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Good afternoon ,ladies and gentlemen :
下午好,女士们,先生们.
It's my honor to present my speech here today.The title of my speech is ,"The Essence of Life."
今天能在这里发表我的演说是我的荣幸.我演讲的题目是生命的真谛.
Last summer I began to learn play tennis.Though it took me a lot of time to practice,the tremendous pleasure I got from on the tennis court made me feel well rewarded .
去年夏天,我开始学打网球.练习花了我大量的时间,但是我发现在网球场上的无尽欢愉让我感觉收获非浅.
Eevery time when I brandished the racket to hit the ball and watch it flying over the net ,
每次挥舞球拍击球时,看着它飞越球网,
I always think of the words inscribed on the rock of Mount Olympia:"If you want to lead a happy and upward life ,just run."
我总会想到刻在奥林匹克山石上的话;"如果你想过一种幸福向上的生活,跑吧."
Ture,sports can lift our begins by giving us a healthy body ,without which it is impossible for us to enjoy our life.
诚然,体育运动给我们一个健康的身体,提高我们的素质,没有它我们不可能享受生活.
Sports can also ennoble our minds by bringing us close to nature and close to the essence of life.
体育运动让我们具有崇高的理想,让我们接近自然,接近生命的真谛.
My gandmother is almost 80 years old now, but she still keeps playing Taijiquan every morning.
我奶奶现在已经快八十岁了,但她仍然坚持每天早上练太极拳.她总是告诉我:
"It's happy beginning of a brand new day!"she alwasys told me .My friend and I take part in sports like tennis,badminton and swimming.
"这是新的一天快乐的开始!"我和我的朋友参加体育运动如打网球,羽毛球和游泳.
My boy classmates ,by contrast,enjoy ball games .Hundreds of boys playing basketball on the playground every afternoon always makes the best campus picture that draws thousands of girls' eyes.
而我的男同学就喜欢球类运动,每天下午上千个男孩子在操场上打篮球成了校园里一道最美的风景,吸引了上万双女孩子的眼睛.
Sport can not only improve our physique and relax our mind ,but can also bring us close to nature, and enable us to enjoy our lives fully.
体育运动不仅提高我们的体质,轻松大脑,而且可以让我们更接近生命的真谛,让我们能够充分享受生活.
Indeed ,the essence of sports lies not so much in the fun that they can give us ,but in their capactities to work miracles for our body and soul.
确实,体育运动的精髓不只是在于乐趣,而是它在我们的身体和灵魂里产生的奇迹.
Or,as the goal of the Olympic Games indicates ,it can make us run faster ,jump higher ,and physically stronger .
正如奥运会的目标所指,它能够让我们跑得更快,跳得更高,身体更强壮.
A nation of weakings can never be expected to go anywhere culturally and economically .
一个体质孱弱的民族无论到哪里,文化和经济都不能立足.
Perhaps it is in recognition of this China is bidding for hosting the Olympic Games in 2008.
可能认识到这些,所以中国申办二零零八年奥运会.
As a country of a written history of over 5,000 years, China hopes to run faster in the global race of economic advancement,to stand taller in the international political arena ,and to bring new vitalities to our ancient civilization .
作为一个具有五千年悠久历史的国家,中国希望在全球经济发展的步伐中跑得更快,在国际政治舞台上站得更高,为我们的古代文明注入新的活力.
Also it hopes to show the upward outlook and physical fitness of its people.
而且她希望向世界展示自己民族积极向上的精神面貌和强壮的体魄.
I still remember one MTV I saw about the World Cup in 1998.In this MTV,kids with different natinalities are running through different places like seashore,
我仍然记得一九九八年有关世界杯的一个MTV,在这个MTV里,具有不同国籍的小孩子在不同的地方如海滩,
desert ,downtown ,and crowded slum areas.They share one thing in common :
沙漠,市区,拥挤的贫民区奔跑.他们在分享同一件事情:
They are all playing football .I was greatly touched .What is the most amazing feature of sports?
他们都在踢足球.我被深深打动了,体育运动最令人惊异的特征是什么?
It is a common language spoken by all nations under heaven.It is an art without cultural boundary that can be appreciated by everyone on earth.
它是天底下所有民族的共同语言,它是毫无文化界限的艺术,是能为世上每一个人所欣赏的.
In sports ,it no longer matters what your skin color is like,which language you speak ,or where you come from .
在体育运动中,不再计较你是什么肤色,说哪种语言,或者是来自何方.
It is the joy that we share from sports that counts.I am confidentthat ,as the captial of over ten dynasties.
重要的是在运动中分享的喜悦.我相信作为十个朝代的都城,
if Beijing succeeds in this bid ,it can make the Olympic Game one of the happiest festivals of the world ,
北京如果申办成功,那将使奥运会成为世界最快乐的节目之一,
a festival where we can best realize our dream of "faster,higher and stronger ,"and a festival where the essence of life and the essence of sports can be best embodied .
一个最能实现我们"更快,更高和更强"的梦想的节日,一个最能体现生命的真谛和运动的真谛的节日.
So my friends,let's all pray and hope that Beijing will eventually become the host of Olympic Games in 2008 .
所以朋友们,让我们祈祷和希望北京能最终取得二零零八年奥运会的主办权.
Let's all looking forward to the day when we can get here together again to celebrate the grandest festival of joy that humanity has ever witnessed!
让我们期待那天在这里再相聚,庆祝人类见证的最盛大的欢乐节日.
Thanks for listening.
谢谢收听.
Judge:Thank you very much indeed contestant number twenty-five and well done on your composure at the end of what must have been quite a nerve wracking day I should think waiting for your turn.
评委:真的非常感谢二十五号选手.好样的,在那样激动人心的一天,我想你等了这么久才轮到你,最后你还如此沉着,
You,you talked ,uh ,very helpfully about the pleasure and benefit of sport for the health of ,um, everyone .
关于体育运动的愉悦和对每个人的身体健康有好处,你说得很正确.
And you talked about the Olympic idea of ,uh ,if I 've got right ,faster ,higher ,and stronger.
如果我没弄错的话,你说奥林匹克的精神是更快,更高和更强.
But one thing that troubles me about the Olympics is that the pressure to be faster,higher,stronger is so great sometimes that it passes beyond the point where it's healthy .
但是我感到困扰的是在奥林匹克的重压下,更快,更高,更强有时太过分而超过了健康的观点.
I wonder what you think about that.
我想知道你是怎么想的.
LiuLi:Um, thank you for this question and I 'm happy that we share the same concern .
刘莉:谢谢您的问题,我很高兴我们有共同的看法.
Mmm,one thing about the competition sports that I dislike is that they put much more pressure on the athletes and sometimes they even ,
竞赛中我不喜欢的一点就是他们的运动员太多压力了,有时甚至
uh , hurt their bodies.So, um ,I think apart from some of the athletes that they really done a very good job in the Olympic games.
损害他们的身体.所以我想除了运动员在奥运会上真的表现得很出色,
I think it is a public sports that we should promote to a kind of national ,nation-wide popularization .
我们应该把它提倡为所有民族的运动,全民化运动.
Um,because as we all know that although some days only stars are really eye attracting ,
因为众所周知,虽然那些日子明星才真正吸引人,
it is the whole galaxy that there is noticing .So ,uh,what I want to address here is that it ,
但是整个银河都会吸引人.所以今天在这里我想表明的是,
uh , the most important function of sports today is that we can make our self healthy ,
体育运动最重要的是我们能够使自己的身体健康,
but not to be the top ones.
而不是成为第一名.
Thank you .
谢谢.
