Short SpeechDear friends:It is with great pleasure that we have come together today to take part in this joyous occasion with this couple whom we love and respect so much. This day is beautiful with warm sunshine, but the beauty of the bride, Jennifer, makes this special day even more remarkable.Dear Jennifer, all your family and friends here hope that today is the beginning of a wonderful lifelong partnership with the lucky groom. We sincerely hope that your love will grow stronger as time goes by and your family will grow too. On this very special day, we want to wish you and your husband all the happiness in the world.Friends and relatives, please rise together with me in offering our sincere wishes that the coming year will be filled with peace, joy, happiness and love.Test 2Short SpeechAs everyone knows, English is very important today. It has been used everywhere in the world. It has become the most common language on Internet and for international trade.But I learn English not only because of its importance and its usefulness, but also because of my love for it. When I learn English, I can feel a different way of thinking which gives me more room to touch the world. When I read English novels, I can feel the pleasure from the book which is different from reading the translation. When I speak English, I can feel confident from my words. When I write English, I can see the beauty which is not the same as our Chinese...I know, Rome was not built in a day. I believe that after continuous hard study, one day I can speak English very well.Test 3Short SpeechIn the future, the possible transport system in China will be the three-dimensional public transport, with planes in the sky, maglev trains in the middle, vehicles on the ground, ships in the rivers and seas, and the subways underground. Private cars will go through a process from being encouraged to being limited because of the too large population in China that will make private cars a disaster to both traffic and environment. In the future, different kinds of public transports will be well organized and connected. For instance, the traveler will have a typical “public transport credit card ” with which he can take all means of public transport without buying a ticket. He may take subways to the railway station or the airport and change the means directly without checking out at the subway station. All in all, the future public transport system will be more efficient and convenient.Short SpeechI major in Civil Engineering. As a matter of fact, it is not my favorite subject at all since I have been dreaming of becoming a software designer. Just because my scores of the college entrance examination did not reach the requirement of the major of Computer Science in my university, I was arranged to the Civil Engineering Department against my own will. Since it was and still is a common practice in China, I was not hurt and even felt a little proud of being enrolled in one of the top universities in our country.Although the life in the university is much freer than that in the high school, I keep studying hard, for I know study is my fundamental task and it is not easy for my parents to support my higher education. I am the top student in my class and gain a scholarship each academic year. So I am proud that I have done well in my study.Test 5Short SpeechIn China there is a popular game that children play. The game that comes to my mind is an old Chinese game called “The Eagle and the Chicks”. It is great fun, and easy to play.When I was a child I played this game very often. The game needs at least five kids to start, and the more kids participate, the more fun it is. One child will play the “eagle” and another child as the “mother hen”. The rest will be the “chicks”, lining up behind the hen, with both hands holding on to the clothes of the chicks in front. In the game, the eagle tries to catch one of the chicks, who then takes his/her role as the eagle. The mother hen tries to protect her children with her arms stretched.“The Eagle and the Chicks”enjoys great popularity among children in China. They definitely get great satisfaction in the excitement. In addition, they learn how to work as a team, which is an essential skill later in life.Test 6Short SpeechDo you think it is necessary to learn the foreign culture when learning English?It depends on the expectations of the learner. For most people, English is just considered a tool necessary for their work. They learn English because they need to read the foreign information on their business for reference. For example, an engineer learns English to understand the latest information in his area. Therefore, background knowledge about English culture isn’t strongly desired. However, for people who have higher expectations of their English proficiency, foreign culture is a vital element in knowledge storage. After all, language and culture are not twosolely independent concepts. Anyway, learning foreign culture is highly appreciated and can very positively broaden one’s scope, not merely within the area of language learning.Test 7Short SpeechGood morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is great pleasure for me to welcome you on behalf of our company to the “China Diamond Day” in beautiful Dalian. I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce the representatives present today. Over the next day and a half we will have the opportunity to get to know one another and discuss the relevant issues affecting the diamond industry. The objective of today’s meeting is an open exchange of information. We will provide you with an introduction to who we are and how we play our role in the market. We will also present updated research results in the world market. I encourage you to ask questions and open dialogues. I am confident that we will benefit from the time we spend together. Thank you!Test 8Short SpeechGood evening, ladies and gentlemen,May I draw your attention to the “Safety in Flight”leaflet? You’ll find it in the pocket at the back of the seat in front of you and we do ask that you read it. Smoking is permitted only on the right hand side of the passenger cabin once the “No Smoking”signs at the front of the cabin have been turned off. No smoking is allowed in the toilet which is situated at the rear of the aircraft. We have a duty-free bar on board and spirits, beer and mineral water will be on sale during the flight. If you have any questions during the flight, please do not hesitate to ask your hostesses. Would you now please ensure that your seat belts are securely fastened in preparation for take-off? May we wish you a pleasant flight! Thank you.Test 9Short SpeechDear friends, let me say something about the public transport in China. The public transport is essential in China since we don’t have so many private means of transport as in Western countries. The government has done a lot to promote the development of the infrastructure; of course, transport is included. As you may know, a highway to Tibet was built just after the establishment of the new China, and then several main railways. There was even a slogan during the period of economic reform, which said, “ Building roads is the precondition of getting rich.”Now we have efficient bus networks in large cities and high-quality highways linking all the major cities and towns, the first maglev train is in motion, and last but not least, the booming airlines have added to the efficiency of public transport.Test 10Short SpeechIt is a great pleasure to have you visit us today. I am very happy to have an opportunity to introduce our company to you.Our company was established in 1980 by Mr. Bruce Huang, the founder and first president of our company. We have been specializing in manufacturing electric appliances and exporting them to as many as twenty different countries and areas around the world. As of 1999, our annual business gross comes up to about US$100 million, and our business is growing steadily. We have offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Beijing, where about 1,100 hard-working employees are working diligently to serve the needs of our customers. As a market leader, we are now producing more than twenty kinds of domestic appliances, including washing machines, fridges, micro-wave ovens and TV sets. Our R&D group keeps on exploring new models.Test 11Short SpeechLadies and Gentlemen,It’s a great pleasure to have you visit us today. I’m very happy to have the opportunity to introduce our company to you.Our company was established in 1950 as a small state-owned company, but now we have grown into a large joint venture. We mainly manufacture electronic goods, which enjoy a high market reputation and export them all over the world. Our turnover was about US$100 million last year, and our business is growing steadily. We have offices in Asia, North America and Europe, with about 1000 employees, and we are working gladly to serve the needs of our customers. In order to further develop our overseas market, we need reliable agents to promote our products.I hope you will consider doing business with us. Thank you!Test 12Short SpeechHow should people be promoted at work, through experience or performance?That’s a big issue in many companies. I’m not sure how I feel about this issue because I think both experience and performance are important. I mean if you’ve been working for a long time I think it’s natural that you would expect better treatment. On the other hand, I don’t think that it’s right that experienced people should put little care into their jobs just because they think that their jobs are well protected because of seniority. In my opinion, people should be promoted based on a combination of experience and performance. If they do not perform well, they may be demoted or even laid off, but if they do perform well, they will be promoted. Those people who perform well but have little experience should be promoted but not too high because this will only discourage those who have worked in a company for a long time.Test 13Short SpeechGood afternoon, honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen!It’s my honor to stand here and give you a short speech, the topic of which is Glory and Dream.In the past 10 years I have concentrated all my efforts on my teaching position with dedication, responsibility and deep love, though sometimes I feel it so hard and so lonely. But every time I see the improvement in the students’ learning, every time I see the progress in the students’ bodies and mind, I feel I am the happiest person in the world.Before finishing my speech, I would like to say, “For us teachers, being serious is our attitude, being professional and practical is the guarantee of our teaching efficiency. For us teachers, devoting to the people’s education is the greatest glory and dream forever.That’s all. Thank you!Test 14Short SpeechGood morning, ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Our flight to New York is almost over. It is a long flight—almost 10 hours. Now we are flying at an altitude of 45,000 feet at a speed of 600 miles an hour. We will arrive at Kennedy airport an hour later, and the local time is 8:00 a.m. The weather in New York is very warm, 86°Fahrenheit, 30°Celsius. It was raining for the whole week, but today the sun is shining. Look out of the window, and you can have a beautiful scene of Manhattan and the Hudson River. Soon the flight attendants will bring you breakfast. Please relax, enjoy your food and remember to fly with Northwest Orient Airlines in the future. Thank you.Test 15Short SpeechWe are proud and honored to have such a distinguished group of guests coming all the way from the United States to visit our company.I want to extend my warmest welcome to all of you, and hope that your visit here will be worthwhile and meaningful.Tanix generating Equipment Factory is at the north side of Mount Tai, one of China’s celebrated scenic spots. The factory has more than twenty years’ experience in manufacturing generating equipment complex.Our products sell very well both at home and abroad. With the advanced technology introduced from abroad, we can supply you with generating equipment of excellent workmanship and provide good after-sale service.Now, I will introduce to you our newly-built plant and research center. Please do not hesitate to ask any questions you mayhave.Test 16Short SpeechWelcome to the University of Middleton transport information service. This service is provided by the Students’ Union of the University for the benefit of all students, staff and visitors. The following is information about bus and train services, taxis, and parking for cars and bicycles.There are regular bus services which link the three main university sites. A shuttle bus runs at regular intervals throughout the day from the Main Campus to Castle Campus. Bus No. 81 stops just outside the entrance to the Main Campus by the main gates and runs from there to the City Bus Station, offering easy transport for students to town and back again. An additional service, No. 158, connects the Main Campus with the Halls of Residence. This runs until 10:00 p.m.. Students wishing to travel from the Main Campus after 10:00 p.m. can make use of a special night service bus, running from the Main Campus to the railway station and then back via the Halls of Residence.Test 17Short SpeechAs we all know, cooperation is very important. The importance of teamwork lies in the significant effect that it produces, especially when being properly applied and managed. It creates flexibility and coordination among members and enables them to use their talents and participate in making decisions.It also provides a great deal of acceptance, understanding and physical interaction, which cannot be gained individually. That’s why members rely on teamwork to get the feedback, attention and moral support which they constantly need. As a result, this leads to a great improvement in the quality of work produced, making the process more fun and less frustrating.Test 18Short SpeechShould children be punished in school?My opinion is that children should be punished but not too often. I think the best way to deal with children is to guide them through their mistakes and to try to help them see their own errors. I mean, punishment should be used, but only when children believe that they can get away with something that they shouldn’t do. Punishment also cannot be the only way a child learns not to do something, otherwise he or she will only act out of fear of consequences without knowing whether it’s truly right or wrong. For example, if a boy passes noted in class and is only punished, he may stop it only as long as the teacher is around. But when he comes to another class with a teacher who’s not as strict, he might start doing it again. He hasn’t realized why it’s not the right thing to do.Test 19Short SpeechDear Passengers,Here is your weekend guide to what is going on at the University of Colorado.First, we will enjoy the famous Colorado Art Festival, which has a history of more than 50 years.And it is a good weekend for baseball. The Colorado Buffaloes will play the Oklahoma Sooners Friday night at Oklahoma. The Buffaloes are expected to win both games and fans. Tickets are available from the ticket office at the sports arena.The university museum will be open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. There will be a special exhibition of American Indian pottery and sand painting. Admission is free.For those who love outdoor sports, there is good news of medium snowfall. Pine Mountain is reporting good conditions with eight inches of new snow, ideal for skiing.This has been the weekend guide. Thank you for listening.Test 20Short SpeechMy fellow citizens, tonight is my last opportunity to speak to you from the Oval Office as your president.I am profoundly grateful to you for twice giving me the honor to serve, to work for you and with you to prepare our nation for the 21st century. And I’m grateful to Vice President Gore, to my Cabinet secretaries, and to all those who have served with me for the last eight years.This has been a time of dramatic transformation, and you have risen to every new challenge. You have made our social fabric stronger, our families healthier and safer, our people more prosperous.You, the American people, have made our passage into the global information age—an era of great American renewal.Thank you. God bless you, and God bless America.Test 21Short SpeechIn 1920 the median age at the first marriage in the US was in the early twenties. However, this figure declined slowly but steadily over the course of the next 30 years to a trough of 20 in 1950. The age rose very slightly over the next 20 years to around 21 or 22 by 1970, but this was still lower than figures in the earlier part of the century. Between 1970 and 1980 the median age rose a little, and then continued to rise over the next 20 years. By 2000 it had reached an 80-year high of over 25.The figure for birth rates in the US over the same period shows a more dramatic change. In 1920 they were at a high over 30 per thousand people, but had declined by 1940 to the lowtwenties. This figure increased slightly over the next 10 years and peaked in the high twenties in 1950, but then declined steadily over the next 30 years to a low of about 19 in 1980. This figure had not changed much by 2000, when it was continuing to be steady at around 18.Test 22Short SpeechOne Idiom A Day Keeps Bad English Away—Saying Thank YouThank you may be the most useful word in the English language. There are many ways to say thank you; this section gives you the most common. Sometimes language learners are confused about when to use the word thank and when to use thanks. It may help to understand that thank you is short for I thank you, which uses the first person singular form of the verb to thank. In most other expressions, the word is thanks, a plural noun. There are lots of common and acceptable responses to thanks, shown in the next section.Thanks a million. Thanks a bunch. Thanks a lot. Thanks much (or loads).Many thanks. I can’t thank you enoug h.Test 23Short SpeechDear Professor Moss:I am Sandy Lee, an undergraduate student of the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. At the beginning of this semester, I registered one of your courses, African Literature and Culture. It is a two-hour course held on every Thursday afternoon. Yesterday, I received a notice from my department that a major course, Computer Principle, would be changed to Thursday afternoon. This major course conspicuously influences my credits and it is every important to me. Unfortunately, I can not study your course this semester.Because of your reputation and my enthusiasm in literature, I hope I could study this course in next semester. I also heard that another course of yours, Chinese Literature, is held every Friday afternoon. If the registration of this course hasn’t closed yet, I will be so glad to participate in your class.Sorry to bother you, your help will be greatly appreciated.Test 24Short SpeechDear officer:On 01/01/2005, I am writing to inform you that I lost my bag on your flight and ask for your help. I took flight CA983 from Beijing to Los Angeles. When the flight arrived at Los Angeles, because of my carelessness, I left my handbag, a black leathered bag, on my seat. There are some important things in it, including my passport, ID card, credit card, some checks and one thousand US Dollars. But the most important thing is my business address book, which records all my clients phone numbers and appointment agenda in the following two weeks.Since this bag is very important to me, my friends told me that I should contact your department to seek help, so I write this letter to you anxiously. Hope you and your staff can help me find my lost bag. Your meticulous and warmhearted help will be greatly appreciated.For information about my lost thing, please contact me in the following ways.Test 25Short SpeechDear Manager:I am a reporter from the News Weekend. Because of the demand of my work, I often come to Toronto to do interviews. Your hotel is my favorite, because of the comfortable living conditions, and the considerate service, especially your excellent food.The restaurants in your hotel have many kinds of delicious food such as Chinese food, Japanese food, French food and so on. Among these delicious foods, I like the Beijing Roast Duck best, not only because of its Chinese characteristics but also its special taste for people from all over the world. So every time I come here I always choose this course.Furthermore, what impressed me most is the high quality service, it always makes me feel at home. Waiters and waitresses are so kind and warmhearted that they always earnestly recommend every new or special food of the restaurant. I will recommend your hotel and restaurant to my friends without any reservation and hesitation.Test 26Short SpeechDo you know how advertisement influences people? On the one hand, it offers a lot of information about a certain product or brand. It leads the trend and direction of purchase. Besides, good advertisements can also be considered as a form of art. On the other hand, there are some fake advertisements. Those are the advertisements which contain false information. In other words, they lie in the advertisements. When people buy things because of the false advertisements and then realize they have been cheated, they may lose confidence in other products. If this kind of thing continues to happen, it would cause a vicious circle. And another thing, some advertisements involve sex or violence which may have a bad effect on children.Test 27Short SpeechDo advertisements bring great influence to children and their parents?Yes. Advertisements supply children and their parents with information and keep them in touch with the latest trends and fashion. But some scenes in advertisements are not suitable forchildren to watch, such as the ones involving sex or violence. These kinds of advertisements certainly have a bad influence on children. Sometimes children want to buy a certain product after watching its advertisement and their parents have to buy it. This may lead to children getting the bad habit of purchasing and wasting money. They may think that they can get whatever they like. But if their parents do not buy them the thing that they like, it may cause tension between the two generations.Test 28Short SpeechMy favourite animals are dogs. They are said to be one of the brainiest animals in the world. They can help people in many ways. They can lead the blind, sniff out drugs and even rescue accident victims. Helpful as they are, most of the dogs are not very big. Oftentimes, dogs I see stand no more than half a metre and weigh no more than 200 pounds. I like dogs very much. They can usually read the emotions of their owners. They can tell whether their owners are happy or upset just by judging from the owners’voice. In addition, dogs are very loyal to their owners. Stories abound in which dogs saved their owners at the cost of their own. Indeed, they are humans’pals. I love them.Test 29Short SpeechHello, welcome to Faith Radio Online, I’m Faith. The year 2008 is just around here, with another 365 days full of potential, hope and possibility lying before us—We have the opportunity in our hands—right now—to begin this year in very positive and productive ways, if only we’re willing to make the effort to determine what we’d like to accomplish this year, to do what we need to do in order to reach those accomplishments.It’s hard to pray for a lot of people at the same time, but I want my prayers to reach each individual audience of my program. My strongest prayer of all is a prayer of thanksgiving—thank you for being a part of this world and making it richer. May you take good care of yourself and of those you love, as you all deserve.Test 30Short SpeechThe Chinese Export Commodities Fair takes place in Guangzhou twice a year. The Spring Fair opens on April 15 and closes on May 5. The Autumn Fair begins on October 15 and ends on November 5. During the fair, a large number of foreign businessmen come from various parts of the world. Some are from Asia, Africa and Latin America. Others are from Europe, Oceania, South America and North America. New products and traditional commodities are on display at the fair. The foreign businessmen usually do business with uson the spot. Many import and export companies send salesmen to the fair. Some college students are employed as interpreters. The fair offers a good chance to communicate with international businessmen. It achieves new success every year.Test 31Short SpeechDear friends, look at that wonderful building, the High Mall Shopping Center, it is well known in our Shenyang. It is what is called “one-stop”shopping mall. It means you are able to do most of your shopping in this center at the same time. The High Mall contains a wide variety of shops and stores. For example, there is a large department store that sells almost anything, a MacDonald’s outlet, a jeweler, and so on. It has a good security system, many security officers are on duty, looking out for robbers at all times. And it is a nice place to kill some time in the evenings or on weekends. You can spend hours browsing through the shops, or sit in a restaurant, have something to drink, and watch the crowds.Test 32Short SpeechLadies and Gentlemen, welcome to China and thank you for trusting our travel agency. My name is Linda. It’s my pleasure to be your guide today. Now I’d like to share the schedule with you. The first place we are going to visit is the Great Wall in Bada Mountain. Please keep in mind that we will set out at 9:00 o’clock after breakfast. According to the schedule, we will arrive there at 10:00. And then we will stay there for three hours and come back at about 2:00 in the afternoon. There is no doubt that you will have enough time to climb the Wall and take photos. Besides, you’ll see some exciting performances. I hope you will enjoy your day. Thank you very much for your kind attention.Test 33Short SpeechLet me begin by thanking you, Mr. Levin, for your kind invitation and the opportunity to come to Yale to meet young friends and teachers of this world-renowned university.Coming to the Yale campus, with its distinctive academic flavor, and looking at the eager young faces in the audience, I cannot but recall my great experience studying at Tsinghua University in Beijing 40 years ago. Indeed, what happens during one’s school year will influence his whole life. I still benefit greatly from the instruction and my interaction with other students.Yale is renowned for its long history, unique way of teaching and excellence in academic pursuit. I sincerely hope that Yale will produce more talent and contribute further to the social and economic development of the United States and the cause of human progress.Short SpeechWhat is the most important and hardest housework in a family? I think it should be raising a baby. As we all know, the policy of birth control has been carried out in China for decades. Most of the families have only one child, which makes raising babies extremely important housework in Chinese families. In Chinese culture, children are considered as the hope and continuation of the family. My mother told me that since I was born, I have been the centre of her life. And inevitably a heavy yoke, but a happy yoke, she said, has been put on her neck since then. I was quite poor in health when I was a baby, and my parents often took me to the hospital at midnight. And what’s more, I wouldn’t go to sleep when I didn’t feel well unless Mother held me in her arms. So from my mother I get to know that it is really hard to bring up a child.Test 35Short SpeechWhat do you think of the 3 Gorges project?I think there are two sides to this issue. On one hand, it will probably provide a lot of needed electrical energy. Take the area of Chongqing for example. It’s a growing city but it’s hampered by a lack of energy and it needs to be able to feed more electrical energy to some of the poorer provinces to the west of it, particularly Tibet. Also I think it will make navigation easier along the Changjiang river and that will be good for our industries. On the other hand, I think it creates some hardships for those people living in that region, since they must be relocated and give up the area where they have lived for so long. Also, we must be very careful to make sure there is no environmental damage since there are a lot of precious lives that depend on the river.Test 36Short SpeechWhat are the advantages and disadvantages of being a celebrity? Being a celebrity means the society has recognized your achievement, which means they have established a kind of social status. Celebrities hold privileges, resources and people’s admiration in their hands. They make money much easier than ordinary people. Those are all the advantages. But they have acquired them at the expense of their private life. They are forever in the focus of limelight. Meanwhile, the public have almost zero tolerance toward the celebrities’ mistakes. They are not allowed to fail the public’s expectation. Once they make a mistake, even a trivial one, it will be exemplified and spread far and wide. No wonder that some celebrities complain that they would rather be ordinary people.。