4. Do Not Start with “Thank you very much. It’s such a pleasure to be here.”
不要用“非常感謝大家,我很榮幸來到這里”作為開頭
This was an entirely acceptable way to begin public speaking the first ten million times it was done. We are now past that mark and opening with this line is akin to saying: “Thank you for hearing me say something that you are now not listening to at all.” Starting with this line is the best way to make your audience members check their Twitter or Instagram accounts within the first 10 seconds of your speech.
以這種被用過成千上萬次的方式作為公眾演講的開頭,曾經(jīng)是完全可以接受的。現(xiàn)在我們已經(jīng)不這樣做了,而這樣的開場白就相當(dāng)于說:“感謝大家聽我說一些你們根本不會聽的話。” 如果你想讓你的聽眾在你演講的前10秒就開始刷社交網(wǎng)絡(luò),用這句話開頭倒是最好的辦法。
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