大学的重要性（1）

The Importance of Keeping Optimistic

保持乐观的重要性

Honourable judges, ladies and gentlemen,

尊敬的评委、女士们、先生们：

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.”

下午好！今天我想谈一谈保持乐观的重要性。 我们注意到，当在生活中遇到困难时，我们中的有些人选择逃避它们。但令人遗憾的是，这样的态度对你没有任何好处，因为如果你连面对它们的勇气都没有的话，你怎么去征服它们呢？因此，乐观起来吧，女士们、先生们，因为它会带给你信心，帮助你渡过难关。正如温斯顿·丘吉尔所说，“乐观者在每次灾难中都看到机遇；悲观者在每次机遇中都看到灾难”。

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.

女士们，先生们，困难是存在的，但如果你保持乐观，你就会意识到永远有希望在等着你，它会把你领向最终的成功。不管是历史上还是现实中，这样的乐观者总是不胜枚举。你看，托马斯·爱迪生是乐观的，如果不是的话，他心中那希望的明灯就不能照亮整个世界；阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔是乐观的，如果不是的话，那炸药和享有很高声望的诺贝尔奖就不会诞生；兰斯·阿姆斯特朗也是乐观的，如果不是的话，那癌症的病魔早已吞噬了他的生命，这个世界就会少了一位五届环法自行车赛冠军得主.

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!

玫瑰花可能很美，也可能不美，这，仅仅取决于你的态度；而成功也如此，人生也如此。困难和阻碍的确存在，但是如果你很乐观的话，那它们就仅仅是我们通向胜利之冠的漫长道路上的小插曲；与其说它们是障碍，不如说它们是桥梁！此刻，我想以伟大的英国诗人雪莱的一句诗来作为我的结尾：“冬天来了，春天还会远吗?”谢谢！

大学的重要性（2）

These days I have beenleisure but bored after finishing the final exam. In fact, I really don’t likethe way I have lived in these days, because I feel like a foolish that can'tfind my values and have to be supported by others. That made me crazy.Therefore, I consider that people should find and achieve their values in lives,especially female. Obviously, work is an important way to achieve our values.However, why is work important in our life?

期末考试过后的这几天我很闲但是也很无聊。事实上，我真的不喜欢这几天的这种生活方式，因为我感觉像个傻子一样找不到我的价值而要靠别人养活。这使我疯掉了。所以，我认为人应该找到并实现自己的生活价值，特别是女性。很明显，工作是 实现我们价值的重要方式。但是，为什么工作在我们的生活中如此重要呢？

Firstly, work isthe only way for us to satisfy our basic needs. In order to get food, clothesand other living conditions to live happily, we have to work hard. In thisaspect, work is a natural responsibility for us, for our families. But usually,those who just consider work as a kind of responsibility regard work as a heavyburden in their life and they will feel really tired after a period of time,even some of which will choose to renounce the responsibility they have.Therefore, workmust have other positive meanings in deeper respect.

首先，工作是我们满足基本需要的唯一方式。为了获取食物，衣服还有其他生存条件以幸福生活，我们必须努力工作。在这方面，工作对我们以及对家人来说是自然的责任。但是，通常那些只把工作当做一种责任的'人，也把工作当做是生活中的一种压力。经过一段时间后他们就会觉得很累，甚至有的人会选择放弃他们的责任。因此，工作必须有在更深层面有积极的意义。

In addition, I strongly feel inthese days that work is an important way to achieve ourselves. Just as Maslowsays that human has five needs: physiological needs, safety needs, love andbelonging, esteem, self-actualization and self-transcendence. In my opinion,work is relative to the higher hierarchy of needs. We always need to achieveour value and worth to gain esteem or recognition from others by some ways,especially by work. I think it is easyto appear in the younger those who have some mature thoughts, so that mostteenagers will try their best to get rid of their parents’ care to make a livingby themselves. In this aspect, working is not only a way to make a living, butalso a way for us to achieve ourselves. In other words, working can bring satisfactionto us in spiritual.

另外，这几天我有强烈的感觉，工作是实现自我的重要方式。正如马斯洛所说，人有五大需求：生理需求，安全需求，爱与归属，自尊，自我实现和自我超越。在我看来，工作与更高层次的需求有关。我们总是需要实现我们的价值，想要通过某些方法，尤其是通过工作，从别人那里获得自尊或认可。我认为这对有成熟想法的年轻人来说是很容易的，所以大部分的青年会尽量摆脱父母的照顾独自谋生。从这一方面来看，工作不仅是谋生手段，也是我们实现自我的手段。换句话说，工作能够给我们带来精神上的满足。

In a word, work isimportant in our life. No matter what kind of occupation we pursue, we shouldtry our best. As an adult, without work, you would be bored, and even decadent.

总之，工作在生活中很重要。不管我们追求的是哪一种职业，我们应该尽我们最大的努力。作为一个成年人，没有工作你就会觉得无聊，甚至颓废。

大学的重要性（3）

From my perspective, at no time should we overlook the power of the consciousness of innovation. Furthermore, we need to develop a habit of discovering new things，using new methods and applying new thoughts in our work, study or simply everyday life. “Innovation is the spirit of human being’s progress.” A philosopher once said.

这幅漫画旨在告诉我们创新意识的重要性。当然,没有一次能否认它的重要性。创新精神可以促进个人和整个社会的进步。只有那些不断创造新事物可以取得持续的进步和保持竞争优势。进一步说明了创新的重要性,我想以乔布斯为一个典型的例子:他怎么能,一个天才,他改变了现代通讯,娱乐,甚至是我们的生活,创造这么多强大的电子产品没有创新精神?

从我的角度来看,任何时候我们应该忽视创新的意识的力量。此外,我们需要开发一个发现新事物的习惯,使用新方法和新思想应用于我们的工作,学习或简单的日常生活。“创新是人类进步的精神。”一位哲学家曾经说过。