Speak English with Confidence | 5 Easy Tips For A Confident Voice

Do you want to sound confident?

你想聽起來更有自信嗎？

Do you want people to have confidence in you when you speak?

當你說話的時候，你希望大家對你有信心嗎？

在生活中，只要聽起來多一點自信

Sounding confident can make the world of difference in every aspect of your life,

很多事情會很不一樣

and I'm going to give you five very quick tips that you can put into place right now

我要提供你五個簡單的技巧

你可以馬上使用，讓自己聽起來更有自信

to start sounding confident today.

I'm also going to let you into a very special little secret that will change everything.

我還要揭露一個小秘密

一個能帶來極大改變的秘密

But before we start, real quick:

開始之前，容我先快速自我介紹

my name is Anna English, this is English Like a Native and if you are an English language learner,

我是Anna,這是我的頻道English like a native

如果你正在學英文，那你來對地方了

then you're in the right place.

Just be sure to hit that subscribe button and the bell notification button so you don't miss any future lessons.

別忘了按下訂閱鍵並且開始自動通知

才不會錯過任何新影片或是通知

Right, let's get started.

好，我們開始吧

1.適當中等的音調

Number one: Choose the right voice type

一般人說話的音調可以簡單分成三種

Now, people will typically speak in one of three ways:

with falsetto, in modal or with fry.

Falsetto假音，Modal真音與Fry低音

Falsetto is higher in the range.

Falsetto假音，指的是很高的音調

It's very weak and wispy and doesn't sound very confident.

聽來像呢喃一樣虛弱

聽起來不太有自信

Someone who speaks with falsetto sounds a little bit like this.

所以如果在演說中使用假音，聽起來就會像是這樣

Many people say it's irritating to listen to.

很多人覺得聽起來不僅沒有自信還相當惱人

It certainly doesn't instill a feeling of confidence in your listener,

這樣的說話方式絕對不會讓聽者感覺你很有自信

so avoid falsetto.

所以請避免這個音調

At the bottom end of the range we have fry.

相對於高頻的Falsetto，低沈的Fry

It's lowing your voice while bringing together the vocal folds very slowly, and it makes a creaking sound.

指的是壓低喉嚨發出低沈的聲音

A bit like this.

聽起來像是這樣

Hello, my name is Anna and I am teaching a lesson right now on voice confidence.

你好，我是Anna (低沈)

呃，我呢

我正在教大家如何聽起來更有自信

Culturally, this has become quite popular recently.

文化使然，這樣的說話方式相當普遍

然而，這樣低沈的聲音

However, vocal fry is not a natural sound within the English language.

在英文中並不自然

It's also being debated as to whether it's healthy for the voice or not.

同時也有人提出質疑

認為這樣的發聲方式並不健康

So, my advice is to avoid both fry and falsetto.

所以我的建議是，避免Falsetto假音與Fry低音

請使用發聲方式健康的中等音調Modal

Let's go for the healthy modal voice.

這是讓你聽起來有自信的最佳音調

This will certainly make you sound more confident.

If you're unsure whether you are using the right voice type or not, then try this little exercise:

如果你不確定你是否使用了適當的音調

試試看這個練習

in the middle of your range, so not pushing the voice up or down, standing up straight, say for me

正常地發出聲音，不過高也不過低

站好，然後跟著我說

E-OH

E-OH

It's got what we call a glottal onset.

It's a very strong onset.

E-OH

Now take that feeling and make the sentence "Everybody eats apples",

好，記住剛剛的感覺

然後試著開始演說

（例句）

and feel that same glottal onset: everyone - eats - apples.

Everyone eats apples.

And there, hopefully, you'll've found a nice strong modal voice.

透過這樣的練習

應該可以慢慢找出厚實適當的中等音調

Number two: Speak at the right speed

2.適當的語速

A lot of people will speak too fast, and some people speak too slow.

非常多的人以過快的語速說話

少部分的人則是說話太慢

But very few people speak at the right pace.

非常少數人能以適當的語速說話

Those people who speak too slow tend to add lots of pauses and drag the words out

說 話 太 慢 的 人...

常...會...

加 入 很 多 頓 點...

把每個詞都拖得很長...

and they sound like they're not quite sure what they're going to say next.

聽起來就好像他們自己都不確定接下來該說什麼

That doesn't make me feel very confident as a listener.

在我聽來當然不覺得他們聽起來很有自信

It also can bore the listener, so get to the point!

這樣的說話方式也會讓聽者感到無聊

所以，請講重點！

However, if you speed through what you're saying, then it sounds like you just really, really want to get it out

另一方面，如果你說得很快

聽起來則像是你很急著想要結束，因為你沒有自信，所以想要快點說完然後離開

because you're not very confident and you just want to leave and you don't really want to speaking right now

so you just talk talk talk talk talk talk talk.

因為內容雜亂無章所以你只好亂講一通

And if you speak too fast, people just shut down.

如果你說得太快，聽眾會乾脆放空

They stop listening, they just look at you and smile and nod and go "okay".

他們只會呆呆帶著微笑看著你

無意識地點點頭說：喔

The best thing to do is to take a deep breath, to have a generally steady pace, adding in a few pauses

最好的方式，是先深呼吸

默數一個規律的節拍與速度

然後在演說中需要強調的地方

at important points in the speech.

插入適當的頓點

What I tend to do is watch videos of incredible public speakers.

我自己則是喜歡觀看傑出演說家的影片

You'll notice that they have a nice steady pace and they allow big pauses

你會發現他們的演說中，不僅有規律的節奏

並且在他們想要強調的段落都會有明顯的頓點

at points where they want to really give emphasis to a point, to allow the audience to think, and absorb.

聽眾會因為這些停頓開始思考並留下印象

Number three: Clarity

3.咬字清晰

There are many natives who are quite lazy with their diction.

很多的英文母語人士

說話時有些『懶惰』

They miss off sounds, the ends of words, or in the middle of words.

他們省略句尾、甚至句中該發音的字

They sometimes miss out complete syllables.

有時候整個音節都不見了

Don't follow their example.

千萬不要學

Be in love with the language.

試著說清楚每個詞

認真地發好每個該發的音

Enjoy making the sounds.

Chew on the words.

『咬』文『嚼』字

If you have better articulation and diction then people will just enjoy listening to you.

明確清楚地表達你想說的

聽眾才能享受你的演說

Number four, nice and easy: Vocabulary

4.字彙

Spend a little bit of time each day learning a new word or two.

每天花一點點的時間

學習一兩個新的詞彙

Try to enrich your vocabulary so that you feel empowered and excited

試著充實你的字彙庫

靈活豐富的詞彙讓你自己能更充分享受表達的愉悅

about the things that you're saying, rather than using the same old words over and over again.

而不會同樣的一套說法

說了又說說了又說

For example, if you say, uhm, "My business meeting was very good",

舉個例子來說，關於：我的會議

進行得很好

and you always say that things are "very good",

你每次都只能說『很好』嗎？

then why not look up another way of saying "very good"?

何不試著用別的方式說說看？

My business meeting was exciting.

我的會議令人興奮

My business meeting was interesting.

我的會議相當有趣

My business meeting was inspiring.

我的會議相當啟發人心

Number five: Body language

5.肢體語言

Your body language can tell the audience so much.

肢體語言的力量不容小覷

So don't think that having a confident voice alone is going to be enough to convince your audience

所以千萬不要覺得光靠有自信的聲音

就有辦法讓你的聽眾買單

that you are confident and that they should believe in you.

說服他們你很有自信，他們應該聽你的

What you need to make sure is that you're not betraying yourself with any nervous tics

你必須要小心的是

不要讓你的肢體語言出賣了你

例如緊張地敲打

or any bizarre behaviours in your body

或是任何表現得焦慮的小動作

For example, some people might tap with their hand or tap with their foot.

有些人在緊張時會無意識地拍打自己

可能是用手拍打，也可能是跺步

Some people might scratch a lot when they're nervous.

還有些人緊張則是會東抓西抓

Some people might wring their hands or constantly wipe their brow.

有些人會扳手指頭

或是不停地擦頭擦汗

So just be aware of what you do physically when you feel nervous and try to keep that under control.

留意自己肢體的反應

特別是在你緊張的情境之下

試著控制自己

A good confident speaker will have a very open posture: they won't cross their arms,

有自信的演說者

通常會有很大氣的手勢

他們不會雙手抱胸，不會手插口袋

they won't have their hands in their pockets; they'll be very open and relaxed.

他們的姿勢外放且自在

Just... be loose, and chill, and... yeah, relax.

就像這樣

放鬆

再放鬆

就是這樣

放輕鬆

Alright, it's time for the big secret.

各位觀眾，秘密公布！

Okay.

The big secret, the trick, as to how to achieve a confident voice,

最大的秘密...最大的技巧...

讓你擁有更有自信的聲音

演說時讓聽眾信服

to make people confident in you when you speak is:

就是

Pretend

假裝！！

If you pretend to be confident, if you tell yourself "I am confident, I know what I'm talking about,

如果你能做到『假裝』自己很有自信

如果你能夠說服自己：

我超有自信，我對於要說的超有信心

they're gonna love me, and I'm just gonna go out there and pretend", something incredible happens.

觀眾一定會愛死我

假裝神奇的事已經發生了

You go out there, pretending;

你走進演說的地方

好好地演一場傑出演說的戲碼

the audience don't know that you are pretending, so the audience straight away relax,

觀眾們不會知道其實你只是假裝不緊張

因為你看起來很輕鬆，他們也會跟著放鬆

and they believe you, they go with it.

他們信任你，會跟隨你的引導

And because they relax, and because they seem to believe you,

因為他們很放鬆，很信任你

你也會自然而然開始覺得很有信心

you naturally start to feel more and more confident.

So, suddenly, it's this big circle of you pretending, the audience believing,

突然之間

看看這神奇的正向循環：

先是你假裝很有自信所以觀眾相信你

then you believing, and they believing and you believing, and you're confident, and they're confident,

你因為觀眾相信你所以你自己也相信了

然後你開始有自信，觀眾也對你有信心

and you're confident; and voilà... voilà... voilà... why am I speaking French?

然後 登登！

登登！

（我幹嘛突然說法文？）

Uhm... I didn't even say it properly, I said "wala" it's "voilà".

（而且還說錯...）

言歸正傳，重點就是

Anyway, the point is, and trust me on this because I have done it countless times,

你們一定要相信我因為我已經試過非常多次

if you go out there pretending that you are good, pretending that you are confident,

只要你上場的時候假裝你自己超行

表現得超有自信

it will breed confidence.

你的自信就油然而生了

Think of the alternative:

不然反過來思考看看：

if you go out there thinking "I'm rubbish, I'm scared, they're not gonna like me,

如果你上場時想著，我真是個廢物，我慘了

他們一定不會喜歡我

no one is gonna be interested in what I have to say", then that's going to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

不會有人想聽我說話的

就如同你預告了自己的失敗

Okay, if you found this helpful, then don't forget to show your appreciation by giving it a thumb.

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If you are not yet subscribed, then do press that subscribe button, I'm gonna stop eating my hair,

還沒訂閱的現在就加入吧

and if you know anyone that you think would benefit from this lesson,

如果你認為這段影片剛好能對你認識的某人有所幫助

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請不要吝嗇分享給他

Until next time, take care and goodbye!

下次再見囉！