How to Perfect the Art of Public Speaking

If you want to become the type of speaker you've always wanted to be,read

the following suggestions.

1.  You can't go from a nervous speaker to a star speaker overnight.You shouldn't expect to.Give yourself time to get used to a large audience.Start with smaller groups and get as much feedback as you can.Keep on practicing and developing your skills.

2.  Be familiar with your speech materials.That doesn't mean memorizing your speech,which can lack enthusiasm and naturalness.Know your key talking points,supporting details and ways to move from one point to the next.

3.  Positive energy can be passed.If you're excited and enthusiastic,your audience will be,too.You'll be surprised at the positive cycle that creates:An enthusiastic audience can add even more energy to you.Use hand gestures.When appropriate,smile,smile,smile.

4. Find friendly,interested faces in the audience and speak to them.Look into their eyes.It helps prevent you from staring off into the distance or reading from notes.It also helps make you feel like you are talking in a conversation rather than speaking to a group.

5. When you look great,you feel great.That makes you confident.Looking great doesn't mean wearing new clothes.It means wearing clothes and shoes you feel comfortable and appropriate to the setting.You can't go wrong with business suit.Simple is fine,but you should look clean from head to toe.

Task1

16.Paragraph:

17.Paragraph:

18.Paragraph:

19.Paragraph:

20.Paragraph:

A.Be enthusiastic

B.Know your materials

C.Make eye contact

D.Know your audience

E.Improve gradually

F.Dress appropriately

Task 2

21.Feedback helps speakers___

22.Memorizing materials may lead to___

23.Hand gestures and smiles help create___

24.Looking into the eyes of the audience helps___

25.Wearing right clothes may___

A.lack of enthusiasm

B.make you look great

C.a positive atmosphere

D.improve their speaking skills

E.stop you from reading your notes

F.become a good listener

2."Cool"kids try to imitate adult behavior.

• A、A.True

• B、B.False

• C、C.Not Given

Positive Attitude towards Failure

I clearly remember a period during which I felt like a failure.But what I 31  learned was that failing at one thing is not failing at all things.And,in fact,failure is a 32  part of growth.Life is filled with trial and 33  .In order to walk the path to 34,you need to make some 35  turns along the way.What I learned was to"fail forward",to 36  each mistake to make myself better.One of the  37  problems people have with failure is that they are too quick to judge isolated 38  in their lives and label them as failures.39  ,they need to keep the bigger picture in mind.A successful baseball player doesn't 40  at a mistake he makes and think of failure.He sees it within the context of the bigger picture.

 

A.error

E.necessary

I.Instead

B.use

F.situations

J.success

C.eventually

G Firstly

K.greatest

D.graceful

H.wrong

L.look