Lesson 4 Inaugural Address John F. Kennedy

1. ChunyanShao (Shandong University) Lesson 4 Inaugural AddressJohn F. Kennedy

2. Introduction • John F. Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. • Kennedy defeated Vice President and Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S. presidential election. • Events during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the African-American Civil Rights Movement, and early stages of the Vietnam War. • Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby • Conspiracy • Kennedy continues to rank highly in public opinion ratings of U.S. presidents.

3. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis • Wife of John Kennedy • 5 years later married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. • She is remembered for her contributions to the arts and preservation of historic architecture, her style, elegance, and grace. • A fashion icon, her famous pink Chanel suit has become a symbol of her husband's assassination and one of the lasting images of the 1960s

4. Inauguration • April 30, 1789 George Washington • “preserve, protest and defend the Constitution of the United States” • 1793-1933: noon on March 4 • Jan 20 since 1937 • “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of Presidency of the United States, and to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

5. Public Political Speech • Object: explain, convince, persuade the audience • One of the best delivered speeches by American President • Background: Cold War

6. Organization • Part 1(P.1): A celebration of freedom • Part 2(P.2-4): The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans. • Part 3(P.5-10): Our pledge to our old allies, the new states, the third world, our neighbors, and to the United Nations. • Part 4(11-19): The address to the Soviet Union • Part 5(20-27): Let us join hands.

7. Appreciation • Pronoun: we, us, our, I. • The “not…but” structure • Anaphora--n.首语重复法 • Antithesis--对语, 对句, 对偶 • Parallel structure • metaphor • Repetition

8. Part 1(P.1): A celebration of freedom--- Antithesis • a victory of party---a celebration of freedom • an end as well as a beginning • renewal as well as change • The Oath: “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will do the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

9. Part 2(P.2-4): The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans. • P. 2: What does he mean by the power to abolish human poverty and human life? • Repetition: • all forms …all forms… • Belief…belief…

10. Part 2(P.2-4): P. 3 • Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and for alike,that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights towhich this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.

11. Part 2(P.2-4): P. 4 • Parallel structure • Pay any price • Bear any burden • Meet any hardship • Support any friend • Oppose any foe • Alliteration: • Pay price, bear burden, survival and success

12. Part 3(P.5-10): Our pledge • Antithesis: • P. 6: • United, there is little we cannot do • Divided, there is little we can do • P. 7 • Repetition • We shall not always…But we shall always… • Metaphor: ride the back of the tiger