1. U 说话，言谈；言语；说话能力　 the act or power of speaking; spoken language
2. U 说话方式　 the way of speaking of a person or group
3. C 演说，演讲；讲话　 an act of speaking formally to a group of listeners

　address a ～ to sb　给某人作报告
　close a ～　结束讲话
　deliver a ～　发表演讲
　find one's ～　说得出话
　improvise a ～　即席演说
　learn ～　学说话
　lose one's ～　说不出话
　make a ～　发表演说
　prepare a ～　准备演说
　record a ～　把讲话录下来
　recover ～　恢复说话能力
　understand sb's ～　听懂某人的话
　wander in ～　演说时东拉西扯
　after-dinner ～　餐后演讲
　clear ～　说话清楚
　concluding ～　闭幕词，结束演说
　educated ～　有教养的谈吐
　free ～　言论自由
　general ～　一般的讲话
　long ～　长篇演说
　open ～　公开演说
　opening ～　开幕词/cn>
　ordinary ～　日常说话
　political ～　政治演说
　powerful ～　有影响力的演讲
　set ～　经过准备的演说
　short ～　简短的发言
　welcoming ～　欢迎辞
　common ～　共同语言
　direct ～　直接引语
　everyday ～　日常用语
　human ～　人类言语
　indirect ～　间接引语
　musical ～　音乐语言
　national ～　民族语言
　popular ～　大众语言
　reported ～　间接引语
　the native ～　本族语

名词+～

　acceptance ～　〈美〉总统候选人接受政党提名时所作的演讲
　answering ～　答词/cn>
　campaign ～　竞选演说
　curtain ～　（剧作者，演员或演出人的）谢幕词/cn>
　farewell ～　告别词/cn>
　radio ～　广播讲话

介词+～

　freedom of ～　言论自由
　organs of ～　发音器官
　power of ～　语言能力，说话的能力

～+介词

　～ about　有关…的演说
　～ for humanity　人类言语
　～ of welcome　欢迎辞
　～ on the war　关于战争的演说

　He lost his power of speech.　他失去了说话的能力。
　Only human beings possess the faculty of speech.　只有人类具有说话的能力。
　Fear robbed him of speech.　他害怕得说不出话来。
　Reading good books helps to refine one's speech.　阅读好书有助于使你的谈吐高雅。
　Language is speech, writing is merely a device for recording speech.　语言是说的话，文字只是记录言语的一种手段。
　The speech of the islanders is hard to understand.　岛上居民的语言很难听懂。
　The native speech of Guangdong is still popular among Chinese Americans in China Town.　广东方言在唐人街美籍华人中仍很流行。
　By her speech, we can tell that she is from Shanghai.　听她的口音我们知道她是上海人。
　I think young people are sometimes disrespectful in their speech.　我认为年轻人有时说话失礼。
　His indistinct speech makes it impossible to understand him.　他口齿不清，无法听懂他的意思。
　He can express himself better in speech than in writing.　他用语言比用文字更能表达自己的意思。
　In his campaign speech he blasted the Opposition.　他在竞选演说中猛烈地抨击他的对手。
　His speech was so long; it should have been pruned.　他的演说太长了，本应该删掉一些。
　His public speeches were permeated with hatred of injustice.　在他对民众的演说里，充满了对不公正的愤慨。
　The opposition speaker made a lively speech, pitching into the government for its ineffective actions.　反对党发言人发表演说，猛烈抨击政府毫无效果的行动。
　He spiced his speech with stories and jokes.　他用故事与笑话给他的讲演增添了趣味。
　I'm preparing a speech for the meeting on Thursday.　我在为星期四会议上的讲演做准备。
　The dinner and speeches occupied more than three hours.　宴会和演讲占了三个多小时。
　The mayor recited to the Queen a long and tedious speech of welcome.　市长向女王背了一篇又臭又长的欢迎词。
　I missed the first part of the speech.　我没听到报告的第一部分。
　I can't understand his speech on how we can conquer ourselves.　我不能理解他作的我们如何能控制自己的演讲。
　It was unwise in your speech to refer to rising unemployment.　你在发言中提到失业人数的增加是不明智的。
　He has abstracted the speech.　他对讲话作了摘要。
　He broke down in the middle of his speech.　他讲了半截停了下来。
　I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.　我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。
　Our representative was called upon to make a speech.　我们的代表应邀作了讲话。
　Angry cries met his speech.　听众发出愤怒的叫喊声来反对他的讲话。
　He pitched his speech so that even the children could understand.　他带着一种特殊的表情讲话，以便孩子们也能听懂。
　We have the records of all their speeches.　我们有他们全部讲话的录音。
　Their concern is manifested mainly in fine speeches, rather than in practical solutions.　他们的关心主要表现在说漂亮话上，而不在寻找切合实际的解决办法上。
　I had to give a speech to the Press Club.　我得向记者俱乐部发表演说。
　The radio station agreed to beam the Minister's speech to the whole Europe.　广播电台同意对全欧广播该大臣的讲话。

 ♣ find one's speech
　说出话　speak word
　The girl felt so embarrassed at the beginning of the interview that she could not find her speech.　那位姑娘在采访开始时拘束得说不出话来。
　After a brief hesitation, he found his speech and argued his wife around.　犹豫片刻之后，他找到话题说服妻子改变了看法。

 ♣ speech, address, lecture, oration, report, talk
　参见address条。
 ♣ 下面两句意思相同：
　

　当女孩子在一旁时，他说话总是结结巴巴。
　［误］ He always has trouble with his the speech when there are girls around.
　［正］ He always has trouble with his speech when there are girls around.
　［析］ 当表示“言语”“说话（能力）”时， speech为抽象名词，不可数，前面不加任何冠词。

　［同义词］ address, lecture, oration, report, talk, accent, diction, pronunciation
　［词源］　古英语spæc <中古英语specch（说话，谈话）