Techniques of telling the truth when giving a speech

Talk the opposite way, which means that the words spoken orally are opposite to what is expressed in the heart. For example, the word is affirmative, but the meaning is negative; or the word is negative, but the meaning is affirmative. In a speech, telling the opposite truth just right can often surprise you and achieve extraordinary results. Below I have compiled for you some tips on telling the truth when giving a speech. You are welcome to read it.

Skills in speaking truthfully and counter-intuitively

Explicit praise and real criticism

There are some truths. If you talk about them from the front, even if the examples are typical and sufficient, it will still be true. It is difficult to be convincing and convincing. If you want to say something that is in everyone's heart and is in everyone's mouth, you must have a sense of innovation and seek new angles. It is a good method to praise clearly and belittle in reality. For example, in a speech titled "I'm here for your cans," an environmental volunteer said the following:

Frankly speaking, I was able to stumble into college. And the reason why I haven’t dropped out of school so far is mainly due to my father’s environmentally damaging behavior.

My family has a small amount of land, and the income from the farmland every year, apart from paying various fees, is only the food that fills the belly. In order to make more money, my father tried his best to go up the mountains and rivers, hunt birds and fish, chop wood and pick mushrooms, and did everything. When I was in elementary school, my father sold all the pike in the stream next to my house and brought them to the city in exchange for money to pay my tuition.

When I was in junior high school, the small forest behind my house suffered a disaster. My father cut down the trees one by one to pay for my tuition.

When I was in high school, in order for me to complete my studies, my father came up with the idea of ????the century-old ginkgo tree in the yard. Although our family has a deep affection for it, my father was still determined and hired a crane. Now, only a huge hole remains in the yard.

Later, I was admitted to college. Just when my father was struggling with tuition fees and planning to sell his ancestral home, great news came from outside: City people began to like to use root carvings to decorate their new homes, which reminded my father of the grove that had been cut down. Surplus value, and when my father was digging tree roots, he actually found coal on the hillside behind my house. Later, someone set up a small coal factory, and finally my father found a place to sell his energy?

When I heard this speech, I felt that the speaker seemed to be praising my father's hard work in supporting me to go to school. But in fact, my father’s excessive activities such as hunting birds, catching fish, chopping firewood, picking mushrooms, selling trees, digging coal, etc. were all destroying nature and ruining the ecology. It is precisely because of this that the shoals of barracuda in the creek have become extinct, the groves have suffered, the old ginkgo has disappeared, the coal resources have been maliciously exploited, and even the roots of the trees have been dug up. Here, it is not difficult for us to discover the speaker’s true purpose: to denounce his father’s awareness and behavior of predatory exploitation of resources and lack of attention to environmental protection. But at the same time, the audience couldn't help but ask, is this all done willingly by his father? Obviously not! The speaker also reminded people: If poverty cannot be controlled or even eradicated, environmental protection can only be a mirage!

In a speech, how to effectively focus the audience's attention and mobilize the enthusiasm of the audience? A very important way is to play hard to get. For example, Zhang Wanxiang, a special teacher, gave such a speech when he was conducting entrance education for students:

I think that for today, you are in high school, especially me who was admitted to one of the first batch of key schools in the city. School is actually the greatest misfortune in your life!? (Seeing the students frowning and looking puzzled, he explained:)? Marx once said that the entrance to science is like the entrance to hell. .

If you are admitted to our school, you will enter the palace of science and culture in the future, so today is equivalent to arriving at the entrance to hell. How unfortunate! Those who have not been admitted to high school may be able to live easily, but you have to do it every day and every week , fighting nervously every month, every semester, how unfortunate! Those who have not been admitted to high school may not often face exams, and the exams in front of you are more than ten times and hundreds of times? Which exam is not thrilling and unforgettable? ?Maybe you have tried your best, but you can't get out of the slump. How unfortunate! People who have not been admitted to high school can play game consoles, play computer games, listen to VCDs, and watch TV, but you dare not enjoy entertainment. How unfortunate! What's even more unfortunate is that you still have to go to college, maybe graduate school, Ph.D., or postdoctoral studies. You have to study endlessly throughout your life, and you don't dare to slack off at all. How unfortunate! Also, you have learned a lot and are full of knowledge. , life may be poorer than others, how unfortunate is this!?

After graduating from junior high school and entering high school, and it is a key high school, which student will not have a surging heart, blood boiling, and have beautiful longings and infinite yearnings? ?But at the beginning of Teacher Zhang's speech, he poured cold water on the students to scare them. From high school to college, he mentioned seven "misfortunes" in one breath. It was extremely tragic and made the students truly understand their situation. Have you realized that the entrance to science is like the entrance to hell? The meaning of this famous saying. But Teacher Zhang Wanxiang is not trying to scare students. He is actually motivating them, motivating them to abandon the sense of superiority of entering a key high school, work hard, and devote all their energy to learning in order to obtain a wonderful life in the future. Undoubtedly, the effect of such an entrance education is extraordinary!

Clear talk and real criticism

Clear talk and real criticism usually appear in a relaxed and joking manner, which is consistent with serious and solemn speeches. Rather, it will make the speech atmosphere lively and pure, so that it can better win the audience's love and recognition. For example, in a reading exchange and speech contest, reporter Luo Jian expressed his views on "Sister Lin":

When I read "A Dream of Red Mansions", I feel deeply moved and even shed tears. Sister Lin's fate is really heartbreaking! In fact, with her alluring appearance and unparalleled talents, she is not only one of the four beauties in ancient China? How shameful? Why did she throw away her jade body for a mere Jia Baoyu? ?In my opinion, she at least has the following feasible options:

The first is to enter the palace. As long as she bribed the painter and asked the painter to paint her in detail, how could she win the favor of the emperor with her beauty? After entering the palace, she only had to be careful at all times, keep her head down, get close to the queen first, and then gain trust, then let go and charm the emperor. , it will be just around the corner to gradually replace the queen. The emperor is happy, what else can she not be satisfied with?

The second is to enter the entertainment industry. With her temperament and talent, in the entertainment industry, as long as she sells well everywhere and ingratiates herself with celebrities, she will definitely be able to have both sides and become a generational diva. If you have a small success and work hard, you may soon be able to have any fame or fortune in your arms. By then, money will flow into your pockets in large quantities. If you are rich, you can also raise a large group of pretty girls. Isn’t it much better than that one precious jade?

Talking openly and honestly is a novel and unique way of speaking, but a good way must be rich and healthy. match the content. In this speech, reporter Luo Jian started with the characters and their relationships in "A Dream of Red Mansions", started to make associations, integrated into the thoughts and behaviors of ancient and modern society, without breaking away from the original background of the story, and talked about Lin Daiyu, she does not need to give up jade for Jia Baoyu. For the reason of her body, she devised two plans for Lin Daiyu to enter the palace and enter the entertainment industry. On the surface, Luo Jian seems to be talking about Lin Daiyu's views on love, but in fact he is insinuating and rebuking the evil of bribery and corruption in the real society, the superficial and impetuous habits of the entertainment industry, and the evil of infidelity in love! The rebuke is clever and the scolding is enjoyable, showing The speaker has excellent cultural literacy and keen insight into social life.

Complaints but praise

Many speeches involve characters. How to highlight the characters clearly has always been a problem for many speakers. Of course we can express the characters based on their actual behavior, language, psychology, etc., but if everyone chooses the same way of expression, it will inevitably fall into disgrace. If the true feelings are revealed, supplemented by necessary language skills, the characters created may be more eye-catching and create excitement.

For example, a middle school student said in his speech "I Have a Bad Mother":

My mother is very hegemonic. She forbids me from reading martial arts romance novels and from being addicted to soap operas. I went home all day long to buy world famous books and biographies of famous people, which made me embarrassed in front of my classmates. When they were arguing about "Fengzhi" love, I would suddenly say: "Julian once truly loved Madame Duan." ?When they were discussing fashion, I would approach and just speak. Socrates said, ?The world would be like them and they would disperse in a rush. They thought I was reading crazy and always laughed at me behind my back. My mother can't help me. It's terrible.

Since I moved in, my mother has become a different person and ignores me. During the military training, the sun was like an oven, and a layer of skin peeled off my body, which made me feel hot and painful. I called back aggrievedly, hoping that my mother could take me back. My mother didn't agree. She was reasonable and said that I should accept some hardships and setbacks.

Hey, I can’t finish his shortcomings in three days and three nights. Under her oppression, I simply don’t know what “maternal love” is.

We are already familiar with speeches about maternal love. Many people will always subconsciously concretize maternal love and praise it from a positive perspective, thus losing the freshness. But this middle school student's speech was unique. She chose an angle to talk about his* "bad" and talked about his* "not", revealing her incomprehension and complaint. But in fact, the mother lets her daughter read more classics, receive more training, and endure more hardships. Isn’t this the mother’s love for her daughter? From this point of view, the speaker’s successive complaints are not a strong praise of the great maternal love. The clear complaint and real praise make the image of this "bad" mother vivid, allowing the audience to experience the speaker's happiness as a son and daughter, and leaving us with a beautiful picture of mother-daughter harmony.

Expansion: The skills of humorous speeches

1. The humor of impromptu speeches

Improvisation? The dictionary definition is to say, without thinking or spontaneously words or actions. In fact, many impromptu remarks are the result of planning and preparation. The power of humor is not as random as it seems. To express humor in impromptu speeches, you'd better collect some "impromptu" jokes, anecdotes, and witticisms in advance and use them flexibly in your speech to make your speech more vivid, distinctive, and timely.

2. Control the audience’s humor

When you use the power of humor to help start your speech, you attract the audience’s attention, activate the atmosphere, relax tension, and establish a relationship between you and the audience. friendly relations. As you gradually enter the topic of your speech, you still need to continue your previous efforts. Because people's attention span is very short, especially when the speaker talks in a monotonous and low tone on a certain topic, the audience is more likely to feel bored and distracted. At this time, you must grab the audience's attention again! Change the topic, or change the way you speak, and give the audience humorous power with a joke or a punchline. If you tell a joke just to make people laugh, the audience's attention is likely to drift away as the laughter rises and falls. So don't insert irrelevant humor. Humor should be related to the topic at the time, make it part of your message, and make it a humorous force!

3. Humor in the art of speech

Use an eager tone, truthfulness Details and dramatic plots bring out the power of your humor, and you might as well create some suspense before the crucial sentence is spoken. The speaker cannot wait to tell the witty anecdote. Because a joke must have an interesting effect and make the audience feel unexpected. Therefore, tell your jokes, witticisms or aphorisms well, and don’t act too hastily and reveal the secret prematurely! When you tell a joke in speech, emphasize the important and key words to strengthen the effect of the joke. In the important sentences Pause after speaking to deepen others' impression of it. When you give a speech, use the power of humor like a pro, express the power of humor truly and naturally, and express the power of humor as an important part of your speech. Whether you're a professional speaker, an occasional speaker, or (unlikely) you've never spoken in front of a crowd, you can work on creating, developing, and using the power of humor. Find strategies to help grow the power of humor, and your life will be filled with benefits.

IV. The humor of self-introduction

When facing an audience who is meeting for the first time, it is necessary for the speaker to introduce himself before giving a speech. Introduce yourself humorously and use your sense of humor from the beginning to break the boring situation. This can quickly attract the audience, focus the audience's attention, and pave the way for the smooth progress of the speech.

The famous Taiwanese artist Ling Feng delivered a wonderful impromptu speech at a TV station’s Spring Festival Gala. His humorous self-introduction is a classic: I’m Ling Feng? In the past two years, we have traveled all over the country. , the male audience had a particularly good impression of me, because they felt a bit superior when they saw me. I didn’t pose a threat to them, and they were relieved. (Laughter) They thought I looked very Chinese. (Laughter) China Five Thousands of years of vicissitudes and suffering are written on my face. (Laughter, applause) Generally speaking, female viewers don’t have a good impression of me; some female viewers can’t stand my appearance. (Laughter) They think I am thinner than a yellow flower, and my face is darker than a briquette. (Laughter) But I want to make it clear that this is not my fault. It is actually my parents’ fault. They made me like this without my consent. (Laughter, applause) However, times are changing and trends are changing. Nowadays, men can basically be divided into three types: the first type, you look very beautiful, but after a long time, it’s just the same thing; Just like my good friend Liu Wenzheng; the second kind, you look ugly, and the longer you look at it, the more ugly you look; this kind is like my good friend Chen Peisi; (laughter) The third kind, you It looks ugly. After looking at him for a long time, you will find that he has the smell of another man, this kind of man. (Laughter, applause) Everyone who applauded agreed! Those who applauded were all people who looked similar to me. (Laughter) Birds of a feather flock together! (Laughter, applause)

A person who can impress the audience Storytellers have many ways to enhance their humor, such as facial expressions, exaggerated words and gestures, and well-timed pauses, but you don't have to be a natural comedian to tell a story successfully. The following are eight suggestions for enhancing humor:

1. Keep jokes short. Too long will destroy the humor.

2. Look the audience in the eyes when telling a joke. Each time you look at an audience member, pause for a moment and scan the entire audience.

3. Speak slowly and clearly. Make sure your audience understands every word of your joke - especially the punchline.

4. Be happy, smile, and look happy. Your emotions will infect the audience, making it easier for you to laugh.

5. Leave enough time for the audience to appreciate the joke. If you interrupt the joke in a hurry, the effect you've put so much effort into achieving is compromised.

6. As long as it is the most basic thing. If your jokes are filled with unnecessary details, your audience will lose interest. It just needs people, time and other things to make the joke work.

7. Don’t apologize for your inexperience. Never say things like, "I'm not a dramatic actor," or "I'm not a good joker, but I'll try my best." It will ruin your humor before you even start saying it.

8. Don’t boast. If you should give the audience a moon, they will expect a moon. Avoid saying, "This is going to be the funniest joke you've ever heard," or "Let's hear this joke." Don't guarantee humor. , just say it.

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