2018.9.10，教師節(jié)。我在頭馬英語演講的稿子。非常開心，又有一種特殊的方式幾年了一個特別的日子。表白，無處不在，無時無刻喲！?
A teacher's gift
The day I got my bachelor's degree, I gave a sigh of relief! "
Finally it is time to say goodbye to my school days. No more tests for me! I thought.
But a week later I was in school again, and I met exams again. Exams not for me, but for my students.?I was their teacher, and exams were like my gift for them, a gift to help them learn and practice what they learn in class. The students had no choice but to take this "gift", whether they like it or not.
老師的禮物
獲得學(xué)士學(xué)位的那天，我送了口氣。終于要告別我的學(xué)生時代啦！再也沒有考試?yán)?。但是一周以后我再次進入了校園，我再次遇到了考試。不是給我的考試，而是給我學(xué)生的考試。我是他們的英語老師，測驗就像實我給學(xué)生們的“禮物”，一份幫助他們鞏固課堂知識的禮物。學(xué)生們別無選擇， 不管他們喜歡與否，都只能接受這份來自老師的“禮物”。
Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. Have you received such a gift from your teacher before? In your precious school days, besides having classes and taking exams, what other gifts did you take from your teachers?
As for me, I can still recall?some of the valuable lessons I learnt from my teachers. Not the kind of lessons that teach one ABC, but lessons that exert a life-long influence on my life. They are like gifts, cherished and carefully preserved by me until today.
女士們，先生們，晚上好。您是否也收到過這樣一份來自老師的禮物？除了課堂和考試外，您還收到其他來自老師的禮物嘛？
對我來說，我仍然記得從老師身上學(xué)到的珍貴的課。這些并不是光教會你ABC的課，而是能對我一生產(chǎn)生影響的課程，讓我至今珍藏。
I remember the day when I failed in an important maths test. I was horrified to let others know about my terrible score, because it would be so humiliating! Before the test papers were given out in class, I was called to Mr Chen’s office beforehand. "This is your test paper, Kathy. Take it. I guess this time you want to keep the score a secret right? Keep it well. And I'm sure you will try harder in maths next time!"
I was out of his office, with a roll of test paper in my hand, and with a thankful heart for Mr Chen, for his thoughtfulness in dealing with students’?scores, for his extra patience for those students with low marks, and thankful for his making student feel dignified and respected.
Now?as a teacher myself, I often recall Mr?Chen’s gift for me. That is: show respect to every student because each of them is unique and important. At the end of last semester, I suddenly had an idea that I would like to write a postcard to each one of them. I gave them my appreciation and wished them a happy summer vacation.
?(Show the picture)
我記得那天我沒有通過一場重要的數(shù)學(xué)考試。我感到非常恐懼，怕自己的成績讓別人知道，怕丟臉。在發(fā)試卷前我被叫到了數(shù)學(xué)老師陳老師的辦公室?！癒athy, 這是你的試卷。拿著。我想你大概想把成績作為一個小秘密吧！不過我確信，你下次考試會更認(rèn)真更用心！”
我離開他的辦公室，手里拿著試卷，也懷揣著一顆感激的心，感激陳老師能夠周到處理孩子們的成績，也感謝他努力讓每個孩子感到被尊重，讓每個人都有尊嚴(yán)感。
今天作為一個老師，我經(jīng)常想到陳老師給我的這份禮物：尊重每個孩子，因為他們每一個都與眾不同，都是重要的。上學(xué)期末，我給班上的每個孩子寫了明信片。我向他們每一個人表達了我對他們的欣賞，并且祝他們暑假快樂。
Summer vacation is a time for travelling, and whenever I travel, wherever I travel, I will do something small and something?big. On my journey I will find time to write a postcard to Mr Zheng, my high school English teacher. Small as the card is, it embodies big meaning for me. A postcard sends my best regards to my beloved teacher and serves as a way to say: I miss you.
(pic of postcard and Jason sending a postcard)
Mr Zheng loved and cared for his students when they were in school, and he loves and cares for his students more after they graduate from school. He shows to me that a teacher’s love for his students is endless, permanent and infinite; a love that is so deep and ever-lasting to go far beyond schooldays, a love that can beat time and space. ?
暑假是旅行的日子。無論何時，無論旅行至何地，我會做一件小事、同時又是一件大事。我會抽時間寫一張明信片給我高中的英語老師鄭老師?？ㄆm小，心意卻大。我借卡片對老師說：我想你了。
在求學(xué)期間，鄭老師關(guān)心愛護我們每一個人。在我們畢業(yè)后，這份愛護變得更濃郁了。他向我展示了第二份禮物，那就是：一個老師對學(xué)生的愛是無盡的，無私而永恒的。這是一份深沉的愛，它遠(yuǎn)不至于校園時代，這份愛能跨越時間于空間。
(Show pic of Mr Zheng.)
This picture shows Mr Zheng showed up at our 30th birthday party. He brought us a big cake, and gave my son a red packet. He is just like a father to us, and a grandfather to our children.
??"It's your 30 th birthday, my children. And it's a big day for you! How can I not be there to celebrate " His words moved everybody present. ?
As a teacher myself, I also care for those students who graduate, and listen to their love stories in college, their growing pains and happiness, and share my own stories with them. I bring them here to witness the speech contest, and bring them to the studio to paint oil-painting together, and it is fun!
鄭老師參加了我們30歲的生日會。他帶來給大家一個大大的蛋糕，又給我的孩子紅包。他就像我的父親、又像我孩子的祖父。
“今天是大家30歲的生日，我的孩子們。如此重大的日子，我怎么能不出席呢？”他的話讓在場的每個當(dāng)年的學(xué)生都很感動。
如今，作為老師的我，也時常關(guān)心著畢業(yè)的孩子，與他們保持練習(xí)。我傾聽他們的情感故事，分享他們成長的煩惱和喜悅，也把我自己的故事告訴他們。我把他們帶去演講比賽現(xiàn)場，和他們一起去畫室畫畫.盡情玩樂。
Then here is the question. Why do I join toastmaster, give speeches here and even participate in the speech contest? I am a busy teacher at school and a busy mom at home. What is the motive for me to do all?this?
Because it is fun, and more importantly, it is a way to challenge myself, and a way to practise?what I teach.
Two years ago I heard of a story told by my former student. My student is studying in Financial University (財大), and she joined the debate team there. The teacher in charge of debate team not only coaches the students in debating, but also participates in all kinds of national debate contests together with his students, not as a coach, but as a contestant. You hear it right. He actually competes against his students in the game!
下一個問題是，我為什么加入頭馬，在這里演講，甚至參加演講比賽？在學(xué)校我是一個忙碌的老師，在家我是一個繁忙的媽咪，為什么還要去演講俱樂部呢？
因為演講很有趣，更重要的是，這是一種挑戰(zhàn)自己的方式，也是“學(xué)以致用”。
兩年前，我從我的學(xué)生處聽到了一個老師的故事。我學(xué)生在財大參加了辯論隊，辯論隊的老師，不僅指導(dǎo)孩子們辯論，還和孩子們一起參加全國辯論比賽。不是作為一個指導(dǎo)老師，而是作為一個比賽選手參賽！你完全沒有聽錯！他有時候在比賽中會和學(xué)生們對壘！
Wouldn’t it be so embarrassing if he lost the game? I thought.
The students also felt awkward to compete against their teacher at first. But he said:
“If I beat my students in the debate contest, I am pleased. I am successful as a debater.
But if I am beaten by my students, I will feel much prouder. It shows I am successful as a teacher. ”
His words deeply impressed me. I learn from him that as a teacher, I should never lie on the bed of roses or be content with what I already learn. As a teacher, I need to push myself to the stage, I need to keep taking challenges, I need to keep learning and set an example for my students that there is no end to learning. ?
That’s the gift I learn from a teacher whose name I don’t know, but who I respect.
我想：萬一老師輸給了學(xué)生，豈不是顏面盡失？
老師的回答是：
“如果我在辯論賽中打敗了學(xué)生，我很高興。因為我是一名成功的辯論選手。”
“但如果我被學(xué)生打敗了，我會感到更高興和驕傲。因為我成為了一名成功的老師！”
他的話讓我至今印象深刻。從他身上我學(xué)到了，永遠(yuǎn)不要滿足于現(xiàn)有的知識。作為一名教師，我需要不時把自己推向舞臺，我需要不斷接受挑戰(zhàn)，我需要不斷學(xué)習(xí)，需要以身作則，讓我的孩子們知道“學(xué)海無涯”的意義。
Ladies and gentlemen, tonight I share with you the three valuable gifts I get from my own teachers. These gifts from my teachers have greatly shaped me and made me who I am?today.?Above all, these gifts make me WEALTHY, even wealthier than those people with 20 million people in their bank account, and I hope to pass down these gifts to my students and make them as wealthy as I am.
Ladies and gentlemen, what is the special gift you get from your teachers? Keep that precious gift in your heart, follow your teachers’?steps, because “to be like your teacher”?is the best gift for your teachers
on this special Teachers’?Day! Thank you!
女士們，先生們，今晚我與大家分享我從老師處獲得的三份寶貴的禮物。老師帶給我的禮物塑造了我。這些禮物讓我變得非常富有,甚至比那些銀行賬戶中存有兩千萬的人還要富有。我希望有一天，可以把這些禮物傳遞給我的學(xué)生們，讓他們與我一樣富有。
女士們，先生們，您從老師處有沒有獲得過特別的禮物？把這份禮物放在你的心里，跟隨您老師的腳步，因為“像您的老師”是今天教師節(jié)給您老師
最好的禮物！
謝謝大家。
Notes作者談創(chuàng)作：
1. 本文題目借鑒自歐亨利的小說：Magi’s Gift麥琪的禮物。A teacher’s gift有雙關(guān)涵義，即代表老師給予的禮物，又表示我們在教師節(jié)給予老師的禮物。
2. 三個小故事，包含老師如何對待我，和我作為老師，如何對待學(xué)生。其實已經(jīng)有把禮物pass down的意思啦！也契合最后的message: 成為和老師一樣的人，是對老師最高的贊美，是給老師最好的禮物。
3. 在實際演講時，即興加入了一句：“我覺得比銀行賬戶有2000萬的人更富有”當(dāng)時博得觀眾席一陣笑聲。因為我借用了之前以為演講者提到的一句話“如果你銀行賬戶有2000萬...”,在演講中，把前一個人說過的某個點用到自己的演講中，這種技巧叫call back。使用這種演講技巧，會令演講增色不少哦！
4. 最后，本文是英文演講稿，中文翻譯文字未經(jīng)打磨。幫助大家理解英文原告吧！謝謝！
