公开演讲技巧——生活英语课程：英语精读讲义

Okay, so Nishma, would you mind taking that chair and moving it off camera? 講解

好的，Nishma，你介意把那把椅子移出镜头吗？

And Zina,

还有 Zina，

actually the plant as well,

其实那盆植物也移一下，

if we could. 語氣意圖

如果可以的话。

Lighting looks good and I'm just organizing my environment.

灯光看起来不错，我只是在整理一下我的环境。

Let's do a sound check as well. 短語搭配

我们也来测试一下声音吧。

Good to go? 語氣意圖

准备好了吗？

Today, I want to talk a little bit about public speaking. 短語搭配

今天，我想稍微谈谈公开演讲。

I have a lot of students who have to speak in public in English. 短語搭配

我有很多学生不得不用英语进行公开演讲。

Whether it's at a conference, 語法

无论是在会议上，

giving a presentation at work,

在工作中做演讲，

or just general day-to-day business meetings.

还是在日常的商务会议中。

Public speaking can be nerve-wracking in your first language. 用詞

用母语进行公开演讲就已经够让人紧张的了。

When you start doing it in your second or third,

当你开始用第二或第三语言演讲时，

I can't even begin to imagine how nervous you're going to be. 短語搭配

我简直无法想象你会有多紧张。

I have been practicing this skill,

我一直在练习这项技能，

so would love to share my tips with you. 語氣意圖

所以很想和大家分享我的小窍门。

And I've organized them into the three P's: 表達脈絡

我把它们总结为三个“P”：

preparation, practice, and performance.

preparation（准备）、practice（练习）和 performance（表现）。

The saying preparation is key, 習語

俗话说“准备是关键”，

I know, can be a little bit cliched, 表達脈絡

我知道这听起来可能有点老套，

but it's the truth.

但这是事实。

Prepare your materials.

准备好你的材料。

What do you want to talk about?

你想谈些什么？

What is the key information that you want to share with your audience?

你想和听众分享的关键信息是什么？

Make sure that you have all of your data, 短語搭配

确保你拥有所有的数据，

all of your information,

所有的信息，

prepare them, and look over them. 短語動詞

把它们准备好，并仔细检查。

Next, prepare your environment.

接下来，准备你的环境。

If you are at home on a Zoom meeting, 語法

如果你在家里开 Zoom 会议，

make sure that your office is quiet,

确保你的房间很安静，

you're in a nice chair.

并且你坐在一把舒适的椅子上。

If you're in a meeting at work,

如果你在公司开会，

prepare your meeting room.

准备好你的会议室。

Make sure all of your tech works, 用詞

确保你所有的设备都能正常工作，

there's nothing worse than going to do a presentation, 短語搭配

没有什么比准备去做演讲时，

realizing the projector doesn't work,

却发现投影仪坏了，

or there's no speaker,

或者没有扬声器，

or there's no HDMI cable.

或者没有 HDMI 线更糟糕的了。

Finally, and I know it sounds weird that I'm giving you hygiene advice, 語氣意圖

最后，我知道给你们个人卫生建议听起来很奇怪，

but prepare yourself.

但你要准备好自己。

Take a shower.

洗个澡。

It sounds really silly,

听起来很傻，

but being clean, 語法

但保持干净，

being fresh,

保持清爽，

gives you confidence.

能给你带来自信。

Make sure that you're wearing something that's comfortable,

确保你穿的衣服很舒适，

but also makes you feel confident. 語法

同时也能让你感到自信。

Our next P is practice.

我们的下一个“P”是练习（practice）。

So, as the saying goes, 表達脈絡

俗话说，

practice makes perfect. 習語

熟能生巧。

I would also suggest practicing out loud. 短語搭配

我也建议大声练习。

We are all perfectly capable of speaking to an incredibly high standard in our heads.

我们在脑海里都能说出水平极高的话。

I'm fluent in many languages in my head. 習語

我在脑海中精通许多种语言。

Practice out loud.

要大声练习。

Take the time to do this. 短語搭配

花点时间这么做。

It gets your mouth used to moving around, 語法

它能让你的嘴巴习惯活动，

saying all these words.

习惯说出所有的这些词。

And if you can,

如果可以的话，

I would even suggest using the voice recorder on your phone, 語氣意圖

我甚至建议使用手机上的录音功能，

so that you can then listen back to the recording. 短語動詞

这样你之后就可以回听录音。

It's not only about what you say, 語法

重要的不仅是你说了什么，

but how you say it.

还有你是怎么说的。

On that note, 表達脈絡

说到这里，

what you say is also important.

你说了什么也很重要。

So, make sure that you're feeling confident with any vocabulary, 短語搭配

所以，确保你对可能需要的任何词汇、

common collocations that you might need,

常见的搭配，

as well as linking and signposting phrases. 講解

以及连接词和指示性短语都感到自信。

You might have noticed that I've been trying to use them today 語法

你们可能注意到了，我今天一直在尝试使用它们，

to give you a little bit of an idea of what they are and how they can be used. 短語搭配

好让大家大致了解它们是什么，以及如何使用。

Our third and final P is performance.

我们的第三个、也是最后一个“P”是表现（performance）。

Public speaking is like acting. 習語

公开演讲就像演戏。

You're giving a performance.

你是在进行一场表演。

Even if you're not feeling confident,

即使你不觉得自信，

fake it till you make it. 習語

也要装作自信，直到你真的自信。

So, stand up straight,

所以，站直，

smile,

微笑，

look at your audience,

看着你的听众，

and I also like to scan the room in threes. 短語搭配

另外我还喜欢以“三步走”的方式扫视全场。

In case you haven't noticed, 語氣意圖

如果你没注意到的话，

I like doing things in threes.

我做事喜欢遵循“三”的原则。

So, pick a center point in your room,

所以，在房间里选一个中心点，

talk to your audience,

和那里的听众说话，

turn to your right,

然后转向右边，

talk to an audience member over here.

和这边的听众说话。

You can go back to the center,

你可以再回到中心，

and then finally to your left.

最后转向左边。

That way, 表達脈絡

这样，

you're making sure that all of your audience feels included.

你就能确保所有的听众都觉得自己被关注到了。

So, to sum up, 表達脈絡

所以，总结一下，

we have three P's:

我们有三个“P”：

practice, preparation, and performance.

练习、准备和表现。

Every time,

每次都会说错，

not in that order.

顺序不对。

They are preparation, practice, and performance.

它们是准备、练习和表现。

Do let me know if you've started using those, 語氣意圖

如果你已经开始使用这些技巧，请一定告诉我，

and how you get on. 用詞

看看进展如何。

I'd love to hear in the comments below. 文化背景

我很想在下面的评论区听到你们的分享。

Or if you have anything that you do before giving a public speech or presentation, 短語搭配

或者，在做公开演讲之前，你有什么自己的习惯做法，

myself,

我，

and I'm sure the rest of our viewers would love to hear about it. 語氣意圖

而且我相信其他的观众也会很想知道。

Bye, everyone.

再见，各位。

Bye.

再见。