第一篇：英文演講,如何提高教育

A total of 48 schools in central and eastern China who aim to upgrade their designated

learning institution status passed the preliminary evaluation by the Ministry of Education, the complete list of names released to the public on December 29.As outlined by the ministry, in order for a learning institution to be considered for university status in China, standards include having over 100 professors, over 8,000 enrolled undergrads, at least 10 different masters degree programs, as well as specific credential requirements for instructors and number of national awards.Liu Shaohuai, secretary of the Party committee at Yunnan University in Kunming, Yunann Province, was quoted by the Kunming-based Chuncheng Evening News as explaining that a school upgrade, such as from a college to university, helps in improving its education strength and quality, as well as strengthening its reputation and influence.However, it is still unclear that name changes are effective or how stringently the standards are upheld by the Ministry, amounting to nothing more than repackaging the same institution to attract students and increased government funding.Do you see the upgrade process as effective in improving its quality of education or merely a form of marketing?

Song Jun

A first-year sociology graduate student at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan

Being awarded a status change is key for schools looking to improve their reputation.Because most high school students prefer having the word “university” over “college” when they apply, a name change will boost enrollment.If enrollment goes up, the school will be able to employ better teachers, thus improving its reputation.Liu Ting

A business administration senior at China University of Petroleum, Beijing

A school's strength doesn't depend on what its name is.Take Massachusetts Institute of Technology for example.It doesn't have the word “university” in its name, but it is still a prestigious institution sought after by many students all over the world.Wang Qi

Associate professor at Hebei Normal University

The process involved in getting an upgrade is positive to the school's development, because as a “university”, the school has to improve their campus, courses and faculty in order to do so.Prof.Wang

at China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing

Changing from a “college” into “university” in title gives others an impression that the school has been improved.But the strength of a school lies in its education quality, not its name.Some schools especially add eye-catching words such as “finance and economics” or “politics and law” to their names, but whether this is reflecting any actual change is questionable.The education department should tighten up their evaluation of schools applying for an upgrade As China outperformed the rest of the world economically during the financial crisis,optimism about the country's progress soared--and self-satisfaction has followed.I worry that as a result the country's internal push for reforms has stalled.That's not good, for China's apparent strengths mask some serious underlying weaknesses.The area in which China needs reform most is education.Richard Levin, the president of Yale University, predicts that within 25 years several Chinese universities will be ranked among the world's top 10 and compete with Ivy League schools.Is there a reason for such a prediction, or is Levin just trying to scare his alumni into donating more to stay competitive?

Sure, there have been improvements, but not nearly on the scale Levin implies.China's professors and the research they do are indeed becoming world-class.The government earmarks 1.5% of gross domestic product for spending on higher education, and it has made it a specific goal to recruit some of the world's top minds by building world-class laboratories and giving them very generous funding.Many of my classmates from

Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences have been actively recruited, and some of them are now professors at Peking University and China's other top universities.To get the Chinese version of tenure, professors must get published in world-class journals in English;publication in Chinese journals doesn't count.These are all encouraging signs.They are the first thrust toward a Chinese institution cracking the world's top tier.However, an educational system can't become great on the merits of a few faculty

members who were mostly trained abroad and their research, awards and patents.It has

to be equipping students with the thinking skills that will allow them to compete with

graduates anywhere in the world and create the next Google(GOOGpeople)or Apple(AAPLpeople).By that measure, China's universities aren't succeeding.Too many multinational corporations can't find enough highly skilled white-collar workers in the country.In

interviews my firm, the China Market Research Group, conducts every year with senior executives at foreign companies in China, we hear a common complaint that younger workers just don't think analytically enough, despite being intelligent and earnest.It's incredible, when you consider that the number of university graduates has risen from 1 million a year a decade ago to more than 6 million this year.Former U.S.assistant secretary of education Chester Finn recently wrote in TheWall

Street Journal that the average Chinese college applicant has spent 30% more time in the classroom than his American counterpart--and that's not including considerable time in enrichment classes after school and on weekends.Finn cites that figure as something the U.S.should emulate.I could not disagree more.The amount of time in class is not the issue;the quality of that time is, and there the Chinese education system is lacking.Here are the three areas where reform should be concentrated:

First, students should be allowed to apply to colleges and then choose their majors later on, based on their interests.Currently they have to apply when they are 18 years old for a specific major at a specific school, the way Ph.D.students apply to postgraduate

programs in the U.S., and then they study that subject alone for four years.If they don't get accepted by their chosen academic department, they don't get in to the university.The result is that they try to game the system, applying for the major they think will get them into their university of choice rather than the one that actually interests them.The way curricula are designed, they rarely get to take electives, so they develop is no

multidisciplinary depth.Many students realize before long that they don't want to study biology or accounting after all, but they find they have no choice.This is a big reason there has been a recent boom in private training schools for young professionals.Second, universities need to work more closely with companies like Microsoft(MSFTpeople)and Intel(INTCpeople)to develop curricula and work-study programs.They need to become less theoretical and more practical in their aspirations.Not all students can become great thinkers, but all students need to learn how to earn money and support themselves.Colleges can do more to help with that by beefing up their career departments, aiding students in presenting themselves to prospective employers and forging better relationships with businesses.Finally, China's universities should make more effort to teach students to think critically.Too much learning is done by rote, and by taking in lectures and reading assignments with little or no discussion.Too many classes are graded solely on the basis of large multiple-choice exams, and there is little classroom interaction.Chinese graduate students need to spend more time teaching, with proper preparation, to improve the quality of instruction at the university level.A better trained corps of teaching fellows could lighten professors' loads and cut down class sizes significantly.That would make possible classroom discussions, allowing students to form their own thoughts and debate them.Chinese universities can't simply recruit their way to international prominence.They need to do far more to train their students to think, or their graduates will continue to fall short of employers' expectations--and China's own competitiveness on the world stage will suffer, too.Shaun Rein is the founder and managing director of the China Market Research Group, a strategic market intelligence firm.He writes for Forbes on leadership, marketing and China.

第二篇：英文演講--教育與未來

Hello everybody!How is everybody doing today? I know that for many of us, this year is the first year of graduate study.Maybe some of you are wishing it was still summer and you could have stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.I know that feeling.But I’m here today because I want to talk with you about our education and future.We can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world--and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities.That’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.This isn’t just important for your own life and your own future.What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country.The future of China depends on you.What you’re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.So We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect.Maybe Some of you don’t have those advantages.But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life--what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have--none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school.There is no excuse for not trying.You know, Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.No one’s written your destiny for you, because here in China, you write your own destiny.You make your own future.J.K.Rowling--who wrote Harry Potter--her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published.Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career.But he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my life.And that’s why I succeed.”

The story of China isn’t about people who quit when things got tough.It’s about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.So I expect all of you to get serious this year.I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do.So don’t let your family down or your country down.Most of all, don’t let yourself down.Make us all proud.Thank you very much, everybody.God bless you.

第三篇：英文演講

Why Do People Want To Have Less Stressed Life

As modorn society is bringing so much strees to people who want to just make a living, more and more people chosed to have less stress than high salery, glamorous life style and sometimes, fame.So, why do people want to have less stressed life? Some may ask.I think the main reason is almost every knows that stress is a great killer to health.Yes, if you are not even healthy, what are thease money for? It doesn't worth it!It is obvious, no one is not clear about that.There are may be other reasons too.Some people who do cares about their families found they have less time to spend wirh people they love because of the work load caused by stress.The complain“ I don't even know since when my little girl can call me dady!Stress has brought too much from my life!”

Of course, there maybe other reason for people getting away from stress, and i guess i don't have make a list of it.Because, each of you here may raise yourself the question: why do i want to have a less stressed life? And different version of the answer will just pop out your mind!

Everyone, please always remember: Seeking for a successful life is not wrong, but you should always judge the the thing you get and the thing you sacraficed.

第四篇：英文演講

I feel so happy to have the chance to make a speech.The title of my speech is Protect the Environment, Protect Ourselves.I hope you will like it.今天能有機會給大家做這個演講我感到非常榮幸。我演講的題目是保護環境就是保護我們自身，希望大家喜歡。

Everybody knows waste paper and used coke cans are discarded everywhere.You might have seen plastic bags flying in the sky and getting caught in the trees when the wind blows or maybe you have seen old cans floating in the rivers and polluting the water.Our environment is the place in which we live, but it is being ruined by us.大家都能看見廢紙，可樂瓶丟得到處都是；也可能看到過塑料袋滿天飛，當風停的時候就掛在樹上；易拉罐在河里順流而下污染水源。我們大家賴以生存的環境，卻被我們親手破壞了。There is a story about house and trees.It is said that a man’s house was

surrounded by a lot of trees.Though the wind was strong, that man could have a good rest under the trees.How comfortable the life was!One day, that man wanted to enlarge his house, so he cut down all the trees.Then the autumn came without the protection.The strong wind blew the roof of the house into the sky.The whole house was gone with the wind.What a pity!But that’s the price people have to pay for destroying in the ecology balance.People shouldn’t be short-sighted.Protecting the environment is everyone’s task.有一個關于房子和樹的故事。講的是一個人住在樹林圍繞的房子中，盡管風很大，這個人還是可以在樹下安然而坐。這是多么愜意的生活啊！可是有一天，他想擴建他的房屋，所以他把所有的樹都砍掉了。然而，秋天就在這時候來了，因為房子沒有任何的保護，狂風把房頂吹上了天空，整個房子黯然消逝在狂風中。這又是多么遺憾的一件事啊！但是，這就是破壞生態平衡的人所要付出的代價。人類不應該目光短淺，保護環境人人有責。

As you know, there are four kinds of pollution.They are air pollution, water pollution, waste pollution and noise pollution.But what can we do to solve the pollution? I think, firstly, we can make cars that don’t pollute the environment.We can ask companies to use modern clean technology.In some big cities, we can limit the number of cars.Secondly, we can try to use less water and make sure that we do not pollute the water.We can tell factories that they are not allowed to pour waste water into the lakes and rivers.Thirdly, we should not throw rubbish in parks and cities.We can pick up rubbish if we see it.We can put more rubbish bins in our parks and cities.Fourthly, we can live far from the noise and make the laws to limit the noise.大家都知道，有四種污染：空氣污染、水污染、廢棄物污染、噪音污染。但是，我們要怎么做才能避免這些污染呢?

我認為，首先，我們可以讓汽車不再污染環境。我們可以讓現代的公司使用清潔能源。在大城市，可以限制汽車數量。

第二，我們可以嘗試節約用水，并且確保不污染水源。告知工廠，不能將廢水直接傾倒在河流和湖泊。

第三，我們不應該隨便亂扔垃圾，看見隨地亂扔的垃圾的時候，隨手撿起來；并且在我們的城市和公園綠地增設更多的垃圾箱。

第四，我們可以立法，設置最小噪音，從而讓我們遠離噪音。

第五篇：英文演講

Jeff Bezos：We are What We Choose

As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas.在我還是一個孩子的時候，我的夏天總是在德州祖父母的農場中度過。

I helped fix windmills, vaccinate cattle, and do other chores.我幫忙修理風車，為牛接種疫苗，也做其它家務。

We also watched soap operas every afternoon, especially “Days of our Lives.”

每天下午，我們都會看肥皂劇，尤其是《我們的歲月》。

My grandparents belonged to a Caravan Club, a group of Airstream trailer owners who travel together around the U.S.and Canada.我的祖父母參加了一個房車俱樂部，那是一群駕駛Airstream拖掛型房車的人們，他們結伴遍游美國和加拿大。

And every few summers, we'd join the caravan.每隔幾個夏天，我也會加入他們。

We'd hitch up the Airstream trailer to my grandfather's car, and off we'd go, in a line with 300 other Airstream adventurers.我們把房車掛在祖父的小汽車后面，然后加入300余名Airstream探險者們組成的浩蕩隊伍。

I loved and worshipped my grandparents and I really looked forward to these trips.我愛我的祖父母，我崇敬他們，也真心期盼這些旅程。

On one particular trip, I was about 10 years old.那是一次我大概十歲時的旅行。

I was rolling around in the big bench seat in the back of the car.我照例坐在后座的長椅上。

My grandfather was driving.祖父開著車。

And my grandmother had the passenger seat.祖母坐在他旁邊。

She smoked throughout these trips, and I hated the smell.她一直在吸著煙，我討厭煙味。

......At that age, I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic.在那樣的年紀，我會找任何借口做些估測或者小算術。

I'd calculate our gas mileagethey're given after all.天賦得來很容易—畢竟它們與生俱來。

Choices can be hard.而選擇則頗為不易。

You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful, and if you do, it'll probably be to the detriment of your choices.如果一不小心，你可能被天賦所誘惑，這可能會損害到你做出的選擇。

This is a group with many gifts.在座各位都擁有許多天賦。

I'm sure one of your gifts is the gift of a smart and capable brain.我確信你們的天賦之一就是擁有精明能干的頭腦。

I'm confident that's the case because admission is competitive and if there weren't some signs that you're clever, the dean of admission wouldn't have let you in.之所以如此確信，是因為入學競爭十分激烈，如果你們不能表現出聰明智慧，便沒有資格進入這所學校。

Your smarts will come in handy because you will travel in a land of marvels.你們的聰明才智必定會派上用場，因為你們將在一片充滿奇跡的土地上行進。

We humanswill astonish ourselves.我們人類，盡管跬步前行，卻終將令自己大吃一驚。

We'll invent ways to generate clean energy and a lot of it.我們能夠想方設法制造很多清潔能源。

Atom by atom, we'll assemble tiny machines that will enter cell walls and make repairs.也能夠一個原子一個原子地組裝微型機械，使之穿過細胞壁，然后修復細胞。

This month comes the extraordinary but also inevitable news that we've synthesized life.這個月，有一個異常而不可避免的事情發生了—人類終于合成了生命。

In the coming years, we'll not only synthesize it, but we'll engineer it to specifications.在未來幾年，我們不僅會合成生命，還會按說明書驅動它們。

I believe you'll even see us understand the human brain.我相信你們甚至會看到我們理解人類的大腦。

Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Galileo, Newtonsomething that simply couldn't exist in the physical worldthe life you author from scratch on your own-begins.明天，非常現實地說，你們從零塑造自己人生的時代即將開啟。

How will you use your gifts?

你們會如何運用自己的天賦？

What choices will you make? 你們又會作出怎樣的抉擇？

Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions? 你們是被慣性所引導，還是追隨自己內心的熱情？

Will you follow dogma, or will you be original? 你們會墨守陳規，還是勇于創新？

Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure? 你們會選擇安逸的生活，還是選擇一個奉獻與冒險的人生？

Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions? 你們會屈從于批評，還是會堅守信念？

Will you bluff it out when you're wrong, or will you apologize? 你們會掩飾錯誤，還是會坦誠道歉？

Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love? 你們會因害怕拒絕而掩飾內心，還是會在面對愛情時勇往直前？

Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling? 你們想要波瀾不驚，還是想要搏擊風浪？

When it's tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless? 你們會在嚴峻的現實之下選擇放棄，還是會義無反顧地前行？

Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder? 你們要做憤世嫉俗者，還是踏實的建設者？

Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind? 你們要不計一切代價地展示聰明，還是選擇善良？

......I will hazard a prediction.我要做一個預測。

When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made.在你們80歲時某個追憶往昔的時刻，只有你一個人靜靜對內心訴說著你的人生故事，其中最為充實、最有意義的那段講述，會被你們作出的一系列決定所填滿。

In the end, we are our choices.最后，是選擇塑造了我們的人生。

Build yourself a great story.為你自己塑造一個偉大的人生故事。

Thank you and good luck!謝謝聆聽，好運！