跟讀練習: How to start a presentation - 通過影片學習英語口語
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Music It always strikes me how people think about their presentations or how they prepare their presentations.
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I'm actually talking about the first words, the first sentences of a presentation.
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What most people do is they think of a presentation so automatically you think about a PowerPoint.
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So you make your slides.
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You look at your slides and you think about what will I say showing each slide.
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But my question to you is this: What are your first words?
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What are the first sentences?
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Very few people think about that.
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Just think a minute about the presentations that you have already seen in the past, maybe the presentations that you have done yourself.
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There is a cliché sentence that most speakers use to introduce their topic.
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They say something like, good morning, good afternoon.
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"My name is" if they don't know you.
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And then there is this typical sentence: "Today I'm going to talk to you about." Now you might say,
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"So what's the problem?" The problem with this sentence is that you're actually answering the wrong question.
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You're answering the "what" question.
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"What are you going to do?
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I'm going to talk about." If you think about it, most audiences know what you're going to talk about.
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Either you are introduced, or there is a program, or there is a meeting, so there is an agenda, so people know what your topic is all about.
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The most interesting question to answer is the "why" question.
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Why are you there? to talk about this topic and even more important, why is it important for the audience to listen to you?
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So, my advice for you is to focus on the "why" question.
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Now, how can you do that?
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I advise people to focus on a story to begin their presentation.
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Now, if you think about stories, stories begin with a timeframe.
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Just Look at fairy tales.
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They start with once upon a time.
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I'm not going to suggest that you start your professional presentation with once upon a time, but you can start with a time frame.
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Something like yesterday, two weeks ago, last year, three months ago.
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Now what's the kind of story that you can share then?
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Use real stories.
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It has to be something that happened to you.
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It has to be something that you heard.
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So you can refer to a conversation you had with a colleague.
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You can say something like, day I had a conversation with, but then there has to be a reason why you refer to that conversation.
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And there is this linking sentence that I use in lots of presentations.
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I tell my story, and then I continue saying, now why do I tell you this?
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Because my objective or my goal with this presentation is to.
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So what you can do is be very conscious of the company's stories, I might say.
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It can be something that happened with a customer.
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It can be an article you you heard about, it can be a conversation you had.
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So use these stories to begin your presentation, link them to your goal, and it will be so much more interesting for your audience
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because it will be crystal clear for them from the very first minute why it is important to them.
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So next time you prepare your presentation, focus on that why question and tell them a story.
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為什麼這個影片是練習口語的好材料？
很多人學英語時容易忽略「開口瞬間」的重要性，而這個影片恰好聚焦演講開頭的表達技巧，不僅能幫你掌握實用句型，還能理解母語者的思維邏輯。影片裡的對話真實自然，包含大量日常演講場景的常用表達，非常適合用來做「英語影子跟讀」練習。通過模仿說話人的語氣、節奏，你能快速提升英語發音和口語流暢度，這比死記硬背課文有效得多。
拆解關鍵表達，學習自然口語
我們來看看影片裡的幾個實用句子，分析它們為什麼聽起來自然：
- "It always strikes me how people think about their presentations." 這裡用"strikes me"代替"makes me think"，更口語化，符合母語者的表達習慣。影子跟讀時注意"strikes"的重音，感受連讀的節奏。
- "The problem with this sentence is that you're actually answering the wrong question." 句子結構清晰，用"the problem with...is that..."直接指出問題，適合在討論中表達觀點。練習時注意"actually"的弱讀，讓語氣更自然。
- "Now why do I tell you this? Because my objective is to..." 這組問答句能快速建立邏輯聯絡，在演講或日常對話中都很實用。模仿時注意"why"的升調和"because"的降調，體現思考過程。
這些表達看似簡單，卻能讓你的口語更貼近母語者，通過"shadow speech"練習，你能逐漸掌握其中的奧秘。
簡單有效的影子跟讀練習步驟
利用這個影片做「看YouTube學英語」的練習，只需三步：
- 先完整看一遍影片，理解內容大意，標記出感興趣的表達。
- 選擇3-5句關鍵句子，逐句進行影子跟讀：播放一句，暫停，立即重複，注意模仿發音、語氣和節奏。重複5-10次，直到能流暢跟上。
- 用手機錄製自己的跟讀音訊，對比原影片，找出發音、重音或節奏的差異，針對性改進。
堅持每天練習10-15分鐘，你會發現自己的口語越來越自然，英語發音也會有明顯提升。下次準備演講時，不妨試試影片裡的技巧，用故事開頭回答"why"的問題，讓你的表達更有吸引力。
什麼是跟讀法？
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。