LESSON2 INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND OTHERS（LESSON2介绍自己和他人）.pdfVIP

LESSON-2 INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND OTHERS A speech of introduction is often the first assignment in a public speaking class because it helps warm the atmosphere, creates a sense of community, and provides an opportunity to develop credibility. Of course there is no way to tell your entire life history or another person’s history in a short speech. You have to be selective. What you should avoid is relating a few superficial facts, such as where you went to high school or what your major may be. Such information reveals very little about a person and is usually not very interesting. The method of introducing yourself or others that has worked best for our students over the years is the following: Isolate the .one thing that best defines and identifies you or your classmate. Answer this question: What is it that describes you or the person you are introducing as a unique per-son? Now, develop a speech around the answer that builds positive ethos for later speeches. Jimmy Green introduced himself as a period with strong outdoor interests and later gave interesting, effective speeches’ on environmental problems. Sandra Baltz’s My Three Cultures” prepared her audi-ence for the speeches the would later give about MiaaleLiHteIll laeiH, customs, and issues. Anne Gilbert not only introduced Spider Lock ridge as a multidimensional person but also established a picture of herself as a tol-erant person with wide-ranging interests. To help you isolate the essential traits about yourself or the person you, will be introducing, conduct a self-awareness inventory in which you an-swer the following questions: 1. Is your cultural background- the most important thing about. you? How has it shaped you? How might you explain this influence to oth-ers? In her self- introductory speec