怎樣寫好英語演講稿
怎樣寫好英語演講稿
當今社會,交流溝通變得很重要,而公共英語演講就是其最常見和有效的手段之一。無論是在學習還是工作中,我們會越來越多地接觸到公共英語演講,小到課堂上,工作中,大到學術(shù)大會上的發(fā)言、總統(tǒng)競選。一場出色的演講離不開一份好的演講稿。那怎樣才能寫好英語演講稿呢?一起來看看吧!
結(jié)構(gòu)邏輯要明晰
由于公共演講一般受眾為數(shù)十人甚至數(shù)百、數(shù)千人,再加上演講環(huán)境的不確定性(比如:觀眾的歡呼,或者抱怨),最好在進入主題后馬上給出所講內(nèi)容的邏輯框架,以便聽眾更好的預(yù)判整個演講內(nèi)容,有利于他們更好地跟隨演講者的思路,達到良好的演講效果。比如,喬布斯在該次演講中,開篇稍微寒暄開篇之后,就進入正題,“Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories.”學生們馬上能做出邏輯預(yù)判,我們今天會聽到喬布斯談三點,然后具體關(guān)注是哪三點,這種演講就具備了“audience-centeredness”(以觀眾為中心)的特質(zhì)。喬布斯在隨后的演講中明確提到,“The first story is about connecting the dots. My second story is about love and loss. My third story is about death.”由于這種明晰的思路,聽眾在聽完之后也會記憶猶新,不會覺得頭腦混亂,毫無所得。
當然,演講稿的邏輯安排有多種方式,喬布斯的這篇演講是按照topical order(話題順序)和chronological order(時間順序)來安排的。除此之外, 還有spatial order(空間順序), problem-solution order(提問解決順序)等等。大家可以根據(jù)不同的演講內(nèi)容來安排自己演講稿的邏輯順序和結(jié)構(gòu)。
基本開篇和結(jié)尾的方式
1.State the importance of your topic(指出演講話題的重要性)。直接告訴聽眾,你的演講重要在哪里。比如:今天要做的是一場“英語演講的藝術(shù)”的演講,那開始就直接指出,該演講對于大家今后的學習工作將會有重大的幫助,甚至給出一些數(shù)據(jù)和實例,讓聽眾明白不聽這個演講將會是自己的損失。這樣,聽眾就會很樂意投入到該次演講中去。
2.Startle the audience(使聽眾震驚)。例如:要做一場關(guān)于“生活方式與疾病”的演講,開篇就可以給出一組極具沖擊力的數(shù)據(jù),讓聽眾看到生活方式的不健康將會是多么可怕的事情,這樣的震驚使聽眾能夠快速調(diào)整狀態(tài),投入到聽演講中去。
3.Arouse the curiosity of the audience(引起聽眾的好奇心)
4.Question the audience(向觀眾提問)。
5.Begin with a quotation(以引用開篇)。
6.Tell a story(以故事開篇)。
結(jié)尾往往可以起到“畫龍點睛”的作用,開篇正文再好,如果結(jié)尾過于平淡,整個演講的精彩程度都會大打折扣。那么如何做到“結(jié)尾有道”呢?首先,我們來看看喬布斯的這篇演講稿,他的結(jié)尾比開篇更加出彩,采用的是“end with a quotation”,達到的效果是特別引人深思。他在結(jié)尾說道,“Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”他不僅在結(jié)尾引用這句“Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish”,而且重復三遍,強化聽眾的印象,這句話也被廣泛傳播,被譽為該篇演講的“精髓”。
在結(jié)尾時,可以用結(jié)束信號詞讓聽眾明白你要準備結(jié)尾了,不要讓演講結(jié)束得太突兀,比如,“In conclusion”, “Let me end my speech by saying…”, “I’d like to close my speech this way.”等。具體的結(jié)尾方式很多,常見的有:
1.Summarize your speech(總結(jié)演講)。
2.Make a dramatic statement(強有力的陳述),這個不同于引用他人之言,往往是演講者自己的沉淀和吶喊,非常經(jīng)典的演講是Patrick Henry’s legendary “Liberty or Death” oration. 他在結(jié)尾時說道,”Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.”
3.refer to the introduction(首尾呼應(yīng))。這是體現(xiàn)演講內(nèi)在統(tǒng)一的很經(jīng)典的形式,值得借鑒。
有效掌握演講寫作要點的方法
1.多看。多看一些演講素材,比如名人演講,演講比賽優(yōu)秀選手的演講等,積累大量的一手素材,當然也有必要閱讀關(guān)于英語公共演講的書籍,本人非常推薦Stephen E. Lucas的《演講的藝術(shù)》。
2.多想。學會分析這些演講之所以精彩的原因,可以從上面講的幾點入手。
3.多練。在有一定積淀和感覺之后,就要大量練習寫作演講稿,話題可以從日常學習和工作中選取,實用性要強,這樣練起來更有興趣和成就感。
可供參考范文
I don't know what's your dream, I don't care you toward the dreams had met what kind of difficulties. That your heart thinking and thinking in the dream, she is likely, although you may think she is too difficult. She is not simple, it is difficult to change your life, in the process of striving for dreams, you will meet the failure of the countless, countless, countless pain, you will have questioned his own time, will ask god why this is my destiny.
我不知道你有什么樣的夢想,我不在乎你朝著夢想前進時曾遇上什么樣的困難。那個你放在心上想了又想的夢想,她是有可能達成的,雖然你可能覺得她太困難了。她并不簡單,要改變你的生命很難,為夢想打拼的過程中,你會遇上無數(shù)的打擊、無數(shù)的失敗、無數(shù)的痛楚,你會有質(zhì)疑自己的時候,會問上蒼為何這就是我的命運。
I just want to look after children, my parents, and not to steal to rob, why such a thing could happen to me? Have encountered difficulties, don't give up your dream, difficult days will come, but they always will be the past, great achievement not unrealistic, not like god only when got remarkable talent. She is really exist is that each of us in the heart, the important thing is that you have to believe in, you can do it.
我不過是想照顧我的小孩父母,又不是去偷去搶,為何這樣的事會發(fā)生在我身上?曾經(jīng)遇到過困難的人,不要放棄你的夢想,艱難的日子會到來,但它們總將成為過往,偉大的成就并非虛幻不切實際,并非像神一樣只有卓越不凡的人才當?shù)昧?。她是真實地存在于我們每個人心中,重要的是你必須相信——你做得到。
Most people married, day after day and then die of old age, they stop growing, stop exercising, stop trying to surpass himself, and then there are those who love complaining but don't try to change the status, most people don't want to strive for their dreams.
大部份的人成家立業(yè),日復一日然后老死,他們停止成長,停止鍛煉自己,停止試圖超越自己,然后還有人很愛抱怨卻不嘗試改變現(xiàn)況,多數(shù)人都不想為自己的夢想努力。
Why is that?
為什么?
One reason is the fear of failure, "one thousand things than expected?" Is the fear of success, "I don't have the ability to control after one thousand success?" They don't want to take risks, you spend a lot of time to communication with others, want to let others like you, do you know other people more than the self-understanding, you watch them, know everything, they want to talk to them in a piece of, become just like them.
原因之一就是害怕失敗,“萬一事情不如預(yù)期怎么辦?” 再來就是害怕成功,“萬一成功之后我沒能力掌控怎么辦?”他們完全不想承擔風險,你花了大量的時間與他人交際,想讓別人喜歡你,你認識他人比認識自我更多,你觀察它們,知道他們一切事情,想跟他們混在一塊,變得跟他們一樣。
But do you know? Spent so much time on them, and eventually lost self.
然而你知道嗎?花了那么多時間在他們身上,最終卻失去自我。
I want you to learn to get along with his candid if you want to achieve a dream, you must remove your heart lu snake (loser), the men of his own dreams, life can have very different special significance. When you find yourself, slowly you will be different with others, began to have their own characteristics. But if you only know to follow others steps and imitate others, you will never become the strongest imitators, but you can be the best himself. I want you to find their own value, others can't see, can't participate in, will expand horizons for you This is you have to know.
我要你學會與自己坦誠相處如果你想達成夢想,就必須將你心中的魯蛇(loser)去除,朝自己夢想前進的人,生命會有截然不同的特殊意義。當你找到了自我,慢慢的你會與他人有所不同,開始擁有自己的特質(zhì)。但若你只懂跟隨他人腳步以及模仿他人,你永遠無法變成最強的模仿者,但你可以成為最優(yōu)秀的自己。我要你找到自己的價值,其他人看不見,無法參與,也不會為你拓展視野 這是你要了解的。
You are unique, I want you to meet like-minded people, eager for success, hard work, those who want to create life, get along with a dream, a dream of people know: in your success. If you want to have more achievements, if you want to do some had never done before, that you have to invest oneself, must invest in yourself, don't let the prejudices of others become a part of your reality, not holding the mentality of victims through life, even if you met a daunting thing, also want to know you can do it, even if other people don't believe, you also should have confidence This is what I believe, to die!
你是獨一無二的,我要你結(jié)交志同道合的人,渴望成功的人,努力不懈的人,那些想要重新打造生命的人,與達成夢想的人相處,達成夢想的人知道:成功與否都在自己。如果你想要更有成就,如果你想要做些從未做過的事,那你就必須投資自己,一定要投資自己,不要讓他人的成見成為自己現(xiàn)實的一部份,不要抱著受難者的心態(tài)渡過一生,就算你遇到了氣餒的事情,也要知道你做得到,就算別人不相信,你也要有自信 這是我所相信的,至死不渝!
No matter how bad situation, how dangerous in the future, I can do it, I want to represent a belief, represents a possibility that some of you may be thinking to be more a layer, want to have my own association, want to be engineers or doctors, believe that I can't get you, you can't get you think of hierarchy, unless you start to cultivate your own heart.
不論情況多糟,未來有多險惡,我都辦得到,我想要代表一個信念,代表一個可能性,你們有些人可能在想要更上一層,想要有自己的協(xié)會,想當工程師或醫(yī)師,相信我你到不了的,你到不了你想到的層級,除非你開始培育自己的心力。
You simply doesn't even have the habit of reading, I want you to listen to a speech, taking time, get along with yourself, and spent an hour trying to understand myself, until you find yourself. When you live out the self, to live out their own the fate, when you are a unique individual, you will be with the people around is different, I want you to do what others don't want you to reach others don't want to listen to your domain, because then you won't be all day thinking about how to please them, because you want to be different, you want to the next level.
你根本連讀書的習慣都沒有,我要你去聽聽演說,懂得花時間,與自己相處,花個一小時試圖了解自己,直到你找到了自我。當你活出了自我,活出了屬于自己該有的命運,當你是一個獨特的個體,你就會與周遭的人有所不同,我要你做別人不要你做的事,達到別人不想理會你的領(lǐng)域,因為這樣你就不會整天想著該如何取悅他們,因為你想要與眾不同,你想要更上一層。
I want you to cultivate your own heart, if you are still talking about your dreams, also talking about your goals, but it didn't do anything, then you have to make the first move, first you can make your parents proud, let your school pride, you can have touched the lives of one million people, the world will be because of you, because you choose this road, don't let other people ruin your dream.
我要你培育你自己的心力,如果你還在談?wù)撃愕膲粝耄€在談?wù)撃愕哪繕?,但卻什么都沒做,那就先踏出第一步,你可以讓你的父母驕傲,讓你的學校驕傲,你可以感動百萬人的生命,世界會因為有你而不同,因為你選擇這條路,別讓其他人毀了你的夢想。
In others refused or from time to time, or in a meeting you are releasing doves, or trust someone made you failed to live up to its promise, even if their own state of mind makes you stop again and again lost no power, or repeatedly every day thinking about your dream, then he said to his game isn't over, until I win.
在別人拒絕了或說不時,或在某個會面你被放鴿子,又或者有人取得了你的信任卻無法兌現(xiàn)承諾,即使自己的心態(tài)使你停下腳步一次又一次的迷失沒了動力,還是要每天反復的想著自己的夢想,然后對自己說游戲還沒結(jié)束,直到我勝利。
You can realize your dream!You can be.
你可以實現(xiàn)你的夢想!你一定可以的。