Question

Read the speech written by a student in response to the topic: In praise of the bicycle and fine one phrase that you find as most persuasive in the speech
Good Morning everybody! I hope that your journey here wasn't plagued too badly by the rage at being stationary in a metal box which faces us daily. Myself, I had to leave home a mere twenty minutes before I arrived, even though I live right on the other side of town and travelled through the pandemonium which is our city traffic. I see on your faces the look of disbelief. That doesn't surprise me. All car drivers and their passengers know that such a journey at 8a.m. takes more than an hour. So how did I manage to defy the laws of the traffic jam, I hear you ask. Motorbikes still have to stop at traffic lights and fight their way onto roundabouts. Public transport offers the sleepy, indirect tortoise approach. Even taxis, with their complete disrespect for any road rule that doesn't take them directly into the path of an oncoming lorry, can't compete with such a record time. I'll let you know my trick. It's not a secret, just a truth that the majority of people choose to ignore. I cycled here. I appreciate that the humble bicycle isn't the pioneering technological advance that our ever-changing society would expect to deal with our worsening congestion problem. But it works! The next time you are imprisoned alone in your luxuriously large saloon car during grid-lock, take a moment to look around and notice how many other solitary people are in the same predicament. Now if each car carried the amount of people suitable to its capacity, then there could be just one quarter the amount of traffic. I know that the idea that each car could be full is unrealistic: the majority of us don't know each other, we live in different areas and have completely different destinations. So my proposal is, instead of sitting in an inefficient car wasting time, money and space, take the positive, productive initiative and start cycling! The advantages to reverting back to this more primitive form of transport are countless, including benefiting the environment, your wallet, your time schedule and your fitness. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen for your attention. I hope that what I have said will inspire you to make a pro-active change to the way you make your journeys.
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oh I will answer at 9:00 because this question is too long

Answer 2

The most persuasive phrase in this speech is "Even taxis, with their complete disrespect for any road rule that doesn't take them directly into the path of an oncoming lorry, can't compete with such a record time"