[1]Atsomepointinyourlifeyouareboundtoberequiredtogiveaspeech.Butareyoucapableofhavingtheeffectonanaudiencethatyouwanttohave?Herearesomethingstokeepinmind.[2]Youmaythinkit'sgoodtocreatea
[1]Atsomepointinyourlifeyouareboundtoberequiredtogiveaspeech.Butareyoucapableofhavingtheeffectonanaudiencethatyouwanttohave?Herearesomethingstokeepinmind.
[2]Youmaythinkit'sgoodtocreateaninformaleffectoreventhatit'scooltousefillerwords(填充词)suchas“like”and“youknow”.Butinrealitythesewordsaddnothingandcreatethedangerofmakingyousoundfoolishanduninformed.
[3]Pausescanbeofsignificanthelpinaddingdepthtoyourspeechbutonlywhenthey areusedattherightmoments.Pausingsuddenlyandwithapanickedlookwilljustmakeyouraudienceuneasy.Alsoaverylongsilenceisthelastthingyouneed.Makesurethatyourpausesarenicelyplacedifyouwanttosoundlikeaspeakerwhohasabsolutecontrolofwhatheistalkingabout.
[4]Youalsoneedtobecarefulwhenyouswitchtoanewideaduringthecourseofaspeech.Oftenspeakers________suchas“well”“so”andsoonwhentheymoveontonewideas.Myadvicehoweveristoavoidsuchwordsandtotrytothinkofawayofmakingatraditionthatisuniquetothetopicofyourspeech.
[5]Finallyavoid“umming”and“ahhing”hewaymanypeopledowhentheygivespeeches.Youwanttosoundconfidentandassuredandthewaynottodosoistoputan“urn”oran“ah”inthemiddleofeverysentence.
1.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?(Nomorethan8words)
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2.Completethefollowingstatementwithproperwords.(Nomorethan3words)
It'scarefultoswitchto________________________whenyougiveaspeech.
3.FillintheblankinParagraph4withproperwords.(Nomorethan5words)
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4.Whydoestheauthorsayit'snotgoodtousefillerwords?(Nomorethan12words)
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5.Whatdoestheword"they"(paragraph3)probablyreferto?(Nomorethan2words)
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