She agreed to attend but jibbed at making a speech.

她同意出席但不愿发言。

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I do feel a little nervous about making a speech.

我确实对发表演讲有点紧张。

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While it is easy for nervous speakers to focus only on getting through the presentation, using the audience's good will helps much in making a speech better.

然而紧张的演讲者很容易只会把注意力集中在演示上，利用观众的善意有助于把演讲做得更好。

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Russell says Vilks may have gone too far in making his point about freedom of speech, but those allegedly involved in a plot against him are even more misguided.

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The "is it okay" question is very useful at making your speech a little less casual.

is it okay”问句可以用来让你的对话变得随意一点。

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In a speech at Carnegie Mellon University, President Obama referred to the Gulf oil spill in making the case that it is time, as he put it, to "aggressively accelerate the nation's transition to a clean energy economy."

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So we really try to organize these as conversations as opposed to me making a speech.

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Mr Karzai, on the other hand, thundered against it, making a speech and, in case anyone missed that, putting out a press release.

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The South Down MLA, John McCallister, has lost his position as Ulster Unionist deputy leader after making a speech criticising unionist unity.

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