《李阳疯狂英语-国际演讲家第1辑》(中英对照)

后半生可以比以前所有的经历

都更精彩，更丰富。

T

o prove this, I have all the evidence I need here at this party.

今天在这个晚会上，我有足够的论据说明这

一点。

In celebrating the birthday of Barbara Parker, we are celebrating

a milestone in a life packed with activity and excitement.

我们 在为芭芭拉

·

帕克

庆祝生日，就是在庆祝她充满活力

的一生

中的一个里程碑。

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Never once have I known Barbara to turn away from a challenge

even

when

the

pressure

of

other

responsibilities

was

at

its

greatest.< /p>

我从未见过芭芭拉逃避过工作中的挑战，

即使在生活中的

其它责任和义务的压力极大的

时候。

And so it will go on. For next year, Barbara's schedule is already

pretty full.

芭芭拉永远会是这个样

子，她明年的日程已安排得

满满的了。

If

any

of you

hope

to

fix

up

a

meeting

with

Barbara

before

her

next birthday, I suggest you check out a few dates right now.

如果谁想在她下一个生

日之前约她商 谈什么事，建议你现在就选

好日子

。

Barbara, you are an example to all of us, thank you for being you

and for adding so much to our pleasure of living.

芭芭拉，你是我们大家

学习的榜样， 谢谢你，我们的朋友，谢谢

你给

我们的生活

增添了如此多的快乐。

On behalf of everyone here, I wish you a very happy birthday and

many more birthdays to com e.

我代表在座的各位祝你生日快乐

!

年

年有今日，岁岁有今

朝

!

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Company Spokesman

荣誉归于集体

Ladies and Gentlemen.

女士们，先生们

Thank you for giving me an opportunity to speak about myself at

this special occasion.

感谢大家给我机会在这个特别的场合介绍

我自己。

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I am Stone Lee, executive

manager of the sales

department of

Microsoft Company.

我叫李石头，微软公司销售部执行经

理。

During the two years since I took charge of the department, the

sales of our products have grown astronomically and I am really

proud of my department and my staff.

在我负责这个部门的两

年中，

我们的产品销售量获得

了极大的增

长。我为我的部门和员工感

到骄傲。

Some

people

sometimes

ask

me

what

is

the

secret

of

such

a

tremendous

growth,

and

I

always

answer:

in

the

department.

有时 候，有人问我取得如此惊人成绩的秘密是什么

.

我总是回答说：

部门内部的融洽

Harmony

in

the

department

seems

to

emerge

as

a

result

of

mutual trust and respect between myself and my staff.

这种融洽来自我和我的员工之间的彼此信任和尊重。

Well, it really was a great honor to speak to you, and I hope this

gathering will keep harmony till the end.

好了，能和大家说几句

我感到非常荣幸，我祝愿这个聚会由始至

终充满融洽的气氛。

Thank you!

谢谢你们

!

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Self- introduction

自我介绍

Hello,

it's

really

great

to

have

a

chance

to

introduce

ourselves

and get to know each other.

大家好，我们有机会自我介绍并相互认识真是太好了

。

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I am Johnson Liu and I'm working for an advertising company in

Shenzhen.

我叫约翰逊

·

刘，在深

圳一家广告公司工作。

I was born and raised in Chongqing, and I am 25 years old.

我在重庆出生并在那里

< /p>

长大。我今年

25

岁，

< br>

My hobbies include reading, tennis and golf.

喜欢看书、打网球和

高

尔夫球。

If anyone here does one of these things, let me know.

如果这里有人也有这些

爱好，请告知我。

I'm always looking for someone to join me on the golf course or

the tennis court!

我经常都想找朋友去高尔夫球场或网球场

。

I

think

this

passage

is

a

good

passage

to

practice

with

three-ly-method.

Because self-introduction is so important.

---- --------------------------------------------------

Self-Induction B

Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you all.

你们好，很高兴见到大

家。

I am James Zhao. I am from Changsha, China.

我叫詹姆斯

·

赵，来

自

中国长沙。

This

is

my

second

trip

to

the

United

States,

and

I

really

enjoy

staying here.

这是我的第二次美国之行，我很喜欢这里。

I am working as a consultant for an overseas shipping company.

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我的工作是在一家海外

船务公司做顾问。

I

have

ten

years

of

experience

working

and

traveling

all

over

Asia.

我干了十年了，几乎跑

遍了整个亚洲。

I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have about the

international shipping industry. Thank you!

如果你们有关于国际船

运方面的问题，我非常乐意作答。谢谢

!

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New Year's Speech

新年祝辞

Ladies and Gentlemen,

女士们，先生们：

The

New

Year

is

around

the

corner,

I

would

like

to

extend

my

New Year's

greetings to all

my

guests and wish everyone

good

health and happiness.

新年即将来临之际，我谨向各位来宾致以节

日的问候，并祝各位

在新的户年里

身体健康，万事如意

!

The New Year is a time of new beginnings and new hopes for the

future.

新年是新的开始，是对

未来充满新的憧憬的时

候，

I hope that every one of you find yourself

more prosperous and

more content with each passing day this year.

我祝愿大家在新的一年

里一天比一天成功、快乐、富

足。

I

know

that

this

night

will

be

fantastic

celebration

of

the

good

friendship and good spirits

that can last not only a year, but a lifetime.

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我知道今晚我们将为友

谊和热情而欢呼庆祝。

这种友谊和

热情将

留存在我们心中

，

不是一年，而是一辈子

。

Have a wonderful evening, everybody, thank you.

祝大家今晚玩得

开心

!

谢谢

!

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Banquet Thank- you

宴会答谢

Speech

by

President

Nixon

of

the

United

States

of

America

at

Welcoming Banquet

美国前总统尼克松在欢

迎宴会上的祝酒词

Mr.

Prime

Minister

and

all

of

your

distinguished

guests

this

evening:

总理先生，今天晚上在座的诸位贵宾

On behalf of all your American guests, I wish to thank you for the

incomparable hospitality

for

which

the

Chinese

people

are

justly

famous

throughout

the

world.

我谨代表你们所有的美

国客人向你们 表示感谢，感谢你们无可比

拟的盛情款待。中国人民以这种盛情款待而闻名于世界。

I particularly want to pay tribute, not only to those who prepared

the magnificent dinner, but also to those who have provided the

splendid mu sic.

我不仅要特别赞扬那些准备了这次盛大宴会的人，

而且 还要赞扬那些为我

们演奏美好音乐的人。

Never

have

I

heard

American

music

played

better

in

a

foreign

land.

我在外国从没有听到过演奏得这么好的美国音乐。

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Chairman Mao has written,

and always urgently; the world rolls on, time presses. Thousand

years are too long, seize the day, seize the hour!

毛主席写过：

多少事，从来急，天地转，光阴迫，一万年太久，

只争朝夕

。

This is the hour. This is the day for our two peoples to rise to the

heights of greatness, which can build a new, and a better world.

In

that

spirit,

I

ask

of

you

present

to

join

me

in

raising

your

glasses

to

Chairman

Mao,

to

Prime

Minister

Zhou,

and

to

the

friendship of the Chinese and American people which can lead to

friendship and peace for all people in the world.

现在就是只争朝夕的时候了，

是我们两 国人民攀登那种可以缔造一

个新的、更美好的世界的伟大境界高峰的时候了。本着这种精 神，

我请求诸位同我一起举杯，为毛主席，

为周总理，

为能够促成

全世界所有人民的友谊与和平

的中国人民

同美国人民之间的友谊

，干杯

!

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A Wedding Speech

恭贺喜结良缘

Ladies and Gentleman,

各位来宾：

First, I want to offer

my

heartiest congratulations to

my

dearest

friend

Nancy

Carson,

and

to

her

handsome

new

husband

Paul

Zhang, on the glorious occasion of their wedding.

在这个良辰吉日，我首先要向我最要好的朋友南希

·

卡尔森和她的

英俊丈夫保尔

·

张敬致衷心的祝贺。

I

have

known

Nancy

since

we

were

classmates

in

primary

school.

我和南希是小学时的同

班同学。我从那个时候

就认识她了。

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I won't tell you how many years have passed since then because

I don't want to give away how old we both are, but I can tell you

that I have never met another person who is more warm- hearted

and sincere than she is.

我不想告诉你们从那时

候到现在有多 少年了，因为我不愿意泄露

我们

两人的年龄。

但我可以告诉你们，我从来没有见过比她更

热心、更真诚的人。

As for

her

groom, I

had

never

met

him until today,

but just one

look at him has shown me

that he is a true gentleman in every way and an ideal life partner

for our beloved Nancy.

至于新郎，我跟他是现

在才认识的。但只要看他一眼；我就知道

他是一位真正

的绅士，是我们亲爱的南希最理

想的人生伴侣。

I

hope

that

only

good

fortune

and

happiness

will

be

poured

on

this wonderful new couple, and that their life together will truly be

a happy one! Thank you. < /p>

我希望好运和幸福眷顾这对佳人，

并祝愿他们在一起和睦快乐，白

头偕老

!

谢谢大家。

< br>

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Speech at a Graduation Ceremony

毕业典礼致辞

Principal Johnson, Honored T

eachers, Parents, Fellow Students,

Ladies and Gentlemen:

约翰逊校长< /p>

,

敬爱的老师们

,

家长们

,

同学们

,

< br>女士们

,

先生们：

As

representative

of

the

graduating

class

of

2001,

I

wish

to

express

heartfelt

appreciation

and

gratitude

for

the

wonderful

education that we have received at this school.

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我谨代表

2001

< br>届毕业生，衷心感谢母校给予我们的良好教育。

For the past four years, we have been guided every step of the

way, with painstaking care and patience.

在过去四年中，

我们在老师和父 母们的悉心关怀和谆谆教诲下走过

了每

一步。

As

I

stand

here

now

on

this

glorious

commencement

day,

I

realize more than ever before what a great burden we must have

been to our teachers, to our principal, and to our parents.

今天是我们毕业的 隆重日子，站在这里，

我越发深切地感到我们曾

经给老师、校长 和父母带去多么沉重的负担。

The only thing that we can say is

our hearts.

我们所能做的是从心底说声

谢谢

!

The only thing we can give them is our sincerest pledge that we

shall

make

every

effort

to

prove

worthy

of

their

great

devotion

and sacrifice.

并向他们保证，我们决不会辜负他们的辛劳和期望，

We can only pay you back by making ourselves useful to society.

我们会尽一切努力使自

己成为对社会有用的人

。

I know I speak for the entire graduating class when I say that we

will make you proud.

我知道，当我说我们一

定会让你们为我们感到

骄傲时，我是代表

整个毕业班的

同学所说的。

Thank you.

谢谢各位

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President

William

J.

Clinton

State

of

the

Union

Address

克林顿

2000

年国情咨文报告

It doesn't matter if you like Bill Clinton or you hate him.

不管你是喜欢比尔< /p>

·

克

林顿还是讨厌他，都不要紧．

The important thing is to learn from his eloquent speaking style.

最重要的是学习他雄辩的演讲风格。

The

former

president

always

spoke

with

passion

and

emotion,

even when he wasn't telling the truth!

这位前任总统讲话时总是充满热情和激情进发 ，

即使他在撒谎也是

这样

！

Following political speeches is an excellent way to improve your

vocabulary and ability to put sentences together naturally.

模仿政治演讲是丰富你的词汇，

以及提高你自如地组合句子的能力

< br>的极佳方法。

If you follow along to the words of great leaders you will surely be

inspired to achieve greatness yourself.

如果你模仿重要领导人的讲话，

你一定会 受到鼓舞去成就自己的伟

大事业；

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, Honored

guests, my fellow

Americans:

议长先生，副总统先生< /p>

，国会的各

位议员，尊贵的客人，我的 美国

同胞们：

We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history.

我们能够经历这样一个历史性的时刻实属幸事

。

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Never

before

has

our

nation

enjoyed,

at

once,

so

much

prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis and so

few external threats.

我们的国家从来没有过

这样的历史：如此少

的内忧外患，同时取得如此大的繁荣

和社会进步。

Never

before

have

we

had

such

a

blessed

opportunity

and,

therefore,

such

a

profound

obligation

to

build

the

more

perfect

union of our founders' dreams.

我们也从来没有过这样

的天赐良机， 同时也是重大责任，去实现

开国元勋们的梦

想把我们的国家建设得

更加美好。

We

begin

the

new

century

with

over

20

million

new

jobs;

the

fastest

second

economic

growth

in

more

than

30

years;

the

lowest unemployment rates in 30 years; the lowest poverty rates

in

20

years;

the

lowest

African

American

and

Hispanic

unemployment rates on record;

the

first

back- to-back

surpluses

in

42

years

And

next

month,

America

will

achieve

the

longest

period

of

economic

growth

in

our entire history.

在新世纪来临之际，我

们迎来了两千多万个新

的就业机会、

30

年来第二次最快速的