The question is why he bothered to make the speech at all.

问题是他为什么要费心去做这个演说呢。

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I'd also like to go on record as wishing I'd had the wit and moral courage to make the speech Mrs. Jordan did.

我还愿意在记录里写上，我真希望能象乔丹女士刚才所做的那样，具有道义上的勇气和才智来讲那番话。

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She is due to make a speech on the economy next week.

她将在下周作有关经济的演说。

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He decided to make it on March seventh, just three days after Calhoun's speech was read to the Senate.

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Speech is the way in which we appropriate, deploy and make use of language, and Saussure calls that "parole."

话语是我们使用语言，分配部署语言的结果，索绪尔叫它，个人语言“

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The "is it okay" question pattern is something that you can use to make your speech a little less formal.

is it okay”问句能够让你说的话不过于正式。

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She discovers eight rhetorical devices that make the speech so inspiring.

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The appeal judges, however, found that Mr Mugenzi and Mr Mugiraneza did not know that Mr Sindikubwabo was going to make the speech, AFP news agency reports.

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This week it was the turn of ruling Labour: Gordon Brown enlisted his nice wife to help him make the speech that would buttress his beleaguered premiership ( see article).

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