尷尬英語(yǔ)短文篇一：英語(yǔ)閱讀：生活中無(wú)需尷尬的五件事

Mistakes while learning

There will be times when you have people above you (a boss) or even next to you (a coworker) that will get really irritated with you for "ruining" something "crucial". Errors are bound to happen when you have on your training wheels. Even if you make mistakes and get a slap on the wrist, persevere1 and push on. You do not need to be embarrassed for learning from your mistakes.

Food choices

People are different and have different taste buds. Whether it is healthy or not, food is a choice and it is a part of life. It is simply a personal choice that people make for their own reasons. You do not need to be embarrassed for food you do or do not like. Tell them, "It is a personal choice I have made, and I am committed to it."

Your past

Allowing positive experiences to define, confine, refine, and outshine you may cause you to be caught up in the past and unable to truly live in the present. Whether your history is positive, negative, or somewhere in between, don't hone in on the negative experiences and let it reflect your current behavior.

The cleanliness of your car/home/work space

When everyone gets in the car, you realize your Starbucks bag are still on the floor. So what? Think about it this way: everyone has a "messy" aspect of their life. Maybe their home is spotless, but the relationship with their spouse2 is messy. Someone's car gets washed once a week, but his/her work life could use some help. No one on Earth lives a perfectly3 "clean" life in every aspect. We don't apologize to others about our personal pitfalls4. By being outwardly embarrassed, it only brings more attention to the fact!

Putting yourself first

If you find yourself saying no to something or making up lies to get out of it, tell them the truth, and don't apologize. You will feel much better in the long run if you are honest with them and yourself. If you're not up to a voluntary obligation, you don't have to be. You can politely deny the person's request. It is okay to be selfish from time to time. Put yourself first.

1 persevere

v.堅(jiān)持，堅(jiān)忍，不屈不撓

參考例句：

They are determined to persevere in the fight.他們決心堅(jiān)持戰(zhàn)斗。

It is strength of character enabled him to persevere.他那堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的性格使他能夠堅(jiān)持不懈。

2 spouse

n.配偶(指夫或妻)

參考例句：

Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要來(lái)看她。

What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么？

3 perfectly

adv.完美地，無(wú)可非議地，徹底地

參考例句：

The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.證人們個(gè)個(gè)對(duì)自己所說(shuō)的話十分肯定。

Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我們做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

4 pitfalls

（捕獵野獸用的）陷阱( pitfall的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )； 意想不到的困難，易犯的錯(cuò)誤 參考例句：

the potential pitfalls of buying a house 購(gòu)買房屋可能遇到的圈套

Several pitfalls remain in the way of an agreement. 在達(dá)成協(xié)議的進(jìn)程中還有幾個(gè)隱藏的困難。

尷尬英語(yǔ)短文篇二：英語(yǔ)短文

研究：忙碌的人更快樂(lè)

作者：101 出自：101遠(yuǎn)程教育網(wǎng)

The secret to happiness is keeping busy, research has found.

Keeping the mind occupied with tasks - no matter how meaningless - staves off negative emotions, the

一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，快樂(lè)的秘訣就是讓自己忙起來(lái)。 該研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，讓自己有點(diǎn)事情可想——無(wú)論是多么沒(méi)意思的事——都有助于抵制

study found.

However, the bad news is that humans seem hard-wired to be lazy in order to save energy, according to Professor Christopher Hsee, a behavioural scientist at Chicago University.

In a study 98 students were asked to complete two surveys. After they had completed the first they were made to wait 15 minutes to receive the next one.

They were given a choice of either hａｎｄing in the first survey nearby or at a more distant location they had to walk to. Whichever option they chose, they received a chocolate bar.

Two-thirds (68 per cent) chose

消極情緒。

然而，據(jù)芝加哥大學(xué)行為科學(xué)家奚愷元教授介紹，人類似乎生性懶惰，旨在保存精力。

研究人員讓98個(gè)學(xué)生做了兩項(xiàng)調(diào)查。這兩個(gè)調(diào)查間隔15分鐘。

在此期間，學(xué)生可以就近提交第一個(gè)調(diào)查的結(jié)果，或者步行至一個(gè)較遠(yuǎn)的地方遞交結(jié)果。無(wú)論選擇哪一種途徑，他們都會(huì)獲贈(zèng)一塊巧克力。

其中，三分之二（68%）的人選擇了走近路。 但據(jù)報(bào)告，走路去遞交結(jié)果的人比待在原地的人感覺(jué)更加快樂(lè)。

the lazy option.

Those who had taken the walk reported feeling happier than those who had stayed put.

Prof Hsee concluded keeping busy helped keep people happy. He said the findings, reported in the journal Psychological Science, had policy implications.

"Governments may increase the happiness of idle citizens by having them build bridges that are actually useless", he proposed. At the individidual level, he advised: "Get up and do something. Anything. Even if there really is no point to what you are doing, you will feel better for it."

He added: "Incidentally, thinking

奚教授由此得出結(jié)論，讓自己忙一點(diǎn)有助于保持好的心情。

該研究在《心理科學(xué)》雜志上發(fā)表。奚教授稱該發(fā)現(xiàn)具有政策指導(dǎo)意義。 他建議說(shuō)：―比如，政府可以讓沒(méi)事可做的民眾建造實(shí)際上并沒(méi)有什么用處的橋梁來(lái)提升他們的幸福感。‖ 就個(gè)人而言，他建議說(shuō)：―起來(lái)干點(diǎn)什么吧。做什么都行。就算你所做的事情沒(méi)什么實(shí)際意義，你也會(huì)因此而感到快樂(lè)�！�

他說(shuō)：―另外，思考或反省也是讓自己動(dòng)起來(lái)的一種方式�！�

―你不需要東奔西跑，只

deeply or engaging in self-reflection ｃｏｕｎｔs as keeping busy, too. "You do not need to be running around, – you just need to be engaged, either physically or mentally."

需要有事情做，無(wú)論是體力上的還是腦力上的�！�

笑的詮釋-透視文化的差異

作者：101 出自：101遠(yuǎn)程教育網(wǎng)

Interpreting a Laugh

Huihua, a Chinese student, ａｎｄ Mary, an American student studying Chinese in China, were on their way to a bookstore. As they got to the bookstore, they saw a

young man walking down a flight of stairs. In his hurry, he missed the last two steps, and fell on the ground. He struggled to get back to his feet while people around him laughed. Fortunately, he seemed to be O. K.

Mary was worried. She found Huihua smiling a little and was not comfortable about it. "Tell me, Huihua, how could people laugh when someone fell like that? Do they care at all? Shouldn＇t they go up and ask the young man whether he was hurt?"

Huihua said, "they knew he wasn't hurt too much."

"But I still don't understand. A fall is a fall. In my culture, people would do anything but laugh!"

Chinese perspective

This is another example in which the Chinese and the Westerner interpret a smile differently. As mentioned in the last case, Chinese people resort to laugh or smile when they feel embarrassed. Very often, the person caught in the embarrassing situation would also laugh or make a joke, to ease the embarrassment. However, if someone gets hurt seriously, it will not be a laughing matter any more. People will help him/her instead.

North American perspective

A Westerner would interpret laughter in such a setting as a sign of either insensitivity or, worse, pleasure that the person falling had hurt himself/herself because that person was disliked. A Westerner's response would have been to rush over, assist the person up, and to inquire about any injury by saying something like, "Are you okay?" If a Westerner fell, they, like a Chinese person, might attempt to make a joke out of the incident if they were not hurt. If two close friends are walking together, and one trips but clearly isn't hurt, a common joke is to say "Have a nice trip"— a pun based on two very different meanings of "trip": one meaning a vacation, the other meaning "to stumble". However, this joke would be made only between two people who knew each other well.

中文：

中國(guó)學(xué)生慧華和在中國(guó)學(xué)中文的美國(guó)學(xué)生瑪麗結(jié)伴去書(shū)店。到書(shū)店時(shí)看

尷尬英語(yǔ)短文篇三：【強(qiáng)烈推薦】大學(xué)生英語(yǔ)演講文章20篇(英漢對(duì)照版)

大學(xué)生英語(yǔ)演講稿I believe in our future

六、 周怡雪，19歲，上海

I believe in our future

Honorable Judges, fellow students:

Good afternoon!

Recently, ther is a heated debate in our society. The college students are the beneficiaries of a rare privilege, who receive exceptional education at extraordinary places. But will we be able to face the challenge and support ourselves against all odds? Will we be able to better the lives of others? Will we be able to accept the responsibility of building the future of our country?

The cynics say the college students are the pampered lost generation, which would cringe at the slightest discomfort. But the cynics are wrong. The college students I see are eagerly learning about how to live independently. We help each other clean the dormitory, go shopping and bargain together, and take part time jobs to supplement our pocket money.

The cynics say we care for nothing other than grades; and we neglect the need for character cultivation. But again, the cynics are wrong. We care deeply for each other, we cherish freedom, we treasure justice, and we seek truth. Last week, thousands of my fellow students had their blood type tested in order to make a contribution for the children who suffer from blood cancer.

As college students, we are adolescents at the critical turning point in our lives. We all face a fundamental choice: cynicism or faith, each will profoundly impact our future, or even the future of our country. I believe in all my fellow classmates. Though we are still inexperienced and even a little bit childish. I believe that we have the courage and faith to meet any challenge and take on our responsibilities. We are preparing to assume new responsibilities and tasks, and to use the education we have received to make our world a better place. I believe in our future.

我對(duì)未來(lái)充滿信心

尊敬的評(píng)委，各位同學(xué)：

下午好！

最近，社會(huì)上有一場(chǎng)很激烈的爭(zhēng)論。大學(xué)生是一種稀有特權(quán)的享有者，在很棒的地方接受高等教育。但是，我們能面對(duì)挑戰(zhàn)而無(wú)所畏懼嗎？我們能夠改善他人的生活嗎？我們能夠承擔(dān)建設(shè)祖國(guó)未來(lái)的重任嗎？

懷疑論者說(shuō)大學(xué)生是被寵壞的一代，一丁點(diǎn)挫折都受不了。但是他們錯(cuò)了，我所看到的大學(xué)生正在努力的學(xué)習(xí)獨(dú)立生活。我們互相幫助打掃衛(wèi)生，一起上街砍價(jià)購(gòu)物，一起參加兼職工作來(lái)賺零花錢。

懷疑論者說(shuō)我們除了成績(jī)什么都不關(guān)心，從而忽略了性格的培養(yǎng)。但是，他們又錯(cuò)了。我們彼此關(guān)心，我們向往自由，我們珍惜公正，我們追求真理。上個(gè)星期，很多我的同學(xué)去驗(yàn)血，為了給患血癌的孩子貢獻(xiàn)自己的力量。

作為大學(xué)生，我們是處在人生分水嶺的青年。我們都面臨一個(gè)重要的選擇：懷疑人生還是相信自己，每一種都會(huì)給我們的人生帶來(lái)重大的影響，甚至影響我們祖國(guó)的未來(lái)。我相信我們的同學(xué)們，雖然我們依然缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)，甚至有些志氣，但是我相信我們有勇氣和自信來(lái)面對(duì)生活的挑戰(zhàn)并承擔(dān)我們的責(zé)任。我們正努力準(zhǔn)備接受新的任務(wù)，用我們所學(xué)習(xí)的知識(shí)將世界變得更美好。我對(duì)我們的未來(lái)充滿信心。

大學(xué)生英語(yǔ)演講稿17 Change The Ingredients Of Your Life

十七、 王晨，20歲，安徽

Change The Ingredients Of Your Life

This is a glass of water, tasteless, right? However if you add sugar, it will taste sweet, but if you add vinegar, it will become bitter. The same is true with our life____ the flavor is created by our choices.

If kindness is added to a strange you will have a friend; but if hostility is added, you will have an enemy. If love is added to a pile of red bricks you will have a home, but if hatred is add to those bricks , you will have an concentration camp.

So my dear friends, never complain that life is boring and the world is disappointing. If don‘t like the taste of your life, change the ingredients.

Three year ago, I weighed more than 100 hundred kilograms which caused significant embarrassment and frustration in my life. Like always failing my P.E examinations, like always being laughed at by girls, like being terrified to speak in public. It was my grandmother‘s encouragement that revived from my passive attitude to become confident in myself. She said ― My dear, if you can‘t change you figure, why not treat it as your own style. So I began to cautiously employ the new way of thinking. By choosing to change my outlook on life, I developed the confidence to make a difference and finally I found a totally new world.

So my dear friend, if faith, hope, love, endurance are added to your life, you will find the confidence to conquer your limitation and embrace new challenges. And hopefully with my speech included, you will have a fantastic speech contest.

改變生活的味道

這是一杯白開(kāi)水，平淡無(wú)味，對(duì)吧？可是加上點(diǎn)糖呢，他嘗起來(lái)會(huì)有甜味；如果加的是蘇打水，味道就會(huì)變苦。人生同樣如此——個(gè)中滋味在于我們的選擇。

善待他人，你會(huì)擁有朋友；但如果充滿惡意，則會(huì)多個(gè)敵人。將愛(ài)賦予一堆紅磚，你會(huì)擁有一個(gè)家；用仇恨來(lái)澆鑄這堆紅磚，就會(huì)鑄成一座集中營(yíng)。

因此親愛(ài)的朋友們，不要抱怨人生乏味，世間無(wú)望。不喜歡生活的味道，那就換一換生活的調(diào)料吧！

三年前，我重達(dá)100多公斤，這給我?guī)��?lái)了很多尷尬和挫折：體育課老是不及格，總被女孩們嘲笑，更不敢當(dāng)眾發(fā)表意見(jiàn)。幸而由于祖母的鼓勵(lì)，我不在消極人生，而是充滿自信。她曾經(jīng)說(shuō)過(guò)：―孩子，如果體形無(wú)法改變，為什么不把它看做自己獨(dú)特的風(fēng)格呢？‖ 我開(kāi)始這樣來(lái)審視人生，通過(guò)改變生活的視角，我信心大增地去改變我的人生，很快就發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)嶄新的世界。

朋友們，將信念，希望，愛(ài)意和忍性溶入生命，你就會(huì)找到自信，克服缺點(diǎn)，迎接人生新的挑戰(zhàn)。最后我的演講包括在內(nèi)，希望你會(huì)看到一場(chǎng)精彩的演講比賽。

大學(xué)生英語(yǔ)演講稿16

十六、 楊穎，21歲，海南

The East and the West, Let‘s enjoy the combination of the two cu(來(lái)自:www.huhawan.com 蒲公 英文 摘:尷尬英語(yǔ)短文)ltures?

Kipling said:―East is east, and west is west, and never the twain shall meet!‖ But now, a century later, they have met.

They have met in business. They have met in education. They have met in the arts. Some people will argue that these meetings will leave us with a choice between east and west, but I believe that the best future lies in the creative combination of both worlds. We can make western ideas, customs and technology our own, and adapt them to our own use. We can enjoy the best of both worlds, because our tradition is, above all, one of selecting the best and making it our own.

I love Beijing and Hennan opera because it always reminds me of who I am. But I am also a fan of pop music, especially English songs. So I have combined eastern melody with western language. It is called western henna opera.

When two cultures meet, there may be things in one culture, which do not fit into the tradition of the other. When this happens, we need to learn to understand and respect the customs of another culture. Then there are certain things some people may not like. To this, I will say, if you do not like it, please try to tolerate it. To learn to tolerate what you personally don‘t like is a great virtue at a time when different cultures mix and merge. Before us, there are two rivers, eastern and western cultures. At present, they may run in different courses. But eventually, they will converge into the vast sea of human culture.

Right now, I can see peoples of eastern and western cultures, standing side by side, singing the Olympic theme song: we are hand in hand, heart to heart, together we will shape a beautiful tomorrow! Thank you!

讓我們共同感受東西方的融合

吉卜林說(shuō)過(guò):東方是東方，西方是西方，二者永不相聚。但是一個(gè)世紀(jì)后的今天，東西方相匯了! 它們相聚在經(jīng)濟(jì)領(lǐng)域，它們相聚在教育領(lǐng)域，它們相聚在藝術(shù)的殿堂。有人爭(zhēng)論說(shuō):這種融合需要我們?cè)跂|方和西方之間做出選擇，但我卻堅(jiān)信最美好的未來(lái)在于東方和西方創(chuàng)造性的融合。我們可以將西方的思想，觀念和技術(shù)變?yōu)槲覀冏约核�用的東西。

我喜愛(ài)京劇和河南豫劇，因?yàn)樗鼈兘?jīng)常使我想起自己是誰(shuí)。但我也熱衷于流行音樂(lè)，特別是英文歌曲。于是我將東方的旋律和西方的語(yǔ)言結(jié)合到了一起，它叫做西方版的河南豫劇。

當(dāng)兩種文化相結(jié)合的時(shí)候，也許一方的文化中的某些東西不適應(yīng)另一方的傳統(tǒng)文化。當(dāng)此種情況出現(xiàn)時(shí)，我們需要試著理解并接受另一種文化中的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣。然而，也許有些東西你并不喜歡，對(duì)于此，我可以說(shuō)，如果你不喜歡它，請(qǐng)?jiān)囍�去容忍它。�?dāng)兩種文化融合的時(shí)候，試著去容忍你個(gè)人不喜歡的東西是一種美德。

在我們面前有兩條河流，東方文化和西方文化�，F(xiàn)在，它們也許正朝著不同的方向流去。但是最終它們將匯合到人類文化的海洋里。

就在此時(shí)此刻，我看見(jiàn)東方和西方的人肩并肩的站在一起，高唱奧林匹克主題曲:我們手拉手，心靠著心，共同創(chuàng)造美好的明天!

大學(xué)生英語(yǔ)演講稿英語(yǔ)風(fēng)采大賽半決賽選手自備演講賞析(大學(xué)成人組)

十五、 黃揚(yáng)，21，福建

Farewell, Indifference

Who was the most well-known figure in China last month? It‘s Ma JiaJue—the college student who murdered 4 of his roommates. Many people attributed his crime to his poverty and deficient education. In my opinion, his crime also has much to do with his classmates‘ indifference.

Indifference is a terrible disease in today‘s colleges and the whole society. It‘s not rare that two students who have studied together for 4 years have never spoken to each other. It‘s not rare that a student who has been absent from class for several days is not noticed at all. It‘s also not rare that a student who has severe psychological problems is not cared about at all.

Some people may say ?What the students with psychological problems like Ma JiaJue need is not care but psychotherapy.‖ However, when people are ill, what they need most is not only medical treatment, but also care from people around them. Every smile and every caring word will bring sunshine to their life.

I once heard one of my roommates who was an introverted girl sobbing at mid-night. Being afraid of disturbing her, I sent a text message to comfort her. The next day, she told me that she was crying for not being invited to one of her friend‘s birthday party. She thought she was neglected by others. But my message was really comforting which told her someone still cared about her.

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