英文经典演讲-love on campus

Barbara Pierce Bush: Commencement Address at Wellesley College

Thank you. Thank you, very much. Thank you very, very much, President Keohane. Mrs. Gorbachev, Trustees, Faculty, Parents, and I should say, Julia Porter, class president, and certainly my new best friend, Christine Bicknell -- and, of course, the Class of 1990. I am really thrilled to be here today, and very excited, as I know you all must be, that Mrs. Gorbachev could join us.

These are exciting times. They're exciting in Washington, and I have really looked forward to coming to Wellesley. I thought it was going to be fun. I never dreamt it would be this much fun. So, thank you for that.

More than ten years ago, when I was invited here to talk about our experiences in the People's Republic of China, I was struck by both the natural beauty of your campus and the spirit of this place.

Wellesley, you see, is not just a place but an idea -- an experiment in

excellence in which diversity is not just tolerated, but is embraced. The essence of this spirit was captured in a moving speech about tolerance given last year by a student body president of one of your sister colleges. She related the story by Robert Fulghum about a young pastor, finding himself in charge of some very energetic children, hits upon a game called \"Giants, Wizards, and Dwarfs.\" \"You have to decide now,\" the pastor instructed the children, \"which you are -- a giant, a wizard or a dwarf?\" At that, a small girl tugging at his pants leg, asked, \"But where do the mermaids stand?\" And the pastor tells her there are no mermaids. And she

says, \"Oh yes there are. I am a mermaid.\"

Now this little girl knew what she was, and she was not about to give up on either her identity, or the game. She intended to take her place wherever mermaids fit into the scheme of things. Where do the mermaids stand? All of those who are different, those who do not fit the boxes and the pigeonholes?\" \"Answer that question,\" wrote Fulghum, \"And you can build a school, a nation, or a whole world.\" As that very wise young woman said, \"Diversity, like anything worth having, requires effort. Effort to learn about and respect difference, to be compassionate with one another, to cherish our own identity, and to accept unconditionally the same in others.

You should all be very proud that this is the Wellesley spirit. Now I know your first choice today was Alice Walker -- guess how I know! -- known for The Color Purple. Instead you got me -- known for the color of my hair! Alice Walker's book has a special resonance here. At Wellesley, each class is known by a special color. For four years the Class of '90 has worn the color purple. Today you meet on Severance Green to say goodbye to all of that, to begin a new and very personal journey, to search for your own true colors.

In the world that awaits you, beyond the shores of Lake Waban, no one can say what your true colors will be. But this I do know: You have a first class education from a first class school. And so you need not, probably cannot, live a

\"paint-by-numbers\" life. Decisions are not irrevocable. Choices do come back. And as you set off from Wellesley, I hope that many of you will consider making three

very special choices.

The first is to believe in something larger than yourself, to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time. I chose literacy because I honestly believe that if more people could read, write and comprehend, we would be that much closer to solving so many of the problems that plague our nation and our society.

And early on I made another choice which I hope you'll make as well. Whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you're talking about life -- and life really must have joy. It's supposed to be fun!

One of the reasons I made the most important decision of my life, to marry George Bush, is because he made me laugh. It's true, sometimes we've laughed through our tears. But that shared laughter has been one of our strongest bonds. Find the joy in life, because as Ferris Bueller said on his day off, \"Life moves pretty fast; and ya don't stop and look around once in a while, ya gonna miss it!\"

(I am not going to tell George ya clapped more for Ferris than ya clapped for George.)

The third choice that must not be missed is to cherish your human

connections: your relationships with family and friends. For several years, you've had impressed upon you the importance to your career of dedication and hard work. And, of course, that's true. But as important as your obligations as a doctor, a lawyer, a business leader will be, you are a human being first. And those human

connections --- with spouses, with children, with friends -- are the most important investments you will ever make.

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend or a parent.

We are in a transitional period right now, fascinating and exhilarating times, learning to adjust to changes and the choices we, men and women, are facing. As an example, I remember what a friend said, on hearing her husband complain to his buddies that he had to babysit. Quickly setting him straight, my friend told her husband that when it's your own kids, it's not called babysitting.

Now, maybe we should adjust faster; maybe we should adjust slower. But

whatever the era whatever the times, one thing will never change: fathers and

mothers, if you have children, they must come first. You must read to your children. And you must hug your children. And you must love your children. Your success as a family, our success as a society, depends not on what happens in the White House, but on what happens inside your house.

For over fifty years, it was said that the winner of Wellesley's annual hoop race would be the first to get married. Now they say, the winner will be the first to become a C.E.O. Both of those stereotypes show too little tolerance for those who want to know where the mermaids stand. So I want to offer a new legend: the winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream -- not society's

dreams -- her own personal dream.

And who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President's spouse.

I wish him well!

Well, the controversy ends here. But our conversation is only beginning. And a worthwhile conversation it has been. So as you leave Wellesley today, take with you deep thanks for the courtesy and the honor you have shared with Mrs. Gorbachev and with me. Thank you. God bless you. And may your future be worthy of your dreams.

附作文love on campus

Popular high school jock Mike and the academic Susan, a prim and proper little Miss, were next-door neighbors and classmates who lived worlds apart. These two teen rivals loved nothing more than to hate one another. Every time they met each other, they quarreled without any sound reason. Given a chance, they were always making a fool of each other in front of others.

One day, in a museum, a science teacher gave them a lesson before an Aztec Statue, which was said to have powerful magic. Unfortunately, at the end of the class, the two were assigned to do a research project together outside class.

Hearing that news, these sworn enemies started complaining about each other in front of the statue, one with cinematic magic……

The next morning, they got up as usual. However, something strange happened. \"Gosh! What's this? A woman's exclusive things are in my body!\" Mike shouted, \"oh, where am I? It's not my home.\" Meanwhile, from the opposite of where he stayed came Susan's loud scream, \"Oh, my god! What on earth happened?\" Well, they found themselves in each other's body, that is to say, they had switched identities.

In the beginning, they couldn't cope with what had happened. Each suffered lot, especially Susan. She (in Mike's body) had to deal with using a male toilet, eat with terribly rude male fellows and worse still, date with Mike's sexy girlfriend. Susan was having such an awfully hard time that she cried most of the time. What’ worse, Susan's interview for Yale University two weeks later seemingly had to be canceled due to the fact that she was not herself any more but in Mike's body.

As a man at heart, Mike (in Susan's body) showed sympathy for Susan. He decided to go for the interview for her. Mike being weak in study, it seemed impossible for him to fulfill. However, with strong persistence, he studied day and night. Hearing that Mike was doing something great yet difficult for herself, Susan made up her mind to help him. During these two weeks, they spent most of time together, studying, talking, playing…… Love between the pair was developing unconsciously.

That special day eventually arrived when Mike was supposed to head for the interview. Well prepared, Mike replied to the professor's answer successfully. When the interview was near the end, the professor asked,\" who is your favorite poet?\" At that moment, Mike was totally stuck. With little background in this area, he answered reluctantly:\" Well, I do not like any. My esteemed professor.\" \"Alright, the interview is over. Bye.\" the professor said. When Mike said goodbye to professor and was to step out of the room, he stopped, turned around and came up to professor, saying: \"Well, professor, I do have one. His name is Micro, the most famous singer in the world\" Mike was trying to explain his unique idea that the poet was not only in the field of literature, but in that of a song which also expresses feeling. The professor was taken back by Mike's answer…...

In the meantime, Susan was anxiously waiting for the result at home. Seeing Mike coming back, she dashed up to him at once. Then, Mike told her all that happened during the interview and said 'sorry' to her. Susan didn't complain because she knew Mike had done his best.

Two days later, when Susan was reading, Mike (in Susan's body) ran up to her with joy, saying \"I got the admission to Yale University. Oh, not me, you, you! \" Mike gave the admission letter to Susan. Susan was so happy that she kissed Mike. At this moment, they two found who they kissed were not their own body but the real Mike or Susan, that is, they returned to their own body, switching identities again, the right identities this time.

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On compus, lovers can be found here and there. They are very intimate with each other sometimes. Some people think too much intimacy has a bad influence. It takes lovers too much time and energy . Then how about their studies? Furthermore, their intimacy can also distract their own as well as other students' attention from study. Compus should be a place for study and should maintain an atmosphere of learning.

On the other hand, other people believe it is OK. Pursuing love is all right to students on campus and intimacy is a natural expression of love. Some scholars of law hold that friendships and appropriate intimacy are an importont part of student development. A sociologist says, \"Students' right to self-expression should be respected.\"

In my opinion, what all people should do is just leave it as it is. University students are adults, and they can handle their own affairs well enough. However, they have to admit that school is a place where people receive an education and their main task is to study. Therefore, students are expected to behave themselves in proper ways.

People’s opinions are always different once they talk about campus love. Some people hold the idea that campus love is a bitter fruit which may cause pains and make people hurt. Besides, people who are against campus love maintain that campus love is just a kind of thing that wastes time and money. While others declare nothing is more wonderful than love. The later seem to be idealists who love for love’s sake!

As far as I’m concerned, I do not quite agree with the two kinds of opinions mentioned above. For one thing, since we are college students now, we should learn to take total responsibility and it is time for us to experience various kinds of “growing pains”, including love. So maybe we’d better be braver to pursue it in spite of the sorrows that might happen to us.

However, I do not mean that study can be neglected compared with love. For, as college students our main task was, is and will be study. Being adults does not mean being totally independent. A man’s first duty is to find a way of supporting himself, thereby relieving other people of the necessity of supporting him. Therefore, we have to master the skills to make a living in future. Those who abandon their study in sake of love are rather idlers than idealists!

All in all, campus love has double edges. It is true that it may cost you something to seek it, but if you can arrange your time well, it will add color to your life and tell you how to give rather than receive without influencing your study. Just follow the star in your heart! Why not have a try?

My View on Campus Love

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People’s opinions are always different once they talk about campus love. Some people hold the idea that campus love is a bitter fruit which may cause pains and make people hurt. Besides, people who are against campus love maintain that

campus love is just a kind of thing that wastes time and money. While others declare nothing is more wonderful than love. The later seem to be idealists who love for love’s sake!

As far as I’m concerned, I do not quite agree with the two kinds of opinions mentioned above. For one thing, since we are college students now, we should learn to take total responsibility and it is time for us to experience various kinds of “growing pains”, including love. So maybe we’d better be braver to pursue it in spite of the sorrows that might happen to us.

However, I do not mean that study can be neglected compared with love. For, as college students our main task was, is and will be study. Being adults does not mean being totally independent. A man’s first duty is to find a way of supporting himself, thereby relieving other people of the necessity of supporting him. Therefore, we have to master the skills to make a living in future. Those who abandon their study in sake of love are rather idlers than idealists!

All in all, campus love has double edges. It is true that it may cost you something to seek it, but if you can arrange your time well, it will add color to your life and tell you how to give rather than receive without influencing your study. Just follow the star in your heart! Why not have a try?

Do you agree /gdisagree with love on campus?

As a colledge student，campus is our home，a warm and sunny house，you can

find the vigor to live and sustain for ever.But do remember there is an unusualscenery you should pay great attention to， that is the love in the campus ，when it comes to this theme，various words rushed into my mind，i just can not help expressing to you，sweet，happy，wonderful，love for ever，there are so many pledges to be heard from the lovers， and everything turns to be elegant ，to this extent，and you ？Are you the lover between or are you just an audience with admiring feeling？

As for me ，take the unmature love for granted，although i am looking forward to having an excellent boy study and live with me，it is just a dream actually，we are still children ，do not have enough exprience in love， we do not take in the spirit of true love， true love means everything even your precious life，here，we can say it is just a good feeling， a slight feeling because of well-dressed or handsome apperance，not by instinct， How about the personality or her habits，we do not know ，we just love her because she is so beautiful，only because of this.So love depends on this will certainly go not so further，one day，you find you two are unable to share in the same way，you will quit，leaving tears fallen down，it turns out that love in the campus is commonly short and dreamful，if i want to ，i think i will first be ready for it，i am a person who can not afford frequent hurt，especially hurt from my lover into my hurt.

So please take it easy，do not treat the love in the campus seriously，love is not so understandable ，it needs testing again and again ，i think after trials and errors，you will finally be mature，then you can use our sharp eyes to recognize people ，find who you really suit to，then ，take it seriorsly，then，wish you two

happy all your lives.

Love on Campus

Directions: You are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of a bout 100 words on the topic Love on Campus. You must base your composition on the outline given below.

1. Some people think too much intimacy has a bad influ.

2. Some people don't agree.

3. What is your opinion?

Love on Campus

On campus, lovers can be found here and there. They are very intimate with each other sometimes. Some people think too much intimacy has a bad influence. It takes lovers too much time and energy. Then how about their studies? Furthermore, their intimacy can aisc distract their own as well as other students' attention from study. Campus should be a place for study and should maintain an atmosphere of learning.

On the other hand, other people believe it is OK. Pursuing love is all right to students on campus and intimacy is a natural expression of love. Some scholars of law hold that friendships and appropriate intimacy are an important

pard of student development. A sociologist says, \"Students' right to self-expression should be respected.\"

In my opinion, what all people should do is just leave it as it is. University students are adults, and they can handle their own affairs well enough. However, they have to admit that school is a place where people receive an education and their main task is to study. Therefore, students are expected to behave themselves in proper ways.

Of course , not! I'd like to explain the question from the following points.

First, you will lose a lot of golden time which should be spent in learning knowledge if we love on campus. Because once you fall in love with someone, it means that you will spend a large amount of time thinking of him or her, and thus set your study aside, and eventually it will have a negative effect on your study, that is you will surely fall behind.

Second, you will lose many friends. The reason is that when we love on campus, all too often, we will be together with him or her, no longer our friends. So in this case, it will make you lose many friends rather than making new friends.

Last but not the least, as we know, we are not economically independent. If we have boyfriend or girlfriend, it means that we will spend more money on unnecessary expense, for example, going shopping, which will lead to add more financial burden to your parents.

From all the above reason, in my opinion, we can't love on campus.

My answer is yes.

Though we are still students, love is a feeling that nobody can control it. Love on campus may influence our study, but to some extent it also will encourage our study.

In a word, as far as we don't influence our attitude towards our life or go to some extremes, why cannot we love on campus?