英语演讲赏析

Unit 1 Inaugural Address

John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address on January 20,1961

Exercises

Supplementary Reading Franklin Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address on March 4,1933

Unit 2 Farewell Address

Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address on January 17,1961

Exercises

Supplementary Reading George Walker Bush's Farewell Address on January 15,2009

Unit3 Campaign Address

A Contest between Two Philosophies of Government

Exercises

Supplementary Reading George Herbert Walker Bush Acceptance Speech Republican National Convention on August 18,1988

Unit4 Victory Speech

Barack Obama's Victory Speech in 2008 President Election

Exercises

Supplementary Reading Millions Will Rejoice

Unit 5 War and Peace

Shall We Choose Death?

Exercises

Supplementary Reading Blood,Sweat and Tears

Unit 6 Duty and Responsibilitlr

Duty Honor and Country

Exercises

Supplementary Reading The Gettysburg Address

Unit 7 Financial Crisis

A Rescue Plan for the Middle-Class

Exercises

Supplementary Reading The Financial Crisis and Information Gaps

Unit 8 On Democracy and Liberty

On Liberty

Exercises

Supplementary Reading Gordon Brown's Speech on Liberty and Planned

Constitutional changes on October 25,2007

Unit9 Court Speech

Address to the Jury

Exercises

Supplementary Reading Fred's Case-Sexual Assault-Jury Address

Unit 10 Disaster and Tragedl/Ronald Wilson Reagan:The Space Shuttle"Challenger" Tragedy Address Delivered on January 28,1986

Exercises

Supplementary Reading Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard's Address to the Nation on Tsunami on January 9,2005

Unit 11 Speech in the Opening Ceremony

Hillary Clinton's Address in the Second Round of the U. S-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue on May 5,2010

Exercises

Supplementary Reading The Address of His Highness,Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani,at the Doha WTO Meeting on November 9,2001

Unit 12 Commencement Address

Steve Jobs' Commencement Address on June 12,2005

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Unit 13 Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

Unit 14 University Lectures

Unit 15 National Convention Address

Key to the Exerases

Appendix:Chinese Translation of Some Speeches

References

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