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(关键的): 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(反应), 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】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述如何做好公众演讲。首先演讲内容要简单，不要冗余；其次要组织好你的演讲稿顺序；最后要注意演讲时间不宜过长。

1.文章开头第一句话Making a public speech is the thing that most people don’t want to do.“公众演讲是很多人不想要做的事情。”和第一段最后一句话Following these suggestions above, you can make a good speech in public,可知本文主要讲述如何做好的公众演讲，故答案为good。

2.根据表格下方出现的内容是做好演讲的建议，故填Suggestion/Tips

3.建议Keep your speech simple.故填simple.

4.根据第二段第二行So you should prepare one or two of your main ideas very well.“所以你应该充分准备一到两点主要想法。”可知，故答案为prepare。

5.根据第一条建议中的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.根据第二条建议的结尾If not, they will be confused.可知如果不这样做，他们会感到迷惑。故填否则，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.如何开始演讲，你想表达的主要观点是什么，怎么样结束；故填opening/beginning开头。

8. people can’t put their minds in one thing for too long time, which will make them tired and lose their interest.可知演讲不能时间过长，根据题意，如果演讲占用观众时间过长，他们会感到疲惫。故填takes.

9. you pay no attention to your audience’s reaction(反应)，the audience will get bored.“如果你不注意观众的反应，观众就会厌烦。”可知，故答案为bored。

10.根据The standard length of a speech is usually 12 minutes.及题意，可知要避免使你的演讲超过12分钟。故填Avoid。

考点：演讲教育类短文。