Attitude Matters the Most态度决定一切.docx

Attitude Matters the Most态度决定一切Attitude Matters the Most What is the most important factor in life leading to happiness, success and richness? I believe most of us will be curious about this question and come up with numerous answers. Some may say:” endowment is the most important. These who are gifted with talent can make achievement with little effort.” Well others may disagree. They may think it is privileged social position. As far as I am concerned, in life attitude matters most. Attitude will influence our career, interpersonal relationships and even our whole life, because our behavior is always determined by our attitude. First, positive attitude helps one to keep happy, and happiness itself is a huge wealth in life. Then, positive attitude make one more confident, and confidence plays important role to ones success, success enrich your life. Finally, when one owns happiness and success, positive attitude helps him treat his wealth correctly, so he will get real spiritual enjoyment. So, positive attitude do good to ones life. May be I can cite a story as an example. Long ago, an old lady had two sons both doing business. The elder one owned a grocery store selling umbrella, while the young one sold fans. Therefore, the old lady worried about her elder son when the sun was shining. But she also got anxious when it rained, because her young one would had bad business. Her neighbor found her suffered from worry and sympathized with her. He told the lady that when it rained, the umbrella sold well, while when it was sunny, the fans were popular. From that day on, the old lady wore a smile with great delight all the time. The weather never changed. It was the attitude that the lady held changed. As we can see from the story, positive attitude is just like alchemic transformation which turns stone into gold. When our attitude change, the consequence become better. It gives you the confidence to confront tough difficulties and give you the abilities to tap into your endowments to lead a meaningful life. Just like Richard Devos puts it: An optimistic attitude is not a luxury, it's a necessity .The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people . 以抽签方式决定出场顺序。 1) 题目：Attitude Matters the Most； 2) 3分钟的英语脱稿演讲； 3) 评委将从演讲内容、语音语调、语言表达的流畅性和准确性、台风仪表等方面进行评判。 Donts: Speaking too rapidly. Speaking in a monotone. Presenting without enough emotion or passion. Talking down to the audience. Disorganized and rambling performance. Dos: Eye contact. Facial expressions and gestures. Smile and glance at your audience. Start very slowly, with your shoulders back and your chin up. Wear proper clothes and mind your hair-style. How to use the microphone. Greetings and introduction. The speech. Acknowledgement. Learn the new words. Learn the passage by heart. Mark out the sense groups, pausing, sentence stress and intonation. Practice. Ask your friends for suggestions. Dictation: This story is in praise of some typical American values: / self-reliance, rugged individualism, and respect for hard manual work. / We know that respect for hard work / and a tradition of sentimental glorification of the rural way of life exist in all cultures, / and particularly strong in American culture. / According to Thomas Jefferson, / farmers are close to nature. / And nature is beautiful, / because everything we use and everything we love come from nature, / not only food, water, air, housing, clothing, / but also art, music and poetry. / Farming is the most glorious way of living / because it is honest / and is dependent solely on labor. / This kind of life in turn gives the farmer all the fine qualities we admire: / strength, courage, independence, honesty, and the love of freedom. / In the present-day United States, however, these values prevail mainly in rural areas and small towns. / In the cities and suburbs, / where the great majority of Americans live, / many would consider them old-fashioned. / Their judgment of “Clearing in the Sky” might be / that it is naïve and overly sentimental. /