說出口的話與說法
從「能說話」轉到「說出來的成品」：把話發出來之後，那些聲音本身就成了可以指稱的東西——可以指整體的口語，也可以指某個人說話的特有方式。
spoken language · noun · B1
Spoken language — the words people say with their voice, not the words they write.
口語
核心畫面
You can picture speech as the act of making words come out of your mouth. From that one root grow two directions: the raw power to do it (being able to speak at all), and the things produced by doing it — words said aloud rather than written, a person's particular way of saying them, and a whole prepared talk delivered to others.
可以把 speech 想成「把話語從嘴裡發出來」這件事。從這個根長出兩個方向：一邊是做這件事的能力本身（能不能開口說…更多收起
可以把 speech 想成「把話語從嘴裡發出來」這件事。從這個根長出兩個方向：一邊是做這件事的能力本身（能不能開口說話），另一邊是做這件事產生的東西——說出來而非寫下來的話、某個人說話的特有腔調、以及一整篇對眾人發表的演講。所以同一個字，有時指能力，有時指說出口的成品。From the picture
成段對人發表的話
再往前一步：說出來的話不只是零碎聲音，而是整理成一大段、特意講給一群人聽。從「說話」收束成「一篇講出來的稿子」。
a speech (talk) · noun · B1
A talk, often a planned one about one subject, that someone says out loud to a group of people.
演講 / 致詞
Also in this word
power of speech · noun · B1
The power to speak; being able to make words with your voice.
說話能力
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
speechnoun/spiːt͡ʃ/
- 1
The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
- He had a bad speech impediment.
- After the accident she lost her speech.
- 2
The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
- It was hard to hear his speech over the noise.
- Her speech was soft and lilting.
- 3
A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
- The candidate made some ambitious promises in his campaign speech.
- The constant design of both these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point.
- 4
A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
- For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech, and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel.
- The speche of Englande is a base speche to other noble speches, as Italion, Castylion, and Frenche; howbeit the speche of Englande of late dayes is amended.
- 5
Language used orally, rather than in writing.
- This word is mostly used in speech.
- 6
grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsAn utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
- 7
Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
- The duke[…]did of me demand / What was the speech among the Londoners / Concerning the French journey.
speechverb/spiːt͡ʃ/
- 1
To make (a speech); to harangue.
- I'll speech against peace while Dismal's my name, / And be a true whig, while I'm Not-in-game.
- So to Speeching he did go, / And like a Man of Senſe, / He certainly ſaid Ay or No,
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。