公眾演講技巧——生活英語課程：英語精讀講義

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

好的，Nishma，妳介意把那把椅子移出鏡頭嗎？

And Zina,

還有 Zina，

actually the plant as well,

其實那盆植物也移一下，

if we could. 語氣意圖

如果可以的話。

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

燈光看起來不錯，我只是在整理一下我的環境。

Let's do a sound check as well. 片語搭配

我們也來測試一下聲音吧。

Good to go? 語氣意圖

準備好了嗎？

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

今天，我想稍微談談公開演講。

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

我有很多學生必須用英語進行公開演講。

Whether it's at a conference, 文法

無論是在研討會上，

giving a presentation at work,

在工作中做簡報，

or just general day-to-day business meetings.

還是日常的商務會議。

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

用母語進行公開演講就已經夠讓人緊張了。

When you start doing it in your second or third,

當你開始用第二或第三語言演講時，

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

我簡直無法想像你會有得多緊張。

I have been practicing this skill,

我一直在練習這項技能，

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撇步。

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

我把它們總結為三個「P」：

preparation, practice, and performance.

preparation（準備）、practice（練習）和 performance（表現）。

The saying preparation is key, 慣用語

俗話說「準備是關鍵」，

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

我知道這聽起來可能有點老套，

but it's the truth.

但這是事實。

Prepare your materials.

準備好你的素材。

What do you want to talk about?

你想談些什麼？

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

你想和聽眾分享的關鍵資訊是什麼？

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

確保你擁有所有的數據，

all of your information,

所有的資訊，

prepare them, and look over them. 片語動詞

把它們準備好，並仔細檢查。

Next, prepare your environment.

接下來，準備你的環境。

If you are at home on a Zoom meeting, 文法

如果你在家裡開 Zoom 會議，

make sure that your office is quiet,

確保你的房間很安靜，

you're in a nice chair.

並且你坐在把舒適的椅子上。

If you're in a meeting at work,

如果你在公司開會，

prepare your meeting room.

準備好你的會議室。

Make sure all of your tech works, 用詞

確保你所有的設備都能正常運作，

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

沒有什麼比準備去做簡報時，

realizing the projector doesn't work,

卻發現投影機壞了，

or there's no speaker,

或者是沒有喇叭，

or there's no HDMI cable.

或者是沒有 HDMI 線更糟的了。

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

最後，我知道給你們個人衛生建議聽起來很奇怪，

but prepare yourself.

但你要準備好自己。

Take a shower.

洗個澡。

It sounds really silly,

聽起來很蠢，

but being clean, 文法

但保持乾淨，

being fresh,

保持清爽，

gives you confidence.

能給你帶來自信。

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

確保你穿的衣服很舒適，

but also makes you feel confident. 文法

同時也能讓你感到自信。

Our next P is practice.

我們的下一個「P」是練習（practice）。

So, as the saying goes, 表達脈絡

俗話說，

practice makes perfect. 慣用語

熟能生巧。

I would also suggest practicing out loud. 片語搭配

我也建議大聲練習。

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

我們在腦海裡都能說出水準極高的話。

I'm fluent in many languages in my head. 慣用語

我在腦海中精通許多種語言。

Practice out loud.

要大聲練習。

Take the time to do this. 片語搭配

花點時間這麼做。

It gets your mouth used to moving around, 文法

它能讓你的嘴巴習慣活動，

saying all these words.

習慣說出所有的這些詞。

And if you can,

如果可以的話，

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

我甚至建議使用手機上的錄音功能，

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

這樣你之後就可以回放錄音。

It's not only about what you say, 文法

重要的不僅是你說了什麼，

but how you say it.

還有你是怎麼說的。

On that note, 表達脈絡

說到這裡，

what you say is also important.

你說了什麼也很重要。

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

所以，確保你對可能需要的任何詞彙、

common collocations that you might need,

常見的搭配詞，

as well as linking and signposting phrases. 講解

以及連接詞和提示性用語都感到有自信。

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

你們可能注意到了，我今天一直在嘗試使用它們，

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

好讓大家大致了解它們是什麼，以及如何使用。

Our third and final P is performance.

我們的第三個、也是最後一個「P」是表現（performance）。

Public speaking is like acting. 慣用語

公開演講就像演戲。

You're giving a performance.

你是在進行一場表演。

Even if you're not feeling confident,

即使你不覺得自信，

fake it till you make it. 慣用語

也要裝作自信，直到你真的自信。

So, stand up straight,

所以，站直，

smile,

微笑，

look at your audience,

看著你的聽眾，

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

另外我也喜歡以「三步走」的方式掃視全場。

In case you haven't noticed, 語氣意圖

如果你沒注意到的話，

I like doing things in threes.

我做事喜歡遵循「三」的原則。

So, pick a center point in your room,

所以，在房間裡選一個中心點，

talk to your audience,

和那裡的聽眾說話，

turn to your right,

然後轉向右邊，

talk to an audience member over here.

和這邊的聽眾說話。

You can go back to the center,

你可以再回到中心，

and then finally to your left.

最後轉向左邊。

That way, 表達脈絡

這樣一來，

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

你就能確保所有的聽眾都覺得自己被關注到了。

So, to sum up, 表達脈絡

所以，總結一下，

we have three P's:

我們有三個「P」：

practice, preparation, and performance.

練習、準備和表現。

Every time,

每次都會說錯，

not in that order.

順序不對。

They are preparation, practice, and performance.

它們是準備、練習和表現。

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

如果你已經開始使用這些技巧，請一定讓我知道，

and how you get on. 用詞

看看進展如何。

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

我很想在下面的留言區聽到你們的分享。

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

或者，在做公開演講或簡報之前，你有什麼自己的習慣做法，

myself,

我，

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

而且我相信其他的觀眾也會很想聽聽看。

Bye, everyone.

大家再見。

Bye.

再見。