Imagine a big explosion as you climb through 3,000 ft. Imagine a plane full of smoke. Imagine an engine going clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack. It sounds scary.
想像一个大爆炸，当你在三千多英尺的高空；想像机舱内布满黑烟，想像引擎发出喀啦、喀啦、喀啦、喀啦、喀啦的声响，听起来很可怕。
Well I had a unique seat that day. I was sitting in 1D. I was the only one who can talk to the flight attendants. So I looked at them right away, and they said, "No problem. We probably hit some birds." The pilot had already turned the plane around, and we werent that far. You could see Manhattan.
那天我的位置很特別，我坐在1D，我是唯一可以和空服员说话的人，于是我立刻看着他们，他们说，“没问题，我们可能撞上鸟了。” 机长已经把机头转向，我们离目的地很近，已经可以看到曼哈顿了。
Two minutes later, 3 things happened at the same time. The pilot lines up the plane with the Hudson River. Thats usually not the route. He turns off the engines. Now imagine being in a plane with no sound. And then he says 3 words-the most unemotional 3 words Ive ever heard. He says, "Brace for impact."
两分钟以后，三件事情同时发生：机长把飞机对齐哈德逊河，一般的航道可不是这样。他关上引擎。想像坐在一架没有声音的飞机上。然后他说了几个字，我听过最不带情绪的几个字，他说，“即将迫降，小心冲击。”
I didnt have to talk to the flight attendant anymore. I could see in her eyes, it was terror. Life was over.
我不用再问空服员什么了。我可以在她眼神里看到恐惧，人生结束了。
Now I want to share with you 3 things I learned about myself that day.
现在我想和你们分享那天我所学到的三件事。
I leant that it all changes in an instant. We have this bucket list, we have these things we want to do in life, and I thought about all the people I wanted to reach out to that I didnt, all the fences I wanted to mend, all the experiences I wanted to have and I never did. As I thought about that later on, I came up with a saying, which is, "collect bad wines". Because if the wine is ready and the person is there, Im opening it. I no longer want to postpone anything in life. And that urgency, that purpose, has really changed my life.
在那一瞬间内，一切都改变了。我们的人生目标清单，那些我们想做的事，所有那些我想联络却没有联络的人，那些我想修补的围墙，人际关系，所有我想经历却没有经历的事。之后我回想那些事，我想到一句话，那就是，“我收藏的酒都很差。” 因为如果酒已成熟，分享对象也有，我早就把把酒打开了。我不想再把生命中的任何事延后，这种紧迫感、目标性改变了我的`生命。
The second thing I learnt that day - and this is as we clear the George Washington bridge, which was by not a lot - I thought about, wow, I really feel one real regret, Ive lived a good life. In my own humanity and mistaked, Ive tired to get better at everything I tried. But in my humanity, I also allow my ego to get in. And I regretted the time I wasted
on things that did not matter with people that matter. And I thought about my relationship with my wife, my friends, with people. And after, as I reflected on that, I decided to eliminate negative energy from my life. Its not perfect, but its a lot better. Ive not had a fight with my wife in 2 years. It feels great. I no longer try to be right; I choose to be happy.
那天我学到的第二件事是，正当我们通过乔治华盛顿大桥，那也没过多久，我想，哇，我有一件真正后悔的事。虽然我有人性缺点，也犯了些错，但我生活得其实不错。我试着把每件事做得更好。但因为人性，我难免有些自我中心，我后悔竟然花了许多时间，和生命中重要的人讨论那些不重要的事。我想到我和妻子、朋友及人们的关系，之后，回想这件事时，我决定除掉我人生中的负面情绪。还没完全做到，但确实好多了。过去两年我从未和妻子吵架，感觉很好，我不再尝试争论对错，我选择快乐。
The third thing I learned - and thiss as you mental clock starts going, "15, 14, 13." You can see the water coming. Im saying, "Please blow up." I dont want this thing to break in 20 pieces like youve seen in those documentaries. And as were coming down, I had a sense of, wow, dying is not scary. Its almost like weve been preparing for it our whole lives .But it was very sad. I didnt want to go. I love my life. And that sadness really framed in one thought, which is, I only wish for one thing. I only wish I could see my kids grow up.
我所学到的第三件事是，当你脑中的始终开始倒数“15，14，13”，看到水开始涌入，心想，“拜托爆炸吧!” 我不希望这东西碎成20片，就像纪录片中看到的那样。当我们逐渐下沉，我突然感觉到，哇，死亡并不可怕，就像是我们一生一直在为此做准备，但很令人悲伤。我不想就这样离开，我热爱我的生命。这个悲伤的主要来源是，我只期待一件事，我只希望能看到孩子长大。
About a month later, I was at a performance by my daugter - first-grade, not much artistic talent... yet. And I m balling, Im crying, like a little kid. And it made all the sense in the world to me. I realized at that point by connecting those two dots, that the only thing that matters in my life is being a great dad. Above all, above all, the only goal I have in life is to be a good dad.
一个月后，我参加女儿的表演，她一年级，没什么艺术天份，就算如此。我泪流满面，像个孩子，这让我的世界重新有了意义。当当时我意识到，将这两件事连接起来，其实我生命中唯一重要的事，就是成为一个好父亲，比任何事都重要，比任何事都重要，我人生中唯一的目标就是做个好父亲。
I was given the gift of a miracle, of not dying that day. I was given another gift, which was to be able to see into the future and come back and live differently.
那天我经历了一个奇迹，我活下來了。我还得到另一个启示，像是看见自己的未来再回來，改变自己的人生。
I challenge you guys that are flying today, imagine the same thing happens on your plane - and please dont - but imagine, and how would you change? What would you get done that youre waiting to get done because you think youll be here forever? How would you change your relationtships and the negative energy in them? And more than anything, are you being the best parent you can?
我鼓励今天要坐飞机的各位，想像如果你坐的飞机出了同样的事，最好不要-但想像一下，你会如何改变?有什么是你想做却没做的，因为你觉得你有其它机会做它?你会如何改变你的人际关系，不再如此负面?最重要的是，你是否尽力成为一个好父母?
Thank you.
谢谢。
各位领导，各位老师，大家下午好！
第一次在各位前辈和同行面前谈教学，心里有种班门弄斧的感觉，作为教学经验还不足一年的新教师，我只谈谈自已在英语教学方面的一些具体做法。这些做法很多是自己根据学生的实际情况而想出来的，可能灵活有余，但规范不足。也有一些是和别的老师交流后得到的。如果今天我所讲的有一、二点能让大家觉得有用的话，我就感到很高兴了。
今天我主要讲如何提高学生的学习兴趣。我们都知道“兴趣是最好的老师”，但很多情况下我们是在逼着学生学，学生痛苦，老师也没有成就感。
关于如何提高学习兴趣这方面，我从上一学期开始做了些尝试，例如在课外播一些欧美经典的电影电视片段，像《Friends》等，让同学们在欣赏影视艺术的同时也体验到了原汁原味的英语，从而提高了学习英语的兴趣。以下四点是自己在教学过程中的一些常用手段：
1、 在上课时根据当时的时政或娱乐热点插入一些在我们日常生活中所遇到的英语。
如去年九月份”超女”很流行时我就教“PvP”的由来及用法。刘翔破110米栏世界记录时教他们hurdle race(跨栏)和break record(破记录)。深圳“申大”时我教同学们“申大”的英文表达（Universiade Bid）。实践证明，学生对这些跟我们日常生活紧密相连的英语很有兴趣，因为他们学会后可以向别班没学过的同学和朋友炫耀。
2、 学生们都怕背诵课文。但作为一门语言，积累一些基本的文章和段落是很有必要的。
怎么办呢？经过和王忠明老师的交流，我学了一招“快速读课文比赛”，具体做法是：根据实际情况将一篇课文定一个准确的朗读时间标准如38秒等（时间宜定得适中，大多数同学熟读后可以达到的标准），然后叫同学们熟读课文后分组或个人之间进行比赛。将枯燥的背诵转换成轻松有趣的比赛，在熟读中达到了记忆的效果。初中的孩子都有些争强好胜的心理，一时间课堂上会变得书声朗朗。“要我做”变成了“我要做”，效果挺好的，大家可以试一下。对表现优秀的小组，可以全班一起送一个 “爱的鼓励”。（现场示范“爱的鼓励”）
说到“朗读”，只靠在学校的时间是不够的`。还要让他们在家里也读。怎样才能做到呢？我们都知道：学生不会做你所希望的，只会做你所考核的。所以，一定要逼着他们去读。一方面要争取家长们的配合。上周的初三英语口语中考后，我根据其考试内容编了一份中考口语
另一方面，课外可以布置一些有声作业，例如：朗读课文并将其录音后通过E-mail发给我来打分。录音里的错误不能超过三个，时间在XX秒之内。这样一来，一方面逼着学生要熟读课文，另一方面也锻炼了他们信息技术方面的动手能力。有些同学上网聊QQ很在行，但是却不会发E-mail的附件，尤其是女孩子。
3、 在日常生活中渗透英语教学。
例如：在上班会课时，偶尔在说话中夹杂几个近期所学过的英语单词。这并不是炫耀，而是让学生时时有想起英语的意识。再一个，班级黑板报设一个英语格言小栏目，学生轮流负责,每周一换。每节课前三分钟Show Time，可以是讲笑话，小对话，唱歌，表演等，形式不限，只要是跟英语有关就行。目的在于培养学生的自学能力和表达能力。我在网上和学生QQ上聊天时也经常用上一些简单的英语，努力为学生营造一个英语的语言环境。在这里我向大家介绍一个免费英语听力训练网站：听力特快，是我大学时一个英语老师介绍给我们的，我现在还一直在用。里面有很多可免费下载的资料像“空中英语教室”（初级、中级、高级），VOA/BBC News。适合各种水平，从初中到大学都有。
4、 下午上课比较闷的时候，偶尔可以举行一下“单词接龙比赛”（每个单词的第一个字母必须是上一个单词的最后一个字母），可分组比赛，各组轮流接龙。
最后，我想简单谈一下分层教学。
每个班都大约有十来个30分以下的尾巴，他们基础差，英语学习处于放弃或半放弃状态。正因为他们的成绩太差，所以才是班级平均分最大的提升点。
关于如何减少尾巴生，我目前还没有什么好的办法。不过在上学期我试过一个方法。每天上课前我专门为成绩倒数的四五个同学准备了一些相对简单的单词和短语，附加几道容易的题目，打印成小纸条给他们。课堂上只要他们掌握了这些关键的知识点就算达到要求了。这样一来，降低他们的学习难度，培养了他们的学习信心。说易行难，我只坚持了几个星期，不过后来有一个学生家长跟我说，她小孩从不看英语书的，但有一段时间他回到家后会拿出一张小纸条来看。我想如果能够长期坚持下去的话，应该会有效果的。
以上是自己在英语教学上的一些心得，作为刚上路的新手，自己在很多方面还存在不足，但我相信只要自己能不断学习，多向周围经验丰富的老师请教，总会有成功的一天。
梦想的英语演讲稿_第1篇：
Everyone has their own dreams, I am no exception. This is my dream for five years. I grew up love swimming, correct posture, swim fast, heard a lot of praise, some said to I taught them to swim! From then on, the dream was born, so I keep practice every day...
My effort is to one day be able to not only when athletes, in the crowd watching right now I get a medal of that a moment, but also for the motherland proud! I'm from grade one to grade five dream still has not changed. I still love swimming, fierce war still admire the sports meeting of the athletes; Still admire the moment they get prize excited and happy. I hope one day I can and all as they walked onto the stage, looking forward to fierce applause, I am looking forward to... These, for the past five years, there is no change.
I love swimming, I once thought: "the power of a dream is so large, can pay all costs for dreams, sometimes I am not afraid of hard work, because I've heard a word" I want to do must do our best to finish it, "this is my motto in life." I'm looking forward to the podium on the excitement and joy of a moment, so I will do my best efforts, on their own strength, to complete my dream, this is me. I look forward to the return of my success.
In order to dream, come rain or shine, I still hold this dream, will not change forever...
每个人都会有自己的梦想，我也不例外。这是我坚守了五年的梦想了。我从小爱游泳，姿势正确，游得快，听过不少赞言，还有人说要我教她们游泳呢!从此这个梦诞生了，于是我坚持每天练习……
我努力不仅是为了有一天能当上运动员，在众人的眼下观看着我领取奖牌的那一刻，而且也是为了给祖国争光!我从一年级到五年级的梦想依然没有改变。我依然热爱游泳，依然仰慕着运动会上激烈战争的运动员们;依然仰慕她们拿奖的那一刻的激动与快乐。我盼望我有一天能和她们一样走上舞台、盼望众人激烈的掌声，我盼望着……这些、五年来，依然没有改变。
我爱游泳，我曾想过：“梦想的力量是如此的巨大，有时可以为梦想付出一切代价，我不怕辛苦，因为我听过一句话“自己想要做到的事就一定要尽自己的最大的努力去完成它”这就是我人生的格言。”我期待着站上领奖台上的那一刻的激动与快乐，因此我要尽自己最大的努力、靠自己的实力，去完成我的梦想，这就是我。我期待着我成功的到来。
为了梦想，风雨无阻，我依然坚守这个梦想，不会改变，直到永远……
梦想的英语演讲稿_第2篇：
Everyone has a dream, want to be a police, want to be a teacher, want to be a novelist... I also have a dream, my dream is to be a scientist.
If grow up, I really became a scientist. I'll watch carefully what on earth have ecological changes, etc., the place with bad, invention related equipment.
I found that the earth environment is becoming worse. I want to invent a kind of electronic bird. It will suck erosion of heaven in the sky fly dust, make the sky more blue. When birds hopping on the ground, it will suck the ground of garbage, let the air becomes more pure and fresh, as you all know, birds can't swim, but electronic birds can swim, it can put the polluted river has become clean and clear.
I also found that the present shortage of resources. I invented a kind of fast forward. It put the resources of rolled to hundreds of years, several thousand years, tens of thousands of years, hundreds of millions of years. But in this period of time, man is not old, resources can be increased.
If the invention is not the good earth, I will invent a kind of speed of the spacecraft, the spacecraft is fully automatic. It can automatically search for habitable planets in space and take the human to the planet. The speed of the spacecraft surface is very small. There is only one double bed so big, but can take ten thousand people at a time. Because of the speed of light, the spacecraft compact so it won't hit the rocks. Planet. And it is very fast, as long as 0.0003 seconds per km back and forth. If really can not find a suitable planet. The speed of light, the spacecraft will be turned into a is bigger than the earth planet for people to live, this planet similar to earth. But in fact it has many functions, the inside of the house is the earthquake of flood control. Cutting trees sprout up immediately. Always very clear fresh air, the air is always blue... .
These are just my dream. But I hope it can become a reality.
每个人都有梦想，想当警察，想当老师，想当小说家……我也有梦想，我的梦想是当科学家。
如果长大，我真的当上了科学家。我会仔细观察地球上有什么生态变化等，不好的地方，发明相关的设备机器。
我发现地球的环境越来越差。我想发明一种电子小鸟。它在天上飞时会吸蚀天上的.灰尘，让天上变得更加湛蓝。当小鸟在地上蹦跳时，它会吸走地上的垃圾，让空气变得更加清新，大家都知道，小鸟是不会游泳的，可是电子小鸟却会游泳，它能把被污染的河流变得干净清澈。
我还发现，现在的资源短缺。我发明一种时光飞转器。它的产生把资源的地方飞转到几百年，几千年，几万年，几亿年后。可在这段时间内，人是不会老去的，资源却可以增加。
如果这些发明还不能把地球变好，我就发明一种光速飞船，这个飞船是全自动的。它可以自动查找太空中适合人类居住的星球并带人类去那个星球。这个光速飞船表面很小巧。只有一个双人床那么大，可却能一次带一万人。正因为光速飞船小巧所以它不会撞到陨石。星球。而且它速度很快，来回只要每千米0.0003秒。如果实在找不到适合的星球。光速飞船就会变身成一个比地球还大的星球给人们住，这个星球里面跟地球差不多。可其实它有许多功能，里面的房子是抗震防洪的。树砍掉立刻会长出来。空气永远很清鲜，空气永远湛蓝……。
这些现在还只是我的梦想。但我希望它能变成现实。
