当前位置:文档之家› 普林斯顿大学校长2018毕业演讲:读书无用论是最大的谎言(中英文)

普林斯顿大学校长2018毕业演讲:读书无用论是最大的谎言(中英文)

普林斯顿大学校长2018毕业演讲:读书无用论是最大的谎言(中英文)
普林斯顿大学校长2018毕业演讲:读书无用论是最大的谎言(中英文)

演讲稿英文版:

In a few minutes, all of you will march through FitzRandolph Gate as newly minted graduates of this University. Before you do, it is my privilege to say a few words about the path that lies ahead. It is indeed a privilege, and also a joy, to address you, for all of you who graduate today have accomplished something genuinely important and worth celebrating.

You have completed a demanding course of study. It will transform your life in many ways. It will expand the range of vocations you can pursue, increase your knowledge of the world, deepen your capacity to appreciate societies and cultures, and provide a foundation for lifelong learning.

So we celebrate here on the lawn in front of Nassau Hall, as do other college communities in courtyards, auditoria, arenas, and stadia around the country. Graduates toss caps in the air and professors applaud. Families cheer and holler enthusiastically. Yet, even as we do so, we see a strange trend from columnists, bloggers, think tanks, and politicians. In essays, books, and speeches, some of them suggest that too many students are earning college degrees.

Too many college graduates: that is a very odd claim, because the economic evidence for the value of a college degree is overwhelming. For example, in 2014, economists Jaison Abel and Richard Deitz of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York estimated the average annual return on investment from a college degree, net of tuition paid and lost earnings, at between 9 percent and 16 percent per year for a lifetime (1). For the last two decades, the return on investment has hovered at the high end of that range, around 15 percent per year.

By comparison, the historical average return on investments in the American stock market is around 7 percent per year. That is why my friend Morton Shapiro, the president of Northwestern University and a leading educational economist, says that for most people, the decision to invest in a college degree will be “the single best financial decision they make in a lifetime,”even if judged purely in terms of financial return on investment.

A degree conveys many other benefits as well. For example, college graduates report higher levels of happiness and job satisfaction, even after controlling for income. College graduates are healthier than non-graduates. They are more likely to exercise, more likely to vote,

and have higher levels of civic engagement. To these pragmatic considerations we should add the joys that come with an increased capacity to appreciate culture, the arts, the world’s diversity, and the inherent beauty of extraordinary ideas.

The numbers I have quoted are not specific to Princeton. On the contrary, they are averages over all four-year degrees, in all fields, from all colleges in the United States. Think about that for a moment: on average, all degrees in all fields from all colleges generate an annual return between 9 percent and 16 percent, and this return is supplemented by additional benefits to health, happiness, and quality of life. How could anyone think we need fewer college graduates?

Some people answer that you can learn a trade without getting a college degree. Welders, they observe, can make more money than many college graduates. That’s true. There are, of course, reasons why you might want to get a college degree even if you plan to become a welder. You might worry, for example, about what happens if technology renders your trade obsolete, or arthritis leaves you unable to practice it, or you want to move into management or explore other interests. A college degree equips you to respond to the changes —to yourself, and to the world —that inevitably occur over a lifetime.

Still, if pundits and politicians were saying only that America needs better vocational training, I could agree wholeheartedly. It would be terrific if more people could get the training they need to practice a trade. But at the same time it would also be great if more people, not fewer, could receive the extraordinary benefits that come with a college degree.

So I ask again: why would anyone think we need fewer college graduates? I think there is a simple answer. Education requires high-quality teaching. Teaching, in turn, depends upon skilled labor, which is expensive. As a result, the up-front cost for education is real, large, and easy to measure. The returns are equally real and even larger, but they accrue over a lifetime, are hard to measure, and vary from person to person. It is tempting to wish that you could get more certainty at lower cost.

The people who call for fewer degrees yield to that temptation. They emphasize the short-term. They focus almost entirely on the price of college and on the salaries students might earn in their first jobs. That is a mistake.

A college education is a long-term investment. It enables graduates to develop and adapt, and it pays off spectacularly in the long run. The idea that we would be better off with fewer college graduates is a short-term swindle, a swindle that will cheat America’s young people, weaken the nation’s economy, and undermine our future. We need to have the confidence to invest in our young people and to ensure that a college education is accessible and affordable for students from all backgrounds and financial circumstances.

I hope that all of you who graduate today, and who experience the power of education in your own lives, will become advocates for the value of higher education in our society. There is a national conversation taking place right now about the value of higher education, and we need your voice in that conversation. We need you, in other words, to help others to achieve in the future what you achieve today.

How can you help more students earn college degrees? Here are three suggestions. First, become advocates for the importance of completion rates. A college education produces a tremendous return—if you get the degree. Returns are much lower if you start college but do not get the degree. The highest default rates on student loans do not involve

college graduates with big debts. They instead involve students with small debts who never finish college and so never get the earnings boost that comes with a degree.

A few moments ago, we awarded an honorary degree to President Barbara Gitenstein. Over her nearly two decades leading The College of New Jersey, she raised the College’s four-year graduation rate from 58 percent to 75 percent, a number that puts TCNJ’s on-time completion rate among the top ten in the nation for public colleges and universities. By raising TCNJ’s graduation rate, President Gitenstein has improved the lives of thousands of students who might have left school with debt but no degree. Be an advocate for higher education leaders like Bobby Gitenstein, and for colleges like TCNJ that commit to improving completion rates.

Second, support America’s public institutions of higher education. State subsidies for public colleges and universities have declined precipitously, and state funding represents an increasingly small share of the budget at public research universities. At the University of Michigan, for example, state funding now accounts for only about 9 percent of total revenues. In the 1950s, by contrast, that number was 80 percent. Tuition at state universities has risen not

because they have increased their expenditures per student, but because state legislatures have hollowed out their other sources of support.

America depends on its public colleges and universities. They are engines of social mobility and innovation. Princeton and other private universities make essential contributions to the nation and the world —but there is no way that we could ever replace America’s great public institutions. They are a national treasure, and I urge you to support them.

Third, stand up for the importance of enabling more students from low-income families to earn college degrees. Princeton’s Great Class of 2018 graduates today as the most socioeconomically diverse class in the 272-year history of this University. You will not hold that record for long. Other classes already at Princeton will break your record. Our graduate programs are likewise drawing upon new sources of talent: this spring we admitted the most socioeconomically diverse class of doctoral students in Princeton University’s history.

At Princeton we believe in socioeconomic diversity because we know that to achieve excellence as a University and as a nation we must draw

talent from every sector of society. We know, too, that a Princeton degree is a rocket-booster for students seeking socioeconomic mobility. If we want to heal the divisions that inequality has produced in this country, we must ensure that students from low-income backgrounds receive the educations they need to develop their abilities and contribute to our society.

As I look out at our extraordinary class of undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degree recipients, I take pride in your excellence and your diversity, and I am excited about the contributions you will make in the years ahead. The world needs more college degrees, not fewer. We need more celebrations like the one we hold today, with more proud families and happy graduates ready to go out and make a positive difference in the world. All of us on this platform are thrilled to be a part of your celebration. We applaud your achievements. We send our best wishes as you begin the adventures that lie ahead, and we look forward to welcoming you back to this campus on future visits. To the Great Class of 2018 and all of our graduates, congratulations!

演讲稿中文版:

几分钟后,作为这所大学新一批的毕业生,你们都会走出校门。

在这之前,我有幸能够和你们聊一聊你们过去几年和未来几年的生活,当然,请允许我站在台上而不是跳到你们中间。在我的演讲过程中,这种举动看似很有趣,但没有防护头盔的话,我是不会这么干的。

不管是不是站在这个台上,我感到非常荣幸也非常高兴能够站在你们面前致辞,所有今天毕业的同学们,你们完成了一件非常重要且值得庆祝的事情,你们完成了学科课程的要求,这将在很多方面改变你的生活,它将扩大的你的择业范围,增加你对世界的认知,加深你理解社会文化的能力,并为终身学习提供基础。

因此我们聚集在这里,在Nassau Hall(普林斯顿大学最古老的建筑)前的草坪上庆祝。其他大学也都在他们的庭院、礼堂、舞台和体育场内举行庆祝活动,毕业生们将帽子抛向天空,教授们在鼓掌,家人们在热情欢呼,尽管我们都是这么做的,但我们仍发现,社会上有一股奇怪的风气,这种风气来自一些专栏作家、博客作者、智库专家和政客,他们中的一些人在文章书籍和演讲里,宣称很多人其实不用上大学、大学生太多了。

多么奇怪的观点呀!因为已经有经济学数据充分证明了读大学的好处。

例如,据2014年纽约联邦储备银行的经济学家Jaison Abel和Richard Deits 的统计,投资一个大学学位的平均年回报率扣除学费和收入损失后大约在9%-16%之间,尤其在过去二十年间,投资回报率一直在该范围内的高位,大约为每年15%。相比之下,历史上美国股票市场的年平均投资回报率为7%,这就

是为什么我的朋友西北大学校长、教育经济学家莫顿·夏皮罗(Morton Schapiro)说:“对于大多数人来说,投资大学学位将是他们一生中做过的最英明的经济决策,即使单从经济回报的角度来说。”

一个大学学位还能带来很多其他好处,比如,有报告显示大学毕业生们即使在收入不多的情况下,也拥有更高的幸福感和工作满意度。同时,大学毕业的人群要比非大学毕业的人群更健康,他们会更多的进行体育锻炼,更积极的参与投票,有更高层次的公民参与度。如果从实用角度考量的话,我们还应该加上那些由于对文化、艺术、世界多样性、内在美和卓越观点的理解能力增强而带来的乐趣。

我举例的这些数据不只适用于普林斯顿,相反,它反映了所有接受过美国大学四年制教育后的人会达到的平均水平。

想想看,在任何专业领域,读完大学的年平均回报率都有9%-16%,还要再加上健康、幸福指数和生活质量等方面的额外收益,怎么会有人觉得应该少些人上大学呢?

有些人的回答是,因为你在没有大学学位的情况下,也能学会一门手艺,他们说电焊工有时比很多大学生都赚得多,这没错。当然也有理由解释为什么即使你打算成为电焊工也要先读个大学,比如你可能担心随着技术发展,你的手艺会被淘汰,或者伤病会让你无法胜任这份工作,又或者你想进入管理层,探索

其他方面的爱好,大学学历能让你拥有应对更多变化的能力,无论是在你自身还是在全球发生的变化,而这些都是难以避免的。

不过,如果那些专家政客只是说:“我们需要更好的职业培训”,我完全赞同。如果更多人能够在就职前获得职业培训机会的话,那当然非常好。但与此同时,如果更多人而不是更少的人能从读大学这件事上有更深远的获益会更好。所以我再次发问:“为什么会有人认为我们需要更少的大学生?”

我认为答案其实很简单,高等教育意味着高质量的教学,教学则依赖于资深的教职员工们,而这些是非常昂贵的,因此,显而易见,根据量化统计教育的前期成本是非常高昂的。而教育的回报也同样是显而易见的,甚至回报还会比投入更多,但这种回报是难以量化统计并且因人而异的。企图以低成本博取更具确定性的收益的想法当然是诱人的,那些想少读书的人当然会屈服于这种诱惑,他们强调短期的把注意力完全集中在对大学学费和第一份工作的薪水的比较上,这是错误的。大学教育是一项长期投资,它让毕业生不断发展自己和适应世界,从长远来看,收益更加惊人。

“减少大学生会让这个国家更好”的想法是非常短视的骗局,欺骗美国年轻人的骗局。它会削弱国家经济,破坏我们的未来。我们要有信心投资我们的年轻人,并确保大学教育对于各种背景和经济状况的学生来说都是可以获得且负担得起的。

我希望,我希望今天所有毕业的同学,以及所有在生活中体会过教育力量的人们都能成为高等教育的倡导者。目前关于高等教育的价值有一场全国性的讨论,我们需要听到你们的声音。换句话说,我们需要你将来帮助他人取得你们今日所取得的成就。

关于如何帮助更多学生获得大学学位,这里有三点建议

首先,成为学业完成率的重要性的倡导者。

如果能取得学位的话,高等教育带来的收益是巨大的。如果你读了大学最终却没能取得学位,回报率会低得多。学生贷款违约率最高的那批人,不是负债最多的那些毕业生,而是没能读完大学的那些小额债务人。由于没能读完大学,他们也未能享受到高校学位带给他们的收入增长。

不久之前,我们授予了新泽西学院校长Barbara Gitenstein荣誉学位,在她领导新泽西学院近二十年的时间里,她将学校的四年制毕业率从58%提高到了75%,这个数字在全国公立高校排名前5%。通过提高学生的毕业率,Gitenstein校长改变了成千上万可能背负着债务辍学的学生的人生。支持更多像Gitenstein校长这样的高等教育领袖以及那些像新泽西学院一样致力于提高毕业率的院校吧。

其次,支持美国的公立高校。

美国各个州对公立高校的补助急剧下降,公立研究性大学的教育拨款在州财政预算中占比越来越小。例如,在密歇根大学,州的资助仅占总收入的9%。相比之下,在20世纪50年代,这个数字是80%。州立大学的学费上涨并不是因为他们增加了每个学生的花销,而是因为州立法机关挖空了其他的经济来源。美国依靠其公立学校而强大,他们是社会发展创新的引擎。普林斯顿和其他私立大学为这个国家和世界做出了显著的贡献,但我们无法取代美国伟大的公立机构,它们是国宝,我希望你们支持它们。

第三,倡导帮助更多低收入家庭学生获得大学学位。

普林斯顿2018届优秀毕业生是这所大学272年历史上社会经济背景最多元化的,珍惜这点特别之处吧,因为你们不会保持这个记录太久了,普林斯顿的其他学生将打破这个记录。我们的研究生项目同样吸引了各种背景的人才,今年春天,我们录取了普林斯顿历史上背景最具社会经济多样性的博士生。在普林斯顿,我们相信这种多样性的积极意义,因为我们知道,不管是大学还是国家想要向前发展必须从社会各阶层吸收人才。我们也知道,普林斯顿的学位是学生寻求社会经济阶层流动的助推器。如果我们想要解决这个国家由于不公平而导致的割裂,我们必须确保来自低收入全体的学生得到他们需要的教育,从而发展能力并为社会做出贡献。当看到我们的本科、硕士和博士毕业生时,我真心为你们的优秀和多元感到骄傲,并未你们将会在未来几年做出的贡献而感到兴奋。

这个世界需要更多的大学生,而不是更少!我们需要更多像今天这样的庆祝活

动,需要更多自信快乐的毕业生和为他们骄傲的家人走出去,为世界带来积极的变化。在台上的所有人都为能参与到你们的庆祝活动中感到振奋,我们为你们的成就鼓掌,为你们即将开始的前方的冒险送上最美好的祝福,同时,我们欢迎你们将来多回母校看看。

贝佐斯2010年在普林斯顿的演讲稿中英文

贝佐斯2010年在普林斯顿的演讲稿中英文,贝佐斯作为亚马逊的创始人,获得的成功令众人羡慕不已,他曾在普林斯顿大学求学,在学士毕业典礼上的演讲中也被称之为人生一定要听的十大演讲,不妨看一看吧,献给毕业季的你·~~本篇文章首先作者讲述自己的孩童经历,来证明自己的观点,选择比天赋更重要,全文都围绕着你对自己的选择,追随自己的内心去抉择。 贝佐斯2010年在普林斯顿的演讲稿中英文 we are what we choose as a kid, i spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in texas. i helped fix windmills, vaccinate cattle, and do other chores. we also watched soap operas everyafternoon, especially days of our lives. my grandparents belonged to a caravan club, a group of airstream trailer owners who travel together around the u.s. and canada. and every few summers, wed join the caravan. wed hitch up the airstream trailer to mygrandfathers car, and off wed go, in a line with 300 other airstream adventurers. i loved and worshipped my grandparents and i really looked forward to these trips. on one particular trip, i was about 10 years old. i was rolling around in the big bench seat in the back of the car. my grandfather was driving. and my grandmother had the passenger seat. she smoked throughout these trips, and i hated the smell. i have a vivid memory of what happened, and it was not what i expected. i expected to be applauded for my cleverness and arithmetic skills. jeff, youre so smart. you had to have made some tricky estimates, figure out the number of minutes in a year and do some division. thats not what happened. instead, my grandmother burst into tears. i sat in the backseat and did not know what to do. while my grandmother sat crying, my grandfather, who had been driving in silence, pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway. he got out of the car and came around and opened my door and waited for me to follow. was i in trouble? my grandfather was a highly intelligent, quiet man. he had never said a harsh word to me, and maybe this was to be the first time? or maybe he would ask that i get back in the car and apologize to my grandmother. i had no experience in this realm with my grandparents and no way to gauge what the consequences might be. we stopped beside the trailer. my grandfather looked at me, and after a bit of silence, he gently and calmly said, jeff, one day youll understand that its harder to be kind than clever.

读书伴我行演讲稿六篇

读书伴我行演讲稿六篇 读书伴我行演讲稿六篇 演讲稿可以起到整理演讲者的思路、提示演讲的内容、限定演讲的速度的作用。现如今,演讲稿与我们的生活息息相关,相信写演讲稿是一个让许多人都头痛的问题,以下是小编帮大家整理的读书伴我行演讲稿6篇,仅供参考,大家一起来看看吧。 读书伴我行演讲稿篇1 有人说吃喝玩乐是一种享受,有人说纵情山水是一种享受……,而我始终认为:书是哺育心灵的乳汁,启迪智慧的钥匙,读书才是一种真正的享受。 我爱读书,因为书中有知识,有精彩的故事,有大自然的奥秘,有生活中的趣事,有做人的道理……。 一个人的生命是有限的,怎样才能让有限的生命过得充实富有、多姿多彩,怎样才能让有限的生命飘溢着浓郁的清香,闪耀出无限的光辉,怎样才能提高生命的质量,让生命增值呢?那就是读书。 在喧嚣的都市中,人们往往忘记了许多原始的生命的本能与需求。汽车代替了行走,电视代替了观察,网络代替了交流。我们不否认进步,但我们知道有的东西是永远不能代替的,比如一首经典的老歌,一本翻黄的旧书。即使我们已经有着e时代的时尚外形,在内心的最深处,也许我们还执着于那种红袖添香的雅致、青梅煮酒的风趣,还有雨夜读书的清幽。

每一个人,也许都会有类似的梦,在遥远的异地,一次次的起程,一次次的出发,渴望走在不同的风景里。而现实中,也许我们只能在办公室里风云叠涌、菜市场内劳碌奔波。可是,我们可以让自己的心启程,在一本又一本的书里,从一个地方走向另一个地方。人生的积淀,可读万卷书、行万里路。 我们无法丈量自己生命的长度,但我们可以拓展自己生命的宽度,一本让人受益的好书,也许就是一次生命的拓展。总希望在浮生半日的悠闲里,陪伴我们的,是一杯清茶,一卷好书;总希望喧嚣繁复之后,留一隅书香,让好友相聚往来吟唱…… 书,让世界简单的人变得丰富;书,让世界喧嚣的人返璞归真。在匆匆的旅途中,在沉沉的行囊里,在紫檀木的小几上……别忘了,留一个位置,给自己最爱的那本书! 喜欢读书,喜欢夜读书。虽无红袖添香,清茶一盏亦足矣!静夜在窗外,古书在几上,灯下的人与影成双。轻轻涌来的历史使近在咫尺的我,就像一场久违的夜雨,随风而来,入心而化,来去之间,将蒙尘的心灵清洗得纤尘不染,沏一壶绿茶,在满室的清馨中,就着窗外的夜色,细细品酌昨日的剪影。 我们在夜里独自思索,我们在书页里苦苦寻觅,思索那命运的永不可解,寻觅那初始的真挚悸动。桌上摊开的.是人生,窗外流逝的是岁月,灯下独坐的,不是过客,是归人。 时光如流,夜色如墨,周围的呼吸,渐渐睡去。而我总是倚着床,点着灯,痴痴的读着文字,就似读春季的鸟语花香,读夏季的雷鸣雨飘,读秋季的梧桐落叶,读冬季的冰封雪塑。 岁月悠长,寄情于书我便永不孤独。

哈佛大学毕业典礼演讲稿——人生唯一目标是做自己

哈佛大学毕业典礼演讲稿——人生唯一目标是做自己奥普拉·温弗瑞:美国著名脱口秀主持人、媒体企业家。 奥普拉在哈佛大学2013届毕业典礼的演讲——人生唯一目标是做自己 我要分享的想法是:无论你有多么成功,也许你们会不断追求更高的目标,这就难免会遇到失意之时。我希望届时各位可以记住:世上并不存在失败,那不过是生活试图将我们推向另一个方向罢了。 当你身处困境时,看起来是一种失败。在过去的一年中,我时刻提醒自己牢记这一点。当深陷困境时,感到难过是正常的,给自己一点时间去思考即将失去的一切。关键在于:要从错误中汲取教训,因为所有经验,尤其是你犯下的错误,都将帮助你、推动你更好地做自己,确定下一步何去何从。生活的关键在于建立起一个内在的道德情感导航仪,为你指明方向。因为从今以后,当你用谷歌搜索自己的时候,搜索结果中会提到:“哈佛大学2013毕业生”。在这个充满竞争的世界,这的确是一张抢眼的名片。 我曾招聘过很多人,而每当我看到哈佛大学这个字眼时,我总是会坐直一些说:“他 们在哪?把他们统统带过来。”正是这张抢眼的名片可以成就你们的未来之路。你们可能成 为律师、议员、首席执行官、科学家、物理学家、诺贝尔奖及普利策奖得主,甚至深夜脱口秀节目主持人。但生活的挑战在于创建一份不仅陈述所期望的职位的履历,而且上面要明确成就怎样的自我。这份履历不仅需要表达你想成就一番怎样的事业,也要明确动机,除了头衔与职位,也要有达成目标的缘由。你的使命是什么?你的信仰是什么?你的目标是 什么?只有这样,当你不慎跌倒发现自深陷困境之时,才能帮助你重振旗鼓。 我是在1994年才认识到这一点的。那年我采访了一位凭一己之力积攒了1000美元 零花钱的小女孩,她将这钱捐出来帮助有需要的人。这个九岁大的小女孩促使我思考,仅凭一个存钱罐与雄心壮志就能做到这样,那我可以做些什么呢?于是我号召我的观众们捐 出他们的零钱,在一个月内,仅仅是一枚枚零钱硬币就募到了300万美金。我们用这笔 钱资助每个州的一位学子进入大学的殿堂。我所做的仅仅是号召我的观众,“尽己所能, 无论地域与地位,如果可能,请贡献出你们的时间、智慧与财力。无论你在哪里,请为他人送去自己的仁爱之心。”观众也用行动表明了一切。我们在12个不同的城镇建起了55 所学校,修缮了300栋被“丽塔”飓风和“卡特里娜”飓风摧毁的民宅。 创办“天使网络”的想法在我心中萦绕已久,也正是“天使网络”让我确定了心中的那个 导航仪。我决定不再单一地制作电视节目,还要关注节目的终极理念、采访对象、行业发展和慈善事业等等。无论我们追求什么,将我们团结在一起的信念胜过其他一切。作为一个19岁就出现在电视节目中的孩子,起初我并不明白这个道理,直到1994年才有所醒

小学生中华魂演讲稿

尊敬的各位领导、老师,亲爱的同学们:大家好!我叫雷雨晴,今年十岁了,是涧西区景华实验小学的学生。我演讲的题目是《梦想,在勤奋中长大》。2014年,我们学校开展了"中华魂"(放飞梦想)主题教育活动,老师带领我们认真读书、领悟道理、树立理想、为中华民族伟大的复兴奋力进取!说到梦想,我有很多,拥有一只可爱的小熊、一件漂亮的衣裳、小伙伴的一声笑语,老师的一句赞扬,像鞠萍阿姨、月亮姐姐、曹震哥哥一样做一名优秀的少儿节目主持人……梦想就像肥皂泡泡,天空中绽放的烟花,五彩斑斓、惊喜而又紧张、美丽而又短暂。为了实现做一名优秀的少儿节目主持人的梦想,我经历了很多的艰难困苦,尝试了很多次的失败和纠结,但是更多的是感受到了在勤奋中长大的喜悦和收获。当主持人首先要从练习绕口令开始,记得刚学的绕口令是《巴老爷的八十八颗芭蕉树》,老师教我们读这个绕口令时,同学们哄堂大笑。等我们磕磕绊绊的学完,老师让我们每个同学背着说,背的那个同学在笑,听的同学也在笑!说实话——这个绕口令真的很绕口!轮到我了,在大家都笑时我尽力在心里背,我信心百倍的站起来:"巴老爷有八十八颗芭蕉树,来了八十八个把式要在巴老爷八十八棵芭蕉树下住……"背到这,我怎么也绕不回来了,老师看着我笑了,同学们也都笑了,那时的我恨不得有一个地洞钻下去才好呢!我沮丧着脸回到家,看见妈妈就大哭起来,妈妈安慰我说:"难受了就哭出来吧,咱们一起再读一遍中华魂读本《袁隆平的故事》吧。"……我大声的读着每一句,渐渐地我找到了面对困难的勇气,从那一刻起,我开始了勤奋的训练,每天都对着镜子,一遍不行两遍,两遍不行三遍……妈妈告诉我,晴晴说梦话都在背绕口令呢。第二次上课时,我是这样背的:巴老爷有八十八棵芭蕉树,来了八十八个把式要在巴老爷八十八棵芭蕉树下住。巴老爷拔了八十八棵芭蕉树,不让八十八个把式在八十八棵芭蕉树下住,八十八个把式烧了八十八棵芭蕉树,巴老爷在八十八棵树边哭。背诵完,大家雷鸣般的掌声告诉我成功了!经过无数次这样的失败和挫折,在实现梦想道路上我始终坚持,我牢牢记着"中华魂"读本中的一句话:"学习正当其时,圆梦适得其势。"这句话伴随着我成为洛阳市网络春晚少儿主持人,全国少年主持人"蓝话筒"大赛一等获得者,全国故事大王比赛一等奖获得者。我知道这是"中华魂"《放飞梦想》读本给我的力量,这是勤奋的力量,这是梦想的力量。我深深体会到,实现梦想需要艰苦卓绝的奋斗,需要持之以恒的坚持,需要为国家贡献青春和热血的气概!有人说,梦想是冬日里的暖阳,赋予我们温暖的力量;也有人说,梦想是黑暗中的灯光,指引我们前进的方向;我想说,梦想是天使的翅膀,是勤奋的源泉,是奋斗的基础,是报国的雄心,是滋养少年的成长的阳光。只要我们怀抱为中华复兴而奋斗的决心,用勤奋和坚持拥抱梦想,用爱国和报国的拳拳之心去守护梦想,终有一天,它就会带着我们在广阔的天空自由翱翔!最后,我想用梁启超的话来结束今天的演讲:"少年智则国智,少年富则国富,少年强则国强,少年进步则国进步,少年雄于地球,则国雄于地球。"同学们,无论你的梦想是什么,让我们扬起风帆,洒一路汗水,饮一路风尘,嚼一路艰辛,品一路勤奋,我相信,我们的梦想一定会在中华民族伟大的复兴征途中,披荆斩棘,奋勇前进!小学生中华魂演讲稿(二):我的梦想,当一名科技消防战士涧西区东升第二小学何湘怡各位领导,老师,同学们:大家好!我叫何湘怡,在这里,我向大家汇报我的梦想—当一名科技消防战士。2014年,我参加了"中华魂"(放飞梦想)主题教育活动,我要向袁隆平、叶聪、罗阳等前辈们学习,坚定信念,为梦想而努力。通过读书,我更坚定了当一名科技消防战士的决心。我爸爸是一名入伍20年的消防军官,参加各类灭火救援活动近2000余次。有一年春节,爸爸在部队值班,我和妈妈就到警营陪他过年,大年三十晚上,当万家团圆、举杯相庆之时,警铃响起来了:一个建筑工地发生塌方,几名工人被埋。警情就是命令,时间就是生命。爸爸和叔叔们扔下碗筷,快步登上消防车,迅速向现场驶去。我和妈妈放心不下,也打了出租车赶到事发地点,只见到工地上残垣断壁、惨不忍睹,吆喝声、吵杂声和悲凄的哭声交织在一起。爸爸和叔叔们先是锁定人员被埋之处,然后就拿着液压开缝器和破拆工具一点一点的进行救援,在通向被埋工人的坍塌处,还时时传来"咔、

伯南克在普林斯顿大学的演讲

伯南克在普林斯顿大学的演讲 It's nice to be back at Princeton. I find it difficult to believe that it's been almost 11 years since I departed these halls for Washington. I wrote recently to inquire about the status of my leave from the university, and the letter I got back began, "Regrettably, Princeton receives many more qualified applicants for faculty positions than we can accommodate." 重返普林斯顿感觉不错,很难相信,我离开校园赴华盛顿已经11年了。近期我向校方询问了我的教职问题,回信称:“很遗憾,普林斯顿收到很多更有才华的学者的求职信,而教职有限。” I'll extend my best wishes to the seniors later, but first I want to congratulate the parents and families here. As a parent myself, I know that putting your kid through college these days is no walk in the park. Some years ago I had a colleague who sent three kids through Princeton even though neither he nor his wife attended this university. He and his spouse were very proud of that accomplishment, as they should have been. But my colleague also used to say that, from a financial perspective, the experience was like buying a new Cadillac every year and then driving it off a cliff. I should say that he always added that he would do it all over again in a minute. So, well done, momsand dads. 我将在稍后献上对毕业生的最美好祝愿,首先我要恭喜在座的家长们。作为父母,我知道这年头供孩子读完大学不容易,数年前,我的一个同事有3个孩子毕业于普林斯顿,尽管他们夫妻都不毕业于此,但我的同事常说,从财政角度讲,这如同每年买辆卡迪拉克,然后让车坠崖。他总会补充说,他会毫不犹豫的选择重新来过。所以,感谢你们的工作,母亲们,父亲们,及家人们。 This is indeed an impressive and appropriate setting for a commencement. I am sure that, from this lectern, any number of distinguished spiritual leaders have ruminated on the lessons of the Ten Commandments. I don't have that

书香伴我行演讲稿范文6篇

书香伴我行演讲稿范文6篇 本文是书香伴我行演讲稿范文6篇,仅供参考,希望对您有所帮助,感谢阅读。 读书告诉我们每个人都应知道的传奇故事,教会我们为人处事的道理。下面是小编整理的书香伴我行演讲稿范文,欢迎大家阅读学习。 敬爱的老师,亲爱的同学们: 大家好!我是xxx。今天我演讲的题目是:让好书伴我们一同成长。 “书籍是人类的好朋友”、“书籍是人类进步的阶梯”,这两句格言我们大家已经耳熟能详了,如果让你说起你喜欢的书目,每位同学也都能一口气说出好多。的确,在我们的学习与生活中,好书一直在伴着我们成长。 在书的世界里徜徉,我看到了憨态可掬的猪八戒,神机妙算的诸葛亮;被逼上梁山的一百单八将,由兴盛转向衰败的贾氏家族。我还知道了精忠报国的岳飞,忍辱撰写《史记》的司马迁;美丽的嫦娥,追日的夸父,补天的女娲,射日的后羿…… 在书的海洋里流连,我知道了吐肠子的海参,带电的鳗鱼;记住了炸碉堡的董存瑞,好事做了一火车的雷锋;结交了跳进冰窟窿里救人的罗盛教,为保护公社羊群同暴风雪英勇搏斗的草原英雄小姐妹…… 曾因读了《聊斋志异》,晚上不敢一个人出门;也曾看了几本《格林童话》,而幻想自己有一天也手持魔杖,惩恶扬善。曾为能背下几段古书中的诗词而沾沾自喜;也曾因会讲诸如《大隋唐》之类的评书而被伙伴们拥戴。孙悟空的七十二变令我着迷,唐三藏的是非不分使我气愤;暗地里喜欢风流倜傥的贾宝玉,也深为多愁善感的林黛玉鸣不平。我曾学梁山好汉的样子,集结一群孩子打抱不平,受到老师的批评;也曾被关云长刮骨疗毒的毅力所打动,但最终还是不敢用针尖去挖扎在皮肉里的小刺…… 书,它可以让一个人走向成功之路,也可以让一个人跌入万丈深渊。在书中,有悲欢离合,有酸甜苦辣。读书,它使我有了“少无适俗韵,性本爱丘山”的感情;读书,它使我有了“穷且益尖,步坠青云之志”的信念;读书,它使我有了“行贤而去自贤之心,焉往而不美”的做事准绳。古人云:“书中自有千种粟,书中自有颜如玉,书中自有黄金屋。”也许有人读书为了千种粟,也许有人读书

中国学生哈佛大学毕业典礼演讲The Spider's Bite(中英对照)

The Spider’s Bite When I was in middle school, a poisonous spider bit my right hand. I ran to my mom for help—but instead of taking me to a doctor, my mom set my hand on fire.After wrapping my hand with several layers of cotton, then soaking it in wine, she put a chopstick into my mouth,and ignited the cotton. 在我上中学的时候,一只有毒蜘蛛咬伤了我的右手,我去找母亲帮忙,但是她没有找医生,却把我的手放在火上面。她用酒浸过的棉纱绕着我的手缠了好几层之后,在我的嘴里放了一根筷子,然后点燃了棉纱。 【语言点解析】 Poisonous表示有毒的;恶毒的;讨厌的。例句:A lot of poisonous waste water comes from that chemical factory. 那个化工厂排出大量有毒的废水。 Heat quickly penetrated the cotton and began to roast my hand. The searing pain made me want to scream, but the chopstick prevented it. All I could do was watch my hand burn - one minute, then two minutes –until mom put out the fire. 棉纱上的温度很快上来了,我的手也开始发烫。这股灼痛让我想要大叫,不过我嘴里含着的筷子让我叫不出来。我唯一能做的就是看着我的手骨,一分钟过去了,两分钟过去了,直到母亲熄灭火。 You see, the part of China I grew up in was a rural village, and at that time pre-industrial. When I was born, my village had no cars, no telephones, no electricity, not even running water. And we certainly didn’t have access to modern medical resources. 所以你看到,我是在中国的一个小山村里成长的,在那个时候,并不发达。在我出生的那个年代,我们村没车、没电话、也没电,甚至都没有自来水!且理所当然地,我没有接触现代医疗资源的办法。 There was no doctor my mother could bring me to see about my spider bite.For those who study biology, you may have grasped the science behind my mom’s cure: heat deactivates proteins, and a spider’s venom is simply a form of protein. It’s cool how that folk remedy actually incorporates basic biochemistry, isn’t it? 当我被蜘蛛咬伤时,并没有医生可以来治疗我。对于学生物学的人来说,你也许能找到我母亲治愈背后所包含的科学原理:热量能够让蛋白质失活,而蜘蛛的毒液都是蛋白质组成的。将这个土方子和生物化学基础联系起来很神奇,不是吗? 【语言点解析】 Folk remedy表示偏方。例句:The active component, willow bark, was used as a folk remedy as long ago as the 5th century BC. 它来自早在公元前五世纪就被用于民间配方的柳树皮,是这种树皮的一种有效成分。 But I am a PhD student in biochemistry at Harvard, I now know that better, less painful and less risky treatments existed. So I can’t help but ask myself, why I didn’t receive one at the time? 不过我现在是一个在哈佛学习生物化学的博士生,我现在知道了一个更好的、不那么痛、危险系数更小的治疗方法。所以,我忍不住问我自己,为什么那个时候我不能接受更好的治疗吗?

演讲稿 关于中华魂读书演讲稿范文

关于中华魂读书演讲稿范文 关于中华魂读书演讲稿篇1 尊敬的各位老师,亲爱的同学们: 大家好! 一提起血性这两个字我的眼前就闪现出了富有心计的小嘎子,引敌上钩的王二小,但我还是最感动于中国兄弟连的坚韧,拼搏。他们是我心中永远的英雄。 世间多少英雄,又有多少他们的事迹。《中国兄弟连》这个耳熟能详的故事,多少人为它心痛,多少人为它朴素的剧情感动的潸然泪下。让我们走近1937年,中国军队在日的全面战争败退中,国军所属C连和新四军所属D连火速接应一位掌握着国军最高级密码的密码员,如落入日军手中,后果不堪设想。 从此,这两支曾为宿敌的连队冰释前嫌,与日寇浴血奋战,一次次的生死离别!一次次的摧人泪下!他们一身孤胆,一起并肩,成为敌后的一支劲旅,最后全歼矢内中队。而兄弟连也几近全军覆没。 青山处处埋忠骨! 每当五星红旗在蓝天飘扬,国歌声在晴空回荡时,民族自尊的血液就会在千千万万炎黄子孙的血管中沸腾。回望历史的长河,今天,我们学会了坚强、团结、与奋战,从雪灾到胶济惨案,从胶济惨案到四川大地震,灾难如恶魔般突如其来,一次比一次暴虐,一次比一次惨烈,但是我们胜利了,我们携手抗灾,并肩迎奥运,科技点飞船,

我们让世界瞩目:中国,伟大!伟大中国魂! 谢谢大家! 关于中华魂读书演讲稿篇2 尊敬的各位领导、老师、同学们:大家好! 中华魂主题教育读书活动的开展,给广大学生以精神的滋养,让他们生活里充满了阳光,智慧里有了翅膀。帮助他们认识了解我们伟大的祖国和现代化建设所取得的巨大成就,明确全面建设小康社会的奋斗目标,增强民族自尊心、自信心和自豪感,树立正确的世界观、人生观、价值观和崇高的社会理想。 中华魂主题教育读书活动,一年一个新主题,已成为对青少年进行思想政治教育的一项重大活动。xx年颂歌献给党主题教育读书活动得到了学校的高度重视,我们充分发挥关工委五老的优势作用、学校的主导作用、教师的引导作用、学生的主体作用。把读书活动与庆祝建党90周年相结合、与课堂教学相结合、与文明养成教育相结合、与校园文化建设相结合、与体验实践教育相结合。鼓励老师、家长、学生一同阅读。通过开展国旗下讲话、演讲比赛、讲故事、征文、书画作品展、主题班会等活动,让大家共同融进主题读书活动中,学生们更加遵守纪律、更加自信、更加向上,促进了校园文化建设和校风学风的转变。 今天,市委宣传部、市关工委、市教育局及各学校教师、学生代表隆重集会,启动xx年理想点亮人生中华魂主题教育读书活动,这项活动的启动满怀着市委宣传部、市关工委、市教育局的领导们对下

英语演讲稿-经典名人英语演讲稿47:选择塑造人生(Amazon杰夫·贝索斯普林斯顿大学演讲) mp3

英语演讲稿 经典名人英语演讲稿47:选择塑造人生(Amazon杰夫·贝索斯普林斯顿大学演讲) mp3 But that I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy---they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. 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. 但是今天我想对你们说的是,天赋和选择不同。聪明是一种天赋,而善良是一种选择。天赋得来很容易——毕竟它们与生俱来。而选择却颇为艰难。如果一不小心你可能被天赋所诱惑,这可能会损害到你做出的选择。 This is a group with many gifts. I’m sure one of your gifts is the gift of a smart and capable brain. 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.

读书演讲稿:读万卷书,行万里路与读书演讲稿:读书伴我行汇编

读书演讲稿:读万卷书,行万里路尊敬的老师同学们: 大家好! “万般皆下品,唯有读书高。”“读万卷书,行万里路。”这是中国老百姓信奉的一句至理名言;“读书改变命运,学习成就未来。”这应该是知识经济时代一种不可争议的共识。作为一名老师,读书与我们更是息息相关。 我们大家都知道,教师做着教书育人的工作,可谓“桃李满天下”。我们的一言一行都关系到一代又一代的成长。学生的知识增长和我们的知识构成密不可分,那么主要影响我们知识构成的是什么呢?是读书。所以今天我在这里主要谈两个问题:第一,读书对教师专业成长的意义。第二,教师读书应该有选择,有方向性。 首先,我先来介绍第一个问题,读书对教师专业成长的意义。打开一本书,静静倾听,用心去阅读,无声之中,你已领会万千世界。书之声如天籁、如仙乐、如蝉鸣、如鸟语、如风声、如鹤唳,世间一切的呐喊、哭泣、欢呼都在其中。心灵随之波动,感情随之震撼。“此时无声胜有声”,此时此刻,灵魂已飘然于云际之外。这些感觉想必大家都曾有过,特别是作为老师的我们,更需要有这种超然物外的感觉。让读书来洗涤我们的心灵,让读书来提高我们的素养,让读书来培养我们的气质。只有这样,我们才能又更深刻、更丰富的知识来教导我们的学生。 针对我们语文老师,则需要对读书有着更高的要求。语文作为中华文化的承载者,它有着丰富、厚重的内容。我们所选的课文,一般包含了各个方面,远至古代传闻逸事,近至当代的新闻。上至天文,下至地理。这一切若我们的语文老师没有丰富的知识底蕴,那么我们将很难为学生讲好每一堂课,与之相关的如:追求精致的生活或许是每个人的目标,而实现这一目标,若不多读书,是很难成就的。 再者,教师读书应该有选择、有方向性。我叫喜欢有哲理韵味和学术性专业性的作品,翻开这些书,一种熟悉亲切的味道便顷刻间弥漫开来。针对我自己来说,这是一种梦幻的味道,古典而神秘,高深莫测而又耐人寻味。清晰的字体是一个个生动的音符。手执一本书,凝神静气,或立于风中,或坐于夕阳里,或靠一棵树,或独坐窗前,这时你便可细细倾听书的动听诉说。即便不读,闻着这淡淡的油墨香也是一种满足。 既然我们走上了教师这个岗位,已说明了我们已读过了不少的书,但针对我们的专业,为提高我们专业的教学能力。我们更以该读一些专业性学术性较强的作品。这样针对学术、专业方向的发展、创新,我们便能获取最新的消息和知识,这些不仅与个人紧密相连,更与国家、民族息息相关。如果没有读书,没有科学与文化的传承、汲取、交流和进步,不仅我们个人,就连我们的国家都很难有美好的未来。若我们不再读书,那将是社会的悲哀,是民族的悲哀,是我们每个人的悲哀。 书之声悠远,书之声激昂,书之声清脆,书之声涵盖了千古。在教师的内心深处,读书的意义和地位,从来没有降低丝毫。传统惯性也罢,现实考虑也罢,至今我们仍然把读书作为我们神圣的理念,让我们用读书来武装我们的头脑吧! 我的演讲完毕,谢谢大家! 第1 页共2 页

哈佛校长2016年毕业典礼演讲

哈佛校长2016年毕业典礼演讲 Greetings, alumni, graduates, families, and friends. It is such a pleasure to see you all he re and offercongratulations on this day of celebration. I am in the unenviable role of war m-up act for one ofthe greatest storytellers of our - or any other - time. Nevertheless, m y assignment is to offer a fewreflections on this magnificent institution at this moment in its history. And what a moment it is! From comments of astonished pundits on television, in print, and online, to conversations withbewildered friends and colleagues, the question seems unavoidable and mesmerizin g: What is goingon? What is happening to the world? The tumultuous state of American politics, spotlighted in thiscontentious presidential contest; the political challenges around the globe from Brazil to Brexit; theMiddle East in flames; a refugee crisis in Europe; terr orists exploiting new media to perform chillingacts of brutality and murder; climate-relate d famine in Africa and fires in Canada. It is as if we arebeing visited by the horsemen of t he apocalypse with war, famine, natural disaster and, yes, evenpestilence - as Zika sprea ds, aided by political controversy and paralysis. As extraordinary as these times may seem to us, Harvard reminds us we have been here before. Itis in some ways reassuring at this 365th Commencement to recall all that Harv ard has enduredover centuries. A number of these festival rites took place under clouds of war; others in times offinancial crisis and despair; still others in face of epidemics - fro m smallpox in the 17th century tothe devastating flu of 1918 to the H1N1 virus just a fe w years ago. Harvard has not just survivedthese challenges, but has helped to confront t hem. We sing in our alma mater about "Calm risingthrough change and through storm." What does that mean for today's crises? Where douniversities fit in this threatening mix? What can we do? What should we do? What must we do? We are gathered today in Tercentenary Theatre, with Widener Library and Memorial Chu rchstanding before and behind us, enduring symbols of Harvard's larger identity and pur poses,testaments to what universities do and believe at a time when we have never nee ded them more.And much is at stake, for us and for the world. We look at Widener Library and see a great edifice, a backdrop of giant columns where p hotos aretaken and 27 steps are worn down ever so slightly by the feet of a century of st udents andscholars. We also see a repository of learning, with 57 miles of shelving at the heart of a librarysystem of some 17 million books, a monument to reason and knowledg e, to the collection andpreservation of the widest possible range of beliefs, and experienc es, and facts that fuel free inquiryand our constantly evolving understanding. A vehicle fo r Veritas - for exploring the path to truthwherever it may lead. A tribute to the belief that knowledge matters, that facts matter - in thepresent moment, as a basis for the informe

最新中华魂演讲稿3篇

亲爱的朋友,很高兴能在此相遇!欢迎您阅读文档中华魂演讲稿3篇,这篇文档是由我们精心收集整理的新文档。相信您通过阅读这篇文档,一定会有所收获。假若亲能将此文档收藏或者转发,将是我们莫大的荣幸,更是我们继续前行的动力。 中华魂演讲稿3篇 演讲因其高超的表达艺术和智慧以及现代社会的实际需求越来越受到人们的关注。以下我整理了中华魂演讲稿3篇,供你参考。 中华魂演讲稿篇1 各位老师,各位同学: 大家好,我今天演讲的题目是《中华魂》。 滚滚黄河,滔滔长江,翻涌万年不息;巍巍中华,泱泱大国,沉浮千年不变。这就是我们可爱的祖国!一个响彻世界的名字——中国! 在华夏大地这片辽阔的土地上,竖立着一面千古流芳的旌旗,她,就是我们中华民族传承几千年的精神,就是我们世代相传的中华魂! 勤劳与奉献的品质就是中华魂,就是中华民族的精神。回首历史,龚自珍的“落红不是无情物,化作春泥更护花”;杜甫的“安得广厦千万间,大庇天下寒士俱欢颜”;儿时记忆的“锄禾

日当午,汗滴禾下土。谁知盘中餐,粒粒皆辛苦!”的诗句让我们懂得了中华魂的流芳与不朽。 宋芳蓉这个名字应该不会让大家陌生。她的家境贫寒,历经苦难和艰辛,年仅15岁就走上山区小学的讲台,做了一名乡村教师,扎根山间十几年。朋友们推荐了许多比教师职位好一百倍、一千倍的工作给她,可她不愿放弃播种明天的花朵与希望,舍不得孩子们那一双双渴望知识和未来的眼睛。虽然教学条件很艰苦,她执著地以勤劳度日,以奉献为生,她种菜去卖为的是替孩子们交上学费,她放假打工为的是不让孩子们辍学,她放弃优越是为了让孩子们懂得还有一种精神:勤劳与奉献。 宋芳蓉在艰苦的条件下,在家乡的土壤里用她的精神播下了一粒又一粒希望的种子,她用最好的方式为中华魂做了最好的注解。 像宋芳蓉老师这样的人在我们的社会里还有很多,但丢掉中华魂,丢掉勤劳品德甘心做寄生虫的人却让我们蒙羞,为社会所不耻。 一篇报道让我感慨万千。一群过着优越生活的城里孩子参加体验农村生活,他们一味嘲笑朴实的农民,他们看不起勤劳和朴实,嘲笑农民们老土、落后,竟然面对记者镜头毫无羞耻地说:谁叫他们是农民?是农民就得这样!他们真以为自己是所谓的

贝索斯在普林斯顿大学2010年学士毕业典礼上的演讲)

在我还是一个孩子的时候,我的夏天总是在德州祖父母的农场中度过。我帮忙修理风车,为牛接种疫苗,也做其它家务。每天下午,我们都会看肥皂剧,尤其是《我们的岁月》。我的祖父母参加了一个房车俱乐部,那是一群驾驶Airstream拖挂型房车的人们,他们结伴遍游美国和加拿大。每隔几个夏天,我也会加入他们。我们把房车挂在祖父的小汽车后面,然后加入300余名Airstream探险者们组成的浩荡队伍。 我爱我的祖父母,我崇敬他们,也真心期盼这些旅程。那是一次我大概十岁时的旅行,我照例坐在后座的长椅上,祖父开着车,祖母坐在他旁边,吸着烟。我讨厌烟味。 在那样的年纪,我会找任何借口做些估测或者小算术。我会计算油耗还有杂货花销等鸡毛蒜皮的小事。我听过一个有关吸烟的广告。我记不得细节了,但是广告大意是说,每吸一口香烟会减少几分钟的寿命,大概是两分钟。无论如何,我决定为祖母做个算术。我估测了祖母每天要吸几支香烟,每支香烟要吸几口等等,然后心满意足地得出了一个合理的数字。接着,我捅了捅坐在前面的祖母的头,又拍了拍她的肩膀,然后骄傲地宣称,“每天吸两分钟的烟,你就少活九年!” 我清晰地记得接下来发生了什么,而那是我意料之外的。我本期待着小聪明和算术技巧能赢得掌声,但那并没有发生。相反,我的祖

母哭泣起来。我的祖父之前一直在默默开车,把车停在了路边,走下车来,打开了我的车门,等着我跟他下车。我惹麻烦了吗?我的祖父是一个智慧而安静的人。他从来没有对我说过严厉的话,难道这会是第一次?还是他会让我回到车上跟祖母道歉?我以前从未遇到过这种状况,因而也无从知晓会有什么后果发生。我们在房车旁停下来。祖父注视着我,沉默片刻,然后轻轻地、平静地说:“杰夫,有一天你会明白,善良比聪明更难。” 选择比天赋更重要 今天我想对你们说的是,天赋和选择不同。聪明是一种天赋,而善良是一种选择。天赋得来很容易——毕竟它们与生俱来。而选择则颇为不易。如果一不小心,你可能被天赋所诱惑,这可能会损害到你做出的选择。 在座各位都拥有许多天赋。我确信你们的天赋之一就是拥有精明能干的头脑。之所以如此确信,是因为入学竞争十分激烈,如果你们不能表现出聪明智慧,便没有资格进入这所学校。 你们的聪明才智必定会派上用场,因为你们将在一片充满奇迹的土地上行进。我们人类,尽管跬步前行,却终将令自己大吃一惊。我

相关主题
文本预览
相关文档 最新文档