7 Tips for Presenting & Public Speaking

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7招助你演讲成功！

- Hello everyone, and welcome back to English with Lucy.

大家好！欢迎进入露西的英语课堂！

Today I have got seven tips for presenting in English.

今天我要教大家用英语演讲的7个秘诀。

These tips are really going to help you

它们将帮助你

improve your presentation skills.

有效地提升演讲的水平。

Now the vast majority of us, at some point in our lives,

如今，在我们生活的多数时间里，

are going to have to give presentations.

我们不得不发表演讲。

We're going to have to speak in public.

我们不得不面向公众演讲。

And it was actually voted the scariest thing,

这是公认的令人望而却步的事情，

above death and spiders, in a recent study.

在最近的一项调查中，人们甚至认为演讲比蜘蛛和死亡还要可怕。

So it's quite obvious that it's something that

所以毋庸置疑，

a lot of people hate.

很多人对演讲恨之入骨。

I have to present a lot.

我做过很多的演讲。

I hated it at first, but now I really enjoy it

比起刚开始的时候，我现在已经开始享受演讲的过程。

because I've learnt how to do it properly,

因为我学到了很多实用的技巧，

and I'd like to help you guys out today.

今天我要分享给你们，帮助你们的演讲更加出色。

Quickly, if you really want to kick-start your English,

顺带说一句，如果你正在努力短期内持续提升自己的英语水平，

I cannot recommend enough the Lingoda Language Marathon.

我强烈推荐Lingoda的语言马拉松学习套餐。

You can get a 90-day language course worth 567 euros,

支付567欧元你就可以得到90天的语言课程，

completely refunded to you.

可以全额返还。

But you have to be quick, because A,

但你要赶紧行动起来，因为套餐A

spaces are almost filled, and B,

已经差不多订满了，

if you want to do the English course,

而如果你希望加入套餐B的英语课程，

you've only got until the 19th of April to sign up.

你必须在4月19日前完成注册。

I've got a video explaining all of the details,

我做了一个视频对所有步骤进行了说明，

which you can see up here.

你可以在这查阅。

But basically, you sign up for the marathon,

简而言之，你注册了这个马拉松课程后，

you do 30 classes every month for three months,

连续3个月你要每月上30堂课，

and if you complete all of these classes,

并且完成所有课程后，

Lingoda will give you a full refund; that's 567 euros.

Lindoda将返还你所有的学费，共计567欧元。

There is also a half-marathon option,

当然还有半程马拉松的选择，

which results in a 50% refund upon completion,

完成后有50%的学费返还。

and that is just 15 classes per month.

只需要每月上15节课，

There are options for English and German.

有英语和德语学习两种选择。

I feel so passionately about this campaign.

这真的被这项运动点燃了！

As a teacher myself, and somebody who's worked

我自己作为一个老师，

independently teaching students for many years,

独立地教学生很多年，

it's such a generous offer.

从未见到如此慷慨的教学活动。

I mean, they're offering to refund it all back to you.

重点是，他们竟然提供学费全额返还！

And to get the refund, all you have to do

要得到它，你要做的只是

is learn loads of English,

学到海量的英语知识，

i.e., 90 classes with real, native, qualified teachers.

而且是90节由真实的，有资质的母语教师任课的课程。

What's not to like?

还有什么比这更好的？

And you know what?

还有你知道吗？

Even if you don't complete it, at the very least,

即使你没有完成它，至少

you've done 90 days of English.

你在英语的世界里侵泡了90天。

If you're interested

如果你感兴趣，

and you feel that you are dedicated enough

并且觉得你可以全身心投入

to do the Language Marathon properly,

到语言马拉松的课程里，

all you have to do is click on the link

请点击

in the description box and use the code RUN5.

在说明框内的链接并使用优惠代码：RUN5。

This will discount your five euro entry fee.

这可以节省你5欧元的注册费。

All you will pay is 50 cents, and that's just to make sure

你总共需要支付50分钱，用来确保

they have your credit card details.

你信用卡的信息的真实性和完整性。

Good luck to everyone taking part.

祝各位参与者一切顺利！

I think you've done an amazing thing,

我想你已经完成了一件不可思议的事情。

and I cannot wait to hear your feedback.

我已经迫不及待看到你们的反馈。

Right, let's talk about my first tip.

言归正传，让我们谈一下第一个演讲秘诀。

This is especially important for non-native speakers.

这对非母语演讲者尤为重要。

It is, don't agonise over your accent.

不要为你们的口音感到烦恼。

Forget your accent.

忘掉它。

I always say, rather than working on reducing your accent,

我总是说，与其努力改善你的口音，

work on improving your pronunciation.

不如改善你的发音。

Accents are part of our culture and our heritage.

口音是我们文化和传承的一部分。

Pronunciation is the way we say sounds and words.

发音才是我们表达语气和词语的方式。

And the best way to improve your pronunciation is

最好提升发音的方式是

slow down.

放慢节奏。

I've given lots of presentations

我做过很多演讲，

and I have watched lots of presentations,

也看过很多演讲，

and I can tell you the best presentations

我可以说最好的演讲

are the slower presentations.

永远是更慢的演讲。

It's especially important

这对初学者来说

at the beginning of your presentation

尤其重要。

because everybody has an accent.

因为所有人都有口音。

Natives have accents too.

母语演讲者也有口音。

But we need to give the audience time to get used to

所以我们需要给予听众时间去习惯

and to adapt to our accents.

和适应我们的口音。

Another reason to embrace your accent is

使用你自己自然的口音的另一个原因是

covering up an accent or putting on this fake posh voice

掩盖口音和使用华丽的假音

might actually come across as insecure to a audience.

实际上可能给听众一种不可靠的感觉。

You might come across as fake.

你可能给人的第一印象是虚情假意。

They might not trust you as much.

听众就可能不够相信你。

Now when I'm talking to my friends and my family,

现在，当我和我的朋友和家人讲话的时候，

I don't always speak like this because I'm not presenting

我并不总是这样讲话，那是因为我不是在演讲，

but I definitely don't put on a fake accent.

但我肯定不会使用假音。

I'm simply working on my pronunciation.

我仅仅专注在我的发音。

I want to make sure I pronounce every relevant

我希望确保我发的每个音都是尽量准确的

and necessary phoneme so that you guys can understand me.

和必要的，这样你们才能理解我在说什么。

When students come to me and they say,

当学生们来和我说：

"Lucy, help me get rid of my accent," I tell them, "No."

“露西，帮我摆脱我的口音”，我会说：“不”

I'm not going to help you get rid of your accent.

我不准备帮你们改变口音。

I think that's very negative.

我认为那可不是好事。

I will help you improve your pronunciation.

我将会帮助你们提升发音。

In my opinion, the only people that should be getting rid

在我看来，只有

of their accents are actors.

演员应该标准化他们的口音。

Otherwise, unless it's something you do for a hobby,

另一方面，除非这是你的一个习惯，

it's a little bit of a waste of time.

否则它真的有些浪费时间。

Number two, use pauses to your advantage.

第二个秘诀是善用停顿。

Pauses are great for so many reasons.

停顿在许多场合下都非常有用。

As I've said in the previous point about slowing down,

正如我之前提到的放慢节奏，

they give the audience time

它们都给予听众时间

to understand what you're saying.

去消化我们在说什么。

A very clear example of this is when I shout a question

一个非常清晰的例子就是当我在楼上大声提问

to my boyfriend, who is normally downstairs.

在楼下的男朋友时，

He will immediately reply to that question with "What?"

他会立即回答到：“你说什么？”

I know, instead of repeating myself,

我知道，如果我不去重复我的问题，

if I wait three or four seconds,

而是等上3到4秒钟，

he will then answer my question

他就会回答我的问题

because he's had time to process what I've said.

因为他有时间去组织我刚才说过的话。

It's the same for your audience.

这对于你的听众来说也一样。

It will sometimes take them a couple of seconds

这要花他们一些时间

to understand what you've said.

去听明白你在说什么。

So use a pause to your advantage.

所以请善用停顿！

Pauses also give you time to think

停顿给你时间去思考

and also time to have a break.

和休息。

Our tongues can in a twist.

我们都会有口误。

You guys only get to see the finished cut

你们只看到了我已经剪辑过的视频

of what I film here, but I have to repeat things

实际上我也会不停地重复

again and again and again because my tongue

因为我的舌头

doesn't always go where I want it to.

也有不利索的时候。

When I make a mistake, I pause, I have a break,

当我有了一个口误，我就停下来，休息一下，

and then I try again.

然后再来一次。

And it normally comes out a lot better.

通常结果比之前要好许多。

Take three or four seconds

花3到4秒钟，

to plan what you're going to say next

想想你下一步要说什么，

and then you can be confident in your delivery.

这样你就可以自信的呈现出来。

Now the best speakers that I've listened to

迄今我见识过的最好的演讲者

are people that make the audience feel

是那些让听众感觉到

as if the pauses have been included for their advantage.

好像这些停顿囊括了要点。

So the audience might think that the pause has been used

以至于听众认为停顿被用来

for emphasis, they've said something important,

强调演讲者所说的重点，

they want them to consider how important this point is,

演讲者希望听众去思考这点有多么重要

when actually, they just needed to think about

而实际上，这只是演讲者需要去思考

what they were going to say next.

接下来要说什么。

The speaker may make the audience feel

演讲者可能让听众感到

as if they've left a pause to give them time to think

好似他们留下时间给听众去思考

when actually, they're just skimming the audience,

而实际上，他们只是扫视听众，

making sure that everyone's understood

确定每一个人都听懂了。

because they're not sure if they've said it quite right.

因为他们无法确定是否他们说的都很确切。

Number three, now this one is a controversial one,

第三点，也是现在有争议的一点，

and I'm not going to say absolutely don't say this,

我绝不反对大家说这句话，

but I will say reconsider saying this

而是请大家重新考虑一下这个说法，

at the beginning of your presentations.

在你开始演讲的时候。

If I go to another country,

假设我去到另一个国家，

and someone is giving a presentation in English,

有人正在做英语演讲，

which happens a lot,

这发生过很多次，

and wow the people who are presenting in another language,

人们正在用非母语做演讲，

nine out of 10 times, they will start the presentation

九成的人的第一句话是：

by saying, "Sorry for my English."

“抱歉我的英文不好。”

Now I'm not sure that I really like this.

我真的不喜欢这样。

I feel like you can take more control over this situation.

我觉得你可以控制这样的场面。

Why not try saying something like,

为什么不试着这么说，

"English isn't my first language,

“英语不是我的母语，

"but I'm going to try my best here."

但我会尽力而为。”

Instead of apologising and being all small

与其道歉，让自己看似渺小

and seeming a bit unconfident, you're taking ownership.

和不自信，不如争取主动权。

English isn't my first language,

英语不是我的母语，

but I'm going to try my best.

但我会尽力而为。

It's unapologetic, it's confident,

这不是道歉，这是自信，

and it makes you seem like you're totally in control,

这让你看起来一切尽在掌控之中，

and the audience is going to want to work with you.

并且会勾起听众聆听的欲望。

So this is a opportunity to participate here.

所以这里有一个参与的机会。

In the comments below, I'd really like to know

在下方的评论中，我真地想知道

if you have had any great alternatives

你们是否已经有其它非常棒的替代

to "Sorry for my English."

“对不起，我的英文不好”的表达。

Or, you can say if you think "Sorry for my English" is fine.

或者，你可以说你认为这么说没问题。

I look forward to seeing what you have to say.

我非常期待你们会说些什么。

Now number four.

第四点，

You guys always knew I was going to mention this one.

你们都知道我准备好了要提到这点。

It is practise.

练习。

But I want to say, practise, but don't learn.

但我要说，练习而不是学习。

You can tell when somebody has practised a presentation

你可以说出什么时候某个人已经练习好了

or rehearsed a presentation, and you can also tell

或排练好了一场演讲，你也可以说出

when they've learnt a presentation.

什么时候他们已经学会了一场演讲。

The difference being that a practised presentation

其不同之处是，练习过的演讲

is organic, it's genuine, it flows, and it's trustworthy.

是有组织的，真诚的，流畅的，有说服力的。

You can trust what that person is saying.

你可以相信那个人所说的事情。

A learnt presentation is memorised, it's stagnant,

一个学来的演讲是靠背颂的，没有生命力的，

and it's sterile.

和枯燥无味的。

It's not interesting,

它很无趣，

which is why you need to use number five, cue cards,

这就是为什么你需要使用第五点，提示卡，

to your advantage.

去帮助你。

This really ties in with number four.

这与第四点联系紧密。

If you are allowed to use cue cards or speaker notes

如果你被允许使用提示卡或者演讲笔记，

in your presentation, for goodness sake, please use them.

在演讲过程中，请千万千万用上它们。

Use them, they are so, so useful.

使用它们，因为它们真的很有帮助。

You never know when you're going to be caught off-guard,

任何人都有猝不及防的时候，

so it is so essential to have something up there with you.

所以提前有些手头准备相当必要。

You don't have to have them in your hand

你不必把它们拿在手上，

but have them up there.

而是把它们放在那。

I've seen a lot of people get stage fright.

我见过许多人怯场。

Those who have speaker notes can quickly look back

然而那些有演讲笔记的人能快速回顾

and figure out where they are.

和找到他们的进度。

Those who don't stand up there like a lemon.

那些没这么做的只能愣在原地。

Cue cards should be tiny little bullet points

提示卡应该是袖珍的要点，

that keep you on track, that remind you where you are.

能够帮助你有序地进行陈述。

They should not be a whole written presentation.

它们不应该是长篇的原稿

I used to hate it at university.

我在大学的时候特别痛恨这种照本宣科的行为。

We'd give presentations in class

我们在课堂上会做一些演讲。

and people would stand up there with two A4 papers

有些人会拿着两页A4纸站在那读，

of their entire speech.

直到完成整个演讲。

It doesn't look good, it doesn't look professional.

这可不好，这看起来很不专业。

It looks like you've written it the night before.

这看起来像你前一晚才写的稿。

You need to practise and rehearse multiple times

你需要练习和排练很多次

just using your cue cards.

而且排练时只用提示卡。

So if you practise it loads, it will come out

这样反复练习后，你自然就可以脱口而出。

a little bit differently each time, but that's good

每一次会有一些不同，但那是正常的。

because you're going to be preparing yourself

因为你要为自己

for a multitude of situations.

准备应对很多不同的局面。

Number four, think about your body.

第6点，肢体很重要。

Everyone is different.

每个人的肢体语言都不同。

When I present, I like to have my feet apart.

我演讲的时候，我喜欢分开脚站。

I definitely don't walk around on stage.

我不会在台上走来走去。

I have them planted on the floor,

我就立在台上，

and I like to use my two hands and my waist to sort of pivot

我还喜欢用我的双手和腰做类似轴旋转运动。

and I'll kind of talk like this.

我还会像这样讲话。

I've got loads of room to move,

我有很多空间可以移动，

but I'm not moving up and down.

但我不会有过多的动作。

That's a distraction and also you can trip over

那会分散注意力和出错。

which is not what you want.

那可不是你希望发生的。

So I like to stay in one place.

所以我宁可待在一个地方。

I like to look really, really confident.

我会看起来相当有自信。

Chest out, great posture, and I try not to do

挺胸，摆一个好的姿态。我试着不去做

my typical fidget things, which is touching my hair,

我典型的坐立不安的事情，比如摸自己的头发，

touching my nose, touching my neck.

摸自己的鼻子，摸自己的脖子等等。

So I really try not to do that.

我努力不去这么做。

Before you go on stage, you want to think,

在上台前，你要想，

am I going to walk up and down, which is fine,

我要来回走动吗？

but only if you're comfortable with the space.

还是只有当我对台上感到适应的时候？

What is my stance?

我要摆出什么姿态？

I like to call this like a Supergirl stance.

我喜欢称之为女超人姿态。

How are you going to stand?

你要怎么站立？

Think about it so you go up there

想一下这样你走上去

and you know exactly what to do.

确切地知道自己要做什么。

It's also a really good idea to identify the things

辨别出自己有哪些小动作也是相当不错的主意。

that you keep doing over and over again

那些你习惯反复去做的小动作。

like fluffing hair, touching your eyelash

比如梳理自己的头发，触碰自己的眼睫毛。

because your hair is on your eyelash,

因为头发在你的眼睫毛上面，

itching, fiddling, doing thumb things.

挠痒，小动作，大拇指的动作等等。

Think about them forehand, so you can quickly snap out of it

时刻提醒自己这些手头的小动作，这样你才可以快速地摆脱它们，

if you're doing it.

如果你正在这么做。

The last one, number seven, is dress to impress.

最后一点，第7点，让人影响深刻的着装。

And this one can also be controversial,

这一条也有很多争议，

especially in the influence industry,

特别是在有影响力的行业，

because people like to look really casual.

因为人们喜欢看起来不是太正式。

I would say just go one notch

我要说应该达到一个仅仅

above the predicted dress code.

高于被期望的着装要求的级别。

If it's smart-casual, lean towards the smart side.

如果是一个休闲时尚的着装要求，倾向于时尚多一些。

If it's office wear, wear a suit.

如果是一个正式的着装要求，穿一套西装。

It's always better to look overdressed

这总比过分打扮要好。

as opposed to underdressed.

但绝对不是过于朴素。

It makes you look professional.

这让你看起来很专业。

It makes you feel good about yourself.

这让你自我感觉良好。

And somebody who looks groomed is the kind of person

看起来修饰得当的人

the audience is going to keep their eyes on.

总是吸引着观众的目光。

There's nothing worse than having the audience drift off.

没有什么比听众迷迷糊糊睡着更糟糕的了。

At the end of the day, you want to engage with your audience

最后，你想要和听众交流，

and if you look scruffy and like you're not really

如果你看起来衣冠不整，看起来好像你不是真的

meant to be there, are you going to engage with them?

打算在那里，你真的打算要和他们交流吗？

So have a think about that one.

所以，给自己一个得体的打扮。

Right, guys.

Those are my seven tips.

好的，朋友们。

这些就是我的7个秘诀。

If you have any other recommendations,

如果你有其它的建议，

please comment them down below.

请在下方评论。

Don't forget to check out the Lingoda Language Marathon.

不要忘记去查看一下Lingoda的语言马拉活动。

There's additional information in the description box

在说明框里有更多的信息

along with the link and the code

以及链接和优惠代码，

which gives you a discounted entry fee.

可以减免掉你的注册费用。

And don't forget to connect with me

不要忘记关注我，

on all of my social media.

通过我的所有社交平台。

I've got my Facebook, I've got my Instagram,

我有Facebook, 我有Instagram，

and I've got my Twitter.

我还有Twitter。

And I really recommend checking out my Instagram

我强烈建议去看看我的Instagram，

because we've got another book giveaway happening

因为我即将有另一本书的免费样本问世。

very soon.

And I will see you soon for another lesson.

下节课见。

Muah.

（飞吻）

(upbeat music)

再见！