unit one大学英语听力原材料.docVIP

Part One: Listening Text 1 Hello, welcome to Videojug. Here’s a cold, hard, fat feel: everyone hates doing presentations, even people who do nothing but give presentations day in and day out, and members of the “I love giving presentations” group on Facebook, even they hate giving presentations. They’re horrible and stressful, and you have people looking at you and judging the thing you are just saying. Fortunately, there is some stuff you can do to help muddle through it. Step 1 Relax Think of the bigger picture: It’s just a presentation and no matter how much is riding on it, no one’s died. It doesn’t really matter, even if you were to stand up there with a frying pan on your head, do a funny little dance and faint. So go in there with a carefree attitude. Step 2 Practice The more you know your source material, the better. You need to be able to answer any questions, no matter how left-field they are, in an enthusiastic and well-versed manner. Read and reread around the topic as much as possible. Step 3 Don’t be afraid to stop Pausing for thought is not a crime. A dramatic pause at the end of a blistering point will not only work wonders but will also give you time to sneakily plan what to say the next. Step 4 Handouts Print out handouts of your presentation. This serves two purposes: firstly, your audience will be able to refer back to your points when the presentation is a distant memory, and most importantly, it will give them something to look at that isn’t you. Step 5 Use PowerPoint And use it well. Make sure it’s well written with clear and concise points. There’s no point putting an essay up there because no one will read it while you’re talking. Get to the crux of your current message and summarize it in 3 to 5 key points. Don’t be afraid to copy a slide so you can return to relate to a presentation. It will help hammer an important point home. Use PowerPoint as a visual prompt. It’s there to replace cheat sheets. So use it as such. Step 6 Jazz it up A w