大学五分钟英语演讲稿
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篇1：大学英语演讲稿五分钟
My Definition of Success
Once upon a time，there e young prince... ething so fanciful, so unrealistic, and, I bination of both the process and the satisfactory result of an endeavor. To clarify my viees.
The concept of success is not constant but relative because the nature of difficulty is also relative. Something you do effortlessly might pose a great difficulty for a handicapped person. In acquiring the ability to do the same as you can, he or she achieve success. Thats e out first, it e young prince and the 4-step definition of success. You my have noticed that the usual worldly criteria of wealth, position and fame were not mentioned as part of the story, but rather, it emphasized the process of overcoming difficulties. The ancient wisdom had already defined the meaning of success, and this is my definition, too.
Thank you.
篇2：大学英语演讲稿五分钟
when i was seven, i started learning english. i played games and sang english songs with other children. sometimes, i watched english cartoons. its funny. then i discovered the beauty of the language, and began my colorful dream in the english world.
i hope i can travel around the world someday. i want to go to america to visit washington, because my cousin is over there. of course, i want to go to london too, because england is where english language developed. if i can ride my bike in cambridge university, i will be very happy.
i hop
e i can speak english with everyone in the world. also ill introduce china to them, such as the great wall, and the gardens in suzhou. i will teaching people of the world about the beautiful language of our country.
i like the english language. to learn english is wonderful. i
once wanted to be an english teacher . i also like chinese literature. when i was really young, i was able to remember lots of poems. i also wanted to be a teacher of chinese. now i think that both of my dreams can come true: i will be able to use english to teach foreign friends chinese and share chinese culture with them. so that more and more people will be able to get to know the 5000 years history culture, and the prosperity of our great china.
my future is not a dream.
篇3：大学英语演讲稿五分钟
ladies and gentlemen, this is joe biden, im filling in for president obama, while he addresses the nato summit in wales.
when the president and i took office in january of , this nation was in the midst of the greatest economic crisis since the great depression. our economy had plummeted1 at a rate of 8% in a single quarter-part of the fastest economic decline any time in the last half century. millions of families were falling underwater on their homes and threatened with foreclosure. the iconic american automobile2 industry was under siege.
but yesterdays jobs report was another reminder3 of how far weve come. weve had 54 straight months of job creation. and thats the longest streak4 of uninterrupted job growth in the united states history.
weve gone from losing 9 million jobs during the financial crisis to creating 10 million jobs. weve reduced the unemployment rate from 10% in october of to 6.1% today. and for the first time since the 1990s, american manufacturing is steadily5 adding jobs-over 700,000 since . and surveys of both american and foreign business leaders confirm that america once again is viewed as the best place in the world to build and invest.
thats all good news.
but an awful lot of middle class americans are still not feeling the effects of this recovery. since the year , gross domestic product-our gdp - has risen by 25%. and productivity in america is up by 30%. but middle class wages during that same time period have gone up by only fourteen cents.
folks, its long past time to cut the middle class back into the deal, so they can benefit from the economic growth they helped create. folks, there used to be a bargain in this country supported by democrats6 and republicans, business and labor7. the bargain was simple. if an employee contributed to the growth and profitability of the company, they got to share in the profits and the benefits as well. thats what built the middle class. its time to restore the bargain, to deal the middle class back in. because, folks, when the middle class does well, everybody does well-the wealthy get wealthier and the poor have a way up.
篇4：大学英语演讲稿五分钟
Ladies and Gentlemen: My topic is Honesty.
As a correspondent of the Qingdao Morning News, I visited Dr. James Gilman, the President of the International Committee for Marco Polo Studies in England. In this picture, this is James, and this is me and we are looking at a dragon’s tooth. This is a true story.
65 years ago, James lived in Qingdao. Then he was only 5 years old. He often visited the Aquarium and was fascinated by a creature on display there, which he thought was a dragon. He was afraid of its sharp teeth and wanted one to keep as a treasure.
In the late 1930s, when the Japanese occupied Qingdao, his family had to leave. On his last day in Qingdao, he ran to the Aquarium and pulled out one of the teeth from the dragon’s mouth.
He kept the tooth for the next 65 years, but the feeling of guilt at having stolen it was there in the background all through his life. It was always on his conscience, and the feeling intensified as he became older. Finally he decided to put right his childish error. In , he visited Qingdao and returned it to the Aquarium with his sincere apologies. He received a warm welcome.
When James visited Qingdao, I accompanied him all the time and reported on his visit. I was deeply touched by his honesty. It has taught me a lot. I think to err is human. The important thing is to have the courage to admit and correct one’s error.
Honesty is a vital
篇5：大学五分钟英语演讲稿
When the breeze gently hold when LiuXu savoury, When the sun put it golden glorious quietly around the cherry blossom trees on appered handsome; When the beautiful petals in the air to reach several commonly roll long, then gently landed, we are enjoying a brilliant happineof campus life.
Early morning, happy bird singing, accompany us go strollw floral path and watched the we walked into the campus, eye is full of happiness. Sunshine shop in writing has “e, nanjing normal university affiliated yangzi dickers” e, The bronze medal and put downy light reflection to our body, we cheerfully accepted this light, vigorous entered in campus. On the way to the classroom, and every day that we can all see beautiful fountain and pool, and forceful huaihe books and rather ?
The most successful person may not be the smartest ones.According to a survey conducted among a group of people who were in the same university ten years ago , those whose grade-point average was in the middle fifty percent , all become rich or managers of different fields , while not a single young man of the upper ten percent becomes an executive or boss. Why the smartest kids in the classwill not end up the richest? Why those who are not excellent in studies tend to be managers or own their own enterprise in their later life? And what factors lead to succein career and life if brains are not the only answer? According to my observation , academic brightneis only part of the story , the other factors are very important. One ingredient , among other things , is good interpersonal skills. There is stong evidence that friendship can help to tide you over a period of difficulty.
With a wide circle of friends who can be trusted yo provide information and resources, your chances of succeare much higher. On the cntrary , if you are competent in profession , but have difficulty in getting along with your colleagues and even your boss, you can hardly survive the corporation. Another component is the ability to expreoneself . In today s world , what really counts is the ability to expreoneself rather than technical competence or professional knowledge . The larger the orgnization of which you are an employee , and th fiercer the competition , the more important it will be that you know how to convey your thoughts and convince others of your ideas. Personality is also an important factor. Whatever difficulty or situation , those who appear relaxed and confident are nearer to success. Obviously , among the ingredients for succe, intelligence counts for the half , the rest depends on your personality , and other abilities.
演讲稿四：大学五分钟英语演讲稿――Change The Ingredients Of Your Life
This is a glass of water, tasteless, right? However if you add sugar, it will taste sweet, but if you add vinegar, it will become bitter. The same is true with our life――the flavor is created by our choices.
If kindness is added to a strange you will have a friend; but if hostility is added, you will have an enemy. If love is added to a pile of red bricks you will have a home, but if hatred is add to those bricks , you will have an concentration camp.
So my dear friends, never complain that life is boring and the world is disappointing. If don’t like the taste of your life, change the ingredients. Three year ago, I weighed more than 100 hundred kilograms which caused
significant embarrassment and frustration in my life. Like always failing my P.E examinations, like always being laughed at by girls, like being terrified to speak in public. It was my grandmother’s encouragement that revived from my passive attitude to become confident in myself. She said “ My dear, if you can’t change you figure, why not treat it as your own style. So I began t
篇6：大学五分钟英语演讲稿总集
good morning,ladies and gentlemen,today i am so happy to stand here to giveyou a speech.or rather, a real story of mine.
though with time going
by,i can still remember what you once told me.youshould be a pave girl.smiling,you looked into my eyes.year in,year out,nearlymost of my memories are fading little by little.but only this simple sentenceremained,without being forgotten in my life.
again and again,i can not stop myself from thinking about it.soordinary,but so impressive,so moving,just like the pightest sunshine,it helpsme go through the darkest night.i am such a sensitive girl in your heart.yousaid,my sorroful facial expression made feel so distersssed.however,there is onething i never tell you,that is ,i am becoming a big girl gradually with yourwords and smiles.i never tell you about it,for i believe oneday,you can see thegreat changes of mine for yourself.that is what i want to do in return.as iknow,that will be the best gift for you.
i suddenly think of a song named my heart will go on.there is a beautifulsentence going like this.you are safe in my heart.more than once,i was moved totears by it.i know ,i am also safe in your heart.i have already forgotten when itold you i was going to leave for australia this summer holiday.you just smiledas usual,gently speaking.whatever you decide to do,i will be in favor of it,but,just onething,remember,when you fell lonely apoad,do not forget we are here,praying for you.we are all around you,far across the distance and space betweenus.i closed my eyes,the flashback started.the memories we had together,once weplayed games on the palyground,we played jokes on each other,you always wrote alot of sentences on my articles to encourage me.and the most unforgetablething,you told me,you believed m i could be a big girl.sooner or later.
at that specific moment,i suddenly understood the meaning of this sentencetotally.so on that day,i smiled as you used to,looking at you.the last words isaid were,keep walking in sunshine.演讲稿
yes,keep walking in sunshine.i said to you ,also to myself.i know i am notalone wiht your company,and we can keep
walking in sunshine till the last minuteof our days.
i promise,i will be a big girl.
i promise,i will be a pave girl.
i promise,i will keep walking in sunshine.
that is my speech,thank you!
篇7：大学五分钟演讲稿
梦是春天，孕育着希望的生命;梦是夏天，开出了希望的花朵;梦是秋天，收获了希望的果实;梦是冬天，埋下了希望的种子。梦，是人类进步的动力，梦，促使着人类走向富强，走向幸福，走向复兴中国梦。
“天下兴亡，匹夫有责。当中国这头雄狮还在沉睡时，那些戴着满是正义道德的面具的蓝眼睛强盗无情的用铁蹄践踏他的身体，蹂躏他。当第一次鸦片战争失败后，中国被迫与英国签定丧权辱国的《南京条约》;当甲午战争失败后，日寇无情的踏破中国的大门，中国迫不得已签下了《马关条约》;当八国联军侵入北京，饿狼般无情掠夺中国的财产;当南京大屠杀时，在机枪的扫射下，在刺刀的刀口下，中国的老人、妇孺被残忍杀害的时候，那些强盗们却没有想到，这头雄狮被惊醒了，他喊出了震惊全世界的狮吼。
“唯有凌云多壮志，改叫日月换新颜。”这雄狮抬起了高傲的头，中国人民誓死要捍卫家园，振兴中华的誓言，他们万众一心，完成所有炎黄子孙共同的梦：复兴中国!在号角声中，他们奋勇杀敌;在炮火中，他们豪迈向前;在血腥中，他们含泪奋斗。只。
“少年强则国强，少年智则国智。”身为中国人，我们都流着一样的血液，中华要崛起，要富强，要实现伟大复兴，离不开我们每个人。历史的钟声已经敲响，回顾前辈们为祖国所作出的努力，难道我们仅仅坐享其成吗?不，我们必须从前辈手中接过伟大复兴梦想的接力棒。我们肩负着继承、发扬、复兴中华民族，实现文明华夏屹立于世界东方的梦想。我们不允许将历史停滞在这一刻!
“杂交水稻之父”袁隆平“先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐”。他的两个粮食安全的梦，一个是水稻长得像高粱那么高、穗子像扫帚那么长、籽粒有花生那么大。一个是希望亩产1000公斤的目标能尽快实现。他参加工作50多年以来，不畏艰辛、执着追求、大胆创新、勇攀高峰，所取得的科研成果使我国杂交水稻研究及应用领域领先世界水平，推广应用后不仅解决了中国粮食自给难题，也为世界粮食安全做出了杰出贡献。他为中国人及全世界做出了杰出的贡献，实现了他的中国梦。
“航天之父”钱学森“易箦难瞑目，心犹为国煎。”他的一个蓝色梦“今后我将竭尽努力，和中国人民一道建设自己的国家，使我的同胞能过上有尊严的幸福生活。”钱老对自己“科学报国梦”终其一生的不懈追寻。他让中国人在世界站立起来。
香港、澳门的回归，经济特区的建立，使中国成为发展国家中的经济大国，科技先进国和军事强国。当中国成功举办奥运的时候，当神九飞天的时候，当蛟龙入海的时候，当航母下水的时候，当莫言荣获诺贝尔文学奖的时候。我相信每个人都感觉到了无比的自豪。但是现在的中国与其他发达国家还有很大差距。更多的需要我们努力实现。
我们的力量是有限的。的确个人的力量很渺小，但复兴中国梦却不是个人的事，13亿中国人的梦汇聚起来，就变成了巨大的中国梦。我们每个人的前途命运都与国家和民族的前途命运紧密相连，我们是国家的一部分，就似鱼离不开水一般。
梦想是美丽的，它是最美的期望;梦想是阳光的，它使人由浮躁走向踏实;梦想是充满力量的，它可以激发人身体里无限的潜能。我们期盼的是国泰民安、经济发展、政治清明、文化繁荣、社会和谐、生态良好、公平正义。这才是中国人最伟大的梦。
美哉!我少年中国，与天不老!壮哉!我中国少年，与国无疆!
篇8：大学五分钟演讲稿
我曾经是H报社的记者，是的，曾经。在一次采访后，我就辞职了。为什么?哦，让我慢慢跟你说。
那是采访一只蝎子，一只叫蝎子的蝎子。采访的过程是奇特的，内容也是奇特的，至今我仍为自己当时的奇思妙想而洋洋自得。这是一次我一辈子都不会忘记的采访。
问：今天，我们很荣幸，请到了改过自新的，愿意在我们人类面前承认自己犯下的罪行的生物：蝎子!作为自然界至高无上的物种，我们是非常希望在今天蝎子开了此先例之后，能有更多曾经侵犯过我们人类的生物站出来，剖腹自检。记住，我们人类，总是很仁慈的、很宽容的。好，现在请回头让“蝎”做个自我介绍!
答：我是蝎子。叫蝎子。我是只叫蝎子的蝎子。
问：怕怕，听说蝎子会蛰人的。不过我还是会发挥我的大无畏精神把这个采访做到底的!哈哈!
答：蝎子是会蛰人的，但不是绝对的。只要你不去惹它，它是不会用那根毒针的。
问：嘿，蛰人不是你们蝎子的天性吗!
答：那也许不是呢?
问：蝎子如果不会蛰人就不是蝎子。一只不是蝎子的蝎子又何必叫自己蝎子呢?
答：蝎子叫自己蝎子只是为了提醒人类，我是蝎子，有毒的，别靠近我!仅此而已罢了。
问：听过这么个故事，说有个农夫知道会被蝎子蛰但还是去救了它，他说他要救的是蝎子，不管会不会被蛰，都要去救它，救活它。
答：人类看了是不是都很感动?说，说一个人能像那个农夫那样便是大善了。
问：是啊!而你们蝎子，是恩将仇报吧。为什么会这样对我们人类?你们当初的动机又是什么?
答：……你，你知道那只蝎子为什么要蛰他吗?
问：……
答：因为农夫已经把那只蝎子的一家都泡在药酒里制药了。那只蝎子还太小，制不了药，所以要救活了，养大后好赚钱，小蝎子才蛰了他。只是，蝎子不会说话。
言语，是人类用来欺骗的工具。蝎子没有欺骗，所以不需要说话。
蝎子不是天生就会蛰人的。只是最早的蝎子被人伤害了，而后知道人是危险的，所以也就知道在人类侵犯自己的时候把自己保护起来。只是在侵犯自己的时候。把农夫咬死的蛇也是如此的吧。
不要只看到事情的一方面。另一面，也许正是真实的一面。
蝎子是爱恨分明的。爱与恨的界限，于其，再清晰不过。
一根毒针，高高翘起，对你说：别靠近我!我是有毒的。死了，别后悔。
蝎子的毒针总是冲着外头的。
蝎子永远知道自己的家人在何方，尽管它们从不见面。心里惦记着，就好了。
蝎子之间是不会有战争的。止战之殇，迷茫的人类发出呼喊。
淡淡的，是蝎子的生活。
智者淡然，枭雄冷静;智者无欲，枭雄无情。
蝎子是既淡然又冷静的，是既无欲又无情的。那么，蝎子究竟是智者还是枭雄?蝎子不要。智者或是枭雄，都是人类为了征服而创造的。想要征服就得等着被征服。处处想着占上风只会处处受牵制。没有至高无上的武功，每种武功都有致命的弱隘。没有至高无上的物种，每种生物都有平等的权利。
那次的采访到这里就再也进行不下去了。不是因为蝎子的不配合，而是因为我已无法再继续那些准备好的问题。存在偏见的问题是不合理的，存在敌视的采访是没有价值的。我终于在采访过程中意识到了这点。
临走前，我恳求蝎子蛰我一下，让我得以彻底清醒。它不肯。拗不过我的执意，它竟把身后的毒针拔了。
蝎子的毒针是用来自卫的，不是进攻。和和睦睦不行吗?它流着黑色的血，说。
很久以后我才知道，没有了毒针的蝎子是活不过三天的。
篇9：大学五分钟演讲稿
是什么塑造了我们的心灵，超越千年的民族之路上，是什么让我们传承不惜，寻找民族的精神力量，清明，生命从来不曾离去!
——题记
今天是20xx年的4月4日，农历的清明时节。
清明是个怀念故人的节日，记得《论语学而》有句“慎重追远，民德归厚矣。”一个民族，一个社会如果对于故去的人寄予一定的哀思，那么社会的风气必会醇厚起来。人们在清明到来的时刻，以诚挚之心与肃穆之心，去祭奠先祖，追思故人。今天，我要在这清明时节，追思和缅怀逝者，也以开放和宽容的心态，去感知这个美丽的世界，以及它带给我们的各种生活。
(1)祭亲
今年的3月25日是奶奶的周年忌日，不知不觉中，奶奶离去已经整整一年了。
今天大早，我就到网上自己为爷爷奶奶建立的网上公墓“满天香华”去祭拜了。
因为，今年是爷爷去世十周年，奶奶周年。
重新拾起对奶奶的记忆，发现原来这些事原来还这么让我记忆犹新。
奶奶是一个很传统的老人，在现在看来，似乎很迷信，但其实我渐渐发现这些都是一些中华民族固有的传统文化。从邻里关系、家庭关系到怀有慈悲、善恶之心，这些都是普通的中国人所普遍拥有民族心理，很细小却很真实。
我想说，奶奶对我的影响会是终生的。因为从小奶奶就在无微不至地照顾我、影响我。从生活到社会等等。
奶奶的品质就如她的形表一样，清秀、正直、质朴。不管是生，或死，一直如此。
在奶奶离去的这一年里，她曾有的许多生活的片断、支言碎语，都不断浮现在我眼前，深夜不眠、寂寞无人时。
奶奶生前总期望着我可以考上大学，她说到时，她要奖我一千元。现在，离高考还有64天，我会将奶奶的遗愿化作我高考冲刺的动力。
(2)根源
清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。
借问酒家何处有?牧童遥指杏花村。——杜牧《清明》
“万物生长此时，皆清洁而明净，所以谓之清明。”清明在中国，是一个很奇特的日子：它既是节气，又是节日;它既代表着万物的生，又缅怀着故去的亡。
所以，清明对中国人，真的非常重要：春天的生机中缅怀生命的逝去，爱的追思取代了死的悲伤，在芳草的清香雅致中，让爱穿越阴阳两界，成为逝者与生者的心灵交流之桥。
清明祭奠先人，这样的习俗从古至今就未停息，这就如同学者葛剑雄在《艺术人生》的清明特别节目中的演讲主题一样——“文明的足迹”。是的，我们的先人从中原迁移到东方、西方、南方、北方，甚至别的大陆，但是我们的祖先从未忘记自己的根、自己的本。这就是中华文化之精髓。这就是中华民族之魂。
(3)
英雄
“三十年以来，在人民解放战争和人民革命中牺牲的人民英雄们永垂不朽。三十年以来，在人民解放战争和人民革命中牺牲的人民英雄们永垂不朽。由此上溯到一千八百四十年，从那时起，为了反对内外敌人，争取民族独立和人民自由幸福，在历次斗争中牺牲的人民英雄们永垂不朽。”——毛泽东在人民英雄纪念碑上撰写的碑文。
中华民族向来是个英雄辈出的民族，上至远古，下至如今，中华民族的英雄层出不穷，而正是他们，才有了如今我们的美好，我们的强大。“为有牺牲多壮志，敢教日月换新天。”岁月没有忘记当年的壮怀激烈，是无数先烈的牺牲换来了共和国的新生，我们不能忘记，历史不会忘记，因为那是我们的来处、那是我们精神的根。
(4)新生
“5·12汶川大地震”很快就要一年了…今年的清明节，在缅怀亲人的时候，没有忘记那些在大地震中离去的人们。这是生者的义务，更是生者的责任。
春天，是个万物复苏的季节，我们也需要从悲伤中重新走出，重获新生!
(5)总结
“我们从古以来，就有埋头苦干的人，有拚命硬干的人，有为民请命的人，有舍身求法的人，……虽是等于为帝王将相作家谱的所谓“正史”，也往往掩不住他们的光耀，这就是中国的脊梁。”——鲁迅《且介亭杂文。中国人失掉自信力了吗》
如果说清明是祭奠对亲人的日子，那么我们同样应该以生生不息、永葆厥美的感恩之心去祭奠整个民族的先贤、先烈、先哲…千百年来，我们的祖先从生活愿望出发，形成了许许多多的节日习俗，习俗在不断的变化，民族的传统精神却没有变，这就是对美好生活的不懈追求，对大自然的敬畏和感恩…我们为此而过节，好好活着，祝福未来。
我们要慎待生命、关爱未来!
篇10：英语五分钟演讲稿
good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i’d like to share my teaching dream with you. but before that, i want to say something about the beginning of this dream. in march this year, three teachers from australia came to our school. during the meeting, we exchanged a lot about education. i found that though we have almost the same teaching philosophy, we have different routines. what impressed me most was that their schools end at 3:00 in the afternoon and have no night classes. i can’t tell which kind of routine is better, but the sharp contrast made me think about a better education. the following is a dreamy school in my mind, in which there is no pressure but pleasure.
in this school, the buildings are well designed, close to nature. in the morning, children can read while enjoying the beautiful sunrise. in the evening, they can exercise by the lake reflecting the amazing sunset. in the spring, they can go to the wild, lie on the lawn, and watch the kite flying in the blue sky. in the summer, they can go to the forest, live in a cabin, and listen to the rhythm of the rain. …
students are free but polite and they respect each other. they can leave at 4:00 every afternoon, or perhaps earlier. they have the freedom to organize time. they can go to the library, go to the lab, the computer rooms or the playground. they’re self-motivated and have a strong thirst for knowledge. and there are no frequent exams and rankings. students won’t be forced to wear uniforms everyday, and there is no required hair style. everyday is so colorful that they are looking forward to the next day when going to bed at night,
every teacher in this school can give a course as they like. there is no tedious rating, no scraps of quantitative management and no rigid standard. teachers can fully display their personality in class, and they feel very happy and content to teach. every morning, on thoughts of giving lessons, they are excited. after class, they are delighted , with smiles on their faces. some experts, scholars and masters are also visiting teachers in this school.yang zhenning can give physics classes for a day. yi zhongtian opens lectures on chinese culture for a week. speaking of music, we can ask wang lihong to give music lectures, just as he did in oxford university. if necessary, we can also invite david beckham to speak something about the world cup …
the principal of the school focuses on education rather than waste time in endless meetings and social activities. teachers’ wages are not high but enough to live comfortably. there are no other things to do except to teach. there are no paper requirements, no titles and no ranks because they don’t need to be judged by those things. almost every teacher is a well-known scholar and master in a particular field. a language teacher may be a writer at the same time. a math teacher may try to overcome a world-class guess. a physics teacher can win invention awards and a music teacher may return from an international music competition again.
in short, in this school, the principal is satisfied, the teachers are happy and the students are joyful. that’s my dream.
篇11：英语五分钟演讲稿
we were further cautioned today that perhaps these proceedings ought to be delayed because certainly there would be new evidence forthcoming from the president of the united states. there has not even been an obfuscated indication that this committee would receive any additional materials from the president. the committee subpoena is outstanding, and if the president wants to supply that material, the committee sits here. the fact is that on yesterday, the american people waited with great anxiety for eight hours, not knowing whether their president would obey an order of the supreme court of the united states.
at this point, i would like to juxtapose a few of the impeachment criteria with some of the actions the president has engaged in. impeachment criteria: james madison, from the virginia ratification convention. “if the president be connected in any suspicious manner with any person and there be grounds to believe that he will shelter him, he may be impeached.”
we have heard time and time again that the evidence reflects the payment to defendants money. the president had knowledge that these funds were being paid and these were funds collected for the 1972 presidential campaign. we know that the president met with mr. henry petersen 27 times to discuss matters related to watergate, and immediately thereafter met with the very persons who were implicated in the information mr. petersen was receiving. the words are: “if the president is connected in any suspicious manner with any person and there be grounds to believe that he will shelter that person, he may be impeached.”
justice story: “impeachment” is attended -- “is intended for occasional and extraordinary cases where a superior power acting for the whole people is put into operation to protect their rights and rescue their liberties from violations.” we know about the huston plan. we know about the break-in of the psychiatrist's office. we know that there was absolute complete direction on september 3rd when the president indicated that a surreptitious entry had been made in dr. fielding's office, after having met with mr. ehrlichman and mr. young. “protect their rights.” “rescue their liberties from violation.”
the carolina ratification convention impeachment criteria: those are impeachable “who behave amiss or betray their public trust.”4 beginning shortly after the watergate break-in and continuing to the present time, the president has engaged in a series of public statements and actions designed to thwart the lawful investigation by government prosecutors. moreover, the president has made public announcements and assertions bearing on the watergate case, which the evidence will show he knew to be false. these assertions, false assertions, impeachable, those who misbehave. those who “behave amiss or betray the public trust.”
james madison again at the constitutional convention: “a president is impeachable if he attempts to subvert the constitution.” the constitution charges the president with the task of taking care that the laws be faithfully executed, and yet the president has counseled his aides to commit perjury, willfully disregard the secrecy of grand jury proceedings, conceal surreptitious entry, attempt to compromise a federal judge, while publicly displaying his cooperation with the processes of criminal justice. “a president is impeachable if he attempts to subvert the constitution.”
if the impeachment provision in the constitution of the united states will not reach the offenses charged here, then perhaps that 18th-century constitution should be abandoned to a 20th-century paper shredder.
has the president committed offenses, and planned, and directed, and acquiesced in a course of conduct which the constitution will not tolerate? that's the question. we know that. we know the question. we should now forthwith proceed to answer the question. it is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
i yield back the balance of my time, mr. Chairman.
篇12：英语五分钟演讲稿
it is wrong, i suggest, it is a misreading of the constitution for any member here to assert that for a member to vote for an article of impeachment means that that member must be convinced that the president should be removed from office. the constitution doesn't say that. the powers relating to impeachment are an essential check in the hands of the body of the legislature against and upon the encroachments of the executive. the division between the two branches of the legislature, the house and the senate, assigning to the one the right to accuse and to the other the right to judge, the framers of this constitution were very astute. they did not make the accusers and the judgers -- and the judges the same person.
we know the nature of impeachment. we've been talking about it awhile now. it is chiefly designed for the president and his high ministers to somehow be called into account. it is designed to “bridle” the executive if he engages in excesses. “it is designed as a method of national inquest into the conduct of public men.” the framers confided in the congress the power if need be, to remove the president in order to strike a delicate balance between a president swollen with power and grown tyrannical, and preservation of the independence of the executive.
the nature of impeachment: a narrowly channeled exception to the separation-of-powers maxim. the federal convention of 1787 said that. it limited impeachment to high crimes and misdemeanors and discounted and opposed the term “maladministration.” “it is to be used only for great misdemeanors,” so it was said in the north carolina ratification convention. and in the virginia ratification convention: “we do not trust our liberty to a particular branch. we need one branch to check the other.”
“no one need be afraid” -- the north carolina ratification convention -- “no one need be afraid that officers who commit oppression will pass with immunity.” “prosecutions of impeachments will seldom fail to agitate the passions of the whole community,” said hamilton in the federalist papers, number 65. “we divide into parties more or less friendly or inimical to the accused.” i do not mean political parties in that sense.
the drawing of political lines goes to the motivation behind impeachment; but impeachment must proceed within the confines of the constitutional term “high crime[s] and misdemeanors.” of the impeachment process, it was woodrow wilson who said that “nothing short of the grossest offenses against the plain law of the land will suffice to give them speed and effectiveness. indignation so great as to overgrow party interest may secure a conviction; but nothing else can.”
common sense would be revolted if we engaged upon this process for petty reasons. congress has a lot to do: appropriations, tax reform, health insurance, campaign finance reform, housing, environmental protection, energy sufficiency, mass transportation. pettiness cannot be allowed to stand in the face of such overwhelming problems. so today we are not being petty. we are trying to be big, because the task we have before us is a big one.
this morning, in a discussion of the evidence, we were told that the evidence which purports to support the allegations of misuse of the cia by the president is thin. we're told that that evidence is insufficient. what that recital of the evidence this morning did not include is what the president did know on june the 23rd, 1972.
the president did know that it was republican money, that it was money from the committee for the re-election of the president, which was found in the possession of one of the burglars arrested on june the 17th. what the president did know on the 23rd of june was the prior activities of e. howard hunt, which included his participation in the break-in of daniel ellsberg's psychiatrist, which included howard hunt's participation in the dita beard itt affair, which included howard hunt's fabrication of cables designed to discredit the kennedy administration.
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