填空题

Public speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation is the biggest fear; self-exposure and failing to appeal to the (36) come a close second.
Most people have plenty of (37) ,and this seems like a situation that will bring them out. If you were under pressure to be perfect, you are (38) of falling in the most public of ways.
In fact, (39) is not the best predictor of who does it well. (40) of what you are like in real life ,the key seems to be to act yourself.
Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself, is not an (41) way. While politicians may limit damage by having carefully (42) ,written scripts to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the audience that the words might not be true. Likewise, the (43) perfect speeches of many American academics are far from natural. You may end up buying their book on the way out, (44)
Although, as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Diana’s funeral, it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally. A script rarely works and it is used to help most speakers. But, being yourself doesn’t work either. If you spoke as if you were in your own kitchen, (45)
The best psychological place from which to speak is an unselfconscious self-consciousness, providing the illusion of being natural. (46) Public speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation is the biggest fear; self-exposure and failing to appeal to the (36) come a close second.
Most people have plenty of (37) ,and this seems like a situation that will bring them out. If you were under pressure to be perfect, you are (38) of falling in the most public of ways.
In fact, (39) is not the best predictor of who does it well. (40) of what you are like in real life ,the key seems to be to act yourself.
Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself, is not an (41) way. While politicians may limit damage by having carefully (42) ,written scripts to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the audience that the words might not be true. Likewise, the (43) perfect speeches of many American academics are far from natural. You may end up buying their book on the way out, (44)
Although, as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Diana’s funeral, it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally. A script rarely works and it is used to help most speakers. But, being yourself doesn’t work either. If you spoke as if you were in your own kitchen, (45)
The best psychological place from which to speak is an unselfconscious self-consciousness, providing the illusion of being natural. (46)