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1、公共英语PETS 篇一：2016年3月公共英语三级(pets3)笔试题目及答案解释 2016年3月公共英语三级（pets3)笔试题目及答案解释篇二：公共英语演讲 Introduction to the Course Public Speaking Good ladies, morning and gentlemen. Whats wrong? Did you realize I just made a mistake in my greeting? You may wonder why I would make such a silly mistake. You tell me why. We
2、ll, I was kind of nervous. Now you may wonder how come a teacher of my age would feel nervous facing the students. To tell you the truth, all the public speakers, including most eloquent ones like Barak Obama, Ronald Reagan, would feel nervous on the stage. And more often than not, nervousness may w
3、ell make speakers commit silly blunders. This is caused by what we call stage fright/fear. As a veteran teacher of English I find Chinese students usually feel reluctant to make a public speech whether in Chinese or in English. The main reason for this is Stage Fright, because they are not or less t
4、rained in delivering a public speech. You may have the impression that foreigners especially Americans are good at talking, particularly in public. This is because Public Speaking is a compulsory course in most of the American universities. As a matter of fact, kids are encouraged to make presentati
5、ons in class even in their primary schools. So to help you overcome this barrier, we opened this course four years ago and this is the fifth round. For the next 30 minutes, Id like to specify 4 things related to the course. They are five purposes of opening this course; the way the class will be con
6、ducted and the teaching schedule; the requirements for you to meet; and the composition of the final score. Lets start with the five purposes, the first of which is to help you acquire the basic skills in preparing and delivering a speech effectively. There are nine things to keep in mind in this re
7、gard. 1. How to choose a topic. If it is a classroom presentation and your audiences are your fellow students, you need to select an appropriate topic to attract them. But in future you dont have to choose a topic as, most likely, you will be asked to talk about a particular subject, unless you want
8、 to enter for a speech contest. 2. How to write an outline of a speech. Actually in most cases you are supposed to write two outlines, one is called preparation outline, which is more detailed and is done for the writing of your speech; the other is called speaking outline, which is brief and used f
9、or the delivery of your speech. 3. How to organize a speech. In organizing a speech you need to know what to say in the introduction, how to balance the main points in the body and what to say in the conclusion. 4. How to make your vocal language more effective. You have to watch five aspects: pronu
10、nciation, vocal variety, rhythm, fluency, and volume. 5. How to use verbal language effectively. In this aspect, you will learn to make good choice of words, and use appropriate grammar and rhetorical devices. 6. How to use non-verbal language effectively. This includes such elements as eye contact,
11、 facial expression, gestures, and posture. Among these, eye contact is the most important.7. How to use visual aids in an effective way. For visual aids, you are supposed to use ppt. only, and occasionally a short video clip which should last no longer than 1 minute. 8. How to practice and rehearse
12、for a speech. Enough practice and rehearsal will ensure you a successful speech. 9. How to prepare answers to possible questions from the audience. After the speech, the speaker should be ready to take questions from the audience. The speaker should prepare answers to possible questions before deliv
13、ering the speech. The second purpose is to help you find and then overcome your problems in making a public speech. As some of you might already have known, our course is practice-oriented, which means you are supposed to make a lot of presentations after learning the theory and watching samples. Ho
14、wever, for most of the time you will be audience only. As audience, you will find the problems of the speakers as its human nature to find faults with others. I want you to be particular or picky while listening and get ready to make comments. By analyzing the speeches of others, you will consciousl
15、y avoid similar mistakes in your own performance and consequently perfect your own speeches. Now lets come to the third purpose, which is to help you overcome stage fear. Stage fear ranks very high on the list of all fears according to some statistics. I remember reading an article saying the stage
16、fear ranks the second among all the human fears. As I said in the introduction, everyone has stage fright, no matter how experienced he/she is. In other words, its perfectly normal to feel nervous when standing on a platform facing a relatively large audience. To overcome stage fear, there are at least five effective ways, namely, acquiring speaking experience, making full preparation, thinking positively, using the
