小学生英语励志演讲稿带翻译(精选20篇)

The end of the summer, should have a good rest! But my mother is very busy.

As the daughter of course I want to help my mother to do some. Early in the

morning I got up, washed the dishes, sweep the floor, cooking and so on, at

noon, I tired, lying on the bed, fan fan, more comfortable.

译文：终于放暑假了，应该好好歇歇了!可是妈妈很忙。作为女儿的我当然要帮妈妈分担些了。一大清早的我就起来了，帮妈妈洗碗，扫地，做饭等等，到了中午，我快累死了，往床上一躺，扇扇电风扇，舒服多了。

New Year is the biggest festival for Chinese people. After about half a

month, there is a traditional festival, it is the Lantern Festival, which is

also important. The first round moon day in the New Year is special. People

continue to celebrate the New Year and enjoy the time with their families.

The coming of Lantern Festival is various. Some people said that it is

related with Buddha. When the Buddhas meditated, they need light in front of

them, so the light can drive away monster for people. Today, in some areas,

people light up lanterns to beg for a son from god. No matter what the story is,

the traditional festival is favored by people and the government pays special

attention to remind this tradition.

There are many activities on Lantern Festival, and the most traditional

game is the riddle. People can read some riddles that are written in the

lanterns. They can get prizes if they know the answers. I love riddle so much,

because when I figure out the answers, I will be very proud of myself, at the

same time, I can learn some funny knowledge.

亲爱的老师、同学们：

大家好!

5月1日是国际劳动节，这是全世界劳动人民自己的节日。今天，我们站在鲜艳的五星红旗下，应该怎样纪念和庆祝这一伟大光辉的节日呢?

1886年的5月1日，美国的资产阶级政府出动大批军队和警察，残酷地镇压了芝加哥工人因要求改善劳动条件而进行的集会斗争。这说明，工人阶级不要说争取主人的地位，就是要求改善基本的生活条件也会遭受到血腥的镇压。把五月一日定为国际劳动节，就是旨在动员并团结全世界无产阶级及劳动人民，为争取自身的自由、解放，为最终实现当家作主的权利而不懈斗争。

我国的无产阶级和广大劳动人民经过艰苦卓绝的斗争，使当家作主的梦想变成了现实，人民成了国家和社会的主人，享有广泛的民主权利，以主人翁的精神投入到建设社会主义的伟大事业中去。我们的社会主义祖国正呈现出蓬勃生机，焕发出旺盛活动力，以昂扬的姿态阔步迈向新时代。

我们——作为新时代的建设者和接班人，将责无旁贷地挑起建设社会主义现代化强国的重担，以主人翁的态度投入到建设祖国的伟大事业中去。作为一名小学生，从小就应该树立主人翁的意识，关心国家大事，热爱自己的家园，树立远大的志向，把自己的前途同祖国的命运结合起来，使自己成为一个有理想有志气有抱负有高尚品质的人。

我们要培养劳动感情，养成劳动习惯，珍惜劳动成果，积极参加社会实践活动。当然，最重要的还是要努力学习科学文化知识，扎实掌握一技之长，为将来把我国建设繁荣富强打下良好的基础!这才是对“五·一”国际劳动节最好的的纪念。

谢谢大家!

新学期开始了，同学们都返回学校重新见面。他们正在谈论自己的暑假生活。我更高兴，迫不及待地想告诉他们我是怎么过的。终于轮到我，了，我告诉他们我暑假期间在一家餐馆当服务员。他们起初并不相信。“是真的。”我说，“刚开始时可惨了，但几天我就做得很好了。暑假我挣了600元钱呢。”他们都目瞪口呆地看着我。

a new term began. students all returned to school met again. they were talking about what they had done in the holidays. i was happier. i couldnt wait to tell my story. now its my turn. i told them i got a job in a restaurant. i worked as a waitress.

they didnt believe at first.

"yes, its true. "i said," i really had a hard time at the beginning. but several days later, i could do a good job. i earned six hundred yuan this holiday. "they all looked at me with their mouths open.

Ah ha, when I get up, it was time for lunch. But I really have a lot of

work to do, I must write words English dairy, then learned “Li yang” English,

then …… .Oh, my god, if I do it in the afternoon, I will ready to dead. So I

wrote words, now I’m writing my English dairy. Wish I could finish these works

today. Bye!

哈哈,当我起床的时候,刚好到了午餐时间。但我真的有很多工作要做,我必须写单词,然后学习"李阳疯狂英语",然后……哦,我的上帝,如果我要一直做到下午,我真的快死了。因此我在写单词,写我的英文日记。希望我能完成今天这些任务。再见了!

第一次做家务

he summer vacation began. I decided to work to make money for the next

term. But I didnt know what work I could do.

At that time, my mother was writing a book. I decided to type for her for

pay. She agreed and paid me 5 yuan for 1000 words.

I began to work. I typed so slowly that I could type only several hundred

words a day. It was a hard job for me. I kept typing all day long.

I finished the work two weeks later. I came to know how hard it was to make

money.

在小学实习的每一天都是充满意义与欢乐的，每一天每一名学生都能给我带来新的体验与感悟，我看到他们在成长，在变成一个越来越懂事的大孩子。放学后的路上，甚至不知不觉走过了头儿，又折了回去。回到寝室，我激动的心情溢于言表!但总感觉无论我用多么感人肺腑的话语，都无法比拟这一天在学校度过的令我感动的、难忘的点点滴滴!

充实的一天

今天是忙碌的，整整一个上午，都是在不断的听写英语、督促同学们学习中度过的，下课了，我就立刻找那些英语单词背不好的孩子听写，课上，便马不停蹄的批作业，并且时刻盯着宇，让她学习。我是喜欢和她一起学习的，感觉她是有那种学习的热情的，可以给我以感染力，又让我充满动力与激情。她也是听话的，只是稍微不仔细了一些，慢慢改正，应该是可以的。

让优秀坚持下去

中午批数学卷时，我分配给了几名学生，他们都欣然接受了，只有艾不想批，我对她说：你不是答应老师可以做值日班长吗?为什么又不要做了?优秀是需要坚持的，今天优秀，明天就不了那算不上优秀。艾似乎觉得有道理，便争着要批卷了。在我看来，艾是个心灵手巧、善于观察的小姑娘，只是有时候不太注意自己是在一个集体中，总做一些特立独行的事情，但这些并不影响她成为一个优秀的人，如果她能把这份优秀一直坚持下去，那真的是不可估量啊!

肩负一份责任

今天，我考了很多同学英语单词，并且让她们的同桌考他们第二轮、第三轮，直到全对为止，其中就有一直很愿意帮助同学的卓，她真是个温文尔雅的好姑娘。还有一个就是让我刮目相看的达，我一直认为学习好的同学只会学习，不会帮助别人，但这一观点，将从今天起转变。我让达督促他的同桌然背单词，达尽职尽责，不仅监督然学习，还一字一句的教他。中午，我见然回到教室开始学习，虽说是在补之前欠的债，但我还是很欣喜的，不多久，达也回来了，是回来帮助然的，着实让我很受感动。在达身上，我看到了一份对同学无私奉献的爱和他那弱小的肩上支起的坚定的责任!相比之下，辛，你要加油了!今天就你没有考呀，至少该对自己负责吧，期待可以看到你主动来找我听写哦!

把机会让给他

下午上了一节令人震撼的语文公开课，不仅因为老师和同学们精彩的配合，更是因为那个多次发言的禹(同学们说他外刚内萌，感觉很有趣)。在这节课快要下课时，老师再次点到了他，但他并没有急于回答，而是说：老师，我把这个机会让给我的同桌，因为他也总举手，可是一次机会也没有得到。顿时，听课的老师们被禹的回答说笑了，包括安老师也包括我，这个笑绝对不是嘲笑，也不是搞笑，而是一种欣慰的笑，一种赞赏的笑。在大家都急于表现自己的时候，禹的这种友情、这种谦让，让所有人为他竖起大拇指，又怎能不令我感动呢?

The poet said: spring flowers to the door pushed open a. I said:

Thanksgiving to the door pushed open a harmony, harmony open the door to the

living. If you carefully listen to the voices of flowers, are everywhere

harmonious life movement.

Love, the soul like fire ignited the hope of love, the soul like绿茵propped

up the sky. Love is a force, is a wealth. We should be in the hearts of young

sow the seeds of love. Let us be thankful for, the Institute of Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving with a heart to face life, in the face of learning, in the face of

setbacks, thereby Experience parents, teachers, classmates and friends of

selfless relatives and friends, "know drips of TU, when Yongquan of" the real

meaning.

Thanksgiving is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, build a

socialist harmonious society needs. Guangdong lawyer Tian, in order to return

the mothers kindness in telling your mother dying when she donated his kidney

to restore the mothers life; Xu Yu return to the community of his kindness,

decided to leave after graduating from university in the bustling city , broke

into穷乡僻壤the thatched shed to seeking knowledge, a thirst for knowledge sent the

children …

Appreciate your birth, because they allow you access to life; grateful for

your dependents, because they allow you to continue to grow; grateful for the

concern you, because they give you warmth; grateful to encourage you to the

people, because they give you strength; grateful for your education, because

they Kaihua your ignorance; grateful to harm your people because they temper

your intellect; grateful for your trip, because it strengthens your legs;

grateful for your contempt, because it awakening your self-esteem; grateful

abandoned your people, because he taught you that independence; everything

grateful, Institute of gratitude, gratitude to all the people you grow up!

Students, and a song called "thank you": I thank the moon lit up the night

sky, thanks to the dawn Zhaoxia endorse for the spring snow melt for the land

feeding the people, to thank his mother for giving me life … thank harvest for

peace for all of this all all.

Thanksgiving-Fighting, Thanksgiving unlimited! Students, and Society

Thanksgiving! Let us always to the life caring and full of love and love! Let us

brought up their hands and work together, everyone aspired to build a socialist

harmonious society!

诗人说：花朵把春天的门推开了。我说：感恩把和谐的门推开了，和谐把生活的门推开了。只要你用心去听花开的声音，生活到处都是和谐的乐章。

爱，像火种点燃心灵的希望;

爱，像绿茵撑起心灵的天空。爱，是一种力量，是一种财富。我们应该从小在心中撒播爱的种子。让我们心存感激，学会感恩。用一颗感恩的心去面对生活，面对学习，面对挫折，从而体会父母，师长，同学，朋友间无私的亲情，友情，"懂得滴水之恩，当涌泉相报”的真正内涵。

感恩是中华民族的传统美德，是构建社会主义和谐社会的需要。广东律师田世国为了回报母亲的恩情，在老母病危时瞒着她捐出了自己的肾脏，挽回了母亲的生命;徐本禹为了回报社会对他的恩情，毅然在大学毕业后离开繁华城市，走进穷乡僻壤的破草棚，给求知若渴的孩子们送去知识……

感激生育你的人，因为他们使你获得生命;感激抚养你的人，因为他们使你不断成长;感激关怀你的人，因为他们给你温暖;感激鼓励你的人，因为他们给你力量;感激教育你的人，因为他们开化你的蒙昧;感激伤害你的人，因为他们磨练了你的心智;感激绊倒你的人，因为它强化了你的双腿;感激藐视你的人，因为它觉醒了你的自尊;感激遗弃你的人，因为他教会了你该独立;凡事感激，学会感激，感激一切使你成长的人!

同学们，有首歌叫《感谢你》：感谢明月照亮了夜空，感谢朝霞捧出的黎明，感谢春光融化了冰雪，感谢大地哺育了生灵，感谢母亲赐予我生命……感谢收获、感谢和平、感谢这所有的一切一切。51-51免

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感恩无痕，感恩无限!同学们，学会感恩吧!让我们的生活永远走向关怀，充满真情和爱心!让我们携起来手来，共同努力，构建一个人人向往的社会主义和谐社会!

哎哟喂，雨真大啊，把雨衣爷爷吹得飞来飞去……

Hey, its raining hard. Blow grandpas raincoat

around.

雨，是个常见的自然景物，雨衣爷爷呢，他，就是为我们风吹挡雨的——好爷爷。他，为人们服务。今天，他就为特殊的人服务——那就是我和妈妈，特殊吧，嘻嘻，我和妈妈开始，可以挡过一阵，后来，雨加速了，又迎来了大大的风;呼呼呼呼……刚开始，是小雨，滴滴嗒嗒，小雨依然下着，好像在说;哈哈哈，我又来到人间啦，嘻嘻。呜，一阵风把它们刮得老大，这回，逼我和妈妈拿出——雨衣爷爷，来挡雨，噢，no，雨衣爷爷也挡不住，自己被风刮来刮去，似乎在说;哎哟，我的老骨头，孩子，我坚持不住啦。就这样，伴随风，回到家，脚淋湿了。

Rain,

is a common natural scenery, Grandpa raincoat, he is for our wind and rain -

good Grandpa. He, serve people. Today, he serves for special people - that is,

my mother and I, special bar, hee hee, my mother and I started to block for a

while, later, the rain accelerated, and ushered in a big wind; whirring At the

beginning, it was drizzle, ticking, drizzle was still falling, as if to say;

hahaha, I came to the world again, hee hee. Oh, a gust of wind has blown them to

the top. This time, my mother and I are forced to take them out - grandpa

raincoat, to block the rain, oh, no, Grandpa raincoat cant block it, he is

blown around by the wind, as if to say; ouch, my old bone, my child, I cant

hold on. In this way, with the wind, back home, feet

wet.

There are four people in my family， my father， my mother， my sister and me. My father likes reading. My mother likes cooking. They both work in Leliu. They always go to work by car. They work hard.

My sister and I are pupils. I study in the primary school affiliated with Shunde No.1 Middle School. My hobby is collecting coins. My sister studies in Xishan Primary School. She likes watching TV. We love our family very much.

My english teacher is nice. She has long hair. She likes singing and music. She likes to play sports in the afternoon. She loves our classmates very much. She looks like our sister.

She is good . She gets up at 6:50. She goes to work early. She has funny english class. In the afternoon, we play together.

She loves us,we love her. We lover each other!

A poet leads me to a branch road: on one side, there are lots of sweet

apples, lovely and charming; on the other, there is a patch of thorn, what hides

behind the success of struggling against the thorn is a splendid palace. I

deeply know that if I choose the apples, I will give up a precious opportunity

of becoming a queen; While if I choose to challenge, I have to say farewell to

the apples. Which one should I choose?

Just like the branch road, we have to make a lot of choices during our

lifetime. It is usually considered that we are choosing what to gain, to own,

but in my opinion, we are just choosing to give up.

Choosing to be a teacher means giving up the life as rich as a business

man;

Choosing to be a top student means giving up much leisure time in front of

the TV.

Sure, it’s a torture, but we must judge carefully what is more important,

then give up the others. Don’t think of them any more, just focus all your

spirit on what you are doing.

I myself, who is standing here, have already chosen to challenge in such a

great competition, so I have to give up ten days of normal classes in school and

relaxation without pressure. But I am still pleased, because giving up properly

makes me stick to my choice.

Let’s return to our branch road, which one will your choose? I choose to

challenge here!

一位诗人把我引到一个岔路口：一边是甘甜的苹果，鲜艳而诱人;另一边是一条荆棘之路，但隐藏在与荆棘搏斗的成功之后是一座富丽的宫殿。我深深地明白：如果我选择那些苹果，我将失去一个可能成为女王的良机，与此同时，如果我选择挑战那些荆棘，那会很艰辛，而且我又必须与可爱的苹果告别，我该选择哪一个呢?

正如这个岔路口一般，生活中的我们面临多种选择。人们通常认为，我们在选择去获得什么，拥有什么，但在我看来，我们在选择放弃什么。

选择作一名老师意味着放弃了像商人一样奢华富有的生活。

选择作一名顶尖学生意味着放弃了许多在电视机前的闲暇时间。

当然，放弃的选择是一种苦难，但我们必须用心审度，什么对自己来说更为重要，做出选择，然后放弃其他，不要再回首想那些已放弃的东西，把精力集中于你正在做的事。

站在这里的我，已选择了在这样大规模的比赛中挑战自我，所以我必须放弃十天的正常功课和没有压力的轻松感。但我依然高兴，因为适宜的放弃弃之后，我更加专注于自己的选择。

让我们回到那个岔路口吧，你会选择哪一个呢?我，选择挑战此地!

This is Lin. She is from Beijing. She studies very hard.In class she can answer theteachers questions very quickly. Lin loves her classmates and often helps them with their lessons. Everybody says she is a very good monitor.

The weather of today is very comfortable, though the weather forecast said

it is cloudy, but just a little bit rain, very cool.The weather forecast said it

is cloudy, and friends are about to play basketball, but unfortunately, in the

rain it can not play. after afternoon the rain stopped to help my mother to buy

food supermarket. Generally it was not bad mood today.

今天的天气很舒适，虽然天气预报说今天是阴天，但只是一点点的雨，很cool.The天气预报说今天是阴天，和朋友约打篮球，但不幸的是，在雨中它不能玩。下午雨停后要帮妈妈买菜的超市。通常它不是今天心情不好。

My classroom is very nice . There are forty desks and chairs in the classroom. There are two black boards on the walls. And there are two pictures, too. My classroom has eleven lights and twelve fans. What colour are the fans ? They are blue. At the coner, there is a shelf , many books are in the shelf. I like the books very much. This is my classroom , it is very nice. I like my classroom very much . Do you have a nice classroom, too ?

我的教室很好。教室里有四十张桌子和椅子。墙壁上有两只黑木板。还有照片，太。我的教室有十一盏灯和十二个风扇。粉丝是什么颜色的？他们是蓝色的。在角落，有一个书架，书架上有很多书。我非常喜欢这本书。这是我的教室，很好。我非常喜欢我的教室。你有一个漂亮的教室吗？

[英语作文带翻译Myclassroom我的教室

儿子：

还有几个月，你就是一名小学生了，你高兴么?那么你知道小学生和幼儿园小朋友有什么不同么?

首先，“小学生”和“幼儿园小朋友”从称呼上，一个是学生，一个是小朋友，说明你的身份不同了，不再是以玩为主的孩子，而是以学为主的学生了;

第二，环境将不同。妈妈和你说过，幼儿园是老师(阿姨)带你们玩，而小学是老师带你们学习知识，你也说过，老师是教规矩的，就好像路上的红绿灯;

第三，对你自己的要求不同。幼儿园会有老师提醒你们喝水，上厕所，还会发小点心，小学呢，要渴了自己喝水，要上厕所自己去，不过都要在课间休息时间哦，不过这些你在上英语班的时候已经得到了锻炼。

第四，要更好与同学相处。你们幼儿园二三十个小朋友三个老师全天的看护你们，你们还会互相打闹受伤，小学将有四五十学生但没有老师时刻看护你们，所以你要更好的跟同学相处，像对待妹妹似的对待同学，自己控制自己不跟同学追跑打闹，同学之间有问题要及时报告老师。

第五，饮食、休息不同了。上了小学，不能像幼儿园似的生病请假，不想去了请假，因为你们每节课都会学到新知识，所以你要锻炼身体，好好吃饭，减少生病，要风雨无阻的去上学。幼儿园每天上午下午有小点心，早中晚都在幼儿园吃饭，中午还在幼儿园睡觉;而上了小学不会管你的一日三餐和小点心，中午也不能在学校休息，因为姥姥姥爷年龄大了，还要照顾妹妹，所以妈妈和他们商量给你报个小饭桌，早饭和晚饭在家吃，中8午小饭桌会有专人到学校接你们，中午饭在小饭桌吃，要吃饱，因为上午下午没有小点心吃了。中午吃过饭要睡觉，因为只有睡好了，下午才有精神听课啊。下午放学姥姥会到学校接你回家。

第六，上了小学每天会有作业。知道妈妈为什么每天陪你学习一会，让你做些题么，哪怕不对也没关系。因为要培养你做作业的习惯，小学每天放学后，老师会留少量的作业，希望你每天放学回家先把作业完成，然后妈妈回来会给你检查。

第七，最重要的是，上了小学，你一定要认真听讲，不能再像在幼儿园时候一会看看这一会看看那，一会又跑开了，这是不行的，每节课45分钟，课后你们会有时间玩和休息的。

最后，幼儿园是天天玩，小学是天天学。学习是我们成长的一个过程，通过学习，你会懂得更多的道理，要正确的看待学习和成绩，努力学习，认真学习，轻松面对考试和成绩，只要你尽力了，考不好爸爸妈妈也不会埋怨你，考好了也不要骄傲，因为你的人生会面对很多很多的考试。

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年月日

★生日时父亲给儿子的一封信★

★ A letter from his father to his son on his birthday

★给一年级孩子的一封信★ ★ A letter to the first grade ★

★★给儿子的一封信范文★★ ★ ★ A letter to the son ★ ★

★给幼儿园毕业孩子的一封信★ ★ A letter to a kindergarten graduated ★

My New Deskmate

My new deskmate is a boy of sixteen. His name is Zhang Gao. He is 1.8

meters tall. His strongly-built body and sun-tanned skin make him look like a

sportsman. He has two big dark eyes under a pair of thick eyebows. It seems that

they are always smiling at you. Compared with my yellow hair, his hair is black

and thick. He speaks a little bit fast but very clearly. However, he likes to

gesture from time to time while hes talking. He has a dream of becoming a famous

actor one day. I believe his dream will come true because of his handsome face

and well-developed figure.

我的新同桌是一个16岁的男孩。他叫张高，身高一米八。结实的身材、晒黑的皮肤使他看起来像运动员。他浓浓的眉毛下有一双又黑又大的眼睛，似乎总是在对人微笑。与我的黄头发相比，他有一头浓密的黑发。他的语速有点快，但相当清楚，只是他说话时爱打手势。他的理想是当一名演员，我想他英俊的长相和匀称的身材定会让他好梦成真。

Good Neighbours

We all have neighbours. A good neighbour is better than a distant relative. It is common that we may meet with difficulties.When we have igood neighbours, they will always come to help you. Neighbours should get on well with each other.

My neighbour has a daughter. We are of the same age but we don~t study in the same school. In the evening we always do homework together. She is good at maths and I am good at English. So we often help each other.

好邻居

我们都邻国。好邻居胜过远亲。这是共同的，我们可能会与遇到困难.当我们好邻居，他们将永远来帮助您。邻国应该在与对方。

我的邻居，有一个女儿。我们是同龄，我们在同一所学校。晚上我们总是一起做功课。她擅长数学，我很擅长英语。因此，我们经常互相帮助。

[我的邻居的英语作文及翻译

Smoking And Health

Today smoking is a widespread habit ali over the world. Not only the old,

the youth, but also middle school students have been engaged in smoking. Many of

them think that smoking is a smart symbol.

However, smoking is harmful to one’s ,health. It contributes a lot of lung

cancer, from which many people have died in the past years. It can also cause

many other diseases. In a word, if you smoke, you do have a much greater chance

of losing your health. Furthermore, scientific research shows that smoking is

not only harmful to smokers themselves, but also a threat to public health,

especially to women and children. Therefore, many countries have made laws

forbidding smokers to smoke m public places such as cinemas, stations,

hospitals, and so on Giveup smoking! If you don’t smoke, don’t start. Give

upsmoking for the sake of your health, for the sake of your family, and for the

sake of the whole world.

吸烟与健康

现在，吸烟是一个世界范围的习惯，不仅老年人、青年人吸烟，就连中学生也加入到这个行列中来，他们中的许多人认为吸烟是一种潇洒的象征。

然而，吸烟对人的健康是有害的，它会引起肺癌，在刚刚过去的几年中;许多人因此而丧命，还可能引发其他的疾病。总之，如果你吸烟的话，你就很可能失去拥有健康的机会，更进一步说，科学研究显示，吸烟不仅危害吸烟者本人，而且对公共健康来说，也是一个凶兆，尤其是对妇女和孩子。因此，许多国家都制定了不准在公共场合吸烟的法规，例如：电影院，车站，医院等地。

戒烟吧，如果你还未染上，请不要开始;戒烟吧，为了你的健康，为了你的家庭的健康，为了整个世界的健康。

下雨天

Its raining again today。And its raining hard。It was dark from morning

till night。 It was still dark at half past eight。 Even if I do my homework， I

can only see it with the light on。As soon as it rains， it stays down until about

twelve oclock。After the rain stopped， I went to the restaurant downstairs to

buy some food。

今天又下雨了，雨下得很大，天黑了从早上到晚上，它还是黑的八岁半。即使我做我的功课，我只能开着灯看。一旦下雨，它停留下来直到十二点雨停了，我去楼下餐厅买一些食物。

Here is a difference between science and technology.Science is a method of

answering theoretical questions; technology is a method of solving practical

problems. Science has to do with discovering the facts and relationships between

observable phenomena in nature and with establishing theories that serve to

organize these facts and relationships; technology has to do with

tools,techniques, and procedures for implementing the findings of science.

Another distinction between science and technology has to do with the

progress in each. Progress in science excludes the human factor. Scientists, who

seek to comprehend the universe and know the truth with the highest degree of

accuracy and certainty, cannot pay heed to their own or other peoples likes or

dislikes, or to popular ideas about the fitness of things. What scientists

discover may shock or anger people--as did Darwins theory of evolution. But

even an unpleasant truth is more than likely to be useful; besides, we have the

option of refusing to believe it! But hardly so with technology;we do not have

the option of refusing to hear the sonic boom produced by a supersonic

aircraft-flying overhead; we do not have the option of refusing to breathe

polluted air. Unlike science, progress in technology must be our slave and not

the reverse. The legitimate purpose of technology is to serve peopie--people in

general, not merely some people; and future generations, not merely those who

presently wish to gain advantage for themselves.

We are all familiar with the abuses of technology. Many people blame

technology itself for widespread pollution, resource depletion and even social

decay in general--so much so that the promise of technology is obscured. That

promise is a cleaner and healthier world. If wise applications of science and

technology do not lead to a better world, what else will?