Question

Making a public speech is the thing that most people don’t want to do. The reason is that we are all afraid of making mistakes in front of others. The more important the speech is, the more frightened we will be. But forget it now. Public speaking is easy. It’s just a simple talking. Although I’m a shy man, I’ve been making speeches and talking on radio and television for more than 30 years. Anybody who can talk can speak in public. Here are some of the lessons I have learned:

Keep your speech simple. Your audience can’t take all of your main ideas, and they can only remember one or two of them, not ten or twenty. So you should prepare one or two of your main ideas very well. But if you can’t express what you want to say, then your audience will not pay attention to your speech. And if you don’t have a clear idea of what you want to say, your audience won’t, either.

Organize your speech well. No matter how long or short your speech is, you have to organize your speech — how you are going to begin, what main points you want to make and how you’re going to end. A strong end is usually very important and critical(關鍵的): the last thing you say is what your audience will most likely remember. If not, they will be confused.

Keep your speech short. The standard length of a speech is usually 12 minutes. Most people can’t put their minds in one thing for too long time, which will make them tired and lose their interest. If you pay no attention to your audience’s reaction(反應), the audience will get bored. Of course, your speech will fail.

Following these suggestions above, you can make a good speech in public, and you will be an excellent speaker, I think.

Title: How to make a 1. public speech

2.	Reasons	Requirements
Keep it 3.	Your audience can’t take all of your main ideas.	_ 4. one or two of your main ideas very well.
If you can’t express what you want to say, then your 5. will not be paid attention to.	Have a clear idea of what you want to say.
Organize it well	You should get your speech well organized, 6. the audience will be confused.	Know very well about the 7. , main points and ending of the speech.
Keep it short	If the speech 8. the audience too long time, they will feel tired and 9. .	_ 10. making your speech longer than 12 minutes.

 

Answer 1

1.good

2.Suggestion/Tips

3.simple

4.Prepare

5.speech

6.or / otherwise

7.beginning

8.takes

9.bored

10.Avoid

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述如何做好公眾演講。首先演講內容要簡單，不要冗余；其次要組織好你的演講稿順序；最后要注意演講時間不宜過長。

1.文章開頭第一句話Making a public speech is the thing that most people don’t want to do.“公眾演講是很多人不想要做的事情�！焙偷谝欢巫詈笠痪湓扚ollowing these suggestions above, you can make a good speech in public,可知本文主要講述如何做好的公眾演講，故答案為good。

2.根據表格下方出現(xiàn)的內容是做好演講的建議，故填Suggestion/Tips

3.建議Keep your speech simple.故填simple.

4.根據第二段第二行So you should prepare one or two of your main ideas very well.“所以你應該充分準備一到兩點主要想法�！笨芍�，故答案為prepare。

5.根據第一條建議中的But if you can’t express what you want to say, then your audience will not pay attention to your speech.故填speech.

6.根據第二條建議的結尾If not, they will be confused.可知如果不這樣做，他們會感到迷惑。故填否則，or.

7. you are going to open or begin, what main points you want to make and how you’re going to close or end.如何開始演講，你想表達的主要觀點是什么，怎么樣結束；故填opening/beginning開頭。

8. people can’t put their minds in one thing for too long time, which will make them tired and lose their interest.可知演講不能時間過長，根據題意，如果演講占用觀眾時間過長，他們會感到疲憊。故填takes.

9. you pay no attention to your audience’s reaction(反應)，the audience will get bored.“如果你不注意觀眾的反應，觀眾就會厭煩。”可知，故答案為bored。

10.根據The standard length of a speech is usually 12 minutes.及題意，可知要避免使你的演講超過12分鐘。故填Avoid。

考點：演講教育類短文。