英语美文欣赏与演讲

散文赏析

Chapter One Wings of Dream

Passage 1 Dreams

Passage 2 Dreaming about Future

Passage 3 Catch the Star that Holds Your Destiny

Passage 4 Ambition

Passage 5 Increasing Confidence

Chapter Two A Song of Youth

Passage 6 Youth

Passage 7 Man' s Youth

Passage 8 If

Passage 9 Human Life a Poem

Passage 10 Three Important Things People Wish They Understood In Their Youth

Chapter Three Confronting Oneself

Passage 11 I Want！ I Do！ I Get！

Passage 12 Facing the Enemy Within

Passage 13 A Truth of Life

Passage 14 Get a Thorough Understanding of Oneself

Passage 15 The Dew Drop

Chapter Four Self Improvement

Passage 16 On Learning English

Passage 17 How to Learn a Foreign Language： Five keys to success

Passage 18 Companionship of Books （Excerpts）

Passage 19 Of Studies

Passage 20 Self-Reliance （Excerpts）

Chapter Five Self Refinement

Passage 21 Today I Begin a New Life

Passage 22 Three Days to See（Excerpts）

Passage 23 Success is the Result of Positive Habits

Passage 24 What is Your Recovery Rate？

Passage 25 Solitude

Chapter Six Lifelong Happiness

Passage 26 The Love of Beauty

Passage 27 The Happy Door

Passage 28 Be Happy

Passage 29 Learning to Forgive， Living a Better Life

Passage 30 Happiness Is A Journey

Chapter Seven Out of the Confusion

Passage 31 What I Have Lived for

Passage 32 To Be or Not to Be

Passage 33 The Thanks We Give

Passage 34 Advice Proposed by Albert Einstein

Passage 35 Storms Always Give Way to the Sun

Chapter Eight Glory of Life Shall Never Die

Passage 36 IfI Had My Life to Live Over

Passage 37 Tips to Foster Social Ability in College

Passage 38 On the Road， No Burden

Passage 39 Giving Life Meaning

Passage 40 The Road to Success

经典演讲赏析

Speech 1 Gettysburg Address

Speech 2 I Have a Dream （Excerpt） —— Martin Luther King， Jr.

Speech 3 Blood， Toil， Sweat and Tears —— Winston Churchill

Speech 4 Thayer Award Acceptance Address —— General Douglas MacArthur

Speech 5 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech —— William Fanlkner

Speech6 1992 Democratic National Cnnvention Address —— Elizabeth Glaser

Speech 7 Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King， Jr.—— Robert F. Kennedy

Speech 8 Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation —— Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Speech 9 The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address —— Ronald Reagan

Speech 10 Statement on the Articles of Impeachment —— Barbara Jordan

Speech 11 Inaugural Address —— John F. Kennedy

Speech 12 Eulogy for Robert Francis Kennedy —— Edward M. Kennedy

Speech 13 Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Prayer Service Address —— Bill Clinton

Speech 14 Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech

Speech 15 Inaugural Address of Obama

Speech 16 Bill Gates' Graduation Speech at Harvard University

TED演讲

Speech 1 Five Ways to Kill Your Dreams

Speech 2 What Adults Can Learn from Kids

Speech 3 Why 1 Live in Mortal Dread of Public Speaking

Speech 4 Try Something New for 30 Days

Speech 5 Keep Your Goals to Yourself

Speech 6 How to Buy Happiness

Speech 7 Haunting Photos of Polar Ice

Speech 8 Best Gift I Ever Survived

Speech 9 The Technology of Storytelling

Speech 10 A Life Lesson fromaVolunteerFirefighter

Speech 11 A Skateboard， with a Boost

Speech 12 "Love Is a Loaded Pistol"

Speech 13 Are You Human？

Speech 14 TheDangerofSilence

Speech 15 Three Ways to Speak English

Speech 16 Eight Seerets of Success

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