Oral Presentation
Class Rule: Chinese ONLY + No Reading Aloud
Weekly Task Week 5: speech
做与政治相关的演讲
Preparation:
你是政治家或政治活跃分子，做一篇政治演讲，比如，反战，竞选等等。
Could you use the following structures in your interview/presentation?
1. emphasizing
就+verb、并不/并没有、是…的…、
E.g. 我们的未来是在我们自己手中的。
2. rhetorical questions
难道……吗?、 ……，不是吗/没有吗？、还……吗？
E.g. 难道这就是你们想要的政府吗？
我们还应该沉默吗？
3. parallel sentences
E.g. (extracted from I have a dream by Martin Luther King)
我梦想有一天，this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
我梦想有一天，on the red hills of Georgia
the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to
sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
我梦想有一天，even the state of
Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the
heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
我梦想有一天，my four little children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
4. quoting
E.g. +++曾有过这样的描述:“……”
正如+++所说:“……”
有这样一句古话“……”
著名的+++在---一文中曾经写道:“……”
古诗云:“……”
5. appealing
我呼吁……
我坚信……
让我们共同……
让我来告诉你……
现在是……的时候了。
Further topics to discuss:
1. 你听过的令你印象深刻的演讲
2. 著名演讲的内容及背景