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10 Days to More Confldent Public Speaking. By The Princeton Language Institute, Lenny Laskowski Paperback: 224 page ISBN: 0446676683 Price: $20 per copy THIS book is a course on giving publics talks.It was written by an expert in the field and has the tools to make you a relaxed effective and commanding public speaker.You can find clear, brief, step - by - step tips to help you. ●Overcome nervousness and discover your own natural style. ●Set up an immediate connection with your audience. ●Mix together humour and anecdotes (奇闻) into your talk. |
In the Spotlight: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Performing; By Janet E.Espostio Paperback: 176 page Publisher:Strong Books ISBN: 1928782078 Price: $15 per copy "IN the spotlight'' is a gift for people experiencing any degree of fear or discomfort in speaking and performingin front of others, either in formal or informal settings.The book has many different methods to help you get beyond stage rright and learn to speak or perform with ease and confidence. |
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54.Which of the four books mainly deals with the use of the language in a speech?
A.Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speech in History.
B.The Lost Art of the Great Speech; How to Write One and How to Deliver it.
C.In the Spotnight: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Performing.
D.10 Days to More Confident Public Speaking.
55.Which of the authors of the books used to write speeches for presidents?
A.Richard Dowis B.Janet, E.Esposito
C.Lenny Laskowski D.William Safire
56.The common purpose of the above books is to____.
A.give encouragement in making a speech
B.tell readers how to make a forcefuLand impresive speech
C.show readers the skills of writing a good speech
D.tell readers how to get over stage fright and to speak easily and confidently
“Can I see my baby?” the happy new mother asked. When the bundle was in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out of the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears.
Time proved that the baby’ s hearing was perfect. It was only his appearance that was imperfect. When he rushed home from school one day and threw himself into his mother’s arms, she sighed(叹息), knowing that his life was to be unfortunate. He cried to his mum “A boy, a big boy... called me a freak (怪人).”
He grew up, handsome. A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift, a talent for literature and music. “But you might communicate with other young people,” his mother blamed him, but felt a kindness in her heart.
Two years went by. One day, his father said to the son, “You’ re going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it’ s a secret.” The operation was a great success, and a new person appeared.
Later he married and became a lawyer. One day, he asked his father, “Who gave me the ears? Who gave me so much? I could never do enough for him or her.” “I do not believe you could,” said the father, “but the agreement was that you are not to know... not yet.”
The years kept their secret, but the day did come. He stood with his father over his mother’ s casket棺材. Slowly, tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick, reddish brown hair to show the mother had no outer ears.
“Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut,” his father whispered gently, “and nobody ever thought Mother less beautiful, did they?”
【小题1】Why did Mother gasp when she saw her newborn baby?
A.Because her son had a tiny face. | B.Because she saw her son crying. |
C.Because her son was born imperfect. | D.Because her son was in her arms. |
A.Nervous. | B.Sympathetic. | C.Proud. | D.Angry. |
A.A doctor. | B.His father. | C.His mother. | D.A stranger. |
A.the mother felt sorry for the son without ears |
B.the doctor didn’t like the baby |
C.the boy meant everything to the mother |
D.the father kept the secret until mother died |
A.Mother’s hair | B.An unforgettable memory |
C.Who gave me the ears? | D.Who is my best respectable person? |
Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.
In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely----a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”
“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”
Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.
【小题1】Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?
A.She had seven brothers. | B.She felt herself a nobody. |
C.She was too shy to go to school. | D.She did not have any good teachers. |
A.work for a school magazine | B.run away from her family |
C.make a lot of friends | D.develop her writing style |
A.Her early years in college. | B.Her training in the Workshop. |
C.Her feeling of being different. | D.Her childhood experience. |
A.It is quite popular among students. |
B.It is the only book ever written by Cisneros. |
C.It wasn’t success as it was written in Spanish. |
D.It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine. |