Welcome back Business Skills 360 – the podcast that looks at the other side of Business English. This is the second part of our series on effective presentations. Last week, we talked about keeping it short, simple,engaging, and real. Much of that happens in the preparation. Today, we’re going to talk about what happens when you stand up in front of that audience and have to start speaking.
歡迎回到商務(wù)技能360——從另外一面看商務(wù)英語(yǔ)的播客。這是有關(guān)有效陳述系列中的第二部分。上周,我們討論要保證陳述簡(jiǎn)短,簡(jiǎn)單,吸引人并且真實(shí)。這些和陳述息息相關(guān)。今天,我們要談?wù)摰氖钱?dāng)你站在觀眾面前,開(kāi)始進(jìn)行陳述會(huì)發(fā)生什么。
Your first goal should be to make a connection with each and every listener. That connection is the pathway along which your message travels. If you have a good connection, there’s a good chance your message will sink in. To make this connection, you have to do two things: you need to control the audience’s attention and you need to engage their minds. And to do these two things, you have three tools: your voice, your props such as PowerPoint—and your body ormovement.
你的第一個(gè)目標(biāo)應(yīng)該是讓陳述和每一位聽(tīng)眾建立聯(lián)系。這種聯(lián)系是你表達(dá)信息的途徑。如果你有一個(gè)好的聯(lián)系,那么你的信息就更加易于接受。為了建立這樣的聯(lián)系,你不得不做兩件事:你需要控制和吸引觀眾的注意力。要做到這兩點(diǎn),你有三種途徑:你的聲音,你的輔助設(shè)備(比如PPT),還有你的身體和動(dòng)作。
Discussion Questions
討論問(wèn)題:
1. What is the most difficult part of speaking in front of a group of people?
站在一群人前面,演說(shuō)最困難的部分是什么?
2. What different types of visual aids are commonly used in presentations?
常用在陳述里面的視覺(jué)輔助的類型有什么不同?
3. When you give a presentation, do you usually stand in one place or move around?
當(dāng)你陳述的時(shí)候,你是在一個(gè)地方不動(dòng),還是走來(lái)走去?