他讲了一则幽默轶事作为讲演的引子.用英语怎么说？

他讲了一则幽默轶事作为讲演的引子.

He introduced his speech with a humorous anecdote.

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

introduced

adj. [医]引种的，引进的；v. 提出( introduce的过去式和过去分词 )，介绍，引进，作为…的开头；

例句
The changes will be introduced in April...
这些变更将于4月开始实行。

his

pron. (he的所有格)他的，(he的物主代词)他的东西；det. 属于他的，用于名词前，自己的，指某人的，上帝的；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

speech

n. 演说，演讲，发言，说话，谈话，说话能力或方式，（乐器的）音，音色，方言，民族语言；

例句
The President declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat...
总统因嗓子不适而婉拒了亲自讲话。

with

prep. 和，跟，随着，关于，和…一致；

例句
A waiter entered with a tray...
侍者端着托盘进来了。

humorous

adj. 幽默的，滑稽的，风趣的，谐；

例句
He at first kept body and soul together by selling cartoons to the humorous papers.
他最初通过向幽默搞笑类报纸出售卡通漫画维持生计。

anecdote

n. 趣闻，轶事，[复数]秘史；

例句
Pete was telling them an anecdote about their mother...
皮特正在给他们讲一件他们母亲的趣闻。