文明话题英语演讲5分钟（精选7篇）
The Olympics are just around the corner. Today I want to talk about good manners and courtesy.
We Chinese have always been respected and highly praised for good manners and courtesy which have as well become precious traditions of our people. In a couple of weeks beyond a large number of foreign friends will come to China to join us in enjoying the Olympics.
Before foreign guests we should have an easy manner and behave politely and warm-heartedly.
In public places such ugly behaviors as uproar pushing or squeezing together spitting and so on should be determinedly forbidden. In a sense each of us will not simply stand for ourselves but stand for China.
Therefore boys and girls let’s do it well right now and the eyes of the world are to on us!
China has 5000 years history, People called China 'A country of polite'. Chinese people are always very friendly and kind, but what you should pay attention to is that Chinese people also has their own ways to get on with others. When you meet a Chinese, if you want to start a talking with him or her, you'd better ask like this;Have you eat your meal? But not like English people:What's the weather?' You can also shake hands with Chinese people when you first meet him. When you having a meal with Chinese people , the most important thing you should pay attention to is do not put the chopstickes into the bowl, because Chinese people don't think it's good. In China 8 and 6 are the most popular number, because they means earn money and lucky in China. China really has lots of polity cultures, They are waiting for you to find.
There will be a speech on our school playground this Saturday afternoon, whose theme is “To civilize schoolyard is my responsibility”。All the teachers and students are required to attend. In the activity, the first two winners in each grade will give such valuable advice as follows: we should not litter anywhere in order to keep our campus clean; we should love flowers, grass and trees so that everyone can enjoy the greenness; we should behave well instead of running after one another, quarreling and fighting noisily; we should care for others so that our school will be full of love. We believe our school will become more and more beautiful and peaceful.
Recently graffiti has become more noticeable in my college. I feel quite annoyed at them, especially when some of my classmates praise them as a kind of so-called art. Confronted with this impolite phenomenon, I can’t help asking myself: what is wrong with today’s teenagers?
In my opinion, graffiti is a form of vandalism. They are a mess and are ugly to look at. Meanwhile, walls are public places, and they should not be used to express personal views and feelings.
I really think vandalism should be stopped, and those who refuse to stop this bad practice should be punished. We should clear away these ugly expressions and drawings so that our college may return to its true self--a clean, quiet place for study, teaching and research.
Our common destiny
“ We are made wise not by the recollections of the past but by our responsibility for the future”
----George Bernard Shaw
China is faced with some enormous challenges as it enters the 21st century. In order to ensure the prosperity of our nation and its future generations we must confront and ultimately solve these challenges.
Some of the more pressing issues facing China are universal. These include environmental degradation, over population and the effects of globalization.
To overcome some of the things we need to implement include:
Enhancing our scientific and industrial technologies in such areas as IT, Bio- tech, AI and Cybernetics.
Further develop public infrastructure in under developed regions.
Promote education reform at all levels.
Introduce sustainable development initiatives.
The implementation of free trade agreement between China and ASEAN.
The benefit to China in introducing these initiatives will be significant and far-reaching. It is important to realize that these initiatives need to filter down through all elements of the society in China. For instance, cutting edge technologies and intellectual properties; the development of e-commerce based economy; an education system that encourages innovation and creativity; increased foreign investment; higher living standards; more efficient use of natural resources.
It is important for us to realize these reforms are both essential and necessary. These will help China to fulfill its vast and unrealized potential on the world stage. It will also contribute more to a globalized world of the new century.
As for the future our task is not to foresee but to enable.
youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. it is not a matter ofrosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees. it is a matter of the will, a quality ofthe imagination, vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springof life.
youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of theappetite for adventure over the love of ease. this often exits in a man of 60,more than a boy of 20. nobody grows merely by the number of years;we grow old bydeserting our ideas. years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasmwrinkles the soul.
worry, fear, self-distrust1 bows the heart and turns the spirit back todust. whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure ofwonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the gameof living.
in the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; solong as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from menand from infinite, so long as you are young. when the aerials are down, and yourspirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, thenyou've grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up.
Good manners are very important in the communication of daily life. Everyone likes a person with good manners. But what are good manners?
How does one know what should do and what should not do when trying to be a good - mannered person?
Well here are some common examples. A person with good manners never laughs at a people in trouble. Instead he (she) always tries to consult or offer help to the person.
When he (she) takes a bus and sees an old man or a sick man he (she) always gives his (her) seat to him. He doesn't interrupt other people when they are talking.
He uses a handkerchief when he sneezes or coughs. He does not spite in public places.
Ideas of what are good manners are not always the same in different regions. For example people in Western countries usually kiss each other to show their greetings whereas in China kissing in public is something of unusual and sometimes be regarded as impolite to somebody else.
So it is important to know what is regarded as polite and impolite before you go to a region.
But remember that it is always right to be kind and helpful to others.