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1. Obama's Speech and Its Reviews
As the first black president of the United States of America, Barack Obama is always the focus of the world. There is no one president who gets more praise and criticism than Barack Obama. He is the god to some young persons, but to some opponents of abortion, he may be a devil (Obama supports abortion).After he becomes the president of America, the polities he raised also lead to great dispute. If you want to know him more, let us give a brief introduction to Obama's speech and its background.
1.1 Obama's Speech and Its Background
In recent years, especially after the international financial crisis happened in 2008, China has made great development in many aspects, for example, its economic and political status in the world. Even though China suffered from the financial crisis, the Chinese economic has also made great improvement, being the first country which went out from the crisis and the second largest economic entity.In contrast, although the United States has superior influence on various areas, for example, its economics, politic and military power. The financial crisis heavily hit this country. Considering the current trade conflicts frequently occurring between the two countries and the misunderstandings among people because cultural differences, it is necessary for the two countries to have more communications. Political factors make a great contribution to the relationship of both countries, so the leaders of both countries have always been giving political communications as a priority. Under this circumstance, the new elected American president made a charming visit to China and declared a speech to Shanghai's university students at Town Hall Meeting in Shanghai Science and Technology Museum.
1.2 Reviews on Obama's Speech
Obama's speech receives great repercussion among students and political reviewers. Before he comes to China, many students know him from his election campaign speeches. Most of them are attracted by his personal charm and appreciate his inflammatory speeches. When the news that President Obama will come to China and make speech at Town Hall Meeting in Shanghai, the students in Shanghai are so excited that they have the chance to see Obama at short range.When Obama makes speech, the students give their big appraise to him from time to time. After the speech, the students also express their enjoyment to him and his speech. Many Chinese political reviewers also think Obama's speech is much modester than other American presidents' speeches made in China, which reflects the change of position of strength between China and America.
1.3 Politeness in Political Speech
It is generally agreed that language is a system of symbols designed for the purpose of human communication. However, different countries use different symbols to explain meaning, there is a need to set up a bridge to help different nations to communicate with each other and enhance their mutual understanding. In this regard, the pragmatics studies, as the bridge, play an important role in the communications among people from different countries.
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