肯尼迪就职演讲与奥巴马对比

1PresidentKennedywasanexcellentspeakerandwriter.Kennedy’sspeechobjectisglobal,doesnotonlyaimedattheAmericancitizen,moreoverinviewofinternationaljudgment.Heappliedvarioushistoric.Suchas,alleles,repetition,alliteration,antithesis,metaphor,synecdoche.Andheusedthefirstperson,letpeopleinthesamestandpoint,feelcomfortable,somakeiteasytowintheirsupport.HearousedAmerican’ssenseofprideandresponsibility.Inhisaddress,wecanlearnthepolitical,social,culturalsituationatthatmomentandappreciatetheartofhislanguage.Firstly,Kennedy’svictoryisallthepeople’svictory.“Weobservetodaynotavictoryofparty,butacelebrationoffreedom--symbolizinganend,aswellasabeginning--signifyingrenewal,aswellaschange…”KennedyemphasizedthathebecomethepresidentofAmericaisnotonlyavictoryofapartybutalsoreflectthecelebrationoffreedom.Itsymbolizinganewstartwhichfulfillhope,freedomandequalrights.Secondly,thenewgenerationsadvocatefreedom,equalrightsandpeace.“…Wedarenotforgettodaythatwearetheheirsofthatfirstrevolution.Letthewordgoforthfromthistimeandplace...andtowhichwearecommittedtodayathomeandaroundtheworld…”TheUnitedStateshadmadehugeprofitsintheSecondWorldWar.Asaresult,thepost-waryearssawadegreeofprosperityofcapitalisteconomy.Therelationbetweencapitalandlaborbecamelessintense.Therewasarelativepeace.Astothenewgeneration,fewofthemhavebeeninfluencedbytheolddoctrineofpre-worldwar，theywitnessthetragedyofwarandthepowerofthenucleus.Americansarefree—freetoexpresstocreate,andideally,tosolveproblems,andexpecttomaketheworldabetterplace.Theyrosewitharespect,recognitionforandexpectationofcontinuedfreedom;theyhaveimmensefreedomandtheirancientpeoplefoughttohavefreedom.Thirdly,Kennedywasaneloquentspeaker.Heisspeciallytrained.Thisspeechisverypowerfulandwonderful.Helayshisemphasisonthesuccessfulappealstotheemotionofthelisteners.Forexample,1.Highlyrhetorical---parallelism,antithesis,metaphor,simile,metonymy,hyperbole,alliteration.2.InvokingthenameofGod,the2useofbiblicalstyle.3.Useofkeyabstractwords:faith,devotion,freedom,liberty,courage,loyalty,belief,Theseabstractionsareimpossibletodefineprecisely,conquer,dare,whichareinspiringandemotional.BarackObama'sVictorySpeechalsohassomefeatures.Firstly,relatedinformationofObamaandhisVictoryspeech.ObamawasborninHawaii,andhisfatherwasastudentfromKenyawhilehismotherwasawhiteKansas.ObamagraduatedfromColumbiaUniversityandHarvardUniversity,andforthefirsttimein1996,hewaselectedIllinoissenatorwhile,in2004,forthefirsttimeelectedasaSenator,tobecometheU.S.Congressinthehistoryofthe5thsessionofCongress—theonlyblacksenator.InJuly2004,theconveningoftheDemocraticPartyNationalCongress,Obamahasbeendesignatedtodothenextday,“thekeynotespeech.”,whichistheDemocratsontheparty’sprogramandpolicystatements,usuallybytheparty’smostpromisingpoliticalstartomake.Obamadeliveredthespeechhewroteandpublishedanimpassionedspeech.Inhisspeech,heproposedtheeliminationofdifferencesbetweenpoliticalpartiesandethnicdifferences,“aU.S.”dream.Secondly,grammaticalfeatures.Weknowthatcasualspeechtendstouseshortsentences.ButaglanceatObama’sspeechrevealsthatitssentencesvarymuchinlength.therearemanyparagraphsonlyincludingonesentence.Thoughtherecanbeseveralclausesinalongersentence,theymainlycomeafterthemainsentence,whichpresentsnogreatdifficultyfortheaudiencetocomprehend.Therearenoincompletesentences.Thesecharacteristicsshowthedoubletraitsofpublicspeaking:itisformalasisrequiredofwrittenlanguage,anditisyetnotdifficulttounderstandatthetimeofitsdeliveryasisrequiredofthespokenmode.Forexample:Shewasbornjustagenerationpastslavery;atimewhentherewerenocarsontheroadorplanesinthesky;whensomeonelikehercouldn’tvotefortworeasons–becauseshewasawomanandbecauseofthecolorofherskin.Thirdly,Lexicalfeatures.Inordertoadaptthemessagetotheparticularaudiencebeingaddressed,thereseemstobeatendencyforthespeakertoinclinehis/herlanguagetowardtherelativelylessformal,lessrigidwaysofspeaking,making3referencetohimself/herself,introducinghumor,askingfordirectresponsefromtheaudience,orusingsomecolloquialitemsoridioms,evensomedialectwords,toappear“closer”tohis/heraudience.Publicspeechiscarefulaboutofwords.Ittendstousewordsaccurateandclearinmeaning.Forinstance:Therewillbesetbacksandfalsestarts.Therearemanywhowon’tagreewitheverydecisionorpolicyImakeasPresident,andweknowthatgovernmentcan’tsolveeveryproblem.ButIwillalwaysbehonestwithyouaboutthechallengesweface.Iwilllistentoyou,especiallywhenwedisagree.Andaboveall,Iwillaskyoujoinintheworkofremakingthisnationtheonlywayit’sbeendoneinAmericafortwo-hundredandtwenty-oneyears–blockbyblock,brickbybrick,callousedhandbycallousedhand.英语09-4李俊欣