Build your confidence in public speaking;

Confidence is a feeling that you think you are capable of doing something. Our self-confidence works just like a muscle – it grows in response to the level of performance required of it. Either you use it or you lose it. Grasp every opportunity to practice your confidence, you will find yourself shine on the stage one day! 

 Please preview the words before watching the video. 

1.       hypothesis [haɪ'pɒθɪsɪs]n. 假设

2.       prediction [prɪ'dɪkʃ(ə)n]n.预报；预言

3.       fundamental [fʌndə'ment(ə)l]adj. 基本的，根本的

4.       humble ['hʌmbl]adj. 谦逊的；简陋的；

5.       accustomed to习惯于

eg: She has got accustomed to this sort of work.

她对这种工作已习惯了。

6.       automatically [ɔːtə'mætɪklɪ]adv. 自动地；无意识地

7.       double check仔细检查；再次确认

8.       positive thinking正面思考,积极思想,积极的思维

9.       negative thinking负面思维

10.    optimism   n. 乐观；乐观主义

11.    pessimism ['pesɪmɪz(ə)m]  n. 悲观，悲观情绪；厌世主义

12.    tongue twister绕口令

13.   timid  adj. 胆小的；羞怯的

14.    insecure adj. 不安全的；不稳定的；不牢靠的

15.   stumble〔朗读或说话时〕结巴，说错to stop or make a mistake when you are reading to people or speaking

eg.I hope I don’t stumble over any of the long words. 希望我说那些长单词不会结结巴巴。

16.   rambling〔讲话或文章〕杂乱无章的，漫无边际的rambling speech or writing is very long and does not seem to have any clear organization or purpose

17.   frantic['fræntɪk]adj. 狂乱的，疯狂的

18.   facial expression面部表情

Please watch the video.

Questions to be discussed in class: 

How to build up your confidence? 

How to show your confidence? 

 Study the speech and immitate the speaker. 

Questions to be discussed in class: 

Did his stagefright go away when the singer go back to the open mic every week?

What is his epiphany? What will he do to deal with his stage fright?

What steps did he take to write the song about stage fright?

What does it mean by “embracing and exploiting the problem”?