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1、第 1 页 有关英语的演讲稿：穿越海洋1 特征码 RpiGLHzGDRHnJGsLGCkG 有关英语的演讲稿：穿越海洋 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. The title of my speech today is “Crossing the Sea“ . An English poet by the name of Rudyard Kipling once wrote in this poem “We and They“ : All the people like us are We and everyone else is They We liv
2、e over the sea While They live over the way We eat pork and beef with cow horn-handled knives They who gobble their rice off a leaf Are horrified out of their lives. When these lines first caught my eyes, I was shocked- how could two people remain so isolated and ignorant of each other in the past?
3、Todays society, of course, is an entirely different picture. Those people who used to eat with gobble their rice might be as well have taken 第 2 页 to fish and chips. Indeed, just take China as example; Our modern life has been influenced by Western style of living in so many ways that its no longer
4、surprising to see teenagers going crazy about rock-and-roll, whole families dining out at McDonalds and even rather elderly people dressed in Apple Jeans. However, these are only some expressions of the cultural changes taking place in our society today. What is really going on is a subtle but signi
5、ficant restructuring of the nations mentality. Just look around. How many college graduates are ready to pete aggressively for every job opportunity, whereas not long ago they were asked just to sit idle and wait for whatever was to be assigned to them by the government? How many young people are no
6、w eager to seek for an independent life whereas only two decades ago they would rely totally on their parents to arrange for their future? Ask anyone who participates in todays speech contest. Who has not e with a will to fight and who has not e determined to achieve self-fulfillment in 第 3 页 winnin
7、g the game? And Im quite certain that if Confucius had lived to see todays China, he would have been horrified to see young lovers k kissing each other in public places in an unreserved expression of their passion. It is therefore evident that we as descendants of an ancient Eastern civilization are
8、 already living under strong influence of the Western culture. But it is not only in China that we find the incorporation of the two cultures. Take the United States as an example: During the 1980s, in face of the overwhelming petition from Japan, many American panies such as the Ford began to adopt
9、 a teamwork management from their rivals, the essence of which, lay at the very core of Eastern culture. Take the Chinese acupuncture as another example: This traditional treatment of diseases is finally finding its way to the West and hence the underlying notion 第 4 页 that illness is resulted from
10、the imbalance between yin and yang within the body-an idea which would strike any Westerner as incredible in the past! Ladies and Gentlemen, we live in a great epoch when the global integration of economy and the information revolution have brought cultures of the world closer than ever before. We l
11、ive in a particular era when countries, East and West, find themselves in need of readjusting their traditional values. We live, at the same time, at a critical juncture of our evolution because such problems as ethnic conflicts and regional unrest are increasingly posing a threat to the peace and h
12、appiness of the whole human race.To cope with such an era and to embrace an even brighter future, we need to learn to live more harmoniously in a world munity which is being smaller and smaller. My dear fellow students, our mand of the English language render sit possible for us to gain an insight i
13、nto Western culture while retaining our own cultural identity. Therefore, it is our sacred responsibility to promote the cultural exchanges and hence the mutual understanding between China and the rest of the world. 第 5 页 It is my happiest dream that new generation of Chinese will not only grow up d
14、rinking Coca cola and watching Hollywood, but also be blessed with the far-reaching benefits of multiple cultures; benefits that our forefathers had never, ever dreamed of. To end my speech, I would like to quote Rudyard Kipling again: All the people like us are We And everyone else is They But once you cross over the sea You will end by looking on We As only a sort of They. Thank you. 译文:穿越海洋 女士们、先生们，晚上好。今天，我演讲的题目是:穿越海洋 。 第 6 页 英国诗人罗得雅德吉卜林曾写过一首诗，名叫我们与他们 ， 其中写道: 像我们的人是我们