Question

Here are tips for a successful speech from a professional speechwriter:

No speech should last more than 20 minutes. 1. The Sermon on the Mount, a collection of sayings and teachings of Jesus, for example, lasted hardly more than three minutes.

Focus on one topic. We’re human and tend to have lots of thoughts, opinions and ideas. You have to make proper selection. 2. Include and expand only those that explain and support your viewpoint(觀點(diǎn)).

3. It’s important to remember that your words must be hearable and understandable the first time out.

Humour is vital. 4. Ronald Reagan always wanted to joke at the start of a speech because he needed the quick victory of laughter. It helped him relax. It also helped the audience relax.

Don’t forget to say thanks. You should always, at the beginning of the speech, thank the person who invited you and introduced you. 5. While you’re doing it, the audience gets a chance to daydream and settle down. They’re going to daydream at some point anyway, and it may as well be before you get to the heart of your remarks.

A. Choose your words carefully.

B. And saying thanks at the beginning has a practical purpose.

C. First you have to work out what you’re going to say.

D. Every speech needs it, and you need it, too, probably at the beginning.

E. Stick to one subject－the future of the soccer club, for example.

F. This process takes time, so start once you begin thinking about the speech.

G. The more important the message is, the less time it requires to say it.

 

Answer 1

1.G

2.E

3.A

4.D

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹如何做專業(yè)的演講及提到五點(diǎn)建議。

1.G 根據(jù)上文提到No speech should last more than 20 minutes.演講最好不要超過(guò)20分鐘，故選G The more important the message is, the less time it requires to say it信息越重要，需要的時(shí)間就越短。

2.E 根據(jù)上文提到We’re human and tend to have lots of thoughts, opinions and ideas. You have to make proper selection我們有許多的想法，意見(jiàn)，你不得不做一個(gè)選擇，故選E堅(jiān)持一個(gè)主題，比如俱樂(lè)部的未來(lái)。

3.A 根據(jù)下方提到It’s important to remember that your words must be hearable and understandable the first time out.忘記第一次時(shí)，你的話必須是易懂的，容易理解的，故選A謹(jǐn)慎的選擇你的語(yǔ)言。

4.D 根據(jù)本段的標(biāo)題是Humour is vital.幽默是重要的，和下句話提到Ronald Reagan always wanted to joke at the start of a speech because he needed the quick victory of laughter.演講以玩笑開(kāi)始，故選D項(xiàng)你也需要它。

5.B 根據(jù)上一句話提到Y(jié)ou should always, at the beginning of the speech, thank the person who invited you and introduced you.你在開(kāi)始演講的時(shí)候就感謝那些邀請(qǐng)你的人，故選B在開(kāi)始時(shí)表示感謝。

考點(diǎn)：教育類閱讀。