高中五分鐘英語演講小短文

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　　：10 Tips For Successful Public Speaking

　　Feeling some nervousness before giving a speech is natural and healthy. It shows you care about doing well. But, too much nervousness can be detrimental. Here's how you can control your nervousness and make effective, memorable presentations:

　　演講之前感到些許緊張是自然、有益的。這表明你渴望把事情做好。不過，過度緊張則會適得其反。這裡教給你一些如何控制緊張情緒，進而使演講達到預期效果、令人難忘的方法：

　　1. Know the room. Be familiar with the place in which you will speak. Arrive early, walk around the speaking area and practice using the microphone and any visual aids.

　　1.熟悉場地。爭取熟悉你要發表演講的環境。提早到達並巡視講臺，練習使用麥克風和其他輔助視覺設施。

　　2. Know the audience. Greet some of the audience as they arrive. It's easier to speak to a group of friends than to a group of strangers.

　　2.熟悉聽眾。在聽眾進入會場時向他們致意。向一群友好的人演講總比對一群陌生人演講來得容易些。

　　3. Know your material. If you're not familiar with your material or are uncomfortable with it, your nervousness will increase. Practice your speech and revise it if necessary.

　　3.熟悉你的講稿。如果你不熟悉你的稿子或者對它不滿意，你的緊張感就會增強。演練你的演講稿，並且做必要的修改。

　　4. Relax. Ease tension by doing exercises.

　　4.放鬆自己。做些準備活動鬆弛緊張的神經。

　　5. Visualize yourself giving your speech. Imagine yourself speaking, your voice loud, clear, and assured. When you visualize yourself as successful, you will be successful.

　　5.設想你自己演講時的情景。想象你自己在侃侃而談，聲音洪亮、吐字清晰、充滿自信。倘能設想自己成功，你就一定會成功。

　　6. Realize that people want you to succeed. Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informative, and entertaining. They don't want you to fail.

　　6.要意識到在場的人們希望你成功。聽眾希望你的講話興味昂然、催人向上、旁徵博引且風趣幽默。他們不願看到你把事情搞砸。

　　7. Don't apologize. If you mention your nervousness or apologize for any problems you think you have with your speech, you may be calling the audience's attention to something they hadn't noticed. Keep silent.

　　7.不要道歉。假使你說到你的緊張或為你覺得任何講稿中感到不妥的地方表示歉意，你就可能是在提醒聽眾注意一些他們其實並未意識到的東西。對此絕口不提就是。

　　8. Concentrate on the message -- not the medium. Focus your attention away from your own anxieties, and outwardly toward your message and your audience. Your nervousness will dissipate.

　　8.集中注意力於內容上，而不是形式。把你的注意力從內心的焦慮上解脫出來，轉向外在的演講內容和聽眾。然後你的緊張感就會逐漸消失。

　　9. Turn nervousness into positive energy. Harness your nervous energy and transform it into vitality and enthusiasm.

　　9.把緊張轉化為積極的動力。要控制你的緊張情緒並把它變成活力和熱情。

　　10. Gain experience. Experience builds confidence, which is the key to effective speaking. A Toastmasters club can provide the experience you need.

　　10.積累經驗。經驗會帶來自信，後者是演講取得成效的關鍵。加入司儀俱樂部你就能學到你需要的經驗。

　　：to choose, to give up

　　a poet leads me to a branch road: on one side, there are lots of sweet apples, lovely and charming; on the other, there is a patch of thorn, what hides behind the success of struggling against the thorn is a splendid palace. i deeply know that if i choose the apples, i will give up a precious opportunity of becoming a queen; while if i choose to challenge, i have to say farewell to the apples. which one should i choose?

　　just like the branch road, we have to make a lot of choices during our lifetime. it is usually considered that we are choosing what to gain, to own, but in my opinion, we are just choosing to give up.

　　choosing to be a teacher means giving up the life as rich as a business man;

　　choosing to be a top student means giving up much leisure time in front of the tv.

　　sure, it’s a torture, but we must judge carefully what is more important, then give up the others. don’t think of them any more, just focus all your spirit on what you are doing.

　　i myself, who is standing here, have already chosen to challenge in such a great competition, so i have to give up ten days of normal classes in school and relaxation without pressure. but i am still pleased, because giving up properly makes me stick to my choice.

　　let’s return to our branch road, which one will your choose? i choose to challenge here!

　　理性選擇，敢於放棄

　　一位詩人把我引到一個岔路口：一邊是甘甜的蘋果，鮮豔而誘人;另一邊是一條荊棘之路，但隱藏在與荊棘搏鬥的成功之後是一座富麗的宮殿。我深深地明白：如果我選擇那些蘋果，我將失去一個可能成為女王的良機，與此同時，如果我選擇挑戰那些荊棘，那會很艱辛，而且我又必須與可愛的蘋果告別，我該選擇哪一個呢?

　　正如這個岔路口一般，生活中的我們面臨多種選擇。人們通常認為，我們在選擇去獲得什麼，擁有什麼，但在我看來，我們在選擇放棄什麼。

　　選擇作一名老師意味著放棄了像商人一樣奢華富有的生活。

　　選擇作一名頂尖學生意味著放棄了許多在電視機前的閒暇時間。

　　當然，放棄的選擇是一種苦難，但我們必須用心審度，什麼對自己來說更為重要，做出選擇，然後放棄其他，不要再回首想那些已放棄的東西，把精力集中於你正在做的事。

　　站在這裡的我，已選擇了在這樣大規模的比賽中挑戰自我，所以我必須放棄十天的正常功課和沒有壓力的輕鬆感。但我依然高興，因為適宜的放棄之後，我更加專注於自己的選擇。

　　讓我們回到那個岔路口吧，你會選擇哪一個呢?我，選擇挑戰此地!

　　：Ladies and Gentlemen: My topic is Honesty.

　　As a correspondent of the Qingdao Morning News, I visited Dr. James Gilman, the President of the International Committee for Marco Polo Studies in England. In this picture, this is James, and this is me and we are looking at a dragon’s tooth. This is a true story.

　　65 years ago, James lived in Qingdao. Then he was only 5 years old. He often visited the Aquarium and was fascinated by a creature on display there, which he thought was a dragon. He was afraid of its sharp teeth and wanted one to keep as a treasure.

　　In the late 1930s, when the Japanese occupied Qingdao, his family had to leave. On his last day in Qingdao, he ran to the Aquarium and pulled out one of the teeth from the dragon’s mouth.

　　He kept the tooth for the next 65 years, but the feeling of guilt at having stolen it was there in the background all through his life. It was always on his conscience, and the feeling intensified as he became older. Finally he decided to put right his childish error. In 2002, he visited Qingdao and returned it to the Aquarium with his sincere apologies. He received a warm welcome.

　　When James visited Qingdao, I accompanied him all the time and reported on his visit. I was deeply touched by his honesty. It has taught me a lot. I think to err is human. The important thing is to have the courage to admit and correct one’s error.

　　Honesty is a vital quality of human behaviour. So we should try to keep an honest mind in everything we say and do. I would like to say to all of my friends: Let’s be honest people of good moral character.

　　Thank you.