此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。大学英语演讲稿：ENGLISHladiesandgentlemen:Goodafternoon.Thearrivaloftheyear1999hasbroughtwithanearperfectopportunitytotakealookbackatthelastonethousandyears,assessman’ssuccessesandfailures,andlookforwardwithourpredictionsofthethirdmillennium.Alreadythisafternoonyou’veheardmanyassessmentsandyou’veheardavarietyofpredictions.Avarietysovast,rangingfromLewisCarol’sdepictionofcelebratorylife,totheIrishcelebrationofdeath.Sovastavarietythatit’sdifficulttofindanycommongroundamongstthecontestantsheretoday.Perhapstheonlythingthatweallshareisthatweareindeeddiscussingmillennia,theoldandthenewandtheturnofthemillennium,andwe’realldiscussingitinthesamelanguage.Afewhundredyearsagotohaveheldaneventlikethisitwouldhavebeenimperativethatwewereallfluentinanumberofdifferenttongues,fortheapproachofcombatingthelanguagebarrierwassimplytolearnmanydifferentlanguages.Ofcoursepeoplebackthenhadanulteriormotive:thatwastoensurethatdifferentlanguagesheldtheirdifferentsocietiesorpositions,orasKingCharlesVofSpainputit,“;IspeakSpanishtoGod,Italiantowomen,FrenchtomenandGermantomyhorse.”;Todayourapproachissomewhatdifferent.Insteadoftryingtovastlyspreadourverbalabilityacrosstheboard,we’vechosenrathertofocusit,concentratingonourabilitytomasterone此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。particularlanguage,theEnglishlanguage.Timemagazinerecentlysuggestedthatbytheturnofthemillennium,EnglishwillbetheLinguaFrancaforonequarteroftheworld’spopulation.Alreadytodaysixtypercentsoftheworld’stelevisionandradiobroadcastsareproducedanddeliveredinEnglish.Seventypercentsoftheworld’smailaddressedinEnglish.Anditisthelanguageofchoiceforalmosteverybiteofcomputerdatasentacrosstheglobe.ButwhyEnglish?Therearenoclearlinguisticreasonsforitssuggestedglobaldominance,certainlythegrammariscomplicated,thespellingpeculiarandthepronunciationeccentric,tosaytheveryleast.OnewouldneedonlylookthroughthedictionarytofindthevastlistofamusingparadoxesintheEnglishlanguage;quicksandthatworksslowly,aboxingringthatisinfactsquareandaguineapigthat’sreallyneitherfromGuineanorisitapig.Doesn’titseemoddthatonecanmakeamendsbutnotoneamend.Orgothroughtheannalsofhistorybutnotoneannal.Thereason,ladiesandgentlemen,issimple.Englishisstrange,butnowherenearasstrangeassomeofouralternatives.PerhapsIshouldgiveyouafewidiomaticexamples.InEnglishwesay“;onceinabluemoon”;.TheItalianchooseinstead“;everydeathofaPope”;.Irishdoesn’tlikeour“;dropdead”;,replacingitratherwiththeslightlymoreobscure“;youshouldlieintheearth.”;AndifyouwantedtotellsomeoneoffinSpanishourrelativelyobvious“;goflyakite”;wouldbebetterservedbythephrase“;gofryasparagus”;.English’sprimaryadvantageisthatofflexibility.Ontheonehandithasthelargestvocabularyofallmodernlanguages,allowingus,asitsusers,tosayexactlywhatwewantinexactlythe此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。wordswechoosetouse.Ontheother,globalizationhasinsuredtheintroductionofabusinessEnglish,asortoftrimmeddownvarietyofthelanguagewe’veallcometoknowandlove.It’sinterestingtoknowthatthesimplelistofjusttenwords,wordslike“;a”;,“;and”;,“;have”;and“;the”;,combinedtoformonequarterofallthoseeverusedinmoderncommunication.Perhapstherealtestis:willtheglobaladoptionofEnglishasamasterlanguageinsuretheeradicationofanymisunderstandingsthathappentoday?Theanswerisnotassimple.RussellHovenonceasked:“;Howmanypeoplespeakthesamelanguageevenwhentheyspeakthesamelanguage?”;Butonecanonlyhopethatouronlyaimandouronlychanceofinsuringthatwecommunicateeffectivelywitheachotheristomakesurethatwedospeakoneuniversallanguage.InathousandyearstimeWesternclockswillhopefullyhavetickedontotheyear2999andwecanbeassuredthatscientists,academicsandfuturistswillconvene,muchlikewe’vedonetodaytolookbackatthethirdmilleniumandoffertheirpredictionsforthesuccessesoftheforth.
