建議你先擬個稿子，不就一分鐘嗎？寫一個含1000個單詞(指有實義的詞)的稿子，試著讀，背，然後試講。對內容修改增刪。句子不要太長，盡力避免複合句，尤其是主從複合句。用敘述句，盡少用疑問句。注意避免空話。例如開始時的呼語用”LAD1ES AND M1STERS(GENTLEMEN)”或”COMRADES AND FR1ENDS”，不要像中文演說一樣扯一大串，”尊敬的領導，書記和X長，主任，處長，尊敬的朋友們，同志們”，也不需有”歡迎蒞臨指導，敬請批評指正”之類的客套話。講完後一定要講一句”THANK YOU”(不要加”VERY MUCH”，也不要省略為”THANKS”。這是必需的禮節。然後淺鞠躬退下。按西方禮俗，臺上臺下是平等的，所以你不用膽怯。

既然是一分鐘演講，首先告訴你但字數。一般歪果仁平時說話的速度是每分鐘160到180十個單詞。但是華人不經過專業訓練達不到這個速度。那你就把字數控制在140到160之間就很好。

剩下的就是根據你想說的內容來安排了。有那麼三四段就夠了，一段四五十個單詞，也就是四五句話。

第一段開場白，做個簡單。自我介紹。然後再簡單扼要地說一下自己要講的內容。然後進入主體。有三段就夠了。

不知道你是哪方面的演講，所以無法提供具體的建議。

以下是我三年前給一個學生寫的演講稿。有點長，大概需要三四分鐘吧。僅供參考。

Ladies and Gentlemen:　　

I am honored to be here to share my feelings with you.　　

“Does school kill students’ creativity?" has always been a controversial topic. A lot of people have given their unique insights, and it seems that what everybody says makes sense. It makes me confused. I’m just here to share my feelings, Maybe, you will find what this little girl has said also makes sense.　　Let’s think about the question: Can everybody be creative? Without hesitation my answers are NO.　　

Otherwise everybody will be a novelist like Mo Yan who won the Nobel Prize. That’s absolutely impossible. We have to admit that people like Mo Yan are born clever. It is said that Mo Yan liked to tell stories when he was a little boy. But when I was a little girl, my mother was satisfied if I held up five fingers and told her: This is five. 　　

Then let’s think about the second question: Do our schools hinder students’ creativity? My answer is also: No 　　

Most creative people went through educational system and they did not become good-for-nothings. Here I can give an example. A student named Wang Gao graduated from my school in 1984, He majored in demology in Renmin University and successfully got his Ph.D. He was once a leader in Minute Made in Houston. After returning to China, he works as a professor in Qinghua university. So you see, after receiving education in China, he is still creative. In fact, we can see two extremes in the issue, the most creative, like those great scientists, and the least creative. Most of us are something in between. A convenient example is my mother. Certainly she is not a great scientist (in my heart, she is equally great). She is a little creative, especially when she is in the kitchen. All these years she tries her best to raise me to be a healthy and not too stupid person. She puts her heart on how to make meals both delicious and nutritious, and here I am, the result of her experiments in her kitchen laboratory. So the real situation is that most people are like her. They go through our education system and are still a little creative in life. 　　　

So my conclusion is that schools do not kill students’ creativity. On the contrary, they give us the essential knowledge and skill on which our creativity can be based.

孩子回來說。本來她可以拿一等獎，但是由於某種原因，只給了她二等獎。這裡我就不便說原因了。因為一等獎高考是可以加分的。她說當時評委看了稿子都說這稿子寫得好。不過都過去了，那孩子最後並沒有考國內大學，而是去了加拿大。加分也沒用的。只是當時有點心理不平衡。