适合高中生背诵的英语文章

适合高中背诵的篇目 To us young people challenge often emerges in the form of competition In the next century competition will not only come from other college graduates but also from people of all ages of all origins With increasing international exchanges we have to face growing competition from the whole outside world This is calling for a higher level of our personal development Excerpt from Liu Xin s speech 全国英语演讲比赛第一届冠军 刘欣 南京大学 1996 年 A Chinese philosopher Feng Youlan once said China is an old country with a new life To us that means this country with a long long history is on its course of modernization I am encouraged every time I think of it I do believe China really has a bright future if it seeks this opportunity to continue building a road to the world I see the future as a huge project in which I can play an important role China needs more and better roads to the rest of the world I feel needed I feel inspired I m ready Excerpt from Li Shu s speech 全国英语演讲比赛第二届冠军 李舒 四川大学 1997 年 We live at a critical juncture of our evolution because such problems as ethnic conflict and regional unrest are increasingly posing a threat to peace and happiness 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 community which is becoming smaller and smaller Excerpt from Liang Limin s speech 全国英语演讲比赛第三届冠军 梁励敏 北京外国语大学 1998 年 What happened to this beautiful valley in Australia should also happen to our Yellow River and in fact it is happening I have seen farmers planting trees on mountains along the Yellow River I have seen them climb the mountain tops with seeding on their shoulders because they had no machinery I have seen them pour on trees the water they carried up in buckets from miles down the valley These farmers are quietly nourishing our Yellow River just as the river has nourished them Excerpt from Cai Li s speech 全国英语演讲比赛第四届冠军 蔡力 南京大学 1999 年 If a person inherits his father s millions of dollars and leads an easy life he is not a successful person even in material terms because there are no difficulties involved in his achieving affluence The term success to be sure will not sit still for easy definition But as I understand it the true meaning of success entails a combination of both the process and the satisfactory result of an endeavor Excerpt from Chen Heng s speech 全国英语演讲比赛第五届冠军 陈恒 上海外国语大学 2000 年 The first and foremost thing is to let people fall in love with the city at first sight attracting them by its unique image What image does Beijing intend to create for itself once it has the opportunity to host the 2008 Olympics It is known to all that the Beijing Municipal Government has already set the theme for the future games New Beijing Great Olympics For me the 2008 Olympics will be a great green Olympics illuminated with two more special colors yellow and red Excerpt from Qi Yue s speech 全国英语演讲比赛第六届冠军 戚悦 北京语言文化大学 2001 年 Like many young people of my age in China I want to see my country get prosperous and enjoy respect in the international community But it seems to me that mere patriotism is not just enough It is vitally important that we young people do more serious thinking and broaden our minds to bigger issues Excerpt from Sun Ning s speech 全国英语演讲比赛第七届冠军 孙宁 北京外国语大学 2002 年 The other night as I saw the moon linger over the land and before it was sent into the invisible my mind was filled with songs I found myself humming softly not to the music but to something else someplace else a place remembered a place untouched a field of grass where no one seemed to have been except the deer And all those unforgettable scenes strengthened the feeling that it s time for us to do something for our own and our coming generation Excerpt from Gu Qiubei s speech 全国英语演讲比赛第八届冠军 顾秋蓓 上海外国语大学 2003 年 Look at us today So many doors are open to us I believe there have never been such abundant opportunities for self development as we have today The doors open to us also pose challenges Each door is a test of our courage ability and judgement but with the support of my teachers parents and friends I believe I can meet the challenge head on Excerpt from Hong Ye s speech 全国英语演讲比赛第九届全军 洪晔 南京大学 2004 年 The Force of Habits Habits whether good or bad are gradually formed The more we do a thing the more we tend to like doing it and if we do not continue to do it we feel uncomfortable This is called the force of habits and the force of habits should be fought against This applies even to such good things as work or rest Some people form a bad habit of working too much and others of idling too much Bad habits once formed are difficult to get rid of The wise man always remembers to check any bad habit He warns himself I am now becoming idle or I like too many sweets or I smoke too much And then adds I will get myself out of this bad habit at once The Way to Achieve Success Many people say that they owe much of it to the cultivation of certain good habits in early life In forming good habits I think we should pay attention to four things that is honesty industry enthusiasm and thrift Honesty is the best policy This is a proverb to which we must pay attention There are so many temptations in society that through a little carelessness we may go astray But when we are honest people will not be dishonest to us Industry gives every man and woman every boy and girl proper work to do To do nothing is going to ruin oneself Enthusiasm is a great force One s soul will expand if one devotes oneself to a noble cause The difficulties in our way are tremendous but what can we not accomplish if with enthusiasm There are many proverbs which set forth the advantages of thrift Since we live in the world in which money is a very powerful thing we should always try to save a portion of our earnings for future use These are the four things to which we must pay attention It is only by this way that we can achieve success TV A Blessing or a Curse As TV enters more and more families people begin to wonder about its advantages and disadvantages Some believe it is a blessing others hold that it is a curse to society TV as a mass media can bring to people new information on economies culture arts and many other fields People can enjoy their favorite programs at home In some countries some TV stations provide such programs as looking for dangerous criminals and lost children helping to find an ideal lover and others which are quite beneficial to society some TV stations provide various useful seminars for people of various ages and social status But on the other hand TV may exert bad influence on people Some programs are full of violence As a result people especially juveniles are led to commit crimes An increasing number of people are so indulged in TV programs that some even neglect their duties In my opinion the attitude towards TV all depends on oneself People should choose those programs which are useful and can bring to them the sense of beauty On Test and Test Taking The purpose of a test is to check how much we students have learned about a subject It not only helps make our newly acquired knowledge permanent but also enables us to find out what needs to spend more time improving But some students do not deal with test correctly Some of them are afraid of failing in a test They cheat even at the risk of being caught on exams Though cheating might give one better grades it adds nothing to one s knowledge This dishonest behavior will do one more harm than good I think that we go to college in order to have our further studies and prepare us to be qualified for the future job Therefore we should take a correct attitude towards test As long as we study diligently and review our lessons regularly we are sure to be used to serve its real purpose The Dictionary The dictionary is a living teacher Whenever you come across a new word just consult it and you will get a clear definition Every student whether attending school or self taught should always have a dictionary at hand As a study aid it is convenient inexpensive and almost omniscient all knowing Language skills will develop with your constant use of various dictionaries The more you use them the more familiar you will become with them Sooner or later you will be quite skilled in finding the page scanning the entries and locating the exact meanings of the new words But you should have one thing in mind As a language student you can never become too much attached to dictionaries basic language skills do not come from dictionaries but from your practice Expose yourself to the language by listening speaking reading and writing more and that is the only way to the mastery of a language On Learning Learning is one s own business which cannot rely on others As we know learning is a process of accumulating knowledge It is one s life long task which cannot be accomplished in one move A successful learner is an independent one who has both an indomitable unyielding will and amazing endurance He will try to discover his own way of learning Instead of waiting for the teacher s help he will make efforts to create favorable conditions on his own initiative It will certainly be of great help if there is good environment sufficient books and equipment as well as instructions from teacher and beneficial friends But even if one has got all these favorable conditions one cannot be sure to succeed in learning So the most important factor in learning consists in one s own effort To learn is rather a painstaking and persevering business Many a man is a failure because he cannot bear such indispensable hardships Unremitting never stopping efforts can compensate for the lack of talents and thus enable one to get considerable progress in learning Is Failure a Bad Thing Failure is a common occurrence happening in our daily life Whatever we do there are always two possible results success or failure Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries sometimes failure can t be avoided Different people hold different attitudes towards failure When faced with it some can stand up to it draw a useful lesson from it and try their best to fulfill what they are determined to do Others however lose heart and give in They do nothing but complain about themselves and objective conditions As a popular saying goes Failure teaches success In my opinion what really counts is not the failure itself but the proper attitude we should take after it I trust that as long as we keep to what is right and correct what is wrong that is to say learn a lesson from failure we will be certain to succeed So I am of the opinion that failure is not a bad thing Recreation It is impossible to keep in good health unless we take sufficient enough recreation The mind too requires change to make it acute sharp and vigorous There is much truth in the old saying All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy There are many games for people to indulge enjoy after their work of study Among them are football tennis and kite flying Other forms of recreation are boating fishing gardening cycling walking chess playing and reading Those who spend most of their time in the open air and have constant muscular employment should adopt reading or some other quiet forms of recreation Persons who sit much at their business should take a kind of recreation that will supply their muscles with exercise Recreation provides people with the kind of rest and relaxation It makes people feel happy energetic and confident meanwhile it prepares people to do much better than ever in their daily work On Today s Education I think one of the main problems with today s education is that too much emphasis is placed on test score It has become the most important criterion standard for college enrollment A student however creative and intelligent will not be admitted into a college for his total scores are just one point less than required It is also on of the crucial decisive factors either in job assignment or in employment competitions The competition for high scores among students becomes intense Students find themselves concentrating more on strategies to achieve high scores than on acquiring the knowledge They will play truant stay away from of some subsidiary less important courses and skip over the substance which will not be tested on Teachers are apt to give their students high scores As their job is judged mainly by the students performance in terms of scores some teachers tend to set easy papers to test their students on or narrow down the scope of the exam even give them the hints to exams or favor their students with higher scores As a result the competition for high scores becomes so intense that it actually affects our education results Weekend Weekends are important They provide people with the kind of rest and relaxation that are essential to a happy and healthy life I m one of those who know how to enjoy their leisure on the weekend A good sleep at Saturday night usually helps me to recover from the hard labor of the week A delight Sunday trip to the suburbs makes me fresh and free from any tension If I stay at home I usually do some light reading or practice Chinese calligraphy a traditional writing skill which has an extraordinary calming effect Sometimes mother invites me to help her cook and I am always happy to accept her invitation A good rest on the weekend always makes me feel happy energetic confident and ready to all the hard work ahead of me You cannot work happily and efficiently until you learn how to rest and relax on the weekend My View on Job Hopping Some people tend to stick to their positions all the time as they think the longer one works in a particular field the more skillful one will be at it Some have been teachers all their lives Some devote their life energy to scientific research Such people love their work and turn out to be specialists in their own field They are usually high achievers Some are different They are in the habit of job hopping for they always pursue follow what is new and stimulating interesting They never seem content with their present situation Some like to meet more people make more money and new acquaintances so they hop from job to job As far as I am concerned I want to be professionally strong I am not in favor of constant job hopping as the saying goes Jack of all trades master of none But I want to cooperate and communicate with someone else so as to be more creative and less partial Attending College at One s Own Expense Nowadays colleges and universities tend to accept more and more candidates with a score close to the required by charging a portion of their tuition Moreover the percentage of the students attending college this way will be increasing year by year Owing to this practice college candidates have much freedom in choosing the major they mostly interested in In addition those who did not perform well on the College Entrance Exam are able to attend college to have further studies It is reported that most of these students work harder than their classmates Certainly this practice has some disadvantages For example those candidates who cannot afford the tuition might have fewer opportunities to receive higher education In my opinion the advantages of this practice weigh more than its disadvantages So I am in favor of it and I believe people will be more willing to accept it as time goes by School aged Children Drop Out It s reported that in China about one million school aged children drop out of school each year and 80 of the drop outs are from the families which are too poor to keep their children at school To tackle the problem the government has launched the Hope Project It has helped thousands of children go back to school But in my opinion this is far from enough In order to change this situation completely the government should set aside an adequate amount of money for education especially for elementary education And also the government should establish laws to ensure that no children should drop out of school as elementary school education is compulsory in China and local governments should aid the poor families so that they can send their children to school To sum up so long as our central and local governments and the whole society pay enough attention to this problem and take effective action this situation will be changed Knowledge and Power Knowledge and power are the two things most desired by man There is close connection between these two things The man having done his best in acquiring knowledge will easily get a high position and perform it successfully Power depends on knowledge Knowledge to power is just like a compass to a ship by which her sailing is made safely across an unknown ocean A great statesman or a learned scholar can render give his good services to his country just because he has perfect and profound knowledge Power only follows knowledge A man cannot do anything well unless he has some information as how to do it well A man will sometimes lose his way in a strange land an apprentice cannot produce any delicate work Why are these so Because they are in want of knowledge If the apprentice wishes to produce good work he must pay attention to his instructor s advice We are all the future masters of our country Our country needs our services How can we fulfill our future tasks To get more knowledge is the only answer Breakfast We get the energy for our movements from food Human beings are just like machines For us to work properly we must be well energized The energy of course comes from the three meals a day that is breakfast lunch and dinner Breakfast is more important than any other meal in a day For one thing after a night s sleep most of the energy stored in the human body has been consumed Breakfast serves the purpose of replenishing fill up again energy thus making us energetic again For another in the course of a day morning is the period of time in which we wo