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 speech will not be paid attention to. 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 open or begin, what main points you want to make and how you’re going to close or end. A strong close 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 not long. The standard (標準的) 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. speech
Technique	Reasons	Requirements
Keep it simple	You should think about your idea well enough	2. one or two of your main ideas well.
If you have a 3. idea of what you want to say, your audience will have, too.
Organize it well.	You should get your speech well 4.	Know very well about the 5. ,main points and ending of the speech
If you don’t, the 6. will be confused.
Keep it 7.	Your speech should be short enough to attract your audience’s attention and 8. .	Make your speech as short as 9. .
If you don’t, the audience will feel 10. .

 

Answer 1

1.public

2.clear

3.prepare

4.organized

5.audience

6.beginning

7.short

8.interest

9.bored

10.possible

【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。”和第一段最后一句話Here are some of the lessons I have learned: “下面是我們需要學的幾課。”可知本文主要講述如何做公眾演講，故答案為public。

2.根據第二段最后一句話And if you don’t have a clear idea of what you want to say, your audience won’t, either.“并且如果你對于你想說的沒有清晰的想法的話，你的觀眾也不會有�！笨芍�，你要有清晰的想法觀眾才會理解，故答案為clear。

3.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。

4.根據第三段第一句話No matter how long or short your speech is, you have to organize your speech“無論演講長短，你必須要好好組織你的演講�！笨芍�，故答案為organized。

5.根據第三段最后一句話the last thing you say is what your audience will most likely remember. If not, they will be confused.“最后一點是你所說的要使得大多數觀眾記得。如果不這樣，他們就會困惑�！笨芍�，故答案為audience。

6.根據第三段第二句話how you are going to open or begin, what main points you want to make and how you’re going to close or end.“你將怎樣開頭，你想要表達的最主要的觀點和你將怎樣結尾�！翱芍�，故答案為beginning。

7.如何演講的最后一點是Keep your speech not long.“保持演講不要過長�！耙簿褪且�精練，故答案為short。

8.根據第四段第二句話Most people can’t put their minds in one thing for too long time, which will make them tired and lose their interest.“大多數人把他們的思想只注重在一點上，這樣就會使得觀眾疲勞無趣�！笨芍�演講要注意興趣，故答案為interest。

9.根據第四段第三行If 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.最后一點主要告訴我們演講時要注意短小精煉，所以要使得演講盡可能的短。故答案為possible。

考點：任務型閱讀。