1.How does King begin his speech?

回答：

Dr. King begins his speech by raising the question “Where are we now?”, which is naturally and logically connected with the question under discussion. “Where do we go from here”. For it is necessary to find out their present situation before talking about their future direction and policy.

2.How does the speaker move from the first task of developing a sense of values to the second task?

回答：

The speaker moves to the second task by making a logical link with the first task, with the first one as “not easy” and the second as “another basic challenge”, both implying considerable degrees of difficulty. And the use of “another” indicates addition to the listing of the first.

3.How does the speaker bring up the last task of restructuring the whole American society?

回答：

The speaker brings up the last task of restructuring the whole American society by asking questions about the problems in the country. He concludes the triple evils of the society which have triggered the other problems. By retelling an analogous Bible story, he points out the only way out for the American society is to be born again.

4.How does Dr. King end his speech? Is it a forceful ending? Why (not)?

回答：

Dr. King ends his speech by borrowing a civil rights song “We Shall Overcome”, as the past tense and the perfect tense show the speaker’s optimism and confidence. However, this optimism is not strong. By then, with the split within the rank of the Civil Rights Movement and the suppression of riots in the “long hot summers” starting from 1965, Dr. King was less optimistic than he had been in 1963 when he delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech.

5.Antithesis is the setting of contrasting phrases opposite each other for emphasis. In this speech, the speaker uses a number of antitheses. Pick out 4 examples and

回答：

（1）As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. (mind vs. body, enslaved vs. free)

（2）Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery. (psychological freedom vs. physical slavery)

（3）Let us be dissatisfied until men and women, however black they may be, will be judged on the basis of the content of their character and not on the basis of the color of their skin (on the basis of the content of their character vs. on the basis of the color of their skin)

（4）There will be those moments when the buoyancy of hope will be transformed into the fatigue of despair. (buoyancy of hope vs. fatigue of despair)