纪念性英文演讲稿

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纪念性英文演讲稿 第1篇

The Silk Road

Introduction

 This is a trade thoroughfare that links Asia and Europe in the past dynasties.This is

an important bridge that promotes the economic and cultural exchanges.This is a thoroughfare that owns treasure trove of historic sites. The Silk Roadrefers to theancient trade route connecting Asia Continent and

European Continent,usually it can be classified into Northern Silk Road on the land，Southern Silk Road on the land and the Silk Road on the sea.(Transition: For a very long period in history, there were many famous stories related to the road, e.g.zhangQian, who was sent by Emperor Wudi of Han to the western regions;Eminent Monk Xuan Zang, who made a journey to the west in search of Buddhist scriptures)

Body

 The silk road dates back to the second century B.C when ZhangQian, a Chinese

official and envoy of the royal court, embarked on his business trip to Xiyu(meaning western countries)

 Originating from Chang’an(the present-day Xi’an), the route traversed Shaanxi

Province, the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province, the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, the Parim mountain region, Afghanistan, Iran, Irap and Syria, ending at the eastern shores of the Mediterranean.More than 4000 of its 7000 kilometers were in China. For over a thousand years up till the 15th century, China brought its silk cloths and

goods, gunpowder, and paper making and printing techniques to the west via this road.This road, in return, introduced into China Buddhism and Islam as well as grapes, walnuts, pomegranates, cucumbers, glass, perfume and other products from the outside world.(Transition: After saying so much, I want to ask you a question: Why it is called the Silk Road, not the ……….road?)

 Because among all the goods which were in exchange through the road, the China’s

silk is the most typical one.(Why it is so typical?)

 It is a symbol of the prosperity of civilization of East Asia.So European scholars

came to call it the “silk road”.Conclusion

 I’m very proud not only because a wealth of historical relics and interesting local

cultures along the part of the Silk Road in China, but also because the active role we Chinese played in developing this road.I’m very proud not only because such a great history my country enjoys but also because the initiative spirit we are born with.I’m very proud of being a Chinese. I hope you will understand and appreciate how brave and hardworking we Chinese

are, as well as how marvelous the road it is.Let’s join together to contribute to the communication all over the world just as our ancestors did.

纪念性英文演讲稿 第2篇

One of my earliest memories is of playing in the garden.

我记忆中最早的`事情之一是在花园里玩耍。

recall

一、含义：

n. 回忆;取消;召回

vt. 召回;恢复;回想起;唤起;与 ... 相似

二、用法

recall的基本意思是“想起”，一般指通过有意识地努力去“回忆”“回想”，主语一般是人，有时也可以是物。引申可指“召回”“撤销”。

recall既可用作不及物动词，也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时，可接名词、代词、带疑问词的动词不定式、动名词或that/wh-从句作宾语。

Do you have any recall of that meeting?

纪念性英文演讲稿 第3篇

Public speech is an art.It presents the features of formal written language while exhibiting characteristics of the speaker.Barack Obama, an excellent speaker, addressed his victory speech in November 2012, which was very convincing and considered a classic for its perfect using of rhetorical features, lexicon, syntax, body language and phonology.Stylistic analysis of public speeches is conducted to deepen readers’understanding of Obama’s victory speech, and to find where the secrets of success lie.On the other hand, as the leader of the most powerful country in the world, his speech and delivery was concerned by people all over the globe.Through analyzing Obama’s victory speech, we can know about the career of this outstanding political leader, his communicative skills and personalities.Besides this, we can also know the tendency of future development and the main part of this country through his speech.

2 Rhetorical Features Analysis

2.1 Parallelism

According to the American Heritage Dictionary (2012) , parallelism means the use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses.In grammar, parallelism is a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses.The application of parallelism in sentence construction can sometimes improve the clearness and readability of the writing, facilitate the expression of strong feelings and the power of language.Meanwhile, the special syntactic feature of parallelism, can strengthen the beauty of rhyme of the language.Obama used many parallel structures in his victory speech.

Example-1

You’ll hear the determination in the voice of a young field organizer who’s working his way through college and wants to make sure every child has that same opportunity.You’ll hear the pride in the voice of a volunteer who’s going door to door because her brother was finally hired when the local auto plant added another shift.You’ll hear the deep patriotism in the voice of a military spouse who’s working the phones late at night to make sure that no one who fights for this country ever has to fight for a job or a roof over their head when they come home.

In the above example the coherence and beauty of language is clearly and successfully demonstrated by the paralleled sentence step by step.It displays in detail what the campaign group members had done, thus expressing Obama’s gratitude towards the campaign group and his appreciation of their work.

Example-2

That’s why we do this.That’s what politics can be.That’s why elections matter.

While these sentences are short, this kind of parallelism can strengthen the momentum of a sentence parallelism.

Example-3

Democracy in a nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy and complicated.

The three words, noisy, messy and complicated, form a parallel structure of word to make the sentence brief and strong.

Example-4

We believe in a generous America, in a compassionate America, in a tolerant America.

The parallel structure of phrases shows the merit of America:the confidence and virtue of the world’s leaderthe United States of America.

Example-5

We believe in a generous America, in a compassionate America, in a tolerant America, open to the dreams of an immigrant’s daughter who studies in our schools and pledges to our flag, to the young boy on the south side of Chicago who sees a life beyond the nearest street corner, to the furniture worker’s child in North Carolina who wants to become a doctor or a scientist, an engineer or an entrepreneur, a diplomat or even a presidentthat’s the future we hope for.That’s the vision we share.That’s where we need to goforward.That’s where we need to go.

Using a variety of parallelism, this section emphasizes the image of the United States as a country providing a variety of opportunities, generosity, compassion and patience to immigrants from around the world.It is a country to be proud of as well as the core of the American dream.

2.2 Repetition

Repetition is restricted to those cases of exact copying of a certain previous unit in a text, such as word, phrase or even a sentence (Leech, 1969) .Repetition is the simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to provide emphasis.Through the selection and modification of words, it makes the expression of language more accurate, distinct, vivid and powerful.

Example-6

It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and depression, the spirit that has lifted this country from the depths of despair to the great heights of hope, the belief that while each of us will pursue our own individual dreams, we are an American family and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people.

With the repetition of the word spirit Obama successfully drew the audience’s attention to individualism which is the core of the American culture.

Example-7

To the best campaign team and volunteers in the history of politics (cheers) the best, the best ever.

Best is also repeated three times, to emphasize the excellence of team.

2.3 Metaphor

Metaphor is a lexical rhetorical device.It is an implied relation between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic in common.It is an important rhetorical device used in the public addresses.Using metaphors contributes to explaining affairs much more vividly and profoundly to enhance the expressive force.Take the following as examples:

Example-8

While our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves us.

Here Obama uses the word journey to refer to America’s future and development.It helps embodying America’s future and drawing a blueprint which can make audiences feel confident.

Example-9

Thank you for believing all the way, through every hill, through every valley, you lifted me up the whole way.

The meaning of hill and valley in writing are natural landscape.In this speech, it stands for the difficulties and hardships on the campaign trail.

2.4 Alliteration

In language, alliteration is the repetition of a particular sound in the prominent lifts (or stressed syllables) of a series of words or phrases.Its main rhetorical function is to enhance the rhythm of language, to render vividness to language expressions and to impress the audience more deeply.

Example-10

The spirit that has lifted this country from the depths of despair to the great heights of hope.

As depth can be replaced by bosom, despair can be replaced by hopelessness, Obama uses depths and despair, heights and hope to make a two pairs of alliteration which forms a better sentence structure, attracts audiences’attention and makes his idea easy to accept.

Example-11

I've seen it in the soldiers who reenlist after losing a limb and in those SEALS that charged up the stairs into darkness and danger because they knew there was a buddy behind them watching their back.

Obama uses darkness and danger to make a pair of alliteration which is to show the diligence of the soldiers to protect their country.It is easy to arouse resonance with the audience.

2.5 Allusion

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (2003) defines“allusion”as“an implied or indirect reference.”So allusion is an indirect reference to people or things outside the text in which it occurs, without mentioning them explicitly.

Example-12

We’re not as cynical as the pundits believe.We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions, and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states.

As all American know, red and blue refer to two political parties.Hence here Obama indicates that the U.S.consists of different politics and political areas.This kind of saying shows Obama’s idea in the simplest way.

Example-13

America has never been about what can be done of us, it’s about what can be done by us by the hard, frustrating but necessary work of self government.That is the principle we were founded on.

The above sentence rewrites President Kennedy’s famous quote“And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”.It easily arouses resonance with the audience.

3 Lexical Analysis

At lexical level of linguistic description, lexical choice is mainly examined by the analysis of content words.According to Qian Yuan (2011) , it involves whether the words are simple or complex, formal or informal, general or specific.The lexical items of public speech include hard words, abstract nouns, and personal pronouns, which make the speech more formal and serious, increasing the speaker’s credibility and dignity.

3.1 Hard words

Hard words refer to polysyllabic words of three or more syllables, not including inflection, compounding and proper nouns (Qian Yuan, 2011) .Simple words derive from Anglo-Saxon words, which stand for informality, usually used in dialogue.Hard words are often used in public speeches.They convey formality, credibility and authority.

Hard Words may attract audience’s attention, and moreover enhance the formality and energies of the speech.In Obama’s victory speech, the whole text has 2290 words while hard words account for about 5%of the total, lower than the usual inaugural speech of the other presidents.Hard words include determination, opportunity, controversy, compromises, struggles, destiny, and responsibilities.

Relatively easy to understand on the whole, the speech shows Obama’s intention of speaking with an easy style.Many ordinary people feel a distance from the candidate because he/she may always employ hard words to show that they belong to the so called“elite”or high intellectuals.However, Obama employs relatively simple words to bring the audience closer.

3.2 Abstract words

Abstract noun refers to a quality, state, or action instead of physical thing.The wide use of abstract nouns is one of the stylistic features of public addresses, making a sharp contrast with daily conversations.In Obama’s speech, we can find such words:spirit, ambition, appreciation, determination, innovation, recognition, patriotism, freedom, responsibility, obligations, hardship, confidence, dignity, passion.

Abstract words would make the speech more graceful.Moreover, in addition, the usage of abstract words instead of specific words can make the speech more profound and formal.

4 Syntactic Analysis

4.1 Sentence type

There are four major types of sentences in English:declarative sentences, interrogative sentences, imperative sentences and exclamative sentences.We can see that Obama prefers to use declaratives in his victory speech.A declarative sentence or declaration, one of the most common types in public speech, commonly makes a statement.It is brief and crisp, and full of charisma.Let’s take the following sentence for example,

Example-14

And together with your help and God’s grace we will continue our journey forward and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on Earth.

The sentence perfectly shows Obama’s confidence in the country and his determination to go on the journey.

At the end of the speech, Obama used a declarative sentence to call on all Americans to struggle for America’s tomorrow, which made a sonorous and powerful end to the speech.Let me say this publicly Michelle I have never loved you more, this is imperative sentence.The imperative sentence, used at the end of his public speech, aroused the passion of the audience, and appealed to them to follow the speaker’s willingness.

4.2 Sentence length

The length of sentence is determined to a certain degree by the style of the text.It reveals the degree of formality of the text.Generally speaking, the average sentence length of a public speech is longer than that of a daily conversation and advertisement and shorter than that of legal documents and technological texts.

The above figure shows that sentences with fewer than 20words account for more than 50%of the speech text.The average sentence length is 20.1 words.Compared with his first victory speech delivered on Nov.4, 2008, with the average sentence length of 28.0 words, Obama used more short sentences in this victory speech, making his speech more vivid and exciting.Meanwhile, the short sentences sound more powerful and enthusiastic, successfully helping Obama to arouse the passion of the audience.Meanwhile, Obama also adopted some long sentences to convey the complicated ideas with parallel structures.Thus the alternate use of short and long sentences helps to make this speech neither too dull nor too wearisome.

5 Structure Analysis

A public speech usually contains three parts:the introduction, the body and the conclusion.The following section will deal with the different parts of each speech to see how Obama organized his speech.

Introduction starts from the beginning to“Thank you for believing all the way, through every hill, through every valley, you lifted me up the whole way and I will always be grateful for everything that you have done and all the incredible work that you've put in.”It expounds the significance of this campaign, and expresses Obama’s gratitude towards the people of United States, the opponent, and the family.The body starts from“I know that political campaigns can sometimes seem small, even silly, and that provides plenty of fodder of the cynics who tell us that politics are nothing more than a contest of egos, or the domain of special interests, but if you ever get the chance to talk to folks who turned out at our rallies and crowded along the rope line at a high school gym, or saw folks working late at a campaign office at some tiny county far away from home, you'll discover something else.”and ends at“And I know that every American wants her future to be just as bright.That's who we are.That's the country I'm so proud to lead as your president.”It gives a detailed description of the difficulties confronting the American people and government, and of the efforts made by the people and government.The last part is the conclusion, ending with“I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting.”This conclusion delivers the confidence of the American, and firmly believes in a bright future.

6 Conclusion

In the above parts, the author has analyzed the language features of Obama’s speech from four aspects:rhetorical devices, lexical analysis, syntactic analysis and structural.The major finding in this analysis is that Obama's appropriate usage of stylistic features contributes to a successful, attractive speech.The implication of this paper is that analysis of stylistic features contributes to a better understanding of the speech.A better knowledge of stylistics may result in a better speech.

摘要：2012年11月7日, 美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马在总统选举中成功连任, 当选美国第57届总统, 当晚他于芝加哥发表了胜选演说。这篇演讲鼓舞人心, 征服了来自美国甚至全世界各地的听众, 获得各界极大的好评和推崇。该文从修辞特征、词汇、句法和篇章结构等角度对奥巴马2012年胜选演讲进行语体分析, 以加深读者对奥巴马胜选演讲的理解。

关键词：奥巴马,获胜演讲,文体分析

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THE PRESIDENT: The Bible tells us--“weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”

Ten years ago, America confronted one of our darkest nights.Mighty towers crumbled.Black smoke billowed up from the Pentagon.Airplane wreckage smoldered on a Pennsylvania field.Friends and neighbors, sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters –-they were taken from us with a heartbreaking swiftness and cruelty.And on September 12, 2001, we awoke to a world in which evil was closer at hand, and uncertainty clouded our future.In the decade since, much has changed for Americans.We’ve known war and recession, passionate debates and political divides.We can never get back the lives that were lost on that day or the Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the wars that followed.And yet today, it is worth remembering what has not changed.Our character as a nation has not changed.Our faith-– in God and in each other –-that has not changed.Our belief in America, born of a timeless ideal that men and women should govern themselves;that all people are created equal, and deserve the same freedom to determine their own destiny –-that belief, through tests and trials, has only been strengthened.These past 10 years have shown that America does not give in to fear.The rescue workers who rushed to the scene, the firefighters who charged up the stairs, the passengers who stormed the cockpit--these patriots defined the very nature of courage.Over the years we’ve also seen a more quiet form of heroism--in the ladder company that lost so many men and still suits up and saves lives every day, the businesses that have been rebuilt from nothing, the burn victim who has bounced back, the families who press on.Last spring, I received a letter from a woman named Suzanne Swaine.She had lost her husband and brother in the Twin Towers, and said that she had been robbed of, “so many would-be proud moments where a father watches their child graduate, or tend a goal in a lacrosse game, or succeed academically.” But her daughters are in college, the other doing well in high school.“It has been 10 years of raising these girls on my own,” Suzanne wrote.“I could not be prouder of their strength and resilience.” That spirit typifies our American family.And the hopeful future for those girls is the ultimate rebuke to the hateful killers who took the life of their father.These past 10 years have shown America’s resolve to defend its citizens, and our way of life.Diplomats serve in far off posts, and intelligence professionals work tirelessly without recognition.Two million Americans have gone to war since 9/11.They have demonstrated that those who do us harm cannot hide from the reach of justice, anywhere in the world.America has been defended not by conscripts, but by citizens who choose to serve-– young people who signed up straight out of high school, guardsmen and reservists, workers and business-people, immigrants and fourth-generation soldiers.They are men and women who left behind lives of comfort for two, three, four, five tours of duty.Too many will never come home.Those that do carry dark memories from distant places and the legacy of fallen friends.The sacrifices of these men and women, and of our military families, reminds us that the wages of war are great;that while service to our nation is full of glory, war itself is never glorious.Our troops have been to lands unknown to many Americans a decade ago-– to Kandahar and Kabul;to Mosul and Basra.But our strength is not measured in our ability to stay in these places;it comes from our commitment to leave those lands to free people and sovereign states, and our desire to move from a decade of war to a future of peace.These 10 years have shown that we hold fast to our freedoms.Yes, we’re more vigilant against those who threaten us, and there are inconveniences that come with our common defense.Debates –-about war and peace, about security and civil liberties –-have often been fierce these last 10 years.But it is precisely the rigor of these debates, and our ability to resolve them in a way that honors our values and our democracy, that is the measure of our strength.Meanwhile, our open markets still provide innovators the chance to create and succeed, our citizens are still free to speak their minds, and our souls are enriched in churches and temples, our synagogues and our mosques.These past 10 years underscores the bonds between all Americans.We have not succumbed to suspicion, nor have we succumbed to mistrust.After 9/11, to his great credit, President Bush made clear what we reaffirm today: The United States will never wage war against Islam or any other religion.Immigrants come here from all parts of the globe.And in the biggest cities and the smallest towns, in schools and workplaces, you still see people of every conceivable race and religion and ethnicity-– all of them pledging allegiance to the flag, all of them reaching for the same American dream –-e pluribus unum, out of many, we are one.These past 10 years tell a story of our resilience.The Pentagon is repaired, and filled with patriots working in common purpose.Shanksville is the scene of friendships forged between residents of that town, and families who lost loved ones there.New York--New York remains the most vibrant of capitals of arts and industry and fashion and commerce.Where the World Trade Center once stood, the sun glistens off a new tower that reaches towards the sky.Our people still work in skyscrapers.Our stadiums are still filled with fans, and our parks full of children playing ball.Our airports hum with travel, and our buses and subways take millions where they need to go.And families sit down to Sunday dinner, and students prepare for school.This land pulses with the optimism of those who set out for distant shores, and the courage of those who died for human freedom.Decades from now, Americans will visit the memorials to those who were lost on 9/11.They’ll run their fingers over the places where the names of those we loved are carved into marble and stone, and they may wonder at the lives that they led.And standing before the white headstones in Arlington, and in peaceful cemeteries and small-town squares in every corner of the country, they will pay respects to those lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.They’ll see the names of the fallen on bridges and statues, at gardens and schools.And they will know that nothing can break the will of a truly United States of America.They will remember that we’ve overcome slavery and Civil War;we’ve overcome bread lines and fascism and recession and riots, and communism and, yes, terrorism.They will be reminded that we are not perfect, but our democracy is durable, and that democracy –-reflecting, as it does, the imperfections of man-– also give us the opportunity to perfect our union.That is what we honor on days of national commemoration –-those aspects of the American experience that are enduring, and the determination to move forward as one people.More than monuments, that will be the legacy of 9/11 –-a legacy of firefighters who walked into fire and soldiers who signed up to serve;of workers who raised new towers, and citizens who faced down their private fears.Most of all, of children who realized the dreams of their parents.It will be said that we kept the faith;that we took a painful blow, and we emerged stronger than before.“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”

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If I have￥10,000 to organize an event, I want celebrate my parents’ wedding anniversary for twenty years.I will hold a wedding anniversary party.The purpose of the event: My parents have been married for twenty years, They help each other for 20 years, so we would to celebrate this memorable day.Wish them to grow old happiness forever.This event’s theme: celebrate my parents is love and help each other for 20 years, and recorded the beautiful moments forever.The venue: We will hold this plan in the restaurant, in order to share our happiness to everybody.The audience: We will invite our relatives and my parents’ friends get together to celebrate.The event time: We will hold the wedding anniversary party at 1 October 31, 2011 evening.That day is my parents’ 20th wedding anniversary.Before the Wedding Anniversary party

First, we will and invite the relatives and friends, there are about twenty people.And make sure how many people will come before a week.Then book three or four tables in the restaurant.Second, my parents will to take their wedding photography again before several weeks and prints them ready before the wedding anniversary day.Finally, I will take the money to buy two new presents for my parents: two new rings.We do not need our relatives to bring some experience gifts, just need take some roses and blessing cards, full of blessing’s flowers and full of blessedness words ’cards.In the Wedding Anniversary party

On that day evening, when everybody is ready, we will turn down the light in the restaurant’s box before dinner first.And slowly push for parents a big cake, putting the wedding photography in front of the cake.Let every body see the new wedding photography clearly.And light twenty candles, symbolize their twenty years

happy marriage.Then let my parents blew the candles, make a wish.Then let my parents talk about how their feeling, and what are they preparation and hope in the future.Finally, with the loud applause of the audience, I will show out the rings, my parents will wear the rings for each other.Represent they will continue to have this happiness and forever.When everybody is so exciting, we will let my parents to sing a love song for everybody.After the song we will let the relatives and friends take with the best wishes flowers and the cards to my parents.Blessing my parents always love each other and happiness forever.And then the audience can enjoy their dinner.After the dinner we can take a picture together, this family photo is meaningful to everybody.Then the party is almost come to end, my parents and I will go in front of the audience again, thanks for their coming and with so many blessing to us.And we will hope them always have happiness too.Through the whole party, we will take the video too, so we will record the wonderful time forever.I think it is make my parents’ wedding anniversary more meaningful and moving that everyone will never forget.Conclusion