原汁原味商務英語播客第148課:成功陳述建議(2)

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.

歡迎回到商務技能360——從另外一面看商務英語的播客。這是有關有效陳述系列中的第二部分。上週，我們討論要保證陳述簡短，簡單，吸引人並且真實。這些和陳述息息相關。今天，我們要談論的是當你站在觀衆面前，開始進行陳述會發生什麼。

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 or movement.

你的第一個目標應該是讓陳述和每一位聽衆建立聯繫。這種聯繫是你表達信息的途徑。如果你有一個好的聯繫，那麼你的信息就更加易於接受。爲了建立這樣的聯繫，你不得不做兩件事：你需要控制和吸引觀衆的注意力。要做到這兩點，你有三種途徑：你的聲音，你的輔助設備（比如PPT），還有你的身體和動作。

Discussion Questions

討論問題：

1. What is the most difficult part of speaking in front of a group of people?

站在一羣人前面，演說最困難的部分是什麼？

2. What different types of visual aids are commonly used in presentations?

常用在陳述裏面的視覺輔助的類型有什麼不同？

3. When you give a presentation, do you usually stand in one place or move around?

當你陳述的時候，你是在一個地方不動，還是走來走去？