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美联英语提供：关于坚持的英语演讲稿（中英文对照）1
Keep Your Direction 坚持你的方向
What would you do if you failed Many people may choose to give up. However, the surest way to success is to keep your direction and stick to your goal.
On your way to success, you must keep your direction. It is just like a lamp, guiding you in darkness and helping you overcome obstacles on your way. Otherwise, you will easily get lost or hesitate to go ahead.
Direction means objectives. You can get nowhere without an objective in life.
You can try to write your objective on paper and make some plans to achieve it. In this way, you will know how to arrange your time and to spend your time properly. And you should also have a belief that you are sure to succeed as long as you keep your direction all the time.
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如果失败了你会怎么做很多人可能会选择放弃。然而，要想成功，最可靠的方法就是坚持你的方向和目标。
在通往成功的路上，你必须坚持你的方向。它就像一盏灯，在黑暗中为你指路，帮助你度过难关。否则，你很容易就会迷失方向或犹豫不前。
方向意味着目标。人生如果没有目标，将一事无成。
你可以试着把你的目标写在纸上，并制定实现目标的计划。这样，你就会懂得如何合理安排时间，如何正确地支配时间。而且你还要有这样的信念：只要你一直坚持自己的方向，你就一定可以成功。
Never, Never Give Up
We often hear people say, “Never give up.”These can be encouraging words and words of determination. A person who believes in them will keep trying to reach his goal no matter how many times he fails. In my opinion, the quality of determination to succeed is an important one to have. Therefore, I believe that we should never give up.
One reason is that if we give up too easily, we will rarely achieve anything. It is not unusual for us to fail in our first attempt at something new, so we should not feel discouraged and should try again. Besides, if we always give up when we fail, we will not be able to develop new skills and grow as people. Another reason we should never give up is that we can learn from our mistakes only if we make a new effort. If we do not try again, the lesson we have learned is wasted. Finally, we should never give up because as we work to reach our goals, we develop confidence, and this confidence can help us succeed in other areas of our lives. If we never challenge ourselves, we will begin to doubt our abilities.
In short, it is important that we do not give up when working for our goals. Whether we succeed in the end or not, we will learn something, and what we learn will help us to become better, more confident people. Furthermore, if we give up, we have non chance of attaining our goals, but if we keep trying, there is always a chance that we will succeed one day.
Thank you !
永远不要放弃
我们经常听到人们说，“永不放弃”，这些可以鼓励的话和决心的话。相信他们的人会继续努力去实现他的目标，不管他失败多少次。在我看来，成功的决心是一个重要的问题。因此，我相信我们不应该放弃。
一个原因是，如果我们放弃太容易，我们很少会实现任何东西。在我们的第一次尝试中失败是不寻常的，所以我们不应该感到气馁，应该再试一次。此外，如果我们总是放弃当我们失败，我们将无法发展新的技能和增长的人。我们不应该放弃的另一个原因是我们可以从我们的错误中学习，只有当我们做出新的努力。如果我们不尝试，我们所学到的教训是浪费的。最后，我们永远不会放弃，因为当我们努力达到我们的目标时，我们会发展信心，而这种信心能帮助我们在生活的其他领域取得成功。如果我们从不挑战自我，我们就会开始怀疑自己的能力。
总之，重要的是，我们不放弃工作时，我们的目标。不管我们是否成功，我们都会学到一些东西，我们的学习会帮助我们变得更好，更有自信的人。此外，如果我们放弃，我们有机会实现我们的目标，但如果我们继续努力，总有一个机会，我们会成功的一天。
谢谢!
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英语励志名言大全
英语励志名言大全 1、believe in yourself. 相信自己！ 2、consider things from every angle. 思考问题要全面。 3、don't give up and don't give in. 不要放弃，不要言败！ 4、want it more that anything. 必须之物最重要。 5、xcellerate your efforts. 加倍努力！ 6、zero in your target,and go for it. 从零开始，勇往直前！ 7、give more than you planned to. 多多给予，不必计较。 8、hang on to your dreams.
追逐梦想。 9、ignore those who try to discourage you . 阴险与打击勿放心上。 10、take control of your own desting. 命运掌握在自己手上。 11、live well, love lots, and laugh often. 善待生活，热爱一切，经常开怀大笑。 12、open your eyes and see things as they really are. 睁大眼睛，看清事实真相。（励志名言https://www.doczj.com/doc/5317899405.html,） 13、quitters never win and winners never quit. 退缩者永无胜利，胜利者永不退缩。 14、you're uinique, nothing can replace you. 你举世无双，无人可以替代。 15、understand yourself in order to better understanding others. 知己方能解人。 16、keep trying no matter how hard it seems. it will get easier.
中国梦主题英语演讲稿篇1 Dream, with each one of us. Dream is beautiful, it is the bottom of my heart the most beautiful expectations, so the dream also become our long-held beliefs. Dream is the sun, it makes people from impetuous to solid, from the hesitation to the firm, and on the road to success. Dream is powerful, it is the life source of forward momentum; Lofty dreams can inspire a life all potential. Because of this we will go to dream, to grasp the dream, the pursuit of dreams. And because of country's dream is the one people's little dream, is not affected by big dream small dreams, but just because one little dream realization and achievement of the establishment of the great dream, why not? My dream, our dream, to improve the Chinese dream.
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英语名言名句大全【用英语说的名言名句】学生在写作中引用名言名句可以使论据确凿充分，说明问题、阐明观点时增强说服力，具有突出中心、富有启发性、使语言精炼等作用。下面是为你分享的用英语说的名言名句的内容，希望你喜欢! 1) All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的东西并不都是黄金。 2) All is not lost that is in danger. 在危险中的东西未必都会损失。 3) All is well that ends well. 结果美满都是好的。 4) All men are mortal. 人孰无死。 5) All men cannot be first. 不可能人人都得第一名。 6) A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst. 少女有了许多求婚者往往选中了最差的一个。 7) A maid that laughs is half taken. 少女露笑脸，婚事半成全。
8) A man alone is either a saint or a devil. 孤身独处的人可以为圣哲，也可为恶魔。 9) A man is as old as he feels. 老不老，自己晓。 10) All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill. 有情人终成眷属。 11) All things will e round to him who will but wait. 只要耐心肯等待，一切都会按时来。 12) All time is no time when it is past. 光阴一去不复返。 13) All truths are not to be told. 真理并不都能说得清。 14) All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy.只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子要变傻;尽玩耍，不学习，聪明孩子没出息。 15) Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot. 纵然天下雨，休把水壶丢。
TED英语演讲稿 When you are a kid, you get asked this one particular question a lot, it really gets kind of annoying. What do you want to be when you grow up? Now, adults are hoping for answers like, I want to be an astronaut or I want to be a neurosurgeon, youre adults in your imaginations. Kids, theyre most likely to answer with pro-skateboarder, surfer or minecraft player. I asked my little brother, and he said, seriously dude, Im 10, I have no idea, probably a pro-skier, lets go get some ice cream. See, us kids are going to answer something were stoked on, what we think is cool, what we have experience with, and thats typically the opposite of what adults want to hear. But if you ask a little kid, sometimes youll get the best answer, something so simple, so obvious and really profound. When I grow up, I want to be happy. For me, when I grow up, I want to continue to be happy like I am now. Im stoked to be here at TedEx, I mean, Ive been watching Ted videos for as long as I can remember, but I never thought Id make it on the stage here so soon. I mean, I just became a teenager, and like most teenage boys, I spend most of my time wondering,
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When I was in my 20s, I saw my very first psychotherapy client. I was a Ph.D. student in clinical psychology at Berkeley. She was a 26-year-old woman named Alex. 记得见我第一位心理咨询顾客时,我才20多岁。当时我是Berkeley临床心理学在读博士生。我的第一位顾客是名叫Alex的女性,26岁。 Now Alex walked into her first session wearing jeans and a big slouchy top, and she dropped onto the couch in my office and kicked off her flats and told me she was there to talk about guy problems. Now when I heard this, I was so relieved. My classmate got an arsonist for her first client. (Laughter) And I got a twentysomething who wanted to talk about boys. This I thought I could handle. 第一次见面Alex穿着牛仔裤和宽松上衣走进来,她一下子栽进我办公室的沙 发上,踢掉脚上的平底鞋,跟我说她想谈谈男生的问题。当时我听到这个之后松了一口气。因为我同学的第一个顾客是纵火犯,而我的顾客却是一个20出头想谈谈男生的女孩。我觉得我可以搞定。But I didn't handle it. With the funny stories that Alex would bring to session, it was easy for me just to nod my head while we kicked the can down the road. 但是我没有搞定。Alex不断地讲有趣的事情,而我只能简单地点头认同她所 说的,很自然地就陷入了附和的状态。 "Thirty's the new 20," Alex would say, and as far as I could tell, she was right. Work happened later, marriage happened later, kids happened later, even death happened later. Twentysomethings like
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国外思想家名言名句英语摘抄大全 1、"Conquer the fear of death and you are put into possession of your life. 征服对死的恐惧,你就占有了生命. ——梅瑞狄斯" 2、·Victorywon't come to me unless I go to it. --·胜利是不会向我们走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。——穆尔 3、"The secret of life is not to do what one likes, but to try to like what one has to do. 生活的秘密不在于做自己喜欢做的,而在于喜欢自己不得不做的. ——克雷克" 4、"You will never have what you like until you learn to like what you have. 欲得到你喜欢的东西,应先学会喜欢你已有的东西. ——歌德" 5、Few rich men own their property. The property owns them. 没有多少富人拥有他们的财产;是财产拥有他们. ——英格索尔 6、The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing them. 财富对有些人只做了一件事:使他们担心会失去财富. ——l里瓦罗尔 7、"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.( Kierkergaard )只有向后才能理解生活；但要生活好，则必须向前看。——克尔凯郭尔" 8、"Nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves. 大自然永远不会欺骗我们,欺骗我们的往往是我们自己. ——Rousseau" 9、Death…is no more than passing from one room into another. 死亡
ted演讲稿中英文对照 小编今天推荐给大家的是 ted演讲稿中英文对照，仅供参考，希望对大家有用。关注网获得更多内容。 ted演讲稿中英文对照 Hi. I'm here to talk to you about the importance of praise, admiration and thank you, and having it be specific and genuine. 嗨。我在这里要和大家谈谈向别人表达赞美，倾佩和谢意的重要性。并使它们听来真诚，具体。 And the way I got interested in this was, I noticed in myself, when I was growing up, and until about a few years ago, that I would want to say thank you to someone, I would want to praise them, I would want to take in their praise of me and I'd just stop it. And I asked myself, why? I felt shy, I felt embarrassed. And then my question became, am I the only one who does this? So, I decided to investigate. 之所以我对此感兴趣是因为我从我自己的成长中注意到几年前，当我想要对某个人说声谢谢时，当我想要赞美他们时，当我想接受他们对我的赞扬，但我却没有说出口。我问我自己，这是为什么? 我感到害羞，我感到尴尬。接着我产生了一个问题难道我是唯一一个这么做的人吗?
英语励志名言名句大全 导读：本文是关于英语励志名言名句大全，如果觉得很不错，欢迎点评和分享！ 1、修正自己吧，不要企图修正别人。 Fix yourself，don't attempt to correct others。 2、如果你想攀登**，切莫把彩虹当作梯子。 If you want to climb，don't put the rainbow as a ladder。 3、只要你相信，奇迹一定会实现。 As long as you believe，miracle will be implemented。 4、努力不一定成功，放弃肯定失败。 Effort is not necessarily succeed，give up surely fail。 5、没有一颗珍珠的闪光，是靠别人涂抹上去的。 No spark of a pearl，is to rely on others to apply。 6、命运之神关上一道门，必定会打开另一扇窗。 Fate god closes a door，will open another window。 7、立志是事业的大门，工作是登门入室的旅程。 Aspire to is the cause of the gate，the work is their journey home。 8、只要精神不滑坡，办法总比困难多。 As long as the spirit not landslide，way better than more difficult。
9、有决心，就有力量；有毅力，就会成功！ Willed it；I have strength；Has the perseverance，you will succeed！ 10、所谓强者，是既有意志，又能创造时机的人。 The so-called strong，is both a will and can create the opportunity。 11、脚步怎样才能不断前时？把脚印留在身后。 Steps how to continually before？The footprints left behind。 12、拥有梦想只是一种智力，实现梦想才是一种能力。 Dream is a kind of intelligence，realize the dream is a kind of ability。 13、沧海可填山可移，男儿志气当如斯。 The sea can fill in the mountain can be moved，ambition when Ruth。 14、有志者自有千计万计，无志者只感千难万难。 Aspirants have thousands thousands，no minds only feeling extremely difficult。 15、五官刺激，不是真正的享受。内在安祥，才是下手之处。 Facial stimulation，not really enjoy。Inner peace，is laid hands on him。 16、努力可能失败，但放弃则意味着永远不可能成功。
TED演讲：如何成为一个更好的交谈者？（中英对照） Celeste Headlee 是一个靠交谈吃饭的人，她的工作是电台主持人。在几十年的工作中，她学到了很多沟通技巧，同时也发现居然有如此多的人真的很不会聊天。 下面是她在TED 上分享的10 条提高谈话质量的方法。全是干货，来一起学习：【视频请在wifi情况下观看，文字为中英对照】如何成为一个更好的交谈者格鲁吉亚公共广播节目主持人：Celeste Headlee 首先，我想让大家举手示意一下，有多少人曾经在Facebook 上拉黑过好友，因为他们发表过关于政治，宗教，儿童权益，或者食物等不恰当的言论，有多少人至少有一个不想见的人，因为你就是不想和对方说话？ All right, I want to see a show of hands how many of you have unfriended someone on Facebook because they said something offensive about politics or religion, childcare, food? And how many of you know at least one person that you avoid because you just don’t want to talk to them? 要知道，在过去想要一段礼貌的交谈我们只要遵循亨利﹒希金斯在《窈窕淑女》中的忠告，只谈论天气和你的健康状况就行了。但这些年随着气候变化以及反对疫苗运动的开展——这招不怎么管用了。
因此，在我们生活的这个世界，这个每一次交谈都有可能发展为争论的世界，政客无法彼此交谈。甚至为那些鸡毛蒜皮的事情，都有人群情绪激昂地赞成或者反对，这太不正常了。皮尤研究中心对一万名美国成年人做了一次调查，发现此刻我们的偏激程度，我们立场鲜明的程度，比历史上任何时期都要高。 You know, it used to be that in order to have a polite conversation, we just had to follow the advice of Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady”: Stick to the weather and your health. But these days, with climate change and anti-vaxxing, those subjects—are not safe either. So this world that we live in, this world in which every conversation has the potential to devolve into an argument, where our politicians can’t speak to one another, and where even the most trivial of issues have someone fighting both passionately for it and against it, it’s not normal. Pew Research did a study of 10,000 American adults, and they found that at this moment, we are more polarized; we are more divided than we ever have been in history. 我们更不倾向于妥协，这意味着我们没有倾听彼此。我们做的各种决定，选择生活在何处，与谁结婚甚至和谁交朋友，都只基于我们已有的信念。再重复一遍，这只说明我们没有
Yang Lan: The generation that's remaking China The night before I was heading for Scotland, I was invited to host the final of "China's Got Talent" show in Shanghai with the 80,000 live audience in the stadium. Guess who was the performing guest?Susan Boyle. And I told her, "I'm going to Scotland the next day." She sang beautifully, and she even managed to say a few words in Chinese. [Chinese]So it's not like "hello" or "thank you," that ordinary stuff. It means "green onion for free." Why did she say that? Because it was a line from our Chinese parallel Susan Boyle -- a 50-some year-old woman, a vegetable vendor in Shanghai, who loves singing Western opera, but she didn't understand any English or French or Italian, so she managed to fill in the lyrics with vegetable names in Chinese. (Laughter) And the last sentence of Nessun Dorma that she was singing in the stadium was "green onion for free." So [as] Susan Boyle was saying that, 80,000 live audience sang together. That was hilarious. So I guess both Susan Boyle and this vegetable vendor in Shanghai belonged to otherness. They were the least expected to be successful in the business called entertainment, yet their courage and talent brought them through. And a show and a platform gave them the stage to realize their dreams. Well, being different is not that difficult. We are all different from different perspectives. But I think being different is good, because you present a different point of view. You may have the chance to make a difference. My generation has been very fortunate to witness and participate in the historic transformation of China that has made so many changes in the past 20, 30 years. I remember that in the year of 1990,when I was graduating from college, I was applying for a job in the sales department of the first five-star hotel in Beijing, Great Wall Sheraton -- it's still there. So after being interrogated by this Japanese manager for a half an hour, he finally said, "So, Miss Yang, do you have any questions to ask me?"I summoned my courage and poise and said,"Yes, but could you let me know, what actually do you sell?" I didn't have a clue what a sales department was about in a five-star hotel. That was the first day I set my foot in a five-star hotel. Around the same time, I was going through an audition -- the first ever open audition by national television in China -- with another thousand college girls. The producer told us they were looking for some sweet, innocent and beautiful fresh face. So when it was my turn, I stood up and said, "Why [do] women's personalities on television always have to be beautiful, sweet, innocent and, you know, supportive? Why can't they have their own ideas and their own voice?" I thought I kind of offended them. But actually, they were impressed by my words. And so I was in the second round of competition, and then the third and the fourth. After seven rounds of competition, I was the last one to survive it. So I was on a national television prime-time show. And believe it or not, that was the first show on Chinese television that allowed its hosts to speak out of their own minds without reading an approved script. (Applause) And my weekly audience at that time was between 200 to 300 million people. Well after a few years, I decided to go to the U.S. and Columbia University to pursue my postgraduate studies, and then started my own media company, which was unthought of during the years that I started my career. So we do a lot of things. I've interviewed more than a thousand people in the past. And sometimes I have young people approaching me say, "Lan, you changed