国际会议交流英语2--beginning and ending the speech.pptVIP

English for international conference communication Beginning and ending the speech General requirements Overcome “stage fright” and building up confidence Controlling the voice On-the-spot adjustment Overcome “stage fright” Realize that tension will be reduced by the act of speaking. Analyze both the situation and the audience. Controlling the voice Volume (loudness) Speech rate On-the-spot adjustment Receive feedbacks from audiences and make appropriate adjustment. Cultural notes Distance between speaker and audience Eye contact Punctuality Smell of body Modest v.s. self-confident Keep silent Or “I don’t know.”? Directly or indirectly? Beginning of the speech By straightforwardness By appreciation With background introduction Begin by straightforwardness the most common way. Examples Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, The title of my presentation is… I am very glad to have the opportunity to report my research on such an occasion. I’ll lay my stress on the following aspects. The first aspect is… Begin by appreciation Begin by expressing thanks to the chairperson and send greetings to the participants of the same professional field. Examples Mr. Chairman, Thank you for your warm introduction and also for your efforts in making the opening of the conference so successful. What I like to talk about is… Begin with background introduction Examples: 1. Your friend fell ill and …. 2. Your colleague is busy and can not come, thus ask you to present paper for him. Example 1 首先，我需要对即将陈述的这篇论文作一个解释。该论文的作者是Mr. ZHAO Wei. 很遗憾的是我们动身前他生病了。可以代替他陈述这篇论文我感到很荣幸。 首先，我需要对即将陈述的这篇论文作一个解释。该论文的作者是Mr. ZHAO Wei. 很遗憾的是我们动身前他生病了。可以代替他陈述这篇论文我感到很荣幸。 First of all, I would like to make an explanation. The paper I am going to present to you now is finished by Mr. ZHAO Wei. It is a pity that he fell ill just before our departure for this conference. I feel very much honored to be permitted to present the following paper on his behalf. With the ki