1、演講的總體措詞是嚴肅一些還是活潑一些，是有較明顯的說教口氣還是用平等的口吻，等等，都要根據(jù)聽眾對象而定。如果場下聽眾是同齡的學生，那么演講的內容只要風趣一些往往就能引起共鳴。但另一方面，如果聽眾大多是上了年紀的教師，太多的笑料反而會被認為“不嚴肅”，“不尊重”，而引起反感。用英語演講，不要用太多 I feel, I think，老是用I，顯得十分主觀，狹隘。如果通篇全是 I feel, I think 的內容，會給人覺得缺乏說服力。另外，perhaps, maybe 這樣的詞語，雖然有“客氣，謙虛”的成分，但太多會讓人覺得你演講的內容有不可靠之處。還有，在演講中，要少用you，多用we。用yo

2、u等于把自己與聽眾對立起來，而用we則拉近了與聽眾的距離。比如:You should not smoke聽上去像教訓人，而 Let's not smoke聽起來是一個不錯的建議。2演講要越短越好迂回曲折的表達形式。據(jù)相關專家統(tǒng)計，一般人的注意力一次只能集中約13分鐘。所以，演講長度以1015分鐘為宜。下面是美國總統(tǒng)林肯所作的著名的蓋茨堡演說，雖然全文只有短短200多個詞，卻帶有振奮人心、扭轉乾坤般的力量。其中 of the people, by the people, for the people(民有，民治，民享)已成為不朽佳句。對于中學生來說，這篇演講現(xiàn)在讀起來一定會覺得很難，但要

3、寫好英語演講，這確實是值得認真研讀的經(jīng)典之作。 Gettysburg AddressFour score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nati

4、on so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of the field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that the nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But i

5、n a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what t

6、hey did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, -that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that caus

7、e for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, -that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, -that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, -and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. 其實，我

8、們中學生練習寫演講稿，可以短些，從45分鐘，500600個詞，圍繞一個主題開始練習。3英語演講稿的基本組成部分從大的方面看，英語演講詞實際上是屬于一種特殊的說明文或議論文，其基本組成部分是：1)開始時對聽眾的稱呼語最常用的是 Ladies and gentlemen，也可根據(jù)不同情況，選用 Fellow students, Distinguished guests, Mr Chairman, Honorable Judges(評委)等等。2)提出論題由于演講的時間限制，必須開門見山，提出論題。提出論題的方法有各種各樣，但最生動，最能引起注意的是用舉例法。比如：你要呼吁大家關心貧窮地區(qū)的孩子，你

9、可以用親眼看到的或者收集到的那些貧窮孩子多么需要幫助的實例開始。另外，用具體的統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù)也是一個有效的引出論題的方法，比如：你要談遵守交通規(guī)則的話題，你可以從舉一系列有關車輛、車禍等的數(shù)據(jù)開始。3)論證對提出的論題，不可主觀地妄下結論，而要進行客觀的論證。這是演講中最需要下功夫的部分。關鍵是要把道理講清楚。常見的論證方法有舉例法、因果法、對比法等等，可參見英語議論文的有關章節(jié)。4)結論結論要簡明扼要，以給聽眾留下深刻印象。5)結尾結尾要簡潔，不要拉拉扯扯，說個沒完。特別是不要受漢語影響，說些類似“準備不足，請諒解”，“請批評指正”這樣的廢話。最普通的結尾就是：Thank you very muc

10、h for your attention。4英語演講稿的語言特征1)多用實詞，多用短句，少用結構復雜的長句在英語演講中，and, but, so, then 等虛詞要盡量少用，that, which 等詞引導的定語從句也只會使句子結構變得復雜，而使聽眾難以跟上演講者的思路，從而影響演講的效果。相反，多使用實詞，短句，可使得演講內容更清晰，氣勢更磅礴。2)演講要注意使用各種修辭手法，增加演講的感染力和氣勢。英語演講中常用的修辭手法有：漸進(climax)、對照(antithesis)、排比(parallelism)、警句(epigram)等等，例如：That government of the

11、people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth(排比)這個民有、民治、民享的國家將不會從地球上消失。United, there is little we can not do; divided, there is little we can do(對照)團結，我們便將無所不能；分裂，我們則會一事無成。Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty (對照和漸進)讓世界各國都知道，無論對我們懷有好感與敵意，我們將付出任何代價，肩負任何重任，面對任何艱辛，支持任何朋友，反對任何敵人，以確保自由的生存與成功。What we should fear most is the fear itself(警句)我們最應恐懼的是恐懼本身。Ask not what y