The Second Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate
　　美国东部时间8日晚，美国总统候选人布什与克里在密苏里州圣路易的华盛顿大学(WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI)举行了第二场电视辩论，辩论内容集中在伊战、减税、就业和医疗等方面。民调显示布什在首场辩论中不敌克里，所以本次辩论对布什意义重大。

The Third Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate
October 13, 2004
Arizona State University Tempe, AZ
美国当地时间10月13日晚上9时（北京时间14日上午9时），美国总统布什与民主党总统候选人克里在亚利桑那州立大学举行第三场电视辩论，辩论的焦点问题是美国国内问题，涉及就业、医疗、堕胎等百姓生活话题。第三次辩论

John Kerry:
Good morning, this is John Kerry.
This past week, America lost one of its heroes and my friend, Christopher Reeve. Chris was one of the most hopeful people I’ve ever met. He treated every single day like a gift, and his life was a gift to all of us

Bill Clinton Helps John Kerry in Philadelphia

Robert F. Kennedy: Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
　　Amid the tragedy of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, April 4, 1968, an extraordinary moment in U.S. political history occurred as Robert F. Kennedy, younger brother of slain President John F. Kennedy, broke the news of King's death to a large g

US President's speech on American economic future (August 6,2005)

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Good morning:
Honorable judges, dear teachers and close friends. I’m very glad to stand here to share my speech with you. Today I’m going to talk about Love and Take care of Nature.
Mother Nature is an exquisite and complex life-system. It\'s charm appears in the trees, stream, soil, insects, moss and fungus, all the things on th

Barbara Pierce Bush: Commencement Address at Wellesley College

编者按： 2000年到2003年，中国外语教育研究中心承担了教育部一次重大科研项目“中国高校外语教学改革现状与发展策略研究”。三年来，他们认真了解了国外外语教学理念的发展变化，广泛阅读了政府有关文件、领导同志讲话和各种杂志上的250多篇研究文章，并对全国40余所高校近1200名一线教师进行了问卷调查。对数据进行初步分析之后，他们提交了结题报告，对目前我国外语教学改革提出了参考性建议。下面谈到的是他们结题报告的一小部分：大学英语教学改革方向。大学英语教学改革历来就是整个英语教学改革的风向标，文章谈的虽然是关于大学的，但启示却是对我们包括中小学在内的整个英语教学改革的。
　　20世纪80年代中后期到90年代早中期，大量经过正规语言技能训练的英语专业本科毕业生及

段津先生1953年毕业于北京外国语学院，被派往朝鲜开城中国人民志愿军停战谈判代表团任翻译，属于新中国第一代英语翻译。曾为陈毅、邓小平、李先念、郭沫若等老一代国家领导人会见外宾时当翻译，先后担任中国驻加拿大大使馆新闻参赞、中国驻温哥华总领事、外交部新闻司副司长兼外交部发言人、中国驻澳大利亚悉尼总领事、中国人民外交学会副会长。
   
    在长年的外交工作中，段津先生积累了丰富的英语口译、笔译经验，擅长用英语演讲，著有《如何用英语作精彩演讲》一书(世界知识出版社出版)。
    段津对英语演讲的总体认识：

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　　7月26日傍晚，美国民主党全国代表大会在波士顿正式开幕。大会会场所在地——波士顿富里特中心一直是NBA老牌劲旅波士顿凯尔特人队的主场，现在成为了欢乐的海洋，成为了全美民主党人2004年总统大选的誓师会场，4353名民主党政要会聚一堂，正式提名克里和爱德华兹