世博英语札记【74】疯狂英语开幕词

2000年10月10日

今天我想和大家分享的是2000年李阳疯狂英语夏令营李阳老师的开幕词。这是一篇在美国都算顶级的演讲稿，读起来令人振奋不已，而且从中大家也可以看到：漂亮的英语不一定需要大词，华丽词藻的妆饰，一些你都认识的简单词汇就可以组合成一篇惊世之作，关键在于我们对英语基本词汇的理解深度和运用的熟练程度。希望大家读完这篇演讲稿后一定要开动你的嘴巴大声的朗读这段文字，我现在每天读英语之前都用这段文字热热嘴，振奋一下精神，效果特别好！

Ladies and Gentlemen:

It's my great honor and deepest pleasure to welcome you, my dear friends, both old and new, from all over China, all over Asia, and all over the World.

On behalf of my dedicated staff, our distinguished teachers, foreign friends, especially our gracious host, the Nanyang International School and our special friends from the Military, I greet you and encourage you to seize this unique opportunity to conquer English and make lifelong friends from every province of our wonderful country and throughout the world.

We are human beings, not animals. We know what we want to do. We know our destiny is in our hands. With hard work and determination, we can do anything we set our mind to do.

From today I will accompany you day and night every minute on this unique journey.

I want you to open your heart.

I want you to be devoted.

I want you to be crazy.

I want you to forget about your face.

I want you to open your mouth wildly.

I want you to conquer your laziness and all the other human weaknesses.

I want you to overcome all the obstacles that hold you back.

I want to share your joy and I want to share your struggle, but most important of all, I want to share your glory and victory.

We are the future of China, the future of Asia, and the future of the world!

We desire to win.

We must win.

We will win, absolutely, definitely, and without any doubt!

Form a painfully shy boy who felt terrible about himself, who regarded himself as human trash, a born loser, to an internationally recognized English promoter, I made it. I strongly believe that you will make it too.

I have confidence in you.

Let's do it.