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1.goodbye, and have a good year.再见了,祝你未来一年都很顺利。
2.we are gathered here today to send off one of our upperclassman, mr. smith, who has been appointed to his new post in london. 今天在这里我们在这里相聚,为我们的学长史密斯先生送别,他被派到伦敦担任新职。
3.may you have the best of luck in san francisco.祝你在旧金山会有很好的运气。
4.1.i really don’t know whether to be happy or sad here today.今天在这里我真的不知道要高兴,还是要悲伤。
5.a year seems like such a long time to be away, so we will miss you a lot, and we hope you will miss us, too.过了一年,似乎是很久远以前的事,我们会很想念我 你,希望你一样想念我们。
6.we will miss him as a worker amongst us and also as a cheerful friend who could always brighten the day around here.他是我们的同仁,也是让我们在这儿的日子充满欢乐的一位开朗的朋友,我们会怀念他的 。
7.i hope you will think of me from time to time as i shall be thinking of you always.我希望你们不时会想到我,就像我经常会想着你们一样。
8.i certainly wish mr. smith the best of luck in everything he undertakes, either academically or socially, at hope college and in america.我祝福史密斯先生在霍浦学院和美国,不论是在学术上或是在社会上,一切顺利,万事如意。
9.thank you for taking time off from your busy jobs to come here tonight to say goodbye to miss smith.感谢你们今晚从百忙之中抽空到这儿向史密斯小姐道别。
10.all the members of your department are before you today to wish you farewell and good luck in your future.你部门的所有同仁都来到你面前,祝你一路平安,未来福星高照。
11.soinstead of concluding my speech with the customary "good-bye," allow me to say "good luck and much happiness!"不要照一般习惯说"再见"作为结尾,我要说的是"祝好运,万事如意!"
12.i’m full of e_citement.我很兴奋。
13.i owe a great deal to all of you.我欠你们大家太多了。
14.thank you for coming here tonight to see me off.谢谢你们今晚来为我送行。
15.i will miss all of you while i’m away.我没和你们在一起时,我会惦记着你们每个人。
16.i thank all of you for what you have done for me.我很感谢大家的一番厚意。
17.i did not e_pect at all that you would hold a party like this for me.我一点也没想到你们为我举办一个这样的聚会。
18.in the first place, i wish to say a word of thanks for holding this send-off party for me.为我办这个欢送会,首先我要说声谢谢。
19.i certainly am thankful to the company for giving me such a chance, and i earnestly hope that i will live up to everyone’s e_pectations.我非常感谢公司给我这样的一个机会,我诚挚期盼不负大家的期许。
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arnold schwarzenegger:
thank you very much. thank you.
what a greeting. what a greeting. wow!
this -- this is like winning an oscar. as if i would know! speaking of acting, one of my movies was called "true lies." and thats what the democrats should have called their convention.
you know, on the way up here to the podium, a gentlemen came up to me and said, "governor, you are as good a politician as you were an actor." what a cheap shot. cannot believe it.
anyway, my fellow americans, this is an amazing moment for me. to think that a once scrawny boy from austria could grow up to become governor of the state of california and then stand here -- and stand here in madison square garden and speak on behalf of the president of the united states. that is an immigrants dream! its the american dream.
you know, i was born in europe and ive traveled all over the world, and i can tell you that there is no place, no country, that is more compassionate, more generous, more accepting, and more welcoming than the united states of america.
as long as i live -- as long as i live, i will never forget the day 21 years ago when i raised my right hand and i took the oath of citizenship. you know how proud i was? i was so proud that i walked around with the american flag around my shoulder all day long.
tonight, i want to talk to you about why im even more proud to be an american -- why i am proud to be a republican, and why i believe that this country is in good hands.
when i was a boy, the soviets occupied part of austria. i saw their tanks in the streets. i saw communism with my own eyes. i remember the fear we had when we had to cross into the soviet sector. growing up, we were told, "dont look the soldiers in the eye. just look straight ahead." it was common belief that the soviet soldiers could take a man out of his own car and ship him back to the soviet union as slave labor.
now my family didnt have a car -- but one day we were in my uncles car. it was near dark as we came to the soviet checkpoint. i was a little boy. i was not an action hero back then. but i remember -- i remember how scared i was that the soldiers would pull my father or my uncle out of the car and i would never see them again. my family and so many others lived in fear of the soviet boot. today, the world no longer fears the soviet union and it is because of the united states of america!
as a kid -- as a kid i saw socialist -- the socialist country that austria became after the soviets left. now dont misunderstand me: i love austria and i love the austrian people. but i always knew that america was the place for me. in school, when the teacher would talk about america, i would daydream about coming here. i would daydream about living here. i would sit there and watch for hours american movies, transfi_ed by my heroes, like john wayne. everything about america -- everything about america seemed so big to me, so open, so possible.
i finally arrived here in 1968. what a special day it was. i remember i arrived here with empty pockets, but full of dreams, full of determination, full of desire. the presidential campaign was in full swing. i remember watching the ni_on and humphrey presidential race on tv. a friend of mine who spoke german and english translated for me. i heard humphrey saying things that sounded like socialism, which i had just left. but then i heard ni_on speak. then i heard ni_on speak. he was talking about free enterprise, getting the government off your back, lowering the ta_es and strengthening the military.
listening to ni_on speak sounded more like a breath of fresh air. i said to my friend, i said, "what party is he?" my friend said, "hes a republican." i said, "then i am a republican." and i have been a republican ever since! and trust me -- and trust me in my wifes family, thats no small achievement. but i am proud to be with the party of abraham lincoln, the party of teddy roosevelt, the party of ronald reagan and the party of george w. bush!
to my fellow immigrants listening tonight, i want you to know how welcome you are in this party. we republicans admire your ambition. we encourage your dreams. we believe in you[r] future. and one thing i learned about america is that if you work hard and if you play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. you can achieve anything.
everything i have -- my career, my success, my family -- i owe to america.
in this country, it doesnt make any difference where you were born. it doesnt make any difference who your parents were. it doesnt make any difference if youre like me and you couldnt even speak english until you were in your twenties.
america gave me opportunities and my immigrant dreams came true. i want other people to get the same chances i did, the same opportunities. and i believe they can. thats why i believe in this country. thats why i believe in this party, and thats why i believe in this president.
now, many of you out there tonight are "republican" like me -- in your hearts and in your belief. maybe youre from guatemala. maybe youre from the philippines. maybe youre from europe or the ivory coast. maybe you live in ohio, pennsylvania, or new me_ico. and maybe -- and maybe, just maybe, you dont agree with this party on every single issue. i say to you tonight that i believe thats not only okay, but thats whats great about this country. here -- here we can respectfully disagree and still be patriotic, still be american, and still be good republicans.
my fellow immigrants, my fellow americans, how do you know if you are a republican? well, i[ll] tell you how.
if you believe that government should be accountable to the people, not the people to the government, then you are a republican.
if you believe that a person should be treated as an individual, not as a member of an interest group, then you are a republican.
if you believe that your family knows how to spend your money better than the government does, then you are a republican.
if you believe that our educational system should be held accountable for the progress of our children, then you are a republican.
if you believe -- if you believe that this country, not the united nations, is best hope for democracy, then you are a republican.
and ladies and gentlemen -- and ladies and gentlemen, if you believe that we must be fierce and relentless and terminate terrorism, then you are a republican!
now theres another way you can tell youre [a] republican. you have faith in free enterprise, faith in the resourcefulness of the american people, and faith in the u.s. economy. and to those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, i say: "dont be economic girlie men!"
the u.s. -- the u.s. economy remains the envy of the world. we have the highest economic growth of any of the worlds major industrialized nations. dont you remember the pessimism of 20 years ago when the critics said that japan and germany are overtaking the u.s.? ridiculous!
now they say that india and china are overtaking us. now dont you believe it. we may hit a few bumps -- but america always moves ahead. thats what americans do.
we move prosperity ahead -- we move prosperity ahead. we move freedom ahead. and we move people ahead. and under president bush and vice president cheney, americas economy is moving ahead in spite of the recession they inherited and in spite of the attack on our homeland.
now -- now the other party says that we are two americas. dont you believe that either. i have visited our troops in iraq, kuwait, bosnia, germany and all over the world. ive visited our troops in california, where they train before they go overseas. i have visited our military hospitals. and i tell you this: that our men and women in uniform do not believe there are two americas. they believe theres one america and they are fighting for it!
we are one america -- we are one america and president bush is defending it with all his heart and soul.
thats what i admire most about the president: he is a man of perseverance. hes a man of inner strength. hes a leader who doesnt flinch, who doesnt waiver, and does not back down.
my fellow americans -- my fellow americans, make no mistake about it: terrorism is more insidious than communism, because it yearns to destroy not just the individual, but the entire international order. the president did not go into iraq because the polls told him it was popular. as a matter of fact, the polls said just the opposite. but leadership isnt about polls. its about ma -- its about making decisions you think are right and then standing behind those decisions. thats why america is safer with george w. bush as president.
he knows -- he knows you dont reason with terrorists. you defeat them. he knows you cant reason with people blinded by hate. you see, they hate the power of the individual. they hate the progress of women. they hate the religious freedom of others. and they hate the liberating breeze of democracy. but ladies and gentlemen, their hate is no match for americas decency.
we are -- we are the america that sends out the peace corps volunteers to teach our village children. we are the america that sends out the missionaries and doctors to raise up the poor and the sick. we are the america that gives more than any other country to fight aids in africa and the developing world. and we are -- and we are the america that fights not for imperialism but for human rights and democracy.
you know, when the germans brought down the berlin wall, americas determination helped wield the sledgehammers. and when the lone, young chinese man stood in front of those tanks in tiananmen square, america stood with him. and when nelson mandela smiled in election victory after all those years in prison, america celebrated, too.
we are still the lamp lighting the world, especially [for] those who struggle. no matter in what labor camp they slave, no matter in what injustice theyre trapped, they hear our call; they see our light; and they feel the pull of our freedom.
they come here as i did because they believe. they believe in us. they come because their hearts say to them, as mine did, "if only i can get to america." you know, someone once wrote: "there are those who say that freedom is nothing but a dream." they are right. its the american dream.
no matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, america brings out the best in people. and as governor -- as governor of the great state of california, i see the best in americans every day -- i see the best in americans everyday -- our police, our firefighters, our nurses, doctors, and teachers, our parents.
and what about the e_traordinary men and women who have volunteered to fight for the united states of america. i have such great respect for them and their heroic families.
let me tell you about a sacrifice and the commitment that i have seen firsthand. in one of the military hospitals i visited, i met a young guy who was in bad shape. hed lost a leg; he had a hole through his stomach, and his shoulder had been shot through, and the list goes on and on and on.
i could tell that there was no way he could ever return to combat. but when i asked him, "when do you think youll get out of the hospital?" he said to me, "sir, in three weeks." and you know what he said to me then? he said he was going to get a new leg, and then he was going to get some therapy, and then he was going to go back to iraq and fight alongside his buddies. and you know what he said to me then? you know what he said to me then? he said, "arnold, ill be back!"
well, ladies and gentlemen -- ladies and gentlemen, america is back. back from the attack on our homeland, back from the attack on our economy, and back from the attack on our way of life. we are back because of the perseverance, character, and leadership of the 43rd president of the united states, george w. bush!
my fellow americans, i want you to know that i believe with all my heart that america remains "the great idea" that inspires the world. it is a privilege to be born here. it is an honor to become a citizen here. it is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here and to live here.
our president, george w. bush, has worked hard to protect and preserve the american dream for all of us.
and thats why i say, send him back to washington for four more years!
four more years! four more years! four more years! four more years! for more years!
thank you, america. thank you and god bless you all. thank you. thank you.
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1.congratulations!恭喜!
2.let me congratulate you on your success.恭喜你成功了。
3.it is my great privilege to say a word of congratulation to mr. smith on the occasion of~.在~的时候,我很荣幸向史密斯先生表示道贺。
4.it is my great pleasure to say a word of hearty congratulation to mr. smith on the occasion of~.在~的时候,我很荣幸向史密斯先生表示衷心的道贺。
5.i wish to congratulate the staff members who are present here today on the memorable occasion of~.在这个难忘的~时刻,我向出席的同仁们表示恭喜之意。
6.it is my great pleasure this evening to welcome mr. smith, who has just arrived from chicago and will be spending several weeks in taiwan.今晚我很荣幸来欢迎史密斯先生,他刚从芝加哥来,将在台湾停留几个礼拜。
7.it is with a great pleasure that we gather here today to hear mr. smith, who is~.今天很荣幸大家聚在一起听史密斯先生讲话,他是~
8.on behalf of everyone gathered here tonight, i would like to say how happy we are to see you again.谨代表今晚来此的每一个人,表达我们又再见到您的欢喜的心情。
9.we are all thrilled that won in such a famous contest.在这么有名的比赛中你赢了,我们都很兴奋。
10.thanks also goes to mr. smith who has spent many long hours working with us.也要谢谢史密斯先生,他与我们工作了一段很长的时间。
11.we are here today to pay our respects to mr. smith, winner of the taiwan golf tournament.史密斯是台湾高尔夫球赛的获胜者,今天我们在这里向他表示我们的敬意。
12.i am truly happy to speak for all of us in congratulating mr. smith, the winner of the contest.我真的很高兴为我们大家向比赛的胜利者史密斯先生表示道贺。
13.it is a great pleasure to gather here today to pay honor to our debating team which won in the all-taiwan debating contest.今天很荣幸能够聚在这里,向我们的辩论队致敬,他们赢得全台辩论比赛。
14.on behalf of the judges, i want to take this opportunity to e_tend our heartfelt congratulations to your team members on your stunning victory in the debating contest.谨代表所有评审,用这个机会,向你们的队员在辩论赛中赢得漂亮的胜利表示由衷的祝贺。
15.unfortunately, due to pressure of business, her husband has been unable to come to taiwan this time, but i understand he hopes to pay a visit ne_t year.很不巧,因为工作关系,她先生这一次未能来台,但我知道他希望明年能来。
16.during her all too brief stay here, mrs. smith will be renewing acquaintance with many of her old friends and visiting? places she knew well before.史密斯夫人在此过于短暂的停留期间,要再见见许多老朋友,看看以前她熟悉的地方。
17.let me begin by saying "thank you" to all who have come to attend this evening.一开始让我向所有今晚出席者说声「谢谢」。
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(applause.) thank you very much. and i’m so late you probably thought you weregoing tohear from the 48th vice president of the united states. (laughter.) i apologize. i always,when i’mlate at home, always blame it on the president. but i can’t do that today, and iapologize for keeping you waiting.
i remember 220 years ago, when iwas in college, you only had to wait 10 minutes for aprofessor, 20 minutes fora full professor. the only fullprofessor in the biden family is my wife --you didn’t have to wait thislong. but thank you so much for givingme the opportunity to speakwith you all.
let me begin by saying one thingabout competition. i’ve told this tovice president _i andthen president _i, in all the time i had to spend withhim, is that one of the things that hashappened in the last 20 years, as theworld has become more competitive, it’s awakened thecompetitive spirit in theunited states. competition is stampedinto our dna. and if there’sanythingremotely approaching a level playing field, we’ll do just fine -- just fine.
and so i want to thank theamerican chamber of commerce and the u.s. business councilfor inviting me heretoday. you are living the u.s.-chinarelationship every single day, and youknow the opportunities, but you alsoknow the obstacles. and it’s great to beback together onelast time here in beijing with our ambassador, garylocke. i say one last time because heisgoing to be heading back to his home state of washington after a verydistinguished career,which i don’t think is anywhere near ended, as bothgovernor, member of the cabinet, as well asthe ambassador.
and gary and i were speaking thismorning as i was -- there was a telephone call, they saidi’m requiredupstairs. and one of the things i likeabout gary -- there’s no member of -- nogovernor or member of cabinet that ihave enjoyed working with more, because gary speaksenglish. by that, i mean not english versus chinese; imean plain versus complicated. (laughter.) and so when gary speaks, everyone understandse_actly what he means.
and as you know better than i,communication is the currency, and particularly thecurrency that is neededmost here in china. he’s been anambassador to the chinesegovernment, but also to the chinese people, and hewill be missed. i remember, i washereshortly after gary arrived and every newspaper you’d pick, even though i don’treadchinese, i’d see gary’s picture -- because he connected. he connected immediately with thechinesepeople as a representative of our country and knowing -- the chinese peopleknowinghe was reaching out not just to the government, but to them.
i had a chance since i’ve beenhere -- it’s been a very rapid visit, and it’s been 14-hour days,but veryuseful -- i had a chance to talk with vice president li, and i will spendseveral hours --and i spent i guess almost four and a half hours withpresident _i. and i’m honored thathewould give me the time to go into such detail, both in a private bilat with himas well as ane_panded, as well as a lovely dinner he hosted for me and a fewof my colleagues. later, i’ll bemeetingwith premier li.
and i want to talk to you aboutmuch of what -- some of what i’ve talked to all of themabout and what ibelieve to be are ne_t steps in the u.s.-china relationship.
we’re trying to build a new kindof relationship between major powers, one that’s different,one that is definedby constructive cooperation, healthy competition, and a shared respectfor anagreed upon new set of rules of the road and international norms for the 21stcentury.
after world ii, our grandfathersand fathers and mothers put in place a structure thataccommodated the economicchange that took place in the world and set up a new set of rules ofthe roadfor the remainder of the 20th century. we’re in a different place now. you all know itbetter than i do. we use the phrase in colloquial conversation in all our countries thatit’s a“global economy.” but it’s trulya global economy -- a global economy.
my colleagues always kid me aboutquoting irish poets all the time. theythink i do itbecause i’m irish. i do itbecause they’re the best poets. (laughter.) and william butleryeatswrote a poem called easter sunday 1916, about the first rising in irelandin the 20th century.and he had a linein it that better describes, i would argue, the pacific basin in the year2024than it did in his ireland in 1916. hesaid, “all is changed, changed utterly, a terriblebeauty has been born.”
we’re at a moment, a window, asthey say, of opportunity. how long itwill remain openremains to be seen -- where we can potentially establish a setof rules of the road that providefor mutual benefit and growth of both ourcountries and the region, that set down sort of thetracks for progress in the21st century. i think it is thatprofound. i think that’s the place,that’sthe inflection point we are at in our relationship now -- not only with chinabut the entireregion.
and so the only path to realizingthis vision for the future is through tangible, practicalcooperation andmanaging our differences effectively. we’venot tried this before. we’ve nottriedthis before. this is going to bedifficult. but if we get it right, theoutcome for our childrenand grandchildren can be profound -- profoundlypositive.
but to move this relationshipforward, there is no substitute for direct and personalengagement betweenleaders. president _i pointed out to me,because i had an opportunitywhen he was vice president to spend someconsiderable time with him at the request ofpresident hu and then -- andpresident obama. he made indirectreference to -- there was afamous american politician named tip o’neill, who iadmired a great deal and was sort of amentor when i was a young 29-year-oldsenator coming into congress. and he’sfamous forhaving said all politics is local. well, i believe all politics is personal, includinginternationalpolitics.
personal relationships are theonly vehicle by which you build trust. it doesn’t mean youagree, but trust to know that the man or woman onthe other side of the table is telling youprecisely what they mean, even ifyou don’t want to hear it. that’s whypresident obama askedme to make this visit, and that’s why president _i and ispent so much time together yesterdaydiscussing in great detail a whole rangeof issues we face together that are difficult for both of usto navigate in ourown political system.
these were very candidconversations. i know it shocks you tothink i would be candid. iknow that’s ashocking assertion. no one has doubted that i mean e_actly what i say. theproblem is i sometimes tend to say allthat i mean. (laughter.) but because our relationship isso comple_,getting it right isn’t going to be easy, and it’s going to require directstraightforwardnesswith one another about our interests, our concerns and, quite frankly,oure_pectations. and that was the nature ofthe discussion yesterday.
let me start with economics, notbecause this is a business audience, but becauseultimately what matters moston both sides is our ability to deliver better for our peoplewithout it beingviewed as a zero-sum game. i have saidsince i met with deng _iaoping as ayoung senator, with very senior senators, thatchina’s economic growth is very much in theinterest of the united states ofamerica -- very much in our interest. inmy meetings withpresident _i, he and i spent a good deal of our timediscussing the outcomes of china’s thirdplenum. china’s leaders have stated their ambition tomove china toward a system where themarket plays a “decisive role.” that is a very, very big order that willrequire on the part of --and i’m confident he possesses it -- the leadershipof this country and the president.
but, in fact, many of the reformschina’s leaders are proposing actually match the prioritieswe have raised withchina over the years. leveling theplaying field for private and foreign-ownedcompanies -- it’s going to be adifficult, difficult transition. protecting intellectual propertyand trade secrets, which isessential. it’s not a surprise that anumber of american companies arecoming home in their manufacturing. why? well, we have very productive workers, but alsowe have court systemsthat are totally transparent. intellectual property is protected. itmatters. and i think it’sbecoming apparent to our competitors around the world that itmatters for theirown economic growth. opening servicesectors to private and foreigninvestment and moving to market -- to amarket-demand e_change rate.
these are welcome steps, but theywill be difficult steps, and there’s no need to wait till2024. again, the chinese leadership in private hasbeen very candid with me about thedifficulty, but the determination they haveto meet this, by any standard, very ambitiousgoal. of course, what matters most at the end ofthe day will be implementation. there’san oldsa_on e_pression -- the proof of the pudding is in the eating. the proof of the pudding is intheeating. but i have no doubt thatpresident _i and his leadership and his primary advisorsintend on, mean to,are committed to making the third plenum a reality. but it is going torequiresubstantial commitment and follow-through.
reform anywhere ischallenging. there are always intenseinterests. i know you all are sohappyabout our views on wall street reform -- not easy, but a minor -- a minor --changecompared to what the chinese leadership has taken on. but the more china delivers on itsproposedreforms the strong our bilateral trade and investment relationship will be.
and there’s a lot of work to do,and i know that many of you have concerns that need to bedealt with in theprocess. there are a number of areaswhere, in the ne_t two years, we can andshould make progress immediately. we have an opportunity to improveintellectual propertyprotection, resolve outstanding trade disputes that areholding us back. we have anopportunityto significantly e_pand our cooperation on energy and climate change -- wherewehave overwhelmingly mutual interest. helping china achieve new vehicle emissionstandards andenergy-transparent goals is that we committed to this week.
implementing our agreement onhfcs -- we have an opportunity to protect the healthand well-being of ourpeople by increasing the safety of food and drugs. and today we’ve agreedon increase of thenumber of u.s. inspectors who are operating in china.
we have an opportunity in themonths ahead to make significant progress in negotiating abid, a bilateral investmenttreaty and much more.
the third plenum also speaks tosocial and political reform and identifies some importantnear-term steps thatthey want to implement -- an end to china’s program of reeducationthroughforced labor, easing the one-child policy, a commitment to deeper judicial andlegalreforms. any major economic powerin the 21st century, these are all going to become essentialrequirements inorder to sustain growth, in my humble opinion, through the first half ofthe21st century.
as was pointed out yesterday bythe president, quoting back to me, i always say i never tellanother man hisbusiness, or suggest to another leader what’s in the interests of his country.butthe interests laid out in the third plenum seem to be very much in ourmutual interest. thereare many moresteps china can take to open its politics and society as well as itseconomy. andas i’ve said before, thisis actually, from our perspective, in china’s interest, notwithstandingit’sfor them to determine their interest. because history tells us that innovation is thecurrency of 21st centurysuccess. innovation thrive where peoplebreathe freely, speak freely,are able to challenge orthodo_y, where newspaperscan report the truth without fear ofconsequences.
we have many disagreements, andsome profound disagreements, on some of those issuesright now, in thetreatment of u.s. journalists. but ibelieve china will be stronger and morestable and more innovative if it respectsuniversal human rights.
i was asked why we always talkabout human rights. the point i try tomake wherever i go inthe world when that discussion comes up is we are anation of immigrants. the vast majorityofyour ancestors who came to america came because their human rights werebeing violated. it isstamped into thedna of americans. no president, nomatter how much he or she would like toavoid speaking to it, is able to remainsilent without suffering consequences from the americanpublic. it is who we are. not that we’re the citadel of human rights;we have much progress tomake ourselves.
as businesses know well,prosperity critically depends upon predictability and stability.the united states and our allies haveguaranteed peace and security in this region for morethan 60 years, providingthe conditions for the remarkable economic progress in the region,particularlychina. our relationship with china iscomple_, though. we have our differencesandthey are real. but there’s nothinginevitable about a conflict with china -- nothing inevitableabout a conflictwith china. wholesome competition andstrong competition is fundamentallydifferent than conflict.
in fact, we see considerablecommon interest on the security side. asecure and peacefulasia pacific enables economic growth for the entireregion. this area of the world is goingto bethe economic engine of the 21st century; in halting the spread of weaponsof massdestruction, including north korea, to stabilizing nuclear missileprogram, where we have realcooperation; in greater access to affordable andclean sources of energy. it’s easier tobegin totalk about that in the united states and in china because as -- mypresident kids me -- i oftensay reality has a way of intruding. reality has a way of intruding. and it has intruded in bothour countries interms of global warming and the effects on air quality -- storms,naturaldisasters. and it is overwhelmingly inour mutual interest that we share the capacityeach of us may have to deal witha more healthy environment.
we need to keep buildingpractical cooperation and manage areas where we do not seeeye-to-eye. everybody focuses on where we disagree withthe chinese. we disagree with ouralliesin other parts of the world. but china’srecent and sudden announcement of theestablishment of a new air defenseidentification zone has, to state the obvious, causedsignificant apprehensionin the region.
and i was very direct about ourfirm position and our e_pectations in my conversations withpresident _i. but i also put this in a broaderconte_t. the asia pacific region will bethe driver ofthe global economy, to repeat myself, in the 21st century, and aschina’s economy grows, itsstake in regional peace and stability will continueto grow as well because it has so much moreto lose. that’s why china will bear increasingresponsibility to contribute positively to peace andsecurity.
that means taking steps to reducethe risk of accidental conflict and miscalculation, andreaffirming -- reaffirmingthat we want to have better predictability and refraining from takingstepsthat will increase tension. and it meanspursuing -- this means pursuing crisismanagement mechanisms and effectivechannels for communications with its neighbors.
these are some of the things idiscussed with chinese leaders. theunited states has aprofound stake in what happens here because we need, and weare, and will remain a pacificpower diplomatically, economically, and militarily. that’s just a statement of fact.
when i first visited china backin 1979, as has been pointed out, i came to the conclusionthen that i stillshare now, that china’s economic growth then i thought would be good for,andnow i am confident is good for america and the world. but it has never been inevitable. ittakes work to build trust and make a habitout of cooperation, to be clear, predictable andstraight with one another whenwe disagree, and to escape the traps that set other powersbefore us down apath of conflict.
that is the work of leaders anddiplomats, but it is also of citizens and businesspeople like allof youassembled before me. i believe that our success or failure in building au.s.-chinarelationship that will define the world for our grandchildren tolive in depends not just onpolitical leaders, but on you as well. i believe that the shared prosperity that youhelp create ispart of the glue that will hold together this relationship. so i thank you. i thank you for yourcommitment. i thank you for your hard work. i thank you for staying in the game. and i wishyou all a great deal of luckbecause your success strengthens the entire relationship.
and if we get this relationshipright, together china and america, the region and the worldwill be better offfor it for a long time to come, and that is not hyperbole. that is -- as an oldwestern movie used tosay in america, that ain’t brag, ma’am. that’s just fact. it is a fact thatif we get this right theprospects for the 21st century being peaceful, secure and everyonesharing in thegrowing prosperity is real.
so thank you all for what youdo. and may god bless you all and maygod protect ourtroops. thank you verymuch. appreciate you. (applause.)
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my lord mayor, ladies and gentlemen, it is again an honour to attend this wonderful dinner and to speak to you as chancellor for the fifth time.
lord mayor, i remember coming here to mansion house, just weeks after the government wasformed in 2024 – with britain on the brink of an economic crisis – to give my first major speechon the task ahead.
i set out for you the economic plan we would follow, and i drew on the words winston churchillhad uttered in this very hall, to say that while britain could not pretend our travails were at anend, we were at least at the end of the beginning.
in the four years since, supported by the resolution and sacrifice of the british people, wehave worked through that plan.
now we are starting to see the results:
britain growing faster than any advanced economy in the world.
a record number of people in work.
now strong business investment on the back of low business ta_es.
and a budget deficit this year set to be half what it was.
last week, the imf said that our resolute fiscal policy had been in their words an ‘anchor forthe british economy’ that had maintained confidence and stability in the face of the storm.
and i want to say to the business and financial community: you did not waver; you stuck withus and i thank you.
but the task is far from complete; and there are many risks to the progress we have made.
abroad, the risks stem from the weak eurozone, unpredictable geopolitics and the slowdownin some emerging markets.
at home, our economy is still too unbalanced, so i am the first to say we need to continue ourefforts to boost business investment, e_ports and housing supply.
but the biggest risk comes from the tendency in parts of our body politics – the left and nowtoo the populist right – to wage a war on enterprise, regulate prices, propose penal ta_es,close britain to business and return to the old ways of borrow and spend.
we must win this battle.
and go on confronting britain’s problems with long term answers that will build an economy foreveryone.
so while i know this is my fifth speech to you as chancellor; i hope it is not my last.
for i want to finish the job.
lord mayor, tonight we are joined by someone attending their first mansion house dinner.
our governor of the bank of england.
mark, we all thank you for the integrity, intelligence and international reach you have broughtto the challenges of the last year.
and we look forward to what you have to say.
our 3 new deputy governors – jon cunliffe, ben broadbent and minouche shafik, together withandrew bailey, complete what i immodestly think is the strongest team of any central bank inthe world.
the court continues the oversight of the bank’s work, and at the end of this month anthonyhabgood will replace david lees as its chair.
david, thank you for helping steer the bank through the big reforms of recent years and theappointment of a new governor.
and thank you too to charlie bean for the 6 years he has given our nation as deputy governor.
we are lucky that one of our greatest economists has chosen to dedicate his life to publicservice for so long.
the bank of england now sits back where it belongs, at the heart of our financial system –supervising the prudential regulation of our banks and insurers, thanks to the reforms iannounced in my first speech here at the mansion house in 2024.
and in each speech since, i have set out new steps to strengthen the resilience of oureconomy and the financing that underpins it.
2024, ringfencing our retail banks
2024, launching funding for lending
last year, restructuring the royal bank of scotland and firing the starting gun on the sale ofour stake in lloyds.
it would be tempting this year, at the mansion house, to pause for breath.
but our task is far from complete – and today i will announce further changes to build thatresilient economy for all and the strong, competitive financial services that should contributeto it.
lord mayor, the city of london has emerged from the wreckage of what went so badly wrong,stronger and better regulated, more international and more responsive to the needs ofcustomers here at home.
our financial e_ports grew 10% last year, and our surplus in finance and insurance hasreached £45 billion – twice as much as our closest competitors.
we’ve welcomed to britain the headquarters of some of the world’s largest insurance firms.
and we have been chosen as the location for the international forum of the world’s sovereignwealth funds.
in my first mansion house speech, i said i wanted british financial firms and markets to be atthe heart of financing china’s e_traordinary e_pansion.
now two thirds of all renminbi payments outside of china and hong kong now take place inlondon.
chinese bonds are being issued here, chinese assets are being managed here, chinese bankswill be able to apply for branches here, a chinese clearing bank is soon to be appointed here -and ne_t week, when the chinese premier visits, we will take the ne_t big step forward in theeconomic partnership of our two great, historic trading nations.
i can also confirm tonight our intention in the ne_t few weeks, subject to market conditions,for britain to be the first western nation to issue a sovereign sukuk – an islamic bond.
for i want britain to be not just the western hub of chinese finance – but of islamic financetoo.
it is with these active steps that together we are making britain the undisputed centre of theglobal financial system.
but all this can so easily be put at risk.
by badly-conceived eu rules that only reinforce the case for reform in europe.
by populist proposals for self-defeating bonus ta_es and punitive income ta_ rates.
and by the potential break up of our nation.
edinburgh is even stronger as a world-renowned centre for asset management because it ispart of a united kingdom that is a world-renowned centre of finance.
and let us hope it remains so, for we are better together.
we should be candid tonight about another risk.
the risk that scandals on our trading floors call into question the integrity of our financialmarkets.
people should know that when they trade in london, whether in commodities or currencies orfi_ed income instruments, that they are trading in markets that are fair and effective.
the revelations about the manipulation of libor added further damage to reputation offinancial services, here and abroad.
in britain, thanks to the leadership of martin wheatley and andrew tyrie, we acted swiftly topunish the wrongdoers and fi_ the system.
let us not wait for the ne_t wave of scandals in financial markets to hit us before we respond.
the integrity of these markets matters to us. london is home to 40% of the global foreigne_change business; 45% of over-the-counter derivatives trading; and 70% of trading ininternational bonds. and mark carney and i intend to keep it that way.
so today i can announce that the treasury, the bank of england and the financial conductauthority will conduct a comprehensive review of standards in our fi_ed income, currency andcommodity markets.
the fair and effective markets review will be chaired by the new deputy governor, and formerdeputy managing director of the imf, minouche shafik – and she will be joined by martinwheatley and charles ro_burgh.
this review must work closely with industry. so i am establishing a panel of marketpractitioners, chaired by elizabeth corley, chief e_ecutive of allianz global investors.
the review will produce its report in a year’s time.
and some of its recommendations may require international agreement.
in the meantime, we will act here at home.
i am today announcing that we will e_tend the new powers we put in place to regulate liborto cover further major benchmarks across foreign e_change, commodity and fi_ed incomemarkets – many of which are currently entirely unregulated.
based on the review’s conclusions we will publish and consult on the full list of benchmarks tobe covered by this autumn, and we will have the new regime in place by the end of the year.
i am also e_tending the senior managers regime to cover all banks that operate in thiscountry, including the branches of foreign banks.
and i can also announce that we will introduce tough new domestic criminal offences formarket abuse, rather than opt into european rules we do not think suitable or sufficient forour needs.
for let me make this clear, so no one is in any doubt.
the integrity of the city matters to the economy of britain.
markets here set the interest rates for people’s mortgages, the e_change rates for our e_portsand holidays, and the commodity prices for the goods we buy.
i am going to deal with abuses, tackle the unacceptable behaviour of the few, and ensure thatmarkets are fair for the many who depend on them.
we’re not going to wait for more scandals to hit– instead we are going to act now, and getahead.ladies and gentlemen,
robust financial markets are an important part of building a resilient economy.
but tonight, i want to address another market which can create a risk to britain’s economicstability and prosperity.
not a new risk, but an old and very familiar one to us in this country – and that’s our housingmarket.
the challenge is that we want several things which don’t sit comfortably together.
for most people, their home is the biggest investment of their lifetime. and, of course, theywant that asset to increase in value over time.
but a home is also a place to live and build our lives – and we want all families to be able toafford security, comfort and peace of mind. that means homes have to be affordable –whether you’re renting or buying.
the only way that can be achieved over the long term is by building more, so supply bettermatches demand.
but we are a small and crowded island, keen to protect our green spaces and ready to objectto new development.
so the british people want our homes to go up in value, but also remain affordable; and wewant more homes built, just not ne_t to us.
you can see why no one has managed yet to solve the problems of britain’s housing market.
instead we have the repeated cycle of financial instability driven by high household debt; andwe see the social injustice of millions of families denied good homes.
but that should not deter our generation from trying to fi_ the housing challenge – for theprice of failure is too high.
so my message today is this.
as chancellor, i have never shied away from confronting britain’s problems.
the housing market is no e_ception.
i’m determined to back aspiration in every way i can, including the aspiration to own yourown home.
but i’m not going to opt for the easy route of some of my recent predecessors: duck the issues,risk a housing boom, and keep my fingers crossed that it won’t damage the economy.
so no irresponsible gambles with stability; no short-term fi_es.
housing is a long term problem – and our economic plan will provide long term answers.
here’s how.
first, we have to be clear-eyed about where the risks to economic stability lie today.
the risks come when people borrow too much to pay for rising house prices.
in e_cess, that debt can cause serious difficulties for them and the banks who lent to them.
and it can cause difficulties for the economy as a whole if an overhang of debt suppressesconsumer spending.
now, today, house prices are still lower in real terms than they were in 2024 – and are forecastto stay below that peak for some years to come.
at the same time debt-servicing costs remain at near record lows and rental yields are in linewith long term trends.
so there is no immediate cause for alarm.
indeed the most recent data shows that mortgage approvals have actually slowed in the lastcouple of months.
but we need to be vigilant.
for there are on the horizon things that should give us some causes for concern.
if london prices were to continue growing at these rates that would be too fast for comfort.
and the rate of price rises is now beginning to spread beyond london. across the country, theratio of house prices to incomes is high by historical standards.
and while average loan to value ratios for new lending are still well below normal, average loanto income ratios have risen to new highs.
let me spell it out: does the housing market pose an immediate threat to financial stabilitytoday? no, it doesn’t.
could it in the future? yes, it could, especially if we don’t learn the lessons of the past.
so we act now to insure ourselves against future problems before they can materialise.
because economic security comes first.
the first challenge is to be clear about the issue, and we are.
the second is to act on it.
when i spoke to you in 2024, i said one of the weaknesses of the system of financialregulation i’d inherited was that no one was looking for broader risks across the economy, inareas like housing.
so no one saw the rising debt levels – or had the tools to do anything about them.
i have changed that.
the new financial policy committee in the bank of england has been given the authority andthe macro-prudential tools to act.
they have also insisted on the toughest stress tests for our banks, so that this time round theycan withstand the worst.
before christmas, the bank acted with the treasury to refocus the funding for lendingscheme away from mortgages towards small business lending.
and earlier this year, our regulators put much more rigorous mortgage standards in place.
these are all important steps.
the fpc already have further tools in their armoury. but today we go further.
i want to make sure that the bank of england has all the weapons it needs to guard againstrisks in the housing market.
i want to protect those who own homes, protect those who aspire to own a home, and protectthe millions who suffer when boom turns to bust.
so today, i am giving the bank new powers over mortgages including over the size ofmortgage loans as a share of family incomes or the value of the house.
in other words, if the bank of england thinks some borrowers are being offered e_cessiveamounts of debt, they can limit the proportion of high loan to income mortgages each bankcan lend, or even ban all new lending above a specific loan to income ratio.
and if they really think a dangerous housing bubble is developing, they will be able to imposesimilar caps on loan to value ratios – as they do in places like hong kong.
it’s important that decisions to use these powerful tools are made independently of politics bythe bank of england.
we saw from the last crisis the dangerous temptations for politicians to leave the punch bowlwhere it is and keep the party going on too long. and just in case there is any doubt.
i say today, very clearly: the bank of england should not hesitate to use these new powers ifthey think it necessary to protect financial stability.
and i commit that while the bank and the treasury will need to design how these powers willwork in detail, and will want to consult on them, i will make sure that they are legislated forand in place before the end of the parliament.
and i also commit today that if the bank does act in future to limit mortgage lending then thesame rules will be applied to every single help to buy mortgage.
i know that some would take a more ideological position and end the help to buy schemealtogether.
they would return to the situation where only those first time buyers lucky enough to have richparents would be able to afford the large deposits demanded by the banks.
my approach will be dictated by the facts, not by ideology.
and the facts show that help to buy is working as intended.
as the imf concluded last week, it is helping lower income families, overwhelmingly first-timebuyers outside london, to buy homes priced well below the national average.
it is not fuelling house price inflation in london or at the top of the market.
it is helping families, and that is how we intend to keep it.
so today i’ve taken big new steps to protect financial stability, strengthen the new role ofthe bank of england and completed the range of tools at their disposal.
this addresses the economic problem of how we stop rising house prices leading to anunsustainable rise in household indebtedness, and threatening the wider economy.
but it does not address the social problem of how we stop young families being priced out ofthe housing market altogether.
that requires a third pillar to our housing strategy, alongside the clear analysis and newfinancial weapons.
we need to see a lot more homes being built in britain.
the growing demand for housing has to be met by growing supply.
the alternative, as in any market, is that prices will rise so that homes become unaffordable tomany of our citizens and take up ever more of their incomes.
we’ve already taken big steps to deliver those new homes.
we’ve reformed our antiquated planning system.
the changes were hard –fought and controversial, like all things worth battling for in politics,and now they are already starting to work.
last week we saw permissions for new homes rising by 20% in a year.
we’ve got the biggest programme of new social housing in a generation; we’re regeneratingthe worst of our housing estates; and we’ve got the first garden city for almost a centuryunderway in ebbsfleet.
now we need to do more. much more.
we have beautiful landscapes, and they too are part of the inheritance of the ne_t generation.to preserve them, we must make other compromises.
if we want to limit development on important green spaces, we have to remove all theobstacles that remain to development on brown field sites.
today we do that with these radical steps.
councils will be required to put local development orders on over 90% of brownfield sites thatare suitable for housing.
this urban planning revolution will mean that in effect development on these sites will bepre-approved – local authorities will be able to specify the type of housing, not whether thereis housing.
and it will mean planning permission for up to 200,000 new homes – while at the same timeprotecting our green spaces.
tomorrow, boris johnson and i will jointly set out plans for new housing zones across londonbacked by new infrastructure, so that we see thousands of new homes for london families.
and we’ll take the same approach in the rest of the country; with almost half a billion poundsof financial assistance in total set aside to make it work.
now i suspect there will be people who object to new building, even on the brownfields of ourcities.
but let me be clear.
i will not stand by and allow this generation, many of whom have been fortunate enough toown their own home, to say to the ne_t generation: we’re pulling up the property ladderbehind us.
so we will build the houses britain needs so that more families can have the economic securitythat comes with home ownership.
and today i will give the bank of england the powers it needs over mortgages, so that britain’seconomic stability always comes first. and that is what our long term economic plan isdelivering.
lord mayor, ladies and gentlemen,
insisting on the integrity of our financial markets.
confronting the risks from our housing market.
tackling the long term challenge of housing supply.
these are the further actions i take today to ensure that we learn from the mistakes of the pastand build a resilient economy for all.
these last four years have required difficult decisions.
we embarked on the hard task of rebuilding our economy; and making sure our country couldpay its way in the world.
that task is not complete.
our national prosperity is not yet secure.
but if we carry on working through our long term economic plan then we can say withconfidence that brighter days lie ahead.
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i’d like to say hello to everyoneparticipating in demo fall in silicon valley! it’s really aprivilege for me to share some thoughts with so manytalented young leaders.
demo showcases the best of thebest when it comes to innovation around the world. andthat’s why demo has brought togetherentrepreneurs and innovators from sub-saharan africaand southeast asia, frombrazil, china, and beyond.
during my travels as secretary ofstate, i’ve seen firsthand the amazing transformationtaking place in many ofyour countries. and what’s driving thattransformation is really whatmakes it so e_citing – it’s young entrepreneursand innovators, all with a bold new idea and thedrive to take that idea andmake it a reality.
i am especially pleased that demois promoting entrepreneurs from sub-saharan africa andsoutheast asia, where irecently spent a couple of weeks. thestate department is very proud tobe a partner in these efforts, because weknow that the best ideas are simply never bound byborders.
that’s why we’re working hand inhand with the private sector, ngos, universities, andgovernments. and that’s why our office of global partnershipshas launched “lions africa”and “tigers at mekong,” two e_citing public-privatepartnerships that strengthenentrepreneurship in africa and the lower mekongsub-region in southeast asia.
as you know, the work you’redoing isn’t just about making money – it’s about makingpeople’s livesbetter. and when you succeed, you fueltechnological innovation and createeconomic opportunity and jobs not just foryour own people, but for people around the globe.
i’m confident that in this roomis the ne_t big idea, the ne_t start-up of tomorrow – it’s inyour labs, it’sin your imaginations. so take advantageof this opportunity to network, makegreat connections, and find novel ideas tostand behind and support. you’ll have my support andthe support of the statedepartment in that effort, i promise you.
all of you are risk-takers anddreamers. you’re not just the leaders of tomorrow – you’reactually leadingtoday. and that makes all thedifference. you’re changing the world evenas wespeak. and when i think of yourtalent and drive – your passion and creativity – i reallycouldn’t be moreoptimistic about the future that we can build together. so thank you for allthat you do, and i hopeyou enjoy the rest of your visit.
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1.i want to welcome you all here for the annual meeting of the asian scientists conference.欢迎大家到这儿参加亚洲科学家会议年会。
2.i know you are all busy, so i appreciate your making time in your schedule to attend this meeting today.我知道你们都很忙,所以我很感谢你们从时刻表中腾出时间参加今天这个会议。
3.at first, mr. smith will speak about the sales projections for the coming year and the problems that some of us have had in the past year.首先,史密斯先生谈一谈来年的销售计画,以及过去一年我们有些人遭遇的问题。
4.after mr. smith’s remarks, the meeting will be opened for comments and discussion from the rest of you.史密斯生讲完话后,会议就要开始给所有其它的人来提供意见,来讨论。
5.now, shall we begin?现在我们开始好吗?
6.i’m very happy that we could all get together today to have this meeting, because i feel it is a subject that deserves our attention.我很高兴今天我们能够都来开这个会,因为我觉得这是个值得我们关注的题目
7.i will happily admit that i am very nervous.我很高兴承认我很紧张。
8.thank you for your kind attention. 谢谢你们的听讲。
9.i’d like to give a few of my reasons. 我想提出我的一些理由。
10.i must remind mr. smith that a is b.我必须提醒史密斯先生a就是b。
11.i’m sorry to say that i oppose mr. smith’s opinions completely.很抱歉,我全反对史密斯先生的意见。
12.thank you for this chance to address this committee meeting planning the ne_t year’s courses for our school.谢谢你们给我这个机会向委员会会议演讲,本会议是计画本校明年的课程。
13.after the meeting, we will all adjourn to the rose room of this hotel for a buffet dinner.开完会后,我们将休会,到本饭店玫瑰厅的自助餐厅用晚餐。
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1.welcome to taiwan.欢迎到台湾来。
2.we are delighted to see you again.我们很高兴又再见面了。
3.we’ve been counting the days to see you.我们一直算着日子要和你再见面。
4.i hope you’ll stay as log as possible.我希望你尽可能住久一点。
5.i hope you will have a very enjoyable stay.我希望你在此期间过得很愉快。
6.it is my great pleasure to say to mr. smith "welcome back to taiwan!’’我很高兴能够对史密斯先生说"欢迎回到台湾"。
7.it is my special pleasure to welcome mr. smith.我非常高兴来欢迎史密斯先生。
8.it is my pleasure to welcome miss smith back.很高兴欢迎史密斯小姐回来。
9,it is my pleasure to welcome you all here to day.今天我很高兴欢迎各位。
10.it is my pleasure to welcome mr. smith to our company.很高兴欢迎史密斯先生到我们公司来。
11.welcome to our company from all the members of this section, mr. smith.史密斯先生,本课所有同仁欢迎你到本公司来。
12.i take great pleasure in bidding you all a hearty welcome to our company.很高兴能够衷心的欢迎您来我们公司。
13.it is my great pleasure to say a few words of hearty welcome to mr. smith.很荣幸能说几句话表示对史密斯先生衷心欢迎。
14.the first thing that i would like to say to mr. smith is a hearty " welcome home!"我最先想对史密斯先生说的心底话是:欢迎回国!
15.i want to assure mr. smith that we will all give him our support in his efforts.我想向史密斯先保证,我们每个人对他的努力将给予支持。
16.it is my pleasure and honor to welcome back mr. smith who has been in canada for the past three years.过去三年史密斯先生都在加拿大,我很高兴也很荣幸来欢迎他回。
17.please go ahead before it gets cold.趁热吃。
18.thank you for your kindness.谢谢你的一番盛情。
19.i’m very happy that i’ve come back to taiwan.我很高兴我回到台湾了。
20.i had long been looking forward to coming back.我老早就期待着回来。
21.i’m very grateful to you for all your kindness.你的厚意我非常感激。
22.i have no words with which to thank you for holding this welcome party for me.我不知要用什么话来感谢你们为我办这个欢迎会。
23.i don’t know how i can thank you sufficiently for holding this welcome party for me.你们为我办这个聚会,我不知道要如何才足以表示我的谢意。
24.on behalf of all my fellow students from taiwan i wish to say a word of hearty thanks to mr. smith.谨代表所有我从台湾来的留学生,向史密斯先生表示由衷的谢意。
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bob has always been a great boss,and i"m sure everybody agrees with me.i have never met a person who is as understanding and patient as bob.
we have thrown this birthday party not only to celebrate your fourty-fifth birthday,bob,but,more importantly,to e_press our gratitude for your thoughtful leadership.we all want to say "thank you" to you.
it is really wonderful for all of us to grow older together and work together under bob"s leadership.and i"m sure bob will also take the leadership in "staying young".
happy birthday,bob,and many more happy returns!
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i"m sorry i can"t be with you, but it is good to have the chance to wish you well for thesediscussions.
this week, i am visiting indigenous communities in the torres strait and on the tip of capeyork.
it"s the first visit by a prime minister to this region in 18 years.
i"m here to listen – because not all wisdom resides in canberra – and listening to those withpractical e_perience does make for better public policy.
australia has just completed 24 years of economic growth and every australian has benefittedfrom this economic growth through more jobs, higher wages and better services.
today"s prosperity is the result of yesterday"s reforms and the foundation of our futurewellbeing is improving our productivity and competitiveness today.
a lot has happened in the past two years.
we"ve undertaken budget repair with over $50 billion in savings over the forward estimates.
every year the budget deficit will come down by about a half a percentage point of gdp.
we"ve cut $2 billion a year in red tape costs because for too long governments have let theregulatory burden grow.
we"re on track to see a million new jobs created in five years, with 335,000 more jobs in oureconomy since the election.
three free trade agreements are significantly reducing tariffs and opening up new markets forour e_porters and our service providers.
regrettably, the passage of the china fta through the parliament is not assured.
my government will fight for this because this agreement is essential to australia"s long-termeconomic future.
likewise, we"ll fight to ensure that new developments that have passed strict environmentalstandards are allowed to proceed without vigilantism in the courts.
only a few months ago, the government announced major reforms to australia"s pensionsystem. these reforms will see 170,000 pensioners with modest assets receive pensionincreases in the order of $30 a fortnight, while at the same time, saving the budget $2.4billion.
but there is more work to be done.
this government wants lower, simpler, fairer ta_es, but that means getting spending downfurther.
ta_ reform is an important national debate and i hope that this summit will play a part in it.
we"re also working closely with the states and territories towards reform of our federation.
as you know, prosperity and opportunity go hand in hand, but to ensure tomorrow"seconomic growth, we must continue to reform our economy today.
i wish you well with your deliberations.
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thank you. (applause.) thank you all so much. thank you. well, you guys rest yourselves. you’ve been very busy. (laughter.) you’re being spoken to a lot. i hear my husband was here. (laughter.) but it is truly a pleasure to be here with all of you today, and i want to thank you so much for joining us for this year’s college opportunity day of action. you should be proud. we’re already proud of you, and this day has just already been a tremendous success.
of course i want to start by thanking homero. i mean, he’s just an amazing story, an amazingperson, and i’m grateful for that wonderful introduction. we have to give him another round ofapplause. (applause.) a clear reminder of why we’re here today and what we’re working for.
i also want to recognize the jack kent cooke foundation, as well as the lumina foundation, forhelping to make this event possible. let’s give them a round of applause as well. (applause.)
and of course, as we come together to talk about the importance of college counseling, iespecially want to recognize all of the school counselors here today. yes! (applause.) you canraise the roof for yourselves. a little raising the roof. (laughter.) but i think we can all agreethat all of our counselors, all of you have one of the hardest, but most important jobs in oureducation system, yet too often you don’t get the resources, the support or the appreciationthat you need and deserve. and that has serious consequences not just for our kids, but forour country.
i mean, let’s be honest with ourselves – when it comes to college counseling in our nation’sschools, there are two worlds. as many of you know, while the american school counselorassociation recommends no more than 250 students per counselor, the national average is onecounselor for every 471 students. so too many of our kids go through high school with little, ifany, real guidance on how to get into college.
they don’t know what classes to take, or how to prepare for the sat or the act. no one helpsthem decide which colleges to apply to. no one reviews their applications. and plenty of kidshave no idea that they’re eligible for financial aid, so they assume they just can’t afford college,and they don’t even bother to apply.
now, that’s one world. the other world is much smaller – it’s a world of schools where thequestion isn’t where students are going to college, but – or whether they’re going to college,but where. kids in this world start preparing for college long before they even start high school.and from the first day of freshman year, they’ve been shepherded through every step of theprocess. they’ve got sat and act prep courses, they take those tests again and again toimprove their scores. counselors have much smaller caseloads, and they walk kids throughevery deadline, they edit every draft of their essays. honestly, when barack and i talk aboutthis, we look at the kind of college counseling many of the kids are getting today and we wonderhow we ever managed to get ourselves into college.
so the fact is that right now, a small number of students are getting every advantage in thecollege admissions race, while millions of other students who are just as talented can’t evenbegin to compete. (applause.) and as the college presidents here all know, the result is thatcolleges aren’t always getting all of the very best students. they’re getting the students whocan best afford to succeed in this system. and we are leaving behind so many bright, hungry,promise-filled kids. we are depriving ourselves of so much human potential in this country –from the scientific discoveries these kids might make, to the businesses that they might build,to the leadership that they might one day show in our communities.
we’re missing all of that. we’re also losing all of that simply because we aren’t making the basicinvestment in their future today, and that’s a tragedy. it’s a tragedy for our country. it’s atragedy for those kids and for their families, because we all know – we know – that if you wantto secure a decent-paying job in today’s economy, a high school diploma simply isn’t enough.
so unlike 40 or 50 years ago, higher education is no longer just for kids in the top quarter orthe top half of the class, it has to be for everyone. so we are going to need a college-counselingsystem that reflects this new reality. (applause.)
now, that’s easier said than done. we know that this isn’t going to happen overnight. we knowthat states and school systems are facing all kinds of budget challenges. but one of my coremessages to students through my reach higher initiative is that no matter what is going on attheir school or in their family, i’ve been trying to tell kids that no matter what resources theymay have or not have, that they still need to take responsibility for their education. i tell themthat they need to do the work to reach out to teachers who can help them. they need toresearch schools in their communities on their own. they need to find that fafsa form onlineand fill it out.
so my message to all of you is the same: we all need to step up and do what we can with theresources we have, especially when it comes to supporting our school counselors. and that ise_actly what so many of you have done through the commitments you’ve made as part of thissummit.
universities across the country have pledged to create college and career-readiness courses intheir masters programs for school counselors. school districts are partnering with nonprofits andcolleges to provide training for counselors once they’re in our schools. nonprofits are steppingup to improve student-and-counselor ratios and bringing recent graduates into schools toserve as role models and mentors.
and these are just the highlights. altogether, these commitments represent tens of millions ofdollars that will impact hundreds of schools and countless students. these are outstandingcommitments, and we need more efforts like these all across this country. every one of us has arole to play.
so for the superintendents here today, i know you all are struggling with so many demandsunder such tight budgets, but can you do more to support your counselors? can you find waysto – (applause) – yes – shift some of that e_tra burden that falls in their lap, like substituteteaching, case management, e_am proctoring? can you give them more time to actuallycounsel students?
to the college presidents here, can you do even more to make college counseling part of yourmission to get the very best students to your schools? and can the foundations and nonprofitorganizations help in that work? can you rethink the college admissions process to find more ofthose students who’ve got what it takes to succeed but haven’t had the chance to develop theirpotential? can you create college prep centers in your communities and ensure that test-prepclasses are affordable for all of our kids?
and for those of you who are concerned that perhaps this type of involvement might falselyraise hopes of admission to your school – because i’ve heard that as well – just consider the factthat while many of the kids you help might not be the right fit for your college or university,but they will be the right fit for another school, and maybe that other school will help preparestudents for admission to your school. (applause.)
so this is really a collective effort, and everyone can benefit. and as you all step up to take onthese issues, really, i really want to hear about what you’re doing. and that’s one of the reasonswhy i recently announced two new reach higher commencement challenges. i’m askingcolleges to create videos showcasing your work to bring low-income and first-generationstudents to your campuses for peer mentoring, college immersion e_periences and all kind ofwonderful opportunities.
and for the high schools, i want to see videos about what you’re doing to increase your fafsacompletion rates to help more students afford college. and for those schools with the winningvideos, i just might pay a visit around commencement time, if you know what i mean – (laughter) – to let you know how impressed i am.
so i hope that you all will go to reachhigher.gov and get more information, because i’m eagerto see what you all are doing. i know you’re going to do some great things. you see, i know thatthe smallest, most local efforts can make such a difference in the lives of our young people.
and i’m thinking today of a school called la cueva high school in albuquerque, new me_ico. afew years ago, the college counseling staff at that school met with a young woman namedroberta gutierrez during her sophomore year. roberta was an e_cellent student, so they urgedher to take the psat and come up with a list of colleges that she wanted to apply to. now, whileroberta took the test, she never came up with that list – and i’m sure you know why.
but then, at the beginning of roberta’s school year, her counselors learned that she had beennamed a national merit semi-finalist with a psat score in the top 1 percent of the entire state.so the counselors – yes, good stuff – (applause) – the counselors immediately informedroberta that she would be eligible for thousands of dollars in scholarships. and roberta, ofcourse, she was shocked. she told them that she never made the list of colleges because herfamily lived from paycheck to paycheck, so she didn’t think she could afford tuition. she toldthem that just to pay the $15 fee to take the psat, she had to skip lunch for a week.
and after meeting with roberta, the counseling staff decided that no student at their schoolwould ever again have to choose between eating and taking a test that opens the doors tocollege. so they now hold fundraisers – yes. (applause.) they hold fundraisers throughout theschool year to ensure that low-income students can take the psat for free. and they go out oftheir way to tell every family about the financial aid resources that are available for college.
and as for roberta, she is now in her junior year on a full scholarship at the university of newme_ico, and she’s planning to get a phd in psychology – yes. (applause.)
you all know these stories. there are so many kids just like roberta all across this country, andthey’re bright. these kids are determined. these are the kids who have everything it takes tosucceed if we would just give them that chance. and that’s what the counselors and leaders atla cueva high school did for roberta – they gave her a shot at the future she deserved.
and just think about the ripple effect that those counselors will have in transforming just onestudent’s life. think about the difference roberta can make when she gets that phd. think of allthe patients she might treat, all the groundbreaking research she might do. think of the rolemodel that she will be – she already is – inspiring countless young people just like her topursue their dreams.
there are millions of young people like roberta all across this country, and they are counting onus to step up for them. they’re counting on us to give them opportunities worthy of theirpromise. and that is e_actly what all of you are doing every single day. that is the purpose ofthe commitments that you’ve made as part of this summit. that’s why i’m proud and honoredto be here.
and i want to close today simply by saying thank you, truly. thank you. thank you for yourpassion. thank you for your dedication. thank you for your tremendous contributions to thiscountry. i look forward to continuing our work together. we got a lot more stuff to do. and icannot wait to see all that you are going to achieve in the months and years ahead.
so thank you so much. keep it up. and let’s bring more people to the table. you all take care.thanks so much. (applause.)
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各位家长,下午好!
作为您孩子的英语老师,我也盼望着与您交流,共同探讨孩子成才的问题。英语学不好,在今后的社会中就难以立足,英语都起着很大的作用。两个月来,部分同学,进步的跨度相当大;也有很多同学保持了原有的水平,不过,还有一些同学需要更多努力。
在英语课堂上,大部分学生都能很活跃的回答老师提出的问题,积极跟着老师拼读单词,朗读课文。其实要学好英语,课上占40%,其余的60%还需要学生在课后不断的巩固,加深记忆。在课上老师更多的是教授新知识,当然课上也会有少量的时间巩固新学的知识。但是这些时间是公共的时间,而不是每个学生私有的时间,所以不可能照顾到每个学生,不可能让所有学生都达到相同的程度。况且每个学生对新知识得接受能力都是不同的,有的可能当堂就已经有很深的印象,很难忘记,但这肯定是很少的。大部分学生都只能是初步接触了新知识,要真正接受新知识还要学生在课后多下功夫,不然肯定会和别的同学拉下差距。
一个星期,接触英语的时间,只有三节课,120分钟,刚好2个小时,期间让孩子说的时间又有多少?接触语数的时间一个星期又有多少?所以孩子英语学的怎么样,首先看他时间有没有充分利用够。
在学校中每个孩子的学习时间都差不多,但校外的时间长短则不同。希望各位家长能针对自己孩子的实际情况进行监督,要教导您的孩子要有吃苦耐劳的精神。我确信:学好英语和智商无关,学不好英语的人都是懒惰的人。因此孩子们需要再努力。我想孩子的努力也需要您的支持和合作。现在的英语成绩不仅直接影响孩子的期末考试,还影响着孩子将来的英语学习!
那么在课后学生到底该怎么做才能把其余的60%补回来呢?英语毕竟不是我们自己的语言,大多数学生除了英语课其余时间根本就不会想到要说英语,所以,在课后一定要主动抽时间为自己学习英语。学好英语,不外乎就是在听,说,读,写这些方面下功夫。
首先说一下听,光靠上课听一点点的磁带,学生的听力根本就不能有什么发展。不会听就不能说,学了英语就是要说,那不是白学了么?我每天叫学生回家要跟录音机读英语,可是有多少学生真地做到了呢?听录音机跟读,听见什么就跟着说什么。所读的知识已经学过了,跟录音机读应该是提高自己的听力和口语表达能力,要学生尽力地去模仿录音机里的发音,从而使自己的听力和口语都提高一个层次。
接下来是说,英语是一门语言,学了就是要说,要和别人交流。我们学的英语不应该是哑巴英语,要让每个学生学会勇敢地说出来。在课上我会用各种方法来刺激学生,激发他们说英语的积极性,大多数学生也确实做得很好。可是班级里人多,对每个人来说,说的机会就少。所以下课也要说;放学回家也要说。在学校,我鼓励学生把所学的英语对话运用到生活中去,这样有更真实的情景,更能让学生有发挥的余地。
接下来是读。有句话:"读书破万卷,下笔如有神。"学英语也是这样,很多家长也明白,学英语要培养语感,也就是语言的感觉,如果有很好的语感,那么不管是说话,做题目,还是写文章,都很轻松,很简单了。那么语感怎么来呢?就是靠读出来的。一定要让学生养成每天读英语的习惯,这是学英语的最基本的学习习惯了。每天一定要读20分钟左右的英语,绝不因任何原因间断。无论什么事情都贵在坚持嘛。如果你的子女还没有养成这样的学习习惯,请你一定要督促他,刚开始也许会比较难,时间久了,就会习惯成自然。就像早上起来要刷牙洗脸一样,要让他们把读英语当作每天必做的一件事。
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_a speech on the party
#晚会致词
my fellow soldiers and students,
new spring festival is coming to us with no more than ten days. before the festival comes, let me, on behalf of all the officers and soldiers present, e_press our sincere thanks to the teachers and students here who just gave us wonderful performance full of profound sentiments of friendship. the teachers and students from our cooperative unit: no 29 middle school of jilin city is together with us as our relatives. they brought us special gifts.
the students who performed today on the stage seem to be as old as our soldiers are. but your performance filled with skillful and profound sentiments of friendship touched and attracted our younger officers and soldiers. your performance enhances the festival atmosphere at the military camp. your performance comforts our soldiers who miss the parents and relatives. your performance strengthens our soldiers resolve to defense our motherland and her boundaries.
i am terribly sorry to say that we have not enough soldiers to take the seats here today. but what e_cites us is that the special place is full of singing and laughing and full of atmosphere of good healthy, unity, happiness. the singing and laughing shows our mutual belief and support! the friendship between us is as close as fish and water! with these entire atmosphere, singing and laughing, i believe the difficulty beaten us in managing school and in entering school will be overcome. with all these we will have the unselfish support for the army and the tradition of love of people will bring to greater height of development.
to end my speech, i would like to suggest a warm applause to the teachers and students on the stage. may the applause resemble the magnificent results of the cooperative establishment between us. may the applause bring happiness fruit of the cooperative establishment between us. at the same time may the teachers and students make greater progress in teaching and learning! and happy new year to all of you! thank you all!
战友们,同学们:
再有十多天就是春节了,在新春佳节即将来临之际,我们共建的单位吉林市第二十九中学的师生们以亲人的身份,带着特殊的礼品走到大家身边,让我代表在座的官兵对师生们的精彩表演所抒发出的深情厚意表示诚挚的谢意!
今天登台演出的同学们与我们战士的年龄相差无几,同学们浓厚的艺术细胞和异彩纷呈的表演震撼撞击着青年官兵,增强了军营的节日气氛,抚慰了新战士的思亲之情,坚定了广大战士戊边卫国的豪情壮志。
遗憾的是由于部队人员少致使座有虚席,令人兴奋的是整个会场却洋溢着歌声、笑声,充满了健康、团结、祥和的气氛和色彩。这笑声、这气氛、这色彩更加烘托折射出我们彼此之间是何等地相互信任和支持,鱼水情谊是何等地深厚与浓郁!有这歌声和笑声,凭这气氛和色彩,我相信双方之间的办学困难、入学难题都将化为乌有,随之而来的是智力拥军的无私奉献,爱民传统的发扬光大!
最后,让我们把掌声送到前台装入师生心中,让这掌声在彼此之间的心灵深处开出美丽的共建之花,结出丰硕的共建之果!同时也预祝师生教学相长,新春愉快!
谢谢大家!
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good morning everyone. good god …good morning everybody, thank you very much.please, please take your seats,we’ve got a lot to get through. good morning everybody inmanchester, it’s agreat joy to be back here. not so long ago my friends i…we welcome all sortsofwonderful luminaries to city hall but not so long ago i welcomed the formerfrench primeminister, monsieur alain juppe to my office in city hall and hecruised in with his sizeableretinue of very distinguished fellows with theirlegion d’honneur floret and all the rest of it andwe shook hands and had atête a tête and he told me that he was now the mayor of bordeau_. ithink hemay have been mayor of bordeau_ when he was prime minister, it’s the kind ofthingthey do in france – a very good idea in my view. joke, joke, joke! andwhat he said … joke! hesaid that he had the honour of representing, he had239,517 people in bordeau_ and thereforehe had the honour of representing the9th biggest city in france. i got the ball back very firmlyover the net,folks, because i said there were 250,000 french men and women in londonandtherefore i was the mayor of the 6th biggest french city on earth.
i can’t remember e_actly what hesaid then, i think he said something like ‘tiens!’ or ‘bienje jamais’ orsomething, but it is one of the joys of this job that i am the mayor of aprettysizeable french city, a pretty sizeable russian city, a pretty bigaustralian city, an italian city, achinese city – i could go on. that is agreat thing about london, it’s a good thing for ourcountry because thatforeign money brings jobs and it fills our restaurants and it puts bums ontheseats of our theatres, helps finance our universities very considerably and itenables londondevelopers, some of whom i see in this great audience, to embarkon project that otherwisewould be stalled. am i right? yes. and it brings abuzz of e_citement to the city which also ofcourse attracts investors and yet wehave to recognise that the sheer global charisma oflondon is putting pressureon londoners, with average house prices in our city now si_ timesaverageearnings and for the bottom 25% of earners, the house prices in the bottomquarter arenine times their earnings.
the pressure is really growingand it is intensifying thanks to an entirely home grownphenomenon to which ialluded at the end of the olympic and paralympic games which tookplace lastyear because you may dimly remember that i prophesied that the athletes thatteamgp and paralympics gb had so moved the people of this country to suchparo_ysms ofe_citement, i think i said, on the sofas of britain that they hadnot only inspired a generationbut probably helped to create one as well and likeall my predictions and promises as your mayoror as the mayor of many of youhere, i have delivered mes amis, in that gla economics now saythat live birthsin london this year will be 136,942 which is more than in any year since1966when england won the world cup – and the prime minister was born i think.
i look around this audience –that means the population is growing very fast and it is goingto hit ninemillion by 2024, possibly ten million by 2031 and i notice when i point thisout topeople that they start to look a bit worn. they’re the older generationand think, all these otherpeople’s children, what jobs are they going to do,where are they going to live and will they bestepping on my toes on the tube?i want to reassure you first of all that london has been herebefore, we hadnine million in 1911, i think we had nine million in 1939 and the second thing–for once i actually brought it with me thank goodness – the second thing isthat we have a plan.here it is, the 2024 vision, and it will ensure that wecreate a city in which no child is left behindor shut out and everybody has achance to make of their lives what they can.
step number one – and i seriouslycommend this document, it is entirely free on the glawebsite, written entirelyby me as well – step number one is to build more homes as i say. can ijust askthis audience, how many of you today here in manchester are lucky enough to beowneroccupiers? can i ask for a show of hands, is anybody here an owneroccupier? look, here we go.who is an owner occupier? there is no disgrace inthat, we believe in the property owningdemocracy and all that kind of thingbut we have to face the reality that for many, manymillions of people, foryoung people in london, for many members of our families, it is nowabsolutelyimpossible to get anywhere near to affording a home and that’s why it isabsolutelyvital that we get on with our programmes of accelerating housebuilding. we have done about55,000 – rick, how many have we done so far? 55,000so far, give or take it will be around100,000 over two terms.
we’ve put £3.6 billion of publicland to the use of so many of the good developers i seearound here, since maylast year when i was elected by the way, but we need to do more and weneed toaccelerate our programme of house building dramatically and i think that it istime thatwe considered allowing companies to make ta_-free loans to theiremployees to help them withthe cost of their rent deposit – how about that?brainy policy, no, put in for the budgetconsiderations. can i also ask myfriend the chancellor to look at the baleful effects of stampduty in londonand possibly elsewhere, which is called stamp duty for a reason becauseit’sstamping on the fingers of those who are trying to climb the property ladder.look backover the last century, when did conservatives, when did we win hugemajorities, when did wecarry the country overwhelmingly? it was in the 30s andthe 50s when we got behind hugeprogrammes of house building to give people inthis country the homes they deserve.
to make those homes possible ofcourse you have got to get on with putting in thetransport links, as i nevertire of telling you and we’ve not only cut delays by 40%, comrades,in londonsince i was elected, we have e_panded the capacity of the jubilee line by 25%,thevictoria line is now running at incredible 34 trains an hour – how many isthat per minute? it’smore than one ever two, that’s fantastic, more than oneevery two minutes. there’s no flies onthese guys! we’ve put air conditioningon a huge chunk of the network and we are going onapace and thanks to davidand to george and the wisdom of the conservative government, weare now ableto, we are now proceeding full bore with the biggest engineering project ineurope,a scheme that five years ago was just a line on a map that thecoalition was under pressure todrop when they came in and it is now a giganticsubterranean huge, huge caverns, concretecaverns being hewn out of the londonwhatever it is, clay or something. i should know that. aswe speak, as wespeak, beneath the streets of london are si_ colossal boring machinescalledada and phyllis and mary and elizabeth and victoria i think, i have got theirnames wrong,i can’t remember their names but they all have female names forsome reason and phyllis andada are coming in from the west and mary andelizabeth are going from the east, from thelimmo peninsula and they arechomping remorselessly through the london clay and they aregoing to meet somewherearound whitechapel for this ginormous convocation of worms – i don’tknow whatthey’ll do but it will absolutely terrific because the rail capacity of londonwill beincreased by 10% and we will have done cross rail, i confidentlypredict, as we did theolympics, on time and on budget. a fantastic e_ample ofwhat this country can do and acalling card that british business is now usingaround the world.
in my view and in the view ofthose who are now working on cross rail, what we should do isuse those worldclass skills that we’ve been accumulating in london, to get going beforewedisband them on the ne_t set of projects. i mean obviously cross rail 2, highspeed rail, newpower stations, solutions to our aviation capacity problem, sothat we have a logicalsequential infrastructure plan for our country and don’tdo what previous governments havedone and that is waste billions by stoppingand starting. i think we can do it, i am absolutelyconfident that we can doit. we can put in the homes, we can put in the transport links butthe questionthat we’ve got to ask ourselves, and this is where this speech gets tricky,thequestion we’ve got to ask ourselves is are young londoners always able andwilling to take upthe opportunities of the opportunity city that we’re tryingto create?
now, dave, i’ve made it a rule atthese conferences never to disagree with jamie oliverbecause the last time idid so i was put in a pen and pelted with pork pies by the media but theotherday he said something that made me gulp because he was complaining about theworkethic of young people these days, a bit like a daily telegraph editorial.he didn’t pull hispunches – and this is what he said, not me, so don’t throwthings at me – ‘it’s the british kidsparticularly, he said, i have never seenanything so wet behind the ears. i have mummy’sringing up for 23 year oldssaying my son is too tired for a 48 hour week, are you having alaugh?’ thecelebrity chef told good housekeeping. and he went on, i’m probably gettingmyselfin trouble even by quoting this but never mind, he went on: ‘i think oureuropean migrantfriends are much stronger, much tougher. if we didn’t haveany, all of our restaurants wouldclose tomorrow. there wouldn’t be any britsto replace them.’
now i can see looks of apoplectic… well, no i can’t really. where’s the apople_y? i can seelooks of sadacknowledgement, that’s what i can see, isn’t that right? i can see avaguedepressed look of recognition and i know and you know that there are millionsof britishkids and dynamic, young people who are as dynamic and go-getting andas motivated as anypotential millionaire, whatever he’s called, masterchef, ofcourse there are. but my question toyou is, what if jamie has a point? what ifhe has half a point or even a quarter of a point? doyou think he does? half apoint, quarter of a point? he’s on to something. he may have phrasedit in aprovocative way but he was saying something that i think resonates, right?okay, i’mgetting through this with difficulty.
if he has a point then we need tothink about what are the possible origins for thatdifference in motivationthat he claims to detect and we need to think about what we politiciansaredoing about it, don’t we? if it’s to do with welfare as some people claim itis, don’t we neediain duncan smith to get on with reforming that system andmaking sure you are always betteroff in work than out of it? and if it’s to dowith education, as some people claim it is, then don’twe need michael gove to geton with his heroic work to restoring rigor and realism to theclassroom andgetting away from the old ‘all must have prizes’ approach where all pupilsmustbe above average in maths – pay attention at the back there! – which is notpossible. if, asi’m sure we all think and as i certainly think, the problem isalso to do with the confidence andself-esteem of so many of these young peoplewithout which ambition is impossible, thenisn’t it our job as politicians todo everything we can to give them boundaries and solidity totheir lives?
that’s why i have spent a lot ofmy time as mayor on projects like the mayor’s fund forlondon and team londonand encouraging volunteers to read to kids across our city andmentoringprogrammes which we are e_panding and the support of the uniformed groups,thescouts, the guides, all those kinds of fantastic organisations, bringingsporting facilities toschools that don’t have any, mobile pools we’ve beensending around london, beautiful glorifiedsheep dips we send round, they loveit. they work brilliantly well and we’re helping to gettalented youngmusicians to cross that barrier that they confront when they reach the ageofeleven and have to go through into secondary school and so many of them give uptheirinstruments and it’s a real, real tragedy and we are setting up funds tohelp with creation ofe_cellence in our schools and to improve standards allround, to support the work that michaelgove is doing.
it’s when i look at the hugerange of projects that we’re engaged in now at city halltogether withhundreds, if not thousands of other projects, many of which are supportedbypeople in this room, i do think we are making a difference to the lives ofthose young peopleand we have got loads of them into apprenticeships, about118,000 over the last couple of years,we’re going to get on to 250,000 by 2024and thanks to the police, thanks very largely to theirwork, we are seeingsignificant falls in crime as jane was just saying. we have been big fallsinyouth violence and in the victims of knife crime which was such a plague, andcontinues to bea plague, on our streets. it makes my blood boil to read acasual quote from some labourfrontbench politician, it may even have been theshadow home secretary, comparing londonto rio di janeiro because we’ve notonly halved youth murders in the last five years, we’ve gotthe london murderrate down to levels not seen since the 1960s. you are not only 20 timesmorelikely to be murdered in rio as you are in london, four times more likely to bemurdered innew york, you are twice as likely to be murdered in brussels –sleepy old brussels – as you are inlondon. presumably with lobster picks.
london is in fact now the safestglobal city in the world and it is not just those crimes suchas murder andyouth violence that we are significantly reducing, it is all sorts of crime aswell.we’ve got fare evasion, fare evasion down on the buses to an all-time lowof 1.1%, whatever1.1% means, mainly thanks to getting rid of the bendy buses.that i think is the way forward.you’ve got to tackle that comple_ of problems,crime well frozen, educationalunderachievement and you’ve got to make surethat kids growing up in london are able to takeopportunity that our cityoffers and at the same time we must make sure they don’t dismisssome jobs asquote/unquote ‘menial’, which is a word i sometimes hear, and that theyseethem, those jobs that london creates in such abundance, in the same way thatjamieoliver’s east europeans see those jobs, as stepping stones, as abeginning to a life in work thatcan take them anywhere.
now i’m conscious today that i amspeaking very frankly about this issue, i have probablygot myself as usualinto trouble, that’s my job, because i think there is a vast and latentgeniusin these young people and if we could harness their talents more effectivelythen theywould not only have fulfilling lives but we could drive even fasterthe great flywheel of thelondon economy that is now the most diverse in europeand we not only lead the world as thefinancial centre, artistic centre,cultural centre, we now have, we now have the biggest te_tsector anywhere ineurope, we have a growing ned city of academic health scienceinstitutionsalong the euston road and in ten years, in the ne_t ten years it is forecastthatlondon’s media industry will produce more film and tv content than eithernew york or losangeles. i can scarcely believe that but that’s what i amassured. that is an e_traordinarychange that is taking place in the londoneconomy and it is this prodigious, pulsating demandof london that helps todrive the rest of the country.
the eu commission has just done astudy about competitiveness of regions in europe,have you all read it? youshould read it, you’re in it folks. they have discovered, they havedetermined,the eu commission – and i dare not dissent – has concluded that surrey andwestand east susse_ – anybody here from surrey and west and east susse_? well done,welldone surrey and west and east susse_, you belong to the fifth mostcompetitive region ineurope. they have looked at berkshire, buckinghamshireand o_fordshire – anybody here fromberkshire, buckinghamshire and o_fordshire?well done, prime minister, well done,congratulations, you belong to the thirdmost competitive region in europe, well done. and whyare those regions sofizzing with competitiveness according to the eu commission? becauselondon isthe most competitive city in the whole of europe and it drives jobs across theuk andnot just in the south-east.
we have an absolutely beautifulnew hop on/hop off routemaster bus as you may haveseen on the streets oflondon and it’s built in ballymena, an absolutely beautiful machine builtinballymena, returning to our streets the hop on/hop off facility that was sowrongly taken awayby the health and safety fiends and the flooring comes fromliskeard in cornwall. yesterday iwas at a factory in middleton, greatermanchester, where they are making the destinationblinds with a beautiful 2024year old chinese silk-screening technique, the destination blindsfor our newlondon bus. there you go, manchester tells london where to go or where to getoff orsome such! it is an absolutely beautiful thing, it was very moving forme to see this work whichis the best of its kind in the whole world and if youlook cornwall, which i mentioned earlier, ittakes thousands of tons of steelfrom darlington – anybody here from darlington? frommiddleton? come on folks,from oldham? well there we go. cranes from derbyshire…[cheer]there you go!newcastle? bridges, bridges from shropshire, anybody from shropshire here?welldone, we love your bridges. survey equipment from devon and prodigiousquantities oflubricant which i have personally inspected, guess where it comesfrom? bournemouth.bournemouth, isn’t that fantastic. and what are the peopleof bournemouth doing when theyare not producing such enormous quantities oflubricant for cross rail? shall i tell you whatthey are doing? i’ll tell you.who do you think is the biggest employer in the whole of dorsetnever mindbournemouth? who is the biggest employer in the whole of dorset, you knowthisone – e_cluding the nhs which is still pretty big – do you know who it is?insurance is veryclose, it’s the right idea, it is j.p. morgan mes amis. j.p.morgan. if there wasn’t a strongbanking sector in london then there would beno strong banking sector in edinburgh and therecertainly wouldn’t be one indorset.
i’ll tell you folks, when i lookat what is happening in london at the moment, i look at someof the investmentsthat are coming in to our city and i haven’t had time to go into whatishappening, because jane mentioned it already, in battersea, in croydon, in theroyal docks, allthe stuff that is sprouting up all over the place. the craneswhich are now decorating the skies oflondon that disappeared four or fiveyears ago. when i see what’s happening i must say that ishare the optimism andthe e_citement of george osborne completely, i thought he gave abrilliantspeech yesterday but i also, i also share his realism, his realism and hisdetermination toremove the remaining barriers to competitiveness in ourcountry and what is the greatestbarrier to competitiveness folks, for londonand indeed for britain? what is it? not visas,much worse than visas. what isthe greatest threat we face, come on folks, pay attention. alabour government,correct.
i mean it quite sincerely, if youlook across the piece there is absolutely no doubt that alabour governmentpresents the single biggest threat to what i think is a glorious,gloriousfuture. do we want to go back to all that again? do we want to put them back onthebridge when they ran the ship aground? i got in terrible trouble forcomparing it to the costaconcordia, some people said it was tasteless of me sookay, what about the titanic then? is thatbetter? is that more acceptable?
we don’t want to go back to thehigh ta_, high spend approach of ed miliband whoemanated from the bowels ofthe trade union movement like his party, we want to go forwardwith a low ta_enterprise equality. we don’t want a mansion ta_ do we? no, we don’t becauseitwould inhibit the very homes programme that we need to get going and we want tobuild, as isay, hundreds of thousands of more homes. we don’t want to go backnever mind to the age ofold labour, we don’t want to go back to the age ofdiocletian, emperor diocletian that is, withsome crazed attempt atgovernmental price fi_ing, which is what ed miliband came up with lastweek, wewant to go forward with a serious programme of new power station building and,for mymoney, with fracking, why not, absolutely, let’s get going.
we must not go back to the oldfailed labour idea of a third runway at heathrow. you knew iwas going to saythis but i’m going to say it, a third runway at heathrow aggravatingnoisepollution in what is already the city in the world worst affected by noisepollution by miles.it was ed balls idea i seem to remember back in the dayswhen labour were in power, it is edballs idea now, he has revealed. it wasballs then, it’s balls now and it is not good enough forthis country, it isn’tthe right answer for the most beautiful and liveable city on earth.
if we are to compete in theglobal race then we need to look at what every one of ourcompetitors is doingin building hub airports with four runways or more, capable of operatingmoreor less round the clock and if we persist with the heathrow option we willwreck thequality of life for millions of londoners, we will constrain london’sability to grow and we willallow the dutch to continue to eat our lunch byturning schiphol into the hub for london. thankyou.
finally, we need to go forwardwith a new deal from the eu, a new deal for britain andindeed i think thewhole of europe needs a new deal from the eu. given what’s happening,given thepainful lack of competitivity in the eurozone, we need reform, we need a changetothose treaties, we need a new approach to some of those prescriptions aboutemployment law,some of those supply side regulations, we need a new approachand there is only one statesmanin this country, indeed there is only onestatesman in the whole european union who is capableof delivering that reformand a referendum and that is my friend the prime minister, davidcameron.
it’s true, absolutely true. if weget these things right and i am absolutely confident thatwe can and wedemolish these remaining barriers to competitiveness, there is no limit towhatwe can do. i saw the other day some geezer from the kremlin said somethingabout thiscountry that was even less polite than what jamie oliver had to say.he said that britain was asmall island that no one paid any attention toe_cept oligarchs who bought chelsea. my view isthat if somebody wants to putmillions of pounds into a london football club, that strikes me aspure publicspiritedness and i support them completely. i don’t want to risk polonium inmysushi by bandying statistics with the kremlin about per capital gdp or lifee_pectancy e_ceptto say that the uk of course vastly e_ceeds russia in both.
the serious point is that thisalleged spokesman underestimates where our country, the uk,is going and whatit can do. if you look at the demographics and the knowledge base andindeedthe manufacturing industries, if you look at what is happening with tata, inwhich thiscountry e_cels, then there is every chance in our lifetimes and imean to live a very, very longtime, that the uk – mark what i say – the ukcould be the biggest country in the eu both inpopulation and in output. thathad you, it’s true. scary thought. the reason so many russianscome here isthat they recognise that london is not simply the capital of britain but alsoof theeu and in many ways, of the world. a city with more american banks in itthan there are in newyork for heaven’s sake. a 24 hour city in which there are100,000 people working in supplying usall with coffee in the coffee bars oflondon, how about that? we have more baristas thanbarristers, there are quitea few barristers as well, and yet with so much green space in londonthat weproduce two million cucumbers a year from london. eat your heart out, vladimirputin. itis partly thanks to our cucumber yields, our staggering cucumberyields, comrades, that londonnow contributes almost 25% of uk gdp, which ismore than the city has contributed at any timesince the romans founded it.
in the ne_t couple of yearsobviously we need to take all sorts of crucial decisions about howto ensurethe harmonious development of that city and i want those decisions to be takenbyconservatives. the choice at the ne_t election is very simple – it’s betweenthe fool’s gold oflabour gimmicks which we all understand, we’ve all fought beforeand a government that iswilling to take tough and sensible decisions, to cutunnecessary spending but to make the keyinvestments in transport andinfrastructure and housing and in our communities that will takethis countryforward. i know what i want as mayor of the greatest city on earth, i think iknowwhat you want, am i right? i know that we can do it so let’s go for itover the ne_t two years.cut that yellow liberal democrat albatross from aroundour necks and let it plop into the sea, letit plop into the sea by workingflat out for david cameron as prime minister and an outrightconservativevictory in 2024. thank you very much, thank you everybody.
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my lords and members of the house of commons,
my government’s legislative programme will continue to deliver on its long-term plan to builda stronger economy and a fairer society.
to strengthen the economy and provide stability and security, my ministers will continue toreduce the country’s deficit, helping to ensure that mortgage and interest rates remain low.
an updated charter for budget responsibility will be brought forward to ensure that futuregovernments spend ta_payers’ money responsibly.
my government will also continue to cut ta_es in order to increase people’s financial security.
my ministers will implement measures to increase further the personal allowance and tofreeze fuel duty.
measures will be brought forward for a married couple’s allowance, which will recognisemarriage in the ta_ system.
legislation will be introduced to help make the united kingdom the most attractive place tostart, finance and grow a business. the bill will support small businesses by cuttingbureaucracy and enabling them to access finance.
new legislation will require ministers to set and report on a deregulation target for eachparliament. the legislation will also reduce delays in employment tribunals, improve thefairness of contracts for low paid workers and establish a public register of companybeneficial ownership. legislation will be introduced to provide for a new statutory code andan adjudicator to increase fairness for public house tenants.
legislation will impose higher penalties on employers who fail to pay their staff the minimumwage. measures will be brought forward to limit e_cessive redundancy payments across thepublic sector.
in respect of national insurance contributions, legislation will be brought forward to tackleavoidance and to simplify their collection from the self-employed.
my government will introduce a bill to bolster investment in infrastructure and reformplanning law to improve economic competitiveness. the bill will enhance the unitedkingdom’s energy independence and security by opening up access to shale and geothermalsites and ma_imising north sea resources. legislation will allow for the creation of an allowablesolutions scheme to enable all new homes to be built to a zero carbon standard and willguarantee long-term investment in the road network.
my government will continue to implement major reforms to the electricity market and reducethe use of plastic carrier bags to help protect the environment.
a key priority for my ministers will be to continue to build an economy that rewards those whowork hard.
legislation will be brought forward to give those who have saved discretion over the use oftheir retirement funds. my government’s pension reforms will also allow for innovation in theprivate pensions market to give greater control to employees, e_tend the isa and premiumbond schemes and abolish the savers’ 10 pence ta_ rate.
the overall benefits bill will continue to be capped so that public e_penditure continues to becontrolled and policies will be pursued so people are helped from welfare to work.
my government will increase housing supply and home ownership by reforming the planningsystem, enabling new locally-led garden cities and supporting small house building firms.
legislation will be brought forward to sell high value government land, encouragingdevelopment and increasing housing.
my ministers will continue to promote the help to buy and right to buy schemes to supporthome ownership.
my government will continue to deliver the best schools and skills for young people. in england,my ministers will help more schools to become academies and support more free schools toopen, whilst continuing investment to deliver more school places. further reforms to gcses anda levels will be taken forward to raise standards in schools and prepare school pupils foremployment. my government will increase the total number of apprenticeship places to 2million by the end of the parliament.
my government will continue to work to build a fairer society.
to improve education attainment and child health, my government will ensure all infants willreceive a free school meal. free childcare will be e_tended to more of the most disadvantaged2-year-olds and a bill will be introduced to help working families with childcare costs.
a bill will be introduced to strengthen the powers to prevent modern slavery and humantrafficking whilst improving support for victims of such crimes. a bill will be brought forward toprovide that where a person acts heroically, responsibly or for the benefit of others, this will betaken into account by the courts.
legislation will be introduced to improve the complaints system in the armed forces throughthe creation of an ombudsman.
a serious crime bill will be brought forward to tackle child neglect, disrupt serious organisedcrime and strengthen powers to seize the proceeds of crime.
my government will continue its programme of political reform.
my ministers will introduce legislation on the recall of members of parliament.
my government will continue to implement new financial powers for the scottish parliamentand make the case for scotland to remain a part of the united kingdom.
my ministers will continue with legislation giving the national assembly for wales and welshministers more power over ta_ation and investment.
my government will continue to work with the devolved administration in northern ireland torebalance the economy, promote reconciliation and create a shared future.
draft legislation will be published providing for direct elections to national park authorities inengland.
members of the house of commons.
estimates for the public services will be laid before you.
my lords and members of the house of commons.
the united kingdom will work for peace and security on europe’s borders, and for stablerelations between russia and ukraine based on respect for national sovereignty, territorialintegrity and international law.
my government will host the nato summit in wales as a sign of the united kingdom’scommitment to the alliance.
my ministers will strive to improve the humanitarian situation in syria, to reduce violence andpromote a political settlement. it will work for a successful transition in afghanistan, and willwork towards a comprehensive nuclear agreement with iran.
the united kingdom will lead efforts to prevent se_ual violence in conflict worldwide.
my government will work to promote reform in the european union, including a stronger rolefor member states and national parliaments. my ministers will also champion efforts to securea global agreement on climate change.
prince philip and i will pay a state visit to france and will attend events to mark the 70thanniversary of the d-day landings.
we look forward to welcoming his e_cellency the president of the republic of singapore on hisforthcoming state visit.
other measures will be laid before you.
my lords and members of the house of commons.
i pray that the blessing of almighty god may rest upon your counsels.
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ean serious damage. 有剧痛说明伤得很重。i cannot stand the intense heat here. 我受不了这里的酷热。比较:intense 和 intensive 的意思在相当程度上是交叉的, 但是它们经常有细微的差别。当用来描述人的感情或活动时,intense 通常指由内在倾向而来的力量或专心, 它特别适于用来描写感情状态:intense pleasure, dislike, loyalty, and so forth. intensive 极度的快乐,极为厌恶,非常忠诚等等。intensive 更常用于指行为的强度和程度是由外部强加的:intensive bombing, training, marketing. 强烈的爆炸,强烈的训练,紧张的营销。 因此mark"s intense study of german 指马克自己对集中的行为负责, 而mark"s intensive study of german 意味着马克的学习计划是打算在短时间内涉猎大量内容 ) interest in and cared deeply about each other. the chinese admire the pioneering and enterprising (enterprising 1. 有事业心的;富进取心的;有魄力的 it"s very enterprising of them to start up a business like that. 他们那样去开创生意是很有魄力的。 phil is an enterprising cook. 菲尔是个有进取心的厨师)spirit of the americans and their proud achievement in national development. as china develops rapidly and steady headway is made in ______. cooperation, more and more americans are following with great interest china s progress and development.
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as we know, the first national youth games will be held in my hometown. in order to make it a great success, our government has done many things to make our city more beautiful. first, the traffic is improved. workers are busy building subways. besides, the roads are becoming wider and wider. second, the environment is better than before.
there are more and more trees on both sides of the roads. what’s more, the government has taken some measures to stop all kinds of pollution, such as air pollution, water pollution and so on. third, the government is doing its best to make most of the places of interest in fuzhou more attractive. for e_ample, the jinjishan park and the west lake are becoming more and more popular with local people and tourists from all over the country.
last but not least, people in fuzhou are friendly, polite and warm-hearted.i am sure fuzhou will succeed in holding the national youth games.
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climate change is one of the most serious threats facing our world. and it is not just a threat to the environment. it is also a threat to our national security, to global security, to poverty eradication and to economic prosperity.
and we must agree a global deal in paris ne_t year. we simply cannot put this off any longer.
and i pay tribute to secretary general ban for bringing everyone together here today and forputting real focus on this issue.
now my country, the united kingdom, is playing its part.
in fact, it was margaret thatcher who was one of the first world leaders to demand action onclimate change, right here at the united nations 25 years ago.
now since then, the uk has cut greenhouse gas emissions by one quarter. we have createdthe world’s first climate change act. and as prime minister, i pledged that the government ilead would be the greenest government ever. and i believe we’ve kept that promise.
we’ve more than doubled our capacity in renewable electricity in the last 4 years alone. wenow have enough solar to power almost a million uk homes. we have the world’s leadingfinancial centre in carbon trading. and we have established the world’s first green investmentbank. we’ve invested £1 billion in carbon capture and storage. and we’ve said no to any newcoal without carbon capture and storage. we are investing in all forms of lower carbon energyincluding shale gas and nuclear, with the first new nuclear plant coming on stream for ageneration.
now, as a result of all that we are doing, we are on track to cut emissions by 80 per cent by2050. and we are playing our role internationally as well, providing nearly £4 billion of climatefinance over 5 years as part of our commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of our gross nationalincome on aid. and we are one of the only countries in the advanced world to do that and tomeet our promises.
we now need the whole world though to step up to deliver a new, ambitious, global dealwhich keeps the 2 degree goal within reach. i’ll be pushing european union leaders to come toparis with an offer to cut emissions by at least 40 per cent by 2030.
we know from copenhagen that we are not just going to turn up in paris and reach a deal. weneed to work hard now to raise the level of ambition and to work through the difficult issues.to achieve a deal we need all countries, all countries to make commitments to reduceemissions. our agreement has to be legally binding, with proper rules and targets to hold eachother to account.
we must provide support to those who need it, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable.it is completely unrealistic to e_pect developing countries to forgo the high carbon route togrowth that so many western countries enjoyed, unless we support them to achieve greengrowth. now, if we get this right there need not be a trade-off between economic growth andreducing carbon emissions.
we need to give business the certainty it needs to invest in low carbon. that means fightingagainst the economically and environmentally perverse fossil fuel subsidies which distort freemarkets and rip off ta_payers. it means championing green free trade, slashing tariffs on thingslike solar panels. and it means giving business the fle_ibility to pick the right technologies fortheir needs.
in short we need a framework built on green growth not green tape.
as political leaders we have a duty to think long-term. when offered clear scientific advice, weshould listen to it. when faced with risks, we should insure against them. and when presentedwith an opportunity to safeguard the long-term future of our planet and our people, weshould seize it.
so i would implore everyone to seize this opportunity over the coming year. countries likethe united kingdom have taken the steps necessary. we’ve legislated. we’ve acted. we’veinvested. and i urge other countries to take the steps that they need to as well so we can reachthis historic deal.
thank you.
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