Hello,everyone!
We are glad to stand here,and give you an interesting speech.Today our topic is “A Lesson from a 4-year-old”.Are you interested in this?This is an unusual story,I read this article with great interest.If my sister wants to color the sky pink or wear ballerina[ ,bælə'ri:nə ]（芭蕾舞衣）dress to the supermarket,it is OK by me.The window of creativity and wonder is slammed[ slæm ]（砰地关上）shut far too early in many children’s lives.My partner and I hope this article will move all of you as deeply as it moved us!
我们很高兴站在这里给你们一个有趣的演讲。我们今天的主题是“四岁孩子给我们上的一堂课" 。你有兴趣吗? 这是一个不寻常的故事，我以极大的兴趣看了这篇文章。如果我的妹妹想颜色天空粉红色或穿件芭蕾舞衣到超级市场去买菜，我是可以允许的。创造力和好奇心的窗户在许多孩子的生活中被过早地关上了。我和我的伙伴希望这篇文章能像感动我们一样感动你们。
If we were to conduct a poll among adults to determine[ di'tə:min ]（确定）how many of you could sing or dance, I fear that we would receive the overwhelming[ ,əuvə'hwelmiŋ ]（压倒性的）message that the vast[ vɑ:st ]（巨大的）majority of adults feel they have no talent in these areas[ 'ɛəriəs ]（领域）. On the other hand ,if we were to conduct the same poll among 4-year-olds, we
would find that virtually[ 'və:tʃuəli ]（几乎）all of them are convinced[ kən'vinst ]（深信的）they can sing, and virtually all of them have confidence in their ability
to dance .
如果我们在成年人中做一个调查，有多少人能唱歌或跳舞？恐怕我们会得到压倒性的结论，那就是绝大部分成年人都会觉得他们在这方面没有天分。但是，如果我们在四岁孩子当中做同样的调查，我们会发现，几乎所有的孩子都确信他们能唱歌，几乎所有的孩子都对自己的舞蹈能力有信心。
Most of the 4-year-olds have little or no real talent ,but, instead ,they are endowed[in'dau]（赋予）with incredible[ in'kredəbl ]（惊人的）confidence in their own potential[ pəu'tenʃəl ]（潜能）. This confidence, or certainty of success, is something we were all born with bur we later traded in for a strong dose
[ dəus ]（剂量）of what we call realism[ 'riəlizəm ]（现实主义）.
大多数四岁大的孩子只有很少或者没有什么真正的才能，但是，他们却对自己的潜力充满无比的信心。这种信心或者说是对成功的确信，是我们与生俱来的东西，但是长大后，却用大量的我们成为现实主义的东西取而代之。
Shortly after we reach school age ,we are taught lessons about the world that revolves[ ri'vɔlv ]（旋转、循环）around us .Limiting[ 'limit ]（局限）our vision[ 'viʒən ]（想象力）and becoming realistic .I defy[ di'fai ]（挑战）you to find a statue[ 'stætju: ]（雕像）or a monument[ 'mɔnjumənt ]（纪念碑）ever erected[ i'rekt ]（树立）to anyone because they were realistic . All dreamers, all achievers ,all great people kept their child -like faith[ feiθ ]（信仰）in their own dream and their ability[ ə'biliti ]（才能）to carry it out ,and these great people had an inordinate[ i'nɔ:dinət ]（过度的）gift to disregard[ disri'ɡɑ:d ]（漠视）the world's cries for reality[ ri'æləti ]（现实）.
我们到了求学年龄后，便要学习认识周围在我们身旁的这个世界。我们的想象能力变局限了、变现实了。我敢保证，你找不到一座雕像或一块纪念碑是为那些很现实的人树立的。所有的梦想家和伟人，成功者，他们为自己的理想和现实空想的能力都拥有了孩子般的信念。这些伟人都极有天赋去漠视世界要人们面对的现实。
I challenge you to go through a single[ 'siŋɡl ]（一个）day exploring[ iks'plɔ:riŋ ]（探索）every aspect[ 'æspekt ]（方面）.At any time,you can decide to change the road you’re on in life,take a new direction,follow a new trail.You are the only one who really knows you want from life and if you’re on the right road for you.You’re the only one who can fulfill[ ful'fil ]（履行、实现）your dreams and receive the joys and happiness that come from reading those aspirations and goals.not from what is realistic ,but instead from what is possible. If we can master[ 'mɑ:stə ]（控制）this, we will begin to revert[ ri'və:t ]（回归）backwards [ 'bækwədz ]（向后）and live our lives in the unlimited[ ,ʌn'limitid ]（无拘无束的）realm [ relm ]（领域、范围）of the successful 4-year-old.
我建议你这样度过每一天。你可以在任何时候改变你人生的道路，朝着一个新的方向去努力，沿着一条新的道路向前进。唯有你自己知道你人生的追求，以及你是否走在适合自己的道路上。你是唯一能够实现自己梦想的人，也是唯一在实现你梦想和达成这些目标后获得快乐和幸福的人。不是从现实的角度，而是从可能性的角度考虑问题。如果我们能做到这一点，我们就回归从前，向成功的四岁孩子一样无拘无束地生活。
Today is the day!
就从今天开始吧！
