When you are making your speech, try to relax. Speak slowly
and clearly and look at people in your audience. Using simple vocabulary and
expressions whenever possible. Stop for a few seconds now and then to give your
audience a chance to think about what you have said. Make sure that everyone in
the room can hear you. If it is a large room or an auditorium (礼堂), you will
probably have to use a microphone. Just remember: be prepared.
Know your subject, your audience, and the occasion. Be brief. Say what you have
to say and then stop. Let your personality come through so that you make
person-to-person contact with your audience. If you follow these
simple steps, you’ll see that you don’t have to be afraid of public speaking. In
fact, you may find the experience so enjoyable that you ask to make more
speeches! How to make a
speech You should pause to give your audience (46) to
think. In order to make yourself heard in a large room, you’d better have
to (47) You should know (48) and the
occasion for the preparation of a speech. You should make person-to-person
contact by (49) come through. The purpose of this passage
is to give (50) about how to make a speech.