Chapter 2.

The Pleasures of Reading

There are many things I like to do in this world: Playing football, playing computer games…. But what I like to do best is reading, for I have obtained lots of pleasures from reading books, all kinds of good books.

Reading is a pleasure of the mind, your eagerness and knowledge and quickness make you a good reader. Reading is fun, not because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works along with the writer’s or even goes beyond his. Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop, as you understand his.

All the wisdom of the ages, all the stories that delighted mankind for centuries, are easily and cheaply available to all of us with in the covers of the books. The most unfortunate people in the world are those who have never discovered how interesting it is to read good books.

I’m determined to read even more good books and try even harder to make great contributions to our dearest motherland, to make her most beautiful country in the world.

Dear friends, go to libraries. Start reading books at once. Just as an old Chinese saying goes:------- Reading is always profitable.

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读书的乐趣

世上有几件我爱做的事情：踢足球，上网玩游戏等。然而我最喜欢的，还是读书。我从读书之中享受到无穷的乐趣。

读书对人的心智来说，是一种享乐：强烈的进取心，渊博的知识，敏捷的反应力，这些都能造就一个出色的读书者。读书怡人，不仅在于能使读者聆听到作者的心声，且能激起读者心声的共鸣。你的想象随着作者的想象驰骋，你的想象甚至能超越作者的想象，更加深邃，更加绚烂。你的经历，在与作者身世的比较、碰撞、磨合的过程中，使你读出与作者相同或相反的结论。这样，在你设身处地地读懂作者心灵的同时，你的心灵也得到了升华。

历史长河中人类智慧的集合，漫长数世纪以来惊天地、泣鬼神的往事，手指一拈，跃然而现于书页上的字里行间！既经济实惠，又快捷便当。嗨！活在这个世界上，却领略不到读书的乐趣，该是多么不幸啊！我已下定决心，多读书，读好书，读好书，不懈努力，多学知识以报效我亲爱的祖国。

亲爱的朋友们：到图书馆去吧，走进书的海洋，展开书页读起来吧，逢好书必读。这正应了中国一句老话：

“开卷有益”啊！

第二篇：-12-1英语演讲稿Chapter 1

Chapter 1.

Eagles in a storm

Do you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to some high sport and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.

When the storms of life come upon us ---and all of us will experience them---We can rise above them by setting our minds and our belief toward ourselves. The storms do not have to overcome us. We can allow God’s power to lift us above them.

Experience enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm.

Remember, it is not burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how handle them. 参考译文：

暴风雨中的雄鹰

你知道吗？老鹰能在暴风雨来临之前预知它将如何到来。

当暴风雨来临时，它会飞向高空，等待大风的来临。当暴风雨袭来时，它会张开双翅乘风飞得更高，凌驾于暴风雨之上，当猛烈的暴风雨来临时，它已在高空翱翔。

我们每个人都必须经历生活中的暴风雨，当它们袭来时，我们同样可以利用意志和虔诚的信念，凌驾于暴风雨之上。暴风雨并不能战胜我们，相反我们可以利用自己的力量战胜他们。 经历教会我们如何面对生活中的暴风雨（如疾病、灾难、失败、失望等），我们同样可以翱翔于暴风雨中。

切记，生活的重担本身并不能击垮我们，关键是我们用怎样的心态去面对。