The ability to express oneself and to communicate is extremely important for public speakers. It is also important for those who want to _(47)_______ themselves well in a society that is full of (48)_______ competition. How can we gain such ability, especially for those who are born timid and shy
Well, first of all, your (49)______ about the importance of public speaking is absolutely correct. People need to be able to (50)_______ themselves effectively, whether they are going to be a journalist such as you are, whether they are going to be a businessman or businesswoman, whether they are (51)______ education and to be a teacher. And if people are going to law, they have to (52)______ effectively all the time, and much of the communication take the form of public speaking. Some take written form, for example, journalism. We have print journalism and broadcast journalism, but the (53)_______ of effective communication are substantially the same. Of course, all of those are forms of communication. So if you can develop the skills of an effective public speaker, you can use those skills not just in the public speaking but in other forms of communication. You can use them in writing, you can use them in conversation. I talked a few days ago with a reporter from XinHua News (54)______ and he said, "You know, what you are talking about is exactly the same thing that we do in articles or journalism. You have a lead, you get readers’’ (55)______ ; you have a main point, you develop the main point; you have the second point, you develop the point; you have conclusion that (56)______ everything up." So the skills of public speaking can be transferred or related to other areas of communication.
Word Bank
A) fierce I) Association
B) establish J) constitute
C) going in for K) principles
D) express L) sums
E) wild M) attention
F) point N) efficient
G) purpose O) Agency
H) communicate