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窮小孩也能搭遊輪 學馬術
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聽到問題的當下我停了一拍心跳
與其說驚訝 更多的是不捨和難過
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四月的一個週一早晨
我在高雄中學和一些學弟妹分享我的生活
我說要把握時間 活在當下
也說要無愧於心 逐己所愛
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我告訴其中一部分的音樂班同學
喜歡主修樂器的話請繼續享受 努力
根本不喜歡音樂的話
現在掉頭才不會誤了剩下的青春
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我相信學弟妹都有認真聽我的分享
才會在結束後提出對我的問題
而且有好幾個人提出類似的問題
令我錯愕又不捨的問題
「是不是因為學長的職業是牙醫師 收入不錯所以才能追逐自己的興趣?」
在他們的教育和認知中 收入竟優先於興趣
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感謝學弟在提問的時候有強調『提問時沒有冒犯的意思』 而不是酸溜溜的質疑
我執著於這個問題一週之久
然後請老師幫我向學弟妹轉達以下幾點:
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1.我看過很多快樂的人 成功的人 都是追求自己熱愛的事物 發光發熱 同時藉此賺取生活費 因應社會 該職業的社經地位 也許高 也許低 但都是滿足快樂的�.
2.高收入的人不在少數 就以牙醫為例 難道是所有牙醫都有追求自己喜歡的事物嗎?都幸福美滿?身體健康?我想告訴你們的是:我從興趣中找到快樂和滿足 所以分享給你們 若非為了向升學關口的你們分享職業特色 我根本懶得提牙醫這塊 因為那不是我熱衷的事情 應該由熱衷於牙科治療的誰向你們口沫橫飛地說�.
3.錢是我們生活中的一部分 就只是一小部分 不是全部 也不是必要的 我們一定比上不足比下有餘 我個人喜歡往下比 因為更容易讓我感到滿足 往上比的話我可真窮 買不起豪宅 沒有跑車 遊艇 也不能任性地說不上班就不上班 說買奢侈品就買奢侈品
如果我們的水很多 可能可以裝滿大碗公 如果我們的水很少 可以換成一個瘦瘦高高的玻璃杯 也可以有一樣的水位高度 那代表著快樂和滿足的程度 在自己的能力範圍 盡該盡的責任 享受能夠享受的舒適 公寓 大樓 豪宅 別墅 各有合適的住客 然而都是一個安全舒服的家�.
最後要提 如果你的夢想是搭豪華郵輪 除了先攢足船票的錢 也可以應徵船上服務生的工作
又例如我大學的時候沒錢學馬術 我願意刷馬 掃馬廄一個下午 換得半小時的騎乘機會
.�祝各位善良勇敢 不枉此生
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First of all, this article is too long for me to translate properly @@
So I will summarize it short and please forgive my grammar mistakes 😅
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I was in my alma mater, Kaohsiung Senior High School, to give a speech to the students.
I shared with them my philosophy of life and suggest them follow their hearts, live in the present moment, do not regret.
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I told students who majored in music, to keep enjoy in music and to work hard with their beloved musical instrument, but be brave to quit if this was not what they did enjoy in. Maybe they were forced by the society, parents or anything. Now is the most early time to save the rest of theirs youth from such a burden.
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I knew they did listen carefully, that’s why they asked me some questions.
Many of them got the same question, which made me astonished and a bit sad,
“Do you think being a dentist with high income is the key enabling you to be engaged in your hobbies?”
Does this question mean they believe one’s income is more important than what one is interested in?
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I cared about this question so much for one week after the speech.
And I asked their teacher to pass on to the cute and young, and maybe perplexed, students as following,
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1.I’ve seen many people who are happy and successful. They are devoted to what they love and get money for living from it. He or she might be rich or poor, upper class or lower class, depending on the definition of the society, but their contentment and joy cannot be defined�.
2. There are a lot of people with high income. Take dentists as an example, is every dentist looking for what he loves? Or happy? Healthy? I find my happiness from my hobbies, that’s why I share this with you. Dentistry should be shared by some dentist who are enthusiastic about dentistry, not me. I shared my occupation to you only because you are facing the college entrance timing.�.
3. Money is a part of our lives, a little part of our lives. Not the whole life, and not necessary either. We are richer than many people, and at the same time, poorer than many people. I would rather compare myself with those poorer than me, because that makes me feel better, and feeling is the most important thing for a person. When I compare myself with those rich men, I am nothing, I can’t afford a villa, a personal airplane, a yacht.
If we have a lot of water, we can fill a big pot. If we have little water, we can fill a thin glass and reach the same height of water level, which represents the degree of contentment.
Make clear who we are, and take our responsibility, and enjoy what we deserve.
There are different people for different places, apartments, condominium, mansion, villa, however, the common point of them are being a nice and safe cozy home.
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If you want to get on a cruise ship, you can earn enough money for the ticket or get the job as a waiter on the ship.
When I couldn’t afford the fee for equestrian class, I worked in the stable and took care of the horses for an afternoon to get the chance to ride the horse for half an hour
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May you kind and brave, enjoy the life with no regret
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「Would」の活用法(総まとめ)
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これまで私が生徒さんから最もよくされた質問の一つが「would」の使い方でしょう。wouldを用いた表現は本当に沢山あり、それら全てを説明するのは容易ではありません。そこで今回、過去の記事でも紹介した用法を含め、日常会話において基本となるwouldの用法を、4つの状況毎になるべく分かりやすくまとめてみました。長くなりますが、どうぞ最後まで読んでみて下さい。
~過去の話をする時~
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1) I thought it would rain.
→「雨が降ると思っていました」
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過去のある時点で、その先に起こることを予め予測や推測をしていたことを示す言い方です。例えば、「I thought it would rain so I brought an umbrella.(雨が降ると思っていたので、傘を持ってきました)」や「Since I was a kid, I knew I would become a teacher.(私は子供の時から先生になると分かっていました)」のように表現できます。
また、「He said he would _____.(彼が〜すると言っていました)」のように誰かが(過去に)言ったことを他の誰かに伝える状況でも使われます。ポイントは、誰かが何かをすると約束したり、何かをすると意思を述べたことを、他の誰かに伝える状況で用いるのが一般的です。例えば、「He said he would buy coffee for us.(彼は私たちにコーヒーを買うと言っていました。)」や「She said she would talk to him about that issue.(その問題について、彼女は彼に話すと言っていました)」という具合に使われます。
✔Wouldの後は動詞の原形がフォロー。
<例文>
When I met my wife 5 years ago, I knew I would marry her one day.
(5年前に妻と出会った当初から、私たちは結婚すると思っていました。)
I never thought this proposal would go through.
(この提案が通らないことは最初から分かっていました。)
She said she would come to the party.
(彼女はパーティーに来ると言っていました。)
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2) She would not help me.
→「彼女は手伝ってくれようとしませんでした」
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Wouldの後にnotを付け、否定文(Would not)にすることで「〜しようとしなかった」という意味になります。基本的に何かしらの依頼や申し出に対し、乗り気じゃない、協力的じゃない、積極的に応える意欲がない、などのニュアンスで断ったことを表します。例えば、親に何度も仕送りをして欲しいと頼んでるが、いっこうにしてくれない状況では「My parents would not send me money.(私の両親は、仕送りをしようとしてくれない)」と言うことができます。
また、人に限らずテレビやパソコン、車などの機能に対してもwould notを使うことができます。例えば、「今朝、車のエンジンがかかりませんでした」は「My car would not start this morning.」となります。
✔肯定文にしても「〜してくれた」とはならず、意味が変わってしまうので注意。「My parents would send me money」と言うと「両親が仕送りをしてくれた」とはならずに、「両親が(何度も)送金した」を意味する。詳しくは下記の3)の解説を参照。
<例文>
I asked him many times but he would not tell me what happened.
(彼に何回も聞きましたが、何が起こったのか教えてくれませんでした。)
My girlfriend is really upset with me. She would not talk to me.
(彼女は私に怒っていて口をきいてくれませんでした。)
I charged my phone but it would not turn on.
(携帯を充電したけど電源が入らなかった。)
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3) In the summer, I would go camping with my friends.
→「夏によく友達とキャンピングに行っていました」
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過去によくやっていた行動パターンや習慣を表す際にもwouldが使われ、used to(よく~したものだ)と似たような役割を果たします。しかし、used toの場合は、習慣となっている行動がより高頻度なもので、且つ“今はもうしていない”ということを強調するニュアンスがあるのに対し、wouldの場合は、習慣となっていた行動頻度が週1回であろうと年1回であろうと、その頻度には関係なく「よく〜した」ということが話の趣旨となります。例えば、「When I was a kid, my grandmother would bake cookies.(子供の頃、私の祖母はよくクッキーを焼いてくれていました)」と言うと、クッキーを作る頻度ではなく、祖母がクッキーを作ってくれていたことが要点になります。それに対し、「私は高校生の頃、毎日サッカーの練習をしていました」と言いたいのであれば、used toを使って、「I used to practice soccer every day in high school.」と言うのが適切です。“毎日練習していた”ことが強調され、且つ“今はもう練習をしていない”ことが相手に伝わります。
✔過去の“状態”を表す場合はwouldではなくused toを使う。例えば「過去にオートバイを持っていました」は「I used to have a motorocycle.」と言い、「I would have a motorcycle」とは言わない。
<例文>
When I lived in Japan, I would go out drinking almost every week.
(日本に住んでいた頃、ほぼ毎週飲みに行っていました。)
Sometimes she would come over and cook Mexican food for us.
(時々、彼女はうちにきてメキシカン料理を作ってくれました。)
During the winter, I would get together with my friends and do a nabe party.
(冬に友達とよく鍋パーティーをしていました。)
~仮定の話をする時~
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1) If I won the lottery I would buy a house.
→「もし宝くじが当たったら家を買います」
架空の話や実際には起こり得ない出来事について話す時にもwouldを使います。一般的に「If _____, I would _____.(〜だったら〜する)」の形式で表現します。例えば、「世界中のどこにでも住めるとしたら、ハワイに住みます」は「If I could live anywhere in the world, I would live in Hawaii.」と言います。
✔文末に「if I knew」に付け足してもOK。
<例文>
If you could date a celebrity, who would it be?
(もし、芸能人と付き合えるとしたら、誰と付き合う?)
I would tell you where she was if I knew.
(彼女がどこにいるか知っていたら教えているよ。)
If I found a hundred dollars on the ground, I would take it to the police station.
(もし100ドルを拾ったら交番に届けます。)
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2) Would you try online dating?
→「あなただったら出会い系サイトを試してみますか?」
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相手に“もしも”の質問を投げかける時は「Would you _____?」と表現するのが定番で「あなただったら〜しますか?」を意味します。相手の意見やアドバイスを尋ねる場合は「What would you _____?」と表現します。例えば、「あなただったらどうしますか?」と聞くなら「What would you do?」、販売員に「あなただったら何をお勧めしますか?」と尋ねるなら「What would you recommend?」となります。
<例文>
Would you date someone older than you?
(あなただったら年上の人とお付き合いしますか?)
What would you do? Would you apologize?
(あなただったらどうしますか?謝りますか?)
Would you be open to living abroad?
(あなただったら外国に住むのはありですか?)
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3) If I were you I would apologize.
→「私だったら謝ります」
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「私だったら〜する」と相手の立場になって何かしらのアドバイスや提案をする場合に使われる表現です。shouldを使った表現よりも控えめに助言したい場合にピッタリの言い回しです。例えば、東京で給料の良い仕事のオファーが入ったが、家族の不幸で地元に引っ越さないといけなくなってしまったと友達に相談され、「私だったら仕事のオファーを断るかな」と言うなら「If I were you I would turn down the offer.」となります。
✔日常会話では「If I were you」を省いて、「I would _____」と直接言うことも一般的。
✔「If I were in your shoes, I would ______.(私があなたの立場だったら、〜をします」という言い方もある。
<例文>
If I were you I wouldn't go.
(私だったら行かないね。)
This milk expired 5 days ago. I wouldn't drink that if I were you.
(この牛乳の消費期限、5日前じゃん。私だったら飲まないよ。)
I would call them and ask for a refund.
(私だったら電話して返金を求めるけど。)
~丁寧・控えめな発言をする時~
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1) Would you turn down the volume?
→「音量を下げてくれますか?」
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人に何かをリクエストや依頼をする際に「Can you _____?(〜してくれる?)」よりも丁寧にお願いする場合は「Would you _____?(〜してくれますか?)」と表現します。例えば、「この用紙に記入してくれますか?」と丁寧に言いたいなら「Would you fill out this form?」になります。
✔より丁寧な言い方が「Would you mind _____?(〜してくれますか?)」。相手に気を使ったとても優しい質問の仕方。
<例文>
Would you close that window?
(あの窓を閉めてもらえますか?)
Would you be able to help?
(手伝っていただけないでしょうか?)
Would you mind changing seats?
(席を変わっていただけませんか?)
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2) Would you like a drink?
→「お飲物はいかがですか?」
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相手に「〜はいかがですか?」と何かを丁寧にオファーする際にピッタリの表現が「Would you like _____?」です。顧客や年上の人、または面識のない人に対して何かオファーする場合は、この表現を使うのが最も無難でしょう。例えば、会社に訪れた顧客に「熱いお茶はいかがですか?」と聞く場合は「Would you like some hot tea?」と言います。
✔友達や家族など、仲の良い人に対してこの表現はちょっと丁寧過ぎる。親しい関係であれば「Do you want _____?」でOK。
<例文>
Would you like a refill?
(飲み物のお代わりはいかがですか?)
Would you like to join us?
(よかったら一緒にどうですか?)
Would you like me to drive?
(私が運転しましょうか?)
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3) I would say _____.
→「〜だと思う」
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この言い方は自分の意見を述べたり何かを推定する時に使われ「〜だと思う」や「恐らく〜だろう」「〜かな」などに相当する表現です。ハッキリと言い切る感じではなく、物腰柔らかく控えめに発言している印象があります。例えば、「彼女、何歳だと思いますか?」と聞かれた際、相手に失礼ないよう謙虚に意見を述べる場合、「I’d say early thirties. Maybe 32.(30代前半だと思う。32歳くらいかな)」という具合に使います。
✔日常会話では「I would say」を「I’d say」と省略して言うことが多い。
✔大抵の場合、「I think」の代わりに「I’d say」が使える。「I think」よりも控えめな響き。
✔必ず答えが求めらるような質問をされた際、決定的な発言や返答を和らげる言い方として「I would have to say _____(〜と言わざるを得ない)」がある。
<例文>
I'd say it's a four to five hour drive.
(車で4時間から5時間くらいかかるかな。)
I'd say this logo looks the best. I like the color and simplicity.
(私はこのロゴが一番だと思います。色とシンプルさがいいと思います。)
Both speeches were excellent but I would have to say Adam's speech was better.
(二人ともスピーチは素晴らしかったですが、私はアダムのスピーチの方が良かったと思います。)
~自分の願望を述べる時~
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1) I would love to go.
→「是非行きたいです」
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「I would love to」は「I want to」と似た意味で「〜を(が)したい」といった強い願望を伝える時に使われれます。「I want to」の気持ちをより強調した言い方です。例えば、同僚に食事を一緒にしないかと誘われた際、「I would love to join you guys for dinner.」と言います。
✔相手の誘いを快く受け入れるときに使われる定番フレーズが「I’d love to!(喜んで!)」
✔その他、相手の誘いを丁寧に断るときに使われる決まり文句でもあり、「I’d love to ____ but _____(〜したいのは山々なのですが、〜)」が定番フレーズになる。
<例文>
I would love to meet with you next week.
(是非、来週お会いしたいと思います。)
I'd love to! What time should I be there?
(喜んで!何時に行けばいいですか?)
I'd love to stay and chat some more but I have to get going.
(残ってもっとお話をしたいのですが、そろそろ行かないといけません。)
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2) I would like to think that ____.
→「〜であると考えたい」
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この表現は「真相はわからないけど、そうであって欲しい・・・」のようなニュアンスとして使われます。例えば、Facebookの個人情報の取り扱いに対し、多少の疑いはあるものの情報はしっかり保護されていると信じたいといった気持ちを表す場合は「I would like to think that Facebook protects our personal information.」となります。また、自分の発言や意見を物腰柔らかく控えめなニュアンスにする役割もあります。例えば、「あなたは良い父親だと思いますか?」という質問に対し「I would like to think I’m a good father.」と答えると、「私は良い父親であると考えたいのですが・・・」といった具合に謙虚な響きになります。
✔日常会話では「I would」を「I'd」と短縮して言うことが多い。
✔「そうだと思いたい」は「I would like to think so.」
<例文>
I would like to think that hard work pays off.
(努力は報われると信じたいです。)
I would like to think professional athletes don't use drugs.
(プロスポーツ選手は、薬物を使用していないと信じたい。)
I would like to think my English is getting better.
(自分の英語力が上達してるって思いたいや〜ん。)
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speech about parents love 在 謙預 Qianyu.sg Facebook 的最佳解答
【有子初長成🌱】As the Little One grows
我在八月尾為這位在新加坡的中國客人批她的八字,之後在九月尾為她的三歲兒子批八字。
事後,這位分析能力極強的女客人寫了一封感謝函給我。
我很喜歡為小孩批八字。有些父母認為孩子太小不宜批八字。對我而言,孩子一滿歲就該批了。
如此,父母能提早規劃他們的未來,引導他們往對的方向發展。小孩的潛能、喜好和習性也能從八字裡窺探個究竟,而無需靠誤打誤撞或東敲西打,省心又省力。
某次,在批一位少年的八字時,我說少年的頭髮對他很重要,切勿剪得太短。那位爸爸才驚呼,難怪之前硬硬把孩子的頭髮剪得很短時,孩子至今依然氣爸爸,不再讓爸爸碰他的頭髮。
如果早點知道這些點滴的竅門,父母便能深入了解孩子的心態,給他一個更快樂的童年,而不會執意用強硬的手段,讓孩子蒙上陰影,間接破壞了親子關係。
據寫這感謝函的客人表示,孩子一個月前剛轉校。媽媽以為需要幾個月的時間,孩子才能適應。但在這兩個星期裡,他們夫妻倆照著我的指示,換了孩子的小床、部份的日用品和穿著後,本來慢熱的孩子在學校的話越來越多,和其他小朋友交流時,也更顯熱情了。
這只是個開端而已。當這對父母能持續做下去時,他們必會看到一個更陽光,更健康成長的愛心大男孩!
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I met this client from China towards the end of August for a Bazi Analysis, followed by another one with the same client. This time it was for her child. After that session, this client of mine, who has a strong analytical mind, wrote me a thank you email.
I take special liking in doing Bazi Analysis for children. Some parents feel it is inappropriate to analyse the Bazi if the child is too young. In my opinion, you ought to get it done as soon as the child turns one.
Doing so allows you to do early planning for the child’s future and guiding them on the right developmental path. A child’s potential, likings and tendencies can be decoded from his Bazi, saving you time and effort going in circles in the blind.
There was one occasion when I was analysing a teenager’s Bazi. I told the father not to cut his son’s hair too short as his hair was important to him. The father was shocked and recounted the time he forcefully cut his child’s hair to a very short length. His child is still angry with him till today and refuses to let him touch his hair.
If you had known earlier these little intricacies, you as a parent would be able to better understand the mentality of your child, giving him or her happier growing up years rather than resorting to high-handed ways and indirectly straining the parent-child relationship.
The client who wrote this thank you email told me that her child got transferred to a new school in end August. She thought the child would need a few months to acclimatise. In the past 2 weeks, both parents took my advice and changed the child’s little bed, clothing and other daily necessities. The shy boy began to open up and became more chatty and friendly in his interactions with other children.
This is only the beginning. If the parents persevere, they will see their son transform into a bright, healthy and loving boy!
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Testimonial translated:
Amitabha, hello, Teacher Ji Qian. Having seen you twice, on 31 Aug for my Bazi analysis, and 24 Sep together with my husband for my child’s Bazi analysis, I am extremely grateful for the extra time you have given us on both occasions. My heart ached that you had to go with little food the entire session. My gratitude to you for the patience and detailed advice. I am delighted to hear you speak the Dharma including the Law of Karma and other principles, wishing that I could hear them more often from you. I am always ready with my little stool, eagerly anticipating your new videos. I hope I can still book you again to hear your teachings and advice, for they are especially motivating for me! Haha~
Your analysis were very accurate, about many things in my life and my child’s. For example, my child is especially clingy to me, his acute sense of colours, his inability to express his feelings, his slow reactions with his limbs and speech, even something as minute as his penchant for looking in the mirror! This is truly amazing! You said that this child will have benefactors of maternal nature, so you must be his first one helping him to guide his first-time and often unaware parents with detailed advice. We will work hard to follow your instructions to the tee, to help him shine during his peak cycles and motivate him to persevere during his down time.
Meeting you is my great fortune. Your divination of my luck cycles, including the year I came to Singapore, was very accurate. I also understood the reason for my dwindling motivation towards my R&D work which I am proficient in and my tendency to give up on things I initially started with keen interest. Of course you pointed out my positive traits, and now I understand why my friends like to hear me speak and why my analytical nature. You have such ability to decipher such great amount of information from seemingly simple Bazi characters. My greatest struggle comes when my desire to go for Lasik surgery was met with my husband’s objection. He was worried about the after-effects of such surgery. But I told him Teacher Ji Qian said I can do it, thus he relented. So now I must strike when the iron is hot and quickly book an appointment! Haha! I have great faith in your divinations on my future years and I look forward to changing the negatives in my life. I hope to get more advice from you if we meet the next time (Of course your Youtube channel is fantastic but I enjoy more to see you live in person. I am your super fan, although a low-profile one)
One more thing to add, your husband is commendable, always accompanying you. It’s heart warming. I wish the both of you everlasting bliss!
Love you much, hand hearts from many angles.
Wishing you and your family auspiciousness at all times.
Regards,
Wenya
speech about parents love 在 pennyccw Youtube 的最佳解答
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Only Allen Iverson could deliver a Hall of Fame speech that name-checked '90s rappers, referenced "Chappelle's Show" and thanked just about every person he met along his basketball journey. Only Shaquille O'Neal could follow that act with what amounted to a half-hour comedy routine that needled former coaches and teammates and included a soap-opera shout-out.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2016 lived up to its lofty billing with an epic three-hour induction ceremony Friday night at Springfield's Symphony Hall, with Iverson and O'Neal stealing the show.
Iverson delivered a captivating 31-minute speech in which he overcame initial jitters during a memorable address that featured multiple standing ovations. Fans with No. 3 Iverson jerseys in the balcony cheered throughout.
Dressed in a black suit with a black shirt and tie, Iverson paused repeatedly to collect himself at the start of his speech while thanking his three presenters -- Larry Brown, Julius Erving and John Thompson -- as well as members of his family.
Fighting tears throughout, Iverson thanked former Georgetown coach Thompson "for saving my life."
"[After] the incident happened in high school and all that was taken away ... no other schools would recruit me anymore," Iverson recalled, referencing a racial brawl at a bowling alley that landed him in jail. His conviction in the case was later overturned. "My mom went to Georgetown and begged [Thompson] to give me a chance. And he did."
He said he later left Georgetown only as "an OK basketball player."
"But once I started to listen to Larry Brown and take constructive criticism, I learned how much of a great, great coach that he really is. ... That's when I became an MVP," Iverson said.
In maybe the most memorable moment of his address, Iverson recalled his first time playing against his idol, Michael Jordan.
"Man, I wanted to be like Mike," Iverson said. "I remember the first time I played against him. I walked out on the court and I looked at him. And, for the first time in my life, a human being didn't really look real to me. You know what I mean? I don't know if you all watch the 'Chappelle Show,' but he talked about a certain incident where somebody's seeing Rick James. Like I literally seen his aura. It looked like he was glowing.
"I'm sitting there, and I'm saying, 'Man, that's Michael.' And I'm looking at him. I can't stop looking at him. I'm looking at his shoes, and I'm like, man, he's got on the Jordans! It was my Mike. It was my idol, my hero."
After the Jordan story, Iverson seemed to settle in. Nervously rocking at the start of his speech, he confidently thanked a Rolodex of coaches, owners, teammates and rappers.
"I want to thank Biggie Smalls, Redman, Jadakiss, Tupac and Michael Jackson for being my theme music throughout my career," Iverson said.
Twenty-two minutes into his speech, Iverson said, "The Philly fans," and that elicited a monster reaction from the balcony, which immediately engaged in an "MVP" chant.
Added Iverson: "My relationship with the fans in Philadelphia is like no other. I thank you all for the support over the years. ... You never jumped off the bandwagon, continued to support me like true fans are supposed to."
Iverson also paid tribute to "the ones that stuck by me throughout my journey." He cited "all the barbershop talk that my family had and all the arguments my friends had with people in the barbershop and hair salon.
"Now you can say: 'Well, look, my man is solidified.'"
Iverson closed his speech with a nod to the "guys who are not my friends anymore."
"I'm glad that you blew your cover for me to recognize that you [weren't] any good to my family or me. And I appreciate y'all for that. So if I make any more new friends, I know the signs," he said.
Not to be outdone, O'Neal took the stage for a punchline-filled speech as the final inductee of the night.
O'Neal referenced Luke and Laura from "General Hospital" and joked about his commercial endeavors, including how he sat in a "Buick I knew I couldn't fit in." Drawing laughter, O'Neal added, "Hey, they paid me $3 million. What did you want me to say, no?"
His speech had serious moments, like when he thanked his parents, Phil Harrison and Lucille O'Neal, for giving him the discipline and drive that drove his NBA dream.
"If I know my father, he's up there arguing with Wilt [Chamberlain] that his son is the best big man in the game," O'Neal said.
speech about parents love 在 Annie Tran Youtube 的最讚貼文
Good morning families, supporters, and fellow seniors. Let's stop for a moment and pretend we're all in English class, but without the 400 page novel. The standard for today is going to be the past, present, and future tense.
First up, past tense. I want you all to flashback to life before high school. Things were easy, were they not? We couldn't show off our breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Instagram like we can today. Things were simple. First world problems here and there, but we survived. Let's go back a bit further. See this piece of paper. This is what we are like when we are born. A blank, smooth, and clean slate. Now, fast forward a few years. We enter high school.
Suddenly, assignments pile and continue to pile. Friendships, if we're lucky, continue as acquaintances; if we're unlucky, become broken. Some days, we compare ourselves to what you see now. Our lives start to feel all crumpled up. But to make it through another day, what do we do? We smooth out the edges, and we carry on.
We argue with our parents. We think we're right. We're never right. We meet a boy, or a girl. We think we understand that four letter word, "love." We don't understand. Unless you've successfully found your high school sweetheart, then good for you!
But for the rest of us, we cry. We post depressing statuses on Facebook about being "hash tag forever alone." Some days, we want to rip our hearts out. Like this. But to make it through another day, what do we do? We hold the pieces together, and we carry on.
Fast forward to right now. Welcome to the present. We are here together. After four years. Goodness knows what we can do in one night. Especially the night before finals, the night before that five-page essay is due, the night the word "sleep" becomes non-existent. Or the night you just can't log off League of Legends. So think about it. If that's what we can do in one night, what have we accomplished over this span of four years? Let me answer my own question in two words. A lot.
High school has not only taught us how to solve for "x" or what went on in Shakespeare's mind, but it has also taught us how to do the impossible. We have learned how to procrastinate effectively. We have pulled all-nighters and lived to tell of it. We have asked a crush to prom even though fear of rejection made our knees quiver and the actuality of rejection meant social suicide. Oh, and we survived the end of the world in 2012.
And now we're coming towards the end of this chapter in our lives. Every wrinkle, every edge, every wear and tear on this sheet of paper. They are stories. Lessons. Mistakes. But we have a choice. A choice to continue to look like this, or a choice to do something about it. To put all the pieces back together, into something like this. This is what we can grow to be. This is what we have grown to be. This is what matters.
We are reaching into a new world. Let's refer to this new world as the "future." To make it through another day, what must we do? We must fight. Let me share a quick story. I watched my grandpa fight cancer for a year. Just last month, he lost that fight. I began to question the purpose of fighting my fears, fighting through my struggles, and fighting for what I want.
Have you ever had days where you felt like flying? Perhaps you aced a test. Your crush said yes to your prom proposal. Your parents bought you a new car. But have you ever had days where you felt like falling? You failed a test. You ended a relationship. You disappointed your parents. Sometimes, all the above in one day. Welcome to the life of this paper airplane. It can fly in some moments. But what do we do when it falls? We pick it up, throw it out there, and put it back in the air. That's what we are going to do with our lives.
When we fall, we are going to pick ourselves up. Push ourselves. And carry on. In doing this, we will become better students. Better friends. Better sons and daughters. Better people. And Grandpa, wherever you are, I will become that better person for you.
We have changed, and we will continue to change. But we are not the only ones changing. The world around us is changing. We can talk to our smartphones. Cars are running on electricity. We have laptops that are thinner than my English notebook. We are all moving forward, and life after high school, is just the next big step.
So that wraps up today's lesson on past, present, and future tense. Don't worry, there will be no test tomorrow, or ever again. Just kidding, we'll see tests again in college and in life, but that's another problem for another day. So, to accomplish the goal of today's lesson, remember the words of Albus Dumbledore: "It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be." Class is dismissed.