2013年ESL之商务英语 10 Preparing a Speech（在线收听）

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 qualified 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 standing in for a coworker who plans to be deathly ill? 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse