In composing my remarks, I thought about the fact that WashU was originally named Eliot Seminary after one of the founders, Reverend William Eliot.

在撰写我的讲稿时候，我想到华大最初被命名为艾略特神学院。其中一位创始人是威廉·艾略特牧师。

Man, I really wish I had written this down in advance.

我真希望我提前写演讲稿。

Until I wrote this speech, I had only told 10 people about my neuroma.

在我写这篇演讲稿之前，我只告诉过十个人我长了神经瘤。

Ok. I can do this and focus on my notes.

，我可以的，只要注意讲稿就。

So I will be reading off of my own stuff. Can I clear this so I don't get confused and start reading somebody else's.

所以我会读自己写的讲稿。我能把这些拿走吗，这样就不会搞混，然后就开始读别人的了。

It would be impossible for me to ask the Ambassador of my country to read a speech in which a writer said all of the things which are in his heart.

要想把一个作家心中所感受到的一切都尽，而只通过我国大使在这儿宣读一篇演讲稿，那是不可能的。

So the words are very important to him.

由此可见，演讲稿对他实很重要。

This breakdown fits with the study done by the Boston Globe that put all 2016 presidential candidates’ announcement speeches through the Flesch-Kincaid readability test to determine their respective grade level rankings.

《波士顿环球报》曾做过一份调查，正呼应了我们刚刚的分析，他们将所有参与2016年大选的候选人演讲稿放到了“Flesch-Kincaid可读性测试”的模型中，以此决定他们各自的排名。

He banged away at the speech for days.

他用了许多天写完了演讲稿。

And I saw you preparing the script this morning. Beth, you were 'on fire'.

我今天早上看到你在准备讲稿。贝丝，你“表现很棒”。

So with that, talk first about how to write it.

那么，我们先讨论一下如何写演讲稿。

I started out as a pre-med student, and chemistry changed that course pretty quickly.

我从没有接受过任何专业的演讲稿撰写训练。我本是医学预科学生，但在因缘际会下，我很快就转换了人生跑道。

Some sung, others looked to repair the past, one person used artificial intelligence to write her speech, and one person just straight up wrote a curse.

他们有的唱歌，有的则试图弥补过往。其中一位借助人工智能写她的演讲稿，另一位直接留下了一句咒骂。

He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny.

他认真准备了讲稿，带着珍妮一道去参加了婚礼。

That shouldn't be a problem. You do really well when you don't have a script.

没什么问题的。没有演讲稿的时候，你也能做得很出色。

It had markings on its pages showing where Biden would take breaks and pause.

演讲稿的页面上有标记，显示拜登将在哪些地方停顿。

I just felt bad for you, stuck in that room working on Ross' speech.

我只是为你难过 跟罗斯关在房间里赶演讲稿。

I got Herm's personnel file, and I wrote a kickass speech.

拿到了赫姆的个人档案 还写了超赞的演讲稿。

Then Mr. Trump spoke, and he read from a text.

然后特朗普发表了讲话，他是照演讲稿发表的讲话。

He wrote his speeches, which were written out by hand.

亲历亲为 手写演讲稿。