第六届希望之星初中组决赛选手边寰：演讲稿

　　比赛演讲稿

　　How to Solve Personal Problems?

　　Ladies and gentlemen, my topic is “How to solve personal problems”.

　　Sometimes, when we find ourselves unable to solve a problem that occurs in our everyday life, we may react by just giving up. But it's not right for us to escape from our problems by giving up or making excuses for not confronting the problems because problems are still there—they do not disappear automatically. So if we are unhappy about something, what we should do is to face the problem, develop our skills and abilities to solve it. Try to state the problem in a few words, so that we'll know exactly what we are up against. Then see if we can "put our finger" on the cause of our problems. In many cases, we only "think" that there is no way out. But often we can overcome the problem by making a direct attack.

　　For example, a freshman wanted to be a debater. He made great efforts in order to be on the school’s debating team, but the coach thought he lack the potential to be a great debater: he was shy; he had a high-pitched voice; and his posture was poor. Although he was given little hope of success, he didn’t lose heart. Instead, he took each and every opportunity to practice debating skills. He spent many hours each day studying and memorizing all the facts, examples and statistics included in the topics for debate. He also worked hard at how to develop good posture and how to speak clearly. At last, after a year’s efforts, he became a member of his school’s debating team. In his senior year he was on the winning team in his state. This young man achieved his goal because he had made a direct attack upon his problem.

　　So, although direct attack is often the best way to meet problems, we have to be realistic in judging the situations. Sometimes it's necessary to change our goals. It's important to study the situations and make a wise decision about what to do to solve our own problems.

　　Thank you!

　　如何解决个人难题

　　女士们，先生们，我演讲的题目是“如何解决个人难题”。

　　有时候，当我们发现自己不能克服生活中出现的难题时，我们的第一反应可能是放弃。但是，用放弃或制造借口不承认难题的办法来逃避困难是不对的，因为难题仍然存在，不会自动消失。因此，当遇到烦心的事情时，我们应该做到面对它，运用我们的技巧和能力来克服它。试着把难题改成寥寥数语来叙述，这样我们就会知道自己真正面对的是什么，然后看看我们是否可以准确找出烦恼的原因。通常，我们只“想象”是没办法解决问题的，但如果我们从正面着手，就可以克服困难。

　　举例来说，一个大学一年级的学生想当一名辩论家。为了能够加入学校辩论队，他花了很大功夫，但指导老师还是认为它缺乏当辩论家的潜力：他很腼腆，嗓音尖细，体态呆板。虽然他成功的希望微乎其微，但是他没有失去信心，而是抓住每一次机会来练习辩论技巧。他每

　　总之，虽然遇到难题时从正面着手来解决是最好的方式，但我们还是要客观分析判断自己的处境，有时改变自己的目标是必要的。因此，首先研究自己的处境，然后做出如何克服难题的明智决定是十分重要的。