And Zeena, actually, the plant as well, if we could.

還有 Zeena，如果可以的話，植物也移走。

Lighting looks good and I'm just organizing my environment.

燈光看起來不錯，我正在整理環境。

Let's do a sound check as well.

我們也來檢查一下聲音。

Good to go.

可以了。

[Tips for public speaking]

[公開演講的技巧]

Today, I want to talk a little bit about public speaking.

今天，我想談談公開演講。

I have a lot of students who have to speak in public in English, whether it's at a conference, giving a presentation at work or just general day to day business meetings.

我有很多學生需要在公共場合用英語演講，無論是在會議上，還是在工作中發表演講，或者只是普通的日常商務會議。

Public speaking can be nerve wracking in your first language.

用自己的母語進行公開演講可能會讓你感到緊張。

When you start doing it in your second or third, I can't even begin to imagine how nervous you're going to be.

當你第二次或第三次開始這樣做時，我甚至無法想象你會有多緊張。

I have been practicing this skill, so would love to share my tips with you.

我一直在練習這項技能，所以很樂意與大家分享我的技巧。

And I've organized them into the 3Ps: preparation, practice and performance.

我把它們歸納為三個 P：準備、練習和表演。

The saying preparation is key.

俗話說，準備是關鍵。

I know can be a little bit cliche, but it's the truth.

我知道這有點老生常談，但這是事實。

Prepare your materials.

準備材料。

What you want to talk about.

你想談什麼？

What is the key information that you want to share with your audience?

你想與聽眾分享的關鍵資訊是什麼？

Make sure that you have all of your data, all of your information.

記得要擁有所有數據和資訊。

Prepare them and look over them.

準備好並仔細檢查。

Next, prepare your environment.

接下來，準備好你的環境。

If you are at home on a Zoom meeting, make sure that your office is quiet.

如果你在家參加 Zoom 會議，請確保你的辦公室安靜。

You're in a nice chair.

你坐在不錯的椅子上。

If you're in a meeting at work, prepare your meeting room.

如果你在工作場合開會，請準備好會議室。

Make sure all of your tech works.

確保所有科技產品都能正常工作。

There's nothing worse than going to do a presentation, realizing the projector doesn't work or there's no speaker or there's no HDMI cable.

最糟糕的事情莫過於報告時，發現投影機不能用了，或者沒有喇叭，或者沒有 HDMI 線。

Finally, and I know it sounds weird that I'm giving you hygiene advice, but prepare yourself.

最後，我知道我給你提供衛生建議聽起來很奇怪，但你要做好準備。

Take a shower.

洗個澡。

It sounds really silly, but being clean, being fresh gives you confidence.

這聽起來很傻，但乾淨、清爽會給你帶來自信。

Make sure that you're wearing something that's comfortable, but also makes you feel confident.

確保穿著舒適，同時讓你感覺自信。

Our next P is practice.

我們的下一個 P 是練習。

So as the saying goes, practice makes perfect.

正所謂熟能生巧。

I would also suggest practicing out loud.

我還建議大聲練習。

We are all perfectly capable of speaking to an incredibly high standard in our heads.

我們都完全有能力在頭腦中以令人難以置信的高標準說話。

I'm fluent in many languages in my head.

我腦子裡能流利地使用多種語言。

Practice out loud.

大聲練習。

Take the time to do this.

花點時間做這件事。

It gets your mouth used to moving around, saying all these words.

它能讓你的嘴習慣於四處走動，說出所有這些詞。

And if you can, I would even suggest using the voice recorder on your phone so that you can then listen back to the recording.

如果可以的話，我甚至建議你使用手機錄音，這樣你就可以回聽錄音了。

It's not only about what you say, but how you say it.

不僅要看你說了什麼，還要看你怎麼說。

On that note, what you say is also important.

在這方面，你說的話也很重要。

So make sure that you're feeling confident with any vocabulary, common collocations that you might need, as well as linking and signposting phrases.

所以，確保你對任何可能需要的詞彙、常見的搭配詞組，以及連音和指示語感到自信。

You might have noticed that I've been trying to use them today to give you a little bit of an idea of what they are and how they can be used.

你可能已經注意到，我今天一直在嘗試使用它們，讓你對它們是什麼以及如何使用有一點了解。

Our third and final P is performance.

第三個也是最後一個 P 是表現。

Public speaking is like acting.

公開演講就像表演。

You're giving a performance.

你在表演。

Even if you're not feeling confident, fake it till you make it.

即使你不自信，也要假戲真做。

So stand up straight, smile, look at your audience.

所以，站直，微笑，看著你的聽眾。

And I also like to scan the room in threes.

我還喜歡看三個方向掃描房間。

In case you haven't noticed, I like doing things in threes.

如果你沒注意到，我喜歡三個方向。

So pick a center point in your room.

要在房間裡選一箇中心點。

Talk to your audience.

與聽眾交流。

Turn to your right.

向右轉。

Talk to an audience member over here.

跟這邊的觀眾說話。

You can go back to the center and then finally to your left.

你可以回到中間，最後再回到左邊。

That way, you're making sure that all of your audience feels included.

這樣，你就能確保所有閱聽人都能感受到你的存在。

So to sum up, we have 3Ps: practice, preparation and performance.

總而言之，我們有三個 P：練習、準備和表現。

Every time.

每次都是。

Not in that order.

不是這個順序。

They are preparation, practice and performance.

它們是準備、練習和表演。

Do let me know if you started using those and how you get on.

如果你開始使用這個方法，請告訴我使用情況如何。

I'd love to hear in the comments below.

歡迎在下方留言。

Or if you have anything that you do before giving a public speech or presentation, myself and I'm sure the rest of our viewers would love to hear about it.

或者，如果你在公開演講或演示之前有什麼做法，我本人和我相信其他觀眾都很想聽聽。

Bye, everyone.

大家再見。