演講嘉賓的英文演講稿
篇一：精彩英語演講開場(chǎng)白示例
有了好的開頭，英語演講便成功了一半。好的英語演講開頭能夠吸引聽眾的注意力，讓你的英語演講獲得更多人的認(rèn)可。那么，英語演講的開頭應(yīng)該怎么寫才能吸引聽眾的注意力呢下面與你分享精彩的英語演講開場(chǎng)白示例。
1、精彩英語演講開場(chǎng)白示例一：?jiǎn)柡蚵牨�，介紹自己
Good morning/afternoon/evening ladies and gentleman, Thank you for being on time/making the effort to come today. Let me introduce myself first. My name is...
英語演講稿開頭怎么寫英語演講稿的開頭問候聽眾是最基本的禮貌。在一個(gè)陌生的場(chǎng)合作英語演講，英語演講稿的開頭可以先介紹自己。人的好奇心都特別強(qiáng)，如果臺(tái)上站著一個(gè)不認(rèn)識(shí)的人作演講，聽眾們一定都想知道演講者的身份背景信息。所以在英語演講的開頭，大大方方將自己介紹給聽眾，讓大家認(rèn)識(shí)自己，無論如何，這總比演講結(jié)束了，臺(tái)下的觀眾還不知道臺(tái)上那個(gè)家伙是誰要強(qiáng)!英語演講稿開頭怎么寫
英語演講稿開頭怎么寫精彩英語演講開場(chǎng)白示例
2、精彩英語演講開場(chǎng)白示例二：受邀致辭
I'd like to thank you for inviting/asking me/giving me the chance to...
I am grateful for the opportunity to present...
通常情況下，在一起企業(yè)活動(dòng)或者學(xué)術(shù)活動(dòng)中，有的演講者會(huì)作為嘉賓被邀請(qǐng)發(fā)言。這個(gè)時(shí)候，你可以通過上述英語演講開場(chǎng)白來發(fā)表講話。
3、精彩英語演講開場(chǎng)白示例三：告知演講主題
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to tell you about...
The subject of my presentation is...
英語演講稿的開頭要記得告知聽眾演講的主題，不要一篇英語演講洋洋灑灑結(jié)束了，聽眾還對(duì)你所講述的主題不甚明了，那就太悲劇了。一開始就告訴聽眾主題，讓他們帶著已有的自我認(rèn)知跟著你的演講往下聽，他們的興趣會(huì)更濃厚，如果他們聽了半天不知道主題，又沒怎么完全聽懂，演講就沒有太大效果。
4、精彩英語演講開場(chǎng)白示例四：引起聽眾興趣
Over the next ten minutes you are going to hear about something that will change the way your companies operate...
At the end of this presentation you will understand why this company has been so successful for so long...
在英語演講稿的開頭引入一些引起聽眾興趣的內(nèi)容是演講的技巧。你想要為聽眾講一個(gè)不一樣的故事你想要為聽眾留一個(gè)懸念，讓聽眾在你的英語演講中找尋答案那就試試上述這兩
種英語演講開場(chǎng)白的表達(dá)方式吧。
英語演講稿開頭怎么寫希望岱恩英語老師分享的精彩英語演講開場(chǎng)白示例能夠?yàn)槟闾峁⿴椭�。同時(shí)，岱恩英語老師也要提醒大家，一場(chǎng)成功的英語演講光靠英語演講稿是不夠的，還需要掌握很多英語演講方法和技巧，并且一個(gè)人的英語演講能力也是需要反復(fù)鍛煉才能提升的。希望大家好好學(xué)習(xí)，早日成為英語演講高手!
最新英文演講稿開場(chǎng)白
尊敬的評(píng)委，尊貴的來賓，女士們，先生們，大家晚上好!能夠站在這里進(jìn)行演說，我感到十分榮幸。今天我將和大家一起分享
honorable judges,distinguished guests,ladies and gentlemen,good evening!I feel really honored to stand here and make a speech.today I"m going to look together with you into this question:
Good morning everybody!It's my honor to speak here,and I am very glad to share my topic with you. Then today I'd like to talk something about.....
(大家早上好!能在這里做此次演講我十分榮幸，也很高興能跟大家一起分享我的主題，今天我想演講的是......)
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the English Speaking Competition for Grade 2005. (掌聲~~~) First of all, (Motivational model yuedu.mipang.com) please allow me to introduce myself, your host for today. I’m Sammy from Cla6, Grade 2005.
(譯文：女士們，先生們，大家晚上好!歡迎來到05級(jí)英語演講比賽的現(xiàn)常首先，請(qǐng)?jiān)试S我來個(gè)自我介紹。我是今晚的主持人—來自05級(jí)6班的典典。)
There are all together 26 contestants to compete in today’s English Speaking Competition, all from Grade 2005. And this competition will be mediated by a panel of five judges. Also on the panel are “question masters” who will be responsible for raising questions of today’s contestants. Now, I have the great privilege of presenting today’s judges.
(譯文：角逐今晚比賽的有26名選手,他們均來自外院05級(jí)的同學(xué)。此次比賽我們邀請(qǐng)到了五名評(píng)委，五名評(píng)委中有兩名是“提問員”，這兩名“提問員”將對(duì)每位選手進(jìn)行提問。好的，我很榮幸地向大家介紹一下我們的`五位評(píng)委。 微笑狀~)
Ladies and gentlemen, MiLiu, (掌聲~~~) welcome; MiLuo, (掌聲~~~)welcomeOK, after introducing our judges, now let’s go over the rules of the competition.
(譯文：女士們，先生們，她們是劉老師，歡迎!駱老師，歡迎!好的，介紹完我們的評(píng)委之后，讓我們來看看今天的比賽規(guī)則吧。 微笑狀~)
Each of the contestants has 3 minutes to present a prepared speech and 2 minutes to answer questions raised by the judges.
(譯文：每位選手要進(jìn)行3分鐘的命題演講和2分鐘的回答。)
During the prepared speech, a staff member will raise a yellow board as a signal that there is half a minute left. Then, at the end of 3minutes, a red board will be raised to let the speaker know that the time has run out. So, please raise the red board. Thank you!
(譯文：在命題演講環(huán)節(jié)，在選手的演講時(shí)間還剩下半分鐘的時(shí)候，我們的工作人員將會(huì)舉一塊黃顏色的牌子示意。當(dāng)3分鐘時(shí)間一到，我們的工作人員會(huì)舉一塊紅色的牌子示意時(shí)間已到。現(xiàn)在，工作人員示意一下下。謝謝! 微笑狀~)
Now the topic for today’s prepared speech is “Olympic Games, Beijing 20xx”.
(譯文：今天的命題演講的題目是：北京20xx奧運(yùn)會(huì)。)
Ladies and gentlemen, the top four winners today will be able to attend the College Final to be held on November 3rd.
(譯文：女士們，先生們，今晚比賽的前四名選手將可以參加11月3號(hào)晚上的院里的決賽。)
Now let’s welcome contestant No.1
(譯文：現(xiàn)在，讓我們有請(qǐng)1號(hào)選手。 微笑狀~)
Thank you for contestant No.1, now let’s welcome contestant No.2.
(譯文：謝謝1號(hào)選手的演講。接下來，讓我們有請(qǐng)我們的2號(hào)選手。 微笑狀~)
Thank you for contestant No.2. Here, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to announce the score of contestant No.1 is 86.6. Congratulations! Now, let’s welcome contestant No.3
(譯文：謝謝我們的2號(hào)選手。女士們，先生們，下面我宣布1號(hào)選手的最后得分是：86.6分。恭喜!接下來，讓我們有請(qǐng)我們的3號(hào)選手。 微笑狀~)
篇二：20xx中英文演講主持稿
洛川：尊敬的各位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)老師，
嚴(yán)樂：親愛的同學(xué)們，大家 （合）晚上好！
洛川：懷揣著夢(mèng)想的我們走進(jìn)了大學(xué)校園，為了同一個(gè)夢(mèng)想我們聚在了一起， 嚴(yán)樂：為了展示新時(shí)代大學(xué)生的風(fēng)采，增強(qiáng)同學(xué)們的自信心和自豪感，增進(jìn)思想交流，繁榮校園文化
洛川：我院特此舉辦教育學(xué)院第六屆普通話大賽暨中英文演講比賽暨學(xué)生專業(yè)月陳志厚老師
教育學(xué)院輔導(dǎo)員 鄭再生老師 嚴(yán)樂：歡迎您以及教育學(xué)院學(xué)生會(huì)主席團(tuán)成員和各兄弟院系學(xué)習(xí)部長(zhǎng)的到來。 嚴(yán)樂;擔(dān)任本次比賽評(píng)委的分別是， 外語學(xué)院院長(zhǎng) 車貴成老師 文學(xué)院老師 董炳榮老師
教育學(xué)院第五屆中文演講比賽中文組比賽冠軍 范禹
英語辯論賽專業(yè)組第二名獲得者 伍結(jié)玲
校級(jí)演講比賽第三名，辯論比賽專業(yè)組第二名 劉煥彬（ 洛川歡迎） 洛川：下面我宣布韶關(guān)學(xué)院教育學(xué)院第六屆普通話大賽暨中英文演講比賽暨專業(yè)技能開幕式 合：正式開始，
嚴(yán)樂：下面有請(qǐng)譚建生書記為開幕式致辭，大家掌聲歡迎。
技能開幕式活動(dòng)：洛川：大家好，我是主持人洛川。
嚴(yán)樂：大家好，我是嚴(yán)樂。那么在這么盛大的日子里，我們也邀請(qǐng)到了許多重量級(jí)的嘉賓，洛川來給大家介紹一下。 洛川：好的，下面請(qǐng)?jiān)试S我為大家介紹蒞臨本次比賽的嘉賓，他們分別是， 教育學(xué)院書記 譚建生
教育學(xué)院輔導(dǎo)員 陳志厚鄭再生
洛川：好的，謝謝譚書記的精彩講話，下面請(qǐng)?jiān)试S我為大家介紹教院學(xué)生專業(yè)技能月的項(xiàng)目。
嚴(yán)樂：我們將采用PPT的形式，對(duì)于教育學(xué)院的專業(yè)你了解嗎？這都沒關(guān)系，下面就有請(qǐng)我們教育學(xué)院的四個(gè)不同專業(yè)的學(xué)生代表以講解LOGO的形式為大家來介紹我們學(xué)院的四個(gè)專業(yè)。 介紹4個(gè)
洛川;好的，預(yù)祝我們學(xué)院學(xué)生專業(yè)技能月活動(dòng)圓滿成功。
嚴(yán)樂：相信大家都期待很久了吧，接下
來就該進(jìn)入我們今晚的比賽了！
洛川;暢意的青春，飛揚(yáng)的季節(jié)，用朗朗書聲贊頌美好時(shí)光，
嚴(yán)樂：今天我們意氣風(fēng)發(fā)，站上決勝舞臺(tái)，一起見證中英文演講比賽的決賽時(shí)刻。
洛川：下面我宣布第六屆教育學(xué)院中英文演講比賽決賽 合：正式開始
洛川：下面是選手介紹時(shí)間。中文組： A1號(hào)選手陳夢(mèng)蕾來自13心理學(xué)班 她的格言是：如果要飛的高就該把地平線忘掉
嚴(yán)樂： A2號(hào)選手段涵嘉來自13心理學(xué)班 他的格言是：天行健，君子以自強(qiáng)不息；地勢(shì)坤，君子以厚德載物。 洛川：B1號(hào)選手張麗萍來自13小學(xué)教育班她的座右銘是：浪費(fèi)食物，天打雷劈。
嚴(yán)樂：B2號(hào)選手張綺靜來自13小學(xué)教育班 她的座右銘是 ：當(dāng)激情褪去，讓責(zé)任支撐自己走下去。笑到最后，笑得最好。
洛川：英文組：C1號(hào)選手歐陽碧琦來自12心理學(xué)1班 她的格言是：live your life to the fullest.
嚴(yán)樂： C2號(hào)選手朱如倩來自12心理學(xué)1班她的格言是：just do it . 洛川：D1號(hào)選手陳靜茵來自13小學(xué)教育班 她的人生至理名言是：活在當(dāng)下。
嚴(yán)樂：D2號(hào)選手徐潔瑜來自13小學(xué)教育班 她的格言是：要么旅行，要么讀書，身體和心靈總有一個(gè)在路上。
嚴(yán)樂：下面請(qǐng)?jiān)试S我為大家介紹本次比賽的流程，本次比賽共分為三個(gè)板塊，第一板塊是小組情景劇
�。�1）選手按選手說明會(huì)抽到的小組序號(hào)上場(chǎng)（中英文選手各2組），按中英文順序進(jìn)行表演，每個(gè)組限時(shí)3~5min。中文組選手A1號(hào)陳夢(mèng)蕾A2號(hào)段函嘉將為大家?guī)怼睹嬖嚳裣肭�，B1號(hào)張麗萍B2張琦靜將帶來《普通話》
洛川：英文組選手C1歐陽碧琪C2朱如倩將帶來《friends》，D1陳靜因D2徐潔瑜將帶來《2 broke girls》 嚴(yán)樂：
接下來第二個(gè)板塊是主題演講 選手根據(jù)選手說明會(huì)的演講主題進(jìn)行演講（先中文組，再英文組，時(shí)間為（3~5min）
一位選手上臺(tái)后，請(qǐng)下位選手做好準(zhǔn)備。
洛川：那么在經(jīng)過了主題演講環(huán)節(jié)后，
我們將稍事休息，一起來輕松一下，進(jìn)入中場(chǎng)休息的觀眾互動(dòng)環(huán)節(jié)：請(qǐng)一位觀眾上臺(tái)，隨機(jī)抽選一件物品并推銷這件物品，時(shí)間在
2min內(nèi)（要求幽默創(chuàng)新，觀眾會(huì)有神秘小禮品）（20:50~21:00）
嚴(yán)樂;緊接著，觀眾將參與并進(jìn)入第三個(gè)環(huán)節(jié). 非�，F(xiàn)場(chǎng)（21:00~21:30）按照選手說明會(huì)抽取的A1跟A2 PK，放映 PPT的同時(shí)，會(huì)出現(xiàn)一個(gè)場(chǎng)景要求選手輪流講述看法，每個(gè)選手限時(shí)2分鐘，三輪比賽結(jié)束后，請(qǐng)一位評(píng)委點(diǎn)評(píng)。今晚的比賽將會(huì)激烈開展，那么也請(qǐng)選手們使出渾身解數(shù)，努力爭(zhēng)取最后的桂冠吧！
洛川;好的 話不多說，趕快進(jìn)入今天的比賽吧。
嚴(yán)樂:下面進(jìn)入第一板塊, 小組情景劇.有請(qǐng)中文組選手A1號(hào)陳夢(mèng)蕾A2號(hào)段函嘉為大家?guī)怼睹嬖嚳裣肭罚?/p>
洛川:接下來有請(qǐng)B1號(hào)張麗萍B2號(hào)張琦靜帶來《普通話》
嚴(yán)樂: 英文組選手C1號(hào)歐陽碧琪C2號(hào)朱如倩為大家?guī)怼秄riends》，
洛川:D1陳靜因D2徐潔瑜帶來的《2 broke girls》
嚴(yán)樂; 熱鬧的情景劇剛剛走過，下面我們即將迎來精彩的第二部分—主題演講。請(qǐng)選手根據(jù)選手說明會(huì)的演講主題進(jìn)行演講，先中文組后英文組，按照抽到的順序出場(chǎng)。
洛川;準(zhǔn)備永遠(yuǎn)沒有最早，開始永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)太遲，下面即將開始的是中文組的精彩演講，他們演講的主題是 永遠(yuǎn)沒有最早，永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)太遲�，F(xiàn)在大家掌聲有請(qǐng)A1號(hào)選手陳夢(mèng)蕾為大家?guī)砭恃葜v。
嚴(yán)樂;感謝A1號(hào)選手的精彩演講，下面有請(qǐng)A2號(hào)選手段涵嘉。
洛川：感謝A2號(hào)選手的精彩演講，下面有請(qǐng)B1號(hào)選手張麗萍。
嚴(yán)樂：感謝B1號(hào)選手的精彩演講，接
下來，有請(qǐng)中文組的最后一名選手B2號(hào)張琦靜。
洛川：感謝C1號(hào)選手歐陽碧琦的精彩演講，下面有請(qǐng)下一位選手C2號(hào)朱如
倩帶來精彩表現(xiàn)。
嚴(yán)樂：謝謝C2號(hào)選手朱如倩的精彩表
現(xiàn)，那么接下來大家掌聲歡迎D1號(hào)選手陳靜茵為大家?guī)砭恃葜v。
洛川：謝謝D1號(hào)選手陳靜茵的精彩表現(xiàn)，那么接下來就請(qǐng)大家掌聲有請(qǐng)中文組的最后一名選手徐潔瑜為大家?guī)砭恃葜v。
嚴(yán)樂： 從在一起到說分開，從窮學(xué)生到土豪金，從一竅不通到深諳世事，鏡子里看到自己，從失敗到再一次站起來，永遠(yuǎn)深刻的一句話：yesterday ,you said tomorrow.。感謝中文組的所有參賽手的精彩演講，下面將要出場(chǎng)的是英文組的選手，今晚他們將要圍繞
yesterday ,you said tomorrow .。各抒己見，率先出場(chǎng)的是C1號(hào)選手歐陽碧琦，大家掌聲有請(qǐng)。
洛川：感謝C1號(hào)選手歐陽碧琦的精彩演講，下面掌聲有請(qǐng)下一位選手C2號(hào)朱如倩帶來精彩表現(xiàn)。
嚴(yán)樂：謝謝C2號(hào)選手朱如倩的精彩表現(xiàn)，那么接下來大家掌聲有請(qǐng)D1號(hào)選手陳靜茵為大家?guī)砭恃葜v。
洛川：謝謝D1號(hào)選手陳靜茵的精彩表現(xiàn)，不知道英文組的最后一名選手徐潔瑜將會(huì)有怎樣的表現(xiàn)呢？大家掌聲有請(qǐng)！
嚴(yán)樂：感謝今晚8位選手，請(qǐng)選手們?cè)谂_(tái)下稍事休息，那么我們今晚的演講部分到此也已步入尾聲。不知現(xiàn)在場(chǎng)內(nèi)有多少觀眾呢，本次比賽為觀眾設(shè)計(jì)了一個(gè)活潑可愛的互動(dòng)環(huán)節(jié)。
洛川：是的，我們的比賽已進(jìn)入了《非常現(xiàn)場(chǎng)》階段，選手口若懸河，相信觀眾們也一定不賴吧，我們會(huì)隨機(jī)抽選幾位觀眾，被選中的觀眾隨機(jī)抽選一件物品并推銷這件物品，要求時(shí)間在2分鐘內(nèi)且幽默創(chuàng)新，最優(yōu)者將會(huì)獲得小禮品一份哦，大家踴躍參加吧！
洛川：在欣賞完8位選手各具特色的演講之后，接下來有請(qǐng)?jiān)u委們對(duì)選手們的表現(xiàn)進(jìn)行點(diǎn)評(píng)。首先是中文組的董炳榮老師
大家掌聲歡迎。
嚴(yán)樂：掌聲送給董炳榮老師，感謝老師的點(diǎn)評(píng)。相信大家在聽完點(diǎn)評(píng)之后對(duì)選手們的表現(xiàn)也有了更進(jìn)一步的認(rèn)識(shí)。獲益良多。那么緊接著有請(qǐng)英文組的評(píng)委車貴成老師為大家作出點(diǎn)評(píng)。掌聲有請(qǐng)。
洛川：掌聲送給車貴成老師，感謝老師精彩而深刻的點(diǎn)評(píng)，同時(shí)也為我們的比賽結(jié)果增加了一些懸念。那么現(xiàn)在終于到了最后關(guān)頭，今晚的獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)呒磳⒏〕鏊�。緊接著就是頒獎(jiǎng)儀式。首先有請(qǐng)中文組選手。
嚴(yán)樂：首先宣讀的是中文組獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。活得教育學(xué)院第6屆中英文演講比賽中文組三等獎(jiǎng)的是。。。號(hào)選手。。。掌聲鼓勵(lì)，并有請(qǐng)。。。。。為選手頒獎(jiǎng)。
洛川：感謝頒獎(jiǎng)嘉賓，請(qǐng)頒獎(jiǎng)嘉賓到臺(tái)
下稍作休息。接下來頒發(fā)二等
獎(jiǎng)，獲得教育學(xué)院第6屆中英文演講比賽中文組二等獎(jiǎng)的是**號(hào)選手***，掌聲鼓勵(lì)。并有請(qǐng)。。為選手頒獎(jiǎng)。
嚴(yán)樂：感謝頒獎(jiǎng)嘉賓，比賽已進(jìn)行
到此，請(qǐng)嘉賓與選手們一起在臺(tái)下，稍作休息。
洛川：現(xiàn)在，我們將頒發(fā)今晚中文
組的一等獎(jiǎng)。獲得教育學(xué)院第6
屆中英文演講比賽中文組一等獎(jiǎng)的是**號(hào)選手***，掌聲鼓勵(lì)。并有請(qǐng)。。老師為選手頒獎(jiǎng)。 洛川：感謝頒獎(jiǎng)嘉賓，并有請(qǐng)獲獎(jiǎng)
選手與頒獎(jiǎng)嘉賓一起合影留念之后到臺(tái)下稍作休息。在中文組頒獎(jiǎng)結(jié)束后，下面來揭曉英文組的各獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。有請(qǐng)英文組的各位選手。獲得教育學(xué)院第6屆中英文演講比賽英文組三等獎(jiǎng)的是**號(hào)選手***，掌聲鼓勵(lì)。并有請(qǐng)。。為選手頒獎(jiǎng)。感謝頒獎(jiǎng)嘉賓，有請(qǐng)頒獎(jiǎng)嘉賓到臺(tái)下稍作休息。
篇三：20xx年JK羅琳：哈佛畢業(yè)典禮演講(中英文對(duì)照)
“20xx年6月5日是哈佛大學(xué)的畢業(yè)典禮，請(qǐng)來的演講嘉賓是《哈利波特》的作者J.K.羅琳女士。她的演講題目是《失敗的好處和想象的重要性》（The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination）。她幾乎沒有談到哈里波特，而是說了年輕時(shí)的一些經(jīng)歷。雖然J·K·羅琳現(xiàn)在很有錢，是英國(guó)僅次于女皇的最富有的女人，但是她曾經(jīng)有一段非常艱辛的日子，30歲了，還差點(diǎn)流落街頭。她主要談的是，自己從這段經(jīng)歷中學(xué)到的東西。”
以下是英文文稿和中文翻譯：
Text as delivered follows.
Copyright of JK Rowling, June 20xx
President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates,
The first thing I would like to say is thank you.Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I have endured at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win situation! Now all I have to do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners and convince myself that I am at the worlds largest Gryffindor reunion.
Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility; or so I
thought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation. The commencement speaker that day was the distinguished British philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock. Reflecting on her speech has helped me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I cant remember a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, the law or politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard.
You seeIf all you remember in years to come is the gay wizardjoke, Ive come out ahead of Baroness Mary Warnock. Achievable goals: the first step to self improvement.
Actually, I have wr
acked my mind and heart for what I ought to say to you today. I have asked myself what I wish I had known at my own graduation, and what important lessons I have learned in the 21 years that have expired between that day and this.
I have come up with two answers. On this wonderful day when we are gathered together to celebrate your academic success, I have decided to talk to you about the benefits of failure. And as you stand on the threshold of what is sometimes called real life, I want to extol the crucial importance of imagination.
These may seem quixotic or paradoxical choices, but please bear with me.
Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation, is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me. I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do, ever, was to write novels. However, my parents, both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would never pay a mortgage, or secure a pension. I know that the irony strikes with the force of a cartoon anvil, now.
So they hoped that I would take a vocational degree; I wanted to study English Literature. A compromise was reached that in retrospect satisfied nobody, and I went up to study Modern Languages. Hardly had my parentscar rounded the corner at the end of the road than I ditched German and scuttled off down the Classics corridor.
I cannot remember telling my parents that I was studying Classics; they might well have found out for the first time on graduation day. Of all the subjects on this planet, I think they would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology when it came to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.
I would like to make it clear, in parenthesis, that I do not blame my parents for their point of view. There is an expiry date on blaming your
parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you. What is more, I cannot criticise my parents for hoping that I would never experience poverty. They had been poor themselves, and I have since been poor, and I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.
What I feared most for myself at your age was not poverty, but failure. At your age, in spite of a distinct lack of motivation at university, where I had spent far too long in the coffee bar writing stories, and far too little time at lectures, I had a knack for passing examinations, and that, for years, had been the measure of success in my life and that of my peers.
I am not dull enough to suppose that because you are young, gifted and well-educated, you have never known hardship or heartbreak. Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the Fates, and I do not for a moment suppose that everyone here has enjoyed an existence of uuffled privilege and contentment.
However, the fact that you are graduating from Harvard suggests that you are not very well-acquainted with failure. You might be driven by
a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success. Indeed, your conception of failure might not be too far from the average persons idea of success, so high have you already flown.
Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it. So I think it fair to say that by any conventional measure, a mere seven years after my graduation day, I had failed on an epic scale. An exceptionally short-lived marriage had imploded, and I was jobless, a lone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless. The fears that my parents had had for me, and that I had had for myself, had both come to pass, and by every usual standard, I was the biggest failure I knew.
Now, I am not going to stand here and tell you that failure is fun. That period of my life was a dark one, and I had no idea that there was going to be what the press has since represented as a kind of fairy tale resolution. I had no idea then how far the tunnel extended, and for a long time, any light at the end of it was a hope rather than a reality. So why do I talk about the benefits of failureSimply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the
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