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Speech on Hitlers Invasion of the U.S.S.R. Detailed Study of the Text 　 1. Speech, address, oration, lecture, talk speech: a public speech irrespective (without regard) to its quality or its degree of preparation or of the quality of its speaker or audience or of its aim (as to influence, instruct, or entertain) address: It implies formality and usually careful preparation, and often connotes distinction in the speaker or gives emphasis to the importance of the speech. The president is scheduled to deliver three addresses on his trip. oration: formal and solemn public speech. It suggests eloquence, rhetorical style, and usu. a dignified but sometimes high-flown or long-winded appeal to the emotions of a large audience or assembly. lecture: It often implies reading. It commonly designates a carefully prepared speech on a special topic intended to give information and instruction to a group of students. talk: It stresses informality. It may be used to designate either a lecture or an address when the speaker wishes to emphasize his desire to speak directly and simply to his audience as individuals. 　　2. awaken (awakened, awakened) 　　awake (awoke, awoke; awaked, awaked) 　　wake (waked, waked; woke, woken) 　　waken (wakened, wakened) The four words are very similar in usage. All can be used as vt, and vi. I woke (up) / wakened / awoke / awakened at 7 this morning. Please wake / waken me (up) at seven. The noise awoke me. A knock on the door awakened her. a. The most common and the least formal is WAKE. b. It may be better to use WAKEN, AWAKEN as transitive verbs. Therefore they are most likely to be used in the passive voice. I was wakened by their shouts. I was awakened by the song of the birds. c. AWAKE and AWAKEN are used somewhat more frequently in a figurative sense. This at once awakened suspicion. The national spirit awoke / was awakened. d. AWAKE can be used as an adj. meaning not asleep. Is he awake yet? I lay awake for about ten minutes.