy.F: Ok, that’s all for today’s World’s Kaleidoscope.Hope you have learnt something interesting and useful.Coming up is Movie House.Stick around!

Movie House

F: Welcome back.As we have mentioned, the Gypsy is a symbol of freedom.Wandering is an everlasting theme for this particular group of people.However, the appetite for wandering is not exclusive to the Gypsy.It may be deep in everyone’s heart.M: In today’s Movie House, we’ll share with you a movie called “Into the Wild”—a movie about a person’s wandering.It is based on a real story, which aroused great attention in the American society.F: Without too many dialogues or an interesting plot, the film depicts a wander’s

lonely journey to Alaska.“Into the Wild”, 中文名《荒野生存》，改編自真人真事，講述了主人公Chris在大學(xué)之后，拋棄一切，流浪北美大陸，最終不幸困死阿拉斯加荒原的真實(shí)故事。

M: Why does a young man from a wealthy family with a promising future desert everything and choose to be a tramp? 每個(gè)人似乎都在問，這樣的選擇，這樣的流浪究竟值不值得？

F: Now, let’s have a glimpse of the movie and hope you can find the answer.[Clip 1]

Chris: For now, after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure—the climatic battle to kill the false being within and victoriously conclude the spiritual revolution.Chris: No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild.“Alexander·Supertramp”.M: This is the beginning of the movie.A vast wilderness covered with snow spread into the distance.影片一開始時(shí)Chris已經(jīng)成功到達(dá)了阿拉斯加荒原，冬天的阿拉斯加白雪皚皚。Luckily enough, after two years’ roaming, Chris arrived in Alaska wilderness.There, he found a deserted bus and transformed it into a “house”.He named it “the Magic Bus”.With the Magic Bus as a shelter, Chris’s adventure was good.F: And when everything was settled down, his mind started to flash back to the past.It was two years ago, he just graduated from college.At the graduation dinner, Chris’s parents proposed to buy him a new car, but…

[Clip 2]

Father: We want to buy you a new car.Mother: That’s right!

Chris: A new car?

Mother: En

Chris: Why would I want a new car? Datsun runs great.Do you think I want some fancy boat？Are you worried what the neighbors might think?

Mother: Well, we wouldn’t get you a brand new Cadillac Chris.We just want to get you a new car that’s safe to drive.And you never know when that thing out there just might blow up?

Chris: Blow up? Blow up? Are you guys crazy? It’s a great car.I don’t need a new car.I don’t want a new car.I don’t want anything.These things!Things!Things!Things！

Mother: Okay.Father: Everything has to be difficult.Chris: Thank you.Father: Thank you.Mother: Maybe that’s not what he means.Maybe he just wants his old car.It’s not such a big deal.Chris: Thank you.I just don’t want any thing.Carine: Chris measured himself and those around him by a fiercely rigorous moral code.He risked what could have been a relentlessly lonely path but found company in the characters of the books he loved, from writers like Tolstoy, Jack London and Thoreau.He could summon their words to suit any occasion and he often would.I forgot to ask what quote he’d picked for his graduation dinner.But I had a good idea of who the primary target would be.It was inevitable that Chris would break away.And when he did, he would do it with characteristic immoderation.M: Carine是Chris的妹妹。What Carine said might well explain why Chris chose to wander to Alaska alone.He wanted to get rid of everything—parents, money, restriction.He just didn’t want anything.F: Chris began his roaming to Alaska immediately after the unhappy dinner.He got everything prepared and even gave himself a brand new name

“Alexander·Supertramp”.一路上他經(jīng)過了很多地方, 遇見了形形色色的人，碰上了許許多多的事情。當(dāng)然一路相隨的還有沿途的風(fēng)景和那份流浪的自在。The beautiful scenery and the experience of fancy-free along the journey made him exciting.Just as he said, “it should not be denied that being footloose always exhilarated us”.M: 但是另一方面，當(dāng)Chris完全消失，將近幾個(gè)月杳無音信之后，他的父母開始擔(dān)心起來。

[Clip 3]

Carine: With almost a year having passed since Chris’s disappearance, my parents’ anger, their desperation, their guilt was giving way to pain.And pain seemed to bring them closer.Even their faces have changed.She convinces herself it’s Chris.That is her son whenever she passes a stray.And I fear for the mother in her—instincts that seem to sense the threat of a loss so huge and irrevocable that the mind balks taking its measure.I’ve began to wonder if I can understand all that Chris is saying any longer.But I catch myself and remember that these are not the parents he grew up with, but people softened by the forced reflection that comes with loss.F: 之前，Chris和Carine的父母經(jīng)常吵架，婚姻很不美滿。而這段不美滿的婚姻對(duì)兩個(gè)孩子造成了很大的陰影。To some extent, Chris’s wandering was out of the

disappointment to his parents.Chris’s disappearance gave them a chance to reflect and change.But their son never came back.[Clip 4]

Ron: I’m gona miss you when you go.Chris: I’ll miss you too, Ron.But you are wrong that the joy of life comes principally from human relationships.God’s placed it all around us.It’s in everything.It’s in anything we can experience.People just need to change the way they look at those things.Ron: Yeah, I’m going to take a stock of that.You know I am.I am.But I want to tell you something.From the bits and pieces I put together, you know, from much you told me about your family, your mother, your dad.And I know you’ve got problems with the church too.But there is some kind of bigger thing we can all appreciate and it sounds like you don’t mind calling it God.But, when you forgive, you love, and when you love, God’s light shines on you.M: 在Chris到達(dá)阿拉斯加荒原的前一站，他遇到了老兵Ron，兩人一見如故。作為一位長(zhǎng)輩，看到年輕的Chris如此率性妄為，Ron就以自己的經(jīng)歷勸Chris要學(xué)會(huì)原諒父母，學(xué)會(huì)去愛。When you forgive, you love.And when you love, God’s light shines on you.F: But Chris might be too stubborn to understand that.在到達(dá)阿拉斯加之后，Chris度過了幾個(gè)月愜意的日子，以書、以荒野為伴。One day, after several months of carefree life in the wilderness, Chris ate some poisonous plant by accident.And he was about to die.M: As Chris became weaker and weaker, he gradually realized the meaning of family.With his last strength, he wrote down in the notebook with tears in eyes, “happiness only real when shared”.是啊，幸福需要分享，也許，流浪終究不是歸宿。

Ending

You’ve been listening to Crispy English on Xiamen University Broadcasting Station.It’s time to say goodbye.For the audio and script of today’s program, please visit us at xmubs.xmu.edu.cn.In the end is a beautiful song “Fearless” by Taylor Swift.I’m Sijia.I’m Yuanxuan.On behalf of our editors Sun Shuang and Lina, and our board operator Deng Shu, we’d like to thank you for your listening.See you next time.責(zé)任編輯 思佳