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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上President Kennedy was an excellent speaker and writer. Kennedys speech object is global, does not only aimed at the American citizen, moreover in view of international judgment. He applied various historic. Such as, alleles, repetition, alliteration, antithesis, metaphor, synecdoche. An
2、d he used the first person, let people in the same standpoint, feel comfortable, so make it easy to win their support. He aroused Americans sense of pride and responsibility. In his address, we can learn the political, social, cultural situation at that moment and appreciate the art of his language.
3、Firstly, Kennedys victory is all the peoples victory. “We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom-symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning-signifying renewal, as well as change” Kennedy emphasized that he become the president of America is not only a victory of a party b
4、ut also reflect the celebration of freedom. It symbolizing a new start which fulfill hope, freedom and equal rights. Secondly, the new generations advocate freedom, equal rights and peace. “We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time
5、and place. and to which we are committed today at home and around the world” The United States had made huge profits in the Second World War. As a result, the post-war years saw a degree of prosperity of capitalist economy. The relation between capital and labor became less intense. There was a rela
6、tive peace. As to the new generation, few of them have been influenced by the old doctrine of pre-world war，they witness the tragedy of war and the power of the nucleus. Americans are freefree to express to create, and ideally, to solve problems, and expect to make the world a better place. They ros
7、e with a respect, recognition for and expectation of continued freedom; they have immense freedom and their ancient people fought to have freedom.Thirdly, Kennedy was an eloquent speaker. He is specially trained. This speech is very powerful and wonderful. He lays his emphasis on the successful appe
8、als to the emotion of the listeners. For example,1.Highly rhetorical -parallelism, antithesis, metaphor, simile, metonymy, hyperbole, alliteration. 2. Invoking the name of God, the use of biblical style. 3. Use of key abstract words: faith, devotion, freedom, liberty, courage, loyalty, belief, These
9、 abstractions are impossible to define precisely, conquer, dare, which are inspiring and emotional.Barack Obamas Victory Speech also has some features.Firstly, related information of Obama and his Victory speech. Obama was born in Hawaii, and his father was a student from Kenya while his mother was
10、a white Kansas. Obama graduated from Columbia University and Harvard University, and for the first time in 1996, he was elected Illinois senator while, in 2004, for the first time elected as a Senator, to become the U.S. Congress in the history of the 5th session of Congressthe only black senator. I
11、n July 2004, the convening of the Democratic Party National Congress, Obama has been designated to do the next day, “the keynote speech.”, which is the Democrats on the partys program and policy statements, usually by the partys most promising political star to make. Obama delivered the speech he wr
12、ote and published an impassioned speech. In his speech, he proposed the elimination of differences between political parties and ethnic differences, “a U.S.” dream. Secondly, grammatical features. We know that casual speech tends to use short sentences. But a glance at Obamas speech reveals that its
13、 sentences vary much in length. there are many paragraphs only including one sentence. Though there can be several clauses in a longer sentence, they mainly come after the main sentence, which presents no great difficulty for the audience to comprehend. There are no incomplete sentences. These chara
14、cteristics show the double traits of public speaking: it is formal as is required of written language, and it is yet not difficult to understand at the time of its delivery as is required of the spoken mode. For example: She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on
15、the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldnt vote for two reasons because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.Thirdly, Lexical features. In order to adapt the message to the particular audience being addressed, there seems to be a tendency for the speaker to incline
16、his/her language toward the relatively less formal, less rigid ways of speaking, making reference to himself/ herself, introducing humor, asking for direct response from the audience, or using some colloquial items or idioms, even some dialect words, to appear “closer”to his/her audience. Public spe
17、ech is careful about of words. It tends to use words accurate and clear in meaning. For instance: There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who wont agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government cant solve every problem. But I will always be hones
18、t with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way its been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand. 英语09-4 李俊欣专心-专注-专业