There is but one pleasure in life equal to that of being called on to make an after-dinner speech, and that is not being called on to make one.

人生只有一种可与被人邀请在聚餐会后讲演比肩的乐趣，那就是不被人邀请去讲演。

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He made a very boring after-dinner speech.

他在晚餐后的讲话很枯燥。

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He forgot the punch-line of his after-dinner speech.

他在宴会之后的讲话中把那句最绝妙的话给忘了。

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He had dinner. Then he went to his room to complete the speech he would give the next day.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

Clinton's keynote speech at a dinner organized by the Atlantic Council was more an appeal for unity among the expanded NATO alliance than a commemoration of the transformative events in Berlin two decades ago.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

In an after-dinner speech Tuesday to U.S. businessmen, Lee Hsien Loong made a couple of jokes that could pass for stand-up comedy.

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Instead of joining the crowd to play golf the next day, Galli flew to Toronto for a dinner speech to his Canadian sales team.

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Some magazines would commission famous Tour pros to play a round of golf with the group or give a speech at dinner, but the pros weren't encouraged to mingle long.

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