英語演講一般是通過練習(xí)小短文來提高的，現(xiàn)在英語口語好的人是急需的人才。想說一口流利的英語不是一件容易的情。一定要先學(xué)好標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的音標(biāo)，練習(xí)的時(shí)候可以選兒童英語演講小短文，通過熟讀甚至背誦來提高英語口語水平。

　　I?think?smiling?is?as?important?as?sunshine.Smiling?is?like?sunshine?because?it?can?make?people?happy?and?have?a?good?day.If?you?aren’t?happy,you?can?smile,and?then?you?will?feel?happy.Someone?may?say,“But?I?don’t?feel?happy.”Then?I?would?say,“Please?smile?as?you?do?when?you?are?happy?or?play?with?your?friend?shappily.You?will?really?be?happy?again.”

　　Smiling?can?let?you?have?more?friends.So?I?say,smiling?is?like?a?flower.It?will?give?you?happiness.

　　我認(rèn)為微笑是一樣重要的象陽光。微笑是象陽光，因?yàn)樗赡苁谷擞淇旌陀幸粋€(gè)早晨好。如果您不是愉快的，您能微笑，您然后將感覺愉快。某人也許說，“但是我不感到愉快”。然后我會說，“請微笑，您，當(dāng)您愉快地是愉快或戲劇與您的朋友。您真正地再次感受到是愉快的”。

　　微笑可能讓您有更多朋友。如此我說，微笑是像花。它將給您幸福。

　　There?is?no?doubt?that?happiness?is?the?most?precious?thing?in?the?world.Without?it,life?will?be?empty?and?meaningless.If?you?wish?to?know?how?to?get?happiness,you?must?pay?attention?to?the?following?two?points.First,health?is?the?secret?of?happiness(the?key?to?happiness).Only?as?trong?man?can?enjoy?the?pleasure?of?life.Secondly,happiness?consists?in?contentment.A?man?who?is?dissatisfied?with?his?present?condition?is?always?in?distress.

　　無疑的快樂是世界上最寶貴的東西。沒有它，人生將是空虛的而且毫無意義的。如果你希望知道如何獲得快樂，你須注意下面兩點(diǎn)。健康是快樂的要訣。唯有身體強(qiáng)壯的人才能享受人生的樂趣?？鞓吩谟谥恪Ｒ粋€(gè)不滿于現(xiàn)狀的人終是處在痛苦之中。

　　It?is?a?matter?of?course?that?industry?will?bring?us?success,wealth?and?good?luck.I?am?sure?that?a?hard-working?person?can?always?succeed?in?the?work?which?he?wants?to?do.This?is?unchangeable?truth.Idleness?is?the?opposite?of?industry.It?is?the?source?of?all?evil.An?idle?man?only?enjoys?playing?and?making?pleasures.That?he?is?doomed?to?failure?is?of?no?doubt.We?should?not?follow?his?example.

　　勤勉會帶給我們成功，財(cái)富和好運(yùn)乃是當(dāng)然之事。我確信一個(gè)苦干的人終是能夠做成功他所要做的工作。這是不易之定理。懶惰是勤勉的反面。它是萬惡之源泉。一個(gè)懶惰的人只享受玩耍和尋樂。他命運(yùn)注定失敗是毫無疑問的。我們不應(yīng)學(xué)他的榜樣。

　　Whether?sixty?or?sixteen,there?is?in?every?human?being's?heart?the?lure?of?wonders,the?unfailing?childlike?appetite?of?what's?next?and?the?joy?of?the?game?of?living.In?the?center?of?your?heart?and?my?heart?there?is?a?wireless?station:so?long?as?it?receives?messages?of?beauty,hope,cheer,courage?and?power?from?men?and?from?the?infinite,so?long?are?you?young.

　　無論是60歲還是16歲，你需要保持永不衰竭的好奇心、永不熄滅的孩子提般求知的渴望和追求事業(yè)成功的歡樂與熱情。在你我的心底，有一座無線電臺，它能在多長時(shí)間里接收到人間萬物傳遞來的美好、希望、歡樂、鼓舞和力量的信息，你就會年輕多長時(shí)間。

　　An?individual?human?existence?should?be?like?ariver—small?at?first,narrowly?contained?within?its?banks,and?rushing?passionately?past?boulders?and?over?waterfalls.Gradually?the?river?grow?swider,the?banks?recede,the?waters?flow?more?quietly,and?in?the?end,without?any?visible?break,they?become?merged?in?the?sea,and?painlessly?lose?thei?rindividual?being.

　　人的生命應(yīng)當(dāng)像河流，開始是涓涓細(xì)流，受兩岸的限制而十分狹窄，爾后奔騰咆哮，翻過危巖，飛越瀑布，河面漸漸開闊，河岸也隨之向兩邊隱去，最后水流平緩，森森無際，匯入大海之中，個(gè)人就這樣毫無痛苦地消失了。

　　這些小短文給孩子用來練習(xí)口語還是比較有用的，因?yàn)槎际且恍┖唵蔚膯卧~，沒有什么特別難的，小孩子不會產(chǎn)生什么太大的厭煩心理。