英语演讲稿Resignation Speech三篇

2024年2月28日发(作者：小书法家)

英语演讲稿：Resignation Speech

Good evening:

This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office,

where so many decisions have been made that shape the history

of this nation. Each time I have done so to discuss with you

some matter that I believe affected the national interest. In

all the decisions I have made in my public life I have always

tried to do what was best for the nation.

Throughout the long and difficult period of Watergate, I have

felt it was my duty to pervere -- to make every possible

effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me.

In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that

I no longer have a strong enough political ba in the Congress

to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a

ba, I felt strongly that it was necessary to e the

constitutional process through to its conclusion; that to do

otherwi would be unfaithful to the spirit of that

deliberately difficult process, and a dangerously destabilizing

precedent for the future. But with the disappearance of that

ba, I now believe that the constitutional purpo has been

rved. And there is no longer a need for the process to be

prolonged.

I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever

the personal agony it would have involved, and my family

unanimously urged me to do so. But the interests of the nation

must always come before any personal considerations. From the

discussions I have had with Congressional and other leaders I

have concluded that becau of the Watergate matter I might not

have the support of the Congress that I would consider

necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out

the duties of this office in the way the interests of the

nation will require.

I have never been a quitter.

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to

every instinct in my body. But as President, I must put the

interests of America first.

America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congr

ress, particularly at this time with problems we face at home

and abroad. To continue to fight through the months ahead for

my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time

and attention of both the President and the Congress in a

period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of

peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.

Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon

tomorrow.

Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour

in this office.

As I recall the high hopes for America with which we began this

cond term, I feel a great sadness that I will not be here in

this office working on your behalf to achieve tho hopes in

the next two and a half years. But in turning over direction of

the Government to Vice President Ford I know, as I told the

nation when I nominated him for that office ten months ago,

that the leadership of America would be in good hands.

In passing this office to the Vice President, I also do so with

the profound n of the weight of responsibility that will

fall on his shoulders tomorrow, and therefore of the

understanding, the patience, the cooperation he will need from

all Americans. As he assumes that responsibility he will

derve the help and the support of all of us. As we look to

the future, the first esntial is to begin healing the wounds

of this nation. To put the bitterness and divisions of the

recent past behind us and to rediscover tho shared ideals

that lie at the heart of our strength and unity as a great and

as a free people.

By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the

start of that process of healing which is so desperately needed

in America. I regret deeply any injuries that may have been

done in the cour of the events that led to this decision. I

would say only that if some of my judgments were wrong -- and

some were wrong -- they were made in what I believed at the

time to be the best interests of the nation.

To tho who have stood with me during the past difficult

months, to my family, my friends, the many others who joined in

supporting my cau becau they believed it was right, I will

be eternally grateful for your support. And to tho who have

not felt able to give me your support, let me say I leave with

no bitterness toward tho who have oppod me, becau all of

us in the final analysis have been concerned with the good of

the country, however our judgments might differ.

So let us all now join together in affirming that common

commitment and in helping our new President succeed for the

benefit of all Americans. I shall leave this office with regret

at not completing my term but with gratitude for the privilege

of rving as your President for the past five and a half years.

The years have been a momentous time in the history of our

nation and the world. They have been a time of achievement in

which we can all be proud, achievements that reprent the

shared efforts of the administration, the Congress and the

people. But the challenges ahead are equally great. And they,

too, will require the support and the efforts of the Congress

and the people, working in cooperation with the new

Administration.

We have ended America's longest war. But in the work of

curing a lasting peace in the world, the goals ahead are even

more far-reaching and more difficult. We must complete a

structure of peace, so that it will be said of this generation

-- our generation of Americans -- by the people of all nations,

not only that we ended one war but that we prevented future

wars.

We have unlocked the doors that for a quarter of a century

stood between the United States and the People's Republic of

China. We must now insure that the one-quarter of the world's

people who live in the People's Republic of China will be and

remain, not our enemies, but our friends.

In the Middle East, 100 million people in the Arab countries,

many of whom have consid

ered us their enemy for nearly 20 years, now look on us as

their friends. We must continue to build on that friendship so

that peace can ttle at last over the Middle East and so that

the cradle of civilization will not become its grave. Together

with the Soviet Union we have made the crucial breakthroughs

that have begun the process of limiting nuclear arms. But, we

must t as our goal, not just limiting, but reducing and

finally destroying the terrible weapons, so that they cannot

destroy civilization. And so that the threat of nuclear war

will no longer hang over the world and the people. We have

opened a new relation with the Soviet Union. We must continue

to develop and expand that new relationship, so that the two

strongest nations of the world will live together in

cooperation rather than confrontation.

Around the world -- in Asia, in Africa, in Latin America, in

the Middle East -- there are millions of people who live in

terrible poverty, even starvation. We must keep as our goal

turning away from production for war and expanding production

for peace so that people everywhere on this earth can at last

look forward, in their children's time, if not in our own time,

to having the necessities for a decent life. Here, in America,

we are fortunate that most of our people have not only the

blessings of liberty but also the means to live full and good,

and by the world's standards even abundant lives.

We must press on, however, toward a goal not only of more and

better jobs but of full opportunity for every American, and of

what we are striving so hard right now to achieve -- prosperity

without inflation.

For more than a quarter of a century in public life, I have

shared in the turbulent history of this evening. I have fought

for what I believe in. I have tried, to the best of my ability,

to discharge tho duties and meet tho responsibilities that

were entrusted to me. Sometimes I have succeeded. And sometimes

I have failed. But always I h

ave taken heart from what Theodore Roovelt once said about

the man in the arena, who face is marred by dust and sweat

and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short

again and again becau there is not effort without error and

shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deed, who

knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends

himlf in a worthy cau, who at the best knows in the end the

triumphs of high achievements and with the worst if he fails,

at least fails while daring greatly.

I pledge to you tonight that as long as I have a breath of life

in my body, I shall continue in that spirit. I shall continue

to work for the great caus to which I have been dedicated

throughout my years as a Congressman, a Senator, Vice President

and President, the cau of peace -- not just for America but

among all nations -- prosperity, justice and opportunity for

all of our people.

There is one cau above all to which I have been devoted and

to which I shall always be devoted for as long as I live.

When I first took the oath of office as President five and a

half years ago, I made this sacred commitment: to concrate my

office, my energies, and all the wisdom I can summon to the

cau of peace among nations. I've done my very best in all the

days since to be true to that pledge. As a result of the

efforts, I am confident that the world is a safer place today,

not only for the people of America but for the people of all

nations, and that all of our children have a better chance than

before of living in peace rather than dying in war.

This, more than anything, is what I hoped to achieve when I

sought the Presidency.

This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to

you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

To have rved in this office is to have felt a very personal

n of kinship with each and every American.

In leaving it, I do so with this prayer: May God's grace be

with yo

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大学生英语演讲稿：圣诞节英语演讲稿

Speech at Christmas Eve

Ladies and gentlemen, good evening!

Tonight, we are meeting here to celebrate this special,

peaceful, silent and holly night. Here and now, allow me，on

behalf of all the members of the school committee, to express

my hearty regards and asonal greetings to all of you. Merry

Christmas and Happy New Year!

And I am very glad to tell you that we have two distinguished

guests from England to join us tonight to celebrate this

special Christmas Eve with us together. This is becau

Christmas Eve has the same meaning of safe and peace with Ping

an in Chine. Just as the Chine saying goes, “safe and

peace is fortune and luck”. So I’d like to extend my best

wishes of fortune and luck to everyone here and tho you love

as well as tho who are now still working in their posts.

Christmas is a time to give thanks, so let’s give our hearty

thanks to our parents, our teachers, tho around us as well as

our great motherland with our sincerity, loyalty, intelligence

and diligence.

My dear boys and girls, the mid-term examination is over, and

all the students in our school did very well this time. Since

the examination, many students are working harder than ever

before, and they are becoming more active in class. Especially

through English corner, they’re getting to understand the

importance of learning English. Meanwhile, I hope every student

in our school will take an active part in learning English and

using English, and enjoy English.

Here and now, I’d like to say thank you very much to tho

who have tried their best to have organized the Christmas Eve.

This special Christmas Eve will certainly bring us pleasure

and enjoyment, laughter and passion, ass well as applau.

To conclude my speech, I wish everyone here will enjoy the

performances and have a very good time tonight. And I sincerely

wish a merry Christmas and happy New Year to you again.

英语演讲稿：Prepared Speech

honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen, good morning.

first of all, let me take this chance to prent to you a t

of data that i hope won't bore you since the source is china

daily.

china's tourism revenue last year reached 500 billion rmb, an

increa of 10.5 percent from the year before, and comprid

more than 5% of china's gdp. according to experts, this number

will grow to 8% in the coming ten years and more than 40

million jobs will be created.

as a student majoring in economics, i can't be more nsitive

to the esntial meanings behind the numbers. they mean

progress, prosperity, employment and stability.

however, as a conscientious chine and citizen of the world,

i can't help but care more about the loss incurred in this

transaction, by which i mean the disturbing images of

environmental destruction, which leads to ecological crisis.

the global environment has changed for the wor during the

past few years, and tourism is partly to blame. take china for

example, in order to attract tourists, many unknown places are

built into resorts. forests are cleared, prairies trampled,

rivers and lakes 6）contaminated, wild animals are driven away,

plants jeopardized and cluded populations disturbed.

if this ems too remote and abstract, my own traveling

experience may speak louder here. last year i took a tour

around emei mountain in sichuan province. like most tourists, i

was eager to embrace nature and enjoy its beauty. however, as

soon as i got on the bus, the stench of gasoline and the noi

of the engine tainted my appreciation of the wonderful scenery

and the tranquility of the country road. when we finally

arrived, what i saw was not a beautiful landscape but crowds of

people; what i heard was not the melodious singing of birds,

but yelling and bargaining from the gift shops; what i smelled

was not the fresh mountain air, but stinking suffocating smoke

coming out of small dirty restaurants. moreover, i could not

und

derstand why the lovely monkeys living there had to take photos

with tourists all day; why the beautiful butterflies and

flowers had become lifeless samples in shop windows; why the

strongest impressions i had was trash scattered everywhere on

the ground.

however, this is not the end of the story. before i left emei,

i met a group of kids in an ecotourism program with the slogan:

“experiencing, learning and protecting.” when i saw their

young hands picking up trash from the ground, when i felt their

enjoyment and harmonious relationship with the animals, when i

found their purest eyes filled with passion and love for nature,

i realized to my great satisfaction that there doesn't have to

be a tradeoff between tourism and ecology, becau deep within

us is an inclination toward natural beauty and a desire to

protect it. yes, environmental problems will eventually ea

with the advancement of science and technology and improvement

of our management system. however, an increa of ecological

education and hands-on environmental involvement of our fellow

citizens will do even better. to realize this, the best way for

us lies in tourism itlf becau nothing other than nature can

teach us how to love and cherish our sweetest home. at the end

of my speech, plea let me quote bob dylan:how many roads must

a man walk down before you call him a man?

how many times must a man look up before he can e the sky?

how many years can a mountain exist before it's washed to the

a?

the answer, my friend, is not in the wind-the answer is ours!

thank you!