高中英语演讲稿三分钟带翻译(汇总20篇)

Qixi festival this evening, mother told me that today is "Tanabata", was the day of meet niulang and zhinv, stand under the grape trellis legend can also hear niulang and zhinv! Today the first day they met, will cry. I waited and waited, sleeping of time really flew voice to be heard, I guess it must be niulang and zhinv crying! They cry so long, so loud. They can meet a year, its really impressive!

If my mother and I see a year, suddenly one day meet again, that is how happy and excited! Before I thought of my mother and I see the "goddess marriage", "goddess marriage" of dong yong is a cowherd, hand-woven cloth is female, they lived a happy life, god make the snake will go to the human grasp hand-woven cloth, caught the hand-woven cloth ran, dong yong after, soon after, the gods with gold zan between niulang and zhinv drew a line, this is the Milky Way, they can only be fated, allowing them to July 15 meet every year, this is the source of the Chinese valentines day, July 15 separated them, however, they must have said not over words, endless things to do. I hope they never separated.

七夕节今天晚上，妈妈告诉我今天是“七夕节”，是牛郎和织女见面的日子，传说站在葡萄架下还可以听到牛郎和织女说话呢！今天他们第一天见面，一定会哭的。我等啊等啊，睡觉的时候果然听见哗哗哗的声音，我猜想一定是牛郎和织女在哭呢！他们哭得时间那么长，声音那么大。他们一年才能见一面，真令人难忘啊！

假如我和妈妈一年不见，突然有一天见面了，那是多么开心、激动啊！我想起以前我和妈妈看的《天仙配》，《天仙配》里的董永就是牛郎，七仙女就是织女，他们过着幸福的生活，天神让蛇将去人间抓七仙女，抓到七仙女就跑，董永后面追，快要追到了，天神在牛郎和织女之间用金簪划了一条线，这就是银河，他们只能隔河相望，允许他们每年的七月十五见一面，这就是七夕的来源，不过七月十五就把他们分开了，他们一定有说不完的话，办不完的事。我希望他们永远不要分开。

Weekends to people mean that people can have two days‘ rest. They can go out or get together at home.

Everybody spends weekends in his own way. Some people relax themselves by listening to music, reading in libraries or doing sports outdoors. In a word, different people have different relaxations.

I often spend weekends with my family. Sometimes my parents take me to visit our relatives. Sometimes we go swimming or go dancing and sometimes I go to read some instructive books. I often enjoy myself at weekends.

周末对人们而言意味着可以有两天的休息时间，他们能够外出或在家聚会。

每个人都以自己的方式过周末。有的人通过听音乐、到图书馆读书或在户外运动来放松自己。总之，不同的人有不同的放松方式。

我常与家人共度周末。有时我父母带我去走访亲戚，有时我们去游泳或去跳舞，有时我们去看一些有益的书。我常常在周末过得很愉快。

[周末的英语作文附翻译

As a middle school student,I dont have much free time,but I still have a lot of things to do.

I like listening to music and reading,so in my free time,I always listening to music and search the Internet for about half-hour.Its a good way to relax myself.I always do some reading before go to bed.Besides,I always go to swimming after school.Exercises help me to keep healthy and do good to my study.As the same as other students,I often watch TV in the evening,but I have to finish my homework first.

At the weekends,I will help my mother with the housework,such as clean the house,do some washing.

作为一个中学生,我没有太多的时间,但我仍然有很多事情要做。

我喜欢听音乐和读书,所以在我的空闲时间,我总是听音乐和上网大约半个小时。这是一个放松自己的好方法。上床睡觉前我总是做一些阅读。此外,放学后我经常去游泳。运动帮助我保持健康,善待我的学习。和其他学生一样,我经常在晚上看电视,但我必须先完成我的家庭作业。

在周末,我将帮助我的妈妈做家务,如打扫房子,洗衣服。

[我的空余时间 My Free Time初一英语作文带翻译

how are you, i call xx.this year is 22 years old.graduate from xxxx college.the profession is a calculator multimedia.i am one is bright, optimism, there is the person of responsibility.a fondness for plays basketball, computer, listen to music, etc..thankful your company gives me this the opportunity of the personal interview!

中文版：你好，我叫xx。今年22岁。毕业于xxxx学院。专业是计算机多媒体。我是一个开朗，乐观，有责任心的人。爱好打篮球，电脑，听音乐，等。感谢贵公司给我这次面试的机会!

June 13th Friday

It is a fine day today. There are some clouds in the sky， but the sun is shining. Mr Jones is with his family. They are walking on the bridge. There are some boats on the river. Mr Jones and his wife are looking at them. Sally is looking at a big ship. The ship is going under the bridge. Tim is looking at an aeroplane. The aeroplane is flying over the river.

译文：美好的一天

今天，天气晴朗，空中有少许云朵，天阳在照耀着。琼斯先生和他的家人在一起。她们在桥上走着，河面上有几艘小船，琼斯先生和他的夫人正看着它们，莎莉正看着一艘大船。它正从桥下经过。蒂姆在看着一架飞机，这架飞机正从河上空飞过。

[英语日记美好的一天及翻译

Hello,every one!（大家好）My name is **** . （我叫****）

Im a 15 years old girl. （我是一个15岁的女孩）（具体情况自己改）

I live in the beautiful city of Rizhao.（我住在美丽的Rizhao城）（你可以把Rizhao改成自己家乡的城市的名称的拼音）

Im an active ,lovely and clever girl.(我是一个活跃的可爱的聪明的女孩）

In the school , my favourite subject is maths . （在学校，我最喜欢数学）

Perhaps someone thinks its difficult to study well .（也许有些人认为这很难学）

But I like it.（但我喜欢他）

I belive that if you try your best, everything can be done well.（我相信每件事付出努力就会有害结果）

I also like sports very much.（我也很喜欢运动）

Such as,running,volleyball and so on. （像跑步、排球等等）

If you need help ,please come to me .（如果你需要帮助，就来找我）

I hope we can be good friends!（我希望我们能成为好朋友）

Today the weather was terrible，so I had to stay at home.

In the afternoon，I finished some homework,then I thought that maybe today

was very boring。I stared to surf the Internet ,and I found the movie 《Ghost

Rider》which was directed by Mark Steven Johnson by accident and then I began to

watch it. The movie told us that a lover of motorcycle called Johnny signed an

agreement with a demon in order to save relatives‘’ lives .However,he lost his

spirit and had to work for the demon.Then He used his spell to fight with evil .

The movie was so exciting that I coulnt be calm 。I would never forget this

movie.

今天天气很糟糕，所以我只好呆在家里。下午，我完成我的一些作业，然后我想今天一定会很无聊吧。我便开始上网，偶然地发现了一部由马克·斯蒂文·约翰逊主导的电影《鬼面骑士》，我便开始观看。这部影片讲诉了一个名叫强尼的摩托车爱好者为了挽救他亲人的性命与恶魔签署了一份契约。但是，他因此而失去了灵魂，被迫给恶魔工作。他用他的魔力与邪恶作斗争。这部影片是如此的振奋人心以至于我不能平息我的内心。我永远都不会忘记这部电影。

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。

Honorable judges, dear boys and girls,good afternoon!

It is my honour to have the opportunity to deliever a speech here.Today my

topic is that“No imagination no invention”.As we know, imagination is the power

of invention,many inventions just begin with the sparking of imagination.

There is no doubt that if you could not imagine so many good inventions

would not arise. Lenin said: Imagination is extremely valuable

qualities.Imagine, if not, the world will be how to, perhaps can only be a

gray.Have imagination is the root cause of human stronger than other animals.No

imagination of human development and progress will not have any.Einsteins

theory of relativity can find because of his childlike imagination. Jobs created

Apple, but also from his simply idea and refined imagination.

But, nowadays, people gradually lose their imagination, or the imagination

of people have been killed.Under the exam-oriented education，only the standard

answer is correct, the deviated answer is wrong.This causes scores become the

dominant factor,so student had to give up their imagination,began to rote

memorization.To realize Chinas dream and the national rejuvenation, can without

imagination?

If people stopped fantasy, then this is a real sign of the decline of

humanity. Imagination is the basis for the creation of the invention. With bold

Imagination, science was evolving, with rich imagination, before the era of

constantly advancing. We should protect childrens imagination and develop their

creativity. China may create a dream realized.

尊敬的评委们，亲爱的同学们，下午好!

很荣幸有这样一个机会在这里演讲，今天我演讲的题目是:“No imagination no

invention”。众所周知，想象力是发明创造的动力，许多发明都是由想象的闪现开始的。

毫无疑问的说，如果没有想象，如此多优秀的发明就没有出现的可能。列宁说过：想象是极其可贵的品质，设想一下，如果没有想象，世界将会怎样，也许只会是一片灰色。拥有想象力是人类强于其他动物的根本原因。没有想象力的人类将不会有任何的发展与进步。爱因斯坦之所能发现相对论，就是因为他的童真的想象力。乔布斯创造了苹果，也来源于他的简约理念和脱俗的想象力。

但是，现如今，人们渐渐失去了想象力，或者说人们的想象力在不断被扼杀，应试教育下，只有标准答案才是正确的，偏离答案就是错的，这使分数成了主导因素，学生不得不放弃自己的想象，开始死记硬背，试问要想实现中国梦和实现民族复兴，没有想象力行么?

如果人们停止了幻想，那么这就是人类衰落的真正征兆。想象力是创造发明的基础。有了大胆的创想，科学才不断发展，有了丰富的想象，时代才不断前进。我们应该保护孩子们的想象力，发挥他们的创造性。为中国梦的实现创造可能。

As is well known,books teach us to learn life,truth,science and many other

useful things.They increase our knowledge,broaden our minds and strengthen our

character.In other words,they are our good teachers and wise friends.This is the

reason why our parents always encourage us to read more books.

Reading is a good thing,but we must pay great attention to the choice of

books.It is true that we can derive benefits from good books.However,bad books

will do us more harm than good.

众所周知，书籍教会我们学习生活、真理、科学和许多其他有用的东西。它们增加了我们的知识，开阔了我们的思想，增强了我们的品格。换句话说，它们是我们的良师益友。这就是为什么我们的父母总是鼓励我们多读书。

读书是一件好事，但我们在选书上一定要十分注意，好书的确能给我们带来好处，但坏书弊大于利。

She’s Got Blank Space Again

Taylor Swift, one of the most popular female singers around the world, was broke up with her boyfriend again. It is known to all that this talented girl always gets inspiration to write songs from her relationships. All of these songs will become the hit songs. The fans play the jokes that they can hear the new song soon. As the media always reported Taylor had many relationships, she wrote a song called Blank Space to fight back. The song ranked No.1 in the most powerful music chart. In the song, she described that the girl had a long list of ex-boyfriends, while when she got broke up, there would be a blank space for the next boy. It sounds like her real life, but Taylor tell people’s the boys treat the relationship like a love game and don’t take it seriously.

泰勒斯威夫特,全世界最受欢迎的女歌手之一,又和她的男朋友分手了。众所周知,这个才华横溢的女孩写歌的灵感总是来自她的爱情。所有的这些歌曲都会成为热门歌曲。粉丝们开玩笑说他们很快就可以听到新歌了。媒体总是报道泰勒有很多段关系,她写了一首歌叫《空格》来反击。这首歌在最权威的音乐排行榜排名第一。在这首歌中,她描述了女孩有着一长串的前男友,而当她分手了,会留下空格等待下一个男孩。这听起来像她的现实生活,但泰勒告诉人们，男孩们对待他们的关系就像爱情游戏,并没有认真对待。

Good morning/afternoon/evening, my name isXXX . It is really a great honor to have this opportunity/chance to introduce myself. I would like to answer whatever you may raise, and I hope I can make a good performance today.

I am a third year master major in automation at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China. Withtremendous interest in Industrial Engineering, I am writing to apply for acceptance into your Ph.D. graduate program.

In 1995, I entered the Nanjing University of Science & Technology (NUST) -- widely considered one of the China’s best engineering schools. During the following undergraduate study, my academic records kept distinguished among the whole department. I was granted First Class Prize every semester,In 1999, I got the privilege to enter the graduate program waived of the admission test.

At the period of my graduate study, my overall GPA(3.77/4.0) ranked top 5% in the department. In the second semester, I became teacher assistant that is given to talented and matured students only. This year, I won the Acer Scholarship as the one and only candidate in my department, which is the ultimate accolade for distinguished students endowed by my university. Presently, I am preparing my graduation thesis and trying for the honor of Excellent Graduation Thesis.

Research experience and academic activity

When a sophomore, I joined the Association of AI Enthusiast and began to narrow down my interest for my future research. With the tool of OpenGL and Matlab, I designed a simulationprogram for transportation scheduling system. It is now widely used by different research groups in NUST. I assumed and fulfilled a sewage analysis & dispose project for Nanjing sewagetreatment plant. This was my first practice to convert a laboratory idea to a commercial product.

In retrospect, I find myself standing on a solid basis in both theory and experience, which has prepared me for the Ph.D. program. My future research interests include: Network Scheduling Problem, Heuristic Algorithm research (especially in GA and Neural network), Supply chain network research, Hybrid system performance analysis with Petri nets and Data Mining.

译文：

早上好/下午好/晚上好,我的名字isXXX。真的很荣幸有这个机会进行自我介绍的机会。我想回答任何你可能会提高,我希望我能成为一个好今天的表现。

我是一个第三年硕士主修自动化在上海交通大学,中国公关。Withtremendous对工业工程的兴趣,我写这封信是为了申请接受到你的博士研究生项目。

1995年,我进入了南京科技大学(社交)——被广泛认为是中国最好的工程学校之一。在接下来的本科学习,我的学习成绩保持杰出的在整个部门。我每学期获得了头等奖,1999年,我有幸进入了研究生入学考试的放弃。

在我研究生学习期间,我的总平均成绩排名(3.77/4.0)前5%。在第二学期,我成为老师的助理,只给有才华的和成熟的学生。今年,我赢得了宏碁奖学金在我部门唯一的候选人,这是著名的终极荣誉学生赋予我的大学。目前,我准备我的毕业论文和优秀毕业论文的荣誉。

研究经验和学术活动

大二的时候,我加入了AI爱好者协会,开始为我的未来研究缩小我的兴趣。OpenGL的工具Matlab,我设计了一个simulationprogram运输调度系统。由不同的研究小组现在广泛使用的雄厚。我认为,实现污水分析&处理项目为南京sewagetreatment工厂。这是我第一次实践实验室的想法转换为一个商业产品。

回想起来,我发现自己站在一个坚实的基础的理论和经验,已准备好了我拿不到博士学位。我的未来的研究兴趣包括:网络调度问题,启发式算法研究(特别是遗传算法和神经网络),供应链网络研究,混合动力系统性能分析与佩特里网和数据挖掘。

[关于自我介绍英语作文带中文翻译

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked, “What did you want the most when you were there?” The boy replied, “Air.” Socrates said, “That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it. There is no other secret.”

一个年轻人向苏格拉底询问成功的秘诀，苏格拉底让年轻人第二天早晨到河边 见他。他们见面后，苏格拉底叫年轻人和他一起走向河里，当河水淹至他们的 脖子时，苏格拉底出其不意地抓住年轻人并把其压入水中，那人想要挣出水面， 而强壮有力的苏格拉底将他摁在水中直到他变得无力抗争，脸色发青。苏格拉 底将他的头拖出水面，这个年轻人所做的第一件事就是大口喘息后，深吸一口 气。苏格拉底问： “当你闷在水里的时候你最想要的是什么?”年轻人回答说： “空气。 ”苏格拉底说： “那就是成功的秘诀。当你像渴望空气一样渴望成功， 你就能够获得它!没有其他的秘密了。 ”

My grandma came to visit us today

Today, my grandma came to visit us, because she missed me so much. She

brought us a lot of fresh vegetables and fruit as usual.My grandma lives in a

small villiage, she likes the life in the county and refuses to move to the

city,so we live separately. She plant many vegetables and fruits, and She bring

the fresh to us now and then. Indeed, it tastes very different from the

market’s. I like the food she brings so much and I am so grateful to her.

参考翻译

我奶奶今天来看我们了

今天,我的奶奶来看望我们,因为她很想念我。她和往常一样给我们带来很多新鲜的蔬菜和水果。我的奶奶住在一个小的村子里，她喜欢那里的生活，拒绝搬来城市，所以我们分开住。她种有很多蔬菜和水果，并且会时不时地带来给我们。的确,尝起来味道和市场上卖的截然不同。我很喜欢她给我们带来的菜,我很感谢她。

People often ask and are asked that what is the most important thing in

life. Some people answer that family is the most important and others say love,

work or money. In my opinion, health is the most important in life. However, how

to keep healthy?

Firstly, being positive. A positive attitude towards life must be good to

health. It also brings you power to overcome disease. Secondly, taking exercise

regularly. Taking exercise regularly or even every day helps you build a strong

body which is the base of health. Exercise can improve the ability of the body

to fight disease. Thirdly, making friends, because friendship is an important

part to influence your health. Many studies show that people with a wide range

of social contacts get sick less than those who dont. I always feel better when

I am with friends than when I am alone. Finally, eating properly, having good

rest and building normal daily routine are aslo important to health.

Health is a problem we should attach importance to. Only build a healthy

body can us live a better life.

参考译文

人们常常会问或者被问什么是生命中最重要的东西。有的人会回答家庭是最重要的，其他人会说爱，工作和金钱是最重要的。在我看来，健康才是生命中最重要的。但是，怎样保持健康呢?

首先，要积极。对生活的积极态度一定会对健康有好处。它也会给你带来克服疾病的力量。其次，要经常锻炼。经常甚至是每天锻炼能够帮助你建立强壮的身体，这是健康的基础。锻炼可以提高身体抵抗疾病的能力。再次，要多交朋友，因为友谊是影响你健康的重要部分。很多研究表明有广泛的社会交际的人比那些没有的人更少生病。当我跟朋友在一起的时候感觉比独自一人的时候好。最后，饮食合理，休息良好以及建立规律的日常生活对健康也很重要。

健康是我们应该重视的一个问题。只有建立健康的体魄我们才可以过上更好的生活。

示例：

Dear_______,

I am . (自我介绍) I feel bad to trouble you but I am afraid that I have to make a complaint about_______.

The reason for my dissatisfaction is _______(总体介绍). In the first

place,_________(抱怨的第一个方面). In addition,____________(抱怨的第二个方面). Under these circumstances, I find it ___(感觉) to ___________(抱怨的方面给你带来的后果).

I appreciate it very much if you could________(提出建议和请求), preferably __________(进一步的要求), and I would like to have this matter settled by ______(设定解决事情最后期限).Thank you for your consideration and I will be looking forward to your reply.

Yours sincerely

Li Ming

A new year,a new start,when i stand on the edge of a new year,i cant help thinking about my plan of next year.

just as the old saying:"well began is the half of the success.”so i decide that i should be at work while the others are still relaxing,and then,at the beginning,im quicker than the others and of course i will get better result than the others.

But,what i really decide to do is that i must make good of anytime i can spare though it seems impossible. while,i will do my best to live up with what i have planned,and the result will prove it.

新的一年，新的开始，当我在新的一年的边缘立场，我不禁在想我明年的计划。

正如古人云：“好开始是成功的一半”，所以我决定，我应该是在工作，而另一些性传播疾病就会放松，然后，在开始时，我比其他人更快，我当然会得到比别人更好的结果。

但是，我真正决定做的是，我必须利用好，我可以随时备用，虽然它似乎是不可能的。虽然，我会尽我所能，用我生活已计划了，结果将证明这一点。

My school is a beautiful campus, you dont believe in? I take you to visit my school.

You see, walked into the door, and two rows of stand proudly welcome our arrival, it is like a soldier standing guard, guard our campus. Back is a beautiful flower, open be riotous with colour of flowers, very good and diligent bees in the above step honey; and a beautiful butterfly there is dancing in the air, very good! Bed is behind the teaching building, see the classroom desks and chairs placed in neat, but it is our indispensable faithful partner, every classmates upright sitting concentrate ones attention on class there, fall over each other to speak, always came the sound of reading, a bent on learning. The teaching building of the right there is a basketball court, teaching to the left of the building is a large playground, where there are a lot of students are playing; every Monday, all the students went to the playground to the raising of the national flag. Playground on the left is a green lawn, where you can play, play football,,,,,, can be fun. The lawn is surrounded by a stand gracefully erect poplars, they be conscientious and do ones best to stand there, as if to defend the national dongliangzhicai. In looking at the outside is walls, walls covered with ivy, in the fall, ivy leaves slowly turned red, very good-looking, is really a beautiful scenery line.

This is my school, I love my school.

Saturday， my grandma made dumplings， one of the dumplings like obedient little ducks swimming in the bowl。 My in the mind have a little not to eat them。 But the smell of fragrance and let me greedy slobber， I eat up tit-bit。 But I eat dumplings， the heart have a kind of feeling can not tell。翻译：星期六我奶奶家包饺子了，一个个的饺子像听话的小鸭子在碗里游来游去。我心里有点不忍心吃他们了。但是那扑鼻而来的香味又让我馋得流口水，我就大口大口地吃了起来。但是我吃完饺子，心里有一种说不出来的感觉。

National Day is our countrys mothers birthday. On this day, we all Chinese people are happy. On this day, we should live in harmony with the people of our country in order to repay the kindness we have in our country.

On this day, the whole nation has a holiday. Although some people are too busy to work for the motherlands mother to celebrate, but I still believe that they are in different places, in their hearts, is still a deep love of the motherland. They will also be in the hearts of the hearts of the love of the motherland.

A lot of people are wondering: Why study hard? I can definitely tell them that the students have to study hard to repay our country. Mother of the motherland for our selfless dedication, we should not return her?

National Day, people will hold a lot of parties. Most of the party is the great motherland, the mother of the title, which is also the contribution of the people who write the arts to china!

Although there is no mid autumn festival. Spring Festival is so popular, but it also said we are all the children of the Yellow Emperor patriotism.

Look at the mother of the motherland prosperity, people live and work in peace Chinese!

国庆节是我国一年一度祖国妈妈的生日。在这天，我们全中国人民都兴高采烈。在这天，我们全国人民更应该和睦相处，以报答我们对祖国的养育之恩。

在这天，全国人民都放假了。尽管有些人们因工作的确太忙而不能为祖国妈妈庆祝了，但我依旧相信身存异地的他们，在心中，依旧是深深地爱这祖国妈妈的。他们同样会以心中的满腔热血表示对祖国的敬爱。

很多人们疑惑不解：为什么要好好学习呢?我可以肯定地告诉他们，学生们好好学习是要报答我们的祖国。祖国妈妈为我们无私奉献，难道我们不应该回报她吗?

国庆节这天，人们会举办许多晚会。晚会大多是以伟大的祖国妈妈为题的，这也是那写艺人们对祖国所做的贡献啊!

国庆节虽然没有中秋节。春节那么热闹，但它更表示的是我们炎黄子孙的爱国之心。

望祖国妈妈繁荣兴盛，望中国人民安居乐业!

As is shown by the figure/percentage in the table /picture，____ has been on rise/ decrease， significantly/dramatically rising/decreasing from ____ in _____ to _____ in _____. From the sharp rise/decline in the chart， it goes without saying that _____.

There are at least two good reasons accounting for _____. In one hand， ____.In the other hand， _____ is due to the fact that ______.In addition， ______ is responsible for _____. Maybe there are some other reasons to show ______.But itis generally believed that the above mentioned reasons are commonly convincing.

As far as I am concerned， I hold the point of view that _______. I am sure my opinion is both sound and well-grounded.