分析奥巴马的就职演讲Hello_Chicago

Speech situation
Time: the night of November 4th,2008. Place: the Grant Park of Chicago
Message
Change has come to American and people should work together for the prosperity of American.
Hypothetical Examples(假设例子): let us ask ourselves: If our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
Testimony:(名言）
•Expert Testimony（行家的名言）：As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends... Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.“
Language

1、Common words and simple sentence structure were use as most listeners were just common citizens in America . E. g 1）There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. 2）This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations.
Speaker—Barack Hussein Obama II
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004.
•Extended Examples:
（1）tell a story about 106-year-old Ann Nixon Cooper to illustrate the
development in the recent 100 years of USA；
（2）pick out Ann‟s typical experiences to press on with that American creed: Yes, we can! For instance, The Great Depression （经济大萧条时期） in 1930s；the Pearl Harbor Event during World War II（二战珍珠港事件）； They overcome the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma (在蒙哥马利、伯明翰，塞尔玛大桥等地发生的种族歧视事 件)；A man touched down on the moon（人类登月）, a wall came down in Berlin（柏林墙被推倒）, a world was connected by our own science and
美国人民都能在心痛中充满希望,在挣扎中取得进步,战胜一切困难,最终胜利。
•Brief Examples: to illustrate those people he wants to thank to, such
as Sen. McCain, Joe Biden（乔.拜登，当时即将胜任副总统）, Michelle Obama（奥巴马的妻子）, David Plouffe（竞选顾问） and the people supporting him
•Ethos(理念): President Obama holds that what they
have already achieved gives them hope for what they can and must achieve tomorrow. The audience echo.
•Logos(逻辑):The whole speech was arranged in a


2、use “I (me)” “we (us)” and “you” E. g 1) Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America 2)But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you. Using “I (me)” “we (us)” and “you” can close the relationship between he and the Americans, and will gain the support and agreement of the audience. It shows that Obama will struggle the financial crisis with Americans together and build a more prosperous country.
good order which has good cohesion.
Supporting Materials: Examples
这篇演讲采用类似电影艺术中的蒙太奇手法,剪辑了美国及世界历史的重要 片段——越战、伊拉克战、柏林墙被推倒、电子投票、人类登月等,使整篇 演讲具有厚重的历史感。而本篇最大一个特点,就是引用106岁老人的一生, 来见证美国百年荣辱沧桑,无论是奴隶制时代、经济大萧条时期、二战期间,

General This article through to its inaugural address in
rhetoric, for example and sentence structure characteristics language characteristic analysis, pointed out that rhetoric to good use, the speech of the stylistic features of the accurate grasp all make it become a political speech in English success in work, not only has very high appreciation value, and successfully to the President„s speech political purpose 。本文通过对其演说在修辞手法、举例子和 句子结构特点等语言特色方面的分析，意在指出修辞 手段的熟练运用 ，对演说词的文体特征的准确把握都 使它成为英文政治演说中的成功之作,不仅具有很高的 欣赏价值,而且顺利地达到了总统演说的政治目的。

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Words like :“false starts, problem, listen to, stories, told… ” They are so common and vivid that will affect the audience emotionally. 3) When Obama infers his two daughters, he uses “puppy”. It sounds that he tells a moving story to Americans rather than as a politician to talk in a high-sounding phrases(高谈阔论）。
The Criteria of a successful Speech
•Pathos(情感):During the speech, he constantly
emphasizes that they are together and they are able to overcome any difficulties. The audience say “Yes we can” as their response .
Obama ran for the United States Senate in 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate in Illinois in November 2004. His presidential campaign began in February 2007, and after a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 presidential election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain, and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009.
Sentence structure is used to make the speech more sweeping.

In his speech, he uses more declarative sentence(陈 述句)and imperative sentence(祈使句）to strengthen his speech convince.