2013年ESL之商务英语 10 Preparing a Speech

 

Preparing a Speech

Lourdes: I need help. 

Valery: Sure, what’s up? 

Lourdes: I’m supposed to give a speech at the start of the conference next month and I don’t know what to do. 

Valery: It’s not that hard to plan out a speech. You start with an attention getter using humor or telling a personal story. 

Lourdes: Okay, I guess I can do that. 

Valery: After that, in your introduction, you should tell the audience what your speech is about in a thesis statement. Along the way, you should establish your credibility by mentioning why you’re qualified¹ to talk about this topic. 

Lourdes: All right. 

Valery: Then, in the body of your speech, you want to state your main points, using supporting ideas, giving examples, and maybe using visuals. 

Lourdes: Okay. 

Valery: And finally, in the conclusion, you restate your main points and make some closing remarks. Simple, right? 

Lourdes: Yeah, simple. One last question. 

Valery: Shoot. 

Lourdes: What are you doing the morning of June 20th, and how do you feel about standing² in for a coworker who plans to be deathly ill? 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。