speech是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 演说， 讲话； 言语， 语言，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- After delivering this speech allin a breath, and with extraordinary animation and pleasure, Mr.Peggotty put one of his large hands rapturously on each side of hisniece's face, and kissing it a dozen times, laid it with a gentle prideand love upon his broad chest, and patted it as if his hand hadbeen a lady's.
-- Mr. Peggotty's face,which had varied in its expression with the various stages of hisnarrative, now resumed all its former triumphant delight, as helaid a hand upon my knee and a hand upon Steerforth's(previously wetting them both, for the greater emphasis of theaction), and divided the following speech between us'All of asudden, one evening- as it might be to-night- comes little Em'lyfrom her work, and him with her!There ain't so much in that,you'll say.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I know that you all love her really too well to be unjust or unkind; but excuse me, Mr. Knightley, if I take the liberty (I consider myself, you know, as having somewhat of the privilege of speech that Emma's mother might have had) the liberty of hinting that I do not think any possible good can arise from Harriet Smith's intimacy being made a matter of much discussion among you.
-- The speech was more to Emma than to Harriet, which Emma could understand.
-- After this speech he was gone as soon as possible.
-- Mr. Frank Churchill to be making such a speech as that to the uncle and aunt, who have brought him up, and are to provide for him! Standing up in the middle of the room, I suppose, and speaking as loud as he could! How can you imagine such conduct practicable?'
-- Her gestures and movements might be understood by any one who looked on like Emma; but her words, every body's words, were soon lost under the incessant flow of Miss Bates, who came in talking, and had not finished her speech under 390 Emmamany minutes after her being admitted into the circle at the fire.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The maltster cleared his throat in an exaggerated form for emphasis, and elongating his gaze to the remotest point of the ashpit, said, in the slow speech justifiable when the importance of a subject is so generally felt that any mannerism must be tolerated in getting at it, "Well, I don't mind the year I were born in, but perhaps I can reckon up the places I've lived at, and so get it that way.
-- 'A can cuss, mem, as well as you or I, but 'a can't speak a common speech to save his life."
-- The speech and entry had not seemed to be at all an abrupt beginning to the maltster, introductory matter being often omitted in this neighbourhood, both from word and deed, and the maltster having the same latitude allowed him, did not hurry to reply.
-- This was recognized by all as the conclusion of some gloomy speech which had been expressed in thought alone during the shake of the head; Henery meanwhile retained several marks of despair upon his face, to imply that they would be required for use again directly he should go on speaking.
-- "Yes," said Joseph, "and I was sitting at home, looking for Ephesians, and says I to myself, ''Tis nothing but Corinthians and Thessalonians in this danged Testament,' when who should come in but Henery there: 'Joseph,' he said, 'the sheep have blasted theirselves '"With Bathsheba it was a moment when thought was speech and speech exclamation.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There was a fiery energy in her movements; the Marquis de Ronquerolles had called her "a thoroughbred," "a pure pedigree," these figures of speech have replaced the "heavenly angel" and Ossianic nomenclature; the old mythology of love is extinct, doomed to perish by modern dandyism.
-- Father Goriot's face, which had shone at the student's words like the sun on a bright day, clouded over all at once at this cruel speech of Vautrin's.
-- said Vautrin, stopping in his speech to give her a searching glance, "so we have had our little experiences, have we?"
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This speech calmed me.
-- I conjectured, therefore, that he found on the paper signs for speech which he un-derstood, and I ardently longed to comprehend these also; but how was that possible when I did not even understand the sounds for which they stood as signs?
-- I turned with loathing from the woman who could ut-ter so unfeeling a speech to a person just saved, on the very edge of death; but I felt languid and unable to reflect on all 218 Frankensteinthat had passed.
-- The conclusion of this speech convinced my father that my ideas were deranged, and he instantly changed the sub-ject of our conversation and endeavoured to alter the course of my thoughts.
-- This speech troubled me.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- His rough manner of speech was too well known to give offense, and it only made the young men grin sheepishlyand reply: "Well, sir, I hated to trouble you, and my father " "Your father's a good man, and no denying it, but strict, and so take this and let's be hearing no more of it" The planters' ladies were the last to capitulate.
-- Men wererough of speech and often drunk.
-- Women ignored the lapses of speech and put the drunkards to bed without bitterwords.
-- Ladies, there will pass amongyou two of our gallant wounded, with baskets and " But the rest of his speech was lost in the storm and tumult ofclapping hands and cheering voices.
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