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演讲
Speech
The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
她的问题是她缺乏谈话的能力，却没有说话的能力。
Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.
大多数人很少利用他们的言语，而是用证据来反对他们自己的理解。
I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.
我认为我的第一张专辑为我打开了许多大门，把言论自由推向了极限。
All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
所有的语言，无论是书面的还是口头的，都是一种死亡的语言，直到它找到一个愿意并有准备的听众。
The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
一个人的母语的口音留在他的头脑和心里，就像它在他的讲话中一样。
Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.
不会读和写音乐与不会说和写是不一样的。
The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
聪明的人用他们的思想塑造语言，就像筛子筛谷粒一样。
Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.
演讲和沉默。和一个会说话的疯子在一起比和一个不会说话的人在一起更安全。
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
人们要求言论自由，以补偿他们很少使用的思想自由。
One of the difficulties in the language is that all our words from loose using have lost their edge.
这门语言的困难之一是我们所有的单词都因为使用不当而失去了它们的优势。
Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.
语言位于思想和行动之间，很方便，常常在那里两者都能被替代。
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
如果言论自由被剥夺，那么我们可能会变得沉默寡言，就像绵羊被宰杀一样。
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He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech.
他知道沉默的谎言和言语的谎言一样邪恶。
Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.
演讲不是魔术，没有伟大的政策就没有伟大的演讲。
Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.
制定政策时，永远不要忘记子孙后代。演讲时不要想着后代。
Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.
如果一个人认为只有他才有语言，或者他的语言和思想高于别人，那么当他把这些人展现出来的时候，他就会被看成是一个空的人。
Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.
沉默可能像说话一样被各种各样的阴影所遮蔽。
According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.
根据大多数研究，人们最害怕的是公开演讲。第二个是死亡。死亡是第二位的。听起来对吗?这意味着，对于一般人来说，如果你去参加一个葬礼，你最好躺在棺材里，而不是做悼词。