i resolved to stay away from public speaking for several months, with one exception.
我下定决心在几个月之内不要做公开演讲,但有一次除外。
when i was in college, i manipulated my class schedule to avoid public speaking encounters. the one mandatory speech class became an exercise in rote memorization.
在我上大学的时候,我特意不去选那些可能需要进行公众演讲的课程。唯一的一次强制演讲也成了机械背诵练习。
public speaking is an invaluable skill no matter what your job is, whether you are in sales, need to talk to investors or just want to be better at getting buy-in from your colleagues.
无论你从事什么工作,无论你是要销售产品,还是同投资者谈话,或者只是想更好地得到同事的认可,公众演讲都是一种宝贵的技能。
then you get a promotion that adds one of your major weaknesses -- a lack of good public speaking skills -- to your job description.
然后你得到了一次晋升,但是晋升后的岗位职责中涉及到你的一个主要弱点:良好的公开演说能力的缺乏。
his fear of public speaking made him an incredibly private president who tried to avoid the spotlight.
他对公众演说的恐惧使他成为一名试图躲避镁光灯的总统。
however, how to overcome fear of public speaking still remains a mystery for most.
然而,如何克服公共演讲的恐惧至今对多数人来说还是个谜。
have fun with experimenting on human behavior and you will see that public speaking is not that bad after all.
在人们的行为上进行有趣的实验,你将看到公开演讲毕竟是没那么糟糕的。
so polish up your writing and public speaking skills. sooner or later you will need them.
所以提高你的写作技巧和公共演说技巧,你迟早会发现你需要这些技巧。
like most people, i find public speaking more frightening than spiders or the prospect of being mugged in a dark alley.
与大多数人一样,我发现公开演讲比蜘蛛或是在黑漆漆的小巷里遭劫的可能性更令人恐惧。
of all of the delivery features discussed in this chapter, the most important one in a public speaking situation for north americans is eye contact.
在本章讨论过的所有演讲特点中,对北美人来说,在公共演讲场所最重要的一点是眼神的交流。
they fail to recognize that public speaking is an acquired skill that improves with practice and honest feedback.
他们没有认识到公共演讲是一个可以通过练习和诚实的反馈得到改善的后天习得的技巧。
yet there is more than knowledge at play in the public speaking arena.
然而,在公开演讲这一领域还有比知识更多的东西。
and, i do a lot of public speaking as well as workshops and clinics.
另外,我也作了一些关于徒步的公开演讲以及有关徒步的工厂和诊所。