演讲稿：What would you do if you had only one day left to live?

Ladies and Gentlemen:

―What would you do if you had only one day left to live?‖

I asked this question to my young students when teaching English this winter. What were their answers?

―I would watch television!‖ the first answer. ―I would play with the computer!‖ the second one. ―I would play with computer TOO.‖ The girl finished her sentence perfectly with a serious smile. Indeed how cute and innocent that smile was, but how seriously my heart was hurt. I was too frightened to listen to more answers like that. Ten years ago, at their age, I had a different answer: I would spend the last day of my life gazing at the face of my dear grandmother until I inscribed every detail of it onto my mind.

When grandmother was getting old and weak, my family bought her a telephone so I could save time and the trouble of traveling to her home by making phone calls instead. Later we bought her a television so she could watch modern dramas by herself. Then grandma must have been, we assumed, very contented and happy.

But I never really knew how grandma felt. She silently passed away without a word one night. When I heard about her death, a chilling pain pierced my empty heart. The pain grew even sharper as I tried to remember in detail exactly how grandma looked and I failed completely! How could I remember? I had not visited her for ages—it seemed like a century! My memories of her dissolved into thin air and leaked away like water.

Even though I have a telephone, can she hear me now?

Even though I might be on television, can she see me now?

Even though I have modern telecommunications, can she still communicate with me now?

With all these ―tele‖s, I was powerless.

Don’t people just love the word of ―tele‖, which means far away. Indeed this is how modern technology has changed our world. But please don’t forget this other word with ―tele‖: telepathy: which refers to human beings’ inborn ability to connect to our loved ones. Our minds are supposed to read each other’s minds; our hearts are supposed to feel each other’s hearts — and fulfill these without any forms of tool! But the moment I desperately struggled to remember grandmother’s face, the telepathy between her and me had shut down forever. With the help of modern technology, I killed our telepathy.

This shall never happen again! The ―tele‖s are great inventions. But ―telepathy‖ gives them the warmth of a human face. Let’s harness the power of television to excite our kids to develop their telepathy with nature… so that they can read the secret language of flowers. Let’s make the telephone lines provoke us to preserve our telepathy with each other, so we can connect in a warm and feeling way. Let technology keep our ―telepathy‖ ALIVE! We need to wake up and make this happen.

I told my grandma’s story to those young kids that day. They got very quiet. They asked me for a second chance to answer the question. They had come to a new understanding – that very moment they had made to me and to our future together, a dear promise.

Thank you very much

 

第二篇：计生户获奖演讲稿

计生户获奖演讲稿

尊敬的各位领导、各位乡亲：

今天我怀着无比激动的心情站在这里领奖。因为反思这些年来，我在计划生育生育方面并没有作出什么突出的贡献，我只是做了我该做的，讲了我该讲的，实实在在地向乡邻寨民们讲了我自己这些年来在计划生育方面受到的实惠。今天领导授予我如此殊荣，我有点感到受宠若惊。对于领奖感言，我想以我自己为例子向大家讲几句。

在我们农村，曾经对计划生育工作有这样一句评价，就是“管天管地，还管别人脱裤子放屁”，对计划生育工作人员管闲事的行为，是非常憎恨和反感的。由于对计划生育工作的不了解和不理解，我曾经也如此认为。尤其是在我和我爱人在生育了第二个女儿的时候，在农村养儿防老，重男轻女的思想影响下，我和爱人东躲西藏，坚持要生育一个儿子以继传香火的时候，曾有若谁要阻止我生育小孩，我就要和他拼命的想法。我在这里我要感谢乡计生干部某某，是他锲而不舍的精神打动了我，从开始的冷眼旁观听你说说，到主动去做结扎手术，到现在的大力支持和理解，我深深感受到了国家政策、计生干部对我们计划生育对象的帮扶和关怀，从此也改变了我对计生的观点和态度。

我们家原来人多地少，每年稻谷青黄不接时，就已经断

粮，家庭人员无技术，无资本，贫困还经常导致家庭不和睦。结扎后，在国家政策对双女结扎户的帮扶下，在乡镇领导的关怀下，我办起了养殖场。国家除每年为我夫妇上交养老保险、医疗保险等保险外，还奖励我们绝育奖每人每年600元，享受子女在省内上大学加分的优惠政策。计划生育协会在养殖方面还给予了我莫大的关怀和帮助，从最初项目申报，资金的争取，再到不定期邀请技术人员来指导、培训等，我都实实在在感受到计生给我带来的实惠，给我家庭带来的转变。为此，我要感谢党，感谢政府，感谢计生。

随着社会经济的发展，农村多子多福，养儿防老的观念，理应打破根除，养老有国家，多子未必多福，多的可能是麻烦、困难和纠纷。在此，我想告诉大家，计生国策，利国惠民，在今后的生活中，我们要让身边的人更多的了解计生，感受计生实惠，感受党和国家对计生户的帮扶和关怀。

谢谢大家！