He thought the speech a model of its kind, limpid and unaffected.

他认为该演讲是同类作品中的典范，简洁流畅，朴实自然。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The robin thought he spoke this gibberish to them because they were not intelligent enough to understand feathered speech.

知更鸟认为他对他们胡言乱语，因为他们不够聪明，听不懂鸟类的语言。

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I trembled at the thought of having to make a speech.

我一想到得发表演讲心里就发怵。

《牛津词典》

But this mother in North Carolina said she thought the speech could have a positive impact.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

After that speech, a number of individuals from the private sector came up to me and said that they thought the speech was basically a very strong speech, it was an emotional speech, and it was the sort of speech they didn't ever personally want to hear again.

BBC: Climate chaos: Transcript

He said he thought her speech Tuesday -- in which she did not concede -- showed defiance.

CNN: Can Obama say no to Clinton?

Not long ago we thought this speech would be dominated by the riots, by Britain's long hot summer, but instead it was overshadowed by the economic storm still breaking around our heads.

BBC: Tory conference: Cameron's national pep talk