How to Perfect the Art of Public Speaking
①If you want to become the typeof speaker you’ve always wanted to be, read the following suggestions. ①You can’t go from anervous speaker to a star speaker overnight. You shouldn’t expect to. Giveyourself time to get used to a large audience. Start with smaller groups andget as much feedback as you can. Keep on practicing and developing your skills.
②Be familiar with your speech materials. That doesn’t meanmemorizing your speech, which can lack enthusiasm and naturalness. Know yourkey talking points, supporting details and ways to move from one point to thenext.
③Positive energy can be passed. If you’re excited and enthusiastic, youraudience will be, too. You’ll be surprised at the positive cycle that creates:An enthusiastic audience can add even more energy to you. Use hand gestures. Whenappropriate, smile, smile, smile.
④Find friendly, interested faces in the audience and speak to them. Lookinto their eyes. It helps prevent you from staring off into the distance orreading from notes. It also helps make you feel like you are talking in aconversation rather than speaking to a group.
⑤When you look great, you feel great. That makes you confident. Lookinggreat doesn’t mean wearing new clothes. It means wearing clothes and shoes youfeel comfortable and appropriate to the setting. You can’t go wrong withbusiness suit. Simple is fine, but you should look clean from head to toe.
Paragraph ①: ________
Be enthusiastic
Know your materials
Make eye contact
Know your audience
Improve gradually
Dress appropriately
本段首先指出，你不能也不应该期望从一个紧张的演讲者一夜之间变成明星演讲者，然后指出，应该给自己适应大量观众的时间，首先从小范围的观众开始并尽量多得到反馈，要不断地练习以提高技能。由此可知，本段主要讲述的是要逐渐提高演讲技能。选项E与本段对应。
Paragraph ②: ________
Be enthusiastic
Know your materials
Make eye contact
Know your audience
Improve gradually
Dressappropriately
本段第一句为主题句，指出要熟悉演讲材料。但那不意味着要背诵演讲材料，而是要知道关键的论点、支持性细节和从一个话题转移到另一个话题的方式。选项B与本段对应。
Paragraph ③: ________
Be enthusiastic
Know your materials
Make eye contact
Know your audience
Improve gradually
Dress appropriately
本段主要讲述了演讲要有热情，如果你很兴奋，也很热情，听众也会如此，听众的这种热情也能使你更加有力量。选项A与本段对应。
Paragraph ④: ________
Be enthusiastic
Know your materials
Make eye contact
Know your audience
Improve gradually
Dress appropriately
本段主要讲述了要进行眼神交流，从观众中找到你认为友善且对你的演讲感兴趣的面孔，对着他们演讲，看向他们的眼睛，这有助于防止一直盯着远处或照本宣科，也可以让你感到像在与人交谈，而不是对着一群人进行演讲。选项C与本段对应。
Paragraph ⑤: ________
Be enthusiastic
Know your materials
Make eye contact
Know your audience
Improve gradually
Dress appropriately
本段主要讲述了要正确着装，这意味着要穿着舒适，并且与演讲场合相适合，整个人从头到脚要看起来干净。选项F与本段对应。
Feedback helps speakers________.
lack of enthusiasm
make you look great
a positive atmosphere
improve their speaking skills
stop you from reading your notes
becomea good listener
题干的中心词是“feedback”。由第一条建议最后两句“…get as much feedbackas you can…developing your skills.”可知，不断地进行演讲练习并从观众那里得到反馈可以提高演讲技能。选项D符合题意。
Memorizing materials may lead to________.
lack of enthusiasm
make you look great
a positive atmosphere
improve their speaking skills
stop you from reading your notes
becomea good listener
题干的中心词是“memorizing materials”。由第二条建议第二句“…memorizingyour speech, which can lack enthusiasm and naturalness.”可知，背诵演讲材料会缺乏热情，也会不自然。选项A符合题意。
Hand gestures and smiles help create________.
lack of enthusiasm
make you look great
a positive atmosphere
improve their speaking skills
stop you from reading your notes
题干的中心词是“hand gestures”和“smiles”。由第三条建议可知，适当的微笑加上手势能让演讲者更具有热情，这也使观众变得很热情，观众的热情也会使演讲者更有力量，从而创造出一个积极的氛围。选项C符合题意。
Looking into the eyes of the audience helps________.
lack of enthusiasm
make you look great
a positive atmosphere
improve their speaking skills
stop you from reading your notes
become a good listener
题干的中心词是“looking into the eyes”。由第四条建议第二、三句“Lookinto…reading from notes.”可知，演讲时与观众进行眼神交流有助于防止一直盯着远处或照本宣科。选项E符合题意。
Wearing right clothes may________.
lack of enthusiasm
make you look great
a positive atmosphere
improve their speaking skills
stop you from reading your notes
becomea good listener
题干的中心词是“wearing right clothes”。由第五条建议可知，当你看起来很好时，你也感觉很好，这能增强你的自信，看起来不错就是要穿着舒适且与演讲场合相适合。所以正确着装可以使你看上去很好。选项B符合题意。