英语演讲选读

出版时间：2009-8  出版社：华中科技大学出版社  作者：耿妍  页数：240  

前言

　　英语演讲语篇是一种非常有价值的学习英语语言用法、历史文化知识和演讲技巧的语言材料。　　本书主要汇集了各国元首中的杰出代表和政治、文学、体育、教育等方面的名人所发表过的演讲。全书40多篇演讲稿，分为三部分：总统的竞选、就职和告别演讲、国家领导人的重要演讲和名人的著名演讲。　　本书的每篇演讲稿均配有：①重点词汇的解释，可以巩固和扩大读者的词汇量；②演讲者的背景介绍，帮助读者了解演讲者的生平和背景；③专有名词的详细注释，使读者能比较容易地理解演讲语篇的内容，同时掌握一些地理、历史和文化常识；④难句和经典语句的翻译，有助于读者理解演讲内容并提高翻译能力和驾驭语言的技巧；⑤阅读理解问题读者可以通过该项练习检测自己对于篇章内容的理解程度；⑥符合演讲题目和相关主题的名人名言（英汉对照），可以提高读者写作和演讲的水平。总之，本书对于英语学习者来说是提高英语素养的一本绝好的选读教材。　　本书适合大学本科生和专科生、研究生、英语爱好者和英语教师使用。　　欢迎使用这本选读教材的师生提出宝贵的意见和建议，以便我们不断改进。

内容概要

　　《英语演讲选读》主要汇集了美国等国家总统中的杰出代表和政治、文学、体育、教育等方面的名人所发表过的演讲，从美国总统大选中的竞选演讲到总统的正式就职和离职演讲，从国家元首关于社会、政治、战争、灾难和教育等发表的重要演讲到世界名人关于经济、文艺和体育等发表的经典演讲。这些演讲语言优美、意味深长，为英语学习者提供了一个回顾历史、了解文化、欣赏语言、学习英语语言和演讲技巧的良好平台。　　每篇演讲稿均配有重点词汇和专有名词的详细注释、演讲者的背景介绍、难句和经典语句的翻译、阅读理解，并提供符合演讲题目和相关主题的名人名言（英汉对照），这些注释和补充可帮助读者从多角度详细地了解西方的历史地理、文化传统、风土人情、思维方式和语言表达等知识，对于英语学习者来说是一本提高英语素养的较好的选读教材。　　《英语演讲选读》适合大学本科生和专科生、研究生、英语爱好者和英语教师使用。

书籍目录

1 Presidential Campaign Speeches， Inaugural and Farewell AddressesAmericas Future Will Be in Your HandsRepublican National Convention AcceptanceAddress （excerpted）Opportunity for All and Responsibility from AllVictory SpeechEndorsement Speech （excerpted）First Inaugural Address （excerpted）Inaugural AddressFirst Inaugural AddressFirst Inaugural AddressFirst Inaugural AddressSecond Inaugural Address （excerpted）Inaugural AddressInaugural AddressFarewell Address （excerpted）Farewell AddressResignation SpeechFarewell Address2 Speeches about Famous EventsGettysburg AddressThe Conservation of Natural Resources （excerpted）The Four Freedoms （excerpted）The Truman Doctrine （excerpted）Address on the Capture of Saddam HusseinDeclaration of War on JapanThe Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address9/11 Address to the NationOn War with IraqAddress to the Nation on TsunamiSpeech at Tsinghua UniversitySpeech at Yale3 Celebrities Famous SpeechesFarewell to Baseball AddressFarewell Address to Congress （excerpted）Retirement SpeechGood Bye and Good LuckNobel Prize in Literature Acceptance SpeechNobel Prize in Literature Acceptance SpeechI Have a DreamBeyond Vietnam： A Time to Break Silence （excerpted）Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesOn the Assassination of Martin Luther King， Jr.Obituary to Diana， Princess of WalesSpeech at Israels Holocaust MemorialCommencement Address at Wellesley CollegeBaccalaureate Address to Class of 2008 （excerpted）参考文献

章节摘录

　　Now we have to finish the job and balance the budget while we continue to protectour values. My balanced budget plan eliminates the deficit by 2002， while protecting ourvalues by strengthening Medicare and Medicaid， expanding our investments in education，protecting our environment.　　When it came to fighting crime， the old politics of division demanded a choicebetween more police and tough penalties， or effective prevention and fewer guns on thestreet. We said we need more police and tougher penalties， but we also need effectiveprevention and fewer guns on the street. So were putting 100 000 new police officers onthe street. We passed "three strikes and youre out" and the death penalty for drugkingpins and cop killers. We banned assault weapons， passed the Brady Bill， and foughtfor safe and drug-free schools.　　Two weeks ago， the FBI reported that crime had dropped 4 years in a row to a10-year low. Now we have more to do to keep crime dropping for 4 more years. We haveto finish putting 100 000 police on the street， target violent gangs， ban bullets whose onlypurpose is to pierce the bulletproof vests of police officers.　　When it came to welfare reform， the old polities of division demanded a choicebetween strict time limits and works requirements on the one hand， and child care andcreating jobs for people to move on the other hand. We said， we need time limits andwork requirements because welfare is supposed to be a second chance， not a way of life.But we also need to work together to create jobs， because if we expect work we have tomake sure people have a chance to work.　　Well， today there are nearly 2 million fewer people on welfare than there were theday I took office. In August， I signed historic welfare reform legislation that wouldchange the welfare system forever. Now we have a responsibility to make the most of thisopportunity to lift millions of families from welfare to work. And I have a plan to move amillion more people from welfare to work over the next 4 years.　　When it came to our American community， the old politics of division was at itsworst. Instead of bringing people together around common values， the odpolities ofdivision tried to drive wedges between us， to take advantage of our fears. We mustnever let that happen again.