公共演說的重要性（一） Why Public Speaking Is So Important?

Many students ask why they shouldlearn to give speeches. They often argue that they don’t plan to bepoliticians, members of board, or company presidents. Students think that thoseare the only careers that require public speaking but overlook the fact thatmost of the thousands of speeches delivered every day are given by averagepeople. The coach who explains and demonstrates the right way to make a lay-upis giving a speech. So are the police officer who speaks to second gradersabout not talking to strangers and the parent who reports to 110 about atraffic accident.

許多學生問爲什麼他們要學會演講。他們通常認爲他們並沒有要成爲政治家，董事成員，或公司總裁的打算。學生們認爲那些是唯一需要公共演講的職業，但他們忽略了一個事實，在每天成千上萬的演講中有大部分是通過普通人來發表的。教練解釋並演示了演講是正確的休息方式。警察告知二年級的學生不要跟陌生人說話，而家長向110報告了一個交通事故。

If you think about it, you’vegiven and listened to more speeches than you realize. It only makes sense tostudy how to do it well, because speech-making is such an important part ofyour daily life. Most good speakers learn the speech-making skills; they weren’tborn with them. What is more, there are listening techniques that will help youget more out of the speeches you hear. You never know when you’ll have theopportunity to present a speech or to listen to one. By learning goodspeech-making techniques, you can take advantage of opportunities at school, onthe job and as a citizen in society.

如果你想一想，你做和聽到的演講比你意識到的還要多。理所當然你會學習如何把它做得更好，因爲演講在你日常生活中是如此重要的一部分。大多數優秀的演講家都是通過學習演講技巧而不是天生的。而且，有一些聽力技巧會幫助你讓你比所聽到的演講本身獲益更多。你永遠不知道你什麼時候有機會做演講或聽演講。通過學習良好的演講技巧，你可以在學校，工作以及社會中利用更多的機會。