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Learning how to write is like taking a course in public speaking. I’ d ask whether anyone in class had ever taken such a course. Invariably a few hands would go up.
“What did you learn in that course?” I’d ask.
“Well, the main thing was learning how to face an audience ... not to be inhibited( 拘谨 )... not to be nervous
Exactly, when you take a course in public speaking nowadays, you don’ t hear much about grammar and vocabulary. Instead, you’ re taught how not to be afraid or embarrassed, how to speak without a prepared script, how to read out to the live audience before you. Public speaking is a matter of overcoming your long-standing nervous inhibitions.
The same is true of writing. The point of the whole thing is to overcome your nervous inhibitions, to break through the invisible barrier that separates you from the person who’ ll read what you wrote. You must learn to sit in front of your typewriter or dictating machine and read out to the person at the other end of the line.
Of course, in public speaking, with the audience right in front of you, the problem is easier. You can look at them and talk to them directly. In writing, you’ re alone. It needs an effort of your experience or imagination to take hold of that other person and talk to him or her. But that effort is necessary -- or at least it’ s necessary until you’ve reached the point when you quite naturally and unconsciously “talk on paper
1、The topic of the passage is ________
A、how to be a good writer
B、how to be a good speaker
C、how to express yourself with your words
D、how to get rid of nervousness in public speaking
2、The public speech course mainly teaches students ______
A、how to make an attractive speech using perfect grammar and vocabulary
B、how to express themselves exactly and vividly
C、how to collect data needed and organize it
D、how to get over their nervousness when making a speech
3、The similarity between making a public speech and writing is that _______
A、you have to do a lot of preparation work beforehand
B、 you should get over your nervous inhibitions
C、 you should know grammar and vocabulary well to accomplish them
D、 both of them have audience
4、In the opinion of the author, public speaking is much easier than writing because _______
A、public speaking requires less effort than writing
B、 it’ s unnecessary for you to write a lot for speech and you can say anything as you like
C、 you face the audience directly in public speaking; while writing is otherwise
D、 in public speaking, the audience have to listen to you whether they like it or not
5、The author of this passage probably is a ________
A、boss
B、 politician
C、 writer
D、 professor
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A、should have done
B、must have done
C、must do
D、have to do
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If we employ you, what section would you like to work in?
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(作文)1.What is your biggest dream?
2.Why do you have it? For how long have you got it?
3.What are your plans to achieve your dream?
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Write your essay on the Answer Sheet in 200-250 words.(30 points)
An English person recently came to your school to give a talk(what was the talk
about?).
He/She left a personal possession (what is it?)at the school(}cuhere exactly?). You
want to return the possession(how will you return it?)but you have had difficulty
contacting the person (howhave you tried to contact him/her?). You have a possible address for the person, but you're not sure if it's correct (why?).
Write a letter to the person.
.Thank them for coming to give the talk.
.Explain the situation.
.Ask them to contact you.
Student Committee
St Giles School
Swindon
18/4/2007
Mr Brendan Collins
Chairman
ILP Industries Ltd
Bristol BS3 20X
Dear Mr Collins,
I am writing to thank you for attending our school careers day last week
and giving such
an inspirational and interesting speech on career prospects in the
financial services industry.
I am also writing to inform. you that you left a CI}ROM in the computer
which you used
during your speech. Iwould like to return it to you as soon as possible but
Iwas unsure
whether to send it to your company or adifferent address.
I contacted your office but,unfortunately, you were away on business and I
spoke to a
secretary. She said that the disc belonged to your own private consultancy
business and that I should send it there. She provided me with an address but I am afraid
that I may havewritten it down incorrectly. The address I have is as
follows:Collinsi一Consultancies, Box 283A, Bristol. Could you please confirm that this is the correct address to
which I shouldsend the disc?
Thank you once again for your generosity in giving up your valuable time
for the
students at our school and Iam sorry I have been unable to return your
CD-ROM morepromptly.
Yours sincerely,
John Smith
John Smith
Student Committee Chairperson
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