speech Ladies and gentlemen,good afternoon.At first,let me greet all of you.I consider it a great honor to have the opportunity to give such a speech infront of you.The subject of my presentention is"Man is the architect of his own future". As we all know,a good architect is the one who can establish a building with a unique structure.On the contrary,a bad one always copy what others have set up.Everyone is looking forward to his future with different expectations.Just as an old saying goes"Every road leads to Rom".What we need is diversity.We're supposed to think differently and have different plans for the future. "Man is the architect of his own future"means we have to make sure that our future is under control.In other words,we can't always look to others for help.Because the only one who can help us at any time is ourselves.But it doesn't mean that we don't need any help.With others' help we can make it better.But it's not the key to success.The most important factor depends on ourselves.When faced with troubles we can choose to fight against to the end,or we can also choose to surrender. Just like William Shakespeare said"To be or not to be,that is the question",but how to answer the question,different people hold different perspectives.People with great ambitions may set varieties of goals for their lives.These goals are just like embellishments which decorate our lives.However,there are also some others live day by day with no aims.It is obvious that their lives will end up with nothing achieved. Now,let me introduce a great woman to you.She's name is Margaret Tatcher,also known as the iron lady.She was Britain's first female prime minister and served three consecutive terms in office.She's only a daughter of a grocer.She had no political background.But with hardwork she became a research chemist in Oxford University.After Oxford Margaret became the youngest female candidate of Dardford Association.Margaret's overwhelming sense of self-confidence and ambition ruled her life from the time she was a small child,though her Oxford years and during the early years in politics.She enjoyed the tough verbal conflict of parliamentary debates.She had a quick mind and an even quicker tongue,along with an enormous self-confidence.She liked to fight and liked to win.Margaret Tatcher is one of the dominant political figures of 20th century Britain and Tatcherism continues to have a huge influence. Well,I believe that you must have learnd a lot from Margaret.