NEVER-GIVE-IN赏析

李子仪201506712NEVERGIVEIN,NEVER,NEVER,NEVERWhenChurchillvisitedHarrowonOctober29tohearthetraditionalsongsagain,hediscoveredthatanadditionalversehadbeenaddedtooneofthem.Itran:“NotlesswepraiseindarkerdayTheleaderofournation,AndChurchill'snameshallwinacclaimFromeachnewgeneration.Foryouhavepowerindanger'shourOurfreedomtodefend,Sir!ThoughlongthefightweknowthatrightWilltriumphintheend,Sir!”AlmostayearhaspassedsinceIcamedownhereatyourHeadMaster'skindinvitationinordertocheermyselfandcheertheheartsofafewofmyfriendsbysingingsomeofourownsongs.Thetenmonthsthathavepassedhaveseenveryterriblecatastrophiceventsintheworld-upsanddowns,misfortunes-butcananyonesittingherethisafternoon,thisOctoberafternoon,notfeeldeeplythankfulforwhathashappenedinthetimethathaspassedandfortheverygreatimprovementinthepositionofourcountryandofourhome?Why,whenIwasherelasttimewewerequitealone,desperatelyalone,andwehadbeensoforfiveorsixmonths.Wewerepoorlyarmed.Wearenotsopoorlyarmedtoday;butthenwewereverypoorlyarmed.Wehadtheunmeasuredmenaceoftheenemyandtheirairattackstillbeatinguponus,andyouyourselveshadhadexperienceofthisattack;andIexpectyouarebeginningtofeelimpatientthattherehasbeenthislonglullwithnothingparticularturningup!Butwemustlearntobeequallygoodatwhatisshortandsharpandwhatislongandtough.ItisgenerallysaidthattheBritishareoftenbetteratthelast.Theydonotexpecttomovefromcrisistocrisis;theydonotalwaysexpectthateachdaywillbringupsomenoblechanceofwar;butwhentheyveryslowlymakeuptheirmindsthatthethinghastobedoneandthejobputthroughandfinished,then,evenifittakesmonths-ifittakesyears-theydoit.AnotherlessonIthinkwemaytake,justthrowingourmindsbacktoourmeetingheretenmonthsagoandnow,isthatappearancesareoftenverydeceptive,andasKiplingwellsays,wemust…meetwithTriumphandDisasterAndtreatthosetwoimpostorsjustthesame.Youcannottellfromappearanceshowthingswillgo.Sometimesimaginationmakesthingsoutfarworsethantheyare;yetwithoutimaginationnotmuchcanbedone.Thosepeoplewhoareimaginativeseemanymoredangersthanperhapsexist;certainlymanymorethanwillhappen;butthentheymustalsopraytobegiventhatextracouragetocarrythisfar-reachingimagination.Butforeveryone,surely,whatwehavegonethroughinthisperiod-IamaddressingmyselftotheSchool-surelyfromthisperiodoftenmonthsthisisthelesson:nevergivein,nevergivein,never,never,never,never-innothing,greatorsmall,largeorpetty-nevergiveinexcepttoconvictionsofhonourandgoodsense.Neveryieldtoforce;neveryieldtotheapparentlyoverwhelmingmightoftheenemy.Westoodallaloneayearago,andto李子仪201506712manycountriesitseemedthatouraccountwasclosed,wewerefinished.Allthistraditionofours,oursongs,ourSchoolhistory,thispartofthehistoryofthiscountry,weregoneandfinishedandliquidated.Verydifferentisthemoodtoday.Britain,othernationsthought,haddrawnaspongeacrossherslate.Butinsteadourcountrystoodinthegap.Therewasnoflinchingandnothoughtofgivingin;andbywhatseemedalmostamiracletothoseoutsidetheseIslands,thoughweourselvesneverdoubtedit,wenowfindourselvesinapositionwhereIsaythatwecanbesurethatwehaveonlytoperseveretoconquer.YousanghereaverseofaSchoolSong:yousangthatextraversewritteninmyhonour,whichIwasverygreatlycomplimentedbyandwhichyouhaverepeatedtoday.ButthereisonewordinitIwanttoalter-Iwantedtodosolastyear,butIdidnotventureto.Itistheline-Notlesswepraiseindarkerdays.IhaveobtainedtheHeadMaster'spermissiontoalterdarkertosterner.Notlesswepraiseinsternerdays.Donotletusspeakofdarkerdays:letusspeakratherofsternerdays.Thesearenotdarkdays;thesearegreatdays-thegreatestdaysourcountryhaseverlived;andwemustallthankGodthatwehavebeenallowed,eachofusaccordingtoourstations,toplayapartinmakingthesedaysmemorableinthehistoryofourrace.李子仪201506712Analysisof“NEVERGIVEIN,NEVER,NEVER,NEVER”I.Abstractofthespeech:First,ChurchillsummarizedthegreateventsthathadhappenedintheworldwithGreatBritaininparticularandthentalkedaboutthepurposeofhisvisittoencouragethewholenationtofightagainsttheNazis.Inthesecondpart,ChurchillanalyzedtheworldsituationandhowothercountrieslookedatBritainandthencalledontheBritishpeoplenottogivein.Atthelast,bychangingawordintheadditionalverseoftheschoolsong,Churchillexpressedhisconvictionthatthisnationwasdeterminedtofightforthevictoryofthisgreatwar.II.ThelanguagefeaturesofChurchill'sspeech.(1)Insuchspeeches,themostimportantthingistoinspirepeople.Therefore,Churchillwasadeptofusingparallelismtoemphasizehispoints.Forexample,Theydonotexpecttomovefromcrisistocrisis;theydonotalwaysexpectthateachdaywillbringupsomenoblechanceofwar,thatsentenceexpressedthedeterminationofBritishenough.(2)Anotherspecialfeatureisthecomparison.Churchillusedalotofcomparisonsinthisspeechtomakehisspeechmoreinfectious.Suchasthesituations10monthsagoandnow,thenormalpeopleandtheBritish,andsoon.Then,itisaboutquotation.HequotedKipling'swordsmeetwithTriumphandDisaster.Andtreatthosetwoimpostorsjustthesame.Heusedthisbriefsentencetoexpoundandemphasizehisownideal--trytobebravewhenyoufaceeverythingandnevergivein.(3)Suitablediction.Churchillusedalotofthought-provokingandmotivationalwordstomakepeoplebeguntothinkdeeplyandachievehisgoalofenco