篇一：
Never Lose the Vision of Reality
Talking about dreams and future, I would say, dreams should not be too far from reality. Detaching from reality, lacking solid and practical actions, any future plan, and dream project will be nothing short of daydreaming, or, at most, well-intentioned thinking.
Here I am reminded of the year 2000, when 191 member states of the United Nations held a World Summit Conference, which made a declaration known as the Millennium [mi'leni?m] 千年期 Development Goals. The goals for 2015, which all the member states pledged[pled?] 保证，许诺to meet, were such as elimination除去 of hunger and poverty, drastic reductions in child mortality [m?:'t?l?ti]死亡率rates, reversing the spread of AIDS and other deadly diseases et cetera [it'setr?]等等。
Now, 6 years later, almost half way to the final year of 2015, do we see some signs of realizing the pledged goals? Today, half the world---nearly three billion people, still live on less than two U.S. dollars a day; in the world today 270 million children have no access to safe water, about 11 million children die before they reach the age of five each year. Have we come to harness 治理the spread of AIDS? The
answer is also no, and indeed is spreading faster and wider than ever before.
What is even worse, in the wake of the Iraqi[i'ra:ki]伊拉克的 War, there is the nuclear crisis in Iran[i'rɑ:n], and unsettled situation in many places. The vision of us young people may be limited, but the limited vision we do have and care about everyday cannot change our conviction[k?n'vik??n]定罪 that our world does not seem to promise a very bright future before us.
Who is to blame for all this? Of course we can blame the governments: how disappointing they all seem to be: in one moment they are pledging to build a better future for people, and in another moment, they ignite[iɡ'nait]点燃 wars killing more innocent people. But don’t you think that we ordinary folks should also take some responsibilities for, say, elimination[i,limi'nei??n] of poverty? When we quickly rush to schools, work places, or places of entertainment, how many times do we stop to hand over some food to the
deprived[di'praivd] 缺少食物的；缺乏足够教育的 on the streets? When we are browsing the newspaper for the news about what is going in this world, how often do we stop to think about the actual ways we can help the people who are suffering from
various['vε?ri?s] disastrous[di'zɑ:str?s] situations? In fact how much have we done to help those who are in need just around us?
Dreams are certainly beautiful and indispensable to our life, for they give us inspiration [,insp?'rei??n] and motivation. Plans for the future are certainly necessary, for they provide us with goals and guides. But what is most important is actions on a day-to-day basis. To make our dreams come true, to realize our future goals, we need to base our vision on reality and we need to put our words into our deeds. In other words, while human beings should be, first and foremost, idealists[ai'di?list] 理想主义者and thinkers, we should, all the more be realists['ri?list] and practical doers实行家.
篇二：
Never lose the vision of reality
Good afternoon
Ladies and gentlemen, today my topic is never losing the vision of reality. Talking about dreams and future, I would say, dreams should not be too far away from reality. Detaching from reality, looking solid or practical actions, any dream plan or dream project will be nothing short of daydreaming, or, at most well-intentioned thinking. Here I am remained the year of 2000, when 191 member states of the United Nations held a world summit conference, which made a declaration known as the millennium development goals. The goals of 2015, which every member state pledged to meet, were such as, elimination of hunger and poverty, drastic reduction in child mortality rates, reversing a spread of AIDS and other deadly disease, ect. Now, six years later, almost half way to the final year of 2015, do we see any signs of realizing these goals? Today, half the world-about three billion people, still live under two U.S dollars a day; and about 279 million children have no access to safe water, 11 million children die before they reach the year of five each year. Do we come to harness the spread of the AIDS? The answer is also “no” and indeed AIDS is spreading faster and wider than ever before. What is even worse, with the weak of the Iraqi War, the nuclear crisis in Iran and unsettled situations
in many places, the vision of us young people today are often limited but the limited vision that we do have and care about every day cannot change the conviction that this world does not seem to promise a vary bright future before us. Who is blame for this? Of course, we can blame the government: how they disappoint all seem to be: in the moment they are pledging to build a better future for us, and the other moment they are igniting wars killing more innocent people. But don’t you think we ordinary folks should also take some responsibility for, say elimination of hunger and poverty? When we are quickly rushing to schools, works, or place of entertainment, how many times do we stop just to hand over some food to the deprived on the streets? When we are reading newspapers browsing for news about what is going on in this world, how often do we stop to think about actual ways that we can do to help the people who are suffering from various disastrous situations? In fact, how much have we done to help the people who are in need just around us. Dreams are certainly beautiful and indispensable in our life, for they give us inspiration and motivation. Future plans are certainly necessary, for they provide us with goals and guides. But what is most beautiful and important is an action on a day-to-day base in order to realize our dreams or make our future goals realized, we need to put our worlds into deeds and
base our vision on reality. In other words, while human beings should be, first and foremost, idealists and thinkers, we should also be, and all the more, realists and practical doers. Thank you. 这是来自第六名北京语言大学的英语专业的`崔笑笑的演讲稿，这篇演讲稿被她演绎的淋漓精致，极为流畅自然，所以她获得了此次大赛的最佳风度奖。她以millennium development goals的签署之后，在这几年里世界发生的细微变化和与当初所制定的目标作比较，发现相差甚远，由此展开观点论述：Never lose the vision of reality. 语言犀利，准确，观点独到，是一篇议论性演讲稿的佳作。
1．Vision
视力, 视觉, 视野
洞察力; 想象力; 眼力
幻象, 梦想, 幻影
美景; 美人; 绝妙的东西
【宗】显圣;【医】幻视
(修辞学的)描述; 电影中的回忆场面, 幻想场面
the field of vision
视野
a person of broad vision
见解广阔的人
The lady was a lovely vision.
这位贵妇模样儿长得很美。
2．detach
[di't?t?]
vt.
分开, 解开, 分离
指派担任特种任务, 分遣, 派遣(军队等)
be detached from
脱离
Men were detached to defend the pass.
已经派遣了人员去防守关隘。
3. millennium
[mi'leni?m]
n.
一千年(间); 千周年纪念
(基督教)至福一千年
(幻想中的)太平盛世, 黄金时代
4．elimination
1.排除;除去,根除
2.淘汰
5．conviction
1.确信, 坚定的信仰, 坚定的看法（或信念）
2.判罪；定罪；证明有罪
3.深信；坚信；坚定；肯定
6． pledge
n.
1.保证; 誓言；誓约
2.信物
3.抵押，质钱，抵押品
vt. & vi.
1.保证, 许诺; 发誓
vt.
1.典当
2.保证给予（或做），正式承诺；使保证，使发誓
vi.
1.宣誓参加美国大学生联谊会
7． ignite
1.点燃; 引发;（使）燃烧;着火
Petrol ignites very easily.
汽油很容易着火。
The blast was caused by pockets of methane gas that ignit
ed. 爆炸是由数袋甲烷气体着火引起的。
He ignited the fireworks.
他点燃了烟花。
The rock and roll ignites the excitement of the audience.
摇滚乐激起了观众的热情。
8．deprived
形容词 adj.
1.贫困的
The conference heard an appeal from a representative from one of the more deprived areas.
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