周江龙 2011级2班 2011444182

英文演讲初稿

原著：尼克胡哲

I have no arms and no legs, but I’m very thankful that I have my little chicken drumstick. There were times when I sort of looked at my life, and thinking “I can’t do this?” or “I can’t do that?”, and you keep on concentrating on the things that you wish you had or the things you wish you didn’t have. And you sort of forget what you do have. There’s no point, I believe in my life where I wish I had arms and legs, I wish I had arms and legs… because wishing wouldn’t help. What I’ve seen in life are just a couple key principles. And the first thing I’ve seem is to be thankful. It’s hard to be thankful when I was 8 years old, I sort of summed up my life and thought: I’m never going to get married. I’m not going to have a job. I’m not going to have a life of purpose. What kind of husband am I going to be if I can’t even hold my wife’s hands?

It’s a lie to think that you’re not good enough; it’s a lie to think that you’re not worth anything. I love life, you know so many people come and say “how come you smile so much?” And I’m like “Well, it’s a long story, but it’s very simple at the same time.” You see, it’s very hard to smile sometimes in life. There are things that happen that you don’t know, and you don’t understand, and you don’t know if you are going to get through it. You know you go through your storms in life, and you don’t know how long the storm’s going to be. And today, I want to share with 1

you some principles that I’ve learnt in my life that you can use in yours. Being patient is a beautiful art. I tell you it’s the hardest thing. But I realize I may not have hands to hold my wife’s hand. But when the time comes, I’ll be able to hold her heart. I don’t need hands to hold her heart.

Life is life. Life is an interesting journey of ups and downs. But how that journey ends, is up to you today. You see when you fall down, you feel like giving up. When times get tough, it’s not the end. The question is “Are you going to finish strong?” The definition of a disability is something that will hinder you from being able to do something. I think, though, the greatest disability is not having no arms and no legs. The greatest disability is your mind, the choices that you make. The question is: are you going to make the right choices? Are you going to make the choice, to have your life in its right perspective? Are you going to make the choice, to get up instead of give up? Are you going to make the choice, to dream big? There is no greater disability that we have in our life than to make the decision to give up. Because once you give up, then there is no hope. But until you give up, there is that hope.

My passion is to encourage people, to inspire people to be all that they can be. I found my purpose, I found my strength, and I want you to find yours. Don’t be afraid of failing, every time you fall down, every time you fail, you learn something new. You’re ready for the next one, you’ve learned how not to do something, well then, learn from it and 2

move on! Leave what’s behind and press forward. You can only win, if you don’t give up. Go for it. Don’t let anything hold you back! If nothing is holding me back, what’s holding you back?

No goal is too big; no dream is too far fetched. It’s as big as you can dream it. There’re times in life, when you don’t see the purpose or the good in your situation. But just because you can’t see it, it doesn’t mean it’s not coming. Who goes to the train station, looks down the railway, and says” The train’s not here. I’m leaving?” You will wait for train! Why? Because the schedule says that the train is coming. So just because you can’t see the hope in your situation, it doesn’t mean it’s not there. You see many people think that I have only one foot, just because you can’t see the other one. I’ve gone from a life without limbs, into a life without limits. What about you?

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第二篇：励志青年尼克胡哲的励志演讲稿

他天生四肢全无，却学会了走路、刷牙，打高尔夫球、踢足球、冲浪与跳水，并到过20多个国家演讲。这位励志青年就是澳大利亚80后著名励志演讲家尼克·胡哲先生。

尼克·胡哲，也译成尼克·武伊契奇，19xx年12月4日生于澳大利亚墨尔本，他天生没有四肢，这种罕见的现象医学上取名“海豹肢症”，但更不可思议的是﹕骑马、打高尔夫、游泳、足球，尼克样样皆能，在他看来是没有难成的事。他拥有两个大学学位，是企业总监，更于20xx年获得“杰出澳洲青年奖”。他为人乐观幽默、坚毅不屈，热爱鼓励身边的人，三十而立的他已踏遍世界各地，接触逾百万人，激励和启发他们的人生。

以下是尼克胡哲在西北工业大学长安校区作的一场励志演讲

只要不放弃 希望就在

——澳大利亚无四肢励志青年在西北工业大学的励志演讲稿 亲爱的朋友们：

不要放弃，希望永远都在。从我6岁起，父亲就教我如何用脚趾往电脑里输入文字。如今，每分钟已经可以打43个字母了。我的母亲告诉我，在任何环境下都要微笑。这个世界是公平的，虽然我没有胳膊和双腿，但是上帝绝不会带走我美丽的眼睛。我父母教我不要因没有的生气，反而要为已拥有的感恩。我没有手脚，但我很感恩还有这只‘小鸡腿’（左脚掌及相连的两个趾头），我家小狗曾误以为是鸡腿差点吃了它。（大笑）我用这两个宝贵的趾头做很多事，走路、打字、踢球、游泳、弹奏打击乐??我呆在水里可以漂起来，因为我身

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体的80％是肺，‘小鸡腿’则像是推进器；因为这两个趾头，我还可以做V字，每次拍照，我都会把它翘起来。

（说着说着，他便翘起他的两个趾头，绽出满脸笑容！）

我喜欢各种新挑战，例如刷牙，我把牙刷放在架子上，然后靠移动嘴巴来刷，有时确实很困难，也很挫败，但我最终解决了这个难题。我们很容易在第一次失败后就决定放弃，生活中有很多我没法改变的障碍，但我学会积极地看待，一次次尝试，永不放弃。如果别人没有给你奇迹，你就去成为奇迹。所以，不要去抱怨自己所没有的，学会感谢自己所拥有的。

17岁时，我发现自己“特别能说”，萌生了做演讲家的想法，但第一次演讲，打了52家学校的电话都被拒绝，但他绝不放弃，拨打第53家学校的电话时，实现了我的第一次演讲。一个人跌倒了怎么办？站起来。如果我尝试了100次，但都不能起来，是否代表就是个失败者呢？NO。如果我不放弃，我仍然能起来。

（尼克整个身体趴在讲台上，然后用头努力顶着桌子，并用脚将身体撑起来，在大家持续不断的掌声中，他终于直起了身，重新站立起来）

看，跌倒了可以站起来，一次不行可以再次尝试。你每天都会面

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临选择，可以选择放弃，也可以选择站起来。不要让羞耻感杀害你，不要让歉疚感杀害你，让爱帮助你。没有朋友，去找朋友，没有奇迹，去创造奇迹。你可以跌倒，但你不可以成为一个失败者。

我的乐观源于我的不断尝试，在不断的失败中又不断取得成功，并最终发现自己所具备的潜能。

人生的意义在于发挥最大的潜能，把自己最美的东西呈现给世界。活着，就要面对挫折，但挫折是挑战，是机遇，失败是学习与思考的机会，是接受培训的机会。因此，对待人生的原则是：确立正确的人生观，确立正确的人生宗旨，确立正确的人生结果。

人生中，爱与感恩是最重要的。我们要相信爱是最重要的，要对所拥有的一切感到庆幸和感恩。生命很短暂，但爱可以让短暂的生命永生。我们要爱自己、爱他人、爱世界。

生命是一个不断成熟的过程，有人是显性的残障，有人是隐形的残障。我们要相信，每天向前走一小步就一直可以往前走。我想要说的就是，请不要放弃你自己，也请你们的父母不要放弃，就像我的爸爸妈妈对我一样。所以我想告诉那些残疾人的父母和朋友们，你们要鼓励他们赞扬他们肯定他们，要给予他们爱和力量。就像你种花，要浇水，要有好的阳光，种子自然就会从泥土里迸发出来，只要不放弃，

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希望永远都在！谢谢大家！

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