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1、Chapter13SpeechandKnowledgeIIKnowledgeofHistory,Literature,TheAudience’sMentality,CurrentAffairsSpeechbyPostman13.1KnowledgeofHistoryThere'sacoincidencetoday.Onthisday390yearsago,thegreatexplorerSirFrancisDrakediedaboardshipoffthecoastofPanama.Inhislifeti
2、methegreatfrontiersweretheoceans,andanhistorianlatersaid,``Helivedbythesea,diedonit,andwasburiedinit.''Well,todaywecansayoftheChallengercrew:Theirdedicationwas,likeDrake's,complete.13.2KnowledgeofLiteratureIlovedJohnKeats’ode“ToAutumn”forbeinganarkofthecov
3、enantbetweenlanguageandsensation;asanadolescent,IlovedGerardManleyHopkinsfortheintensityofhisexclamationswhichwerealsoequationsforaraptureandanacheIdidn’tfullyknowIknewuntilIreadhim;IlovedRobertFrostforhisfarmer’saccuracyandhiswilydown-to-earthness;andChau
4、certooformuchthesamereasons.13.3TheAudience’sMentalityWesaid,‘Voteagainstthegovernmenttillitgiveswomenthevote.’Candidatesthenbegantocomplainthatwetooktheiraudiencesfromthem,butourreplywasthatthecountrywasfree,andiftheywishedtohaveabiggerhousetheyshouldgive
5、betterspeeches.’13.4CurrentAffairsIfYaoMingcouldscoreeasily,thenscoringwouldnotgivehimthethrillofaccomplishmentandthejoythatitbrings.Ifwefurtherchangedtherulesbynotallowingtheslamdunk,sothatYaoMing`sgreatheightisnolongeranadvantage,thentherewouldbenogameat
6、all,becausethefantasticpartofbasketballwouldhavedisappeared.Inacceptingthechallenge,insurmountingthedifficultiesandinenduringthehardship,successacquiresitsvalue.13.5SpeechbyPostmanThesisstatementItisappropriateforyoutoberemindedoftwogroupsofpeoplerepresent
7、ingtwooppositevaluesandtraditionsonyourgraduationdaybecause,youmustalignyourselfwiththespiritofoneorthespiritoftheother.DefinitionGroup1:Athenians雅典人lived2,500yearsago,whoseaccomplishmentsembrace:§developmentofacompletealphabet;§inventionoftheideaofpolitic
8、aldemocracy,philosophy,logicandrhetoric;§inventionofsciencei.e.atomictheoryofmatter;§epicpoems,plays;§theOlympics,etc.Group2:theVisigoths西哥特人lived1,700yearsagoinpresent-dayGermany:§ruthlessandbrutalmarauders掠