求英语演讲稿，300-500词即可，不要太难

Good afternoon, distinguished guests,
I’m XXX from XXX. It is really a great pleasure and honour to be here. Thanks for giving the opportunity. Today the topic of my speech is “Better Reading, Better Life”.
The first thing I want to emphasize at the very beginning is that reading should be positive and enjoyable. It is impossible to extract enjoyment from book if you are not willing to read. This is vital important.
Then, learning should be a never-ending process, from the cradle to the grave. With the world ever changing so fast, the cease from learning for just a few days will make a person drop behind. What's worse, lack of learning will inevitably lead to the stagnation of the mind, or even worse, its fossilization. Therefore, to stay mentally young, we have to take learning as a lifelong career.
Books are to mankind what memory is be the individual. Books contain the history of our race, the discoveries we have made, the accumulated knowledge and experi