Honourable judges, ladies and gentlemen,
Good afternoon! Today I would like to talk about the importance of keeping optimistic. When we encounter difficulties in life, we notice that some of us choose to bury their heads in the sand. Unfortunately, however, this attitude will do you no good, because if you will have no courage even to face them, how can you conquer them? Thus, be optimistic, ladies and gentlemen, as it can give you confidence and help you see yourself through the hard times, just as Winston Churchill once said, “An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.”
Ladies and Gentlemen, keeping optimistic, you will be able to realize, in spite of some hardship, there’s always hope waiting for you, which will lead you to the ultimate success. Historically as well as currently, there are too many optimists of this kind to enumerate. You see, Thomas Edison is optimistic; if not, the light of hope in his heart could not illuminate the whole world. Alfred Nobel is optimistic; if not, the explosives and the prestigious Nobel Prize would not have come into being. And Lance Armstrong is also optimistic; if not, the devil of cancer would have devoured his life and the world would not see a 5-time winner of the Tour De France.
A rose may be beautiful, or maybe not; that depends on your attitude only, and so does success, so does life. Hindrances and difficulties do exist, but if you are optimistic, then they are only episodes on your long way to the throne of success; they are more bridges than obstacles! Now I prefer to end my speech with the great British poet Shelley’s lines: “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” Thank you!
演講稿的寫作技巧
一、開頭要先聲奪人，富有吸引力
演講稿的開頭，也叫開場白，它猶如戲劇開頭的“鎮場”，在全篇中佔據重要的地位。
開頭的方式主要有如下幾種：
開門見山，亮出主旨
這種開頭不繞彎子，直奔主題，開宗明義地提出自己的觀點。如1941年李卜克內西《在德國國會上反對軍事撥款的宣告》開頭就說：“我投票反對這項提案，理由如下：”。
敘述事實，交代背景
開頭向聽眾報告一些新發生的事實，比較容易引起人們的注意，吸引聽眾傾聽。如1941年7月3日斯大林《廣播演說》的開頭：“希特勒德國從6月22日向我們祖國發動的背信棄義的軍事進攻，正在繼續著。雖然紅軍進行了英勇的抵抗，雖然敵人的精銳師團和他們的精銳空軍部隊已被擊潰，被埋葬在戰場上，但是敵人又從前線調來了生力軍，繼續向前闖進。我們的祖國面臨著嚴重的危險。”
提出問題，發人深思
通過提問，引導聽眾思考一個問題，並由此造成一個懸念，引起聽眾欲知答案的期待。如曲嘯的《人生·理想·追求》就是這樣開頭的：“一個人應該怎樣對待自己青春的時光呢？我想在這裡同大家談談我的情況。”
引用警句，引出下文
引用內涵深刻、發人深省的警句，引出下面的內容來。如一個大學生的演講稿，標題叫《我的思考與奮起》，開頭就很精彩：“一個人如果一輩子都不曾混亂過，那麼他從來就沒有思考過。”
開頭的方法還有一些，不再一一列舉。總之無論採用什麼形式的開頭，都要做到先聲奪人，富於吸引力。
二、主要部分要層層展開，步步推向高潮
演講稿的主要，要層層展開，步步推向高潮。所謂高潮，即演講中最精彩、最激動人心的段落。在主要部分的行文上，要在理論上一步步說服聽眾，在內容上一步步吸引聽眾，在感情上一步步感染聽眾。要精心安排結構層次，層層深入，環環相扣，水到渠成地推向高潮。
主要部分展開的方式有以下三種：
並列式
並列式就是圍繞演講稿的中心論點，從不一樣角度、不一樣側面進行表現，其結構形態呈放射狀四面展開，宛若車輪之軸與其輻條。而每一側面都直接面向中心論點，證明中心的論點。
遞進式
即從表面、淺層入手，採取步步深入、層層推進的方法，最終表明深刻的主題，猶如層層剝筍。用這種方法來安排演講稿的結構層次，能使事物得到由表及裡的深入闡述和證明。
並列遞進結合式
這種結構，或是在並列中包含遞進，或是在遞進中包含並列。一些縱橫捭闔、氣勢雄偉的演講稿常採用這種方式。
三、結尾要乾脆利落，簡潔有力
演講稿的結尾，是主要內容發展的必然結果。結尾或歸納、或昇華、或希望、或號召，方式很多。好的結尾應收攏全篇，卒章顯志，乾脆利落，簡潔有力，切忌畫蛇添足，節外生枝。並且演講稿要貼近生活。
Chinese Spring Festival, also called Lunar New Year, has more than 4,000 years of history. Being one of the traditional Chinese festivals, it is the grandest and the most important festival for Chinese people. It is also the time for the whole families to get together, which is similar with Christmas Day to the westerners. Originating during the Shang Dynasty (about 17th - 11th century BC), Spring Festival, which celebrates family reunion, is full of rich and colorful activities, and hopes with theadventof spring and flowers blossoming. People from different regions and different ethnic groups celebrate it in their unique ways.
It comes on the first day of Chinese lunar calendar and lasts for almost half of a month. But in folk custom, this traditional holiday lasts from the 23rd day of the twelfth month to the 15th day of the first month (Lantern Festival) in the lunar calendar. Among these days, the New Year’s Eve and the first day of the New Year is the peak time. The exact days are different in every year according to the lunar calendar.
It is said that the custom of Spring Festival started in when people offered sacrifice to ancestors in the last month of Chinese lunar calendar. At that time, people prepared the sacrifice by doing thorough cleaning, having bathes and so on. Later, people began to worship differentdeitiesas well on that day. It is the time that almost all the farm works were done and people have free time. The sacrificing time changed according to the farming schedule and was not fixed until the Han Dynasty (202BC-220AD). The customs of worshipping deities and ancestors remains even though the ceremonies are not as grand as before. It is also the time that spring is coming, so people held all kinds of ceremonies to welcome it.
Preparing the New Year starts 7 days before the New Year’s Eve. According to Chinese lunar calendar, people start to clean the house on Dec. 24, butcher on Dec. 26th and so on. People have certain things to do on each day. These activities will end Jan. 15th of the lunar calendar.
Every family does a thorough house cleaning and purchases enough food, including fish, meat, roasted nuts and seeds, all kinds of candies and fruits, etc, for the festival period. Also, new clothes must be bought, especially for children. Red scrolls with complementary poetic couplets, one line on each side of the gate, are pasted at every gate. The Chinese character Fu is pasted on the center of the door and paper-cut pictures adorn windows.
The Spring Festival is a start for a new year, so it is regarded as theomenof a year. People have many taboos during this period. Many bad words related to “death”, “broken”, “killing”, “ghost” and “illness” or “sickness” are forbidden during conversations. In some places, there are more specific details. They consider it unlucky if thebarrelof rice is empty,because they think they will have nothing to eat in the next year. Taking medicine is forbidden on this day, otherwise, people will have sick for the whole year and take medicine constantly.
Food during this happy event has its characteristics, which is the representative of Chinese festival food culture. Dumplings and the reunion dinner are indispensable at this time. Cold and hot dishes are all served. Fish is always an important dish then, which expresses people’s hope of having a wealthy year.
In China, different places have their own traditions and activities to celebrate the Spring Festival. Beijing, Guangzhou, Xian and Pingyao are some good places to go if one intends to come during the time period. If one does not want to travel so long, but still want to enjoy the atmosphere of Chinese New Year, the local Chinatown is the best place.
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