公共演說的重要性（四） Why Public Speaking Is So Important?
Opportunities in society
在社會中的機會
In a society, citizens have manyopportunities to speak out on political issues and you have the right and theresponsibility to make your opinions known, even if you don’t run for publicoffice. You will find many opportunities to express your ideas at town meetingsand other forums that will allow open, public discussion. School board and citycouncil meetings, for example, offer built-in opportunities for ordinarycitizens to express their positions on local issues. Government department holdhearings to learn the pros and cons of proposed laws. Citizens can use theseopportunities to speak out on such issues as the environment, urban problems,human rights, and welfare housing projects. Remember the spoken word is apowerful tool for influence. Public speaking skills will help you make adifference. As you studying public speaking, you are preparing for many ofspeaking situations faced by presidents, generals, business leaders,celebrities and reformers. You are also preparing for the more commonsituations faced by teachers, sale people, bank clerks, and others who want tomake things better for themselves and their community.
在社會中，公民有很多機會在政治問題上暢所欲言，即使你不競選公職，但你也有權利和責任去投票。你會發現在市政廳會議和其他允許公衆討論的論壇上有很多的機會。例如，學校董事會和市議會會議爲普通公民提供提供內部機會來對當地的問題表達自己的立場。政府部門舉行聽證會來傾聽法律提案的利弊。市民可以利用這些機會來說出一些問題如環境問題，城市問題，人權，福利住房項目。記住口語是造成影響的強大工具。公共演講的技巧會讓你變得不一樣。當你在學習公共演說時，你準備了很多演講情景，有總統，將軍，商界領袖，名人和改革者面對的。你還會準備一些比較常見的情景，如教師，銷售着，銀行職員以及別的爲了他們自己和他們的團體想把事情做得更好的人所面臨的情景。
