英语演讲的7个温馨提示

英语演讲的7个温馨提示
7 Tips for Presenting & Public Speaking in English
(English with Lucy, Video on YouTube)
1. Don’t agonize over your accent. 不必纠结你的口音
I always say, rather than working on reducing your accent, work on improving your pronunciation.
Accents are part of our culture and our heritage. And the best way to improve your pronunciation is slow down. We need to give the audience time to get used to and to adapt to our accents. Help me get rid of my accent, No. in my opinion, the only people that should be getting rid of their accent are actors. Otherwise, unless it’s something you do for a hobby, it’s a little bit of a waste of time.
2. Use pauses to your advantage. 充分利用好停顿
Pauses are great for so many reasons. As I’ve said in the previous point about slowing down, they give the audience time to understand what you’re saying. Pauses also give you time to think and also time to have a break. Take three or four seconds to plan what you’re going to say next and then you can be confident in your delivery. Now the best speakers that I’ve listened to are people that make the audience feel as if the pauses have been included for their advantage. So the audience might think that the pause has been used for emphasis, they’ve said something important,
3. Sorry for my English. “英语不好”的变通说法
If I go to another country, someone is giving a presentation in English, and wow the people who are presenting in another language, nine out of 10 times, they will start the presentation by saying, “Sorry for my English.” I feel like you can take more control over this situation. Instead of apologizing and being all small and seeming a bit unconfident, you’re taking ownership. Why not try saying something like, “English isn’t my first language, but I’m going to try my best here.” It’s unapologetic, it’s confident, and it makes you seem like you’re totally in control, and the audience is going to want to work with you.
4. It is practice, but don’t learn. 演讲需要练习，而不是学习
You can tell when somebody has practiced a presentation or rehearsed a presentation and you can also tell they’ve learnt a presentation. The difference being that a practiced presentation is organic, it’s genuine, it flows, and its’ trustworthy. A learnt presentation is memorized, it’s stagnant, and it’s sterile. It’s not interesting,
5. Cue cards to your advantage. 合理使用提示卡
If you are allowed to use cue cards or speaker notes in your presentation, for goodness sake, please use them. You never know when you’re going to be caught of-guard, so it is so essential to have something up there with you. I’ve seen a lot of people get stage fight. Those who have speaker notes can quickly look back and figure out where they are. Those who don’t stand up there like a lemon. Cue cards should be tiny little bullet points that keep you on track, that remind you where you are. They should not be a whole written presentation. You need to practice and rehearse multiple times just using your cue cards. So if you practice it loads, it will come out a little bit differently each time, but that’s good because you’re going to be preparing yourself for a
multitude of situations.
6. Think about your body. 考虑你的肢体语言
Everyone is different. When I present, I like to have my feet apart. I definitely don’t walk around on stage. I have them planted on the floor, and like to use my hands and my waist to sort of pivot. I’ve got loads of room to move, but I’m not moving up and down. That’s a distraction and also you can trip over which is not what you want. I like to look really confident. Chest out, great posture, and I try not to do my typical fidget things, which is touching my hair, touching my nose, touching my neck. Think about them forehand, so you can quickly snap out of it.
7. Dress to impress. 给人印象深刻的穿着打扮
This one can also be controversial, especially in the influence industry, because people like to look really casual. I would say just go one notch above the predicted dress code. If it’s smart-casual, lean towards the smart side. If it’s office wear, wear a suit. It’s always better to look overdressed as opposed to underdressed. It makes you look professional. It makes you feel good about yourself.
And somebody who looks groomed is the kind of person the audience is going to keep their eyes on. There’s nothing worse than having the audience drift off. At the end of the day, you want to engage with your audience and if you look scruffy and like you’re not really meant to be there, are you going to engage with them?。