Exercise 1. Match the words and their definitions.
1 Ease a. A tone which stays on the same note without going higher or lower
2 Monotone b. To take or try, to take hold something tightly, usually in fair, worry or pain
3 Publicly c .One of the joints in the hand where your fingers band, especially where fingers join on the main part of your hand
4 Stellar speech d. To become more active, or to make someone or something become more active
5 Clutch e. Describes people’s speech that is of an extremely high standard
6 Reservoir f . A large supply of something
7 Rev up g. Something which is done so that everyone can know about it
8 Knuckle h. To make or become less severe, difficult, unpleasant, painful
Exercise 2. Discuss the following quotations.
1. Too many people spend too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it. Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you go, and fix it along the way...”
Paul Arden
2. “Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Poor Performance.”
Stephen Keague.
3. “It’s much easier to be convincing if you care about your topic. Figure out what’s important to you about your message and speak from the heart.”
Nicholas Boothman
4. “Oratory is the highest form of music.” Agona Apell
Exercise 3. Complete the sentences with appropriate quantifier: amount, a lot of, many (X2), much (X2), any,less, a little (X2), little, most, fewer.
1. H ow ___much___ time do you need to finish your speech?
2. There are too____________ audience in the hall.
____ ___ foreign countries?
4. We’re close to the project deadline, but there is still____________ time left.
3. Have you ever made speech in
5. _____ ___of the advice I have ever received from so-called “experts” has been useless.
6. -How do you feel about your new job? Do you have a s_______________responsibilities as you used to? -The j ob is great. I have about the same______________of work to do as before, but I have_______________ stress and______________problems.
7. I don’t think Jill would be a good speaker. She’s got____________ patience.
8. How_________________ material can be expected to read in one week?
9. They said that just help could make a big difference.
Exercise 4. Match the words with its definitions.
1. Public speaking
2. Demographics
3. Inscrutable
4. Hindrance
5. Soft skills
a. Alike the ability to communicate social graces, personal habits
b. Being no emotion or reaction in the expression on their face
a. Conducting a public speech
b. Something or someone that makes it difficult to do
c. Holding on people’s attention through the speech
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