Do you want people to have confidence in you when you speak?

當你說話的時候，你希望大家對你有信心嗎？

Sounding confident can make the world of difference in every aspect of your life,

00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:09,800 在生活中，只要聽起來多一點自信

and I'm going to give you five very quick tips that you can put into place right now

很多事情會很不一樣

to start sounding confident today.

我要提供你五個簡單的技巧

I'm also going to let you into a very special little secret that will change everything.

你可以馬上使用，讓自己聽起來更有自信

But before we start, real quick:

我還要揭露一個小秘密

my name is Anna English, this is English Like a Native and if you are an English language learner,

一個能帶來極大改變的秘密

then you're in the right place.

開始之前，容我先快速自我介紹

Just be sure to hit that subscribe button and the bell notification button so you don't miss any future lessons.

我是Anna,這是我的頻道English like a native

Right, let's get started.

如果你正在學英文，那你來對地方了

Number one: Choose the right voice type

別忘了按下訂閱鍵並且開始自動通知

Now, people will typically speak in one of three ways:

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with falsetto, in modal or with fry.

好，我們開始吧

Falsetto is higher in the range.

1.適當中等的音調

It's very weak and wispy and doesn't sound very confident.

一般人說話的音調可以簡單分成三種

Someone who speaks with falsetto sounds a little bit like this.

Falsetto假音，Modal真音與Fry低音

Many people say it's irritating to listen to.

00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,035 Falsetto假音，指的是很高的音調

It certainly doesn't instill a feeling of confidence in your listener,

聽來像呢喃一樣虛弱

so avoid falsetto.

聽起來不太有自信

At the bottom end of the range we have fry.

所以如果在演說中使用假音，聽起來就會像是這樣

It's lowing your voice while bringing together the vocal folds very slowly, and it makes a creaking sound.

很多人覺得聽起來不僅沒有自信還相當惱人

A bit like this.

這樣的說話方式絕對不會讓聽者感覺你很有自信

Hello, my name is Anna and I am teaching a lesson right now on voice confidence.

所以請避免這個音調

Culturally, this has become quite popular recently.

相對於高頻的Falsetto，低沈的Fry

However, vocal fry is not a natural sound within the English language.

指的是壓低喉嚨發出低沈的聲音

It's also being debated as to whether it's healthy for the voice or not.

聽起來像是這樣

So, my advice is to avoid both fry and falsetto.

你好，我是Anna (低沈)

Let's go for the healthy modal voice.

呃，我呢

This will certainly make you sound more confident.

我正在教大家如何聽起來更有自信

If you're unsure whether you are using the right voice type or not, then try this little exercise:

00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,320 文化使然，這樣的說話方式相當普遍

in the middle of your range, so not pushing the voice up or down, standing up straight, say for me

然而，這樣低沈的聲音

It's got what we call a glottal onset.

在英文中並不自然

It's a very strong onset.

同時也有人提出質疑

Now take that feeling and make the sentence "Everybody eats apples",

認為這樣的發聲方式並不健康

and feel that same glottal onset: everyone - eats - apples.

所以我的建議是，避免Falsetto假音與Fry低音

Everyone eats apples.

請使用發聲方式健康的中等音調Modal

And there, hopefully, you'll've found a nice strong modal voice.

這是讓你聽起來有自信的最佳音調

Number two: Speak at the right speed

如果你不確定你是否使用了適當的音調

A lot of people will speak too fast, and some people speak too slow.

試試看這個練習

But very few people speak at the right pace.

正常地發出聲音，不過高也不過低

Those people who speak too slow tend to add lots of pauses and drag the words out

00:02:12,060 --> 00:02:14,980 站好，然後跟著我說

and they sound like they're not quite sure what they're going to say next.

E-OH

That doesn't make me feel very confident as a listener.

E-OH

It also can bore the listener, so get to the point!

00:02:21,805 --> 00:02:24,560

However, if you speed through what you're saying, then it sounds like you just really, really want to get it out

00:02:25,220 --> 00:02:26,440 E-OH

because you're not very confident and you just want to leave and you don't really want to speaking right now

好，記住剛剛的感覺

so you just talk talk talk talk talk talk talk.

然後試著開始演說

And if you speak too fast, people just shut down.

（例句）

They stop listening, they just look at you and smile and nod and go "okay".

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The best thing to do is to take a deep breath, to have a generally steady pace, adding in a few pauses

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at important points in the speech.

00:02:45,900 --> 00:02:48,680 透過這樣的練習

What I tend to do is watch videos of incredible public speakers.

應該可以慢慢找出厚實適當的中等音調

You'll notice that they have a nice steady pace and they allow big pauses

2.適當的語速

at points where they want to really give emphasis to a point, to allow the audience to think, and absorb.

非常多的人以過快的語速說話

Number three: Clarity

少部分的人則是說話太慢

There are many natives who are quite lazy with their diction.

非常少數人能以適當的語速說話

They miss off sounds, the ends of words, or in the middle of words.

說 話 太 慢 的 人...

They sometimes miss out complete syllables.

常...會...

Don't follow their example.

加 入 很 多 頓 點...

Be in love with the language.

把每個詞都拖得很長...

Enjoy making the sounds.

聽起來就好像他們自己都不確定接下來該說什麼

Chew on the words.

在我聽來當然不覺得他們聽起來很有自信

If you have better articulation and diction then people will just enjoy listening to you.

這樣的說話方式也會讓聽者感到無聊

Number four, nice and easy: Vocabulary

所以，請講重點！

Spend a little bit of time each day learning a new word or two.

另一方面，如果你說得很快

Try to enrich your vocabulary so that you feel empowered and excited

聽起來則像是你很急著想要結束，因為你沒有自信，所以想要快點說完然後離開

about the things that you're saying, rather than using the same old words over and over again.

因為內容雜亂無章所以你只好亂講一通

For example, if you say, uhm, "My business meeting was very good",

如果你說得太快，聽眾會乾脆放空

and you always say that things are "very good",

他們只會呆呆帶著微笑看著你

then why not look up another way of saying "very good"?

無意識地點點頭說：喔

My business meeting was exciting.

最好的方式，是先深呼吸

My business meeting was interesting.

默數一個規律的節拍與速度

My business meeting was inspiring.

然後在演說中需要強調的地方

Number five: Body language

插入適當的頓點

Your body language can tell the audience so much.

我自己則是喜歡觀看傑出演說家的影片

So don't think that having a confident voice alone is going to be enough to convince your audience

你會發現他們的演說中，不僅有規律的節奏

that you are confident and that they should believe in you.

並且在他們想要強調的段落都會有明顯的頓點

What you need to make sure is that you're not betraying yourself with any nervous tics

聽眾會因為這些停頓開始思考並留下印象

or any bizarre behaviours in your body

3.咬字清晰

For example, some people might tap with their hand or tap with their foot.

很多的英文母語人士

Some people might scratch a lot when they're nervous.

說話時有些『懶惰』

Some people might wring their hands or constantly wipe their brow.

他們省略句尾、甚至句中該發音的字

So just be aware of what you do physically when you feel nervous and try to keep that under control.

有時候整個音節都不見了

A good confident speaker will have a very open posture: they won't cross their arms,

千萬不要學

they won't have their hands in their pockets; they'll be very open and relaxed.

試著說清楚每個詞

Just... be loose, and chill, and... yeah, relax.

認真地發好每個該發的音

Alright, it's time for the big secret.

『咬』文『嚼』字

Okay.

明確清楚地表達你想說的

The big secret, the trick, as to how to achieve a confident voice,

聽眾才能享受你的演說

to make people confident in you when you speak is:

4.字彙

Pretend

每天花一點點的時間

If you pretend to be confident, if you tell yourself "I am confident, I know what I'm talking about,

學習一兩個新的詞彙

they're gonna love me, and I'm just gonna go out there and pretend", something incredible happens.

試著充實你的字彙庫

You go out there, pretending;

靈活豐富的詞彙讓你自己能更充分享受表達的愉悅

the audience don't know that you are pretending, so the audience straight away relax,

而不會同樣的一套說法

and they believe you, they go with it.

說了又說說了又說

And because they relax, and because they seem to believe you,

舉個例子來說，關於：我的會議

you naturally start to feel more and more confident.

進行得很好

So, suddenly, it's this big circle of you pretending, the audience believing,

你每次都只能說『很好』嗎？

then you believing, and they believing and you believing, and you're confident, and they're confident,

何不試著用別的方式說說看？

and you're confident; and voilà... voilà... voilà... why am I speaking French?

我的會議令人興奮

Uhm... I didn't even say it properly, I said "wala" it's "voilà".

我的會議相當有趣

Anyway, the point is, and trust me on this because I have done it countless times,

我的會議相當啟發人心

if you go out there pretending that you are good, pretending that you are confident,

5.肢體語言

it will breed confidence.

肢體語言的力量不容小覷

Think of the alternative:

所以千萬不要覺得光靠有自信的聲音

if you go out there thinking "I'm rubbish, I'm scared, they're not gonna like me,

就有辦法讓你的聽眾買單

no one is gonna be interested in what I have to say", then that's going to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

說服他們你很有自信，他們應該聽你的

Okay, if you found this helpful, then don't forget to show your appreciation by giving it a thumb.

你必須要小心的是

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不要讓你的肢體語言出賣了你

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例如緊張地敲打

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或是任何表現得焦慮的小動作

Until next time, take care and goodbye!

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