Now people often mention speech and eloquence in their lives, but people's understanding and understanding of it is biased. In addition to positive understanding, some people usually think that "eloquent" and "eloquent" are wonderful eloquence; Some people even think that the best eloquence is "silence is golden", one is "talking too much will suffer", and the other is "facts speak louder than words"! The reason for these statements is that they don't realize the essence of speech and eloquence and have a one-sided understanding of it.
In fact, speech and eloquence are the talents and qualities formed by combining people's knowledge and wisdom with oral expression skills and skills. The speech and eloquence mentioned here are two aspects, not one, but the organic combination of two aspects, forming a new realm-higher talent and quality. In my opinion, knowledge and wisdom are the essence of speech and eloquence. Without knowledge and wisdom, words and eloquence are really pale and disgusting. We in China do have a lot of words, such as "talking too much will lose", "talking too much will lose" and "facts speak louder than words". However, from a logical point of view, taking them as unimportant examples of speech and eloquence is called stealing concepts. Why do you lose if you talk too much? If you are eloquent, every sentence will be thought-provoking. How can there be a language loophole and it will be "lost"? And "disaster comes from the mouth" simply means that you can't say it because of your poor eloquence. What you say is inappropriate, ugly, or even wrong. The following example is an image interpretation of "many words are lost", "disaster comes from the mouth" and eloquence: there was a famous king in the Middle Ages. One day, he dreamed that all the teeth in his mouth had fallen out. The first person who interprets dreams said, "All your relatives will die before you die, leaving none." The second dream interpreter said, "The Supreme Majesty will outlive all your relatives." The same meaning is expressed in different ways, which is better or worse? The result is self-evident. There is nothing wrong with "facts speak louder than words", but it is used in inappropriate places. Because this only shows that people attach importance to "facts", but it does not deny eloquent thinking, nor can it be used to prove that facts are important and eloquence is not important. We know that some facts don't need to be proved, such as "there is only one sun in the sky", which is unnecessary. Some facts are to prove, such as what the nature of the case is and whether it constitutes a crime. It is necessary for both the prosecution and the defense to use legal knowledge to "eloquently" find out the "facts". At this time, if you don't have enough legal knowledge, you can't just be eloquent. It's like asking a literary expert teacher to talk about even the simplest electrical knowledge, which can only be a "silent ending".
Profound knowledge is a symbol of wisdom and has magical power to speech eloquence. For example, last year, the school union recommended Professor Hong Zhaoguang's speech "Lifestyle and Health" to the faculty and staff of the whole school, which was very popular in China. Why? It is because the speech has a lot of scientific and health knowledge that everyone is eager for. Rich knowledge makes Professor Hong's speech have extraordinary charm.
Where does the rich knowledge and wise mind come from? It comes from persistent study and accumulation. It is this truth that "a tall building rises from the ground", "a drop of water wears a stone" and "an iron pestle grinds into a needle". If a person really wants to improve his speech and eloquence, he must study hard at thousands of books, know everything, and get into the habit of reading more books and newspapers at ordinary times. No one is born talented and learns well. Behind knowledge and rote learning is hard sweat.
Second, care for life and strengthen life accumulation.
Life is the source of success of speech eloquence, and wonderful speech eloquence comes from wonderful life. The speaker Cai Chaodong's speech "Long live understanding" deeply touched the hearts of thousands of listeners in Qian Qian, Qian Qian, because he fought bloody battles in the front line of Laoshan and starved in the dark and humid cat's ear cave, witnessing the heroic scene of countless brave people dying for their country. Zhang Haidi's bumpy life experience and strong spirit of being physically disabled and determined make her speech have unique charm. Therefore, what you experienced personally is the most convincing and infectious. Of course, it is impossible for each of us to have the rich and bumpy experience like Cai Chaodong and Zhang Haidi, and it is difficult to have the unique, mysterious and heroic experience like Yang Liwei. But even an ordinary person can create valuable life experience by strengthening life accumulation. The key here is to go out, face life positively, feel life, try the ups and downs of life, appreciate the color of life with your eyes, listen to the voice of life with your ears and feel the pulse of life with your heart. Because, after all, "life is not a lack of beauty, but a lack of discovery."
Last August, I watched the speech contest "The Spirit of the 16th National Congress is in My Heart" organized by the organs and trade unions of the autonomous region. I was deeply impressed by the speech of a nurse player with poor voice condition in Guangxi Cancer Hospital. She talked about the ordinary experience of an ordinary nurse, which made the audience deeply feel the value and loftiness of nurses. The speech is unforgettable! She said:
"That was shortly after I arrived in the operating room. I work as a visiting nurse in the operating room. The surgical patient is an aunt of a hysteromyoma in gynecology. Her anesthesia method is epidural anesthesia. As usual, I picked up the medical record to examine the patient. At that time, I saw my aunt's hand kept pulling and loosening, and her face was full of anxiety. Even when she answered my question, her voice trembled, and I deeply felt her fear. Then he whispered to her,' Aunt, relax, don't be too nervous, open your mouth and take a few deep breaths.' Aunt nodded like a child and took a deep breath. However, she just took a few quick shallow breaths, which had no effect. She is still very nervous. The anesthesia has begun. I stood by the operating table to help the anesthesiologist change positions. Suddenly, I heard my aunt pleading, "Can you hold my hand?" I looked blankly for a while. When we looked at each other, I saw the expectant look in her eyes. So I hesitated to reach out and was immediately held tightly, as if to be crushed. Without much time to think, I instinctively said,' Come, take a deep breath with me. Huhuhu ... What I never expected was that this ordinary handshake actually calmed my aunt down. The anesthesia went smoothly, and my aunt's breathing gradually became regular, so our hands were naturally held. This simple action brought courage and confidence to the aunt, relieved the nervous mood and enabled the operation to proceed normally. Aunt gratefully said' thank you' ".
Also, last June, 5438+ 10, class 223 student Liao prepared to represent the school in the speech contest "Youth Shines in Struggle" organized by the District Youth League Committee. She excitedly asked me for guidance with her speech. At first glance, the materials are very specific and relevant, but they are large and far-reaching. What is from geocentric theory to Heliocentrism, from Paris Commune to October Revolution, from May 4th Movement to building a well-off society in an all-round way, etc. What is lacking is a life experience that can attract and impress the audience. Later, I suggested that she dig something from the school and herself to illustrate the theme, and also helped her to revise her speech repeatedly. After hard training, she played well among hundreds of contestants and won the third place in the speech contest.
Third, advocate true feelings and strengthen emotional accumulation.
Speech and eloquence are very emotional people, eloquence, especially speech contests, without feelings means that people have no life. On the surface, the eloquence of a speech is nothing more than telling it with your mouth. In fact, it is the speaker's intention and emotion that communicate with the audience. Of course, feelings can't be created out of thin air, and feelings should come from the usual experience and accumulation. An actor without rich emotional experience in life can't be an excellent actor, and a person without rich emotional experience can't be a really excellent speaker. The truly touching speech is not a performance, but a true feeling! Last year, the first prize winner of the speech contest of "The Spirit of the 16th National Congress is in My Heart" of enterprises and institutions in the autonomous region was Lin Bo of the electric power company. His whole speech, especially the beginning, was really tear-jerking, and every sentence was shocking-
"A month ago, my mother called me with a heavy heart to tell me that Liuzhou Household Enamel Factory, the enterprise where she worked and I lived for 25 years, closed down. I was in a bad mood after listening to it. This is an enamel enterprise that was among the best in China in the past. It had such a brilliant yesterday, but today, it has declined, declined. Why? I have thought for a long time, thought a lot, and come to a conclusion, which is the theme I want to tell you today: "Emancipating the mind is the fundamental driving force for the development of state-owned enterprises. "
Here, he talked with the audience with sincerity and enthusiasm. As a result, the whole venue was surrounded by a fiery heart, which caused a strong * * * sound emotionally, and the speech was a great success! Later, when I communicated with him, I talked about his speech and his passion for speech. He took out the original speech and told me that the current speech was formed after repeated brewing and deliberation. Even at the beginning of the official competition of the company system, it was dry and there was not much emotion. At that time, the beginning is:
"Welch, president of General Electric Company, once said: If a train with a speed of 60 kilometers per hour is to be upgraded to 80 kilometers, it only needs to be fueled. However, in order to increase its speed from 60km/h to 120km/h, new rails need to be replaced. If the enterprise is compared to a moving train, then I think this great discussion of emancipating the mind is to put the enterprise on a new track! "
So I thought of participating in the Guangxi Electric Power System 1996 "I Develop Together with Enterprises" speech contest. It was my first time to participate in a speech contest at or above the bureau level and won the first prize. Afterwards, the judges' comments were: trivial, sincere and kind. Indeed, my speech is to tell the audience the unusual development of TV schools as an ordinary entrepreneur:
"What was the electric school ten years ago? History can prove it, and so can many old comrades present here. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a continuous grave and hill, full of' emptiness and desolation'. ..... Is this also called a technical secondary school? This is the cradle of cultivating electric power technical talents? A family building, a student dormitory, an unfinished teaching building, a large area of yellow land. There are no classrooms, no equipment, no laboratories and internship factories, and no small homes that can accommodate young people. I have no choice but to live in the dilapidated barracks abandoned by the garrison on the slope of Daling Mountain, and feed in the canteen where eating is abnormal in the office area of the Academy of Sciences. Teaching can only temporarily take refuge at the gate of a small supply and marketing technical school, with forty people and seventy or eighty guns (there are only two classes of students in the TV school in July 1986). She, me, can we not sigh where the future is? Can you not' dare to ask where the road is'? In this way, after going through all kinds of hardships, I finally returned to school, but it was also a' terrible sight that people could not bear to witness': my school lived on a high loess slope, and the wind blew over the hillside-it was a' dusty Qi Fei' on a sunny day; When it rains, it is' shoes * * * yellow mud color'. This is yesterday, this is the yesterday of the electronic school. "
Sincere feelings can be touching and touching. Sincere feelings are always the most precious thing in speech eloquence, and also the highest realm pursued by speakers. Of course, if a person wants to convey noble and sincere feelings to the audience, he must have such feelings, which requires us to constantly strengthen our ideals and beliefs, ideological and moral cultivation, and establish lofty and noble feelings.
Fourth, diligence can make up for it and strengthen skill accumulation.
Although the content of the speech is important, the speech skills are also very particular. If you want to talk freely, you must firmly grasp the basic skills of speech. Speech eloquence is a comprehensive art, and its basic skills include the accuracy of pronunciation, the clarity of articulation, the cadence of tone, the treatment of pause, the harmony of rhythm, the change of sentence pattern, the care of beginning and end, the grasp of climax, the coordination of expression, the use of eyes, the assistance of gestures, the exquisiteness of dress, the beauty of standing posture and so on. It is a kind of oral practice. To master, use and give full play to the characteristics and advantages of oral English, we must first conduct regular oral training. You know, we usually have more opportunities to write, but there are obviously few opportunities to really speak to the public. Of course, we don't know enough about the characteristics of spoken sentences and words. For example:
"Let's look back at the bankrupt Liuzhou Household Enamel Factory. Guangxi was so backward more than 20 years ago, but it is one of the best in the national enamel industry. Comrades, it is not easy! However, due to the lack of enterprise and pioneering spirit, it was ruthlessly eliminated by the cruel market! Let's take a look at Guangxi again. We have such a good location advantage, such a good policy advantage and such a good resource advantage, but we have never turned it into an economic advantage. Why? "
The above examples show some typical characteristics of spoken language, with popular words and lively sentences, which are more natural and flexible than written language, mainly short sentences, scattered sentences, ellipsis sentences and parallelism sentences. To understand these oral features, we should constantly analyze and summarize them through various channels, such as frequently analyzing other people's speeches and observing their speeches and speaking activities.
Solid basic skills depend on long-term study and accumulation. Practicing basic skills is hard and boring. We should carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship, fatigue and annoyance, calm down, work hard, practice basic skills well and solidly, and make the speech eloquence reach a higher level. Liao, who won the second prize in the "I love vocational education" speech contest of the district education department, was not born with eloquence and speech talent. It's just that she likes it and works hard. Usually, she spends more time and energy than others. She takes advantage of some opportunities that others may give up, often presides over some unremarkable classes and school activities, pays attention to self-exercise and asks for advice modestly. Even so, before she went to Liuzhou to participate in the competition, the school specially trained them for more than two weeks. Her success once again confirms the old saying "Heaven rewards diligence".
The improvement of speech eloquence is like swimming. You can't practice real kung fu on shore, so you must practice more in the water. In particular, we should practice more in public places to exercise our courage and adaptability. If there is a formal speech contest or speech opportunity, you should actively participate, because it is the best opportunity to exercise your speech and eloquence, and it is also the best way to improve your speech and eloquence. There is no natural excellent eloquence, and excellent speech eloquence grows up by constantly absorbing successful experiences and failed lessons from numerous speeches and speech experiences. You must understand that there is no other way to improve your eloquence than to give up your efforts and practice!