The Statue of Liberty
When we talk about New York, I believe what comes to over 50% of you may be the Statue of Liberty. So, what I will introduce to you is the giant figure, a famous symbol of American culture.
The statue is also called Liberty Enlightening the World. Now, it has been located in the New York Harbor for over a century. It is a gift presented to America by France to commemorate the birth of the United States and cement the friendship between the French and American people in 1876.
There is some basic information. Liberty weighs 225 tons; its height is 46 meters and the height of its base is 45 meters. The woman figure holds a torch that can give orange light at night in her right hand, and in her left arm, she carries a book which means the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
Its father is Frederic Auguste Bartholdi(弗里德里克·奥古斯特·巴托尔迪), a French sculptor. It is said that the woman figure has his mother’s face and his wife’s body. It took him 10 years to complete the creation. However, the whole statue wasn't officially accepted on behalf of the American people until 1884, after which it was taken apart, crated up and shipped to New York. It was formally dedicated by President Cleveland(克里弗兰) on October 28, 1886. In fact, Liberty is more a huge building than a statue. Its base is a big hall in which you can watch movies about early life of immigrants. Besides, there are stairs of 171 steps inside the Liberty’s body. You can climb up it to the crown. It is said that 40 people can stand inside her head, and you can have a good view of the beautiful scenery of New York Harbor there.
The Liberty’s base was engraved with Emma Lazarus's （埃玛·娜莎罗其）poem of 14 lines, The New Colossus, which was written originally to raise funds for the statue's base. The poem is very popular, especially the last five lines, "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" The Statue of Liberty is a member of the World Cultural Heritage. It’s also a reminder of American Dream. It symbolizes American high ideals of fighting for liberty, and also stand for American people’s pursuing the happy life.
第二篇：演讲稿 狼性
同学们，大家好。今天为大家演讲的题目是《多一点狼性》 狼，拼搏、残暴、团结、爱好自由。狼群，狠狠地盯住一个目标，锲而不舍、用心专一、不达目的，则不罢休。狼性，就是一种团队精神，一种创新精神和顽强的拼搏精神，是一种在有限环境和资源条件下求生存和求发展的手段，是一种主动奉行自然界优胜劣汰规则，优化集体的危机意识！
多一点狼性，就是指将狼拼搏、团结、残暴、爱好自由的特制变通为一种拚博的力量来运用。
说到狼，必须提到的一本书就是《狼图腾》了。初中，在语文老师的推荐下，我看完了这本神一般的小说。对书中狼的生活和精神，包括对人的影响都很感兴趣。再仔细思考后，我认为我们现代的社会缺少了一种狼特有的品质。那就是狼性。
在书中，有这样一句话“被抓不可怕，挨饿不可怕，最可怕的是没有了骨气，没有了自由，成了一条摇尾乞怜的狗。”狼和狗，本身就是近亲，但纵观现在，狼与狗却有着了两个截然不同生活状况。我认为狼性在其中起了很鲜明地区别作用。最早，狼与狗不分彼此，但一者拥有并传承了狼性，发展成为了今日的狼但另一者却相反于是成为了今日的人类伙伴。它们不知道毫不费力就到嘴的食物，不是毒药，就是诱饵。最终缺少了残暴，缺少了拼搏。伤痛不会让狼消沉，只能激发狼更强的斗志！
豹与狼，都为食肉动物，但却在狩猎方面有着很大的不同。这种区别来自团结。豹的力量、速度、肉体强度和狼相比，强了不止一个层次，但豹每一次狩猎不一定成功，它与狼比较，输在了团结上。狼的团结是人们都熟知的，最强壮的狼也有它脆弱的地方，要想做到最好，仅仅靠自己是不行的。只有不断地取长补短，才会不断地进步。狼有打围和群居的习性，这使得它们在这个弱肉强食的世界有了生存的一片天。我们现在，到处勾心斗角，处处自私自利，有时甚至不如动物。狼性在人类世界已消失多时了。
最后要说崇尚自由。狼是最爱好自由的动物，它们热爱自由的基因已深埋于它们骨子里，自由对它们的呼唤深在灵魂和血脉深处。在动物园里，你或许能看到老虎、狮子、豹子??但你注意过吗？动物园里没有狼。它们对自由的向往近乎疯狂。被猎人下兽夹捉住的狼会要断腿逃跑，被逼入死路的狼会奋战到底，铁笼中的狼不顾疼痛，撞笼到死??它们懂得一时的忍耐是为了更广阔的自由。无自由，毋宁死！这才是真正的狼有狼性，有血性，让人钦佩的狼。
优胜劣汰的自然社会锻炼了狼性，优胜劣汰的人类社会让我们要有狼性。逮住机会，绝不手软；傲视危机，追随自由；面对强敌，绝对合作；苦练内功，绝技制敌。