Inaugural Address 【結(jié)構(gòu)、修辭、文章特點(diǎn)】

Organizational

Pattern-4

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the

basic

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--the

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Kennedy'spresidentialterm

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ation

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Kennedy

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的修辭功能在肯尼迪這篇

演說(shuō)辭中，首先體現(xiàn)在它是一種政界辭令

。

整篇文章沒有直截了當(dāng)?shù)貙?duì)國(guó)際形勢(shì)進(jìn)

行分析，

更沒有一處提到一個(gè)國(guó)家的名字

或具體事例，

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the

Communists

maybedoing

it,not

because

we

seek

their

votes,but

because

it

is

right.

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we

can

do

everything.

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we

can

do

nothing.(para6)

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sought

power

by

riding

the

back

ofthetigerended

up

inside.

(para7)·Organizational

Pattern-4

sections-Section3.para11-20He

addresses

his

enemy

with

some

warning.1.Point

out

the

danger2.Point

out

the

position

of

strength3.Point

out

the

situation

and

need.4.Proposals:control

arms;use

science

forpeace

purpose;enjoy

human

rights.5.Object:to

make

a

new

world

order.1.controlarms2.use

and

develop

science

for

peacepurpose

instead

of

the

war

purpose—

explore

the

stars一conquer

the

desert一eradicatedisease一

tap

the

ocean

depths一

encourage

the

art

and

commerce3.enjoy

human

rightsthe

specificproposalsone

hundreddays·

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Deal".depression

measures

(more

than

70

billsfor

approval),which

were

generally

knownparallelism·Letus

never

negotiate

out

of

fear,but

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never

fear

to

negotiate.(Para14)alliteration·Bothsidesoverburdened..yet

both

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Pattern-4

sections-Section4.para21-27He

calls

on

the

Americans

to

supporthimand

to

sacrifice

their

lives

for

theircountry.He

calls

on

the

people

of

thewhole

world

tounitandwork

for

thefreedom

of

men."rejoicing

in

hope,patient

intribulation”一

忍受困苦，向往未來(lái)-biblical

languageto

be

happywhenthings

look

brightandhopeful-to

be

patient

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summons

us

again

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call

to

bear

arms,though

arms

weneed:not

as

a

call

to

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we

are;but

a

call

to

bear

the

2

f

a

long

twilight

struggle

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thespeechTheobjectofapoliticalspeechistoexplain,convinceandpersuade

the

people

thatwhathe

is

saying

andplanning

to

dobest

represents

their

interests

so

they

should

support

him.Aspresident

ofthe

United

States.Kennedy

has

to

addressworldwide

audience.Hehas

to

appealnot

only

to

theAmericanpeople

but

also

to

the

different

groups

of

nations

in

theinternationalcommunity.Themessageinthespeechis

clear.The

United

States,the

self-appointed

leader

ofthe"free

democracies",is

prepared

to

pay

anypricetodefendhumanrightsandtheliberty

and

independence

offreenations,sothesenationsshouldsupport

and

accepttheleadership

of

the

United

States.There

is

veiled

threat,warning

and

advice

to

the

enemy

camp.Characteristics:1.Theorder

is

clear.—Eachpara.has

itsowntopic.2.Thetone

isappropriate.—Heusesdifferenttoneto

different

people.Characteristics:3.Thestyleis

rigid.一

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risitt

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hand.So

it

is

a

sort

of4.The

language

is

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