http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100324/4/h6ej.html
(明報)2010年3月25日 星期四 05:10
【明報專訊】不能不再提Anson（陳方安生）、Ninson（陸方寧生）和Lydia（鄧蓮如）的生日派對，事關當晚的歡迎賀辭及回應堪稱一絕，所有嘉賓聽得如痴如醉，事後不停地與其他朋友分享。以Anson的歡迎辭為例，她懂得用簡單字句，加以幽默，引得所有人捧腹大笑。她說婦女締造和諧家庭的秘訣，就是：
"Think like a man, Look like a girl,
Act like a lady, And work like a slave."
謹在此提醒所有的女士、少女們，要做成功女性真不容易！
當晚在場的賓客之一Dr Helmut Sohmen（前立法局議員蘇海文博士），以充滿幽默感的賀辭讚揚三位年屆70仍充滿活力及成熟美的女士。我最欣賞他用以下三點來分析她們成功的因素：
"Apart from hard work, dancing, honorary doctorates and many medals, what also binds the three ladies together? For one, I believe it is determination. As Margaret Thatcher once said, 'I have a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it even when everyone else walks off and leaves it.'
The second factor might be good judgement, combined with a sense of mission. As Sam Goldwyn once said, 'I am willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.'
A third factor is imagination, since they have to tell their husbands from time to time how wonderful they are."
認真抵死及到家。
不過，代表三位丈夫回應的Michael Thomas（前律政司唐明治）的演辭更精彩，一方面優雅，另一方面又能發揮英語的特質，就是常語帶雙關，要命的幽默。以下兩句就是好例子：
"It is often said that behind every successful man, there is a woman pushing him on to do better. Behind Anson, Ninson and Lydia, you can see for yourselves 3 old men worn out trying to keep up with them."
當然，Lydia代表其他兩名birthday girls作答謝辭時，也不遑多讓，道出了不用怕年齡增長的道理："I don't think we did anything when we were in our 30's or 40's that we are now not doing-except now we do them with more wisdom, perspective, style and sense of fun."
我跟大家分享以上精彩的演辭，目的是帶出想成功地用英語演講，可留意以下幾點：
1. Keep the message simple, make no more than three points
2. Keep the English simple
3. Use suitable quotations
4. Sense of humour (especially self-deprecating (自嘲) humour) always helps
文：李麗娟
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