前几天，在一博客上看到一篇文章，写的是关于女人外出（尤其是夜晚），为了安全是应该随身带把刀还是安全套的问题。 

　　一个女工，下班途中，遇到歹徒欲行不轨，在反抗无效呼救无果的情况下，央求对方使用了自己包里的安全套。而后，其夫不是因为其失身而嫌弃她，却对她随身带有安全套始终无法释怀，最终结束了他们原本幸福的婚姻。 

　　　　如果说那篇文章只是引发人们的思考，而一些网友对文章的评论真是让人看了心寒。中国人，对于女性的贞操一向看得比较重。然而随着社会的进步，一些进步的思想也在为大多数人慢慢接受。可是，对于很多男人来说，他们认为女性面对强暴的时候应该带着刀来拼死搏斗，而不是带着安全套去“配合”。难道带着刀就安全了？就可以在面对危险的时候自保了么？反过来说，难道带着安全套就意味着同意吗？从这个问题上，可以看出某些男人的自私和狭隘。

　　之所以又想起这个问题，是因为今天看到一篇类似的文章，是写一个美国人的妻子晚上要出去办事，妻子刚下楼，他连忙叫她回来带安全套。听听这位先生的观点：纽约一带的治安虽然不错，不过偶尔也会有色狼。当妻子遇上不可抗拒的性侵犯时，有了安全套，她的健康和生命就可以得到保障。他说，纽约有性病(和艾滋病)的人很多。

　　在纽约的一个社会调查中，对妻子独自遭遇色狼而无力反抗的时候，你是希望她坚决抵抗还是屈从？97%的男人都回答，希望她屈从。原因是，生命对于妻子只有一次。

　　我想同样的调查，如果在中国做的话，可能大部分人都会选择坚决抵抗吧。虽然现代人基本上已经认可了生命比贞操更重要，可是，在心理，可能更多的人还是认为贞操是更重要的。

　　当然，产生这些观念的因素是多方面的，一些文化和传统的因素一时之间是很难改变的。随着时间的推移，人们的思想应该会转变，但是这一过程却必须要有很多血的教训才能够完成。当然，不仅是中国的男同胞需要改变一些传统观念，甚至于中国的女同胞们同样要调整一下你们的心态，不要说劫色，就是普普通通的与到抢劫很多人都没能好好想想到底什么样的后果才是最严重的，你的包里又没有金银珠宝，你干嘛一定要被歹徒捅几刀，动弹不得了才肯放手呢？

　　时代在变，时间教会我们很多东西，有些事情如果只是停留在表面上讨论对与错，也许是非常片面的，或许还有“站着说话不腰疼”的嫌疑，但是当你设身处地的去想想，你或许就会明白在危机的状况下，怎么样把伤害降低到最低，其实才是最重要的！

     火箭在主场以108-100击败国王，重回西部第三的位置。

　　火箭(48-23)主帅里克-阿德尔曼面对老东家取得了执教生涯的第800场胜利。特雷西-麦克格雷迪在第一节受伤，还好伤势不重，能坚持比赛，他16投仅5中，得17分6次助攻。“街球王”拉夫-阿尔斯通表现出色，拿下了28分5次助攻，肖恩-巴蒂尔15分，路易斯-斯科拉11分。您对火箭本场比赛的胜利有何看法>>>>

　　国王(31-39)遭到3连败。凯文-马丁得了18分，罗恩-阿泰斯特、加西亚各得17分。

　　火箭近7周没有输球，终于从西部第十的位置上升到第一，不过他们在一周的时间内又跌到了第五。还好西部各队之间的差距不大，而火箭在经受了“魔鬼赛程”的考验后，总算迎来一个不强的对手。击败国王之后，火箭又回到了西部第三。

　　在比赛开始了近8分钟后，麦蒂在防守米勒时脚底绊蒜，左脚踝扭伤，此后在场上一瘸一拐，阿德尔曼赶紧叫了一个暂停。还好并无碍，暂停之后，麦蒂仍然回到场内。这次意外影响了麦蒂的表现，整个第一节，麦蒂只有3次出手，只得2分。幸亏阿尔斯通表现不错，他在本节还有4分32秒时三分命中，火箭以16-14反超。火箭以26-24结束首节，阿尔斯通本节6投5中，三分球2投全中，拿下火箭最高的12分、3个助攻和1次抢断。

　　麦蒂第二节继续带伤作战，表现平平，鲍比-杰克逊挺身而出。本节将过半时，太阳将比分追成37-37，海耶斯和麦蒂连续投篮命中，杰克逊先是两罚两中，接着三分得手，火箭打出一波9-0后，以46-37拉开比分。火箭一度领先了10分，不过国王在半场结束时将比分追成49-53。

　　第三节还有9分25秒时，国王以55-59落后。穆托姆博造成犯规后两罚两中，接着斯科拉连续投篮得手，火箭又取得10分的优势。火箭一度以74-63领先了11分，但无力继续扩大优势，国王顽强地缩小差距，在三节过后，火箭只以77-72领先。

　　比赛还有5分46秒时，麦蒂投篮命中，一人连得4分后，火箭以91-83将比分拉开。不过国王此后连续三次投篮命中，在阿泰斯特上篮得手后，他们将比分追成89-91。关键时刻兰德里立功，他上篮还以颜色，接着在对方两罚不中后，阿尔斯通两罚得手。比赛还有2分38秒时，阿尔斯通跑投命中，火箭以97-89拉开差距。

　　国王此后一度将差距缩小到5分，但麦蒂也投中关键一球。此后国王不断犯规，火箭虽然在6次罚球中丢了3个，但在比赛还有44.6秒时仍以104-97拉开差距，国王此后未能构成威胁

火箭到底应该如何应对跑轰球队？

　　新浪体育讯　北京时间3月22日消息，在今天早上进行的一场NBA常规赛中，已经遭遇两连败的火箭前往客场，挑战以跑轰战术见长的金州勇士队。金州勇士目前也在为了一个季后赛席位苦苦争夺，而且他们的攻击能力现在隐然已经超越了太阳，堪称联盟第一攻击强队.

     最终火箭的特雷西-麦克格雷迪拿到了26分8个篮板8次助攻，依靠着两名替补球员卡尔-兰德里和鲍比-杰克逊的出色发挥，火箭最终以109比106击败了勇士，结束了两连败。

　　本来火箭在面对勇士的时候，进攻上可以说是捉襟见肘。但是在最近两场和勇士的比赛中，火箭都获得了比赛的胜利。就是这两场胜利，也许给我们提供了一个火箭对付跑轰球队的方案。

　　当有姚明的时候，火箭在进攻中必须要降低自己的进攻节奏，以便将进攻转入阵地战，从而充分发挥姚明的身高和技术在内线发挥的优势。但是当碰到太阳，勇士这样的球队的时候，火箭这种打法的弊端也就显示了出来。首先，对手的五个小个子球员，让姚明在防守上不得不拉到外线去防守，直接造成了内线的空虚，姚明的作用已经失去了不少。

　　其次，由于对方的高速进攻节奏，在不断的折返跑中消耗了姚明太多的体力，也直接导致了姚明的发挥不佳。虽然在进攻上，姚明只要能够在内线落位，还是能够硬吃对方的任何一名防守球员。但是体力消耗过大，让姚明在比赛中的作用受到了很大的限制。虽然说在双方的第一场胜利中，依靠姚明36分19个篮板球，火箭才最终击败了勇士。但是我们不能每场比赛都期待姚明有着这样的发挥。

　　姚明如今受伤，是因为在本赛季之前的比赛中过于疲劳所导致的。如果让他在每场和勇士的比赛中都拿到将近40分20个篮板的数据，那么火箭当然可以获胜。但是姚明身体上的负担可想而知。现在，没有姚明，火箭也能够用另外方法在比赛中击败勇士这样的跑轰球队，在这种比赛中适当解放姚明，对于球队来说是更好的选择。

　　的确，姚明是火箭队中最重要的球员之一，没有了姚明，即使火箭能够取得22连胜，他们也无法在季后赛中取得更大的成功。但是，在面对勇士，太阳这样跑轰球队的时候，火箭现在已经摸索到了一套新的方法。真正的强队是没有弱点的，也能适应全部的打法。看看现在的太阳就知道，引进奥尼尔，太阳就是为了在将来的阵地战中尽可能的取得一些优势。两胜勇士已经给火箭指明了一条明确的道路：姚明非常重要，但是在有些比赛中，解放姚明可能是更好的选择。

中国外交部发言人秦刚二十日在例行记者会上表示，布朗首相宣布要会见达赖，中方对此消息表示严重关切。强烈要求英方认清达赖的真实面目，不以任何形式向达赖及其分裂活动提供支持。

　　秦刚说，中方已多次指出，达赖不是一个单纯的宗教人士，而是一个长期从事分裂祖国活动的政治流亡者。最近在拉萨发生的打砸抢烧严重暴力犯罪事件，再次暴露了达赖集团的分裂本质，中方强烈要求英方认清达赖的真实面目，不以任何形式向达赖及其分裂活动提供支持。

　　关于同达赖对话的问题，秦刚表示，温家宝总理已经明确地阐述了中国政府的立场。“我们同达赖对话，达赖必须要放弃他的所谓西藏独立的立场，彻底停止分裂祖国的活动，承认西藏是中国的一部分，承认台湾是中国的一部分，承认中华人民共和国是代表全中国的唯一合法政府。”秦刚说。

　　对于外国媒体想赴西藏采访的要求，秦刚说，中国政府非常理解外国媒体对于采访这一事件的需要，目前组织外国记者到拉萨采访的工作正在进行中。他同时表示，希望有关媒体能够尊重客观事实，本着新闻的职业准则进行客观公正的报道。

只有开放兼容，国家才能富强 ——在新加坡国立大学的演讲

中华人民共和国国务院总理 温家宝

（２００７年１１月１９日）

尊敬的李光耀资政，尊敬的施春风校长，同学们、老师们，女士们，先生们，朋友们：

今天，我有机会到新加坡国立大学同各界知名人士和师生代表见面，感到十分高兴。首先，我向在座各位并通过你们向新加坡人民转达中国人民的诚挚问候和良好祝愿。

　　作为历史悠久、国际一流的高等学府，新加坡国立大学秉持“致力激发创意精神，教育学生并为国家和社会培养人才”的宗旨，培育了大批思想活跃、学识渊博的杰出人才。你们坚持“无墙文化”，提倡自由思想和人才交流，在百年校庆之际提出“思想任驰骋，生活显姿彩”的口号，彰显了开拓创新、造福社会的理念。我相信，按照贵校的宗旨和理念，依托优秀的师资队伍、雄厚的科研实力、广泛的国际合作关系，国大一定能够为国家和本地区以至全球提供更多的高质量教育成果。

　　这是我第四次踏上新加坡的国土。虽然每次逗留时间不长，但贵国的新发展和新变化令我印象深刻。独立40多年后，新加坡发展成为全球最大集装箱港和航空枢纽，第三大商品交易中心和炼油中心，第五大外汇交易中心和亚洲三大金融中心之一，建成经济发达、秩序井然、廉洁高效、环境优美的国家。新加坡的发展成就源于贵国最珍贵的资产，这就是李光耀资政所说的“人民的信任、勤劳、节俭和好学”，也得益于资政先生倡导的新加坡生存之道——“必须比其他国家更有条理、更有效率和更具有竞争力”，还有一个重要原因，就是新加坡长期实行对外开放的政策。“国家虽小，兼容乃大”，新加坡通过对外开放，学习和借鉴其他国家的先进经验，其发展成就和影响力备受世人瞩目。

　　女士们，先生们：

　　对外开放不仅是新加坡发展的成功之路。从中国的历史发展来看，也可以得出这样的结论：只有开放兼容，国家才能富强，闭关锁国必然落后。中国有着对外开放的光辉历史。早在2000多年前，中国汉朝就开始与西域交往，开辟了著名的丝绸之路。在7至8世纪中国唐代的鼎盛时期，更是对外交往频繁。15世纪中国明代初期，航海家郑和七下西洋，最远到达了非洲的东海岸，带去中国的茶叶、丝绸和瓷器，表明那时中国有着相当强大的航海能力和综合国力。从时间上来说，比哥伦布、达·伽马远航早了近一个世纪。但郑和下西洋之后，中国的封建统治者却固步自封，限制乃至放弃海上活动，采取了“片舨不得出海”的政策，从而失去了一次重要的发展机遇。

　　17世纪后期至18世纪末，是中国清代的鼎盛时期，史称“康乾盛世”。那个时期，中国的工业产量位居世界前列。但正是在这个时候，欧洲诸国先后开始了近代资产阶级革命和产业革命，社会生产力迅速发展，后来居上。而中国当时的统治者对这一历史性大变革却茫然无知，仍沉迷于盲目自大之中，视西方科学技术为“奇技淫巧”。“康乾盛世”之后的100多年，中国的发展大大落后了，国际地位急剧衰落，沦为半殖民地，备受外强欺侮。

　　中华人民共和国成立后，中国人民掌握了自己的命运，民族的独立和解放使中国发生了翻天覆地的变化。但在20世纪60、70年代世界经济蓬勃发展和新科技革命浪潮兴起的时代，中国搞了长达10年的“文化大革命”，错失了又一次发展良机。值得欣慰的是，从70年代末开始，我们纠正了过去的错误，选择了改革开放的正确道路，对内实行改革，对外实行开放，开放也是改革。改革开放使我们抓住了新的历史机遇，实现了近30年的高速发展，综合国力显著增强，人民生活得到很大改善，国际地位不断上升。

　　近30年来，中国对外开放各项事业取得了举世瞩目的巨大成就。1978年，中国货物进出口总额仅206亿美元，2006年达到1.76万亿美元，增长了84倍，跃居世界第三位。1978年以前，中国外汇储备从未超过10亿美元，2006年末已突破1万亿美元。对外贸易成为中国经济发展的重要支柱。通过引进国外的资金、技术和管理经验，进行消化、吸收和再创新，大大提高了中国的生产力水平，缩小了与发达国家的差距。同时，教育、文化、科技等各方面对外交流也日益增多。中国大批留学生到国外学习，他们中的许多人成为国家建设的有用之才。通过相互学习，使人们的思想更加解放，视野更加开阔，开放意识和创新能力有了很大提高。2001年，中国加入世界贸易组织，标志着中国对外开放进入一个新的阶段。

　　中国近30年的发展告诉我们，现在的世界是开放的世界，任何一个国家要发展，孤立起来，闭关自守是不可能的。我们建设中国特色社会主义，其根本目的就是要发展社会生产力，不断满足人民日益增长的物质文化需要。实现这个目标，我们必须致力于解决国内发展和改革面临的问题，同时必须坚持实行对外开放。

　　中国的对外开放是长期的。中国实行对外开放，使十几亿人民得到了实惠。我们的路子走对了，对国家有利，人民赞成，就变不了。如果变了，就会贻误国家的发展，丧失人心。这是中国对外开放长期性的根本基础。中国的改革和现代化建设需要对外开放。因此，对外开放是我们的基本国策，而不是权宜之计。实行这种方针政策的具体措施、方法，不同时期可能有所不同，但作为基本方针政策，是不会变的。改革开放初期我们就说，开放政策本世纪不变，下世纪前50年不变，50年以后，中国同国际上的经济交往将更加频繁，更加相互依赖，更不可分，开放政策更不可能改变。

　　中国的对外开放是全面的。我们不仅对发达国家开放，也对发展中国家开放。我们既有经济领域的开放，又有科技、教育、文化等领域的开放。中国的开放首先从经济特区开始，在试验成功后扩大到沿海开放城市、沿海开放地带，再扩大到内地，形成由点到线到片到面的全面开放格局。开放和兼容，两者是相互联系的。只有开放，先进的和有用的东西才能进得来；只有兼容，尊重不同文明，取长补短，才能使自己不断充实和强大起来。我们要大胆吸收和借鉴人类社会包括资本主义社会创造的一切文明成果，结合新的实践，进行新的创造，为我所用。

　　中国的对外开放是互利的。我们在经济全球化条件下搞社会主义市场经济，理所当然要向世界开放，与其他国家经济相互依存，与国际市场密切联系，与世界经济相互交融。我们坚持同各国开展平等互利合作，按市场经济规律办事。对外开放不仅有利于中国的发展，也有利于世界的发展。中国吸收国外的资金、技术和管理经验，可以提高生产发展水平；外国也能从中获得利益和市场。只有双赢互利的开放才能持久，才能有利于各国人民的根本利益，促进世界和平与繁荣。

　　不久前中国共产党召开了第十七次代表大会，会议总结并充分肯定了近30年改革开放的成就和经验，表明中国坚持改革开放、走中国特色社会主义道路的决心和信心。我们将坚定不移地实行对外开放，在更高水平上参与经济全球化的进程，着力解决目前形势下对外开放遇到的新问题。我们主张自由贸易，反对贸易保护主义。我们要加快转变外贸增长方式，改善外贸结构，努力缓解贸易不平衡矛盾。我们坚持利用外资的基本政策，创新利用外资方式，优化利用外资结构，提高利用外资水平。我们将继续按照主动性、渐进性、可控性的原则，完善人民币汇率形成机制，增强汇率弹性，逐步实现资本项目下的可兑换。我们高度重视产品质量和食品安全，对国内外消费者负责，按照国际标准进行生产，加强产品检验执法监督。我们对保护知识产权的态度是明确的，决心是坚定的，做了大量有成效的工作，并愿意继续深化与各国的知识产权合作。我们愿在《联合国气候变化框架公约》和《京都议定书》框架下，按照“共同但有区别的责任”原则，与世界各国一道，共同应对气候变化问题。我们已经建立并将继续完善对外开放的法律法规，使在华投资有法可依，其合法权益得到保护。

　　女士们，先生们：

　　开放兼容造就了新加坡的成就，开放兼容推动了中国的发展，中国与新加坡相互开放兼容使中新两国的合作突飞猛进。去年中新双边贸易额达到408.5亿美元，是1990年两国建交时的15倍，两国互访人员超过180万，是建交时的19倍。苏州工业园区不仅成为中新合作的亮点，也成为中国工业园区中的亮点。现在两国正在探索共建生态城市，这是中新两国与时俱进、谋求可持续发展的有益尝试。早在上世纪90年代，邓小平先生就赞扬新加坡的社会秩序好，我们应该借鉴你们的经验。十几年来，到新加坡培训的中国官员超过9000人。中国与新加坡发挥各自优势，相互借鉴，密切合作，实现了互利共赢。最近，在李光耀资政的倡议和带动下，新加坡中华总商会成立了“通商中国”组织，搭建了促进中新两国文化和工商界交流的新平台。我们希望，“通商中国”为中新关系发展开创新的天地。

　　回顾过去，展望未来，我们对中新两国关系发展的前景充满信心。目前，中国正在深入贯彻落实科学发展观，致力于全面建设小康社会，贵国也在打造“新的新加坡”战略，中新两国合作处于新的发展机遇期。我们将一如既往加强与新加坡的交流与合作。我们相信，由邓小平先生、李光耀先生等两国老一辈领导人奠定、并在几代领导人共同努力下发展起来的中新友好将世代传承，两国合作的未来将更加美好.

　　中国的社会,80后是越来越牛了.不但吵着嚷着60后\70后下台,还动不动就来句"太老土了",而且据说特爱追求别人的老婆!

　　尤其是那些应届毕业生,为了获得社会夹缝里的一个生存名额,奇腔怪调更是层出不穷,傍富婆渐渐演变为他们首选的最佳:目标和途径!

　　这真是一种不可思议的现象.

　　我们这个社会啊,阴盛阳衰已经是越来越严重咯!

　　50年代流行傍当兵的,60年代流行傍革委会的,70年代流行傍做官的,80年代流行傍暴发户,90年代流行傍企业家,现在终于流行傍富婆了!21世纪的女性总算挺起腰杆撑起大半个天了!

　　傍富婆的目的不外乎以下三种:钱,色,乐.

　　为了好吃懒做有奢侈生活的,当然离不开钱了.所以一看见富婆出现,也不管对手是四,五十还使七老八十,反正鞍前马后无事殷勤献了再说,再来个酷酷的80后标志性动作:飞吻!嘿嘿,搞定!据说,这帮小帅哥还尊称清朝的李莲英大侠为开山派祖师爷呢!

　　还有一种就是当真被对方凹凸有致的身资所吸引,这种叛逆个性的好男儿也不在少数.不爱少女爱少妇,各取所需,融融其乐也!这种男生一般采取当年徐志摩追求军长夫人陆小曼的智慧手腕和大无畏的浪漫精神,送上999朵玫瑰或者干脆买来3000纸鸽,末了来声:我没日没夜365天熬通宵赶制的!哎呀呀,多情少妇立马被感动得一塌糊涂,不投怀送抱才怪呢!

　　再有一种就是最为居心叵测下三滥了.这种80后iq奇高,且眼光超前,典型的吃喝玩乐嫖赌抽五毒俱全的花花公子.骗足了富婆的肉体与金钱后再将其抛弃,而且一骗就是三\五\十成群.骗取钱财后再潇洒挥霍,穷奢极欲.这样的案例还少吗?醒来哭泣声,被骗知多少?而且99%还不敢声张,为啥?两块薄薄的脸皮呗!

　　可是,为什么富婆就那么容易上当受骗呢?有许多据说还是高级白领哦!嘿嘿,这就怪了?为什么受伤的总是富婆?这里面机关重重,但归结起来却不外乎四个大字:心甘情愿!

　　试问当今天下,富婆的老公有几个不是花心大萝卜的?富婆在一把鼻涕三把眼泪的大吵打闹无效后,内心的孤苦寂寞如何排泄?幸亏这时小白脸乘虚而入!

　　可小白脸就是那么好忽悠的么?谁愿意真心一辈子捧着个丰乳肥臀咬住不放的?不外乎是甜言蜜语送尽,金钱肉体占据,见着少女又奇痒难熬,最后干脆直接再来个泡小妞的营生勾当.嘻嘻,哈哈,这种低等动物的本能现在传到这些高等动物身上,当真是游刃有余,淋漓尽致，尽善尽美了!

　　只可怜,那些耐不住寂寞的少妇,明知道钱财买不到真爱,在丈夫那里得不到的在小百脸那里也休想得到,可她们却还是乐此不疲,又是吸脂又是拉皮的,一切仅仅是为了讨好80后的精装版奶油小生啊!让自己空虚的心灵找些激情的宽慰,难道,她们错了吗?

　　刘德华天王唱得好啊:<<独自去偷欢>>!是啊,背着老公去偷欢,这才是富婆找回失落报复负心老公的最好情结啊!背着富婆去偷欢,这才是80后不劳而获的痴迷,追求富婆的真正目的啊!呵呵,你骗我来我哄她,大家都是过家家!

　　这时,请允许我提醒下那些为富不仁的60后,70后,给老婆应有的爱吧!否则,几多家破人亡,人生悲剧就从这里开始上演啊!不要被80后的糖衣炮弹给毁了来之不易的清誉啊!

　　呵呵,做人难,做女人更难,做富豪的女人难上加难!

　　就算逃过了老公一难,也难躲80后一劫啊!-------

? Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.
? 困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。

? Failure is the mother of success. -- Thomas Paine
? 失败乃成功之母。

? For man is man and master of his fate.
? 人就是人，是自己命运的主人。

? The unexamined life is not worth living. -- Socrates
? 混混噩噩的生活不值得过。 -- 苏格拉底

? None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew. -- Erasmus
? 只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活的自由。

? Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness. -- R.M. Nixon
? 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。因此，让我们毫无畏惧，满心愉 悦地把握命运。-- 尼克松

? Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. -- John Ruskin
? 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。-- 罗斯金

? What makes life dreary is the want of motive. -- George Eliot
? 没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。 -- 乔治 ? 埃略特

? Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
-- Lincoln
? 卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。

? There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. - --- Balzac
? 没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。 -- 巴尔扎克

? The good seaman is known in bad weather.
? 惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。

? Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it
shall never have a beginning. --J.H. Newman
? 不要害怕你的生活将要结束，应该担心你的生活永远不会真正开始。 -- 纽曼

? Gods determine what you're going to be. -- Julius Erving
? 人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。 -- 欧文

? An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. -- Robert Louis
Stevenson
? 生活的目标，是唯一值得寻找的财富。-- 史蒂文森

? While there is life there is hope.
? 一息若存，希望不灭。 -- 英国谚语

? Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. -- A. Einstein
? 不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。 -- 爱因斯坦

? You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.
-- Charles Chaplin
? 人必须有自信，这是成功的秘密。 -- 卓别林

? Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.
? 不管追求什么目标，都应坚持不懈。

? We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. -- Mattin Luther King
? 我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去希望，因为它是无穷的。
-- 马丁 ? 路德 ? 金

? Energy and persistence conquer all things. -- Benjamin Franklin
? 能量加毅力可以征服一切。 -- 富兰克林

? Nothing seek, nothing find.
? 无所求则无所获。

? Cease to struggle and you cease to live. -- Thomas Carlyle
? 生命不止，奋斗不息。 -- 卡莱尔

? A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.
? 千里之行，始于足下。

? Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished. -- Swetchine
? 只有强者才懂得斗争；弱者甚至失败都不够资格，而是生来就是被征服的。
--斯威特切尼

? The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.
-- Bernara Shaw
? 在这个世界上取得成就的人，都努力去寻找他们想要的机会，如果找不到机会， 他们便自己创造机会。 -- 萧伯纳

? A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate. -- Thomas Addison
? 强者能同命运的风暴抗争。 -- 爱迪生

? He who seize the right moment, is the right man. -- Goethe
? 谁把握机遇，谁就心想事成。 -- 歌德

? Victory won't come to me unless I go to it. -- M.Moore
? 胜利是不会向我们走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。 -- 穆尔

? Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.
? 人往高处走，水往低处流。

? Man errs as long as he strives. -- Goethe
? 失误是进取的代价。 -- 歌德

? The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do. -- Henry David Thoreau
? 尽管失败和挫折等待着人们，一次次地夺走青春的容颜，但却给人生的前景增添了一份尊严，这是任何顺利的成功都不能做到的。 -- 梭罗

? A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. -- J. Burroughs
? 一个人可以失败很多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。
-- 巴勒斯

Presentations and Public Speaking in English

A presentation is a formal talk to one or more people that "presents" ideas or information in a clear, structured way. People are sometimes afraid of speaking in public, but if you follow a few simple rules, giving a presentation is actually very easy. This tutorial guides you through each stage of giving a presentation in English, from the initial preparation to the conclusion and questions and answers. This tutorial is itself set out like a mini-presentation.

Preparation
Can you name the 3 most important things when giving any presentation?

Number 1 is . . .   Preparation

Number 2 is . . .   Preparation!

Number 3 is . . .   Preparation!!

 Preparation is everything!

With good preparation and planning you will be totally confident and less nervous. And your audience will feel your confidence. Your audience, too, will be confident. they will be confident in you. And this will give you control. Control of your audience and of your presentation. With control, you will be 'in charge' and your audience will listen positively to your message.

Objective
Before you start to prepare a presentation, you should ask yourself: "Why am I making this presentation?" Do you need to inform, to persuade, to train or to sell? Your objective should be clear in your mind. If it is not clear in your mind, it cannot possibly be clear to your audience.

Audience
"Who am I making this presentation to?" Sometimes this will be obvious, but not always. You should try to inform yourself. How many people? Who are they? Business people? Professional people? Political people? Experts or non-experts? Will it be a small, intimate group of 4 colleagues or a large gathering of 400 competitors? How much do they know already and what will they expect from you?

Venue
"Where am I making this presentation?" In a small hotel meeting-room or a large conference hall? What facilities and equipment are available? What are the seating arrangements?

Time and length
"When am I making this presentation and how long will it be?" Will it be 5 minutes or 1 hour? Just before lunch, when your audience will be hungry, or just after lunch, when your audience will be sleepy?

Method
How should I make this presentation?" What approach should you use? Formal or informal? Lots of visual aids or only a few? Will you include some anecdotes and humour for variety?

Content
"What should I say?" Now you must decide exactly what you want to say. First, you should brainstorm your ideas. You will no doubt discover many ideas that you want to include in your presentation. But you must be selective. You should include only information that is relevant to your audience and your objective. You should exclude all other ideas. You also need to create a title for your presentation (if you have not already been given a title). The title will help you to focus on the subject. And you will prepare your visual aids, if you have decided to use them. But remember, in general, less is better than more (a little is better than a lot). You can always give additional information during the questions after the presentation.

Structure
A well organised presentation with a clear structure is easier for the audience to follow. It is therefore more effective. You should organise the points you wish to make in a logical order. Most presentations are organised in three parts, followed by questions:

Beginning Short introduction welcome your audience
introduce your subject
explain the structure of your presentation
explain rules for questions
 
Middle Body of presentation present the subject itself
 
End Short conclusion summarise your presentation
thank your audience
invite questions
 
  Questions and Answers

Notes
When you give your presentation, you should be - or appear to be - as spontaneous as possible. You should not read your presentation! You should be so familiar with your subject and with the information that you want to deliver that you do not need to read a text. Reading a text is boring! Reading a text will make your audience go to sleep! So if you don't have a text to read, how can you remember to say everything you need to say? With notes. You can create your own system of notes. Some people make notes on small, A6 cards. Some people write down just the title of each section of their talk. Some people write down keywords to remind them. The notes will give you confidence, but because you will have prepared your presentation fully, you may not even need them!

Rehearsal
Rehearsal is a vital part of preparation. You should leave time to practise your presentation two or three times. This will have the following benefits:

you will become more familiar with what you want to say
you will identify weaknesses in your presentation
you will be able to practise difficult pronunciations
you will be able to check the time that your presentation takes and make any necessary modifications
So prepare, prepare, prepare! Prepare everything: words, visual aids, timing, equipment. Rehearse your presentation several times and time it. Is it the right length? Are you completely familiar with all your illustrations? Are they in the right order? Do you know who the audience is? How many people? How will you answer difficult questions? Do you know the room? Are you confident about the equipment? When you have answered all these questions, you will be a confident, enthusiastic presenter ready to communicate the subject of your presentation to an eager audience.

Equipment

Easily your most important piece of equipment is...YOU
! Make sure you're in full working order, and check your personal presentation carefully - if you don't, your audience will!    the overhead projector (OHP) displays overhead transparencies (OHTs or OHPTs). It has several advantages over the 35mm slide projector:
it can be used in daylight
the user can face the audience
the user can write or draw directly on the transparency while in use
  the whiteboard (more rarely blackboard or GREenboard) is a useful device for spontaneous writing - as in brainstorming, for example. For prepared material, the OHP might be more suitable.  The duster is used for cleaning the whiteboard. It is essential that the duster be clean to start with. You may consider carrying your own duster just in case.  Markers are used for writing on the whiteboard (delible - you can remove the ink) or flipchart (indelible - you cannot remove the ink). They are usually available in blue, red, black and green. Again, it's a good idea to carry a spare set of markers in case you are given some used ones which do not write well.   "A good workman never blames his tools."   The flipchart consists of several leaves of paper that you 'flip' or turn over. Some people prefer the flipchart to the whiteboard, but its use is limited to smaller presentations.  The Slide projector - which must be used in a darkened room - adds a certain drama. Some slide projectors can be synchronised with audio for audio-visual (AV) presentations. These projectors are typically used for larger presentations. The majority take 35mm slides or transparencies (as seen here), but projectors for 6x6cm slides are also available.   Transparencies are projected by an overhead projector or a slide projector onto a screen - in this case a folding screen which can be packed up and transported.  The notebook computer is increasingly being used to display graphics during presentations. It is often used in conjunction with an overhead projector, which actually projects the image from the computer screen onto the wall screen.  Handouts are any documents or samples that you 'hand out' or distribute to your audience. Note that it is not usually a good idea to distribute handouts before your presentation. The audience will read the handouts instead of listening to you.

Delivery

'Delivery' refers to the way in which you actually deliver or perform or give your presentation. Delivery is a vital aspect of all presentations. Delivery is at least as important as content, especially in a multi-cultural context.

Nerves
Most speakers are a little nervous at the beginning of a presentation. So it is normal if you are nervous. The answer is to pay special attention to the beginning of your presentation. First impressions count. This is the time when you establish a rapport with your audience. During this time, try to speak slowly and calmly. You should perhaps learn your introduction by heart. After a few moments, you will relax and gain confidence.

Audience Rapport
You need to build a warm and friendly relationship with your audience. Enthusiasm is contagious. If you are enthusiastic your audience will be enthusiastic too. And be careful to establish eye contact with each member of your audience. Each person should feel that you are speaking directly to him or her. This means that you must look at each person in turn - in as natural a way as possible. This will also give you the opportunity to detect signs of boredom, disinterest or even disaGREement, allowing you to modify your presentation as appropriate.

Your objective is to communicate!
Body Language
What you do not say is at least as important as what you do say. Your body is speaking to your audience even before you open your mouth. Your clothes, your walk, your glasses, your haircut, your expression - it is from these that your audience forms its first impression as you enter the room. Generally speaking, it is better to stand rather than sit when making a presentation. Be aware of and avoid any repetitive and irritating gestures. Be aware, too, that the movement of your body is one of your methods of control. When you move to or from the whiteboard, for example, you can move fast or slowly, raising or reducing the dynamism within the audience. You can stand very still while talking or you can stroll from side to side. What effect do you think these two different approaches would have on an audience?

Cultural Considerations
Because English is so widely used around the world, it is quite possible that many members of your audience will not be native English-speakers. In other words, they will not have an Anglo-Saxon culture. Even within the Anglo-Saxon world, there are many differences in culture. If we hypothetically imagine a German working for an Israeli company making a presentation in English to a Japanese audience in Korea, we can see that there are even more possibilities for cultural misunderstanding. You should try to learn about any particular cultural matters that may affect your audience. This is one reason why preparation for your presentation is so important. Cultural differences can also be seen in body language, which we have just discussed. To a Latin from Southern France or Italy, a presenter who uses his hands and arms when speaking may seem dynamic and friendly. To an Englishman, the same presenter may seem unsure of his words and lacking in self-confidence.

Voice quality
It is, of course, important that your audience be able to hear you clearly throughout your presentation. Remember that if you turn away from your audience, for example towards the whiteboard, you need to speak a little more loudly. In general, you should try to vary your voice. Your voice will then be more interesting for your audience. You can vary your voice in at least three ways:

speed: you can speak at normal speed, you can speak faster, you can speak more slowly - and you can stop completely! You can pause. This is a very good technique for gaining your audience's attention.
intonation: you can change the pitch of your voice. You can speak in a high tone. You can speak in a low tone.
volume: you can speak at normal volume, you can speak loudly and you can speak quietly. Lowering your voice and speaking quietly can again attract your audience's interest.
the important point is not to speak in the same, flat, monotonous voice throughout your presentation - this is the voice that hypnotists use to put their patients' into trance!

Visual aids
Of all the information that enters our brains, the vast majority of it enters through the eyes. 80% of what your audience learn during your presentation is learned visually (what they see) and only 20% is learned aurally (what they hear). The significance of this is obvious:

visual aids are an extremely effective means of communication
non-native English speakers need not worry so much about spoken English - they can rely more heavily on visual aids
It is well worth spending time in the creation of good visual aids. But it is equally important not to overload your audience's brains. Keep the information on each visual aid to a minimum - and give your audience time to look at and absorb this information. Remember, your audience have never seen these visual aids before. They need time to study and to understand them. Without understanding there is no communication.

Audience Reaction
Remain calm and polite if you receive difficult or even hostile questions during your presentation. If you receive particularly awkward questions, you might suggest that the questioners ask their questions after your presentation.

Language

 Say what you are going to say,
Simplicity and Clarity
 
If you want your audience to understand your message, your language must be simple and clear.

Use short words and short sentences.

Do not use jargon, unless you are certain that your audience understands it.

In general, talk about concrete facts rather than abstract ideas.

Use active verbs instead of passive verbs. Active verbs are much easier to understand. they are much more powerful. Consider these two sentences, which say the same thing:

Toyota sold two million cars last year.
Two million cars were sold by Toyota last year.
Which is easier to understand? Which is more immediate? Which is more powerful? N°1 is active and N°2 is passive.

Signposting
When you drive on the roads, you know where you are on those roads. Each road has a name or number. Each town has a name. And each house has a number. If you are at house N° 100, you can go back to N° 50 or forward to N° 150. You can look at the signposts for directions. And you can look at your atlas for the structure of the roads in detail. In other words, it is easy to navigate the roads. You cannot get lost. But when you give a presentation, how can your audience know where they are? How can they know the structure of your presentation? How can they know what is coming next? They know because you tell them. Because you put up signposts for them, at the beginning and all along the route. This technique is called 'signposting' (or 'signalling').

During your introduction, you should tell your audience what the structure of your presentation will be. You might say something like this:

"I'll start by describing the current position in Europe. Then I'll move on to some of the achievements we've made in Asia. After that I'll consider the opportunities we see for further expansion in Africa. Lastly, I'll quickly recap before concluding with some recommendations."
A member of the audience can now visualize your presentation like this:

Introduction
Welcome
Explanation of structure (now)
Body
Europe
Asia
Africa
Conclusion
Summing up
Recommendations
He will keep this image in his head during the presentation. He may even write it down. And throughout your presentation, you will put up signposts telling him which point you have reached and where you are going now. When you finish Europe and want to start Asia, you might say:

"That's all I have to say about Europe. Let's turn now to Asia."
When you have finished Africa and want to sum up, you might say:

"Well, we've looked at the three continents Europe, Asia and Africa. I'd like to sum up now."
And when you finish summing up and want to give your recommendations, you might say:

"What does all this mean for us? Well, firstly I recommend..."
the table below lists useful expressions that you can use to signpost the various parts of your presentation.

Signposting

Function Language Introducing the subject
I'd like to start by...
Let's begin by...
First of all, I'll...
Starting with...
I'll begin by...
Finishing one subject...
Well, I've told you about...
That's all I have to say about...
We've looked at...
So much for...
...and starting another
Now we'll move on to...
Let me turn now to...
Next...
Turning to...
I'd like now to discuss...
Let's look now at...
Analysing a point and giving recommendations
Where does that lead us?
Let's consider this in more detail...
What does this mean for ABC?
Translated into real terms...
Giving an example
For example,...
A good example of this is...
As an illustration,...
To give you an example,...
To illustrate this point...
Dealing with questions
We'll be examining this point in more detail later on...
I'd like to deal with this question later, if I may...
I'll come back to this question later in my talk...
Perhaps you'd like to raise this point at the end...
I won't comment on this now...
Summarising and concluding
In conclusion,...
Right, let's sum up, shall we?
I'd like now to recap...
Let's summarise briefly what we've looked at...
Finally, let me remind you of some of the issues we've covered...
If I can just sum up the main points...
Ordering
Firstly...secondly...thirdly...lastly...
First of all...then...next...after that...finally...
To start with...later...to finish up...

A letter to ...

Dear son...                      

孩子…..

The day that you see me old and I am already not, have patience and try to understand me …

哪天你看到我日渐老去,身体也渐渐不行,请耐著性子试著了解我……

If I get dirty when eating… if I can not dress… have patience.

如果我吃的脏兮兮,如果我不会穿衣服……有耐性一点……

Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.

你记得我曾花多久时间教你这些事吗?

If, when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times… do not interrupt me… listen to me.

如果,当我一再重覆述说同样的事情…不要打断我,听我说…..

When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep…

你小时候,我必须一遍又一遍的读著同样的故事,直到你静静睡著……..

When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me…

当我不想洗澡,不要羞辱我也不要责骂我……

Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath…

你记得小时后我曾编出多少理由,只为了哄你洗澡…..

When you see my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…

当你看到我对新科技的无知,给我一点时间,不要掛著嘲弄的微笑看著我…..…

I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good, to dress well… to confront life…

我曾教了你多少事情啊….如何好好的吃,好好的穿…如何面对你的生命…….

When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation… let me have the necessary time to remember… and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous… as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…

如果交谈中我忽然失忆不知所云,给我一点时间回想…

如果我还是无能为力,请不要紧张…..

对我而言重要的不是对话,而是能跟你在一起,和你的倾听…..

If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not.

当我不想吃东西时,不要勉强我.我清楚知道该什么时候进食

When my tired legs do not allow me walk...

… give me your hand… the same way I did when you gave your first steps.

当我的腿不听使唤…..扶我一把….

如同我曾扶著你踏出你人生的第一步….

And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more… that I want to die… do not get angry… some day you will understand…

Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.

当哪天我告诉你不想再活下去了….请不要生气….

总有一天你会了解….

试著了解我已是风烛残年,来日可数.

Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you..

有一天你会发现,即使我有许多过错,我总是尽我所能要给你最好的…

You must not feel sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you started living.

当我靠近你时不要觉得感伤,生气或无奈.

你要紧挨著我,如同我当初帮著你展开人生一样的了解我,帮我….

Help me to walk… help me to end my way with love and patience. I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.

扶我一把,用爱跟耐心帮我走完人生…

我將用微笑和我始终不变无边无际的爱来回报你.

应对问题
-I will be pleased to answer any questions you may have at the end of the presentation.
-Please can you save your questions till the end. 

-If you have any questions, I will be pleased to answer them at the end of the presentation.
-there will be time at the end of the presentation to answer your questions-so please feel free to ask me anything then.
-Don't hesitate to interrupt if you have a question.
-Please feel free to interrupt me at any time.
-Please stop me if you have any questions.
-If you need clarification on any point, you're welcome to ask questions at any time.
-Can I come back to that point later?
-I will be coming to that point in a minute.
-That's a tricky question.
-We will go into details later. But just to give you an idea of...
-I am afraid there's no easy answer to that one...
-Yes, that's a very good point.
-Perhaps we could leave that point until the questions at the end of the presentation
-I think I said that I would answer questions at the end of the presentation---perhaps you wouldn't mind waiting until then.
-I think we have time for just one more question

欢迎听众(正式)
- Welcome to our company
- I am pleased to be able to welcome you to our company...
- I'd like to thank you for coming.

- May I take this opportunity of thanking you for coming

欢迎听众(非正式 )
- I'm glad you could all get here...
- I'm glad to see so many people here.
- It's GREat to be back here.
- Hello again everybody. Thank you for being on time/making the effort to come today.
- Welcome to X Part II.

受邀请在会议上致词
- I am delighted/pleased/glad to have the opportunity to present/of making this presentation...
- I am grateful for the opportunity to present...
- I'd like to thank you for inviting/asking me/giving me the chance to...
- Good morning/afternoon/evening ladies and gentleman
- It's my pleasant duty today to...
- I've been asked to...

告知演讲的话题
- the subject of my presentation is...
- I shall be speaking today about...
- My presentation concerns...
- Today's topic is...
- Today we are here to give a presentation on...
- Today we are here to talk about...Before we start, I'd like you meet my team members...
- A brief look at today's agenda...(告诉听众所讲内容的先后顺序)
- Before we start our presentation, let's take a brief look at the agenda...
- I shall be offering a brief analysis of...
- the main area that I intend to cover in this presentation is...
- Take a moment and think of...
- Thank you for giving me the opportunity to tell you about...

告诉听众发言的长度
- During the next ten minutes, I shall...
- I shall be speaking for about ten minutes...

- My presentation will last for about ten minutes...
- I won't take up more than ten minutes of your time...
- I don't intend to speak for longer than ten minutes...
- I know that time is short, so I intend to keep this brief
- I have a lot to cram in to the next ten minutes, so I'd better make a start...

引起听众的兴趣
- I'm going to be speaking about something that is vitally important to all of us.
- My presentation will help solve a problem that has puzzled people for years...
- At the end of this presentation you will understand why this company has been so successful for so long...
- I am going to be talking about a product that could double your profit margins...
- the next ten minutes will change your attitude to sales and marketing...
- Over the next ten minutes you are going to hear about something that will change the way your companies operate...
- By the end of this presentation you will know all there is to know about...

告诉听众内容要点
- there are five main aspects to this topic (...the first, ... the second, ...a third, ...another, ... the final)
- I am going to examine these topics in the following order (...first, ...next, ...after that, ...finally)
- I've divided my talk into five parts...
- I will deal with these topics in chronological order...
- I'm going to start with a general overview and then focus on this particular problem (...in general, ...more particularly).
- I want to start with this particular topic, and then draw some more general conclusions from it (...specifically, ... in a wider context).
- there are (a number of) factors that may affect...
- We have to take into account in any discussion of this subject, the following considerations.
- We all ought to be aware of the following points.

结束语
-In conclusion, I'd like to...
-I'd like to finish by...
-Finally...
-By way of conclusion...

-I hope I have made myself understood
-I hope you have found this useful
-I hope this has given you some idea/clear idea/an outline of...
-Let me end by saying...
-That, then was all I had to say on...
-That concludes our presentation...
-I hope I've managed to give you a clearer picture of...
-If there are any questions, I'd be delighted to...
-Thank you for your attention...
-Let's break for a coffee at this point
-I am afraid that the clock is against us, so we had better stop here
-You have been a very attentive audience---thank you

1.Welcome to Taiwan.欢迎到台湾来。

2.We are delighted to see you again.我们很高兴又再见面了。

3.We’ve been counting the days to see you.我们一直算着日子要和你再见面。

4.I hope you’ll stay as log as possible.我希望你尽可能住久一点。

5.I hope you will have a very enjoyable stay.我希望你在此期间过得很愉快。

6.It is my great pleasure to say to Mr. Smith “Welcome back to Taiwan!’’我很高兴能够对史密斯先生说“欢迎回到台湾”。

7.It is my special pleasure to welcome Mr. Smith.我非常高兴来欢迎史密斯先生。

8.It is my pleasure to welcome Miss Smith back.很高兴欢迎史密斯小姐回来。

9,It is my pleasure to welcome you all here to day.今天我很高兴欢迎各位。

10.It is my pleasure to welcome Mr. Smith to our company.很高兴欢迎史密斯先生到我们公司来。

11.Welcome to our company from all the members of this section, Mr. Smith.史密斯先生，本课所有同仁欢迎你到本公司来。

12.I take great pleasure in bidding you all a hearty welcome to our company.很高兴能够衷心的欢迎您来我们公司。

13.It is my great pleasure to say a few words of hearty welcome to Mr. Smith.很荣幸能说几句话表示对史密斯先生衷心欢迎。

14.The first thing that I would like to say to Mr. Smith is a hearty “ Welcome home!”我最先想对史密斯先生说的心底话是：欢迎回国！

15.I want to assure Mr. Smith that we will all give him our support in his efforts.我想向史密斯先保证，我们每个人对他的努力将给予支持。

16.It is my pleasure and honor to welcome back Mr. Smith who has been in Canada for the past three years.过去三年史密斯先生都在加拿大，我很高兴也很荣幸来欢迎他回。

17.Please go ahead before it gets cold.趁热吃。

18.Thank you for your kindness.谢谢你的一番盛情。

19.I’m very happy that I’ve come back to Taiwan.我很高兴我回到台湾了。

20.I had long been looking forward to coming back.我老早就期待着回来。

21.I’m very grateful to you for all your kindness.你的厚意我非常感激。

22.I have no words with which to thank you for holding this welcome party for me.我不知要用什么话来感谢你们为我办这个欢迎会。

23.I don’t know how I can thank you sufficiently for holding this welcome party for me.你们为我办这个聚会，我不知道要如何才足以表示我的谢意。

24.On behalf of all my fellow students from Taiwan I wish to say a word of hearty thanks to Mr. Smith.谨代表所有我从台湾来的留学生，向史密斯先生表示由衷的谢意。

1.Goodbye, and have a good year.再见了，祝你未来一年都很顺利。

2.We are gathered here today to send off one of our upperclassman, Mr. Smith, who has been appointed to his new post in London. 今天在这里我们在这里相聚，为我们的学长史密斯先生送别，他被派到伦敦担任新职。

3.May you have the best of luck in San Francisco.祝你在旧金山会有很好的运气。

4.1.I really don’t know whether to be happy or sad here today.今天在这里我真的不知道要高兴，还是要悲伤。

5.A year seems like such a long time to be away, so we will miss you a lot, and we hope you will miss us, too.过了一年，似乎是很久远以前的事，我们会很想念我 你，希望你一样想念我们。

6.We will miss him as a worker amongst us and also as a cheerful friend who could always brighten the day around here.他是我们的同仁，也是让我们在这儿的日子充满欢乐的一位开朗的朋友，我们会怀念他的 。

7.I hope you will think of me from time to time as I shall be thinking of you always.我希望你们不时会想到我，就像我经常会想着你们一样。

8.I certainly wish Mr. Smith the best of luck in everything he undertakes, either academically or socially, at Hope College and in America.我祝福史密斯先生在霍浦学院和美国，不论是在学术上或是在社会上，一切顺利，万事如意。

9.Thank you for taking time off from your busy jobs to come here tonight to say goodbye to Miss Smith.感谢你们今晚从百忙之中抽空到这儿向史密斯小姐道别。

10.All the members of your department are before you today to wish you farewell and good luck in your future.你部门的所有同仁都来到你面前，祝你一路平安，未来福星高照。

11.Soinstead of concluding my speech with the customary “Good-bye,” allow me to say “Good luck and much happiness!”不要照一般习惯说“再见”作为结尾，我要说的是“祝好运，万事如意！”

12.I’m full of excitement.我很兴奋。

13.I owe a great deal to all of you.我欠你们大家太多了。

14.Thank you for coming here tonight to see me off.谢谢你们今晚来为我送行。

15.I will miss all of you while I’m away.我没和你们在一起时，我会惦记着你们每个人。

16.I thank all of you for what you have done for me.我很感谢大家的一番厚意。

17.I did not expect at all that you would hold a party like this for me.我一点也没想到你们为我举办一个这样的聚会。

18.In the first place, I wish to say a word of thanks for holding this send-off party for me.为我办这个欢送会，首先我要说声谢谢。

19.I certainly am thankful to the company for giving me such a chance, and I earnestly hope that I will live up to everyone’s expectations.我非常感谢公司给我这样的一个机会，我诚挚期盼不负大家的期许。

20.I’d like to thank Mr. Smith not only for coming to this party, but also for making such a nice speech full of good advice and kind words encouragement.我要感谢史密斯先生莅临这个聚会，以及发表这么棒的演讲，充满了受益良多的忠告和鼓励的话。

庆祝会【17句】

1.Congratulations!恭喜！

2.Let me congratulate you on your success.恭喜你成功了。

3.It is my great privilege to say a word of congratulation to Mr. Smith on the occasion of~.在~的时候，我很荣幸向史密斯先生表示道贺。

4.It is my great pleasure to say a word of hearty congratulation to Mr. Smith on the occasion of~.在~的时候，我很荣幸向史密斯先生表示衷心的道贺。

5.I wish to congratulate the staff members who are present here today on the memorable occasion of~.在这个难忘的~时刻，我向出席的同仁们表示恭喜之意。

6.It is my great pleasure this evening to welcome Mr. Smith, who has just arrived from Chicago and will be spending several weeks in Taiwan.今晚我很荣幸来欢迎史密斯先生，他刚从芝加哥来，将在台湾停留几个礼拜。

7.It is with a great pleasure that we gather here today to hear Mr. Smith, who is~.今天很荣幸大家聚在一起听史密斯先生讲话，他是~

8.On behalf of everyone gathered here tonight, I would like to say how happy we are to see you again.谨代表今晚来此的每一个人，表达我们又再见到您的欢喜的心情。

9.We are all thrilled that won in such a famous contest.在这么有名的比赛中你赢了，我们都很兴奋。

10.Thanks also goes to Mr. Smith who has spent many long hours working with us.也要谢谢史密斯先生，他与我们工作了一段很长的时间。

11.We are here today to pay our respects to Mr. Smith, winner of the Taiwan Golf Tournament.史密斯是台湾高尔夫球赛的获胜者，今天我们在这里向他表示我们的敬意。

12.I am truly happy to speak for all of us in congratulating Mr. Smith, the winner of the Contest.我真的很高兴为我们大家向比赛的胜利者史密斯先生表示道贺。

13.It is a great pleasure to gather here today to pay honor to our debating team which won in the All-Taiwan Debating Contest.今天很荣幸能够聚在这里，向我们的辩论队致敬，他们赢得全台辩论比赛。

14.On behalf of the judges, I want to take this opportunity to extend our heartfelt congratulations to your team members on your stunning victory in the debating contest.谨代表所有评审，用这个机会，向你们的队员在辩论赛中赢得漂亮的胜利表示由衷的祝贺。

15.Unfortunately, due to pressure of business, her husband has been unable to come to Taiwan this time, but I understand he hopes to pay a visit next year.很不巧，因为工作关系，她先生这一次未能来台，但我知道他希望明年能来。

16.During her all too brief stay here, Mrs. Smith will be renewing acquaintance with many of her old friends and visiting? Places she knew well before.史密斯夫人在此过于短暂的停留期间，要再见见许多老朋友，看看以前她熟悉的地方。

17.Let me begin by saying “Thank you” to all who have come to attend this evening.一开始让我向所有今晚出席者说声「谢谢」。

1.Happy birthday to you, Mary!玛莉，祝你生日快乐！

2.May you live to be hundred years old.祝你长命百岁（寿比南山）。

3.May all your birthdays be happy and gay.祝你所有的生日都充满欢乐与喜悦。

4. Thank you for your kind invitation.谢谢你一番好意邀请我来。

5.Thanks for inviting me.谢谢你邀请我来。

6.It’s very kind of you to invite me.你邀请我来，真是一番好意。

7.Ladies and gentlemen, I wish to propose a toast to our Mary.各位女士，各位先生，我想我们向玛莉干杯祝贺。

8.Happy birthday from all us!我们全体祝你生日快乐！

9.What a joy it is to have wonderful friends like you!有你们这么棒的朋友，真是高兴。

10.I want to express our heartfelt congratulations to you on your seventeenth birthday.你过十七岁生日，我要向你表示我们衷心的祝贺之意。

11.We all hope we will have the pleasure of celebrating many more with you.我们都希望每年都能高兴的和你过生日。

12.We have bought this present for you, and we hope you’ll keep it for many years to come.我们买这礼物送你，希望你能一直都留在身边。

13.All of the people (students) here want to wish you the happiest of birthdays and many more to come in the future.这里所有的人（学生）都祝你过最快乐的生日，将来也年年如此。

14.It is a real pleasure to be here among such old and true friends who have gathered to help you celebrate your birthday.能够和你的老朋友和忠实的朋友们一起来帮你庆生，真是很高兴。

15.I consider it a great privilege to say a word of hearty congratulation to Bob on the happy occasion of his birthday.在鲍伯过生日的这个欢乐时刻，能够说句话向他表示由衷道贺，真是无比的荣幸。

16.Thank you all once again for coming.谢谢你们再度光临。

17.Words can’t express how grateful I am to you all.言语无法表达我对你们每个人的感激。

18.I am truly honored by the kindness and attention you have shown me today.今天你们对我的厚意与关照，我真的感到很荣幸。

19.Please sit down with us now and eat and drink and have a good time.现在请和我们坐下来一起吃，一起喝，好好的玩。

20.I wish to repeat what I said at the beginning of my speech: “Thank you for coming to this party, and in particular, for the assurance you have given me of your warm friendship by your kind gifts and words of congratulation.”我想再说一次刚开始时所说的话：「谢谢你们来参加庆生会，尤其要谢谢你们的好礼与贺词所表示的温馨的友谊。」

婚礼【15句】

1.Congratulations!恭喜！

2.Thank you for your invitation.谢谢你们的邀请。

3.We are here to witness the union of two lives in marriage.我们在此为两位联姻作见证。

4.I now give the toast to the bride and groom, Mary and Bob.现在我向新娘玛莉、新郎鲍伯举杯致敬。

5.Today is indeed a joyous occasion for all of us present here.对我们列席的每个人而言，今天真是个令人欢欣的日子。

6.It is my pleasure to call Mary my closest and dearest friend.我很高兴的说，玛莉是我最亲密的朋友。

7.I’m sure everyone here joins me in wishing you two, Bob and Mary, the very best that life has to offer you in your marriage.我确信今天在座的每个人都会和我一同祝福鲍伯和玛莉们俩过最美满的婚姻生活。

8.I will conclude by congratulating the young couple on their marriage, and wishing them a long life of happiness together.最后我们恭喜这对年轻新人，祝他们白头偕老，幸福美满。

9.Words can’t express what is in their hearts. Bob and Mary will never forget you for what you have done for them.言辞无法表达他们的感受，鲍伯和玛莉将不会忘记你们尽心尽力为他们所做的事。

10.We are gathered here today to celebrate the wedding of my best friend, Bob and his wonderful bride, Mary.今天我们在一起庆祝我最好的