There is actually a pie in the sky。 It was made especially for you。 It isyour favorite flavor。 You can eat as much of it as you want。 It is all yours andyou don’t have to share it with anyone。
Now，all you have todo to get your pie is build a set of stairs，climb up your stairs，and reach outyour hand to take it。
First，you must figure out what the design of your stairs will be。 If youdon’t know，find a person who has managed to build a set of stairs to reach hispie，and find out what needs to be done。
Next，you will need to prepare for your stairs。 You need to buy the woodand the tools。 You might need to replace some broken tools。
Finally，and this is the hardest step，you need to focus your mind on yourwork。 The actual work requires constructing the stairs。 You may find that you’veworked really hard for days，weeks or even months，and then suddenly find thatyour stairs are not going to line up with your pie。 So you need to make surethat you still have money to buy new materials and rebuild your stairs in theright direction。
With proper planning and careful pacing，you will be able to reach yourpie。 Your pie is right there，right above you。 All you need to do is get it。
Time is like a sharp knife。
It can carve hard lines on beautiful faces and wear out youth year afteryear，but using it well can make a piece of simple stone into a great statue。St。 Mary Academy is still a simple piece of white stone briefly carved，but astime marches on，duanwenw，。 it may be spoiled by dust，worn out by weather，orbroken into separate pieces。 It may be also carefully carved by knife intowonderful statues。 Everyone at school，including our schoolmates，controls thisknife。
If I have a chance to live to be an old woman，I shall，in my peacefuldreams，seek the old paths leading through the trees which I used to travel downin my earlier days。 The old bell tower，standing in the golden sunlight，makes aslow，solemn1 sound as girls pour into the church like a stream。 There they willkneel，pray and whisper to their spiritual Lord about the little things in theirlives。 They will ask him to help them in reaching their future goals and I canhear the old church tower whisper in return，“Yes，St。 Mary certainly possessesthe most hard-working girls that shall glorify2 her with their brightfutures!”
What I feel when I hear these words depends on whether I have done anythingmeaningful over the years。 If I have been successful，I will smile with prideand contentment，for I have taken a part，though a very small part，in carvingout，with the knife of time，this wonderful model of school life。
Don’t allow your troubles to get the best of you。 Instead，allow thosetroubles to make the best of you。
Don’t tire yourself out fighting against the challenges。 Instead，find newenergy by embracing1 those challenges and working through them to create realvalue。
Always remind yourself that discour-agement is nothing more than a responseyou’ve chosen。 When you find that you’ve chosen to let it be，you can just assurely choose to let it go。
Replace discouragement with determin-ation。 It is your life’s energy，andyou can point it in whatever direction you choose。 Your most powerful responseis not based only on what has already happened。 Your most powerful response alsotakes into account what you wish to make happen next。
Look forward，and envision in great detail the future you desire。 Thengather all your energy，and step forward to make it be。
Ladies and gentlemen: Good morning! Today, the title of my speech is A Lesson from Nature.
Around us , there are plants, animals and many other things. We live in nature, so to keep the balance of nature is very important for us. But today, too many trees are still being cut down in many countries and flood all over the world are getting more and more serious, A lot of land has gone with them. This is a lesson from nature.
When people move into a new place, they often cut down trees or pull out many wild plants to make farmland. They don’t know that trees can stop flood and wind from washing or blowing the earth away, and that many of these wild plants are food for some wild animals. If the animals can’t find enough plants to eat, they will die or have to leave the place.
In one part of the United States, for example, the deer there like to eat a kind of wild flowers. The mountain tigers there eat the deer. But people killed many mountain tigers to protect the deer. soon there were so many deer that the ate up all the wild flowers. Then the deer began to eat the green leaves of the young trees .so the farmers thought of ways to protect their trees, then the deer had nothing to eat and many of them died.
The number of trees, deer, tigers, wild flowers and plants has changed much—less and less. We need to do more to keep the balance of nature.
Thank you!
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.