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1、 毕业典礼英语讲话稿 Instead of challenging Americans to believe in our ability to master the universe, as President Kennedy did, the current administration is pandering to the skeptics who, in the 1960s, looked at the space program and only saw short-term costs and long-term benefits. President Kennedys era
2、earned the nickname, The Greatest Generation not only because they persevered through the Great Depression and won the Second World War. They earned it because of determination to rise, to pioneer, to innovate, and to fulfill the promise of American freedom. They dreamed in moonshots. They reached f
3、or the stars. And they began to redeem through the Civil Rights Movement the failures of the past. They set the standard for leadership and service to our nations ideals. Now, your generation has the opportunity to join them in the history books. The challenge that lies before you stopping climate c
4、hange is unlike any other ever faced by humankind. The stakes could not be higher. If left unchecked, the climate change crisis threatens to destroy oceanic life that feeds so many people on this planet. It threatens to breed war by spreading drought and hunger. It threatens to sink coastal communit
5、ies, devastate farms and businesses, and spread disease. 毕业典礼英语讲话稿6毕业典礼英语讲话稿7毕业典礼英语讲话稿8毕业典礼英语讲话稿10毕业典礼英语讲话稿11 In the past decade alone, weve seen historic hurricanes devastate islands across the Caribbean. Weve seen 1,000-year floods hit the Midwestern and Southern United States multiple times in a
6、decade. And weve seen record-breaking wildfires ravage California and record-breaking typhoons kill thousands in the Philippines. This is a true crisis. And if we fail to rise to the occasion, your generation, your children, and grandchildren will pay a terrible price. So scientists know there can b
7、e no delay in taking action and many government and political leaders around the world are starting to understand that. Yet here in the United States, our federal government is seeking to become the only country in the world to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement the only one. Not even North K
8、orea is doing that. Those in Washington who deny the science of climate change are no more based in reality than those who believe the moon landing was faked. And while the moon landing conspiracy theorists are relegated to the paranoid corners of talk radio, climate skeptics occupy the highest posi
9、tions of power in the United States government. Now, in the administrations defense, climate change, they say, is only a theory yeah, like gravity is only a theory. People can ignore gravity at their own risk, at least until they hit the ground. But when they ignore the climate crisis, they are not only putting themselves at risk, they are putting all humanity at risk.
