A Good Speech

Dàjiā hǎo.? Wǒ jīntiān de tímù shì zěnme zuò yīgè hǎode yǎnjiǎng. Hǎode yǎnjiǎng zěnme zuò ne? Zhōngguórén xǐhuan shuō hǎode yǎnjiǎng lǐ yǒutóu-yǒuwěi. Nà, tóu shì shénme, ‘ér wěi shì shénme? Hǎo.? Wǒ gàosu nǐmen.? Tóu shì gàosu dàjiā nǐ yào shuō shénme.? ér wěi shì gàosu dàjiā nǐ gāngcái shuōde shì shénme. Dàn zhǐ yǒu tóu hé wěi shì bùgòu de.? Hái yào yǒu ròu! Ròu shì shénme ne? Ròu shì bǎ tóu gēn wěi shuōde qīngchu.? Bǐfang shuō, wǒ jīntiān yǎnjiǎng lǐ de tóu shì xiān gàosù nǐmen hǎode yǎnjiǎng lǐ yǒu shénme.? Ròu shì gàosu dàjiā hǎode yǎnjiǎng lǐ yǒu tóu, yǒu ròu, yě yǒu wěi. Wǒ shuōdào wěi le.? Wǒde yǎnjiǎng yǒu tóu, yě yǒu ròu.? Qǐngwèn dàjiā, nǐmen juéde wǒ jīntiān de yǎnjiǎng yǒu méiyǒu wěi? Xièxie dàjiā.

Hello everybody.? My topic today is how to give a good speech. How to give a good speech? Chinese people like to say a good speech has a head and a tail. So, what is the head, and what is the tail?? OK.? I’ll tell you.? The head tells every body what you will say.? And the tail tells everybody what you just said. But to only have a head and a tail is not enough.? You must also meat [rou = meat].? What is meat?? Meat is taking the head and the tail and explaining it. For example, in my speech today the tail is first telling you all what is in a good speech.? The meat is telling everybody that a good speech has a head, meat, and a tail. I’ve gotten to the end of my speech [literally, I’ve spoken up unto the tail].? My speech has a head, and has substance.? I’d like to ask everybody, do you all think my speech today has substance? Thank you everybody [resounding applause]