英语演讲选读

1 Presidential Campaign Speeches， Inaugural and Farewell Addresses

Americas Future Will Be in Your Hands

Republican National Convention Acceptance

Address （excerpted）

Opportunity for All and Responsibility from All

Victory Speech

Endorsement Speech （excerpted）

First Inaugural Address （excerpted）

Inaugural Address

First Inaugural Address

First Inaugural Address

First Inaugural Address

Second Inaugural Address （excerpted）

Inaugural Address

Inaugural Address

Farewell Address （excerpted）

Farewell Address

Resignation Speech

Farewell Address

2 Speeches about Famous Events

Gettysburg Address

The Conservation of Natural Resources （excerpted）

The Four Freedoms （excerpted）

The Truman Doctrine （excerpted）

Address on the Capture of Saddam Hussein

Declaration of War on Japan

The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address

9/11 Address to the Nation

On War with Iraq

Address to the Nation on Tsunami

Speech at Tsinghua University

Speech at Yale

3 Celebrities Famous Speeches

Farewell to Baseball Address

Farewell Address to Congress （excerpted）

Retirement Speech

Good Bye and Good Luck

Nobel Prize in Literature Acceptance Speech

Nobel Prize in Literature Acceptance Speech

I Have a Dream

Beyond Vietnam： A Time to Break Silence （excerpted）

Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

On the Assassination of Martin Luther King， Jr.

Obituary to Diana， Princess of Wales

Speech at Israels Holocaust Memorial

Commencement Address at Wellesley College

Baccalaureate Address to Class of 2008 （excerpted）

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