There were no convenient devices for taking notes, and early Greek orators delivered long speeches with great accuracy because they learned the speeches using mnemonic systems.

当时还没有方便的记笔记的工具，早期的希腊演说家演讲很长很准确，因为他们是通过记忆系统来学习演讲的。

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Indeed I suggest that you shift the emphasis away from yourself and on to them. Are they such talented orators? Are their ideas any better than yours?

事实上，我建议你将关注的重点从自己转移到他们身上。他们是那么富有才华的演说家吗？他们的想法比你的想法更好吗？

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That means studying poets and orators who wield the full resources of expression: vivid metaphors, elegant parallels, subtle irony, or picturesque imagery.

这意味着学习诗人和演说家们不拘一格的表达：生动的比喻、讲究的对称、隐晦的反讽、独特的象征。

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In fact, Mr. Obama was reaching even further back in history to the Greek orators who termed the use of a repetitious phrase in successive sentences, Anaphora.

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The Roman orators Cicero and Quintilian believed that "paronomasia", the Greek term for punning, was a sign of intellectual suppleness and rhetorical skill.

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Similarly, there were countless examples of whites, before they listen to or see Obama who is one of the great orators of our day, when interviewed, said, I won't vote for a black man.

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