第一单元： A. purposes B. secure C. however D. convince E. project F. failure G. unfamiliar H. furthermore I. community J. appreciate K. expert L. appropriate M. conveyed N. engaged O. assure To be a successful speaker, it is essential for you to know why you are speaking and what you wish to accomplish by your speech. The four most common 1____A___ of speech are to inform, to convince, to move to action, and to entertain. Do you, like a teacher or a/an 2____K___ in a field, wish to make your ideas clear to people 3____G___ with your subject? Or, like a debater, wish to convince the judges or the audience? Or, like a fund raiser for a naturalist foundation, wish to 4____B___ donations or collect cash? Or like a comedian or an after-dinner speaker, wish to entertain? The language and tone that you use must be 5____L___ for you purpose, for your audience, and for the occasion. A speech to the graduating class will have quite different language, tone, and manner of presentation, for example, from information 6___M____ to a group of your friends. 7____H___, no matter how talented the speaker is, a talk without adequate preparation is usually a 8____F___. To speak without preparing is to shoot without taking aim. Decide what your aim or objective is; then state it in a complete topic sentence such as “My purpose is to 9___D___ the class that cats as well as dogs should require licenses in our 10___I____.” Make sure that your subject is definite and not too broad. Then you should write an outline before adding details to it. 1. They are busy, often stressed out, and don’t like to wait and they eat, talk, walk, and drive fast. 2. If you recognize yourself, you should remember...
