英语演讲稿

1969年,美国深陷越南战争的泥潭,为了应付国内国外的压力弄的焦头烂额。在越南,美军损兵折将,而在国内,反战运动风起云涌(看过《阿甘正传》的应该对反战运动的“盛况”有所认识)。越战这个烫手的山芋于是如同现在的伊拉克一般,成了食之无味而弃之可惜的鸡肋。当时的美国总统尼克松为了应对危局,在国内寻求广泛的人民的首肯,提出了“沉默的大多数”这个说法。

    尼克松说,那些站出来游行示威、强烈反对越战、甚至攻击警察机关的人们,虽然显得声势浩大,但实际上却并非是多数,而绝大多数美国人的声音却被这些激进的呼喊所掩盖;绝大多数美国人都是爱国的,不希望国家走入颓势,只是种种原因,他们并未站出来表达自己的意见,而是处于沉默状态。

    虽然,也有批评人士认为这是尼克松为自己的越战政策涂脂抹粉。但他们也不得不承认,尼克松的这番话还真取得了不俗的效果,听过其演说的人,对他的支持率将近八成,而随后1972年的大选,尼克松以压倒性的胜利获得连任,也不能不提这“沉默的大多数”的功劳。下面就让我们来听听尼克松的这篇著名的演讲:

So tonight, to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans, I ask for your support. I pledged in my campaign for the Presidency to end the war in a way that we could win the peace.

所以,今日对着你们——我的“沉默的大多数”的美国同胞们,我肯请你们的支持。我谨以我的总统竞选做为承诺,承诺我们将以赢得和平的方式,来结束这场战争。

这篇英文演讲稿很好地使用了演讲的修辞手段:比喻、排比、设问等,加强了文章的气势,词语运用自如,精彩的句子比比皆是,例如:Our problems are big, but our ambition is even bigger, our challenges are great, but our will is even greater,等等。

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