Oral Presentations 演讲

Jinneeho

      作为新人，我还没有参加见面会。但是在QQ群里得知一些有心参加义工活动，但是又对见面会紧张的朋友，正因自我介绍而仍未迈出第一步。所以我从读书时的资料里找到了这一份关于如何做演讲（或自我介绍）的资料。每天上载一部分，也提供一点点英文阅读的资料给大家。

Oral presentations

Overview

The ability to deliver oral presentations in a competent and confident manner is a skill that is vital for every contemporary business professional. Even the best ideas can be lost if they are not effectively communicated to others.

One important factor that sets oral communication apart from written communications is immediacy. Written communication offers authors the opportunity to revise their work continually, until they are satisfied that their message is clear and concise, before delivering the finished work to the reader. The reader can then absorb the message at leisure, reviewing the material as many times as is required to fully understand the author's point of view. In oral communication, the presenter usually has only one chance to deliver the message to the audience and, unless the presentation is recorded, the audience gets only one changce to comprehend the message.

When delivering an oral presentation, it is therefore very important that you use what might be your only chance to convey your message in the most effective manner possible.

Many very useful sources of information are available on how to deliver effective oral presentations. Students should refer to these for detailed information. The following gidelines below will provide a useful starting point for developing effective presentations.

(Taken from Wendy Fleet, Jane Summers and Brett Smith, 2001,p.94)

Jinneeho

我自己的学习方法是：
*列出不懂或不熟悉的单词，e.g. Even the best ideas can be lost if they are not effectively（adv.有效地） communicated （v. 沟通）to others.
*简略浏览这段文字的大意，第一句一般是点出整段的观点，中间一般都是分析或争论，最后一句一般是总结，就是说同意或不同意第一句的观点。同时看完第一句和最后一句，大概就知道这一段主要讲什么，是否可以跳过阅读，还是要详细理解。
*时间非常充裕的时候，我会每一句地学习其语法，但是因为没有专业学英文的朋友在，这能慢慢啃了，最后再不行，就硬模仿下来（造句练习）。等有机会的时候，再问朋友正统的语法解释。

有没有人愿意给大家来解答一下语法上的疑问啊？我这是抛砖引玉啊！！！

Jinneeho

Oral presentations at universtiy

While it its important to read up on how to deliver good oral presentations, this alone will not make you a good presenter. The essential component in deverloping good oral communication skills is practice. During a student's study at universtiy, many opportunities are provided to practise and develop oral commnunication skills. This may simply involve participation in informal discussions during tutorial sessions and at residential schools, or it may involve delivering formal presentations that form a compnonent of assessment.

Sometimes students may be asked to prepare oral presentations on tape. The following gidelines will not only assist in the preparation of oral presentations, but will provide an indication of the points that will be cnsidered by those assessing the quality of student presentations.

Oral delivery of any formal presentation involves three main stages:
* preparing the presentation
* delivering the presentation
* handling questions from the audience.

(Taken from Wendy Fleet, Jane Summers and Brett Smith, 2001,p.94)

ch11www

how come only once chance? the teachers often said "any question?" "understand?"