I didn't know I'd have to make a speech—I just had to wing it.

我不知道还得讲话，只好想到什么就说点什么。

《牛津词典》

The original speech I had written got boiled down to about ten minutes.

我写的演讲原稿被压缩到了大约十分钟。

《牛津词典》

I heard him make a very eloquent speech at that dinner.

我听他在那次晚餐上做了一次很有说服力的演说。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The speech is proceeding rather smoothly and, I think, kind of explicably as the Lady defends the sun-clad power of chastity.

我认为演说进行的相当顺利，当女士维护贞节如太阳一般的力量时，听上去是可解释的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

That little semi-religious speech about modeling, I think economists, those of you who are Economics majors you're thinking, yeah, what's the problem?

有一条关于建模的准教训,对于经济学者,你们那些主修经济学的,应该经常问自己,出现什么问题了

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Last time I began with Alexander H. Stephens's famous Cornerstone Speech in 1861, the famous passage by the Vice-President of the Confederacy declaring slavery the cornerstone of the Confederate Movement.

上次我说到亚历山大·H·史蒂芬,1861年著名的奠基石演讲,就是那个邦联副总统做的讲话,声称奴隶制是邦联运动的奠基石

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

What I said was, within the context of health care -- I remember that speech pretty well, it was only two days ago -- (laughter) -- I said I welcome ideas that you might provide.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Takes Questions at GOP House Issues Conference | The White House

What I'm going to do is I -- I enjoy having a conversation as opposed to giving a long speech -- although I've been known to -- (laughter.) So I'm just going to make a few brief remarks at the top.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President at a DNC Event

But we believe we have -- as I said in my speech -- we have to learn the lessons of history, about how best we promote the values that we share.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama & Prime Minister Cameron Joint Press Availability | The White House