推荐阅读：Someonesaid“wearereadingthefirstverseofthefirstchapterofabook,whosepagesareinfinite”。Idon’tknowwhowrotethesewords,butI’vealwayslikedthemasareminderthatthefuturecanbeanythingwewantittobe.Weareallinthepositionofthefarmers.Ifweplantagoods
Someonesaid“wearereadingthefirstverseofthefirstchapterofabook,whosepagesareinfinite”。Idon’tknowwhowrotethesewords,butI’vealwayslikedthemasareminderthatthefuturecanbeanythingwewantittobe.Weareallinthepositionofthefarmers.Ifweplantagoodseed,wereapagoodharvest.Ifweplantnothingatall,weharvestnothingatall.Weareyoung.“Howtospendtheyouth?”Itisameaningfulquestion.Toanswerit,firstIhavetoask“whatdoyouunderstandbythewordyouth?”Youthisnotatimeoflife,it’sastateofmind.It’snotamatterofrosycheeks,redlipsorsuppleknees.It’sthematterofthewill.It’sthefreshnessofthedeepspringoflife.Apoetsaid“Toseeaworldinagrainofsand,andaheaveninawildflower,holdinfinityinthepalmofyourhand,andeternityinanhour.Severaldaysago,Ihadachancetolistentoalecture.Ilearntalotthere.I’dliketoshareitwithallofyou.Let’sshowourrightpalms.Wecanseethreelinesthatshowhowourlove.careerandlifeis.Ihaveashortlineoflife.Whataboutyours?Iwonderedwhetherwecouldseeourfutureinthisway.Well,let’smakeafist.Whereisourfuture?Whereisourlove,career,andlife?Tellme.Yeah,itisinourhands.Itisheldinourselves.Weallwantthefuturetobebetterthanthepast.Butthefuturecangobetteritself.Don’tcrybecauseitisover,smilebecauseithappened.Fromthepast,we’velearntthatthelifeistough,butwearetougher.We’velearntthatwecan’tchoosehowwefeel,butwecanchoosewhataboutit.Failuredoesn’tmeanyoudon’thaveit,itdoesmeanyoushoulddoitinadifferentway.Failuredoesn’tmeanyoushouldgiveup,itdoesmeanyoumusttryharder.AswhatIsaidatthebeginning,“wearereadingthefirstverseofthefirstchapterofabook,whosepagesareinfinite”。Thepasthasgone.Nothingwedowillchangeit.Butthefutureisinfrontofus.Believethatwhatwegivetotheworld,theworldwillgivetous.Andfromtodayon,let’sbetheownersofourselves,andspeakout“Wearetheworld,wearethefuture.”大学生英语演讲稿（二）LearnHowtoSayNoWe'veallbeentaughtthatweshouldhelppeople.Itistherightthingtodoandwillmakeuspopularwithothers.Itmayevenwinusfavorsinreturn.However,wemustberealistic.Wecan'tsayyestoeveryrequest.Ifwedid,wewouldfailorgocrazyforsure.Sometimeswesimplydon'thavethetimetohelp.Inthiscase,wemustknowhowtosaynopolitely.Whenweneedtosayno,hereisonemethodwecantry.First,weshouldtellthetruth.Ifwereallycan'tdosomething,weshouldjustsayso.Second,weshouldremembertorefuserequestspolitely.Wemustcommunicateclearly,butmustalsobesincereandsympathetic.Atruefriendwillunderstand.Finally,wemustnotfeelguiltyaboutsayingno.Sometimesrefusingothersistherightthingtodo.Itcansaveourselves,andthem,alotoftrouble.Inshort,wecannotpleaseeveryoneallthetime.Refusingfavorsisapartoflife.大学生英语演讲稿（三）Ireceivedadevastatingblowtomyself-confidenceinthefirstinterviewofmycollegeyears.IappliedtobeahostinourStudentActingTroupeandfeltconfidentthatIwouldbeaccepted.Butoneofthepanelmemberstoldme:"Youseeminadequateandyouarealittlevertically-challenged."Mylifehasneverbeenthesamesince.Iusedbiggerheelstocomplementmyheightandpsychologicalmaneuversandtrickstohidemylackofconfidence.ButnomatterhowhardItriedtolookthepart,therewasstillsomethingmissing.AspresidentofEnglishClub,IorganizedtherehearsalofSnowWhiteforanEnglishparty.Unfortunately,wecouldnotfindanactortobethelastdwarf.IthadtobesomeonewhowashumorousbynatureandfluentinEnglish.Suddenly,alleyesturnedtome,andIknewIwouldhavetobethedwarf.Tomygreatsurpriseanddelight,onceonstage,Iwastotallyabsorbedintheperformanceandmyhumorousnaturewasputtofulluse.Asthedwarf,Iwasabighit.Yes,eachofusisonlyoneamongmillionsofothers,buteachofusisanindividualandeachofusisunique.Cultivatingourindividualitywilltransformourlives,makingofthemakaleidoscopeofnewcolorsandtextures.Aworlddeprivedofdiversitywouldbeablandandboringplace.Therealtragedyisnotbeingshortorshyorugly,buthavingyouridentitylostinaworldinwhicheveryoneisacloneofamodelcoolboyoraflawlesscharminggirl.Givenachoice,Iwouldratherbeuglythanliveinsuchaworld.I'dratherbeagenuinedwarfaccompanyingaSnowWhitethanbeaSnowWhiteamongnothingbutSnowWhites.Iwouldratherbemyself.Iwouldcontributemyindividualanduniquecolorstocreateamorediverseuniverse.Please,beyourself.
