全国英语演讲大赛演讲稿之第六名Neverlosethevisionofreality.doc

Never lose the vision of realityGood afternoonLadies and gentlemen, today my topic is never losing the vision of reality. Talking about dreams and future, I would say, dreams should not be too far away from reality. Detaching from reality, looking solid or practical actions, any dream plan or dream project will be nothing short of daydreaming, or, at most well-intentioned thinking. Here I am remained the year of 2000, when 191 member states of the United Nations held a world summit conference, which made a declaration known as the millennium development goals. The goals of 2015, which every member state pledged to meet, were such as, elimination of hunger and poverty, drastic reduction in child mortality rates, reversing a spread of AIDS and other deadly disease, ect. Now, six years later, almost half way to the final year of 2015, do we see any signs of realizing these goals? Today, half the world-about three billion people, still live under two U.S dollars a day; and about 279 million children have no access to safe water, 11 million children die before they reach the year of five each year. Do we come to harness the spread of the AIDS? The answer is also “no” and indeed AIDS is spreading faster and wider than ever before. What is even worse, with the weak of the Iraqi War, the nuclear crisis in Iran and unsettled situations in many places, the vision of us young people today are often limited but the limited vision that we do have and care about every day cannot change the conviction that this world does not seem to promise a vary bright future before us. Who is blame for this? Of course, we can blame the government: how they disappoint all seem to be: in the moment they are pledging to build a better future for us, and the other moment they are igniting wars killing more innocent people. But dont you think we ordinary folks should also take some responsibility for, say elimination of hunger and poverty? When we are quickly rushing to schools, works, or place of entertainment, how many times do we stop just to hand over some food to the deprived on the streets? When we are reading newspapers browsing for news about what is going on in this world, how often do we stop to think about actual ways that we can do to help the people who are suffering from various disastrous situations? In fact, how much have we done to help the people who are in need just around us. Dreams are certainly beautiful and indispensable in our life, for they give us inspiration and motivation. Future plans are certainly necessary, for they provide us with goals and guides. But what is most beautiful and important is an action on a day-to-day base in order to realize our dreams or make our future goals realized, we need to put our words into deeds and base our vision on reality. In other words, while human beings should be, first and foremost, idealists and thinkers, we should also be, and all the more, realists and practical doers. Thank you.这是来自第六名北京语言大学的英语专业的崔笑笑的演讲稿，这篇演讲稿被她演绎的淋漓精致，极为流畅自然，所以她获得了此次大赛的最佳风度奖。她以millennium development goals的签署之后，在这几年里世界发生的细微变化和与当初所制定的目标作比较，发现相差甚远，由此展开观点论述：Never lose the vision of reality. 语言犀利，准确，观点独到，是一篇议论性演讲稿的佳作。1Vision视力, 视觉, 视野洞察力; 想象力; 眼力幻象, 梦想, 幻影美景; 美人; 绝妙的东西【宗】显圣;【医】幻视(修辞学的)描述; 电影中的回忆场面, 幻想场面the field of vision视野a person of broad vision见解广阔的人The lady was a lovely vision.这位贵妇模样儿长得很美。2detach dittvt.分开, 解开, 分离指派担任特种任务, 分遣, 派遣(军队等)be detached from脱离Men were detached to defend the pass.已经派遣了人员去防守关隘。3. millennium milenimn.一千年(间); 千周年纪念(基督教)至福一千年(幻想中的)太平盛世, 黄金时代4elimination1.排除;除去,根除2.淘汰5conviction1.确信, 坚定的信仰, 坚定的看法（或信念）2.判罪；定罪；证明有罪3.深信；坚信；坚定；肯定6 pledgen.1.保证; 誓言；誓约2.信物3.抵押，质钱，抵押品vt. & vi.1.保证, 许诺; 发誓vt.1.典当2.保证给予（或做），正式承诺；使保证，使发誓vi.1.宣誓参加美国大学生联谊会7 ignite 1.点燃; 引发;（使）燃烧;着火Petrol ignites very easily.汽油很容易着火。The blast was caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited.爆炸是由数袋甲烷气体着火引起的。He ignited the fireworks.他点燃了烟花。The rock and roll ignites the excitement of the audience.摇滚乐激起了观众的热情。 8deprived形容词 adj.1.贫困的The conference heard an appeal from a representative from one of the more deprived areas.大会听取了一名来自一个比较贫困地区的代表的呼籲。9 disastrous形容词 adj.1.灾难性的, 造成灾害的Car