奥巴马演讲解析(英文).ppt

Analysis of Obamas speech Paragraph five And most days theyd emerge from the dark mine, squinting at the light. Most days, theyd emerge, sweaty and dirty and dusted from coal. Most days, theyd come home. Analysis: Figures of speech, it uses parallelism to increase the sense of rhythm and rhyme beauty and emphasize the miners hard. This vivid description causes human emotions, so it is pathos. Paragraph six Some of them had already been injured; some of them had seen a friend get hurt.So they understood there were risks . Analysis: Figures of speech, It uses anaphora(句首重复) to strengthen the audiences impression on the miners. From so, we know it is Logos. These sentences show logic. They knew their kids would say a prayer at night before they left. They knew their wives would wait for a call when their shift ended saying everything was okay. They knew their parents felt a pang of fear every time a breaking news alert came on, or the radio cut in. Analysis: Figures of speech, this part uses parallelism to increase the sense of rhythm and rhyme beauty and emphasize the risks of the miners work. It also highlights the miners greatness and causes the audience emotion, so it is pathos. Paragraph seven All that hard work, all that hardship, all the time spent underground, it was all for the families. It was all for you. Analysis: Figures of speech, this part uses anaphora and climax. The former shows the miners hard for their work and strengthen the audience impression. The latter deepens the audience feeling gradually, so it also belong to pathos. And so these miners lived -- as they died -- in pursuit of the American Dream. Analysis: Figures of speech, it uses oxymoron in this part. The speaker want the audience pay attention to it. Then they remember those miners. Paragraph eight they became a family themselves -- sharing birthdays, relaxing together, watching Mountaineers football or basketball together, spending days off together, hunt