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。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But this speech of his now was worth many others, and it made Glenarvan spring to his feet, crying out: "You, Paganel!you know where Captain Grant is?"
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But his speech was productive of much for it appeared that all.
-- Now, would you believe it, excellency, every morning he recites this speech to us from beginning to end, exactly as he spoke it before the magistrate.
-- It could be felt that the first word spoken by anyone present would bring a torrent of speech from the whole deputation.
-- The speech of Lebedeff's nephew caused a certain stir among the company; murmurs arose, though with the exception of Lebedeff, who was still very much excited, ev-eryone was careful not to interfere in the matter.
-- Well, not long since everyone was talking and reading about that terrible mur-der of six people on the part of a young fellow, and of the extraordinary speech of the counsel for the defence, who observed that in the poverty-stricken condition of the criminal it must have come NATURALLY into his head to kill these six people.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- After a time they delivered their message, and the speech of Menel-aus ran trippingly on the tongue; he did not say much, for he was a man of few words, but he spoke very clearly and to the point, though he was the younger man of the two; Ulysses, on the other hand, when he rose to speak, was at first silent and kept his eyes fixed upon the ground.
-- But the clamour of the Trojan ranks was as that of many thousand ewes that stand waiting to be milked in the yards of some rich flockmaster, and bleat incessantly in answer to the bleating of their lambs; for they had not one speech nor lan-guage, but their tongues were diverse, and they came from many different places.
-- They left their chariots and sat down on the ground to hear the speech he made them.
-- 'With yourself, most noble son of Atreus, king of men, Agamemnon, will I both begin my speech and end it, for you are king over much people.
-- You knew nothing neither of war nor of the arts whereby men make their mark in council, and he sent me with you to train you in all excellence of speech and action.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was about May when I first distinctly perceived a growing difference intheir speech and carriage, a growing coarseness of articu-lation, a growing disinclination to talk.
-- And the dwindling shreds of the humanity still startled me ev-ery now and then, a momentary recrudescence of speech perhaps, an unexpected dexterity of the fore-feet, a pitiful attempt to walk erect.
-- He had long since lost speech and active movement, and the lank hair of the little brute grew thicker every day and his stumpy claws more askew.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They have no speech of their own, but use the stolen words which they overhear when they listen, and peep, and wait up above in the branches.
-- One of the monkeys made a speech and told his companions that Mowgli's capture marked a new thing in the history of the Bandar-log, for Mowgli was go-ing to show them how to weave sticks and canes together as a protection against rain and cold.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Duncan, who interpreted this speech to express a wish for some additional pledge that the promised gifts should not be withheld, slowly and reluctantly repaired to the place where the sisters were now resting from their fatigue, to communicate its purport to Cora.
-- whispered the scout, when they had gained a little distance from the place, and letting his rifle fall into the hollow of his arm again; 'I soon saw that he was one of them uneasy Frenchers; and well for him it was that his speech was friendly and his wishes kind, or a place might have been found for his bones among those of his countrymen.'
-- Although secretly amazed at the facts com-municated by the speech of the aged father, he permitted himself to ask no questions, reserving his inquiries for a more suitable moment.
-- The excitement produced by the speech gradually subsided.
-- If sounds have not lost their virtue, I'll soon have a discourse with the honest fellow, and that in a voice he'll find more agreeable than the speech of 'killdeer'.'
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I feel that by dwelling on some trick of speech or some queer habit I should be able to give them a significance peculiar to themselves.
-- Holding his hostess' hand, he made her a graceful, though perhaps too elaborate, speech of thanks, and left us.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The explanation of this fact could only be produced from the engineer's own lips, and they must wait for that till speech returned.
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