首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
How to Conquer Public Speaking Fear I. Introduction A. Public speaking —a common source of stress for everyone B. The truth abou
How to Conquer Public Speaking Fear I. Introduction A. Public speaking —a common source of stress for everyone B. The truth abou
admin
2014-07-25
50
问题
How to Conquer Public Speaking Fear
I. Introduction
A. Public speaking
—a common source of stress for everyone
B. The truth about it
—it is not (1)_____ stressful (1)______
—it is very likely to become invigorating & satisfying
experience if the speaker
—correctly understands the (2)_____; (2)______
—bears in mind its meaning, key points and reminders related.
II. Causes of stress in a speech
A. lack of right guiding principles
B. lack of right (3)_____ (3)______
C. lack of right plan of action
III. Meaning of a (4)_____ speech. (4)______
A. It doesn’t mean perfection.
B. Give your audience something (5)_____ so that (5)______
—they feel better about themselves;
—they feel better about jobs they have to do;
—they feel happy or entertained.
IV. Main points for (6)_____ a speech (6)______
A. Do not deliver lots of information to the audience.
B. Have (7)_____ or an index card. (7)______
V. General reminders
If you forget the (8)_____ about public speaking and (8)______
feel stressful,
A go back and review this lecture,
B. find out what you did (9)_____, (9)______
C. go back out and speak again.
Remember that the (10)_____ will be impressive. (10)______
(5)
How to Conquer Public Speaking Fear
Good morning. Today I’d like to give you some useful suggestions on how to conquer public speaking fear. Public speaking is a common source of stress for everyone. Many of us would like to avoid this problem entirely, but this is hard to do. The truth about public speaking, however, is it does not have to be stressful!
If you correctly understand the hidden causes of public speaking stress, and if you keep just a few key principles in mind, speaking in public will soon become an invigorating and satisfying experience for you.
First of all, you must remember that speaking in public is not inherently stressful. Most of us believe parts of life are inherently stressful. In fact, most of us have been taught to believe that life as a whole is very stressful! To deal with any type of stress effectively, you first must understand that life itself, including public speaking, is not inherently stressful. Thousands of human beings have learned to speak in front of groups with little or no stress at all. Many of these people were initially terrified to speak in public. Their knees would shake, their voices would tremble, their thoughts would become jumbled... you know the rest. Yet they learned to eliminate their fear of public speaking completely. You are no more or less human than they are. If they can conquer the fear of public speaking, so can you! It just takes the right guiding principles, the right understanding, and the right plan of action to make this goal a reality. Believe me, it’s not difficult. I’m a good example of someone who conquered the fear of public speaking. And while I didn’t do it overnight, it wasn’t difficult. All it took was approaching the problem in the right way.
Now let’s move on to the principles of eliminating stress. First of all, you should bear in mind that you don’t have to be brilliant or perfect to succeed in public speaking. Many of us have observed public speakers and thought to ourselves "Wow, I could never be that smart, calm, witty, entertaining, polished... or whatever." Well, I’ve got news for you—you don’t have to be brilliant, witty, or perfect to succeed. That is not what public speaking is all about. I know it may look that way, but it’s not. You can be average. You can be below average. You can make mistakes, get tongue-tied, or forget whole segments of your talk. You can even tell no jokes at all and still be successful. It all depends on how you, and your audience, define "success." Believe me, your audience doesn’t expect perfection. I used to think most audiences did, but I was wrong! Before I discovered this, I used to put incredible pressure on myself to deliver a perfect performance. I worked for days to prepare a talk. I stayed up nights worrying about making mistakes. I spent hours and hours rehearsing what I was going to say. And you know what? All this did was to make me even more anxious! The more perfect I tried to be, the worse I did! It was all very disheartening, not to mention unnecessary.
The essence of public speaking is this: give your audience something of value. That’s all there is to it. If people in your audience walk away with something of value, they will consider you a success. If they walk away feeling better about themselves, feeling better about some job they have to do, they will consider you a success. If they walk away feeling happy or entertained, they will consider their time with you worthwhile. Even if you pass out, get tongue-tied, or say something stupid during your talk... they won’t care! As long as they get something of value, they will be thankful.
Then, remember all you need is two or three main points when preparing a speech. When I first began speaking in public during medical school, I wasn’t aware of this simple principle. I wrongly believed that my audience wanted encyclopedic knowledge from me, which of course I didn’t have. So I tried to research my topic thoroughly and deliver as much worldly wisdom as possible. Boy was that exhausting! It was also boring for my audience to suffer through. Later, when I began giving public seminars on how to cope with stress, I spent hours each week typing a twenty-page script to read from, so I wouldn’t forget any important tidbit. As time went on, I gradually learned that this degree of complexity wasn’t needed. As a result, the length of my discussion notes gradually declined. My twenty-page typed manuscript gave way to a five-page detailed outline. Then, I replaced my outline with ten or fifteen index cards. Eventually, I could conduct a full two-hour seminar with only one 3X5 index card, containing my two or three key points, to support me! Remember, all your audience wants from you is to walk away with one or two key points that will make a difference to them. If you structure your talks to deliver this result, you can avoid lots of complexity that isn’t really needed. This also should make your job as a speaker much easier, and more fun to do!
To sum up, we have given you two key principles to always keep in mind. If you get up in front of a group and find this stressful, it only means you forgot the truth about what public speaking is all about. Go back and review this lecture. Find out what you did wrong or what you didn’t remember. Then go back and speak again until you get it right. It may take time, but the long-term rewards will be impressive.
选项
答案
of value / valuable
解析
由题型可知B中内容应与A平行,都是讲什么是a successful speaking。又由下文中“The essence of public speaking is…give your audience something of value”可知,此处应为of value,根据语法也可填入valuable。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/nSpO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
UniversityAwardsTheBA(orBachelorofArts)andtheBSc(orBachelorofScience)arealsocalled"【1】".SomeBritishunive
WhichofthefollowingsoundcombinationsispermissibleinEnglish?
IntroductionLinguisticshasbothpracticalandphilosophicalmotivations.Soboth,thefirstandsecondeditionsofthistex
Inrecentyears,moreandmorecollegestudentshavebeenworkingintheirsparetime.Somepeoplethinkitaffectsstudents’st
Scientistsclaimthatairpollutioncausesadeclineintheworld’saverageairtemperature.Inordertoprovethattheory,eco
AgricultureinBritainI.Britishagricultureanditssupportingareas:accountforaround(1)______ofGNP.II.Smallpercentage
HomerHomer:oneofthegreatest(1)______poets.famousfortwoepicpoems:relatedwith(2)______WarI.Illiad:A.describesth
Losingweightiseasierwhenthereismoneyontheline,U.S.researcherssaidonTuesday.Theysaidweight-lossprogramsthat
Losingweightiseasierwhenthereismoneyontheline,U.S.researcherssaidonTuesday.Theysaidweight-lossprogramsthat
Anexpert,togetherwithsomeassistants,havebeensenttohelpuswiththeproject.
随机试题
患者男性,70岁,劳累后出现心胸隐痛,时作时休,心悸气短,倦怠乏力,大便微结,舌质淡红,舌体胖有齿痕,苔薄白,脉虚细缓。治宜选用
最可能的诊断为梗阻性黄疸病人作PTC检查的前提是
某厂新建一条生产线,工期要求9月10日投产,因遇到“非典”时期,机械设备于出3.4万元。经过设备制造单位修补后,协同施工单位一起安装,使密封性能满足要求。问题背景材料中质量事故的处理分别属于哪种处理方案?
某企业设有零部件生产车间和组装车间。其中,组装车间单位面积有效工作时间为每日8小时,车间生产面积为1,000平方米,每件产品占用生产面积3.5平方米,每生产一件产品占用时间5小时。该企业预测2013年该产品售价为500元,单位变动费用为150元,总固定成本
简述孕期营养不良对胎儿的影响。
已知z9=1(z∈C,z≠1),θ是z的辐角.证明:1+z+z2+z3+z4+z5+z6+z7+z8=0;
初中的“历史与社会”“科学”“艺术”属于()。
小学生出现的焦虑大多是()。
在过去的一个世纪,中国所发生的变化用任何形容词来表述都不为过。形容词有一个优势,可以让每个人充分发挥自己的想象力;但这个优势同时也是一个劣势,那就是每个人想象的内容是不可比较的。没有比较,就难以看出系统性变化。能够看出系统性变化的是基于一定标准的追踪调查数
Windows98通过Win32API为应用程序开发提供了三种使用和管理虚拟存储器的方法,它们分别是:以页为单位的虚拟内存使用方式、内存映射文件和______。
最新回复
(
0
)