1·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。
2·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？
3·Beccaria was even of opinion that all men might be poets and orators, and Reynolds that they might be painters and sculptors.
拜克雷亚甚至认为所有人都可能成为诗人和演说家，雷诺兹则认为所有的人都可能成为画家和雕塑家。
4·(Laughter.) There are great orators that have come along in the world history who have been charlatans.
(笑声)在世界历史上有一些享有盛名的演说家其实是江湖骗子。
5·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。