英语092杨秋蓉20093989HowtoPrepareforaSpeechContest“OurschoolisgoingtoholdaspeechcontestnextFriday.Wouldyouliketohaveatry?”Iasked.“Iwouldratherdiethangiveaspeech!”Mythreeroommatesrepliedunanimously.Nowadaysmanycollegestudentsfindspeakinginfrontofnumerouspeoplehorrifying,myroommatesincluded.Areyouconfrontedwiththesameproblem?Canyouimaginethatyouwillmakeyouraudiencerespondactivelytoyourspeechthroughmeticulouspreparations?Asajuniorwithmanypublicspeechexperiences,Icanprovethattostandoutinaspeechcontest,theeffectofadequatepreparationscanneverbeneglected.Tobeginwith,youneedtocomeupwithanappropriatetopicbeforeanywriting.Maybeonehasalreadybeenassignedtoyou.Ifithasbeen,thenyoucandirectlymoveontonextstep.Maybeyouhavebeengivenatopic,butneedtonarrowitdown.Forexample,perhapsyouaretoldtodeliveraspeechoncollegestudents’greatesttroubles.Thenyoucanstartyourwritingfromtheperspectiveofpeerpressure.Makesureyourtopicisneithertoobroadnortoonarrow.Forinstance,ifyouintendtodiscuss“worldpeace”,thesubjectmustbetoogeneral.Remembertopickatopiconsomethingyouknowaboutoratleastcanresearchsothatyourspeechwillnotconfuseandboreyouraudience.Also,besurethatitistoyourtaste.Ifyouarenotinterestedinyourtopic,thenyouraudiencemayfeelboredaboutitaswell.Finishingchoosingthetopic,youareexpectedtogatherrelevantfactsthroughreadingbooksorsurfingtheInternet.Searchingusefulmaterialsinavastseaofinformationisnoteasyasyou’veimagined,soyoucan’tbetoopatient!Thematerialsyouhavefoundserveassupportingevidences.Usuallyawell-knownperson’ssayingisofgreatimportance.Besides,coldfiguresarealwaysfavored.Takingthemiserablelifeofmigrantworkersasanexample,youcouldlistthetotalnumberofpoormigrantworkersinChinaouttoillustratetheurgencytocareaboutthisgroupofpeople.Aftercollectinginformation,thefollowingpreparations,writingthespeechisthemosttime-consumingwork.Initially,youneedtocomeupwithabasicoutline.Youroutlineshouldcoverthreeparts:introduction,body,andconclusion.Onceyouhaveanoutline,justexpounduponeachpoint.Thatis,backupyourideaswith