Welcome back Business Skills 360 – the podcast that looks at the other side of Business English. this is the second part of our series on effective presentations. Last week, we talked about keeping it short, simple, engaging, and real. Much of that happens in the preparation. Today, we’re going to talk about what happens when you stand up in front of that audience and have to start speaking.
欢迎回到商务技能360——从另外一面看商务英语的播客。这是有关有效陈述系列中的第二部分。上周，我们讨论要保证陈述简短，简单，吸引人并且真实。这些和陈述息息相关。今天，我们要谈论的是当你站在观众面前，开始进行陈述会发生什么。
Your first goal should be to make a connection with each and every listener. That connection is the pathway along which your message travels. If you have a good connection, there’s a good chance your message will sink in. To make this connection, you have to do two things: you need to control the audience’s attention and you need to engage their minds. And to do these two things, you have three tools: your voice, your props such as PowerPoint—and your body or movement.
你的第一个目标应该是让陈述和每一位听众建立联系。这种联系是你表达信息的途径。如果你有一个好的联系，那么你的信息就更加易于接受。为了建立这样的联系，你不得不做两件事：你需要控制和吸引观众的注意力。要做到这两点，你有三种途径：你的声音，你的辅助设备（比如PPT），还有你的身体和动作。
Discussion Questions
讨论问题：
1. What is the most difficult part of speaking in front of a group of people?
站在一群人前面，演说最困难的部分是什么？
2. What different types of visual aids are commonly used in presentations?
常用在陈述里面的视觉辅助的类型有什么不同？
3. When you give a presentation, do you usually stand in one place or move around?
当你陈述的时候，你是在一个地方不动，还是走来走去？
