大學生英語演講稿 The Future Is Now-The Choice is yours

as two men were about to be sent into prison, the warden let each of them make a demand. the american loved smoking, so he wanted three boxes of cigars; while the jew said all he needed was a telephone to contact with people outside of the prison. two years later, the first out was the american who still had many cigars in his hands and pockets but was crying: “give me some matches!” then the jew walked out, he shook hands with the warden and said: “thank you for the phone, it made my business increase by 200%.”

what do you think of this story? life today is what you’ve decided years ago, and so is the future: your decisions today will affect your destiny years later. now i have two things to choose from: to go abroad, to find myself a decent job after graduation or to further my study as a postgraduate. i haven’t worked out an answer to this question yet, but i know that whatever i do will directly affect my future.

an indian once said life is just like a game of cards, the cards in your hand represent opportunities, while the way you play decides the result you’ll get. looking back in history, during world war ⅱ, churchill who led the british people resolved to expect “blood, toil, tears and sweat”. they won the victory then. today shenzhou 5 took the first chinese astronaut into space. i am sure that later there’ll be more spacecrafts, like shenzhou 6,7 and 8 ……

so what does the future look like? no one can tell. but i know the choice is yours, the future is now. make good use of everyday, a man can achieve greater successes, a country can gain prosperity and the whole world can be united, as it has never been before.

就在兩個人即將入獄之時，看守讓他們每個人提一個要求。美國人喜歡抽煙，於是要了三大箱的雪茄;而猶太人則説，他只要一個可以與外界聯繫的電話就可以了。兩年後，刑期已滿，第一個出來的是美國人，只見他手上拿着的，口袋裏插着的都是煙，卻大叫到：“給我火柴!”接着猶太人走了出來，他握緊看守的手説： “謝謝您給的電話，我的生意在這兩年間沒有賠卻增長了一倍。”這個故事告訴了我們什麼呢?多年前作的決定影響着你今天的生活，你今天的決定又會影響着多年之後的未來。現在我自己就面臨着這樣一個抉擇：是出國，畢業後找一份安定的職業還是去考研繼續深造。我還未找到自己的答案，但我明白無論我選擇了什麼，都會直接的影響我的將來。

印度人曾説過，生命就像是一場紙牌遊戲，你手裏的牌代表着機遇，而你如何去出牌才真正的決定着你的輸贏。回望歷史，二戰期間，邱吉爾帶領英國人民決心迎接“血，汗與淚”並最終贏得了勝利。今天，神州五號載着第一位中國宇航員進入了太空。我可以預見到，未來會有更多的神州六號、七號這樣的中國宇宙飛船駛入太空。那麼未來的路又是怎樣的那?沒有人知道。但我可以告訴你，抉擇在你的手中，未來始於現在。從現在起，充分利用好每一天，一個人可以取得成就，一個國家能夠繁榮起來，而全世界則會前所未有的團結在一起。