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听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.
Students in American schools learn from an early age to give presentations as part of their regular classroom activities. Children as young as five years old often give brief talks about objects they bring in to school - called "show and tell," this training is a basis for later public speaking.
Even so, many native English-speaking adults are afraid to speak or give presentations in front of a large group.
Speaking English in public meetings is necessary for many students and employees. The best way to improve is to practice public speaking in a friendly environment. Learners need to receive feedback about what they are doing well and about their mistakes. One group that gives members the chance to practice is Toastmasters.
Toastmasters is an international organization that holds weekly meetings. At the meetings, members each give a speech and give others advice about their speeches and speaking style.
Charles LeBeau is a public speaking professor and consultant. He began his career in Japan in 1982. Currently, he teaches at two universities and at the Toshiba International Training Center. He has also written books on the subject.
English language learners around the world use his book Speaking of Speech.
Speaking of Speech tells about a method of teaching public speaking for non-native speakers. Mr. LeBeau says a simple approach helps English learners.
"The approach that I've taken is to simplify and break it down. First if we look at presentation, what's going on, there are basically three messages that the presenter is giving the audience, all simultaneously. There's what I call the physical message. Physical message is basically body language. It's the way that my body, as a speaker, is talking to the audience. And then there's also the visual message. The visual message(s) are the slides that we now make and show the audience. The third message is the story message. The story message is the content of our presentation. So another way we can think of the story message is that it's the verbal message, it's what we say to the audience. The story message also includes how we organize our ideas to present to the audience," LeBeau said.
In the next ‘Speaking Tips' we will explore Charles LeBeau's recommendations for improving the Physical Message. He thinks this is the public speaking skill that is easiest for English learners to improve quickly.
I'm Jill Robbins.
词汇解释
1.feedback n. 反馈；成果，资料；回复
Continue to ask for feedback on your work.
继续征求对你工作的反馈。
2.simultaneously adv. 同时地
The two guns fired almost simultaneously.
两支枪几乎同时开火。
3.verbal adj. 口头的；言语的；动词的；照字面的 n. 动词的非谓语形式
The test has scores for verbal skills, mathematical skills, and abstract reasoning skills.
该项测试对文字表达技能、数学技能和抽象推理技能进行记分。
内容解析
1.The approach that I've taken is to simplify and break it down.
break down 分解；发生故障；失败；毁掉；制服
Their car broke down.
他们的车抛锚了。
The report breaks down the results region by region.
该报告将结果按地区一一分类。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。
美国学校的学生们从很早就开始学习做演讲，这是常规课堂活动的一部分。年仅5岁的孩子通常会对他们带到学校的物品发表简短看法，就是所谓的“展示和说明”，这种训练是后来公众演讲的基础。
即便如此，很多以英语为母语的成年人还是害怕在大庭广众之下讲话或做演讲。
在公众会议上讲英语对很多学生和雇员来说是必要的，提高的最佳办法是在有好的环境下练习演讲。学习者需要得到自身优缺点的反馈，国际演讲会就是这样一个让会员有机会练习的组织。
国际演讲会是一家每周举办会议的国际组织，在会议上，会员会发表演讲，其他会员会就其演讲和讲话方式提供建议。
查尔斯·勒博是一名公众演讲教授和顾问，他于1982年在日本开始了职业生涯。目前他在两所大学以及东芝国际培训中心任教，他还就这个科目写了书。
全世界的英语学习者都在使用他的《Speaking of Speech》一书。
这本书介绍了教授非母语者公众演讲的方法，勒博说有种简单的方法能帮助到英语学习者。
“我提供的方法是简化并分解，首先，如果我们看下演讲，看下会发生什么，基本上说演讲者会同时传达给观众三个信息，也就是我所说的身体信息，身体信息基本上就是身体语言。是演讲者的身体向听众表达的方式。然后是可视化信息，也就是我们制作并向观众展示的幻灯片。第三个信息是主体信息，就是我们演讲的内容。所以我们还可以认为主体信息就是语言信息，也就是我们提供给听众的信息。主体信息还包括我们如何组织要呈现给观众的观点。”
在以后的“演讲技巧”中我们将探索勒博有关改善身体信息的建议，他认为这种公众演讲技巧最简单，能很快地帮助英语学习者获得提高。
我是吉尔·鲁宾斯。
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