摘要

    本文详细介绍了英语演讲和平行结构的定义及其功能以及平行结构在英语演讲中的重要性。本文将平行结构主要分成三大类，即句中的平行结构，句子之间的平行结构以及段与段之间的平行结构。正文部分着重分析了平行结构在肯尼迪总统的就职演说，奥巴马总统的就职演说以及丘吉尔的两篇著名演说中的运用，并简要介绍了其在林肯和马丁路德金演讲中的运用。通过这些分析，读者可以更好的欣赏各种类型的演讲，更好的提高其公众演说的语言能力以及演讲能力。

关键词：平行结构，英语演讲， 运用

Abstract

The paper has introduced the popularity and significance of parallel structure in English speech, and separately introduced the definition and function of English speech and parallel structure. Then the paper classifies different types of parallel structure, such as parallel structure in sentence, parallel structure between sentences and between paragraphs. The main body analyzes the application in details of parallel structure in President Kennedy’s and Obama’s inaugural addresses, in Churchill’s speech “Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat” and “Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of U.S.S.R” , and simply analyzes parallel structure in Martin Luther King’s speech “ I Have a Dream”. From analyzing the application of parallel structure in these famous English speeches, readers can better appreciate different kinds of speeches, better develop language skills of public speaking and improve their ability of delivering public speeches.

Key words: parallel structure, English speech, application

1.    Introduction 
Throughout the history of civilization, people have extensively used public speech as a major way to communicate with others, ranging from casual conversation to serious inaugural speeches of presidents, from commencement speech on global famous universities to acceptance speech of Nobel Prize and many other speeches. In modern times, when mutual understanding and operation have become far more important, speech is more widely and frequently practiced in order to inform or persuade each other. With the increasing demand for communication, people in the modern society are tending to give much more speeches. Those who are apt to get their ideas accepted by the public are more likely to succeed in their career and other fields. Speech expresses thoughts, feelings and ideas orally to audience through well-organized and well-prepared sentences and paragraphs with the purposes of evoking listeners’ feelings and recognition. Therefore, to deliver a successful speech, one should use formal and vivid languages as well as many proper figures of speech.