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英文10分钟演讲稿 reagan was born on february 6, 1911, in an apartment above a bank in tampico, illinois. he was the second of two sons born to john edward reagan (18831941), an irish american catholic, and nelle clyde wilson (18831962), who was of scottish, canadian and english descent and a member of the disciples of christ. his older brother was neil reagan (19081996). his paternal great-grandfather, michael reagan, came to the united states from ballyporeen, county tipperary, ireland, in the 1860s, and the rest of his paternal family immigrated from ireland in the 1800s as well.3 prior to his immigration, the family name was spelled regan. his maternal great-grandfather, john wilson, immigrated to the united states from paisley, scotland, in the 1840s and married jane blue, a canadian from queens, new brunswick. reagans maternal grandmother, mary anne elsey, was born in epsom, surrey, england.4 although his father was catholic, reagans mother was an active protestant and he was raised in the christian church (disciples of christ) denomination and attended a church school, eureka college. reagans father was an alcoholic and often unemployed; in great depression he was employed by the wpa, a new deal work relief program that reagan never criticized.4 the family lived in chicago briefly and in small towns in northern illinois. reagan attended mount lebanon school district and dixon high school in dixon, illinois. there, he developed a gift for storytelling and acting. these abilities led to his selection as one of the freshman speakers during the late-night meeting prior to the student strike at eureka college. in 1926 reagan began work as a lifeguard at lowell park, near dixon. he was credited with saving 77 lives during the seven summers he worked there. in 1932, after graduating from eureka (b.a. in economics and sociology), reagan worked at radio stations woc in davenport, iowa, and then who in des moines as an announcer for chicago cubs baseball games, getting only the bare outlines of the game from a ticker and relying on his imagination to flesh out the game. once, during the ninth inning of a game, the wire went dead but reagan smoothly improvised a fictional play-by-play (in which hitters on both teams fouled off numerous pitches) until the wire was restored.5 in 1937, when in california to cover spring training for the chicago cubs as a headline radio announcer, reagan took a screen test that led to a seven-year contract with the warner brothers studio. reagans clear voice, easy-going manner, and athletic physique made him popular with audiences; the majority of his screen roles were as the leading man in b movies. his first screen credit was the starring role in the 1937 movie love is on the air. by the end of 1939, he had appeared in 19 films. before santa fe trail in 1940, he played the role of george the gipper gipp in the film knute rockne, all american. from this role he acquired the nickname the gipper, which he retained the rest of his life. reagan considered his best acting work to have been in kings row (1942). he played the part of a young man whose legs were amputated. he used a line he spoke in this film, wheres the rest of me?, as the title for his autobiography. other notable reagan films include international squadron, tennessees partner, hellcats of the navy, this is the army, the hasty heart, hong kong, the winning team, bedtime for bonzo, cattle queen of montana, storm warning, and prisoner of war movie. his many leading ladies included jane wyman, priscilla lane, ann sheridan, viveca lindfors, patricia neal, barbara stanwyck, rhonda fleming, ginger rogers, doris day, nancy davis, and angie dickinson. he has a star on the hollywood walk of fame. reagan was missioned as a reserve officer in the army in 1935. in november 1941, reagan was called up but disqualified for bat duty because of his astigmatism. after the attack on pearl harbor, lieutenant reagan was activated and assigned to the first motion picture unit in the united states army air forces, which made training and education films, where his acting experience could be put to work. he remained in hollywood for the duration of the war. reagans film roles became fewer in the late 1950s; he moved to television as a host and frequent performer for general electric theater. reagan appeared in over 50 television dramas. reagan served as the president of the screen actors guild (sag) from 1947 until 1952, and again from 1959 to 1960. in 1952, a hollywood dispute raged over his granting of a sag blanket waiver to mca, which allowed it to both represent and employ talent for its burgeoning tv franchises. he went from host and program supervisor of general electric theater to producing and claiming an equity stake in the tv show itself. at one point in the late 1950s, reagan was earning approximately $125,000 per year ($800,000 in xx dollars). his final work as a professional actor was as host and performer on the popular death valley days television series. reagans final big-screen appearance came in the 1964 film the killers, a remake of an earlier version, based on a short story by ernest hemingway. reagan portrayed a mob chieftain. this film, the first made-for-tv movie, was originally produced for nbc, but the works censor found it too violent. reagans co-stars were john cassavetes, lee marvin, and angie dickinson. in total reagan boasts a fairly prodigious credit history of 102 activities ranging from cowpoke to a cameo appearance in spies like us. on november 5, 1994, reagan announced that he had been diagnosed with alzheimers disease. he informed the nation of his condition via a hand-written letter. with his trademark optimism, he stated in conclusion: i now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. i know that for america there will always be a bright dawn ahead. thank you, my friends. may god always bless you. 12 as the years went on, the disease slowly destroyed his mental capacity, forcing him to live in quiet isolation. on february 6, xx, reagan reached the age of 90 and was only the third former us president to reach that age - the other two being john adams and herbert hoover. since the former president had a hip operation three weeks prior to his 90th birthday and was suffering from alzheimers disease for the past seven years, his 90th birthday was to be a low-key celebration with his family at his home in bel-air. nancy reagan, the wife of the former us president, told ns larry king that very few visitors were allowed aess to her husband because she felt that ronnie would want people to remember him as he was. nancy reagan went on to say that as the only ailment he had was the alzheimers disease he could live to be 100. people who had visited the former us president in his home said the disease was so well advanced that he was unable to recognize any of them and he could not remember anything about his days as us president. reagan died of pneumonia on june 5, xx at 1:09 pm pdt at his home in bel-air, california. after a major state funeral in washington that drew leaders from around the world, he was buried at the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. the state funeral was presided over by president george w. bush, whose father was vice-president under reagan and followed reagan to the white house. the footsteps of the xx world expo is getting closer and closer to us, civilized and harmonious call is still ringing in my ears. shanghai, china obtained the right to host the world expo xx, expo xx shanghai china will be a world event, the development of shanghais new round of golden opportunity, as it is an important embodiment of our national spirit. world expo is a great influence and a long history of international activities, is the largest gathering of human beings. people from around the world gathered in one place display their products and skills, boast of their hometown and motherland. expo set the culmination of human civilization, which has a unique appeal, make you feel surging. world expo is a platform, we are the masters. she put up a platform for us to let the world know us; she built a bridge for us, so we better municate with the world. this platform may let us display self wantonly. we are the masters here, we have to landlord, let guest experience enthusiasm and happiness. everyone to contribute for the expo, we are no exception, as a living piece of fertile land in pudongs teachers, we are proud and pride. in the vision of a better tomorrow, we have to do for the world expo will own a wonderful ability, we have through our hands, warm heart and sincerity to practical action to achieve the mitment of shanghai to the world. we should educate the many students: do not throw garbage anywhere, no spitting, no jaywalking . ., hello, thank you frequently mention, let the material on this city with the new york parable to the spiritual civilization. educate our students to exciting xx, willing to shanghais future by copies of power, if only planted a small tree, participants in the shanghai world expo foreign guests feel: this is a forest city, pollution-free city, ancient and civilized city. better city, better life! until the time of the xx expo, then, we want to bee a glorious volunteers, to changing our foreign friends in shanghai and chinas long history, a bout our education for the world expo will contribute their efforts. we expect the majority of teachers will be great enthusiasm for the world expo into practical action to meet the world expo, the expo will be a total growth, and the city of development, the development of shanghai devote their efforts to advance hand in hand with shanghai. reading,there i am! lots of my friends call me obama. i often wondered why they think i look like barack obama, but i finally figured it out. first, my skin is black because i often play basketball in the open air. second, i have a big mouth. finally, i always deliver my speeches loudly. my friends ask me: are you imitating obamas speech?” i say no, i am imitating li yangs!” actually, i admire obama not because he looks like me but because he has the habit of reading. when ing across some troubles, he turns to books for help. therefore somebody said that you can tell what is on obamas mind and what obama intends to do only by knowing what books hes reading. should someone say that i love reading as much as obama, i will be happy. even as a young boy i was interested in picture books and storybooks. once my class and history teacher were amazed after i gave a detailed description of the war between liu bang and xiang yu. i was able to do this because i had read the whole story in a cartoon drawn by the hong kong artist tony wong. as you can see, i gain knowledge through reading. last year, we had a debate petition. before the game, we collected plenty of books relating to the subject of the debate. we absorbed fresh ideas and we practiced our debating skills aording to the guidance of the books. and finally, we won the game. not only have i learned skills through reading, but i also cultivate my spirit by municating with the noble authors. i enjoy talking with benjamin franklin. it seems that this wise man wants to show his whole life to me and give me some advice. i enjoy municating with helen keller through our souls. i am always deeply impressed by her patience and perseverance. i enjoy listening attentively to kai-fu lee. i was suddenly enlightened when i heard his words “be your personal best”. good books are best friends who never turn their backs upon us. i will spare no effort to read as many books as possible, not because i want to be president of a nation like obama, but because i want to pursue my own happiness. my friends, please e with me and lets share the joy of reading. the footsteps of the xx world expo is getting closer and closer to us, civilized and harmonious call is still ringing in my ears. shanghai, china obtained the right to host the world expo xx, expo xx shanghai china will be a world event, the development of shanghais new round of golden opportunity, as it is an important embodiment of our national spirit. world expo is a great influence and a long history of international activities, is the largest gathering of human beings. people from around the world gathered in one place display their products and skills, boast of their hometown and motherland. expo set the culmination of human civilization, which has a unique appeal, make you feel surging. world expo is a platform, we are the masters. she put up a platform for us to let the world know us; she built a bridge for us, so we better municate with the world. this platform may let us display self wantonly. we are the masters here, we have to landlord, let guest experience enthusiasm and happiness. everyone to contribute for the expo, we are no exception, as a living piece of fertile land in pudongs teachers, we are proud and pride. in the vision of a better tomorrowwe have to do for the world expo will own a wonderful ability, we have through our hands, warm heart and sincerity to practical action to achieve the mitment of shanghai to the world. we should educate the many students: do not throw garbage anywhere, no spitting, no jaywalking . ., hello, thank you frequently mention, let the material on this city with the new york parable to the spiritual civilization. educate our students to exciting xx, willing to shanghais future by copies of power, if only planted a small tree, participants in the shanghai world expo foreign guests feel: this is a forest city, pollution-free city, ancient and civilized city. better city, better life! until the time of the xx expo, then, we want to bee a glorious volunteers, to changing our foreign friends in shanghai and chinas long history, a bout our education for the world expo will contribute their efforts. we expect the majority of teachers will be great enthusiasm for the world expo into practical action to meet the world expo, the expo will be a total growth, and the city of development, the development of shanghai devote their efforts to advance hand in hand with shanghai. the footsteps of the xx world expo is getting closer and closer to us, civilized and harmonious call is still ringing in my ears. shanghai, china obtained the right to host the world expo xx, expo xx shanghai china will be a world event, the development of shanghais new round of golden opportunity, as it is an important embodiment of our national spirit. world expo is a great influence and a long history of international activities, is the largest gathering of human beings. people from around the world gathered in one place display their products and skills, boast of their hometown and motherland. expo set the culmination of human civilization, which has a unique appeal, make you feel surging. wo