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2022大学英语演讲稿高校英语演讲稿演讲稿是一种好用性比较强的文稿，是为演讲打算的书面材料。在现实社会中，用到演讲稿的'地方越来越多，信任很多人会觉得演讲稿很难写吧，下面是我为大家收集的高校英语演讲稿，仅供参考，希望能够帮助到大家。ladiesandgentlemen:Goodafternoon.第1页共10页Thearrivaloftheyear1999hasbroughtwithanearperfectopportunitytotakealookbackatthelastonethousandyears,assessman’ssuccessesandfailures,andlookforwardwithourpredictionsofthethirdmillennium.Alreadythisafternoonyou’veheardmanyassessmentsandyou’veheardavarietyofpredictions.Avarietysovast,rangingfromLewisCarol’sdepictionofcelebratorylife,totheIrishcelebrationofdeath.Sovastavarietythatit’sdifficulttofindanycommongroundamongstthe第2页共10页contestantsheretoday.Perhapstheonlythingthatweallshareisthatweareindeeddiscussingmillennia,theoldandthenewandtheturnofthemillennium,andwe’realldiscussingitinthesamelanguage.Afewhundredyearsagotohaveheldaneventlikethisitwouldhavebeenimperativethatwewereallfluentinanumberofdifferenttongues,fortheapproachofcombatingthelanguagebarrierwassimplytolearnmanydifferentlanguages.Ofcoursepeoplebackthenhadanulterior第3页共10页motive:thatwastoensurethatdifferentlanguagesheldtheirdifferentsocietiesorpositions,orasKingCharlesVofSpainputit,“IspeakSpanishtoGod,Italiantowomen,FrenchtomenandGermantomyhorse.”Todayourapproachissomewhatdifferent.Insteadoftryingtovastlyspreadourverbalabilityacrosstheboard,we’vechosenrathertofocusit,concentratingonourabilitytomasteroneparticularlanguage,theEnglishlanguage.Timemagazinerecentlysuggestedthatbytheturn第4页共10页ofthemillennium,EnglishwillbetheLinguaFrancaforonequarteroftheworld’spopulation.Alreadytodaysixtypercentsoftheworld’stelevisionandradiobroadcastsareproducedanddeliveredinEnglish.Seventypercentsoftheworld’smailaddressedinEnglish.Anditisthelanguageofchoiceforalmosteverybiteofcomputerdatasentacrosstheglobe.ButwhyEnglish?Therearenoclearlinguisticreasonsforitssuggestedglobaldominance,certainlythegrammaris第5页共10页complicated,thespellingpeculiarandthepronunciationeccentric,tosaytheveryleast.OnewouldneedonlylookthroughthedictionarytofindthevastlistofamusingparadoxesintheEnglishlanguage—quicksandthatworksslowly,aboxingringthatisinfactsquareandaguineapigthat’sreallyneitherfromGuineanorisitapig.Doesn’titseemoddthatonecanmakeamendsbutnotoneamend.Orgothroughtheannalsofhistorybutnotoneannal.Thereason,ladiesandgentlemen,issimple.English第6页共10页isstrange,butnowherenearasstrangeassomeofouralternatives.PerhapsIshouldgiveyouafewidiomaticexamples.InEnglishwesay“onceinabluemoon”.TheItalianchooseinstead“everydeathofaPope”.Irishdoesn’tlikeour“dropdead”,replacingitratherwiththeslightlymoreobscure“youshouldlieintheearth.”AndifyouwantedtotellsomeoneoffinSpanishourrelativelyobvious“goflyakite”wouldbebetterservedbythephrase“gofry第7页共10页asparagus”.English’sprimaryadvantageisthatofflexibility.Ontheonehandithasthelargestvocabularyofallmodernlanguages,allowingus,asitsusers,tosayexactlywhatwewantinexactlythewordswechoosetouse.Ontheother,globalizationhasinsuredtheintroductionofabusinessEnglish,asortoftrimmeddownvarietyofthelanguagewe’veallcometoknowandlove.It’sinterestingtoknowthatthesimplelistofjusttenwords,wordslike“a”,“and”,“have”and“the”,第8页共10页combinedtoformonequarterofallthoseeverusedinmoderncommunication.Perhapstherealtestis:willtheglobaladoptionofEnglishasamasterlanguageinsuretheeradicationofanymisunderstandingsthathappentoday?Theanswerisnotassimple.RussellHovenonceasked:“Howmanypeoplespeakthesamelanguageevenwhentheyspeakthesamelanguage?”Butonecanonlyhopethatouronlyaimandouronlychanceofinsuringthatwecommunicateeffectivelywitheachotheristomakesurethatwedospeakone第9页共10页universallanguage.InathousandyearstimeWesternclockswillhopefullyhavetickedontotheyear2999andwecanbeassuredthatscientists,academicsandfuturistswillconvene,muchlikewe’vedonetodaytolookbackatthethirdmilleniumandoffertheirpredictionsforthesuccessesoftheforth.本文来源：网络收集与整理，如有侵权，请联系作者删除，谢谢！第10页共10页