全國英語演講大賽演講稿之第七名doomsday

Honorablejudges,distinguishedguests,ladiesandgentlemen,goodafternoon:Wearesevenminutesfromdoomsday.InFebruary2002,thedoomsdayclock,onwhichmidnightrepresentsdestructionbynuclearwar,wasmovedtwominutesahead.Now,humankindisonlysevenminutesfromannihilation.Ibelieveworldpeaceisadreamcherishedbyeachandeverydecenthumanbeing.Yettherealityisthattherehasneverbeenatimeinhistorywhenwearesovulnerable.Thefearofnuclearproliferation-thefearofthespreadofweaponsofmassdestructiontomanymorecountriesisontherise.Nuclearweaponsaretheenemiesofhumanity.Theireffectstranscendtimeandspace,poisoningtheearthanditsinhabitantsforgenerationstocome.Asinglenuclearbombcanbeathousandtimesthanmoredevastatingthanthelargestconventionalexplosives.Asinglenuclearweaponcanruintonsofsoilandvegetation.Asinglenuclearweaponcandestroyanentirecityofover120,000defenselessciviliansandleaveabouttwicethenumberofpeopletodieinslowagony.Nuclearweapons,withtheirindiscriminate,massivedestructivepower,cannowdestroytheworldseveraltimesover.Terrifiedbythecatastrophicpowerofnuclearweapons,Idarenotthinkwhattheworldwouldbelikeifthisdarkandmonstrousshouldfallintowronghands.IfAdolfHitler’styrannicalregimehadacquiredthefirstfunctioningnuclearweapon,historywouldhavetoberewritten.Andevenworse,whatiftheterroristsgonuclear?WhatiftheperpetratorsoftheSept.11thhorrors,whoseintenttoinflictdestructionisunconstrainedbyhumanfeelings;andwhosecapacitytoinflictisenlargedbytechnology,couldstrikeagainandthistimewithdirtybombs?Ifwehesitateinthefacethethreat,whenweshouldhaveactedasearlyaspossible,thenwearecondemnedtoliveundereverlastinglamentandhorror.Hence,thetimehascomeforustodosomething.Togetherinpartnership,weshouldstemthetideofnuclearproliferationforhumansecurityandsurvival.ItistimeforustoturndowntheheatonnucleardangersbyendorsingtheNon-proliferationTreaty,andestablishingnuclear-freezones.Andmoreimportantly,weshouldintegratenon-proliferationeffortsintooureducation,sothatthenextgenerationwilllearnmoreaboutnucleardangersandtheirinherentrisksandtheywouldunderstandbetterthanusthatthehumanfutureisasmuchaboutscientificadvancementsandenvironmentalprotectionasitisaboutarsenals.Ladiesandgentlemen,inatimewhenthereisadarkcloudhangingoverthefutureofhumanity,whenourhopeforapeacefulworldmaybebroken,we’vegottoworktochangethesituation.We’vegottointegrateeffortsintoNon-proliferationregime.Andwe’vegottomakeitbetter.Andladiesandgentlemen,IknowyoumaysayIamadreamer,butI’dsayI’mnottheonlyone.Ihopesomedayyou’lljoinus.Andworldwillliveasone.Thankyouverymuch!1.doomsdaynoun[insing.]thelastdayoftheworld'sexistence世界末日■(inChristianbelief)thedayoftheLastJudgement.（基督教信仰中的）最后審判日■(figurative)atimeoreventofcrisisorgreatdanger.(喻)危機；大難inalltheconcernovergreenhousewarming,onedoomsdayscenariostandsout.在對溫室效應的擔憂中，有一個危機情景是很突出的。2annihilationnoun[massnoun]completedestructionorobliteration贊成某人的意見Nooneisfoolishenoughtoendorseit.沒有哪個人會傻得贊成它。Thecommitteeendorsedaninitiativebythechairmantoenterdiscussionaboutapossiblemerger.委員會通過了主席提出的新方案，開始就可能進行的并購進行討論。Thegovernmenthasbroadlyendorsedaresearchpaperproposingneweducationaltargetsfor14-year-olds.政府基本上支持建議對14歲少年實行新教育目標的研究報告。Theplandoesnotexplicitlyendorsetheprivateownershipofland.該計劃沒有明確地支持土地私有制。14Non-proliferationTreaty核武器不擴散協(xié)議15regime[re???i:m]nounagovernment,especiallyanauthoritarianone（尤指獨裁的）政府，政權asystemorplannedwayofdoingthings,especiallyoneimposedfromabove管理制度，體制；政治制度，政體detentioncentreswithaverytoughphysicalregime.身體活動管理制度非常嚴格的拘留所。ataxregime.稅收體制?！鯽coordinatedprogrammeforthepromotionorrestorationofhealth;aregimen.飲食起居制度，養(yǎng)生法alow-calorie,low-fatregime.低卡路里、低脂肪的飲食制度?！鰐heconditionsunderwhichascientificorindustrialprocessoccurs.（科技或生產(chǎn)過程）管理體系16tyrannical[t??ran?k(?)l,t??-]adjectiveexercisingpowerinacruelorarbitraryway殘暴的；專橫的herfatherwasportrayedastyrannicalandunloving.他的父親被描繪成殘暴而又無愛心。■characteristicoftyranny;oppressiveandcontrolling.暴君的；專制的amomentaryquietingofhertyrannicalappetite.暫時平息她那壓倒一切的欲望。17catastrophicD.J.[?k?t??str?f?k]K.K.[?k?t??strɑf?k]adj.災難性的potentiallycatastrophicfortheenvironment可能對環(huán)境造成災難性后果IthasbeenpredictedthattheEarthwilltiltonitsaxis,causingcatastrophicfamineanddisease.有人曾預言地球會導致大荒災和疾病。慘重的;悲慘的catastrophicallyadvcatastrophicadjectiveinvolvingorcausingsuddengreatdamageorsuffering大災難的；大災禍的acatastrophicearthquake.災難性地震。■involvingasuddenandlarge-scalealterationinthestateofsom