The great teacher Lenin once said: "Language is the most important communication tool for human beings." Nowadays, more and more programs are aimed at discovering and selecting talents, such as host contests, youth style contests, advertising Star competitions, fashion model competitions, Miss Public Relations competitions, etc., not only look at beauty and figure, but also look at eloquence. The following is a speech script I compiled on Speech and Eloquence. You are welcome to refer to it.
Part 1: Eloquence in Speech
Eloquence is a kind of wealth, even a word worth a thousand dollars, exported into gold. This is by no means a fantasy in myths and fairy tales, but a true fact. Goods in department stores have prices, and people with social status have prices; in economically and culturally developed countries, high-quality speeches delivered by famous politicians, scientists, entrepreneurs, and writers also have a "word of mouth" price. For example, after former U.S. President Ronald Reagan left office, many speech companies hired him to give lectures across the country. The lowest "oral price" per hour was US$60,000, and US$1,000 per minute, equivalent to RMB 7,000 or 8,000, which is like spitting out words every minute. Ten gold rings or two or three gold necklaces are metaphors for "exporting gold", which is not a literary exaggeration. This is not even a high "word of mouth price". What is even more astonishing is that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visited Japan for nine days, gave nine speeches, participated in eight small business symposiums, and received a reward of 1 million U.S. dollars, almost Equal to her total income during her tenure as Prime Minister. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev visited the United States and gave five speeches at several famous institutions of higher learning. He was paid US$2 million. Although China is a developing country, "eloquence" has just been launched and the market has not yet been fully opened, but the "eloquence" price is not low. Some well-known scholars, economists, speakers, trainers, and lecturers have begun to receive “tens of thousands” of remuneration for a report or lecture; a group of film and television stars, and sports stars have performed for large companies on the TV screen. Advertisements, just ten seconds and a few words, are also "exported into gold". As for economic and trade negotiations, if you negotiate wisely, you can win tens of thousands of dollars; if you negotiate unprofessionally, you will give away huge wealth in vain; if you negotiate too shrewdly, you will not give up an inch, and forget the principle of mutual benefit, the negotiation will break down, and both parties will gain nothing. . Negotiation, no matter how many strategies, must be done through "eloquence".
Material wealth can still be measured in terms of money, but the spiritual wealth created by many famous ideological, education, experts and social activists through speeches to build a harmonious socialist society cannot be measured in terms of money, and is even more precious. Through speeches, they can bring together many people who did not know each other before, and can also make many people who were not interested in each other understand each other; through speeches, they can help people eliminate disputes, eliminate fusion between people, and can also Healing other people's sorrow and depression makes people's lives better and happier; through speeches, it can inspire people's fighting spirit, inspire people's hearts, and help people build confidence and love for the country and the nation.
The role of eloquence has penetrated into all areas of contemporary social life, ranging from resolving international disputes. A battle of wits can avoid the disaster of swords; negotiating and claiming compensation with foreign businessmen, a good speech can win the victory. Billions of assets; giving a policy speech and a witty line can excite the crowd and boost the people's morale. As small as ideological work, a sincere talk can make a mediocre person determined and the prodigal son turn back; a persuasive talk can eliminate the "war" in neighborhood disputes and family discord and get back together; and an eloquent defense in court can avoid unjust accusations. Wrongful conviction, justice served. Speeches and reports, diplomatic negotiations, social communication, public relations, business negotiations, product promotion, academic exchanges, thesis defense, reporter interviews, information transfer, court debate, teaching and teaching, ideological inspiration, party-mass dialogue, forum discussions, competition Going to work, talking to friends, admonishing father and son, whispering between husband and wife, falling in love with lovers, talking about love, there are seventy-two lines to say, and all of them require speech and eloquence. People who lack speech and eloquence skills will increasingly find it difficult to make progress in career, work, study, life and other aspects.
The ability of speech and eloquence is of great help to a person's success.
A Western philosopher once said this: "There is an achievement in the world that can enable people to quickly complete great deeds and gain recognition from the world, and that is the ability to speak pleasingly."
In modern times In society, speech and eloquence have become the key to determining the success or failure of a person's work and career. People usually have this experience. When praising someone for his ability, they often say "he is very eloquent." Eloquence has become an important part of measuring a person's ability. It is generally accepted that a person who is eloquent is often a person with strong expressive skills. More and more people are extending "expression ability" into the category of "organizational ability, thinking ability, research ability, and self-study ability". In other words, if you have excellent speaking skills, people will think that you have strong organizational skills, thinking skills, research skills and self-study skills. As the famous American adult educator and speech theorist Dale Carnegie said: "About 15% of a person's success depends on knowledge and technology, and 85% depends on human engineering." The "eighty-five percent ability" mentioned here is actually the ability to express one's own opinions and inspire enthusiasm in others. That is eloquence.
So: Learning to speak and improve eloquence is not only a need for social modernization, but also a need for people, especially our young people, to become talented.
Exercise eloquence, exercise thinking, improve mental state, and improve overall quality. "Words are the voice of the heart", language is the shell of thinking. Those who are "eloquent" and "eloquent" must have organized, thorough and agile thinking. Recruitment interviews and oral tests not only test oral expression skills, but also test thinking quality and psychological quality.
The times need talents, and talents need eloquence. Talents do not necessarily have eloquence, and eloquence must be talents. The most important thing about talents is eloquence. Having eloquence will definitely lead to success, and it is an urgent need for reform and opening up. Type, creative talents.
Stalin, Mao Zedong, Roosevelt, Churchill and other anti-fascist national leaders used their righteous and resigning speeches to arouse the people of the world to share the same hatred and fight bloody battles. Their words are frank and firm, their actions decisive and resolute, and their content is inspiring. Every word, every sentence, and every action is no less than a roaring bomber, a roaring tank, or a roaring cannon. When World War II was at its peak, artillery fire from the front determined victory and defeat, and tongues from the rear determined victory and defeat. The tongue unites anti-fascist countries.
The tongue is a sharp sword that can produce greater power than weapons. There is a story about "a clever tongue can win ten cities". During the Warring States Period, the State of Qi took advantage of the political turmoil caused by the establishment of Prince Yan as King Yi, and sent troops to capture ten cities in the State of Yan. When Su Qin saw Queen Qi, she said: "Bow down to celebrate, and raise your head to mourn." The King of Qi was puzzled and asked: "How come the celebration and mourning follow each other so quickly?" Yes, what made him celebrate and mourn? How can they follow each other so closely? Su Qin replied: "Although Yan is weak now, he is the son-in-law of the King of Qin. The king used his ten cities to grow and become enemies of the powerful Qin." Here, Su Qin caught The relationship between the King of Yan and Qin's son-in-law was proven at all levels, which shocked the King of Qi. Forced by the strength of Qin, he finally returned the ten cities he had captured by force.
The role of speech and eloquence in modern society is very important to an organization, a business and an individual. Whether you have talents who are proficient in speech skills can directly affect the survival of the company and the development of its career. If a company can consciously use speeches to promote its products and image, it will definitely achieve unexpected results. As the famous ancient Greek philosopher Democritus said: "To convince people, a word is often more effective than gold." This can also be supported by a Russian proverb, that is: "Language is not honey. But it can stick to everything."
Living in the era of "mouth revolution", having a good eloquence will make many entrepreneurs even more powerful on the road to success.
Among the many "people of good words", we have to mention Jack Ma, an eloquent person in this Internet era! Of course, there may be people who don't know the name Jack Ma, but I'm sure there is no netizen who doesn't know Taobao. Internet, I don’t know Alibaba Business Network, I don’t know Alipay. The creator of these "three treasures of the Internet" is Jack Ma, a man of the hour on the Chinese Internet. A venture capitalist once said of Jack Ma: "Even if he doesn't do IT, Alibaba, or any other industry, with his eloquence, he will definitely become a top expert!" Masayoshi Son, President of Japan's SoftBank, was talking with When Jack Ma met for the first time, he decided to invest 30 million after only talking for six minutes! All of this is certainly based on strength factors, but it also proves the charm of Jack Ma's eloquence!
In short, the speech It is the call of the times, the cry of truth, and the flash of thought; speech is the cry of the soul, the overflow of emotion, and the embodiment of personality. Speech is a tool for propaganda and agitation, a means of imparting knowledge, and a way of business management; speech is a social practice activity, a link to establish good interpersonal relationships, and a bridge to career success. In the new century, the ancient and young art of speech is showing its infinite charm. In the vast world, on the top of mountains, above the sea, in front of the negotiation table, in the halls of buildings, and in the courtroom, the loud voice of the speaker is everywhere. All these fully demonstrate that speech and eloquence are evergreen trees that are cleverly integrated with science and art by wisdom.
Part 2: On Speech and Eloquence
1. The meaning of speech
Also called speech or speech, it refers to the use of sound language as the basis for speech in public places. The main means is to use body language as an auxiliary means to clearly and completely express one's opinions and opinions on a specific issue, to clarify matters or express emotions, and to carry out propaganda and agitation.
2. The importance of speech and eloquence
The ancients said: "One person's argument is more important than the treasure of nine tripods, and a three-inch tongue is stronger than a million teachers." From this we can see the importance of speech and eloquence.
People from all walks of life at home and abroad are masters of public speaking. Among them are many celebrities from all walks of life, including political leaders and business leaders. Qiu Jin, a modern Chinese female revolutionary, said in her comments on the speech: "If you want to change people's thoughts and concepts, you must give a speech." In ancient Chinese culture, the book "Book of Changes" describes the importance of speeches like this: "Those who stir up the world are Cunhuci." In other words, the power to promote social progress and the advancement of the country needs to rely on the power of speech. These nothing more than illustrate the importance of the speech. In the history of our country, there were many eloquent and eloquent people who were active in the political arena at that time with a sword and tongue. Zhuge Liang's "tongue against the Confucian scholars" and "his wisdom inspired Zhou Yu" are household stories known to all ages. . Ancient sayings such as "One word can prosper a country, one word can destroy a country" closely link the rise and fall of a country with the power of eloquence, fully revealing the huge social role of speech. Everything from peace and order to a harmonious family is inseparable from speech.
Of course, in the long history of China, people like Zhuge Liang, Su Qin, Zhang Yi, etc. are all masters of speech, communication and persuasion. The power of their public speeches to express their ideas continues to influence people's lives and work today. Of course, the field of foreign speeches and domestic speeches have been fully affirmed with the development of the economy. Although there is no professional course on speech eloquence in our country's education system, many departments and units are carrying out training in the education and development of speech. For example, unit leadership competitions, related speech contests, etc., all invisibly make more people aware of the importance of speech and the enthusiasm for learning speech.
Kai-Fu Lee once said that people who have thoughts but do not express them are equivalent to having no thoughts.
Nixon once said that if he went to college again, he would first learn the two courses of speech and persuasion. Good eloquence is the cornerstone of success.
A person's talents can be fully revealed through words and conversations, so that the other party can better understand you and trust you, so that the other party dares to entrust you with important tasks. But speaking is the easiest thing and the hardest thing. The easiest, because three-year-old children can also talk; the hardest, because diplomats who are the best at rhetoric sometimes say the wrong thing. To say, or not to say? What to say? How to say it? Who to say it to? It is a culture and an art. If you master this art, you can control your wonderful tongue, and your witty words will change your life.
3. The role of speech and eloquence
American adult educator Dale Carnegie has a famous saying. He believes that only 15% of a person’s career success is due to him. professional knowledge and technical level, and the other 85 depends on interpersonal relationships and life skills. The important reason why speech and eloquence have been receiving more and more attention from people is that it has a strong and extensive social role. Both the speaker and the audience can benefit from and be inspired by speech activities.
Article 3: A brief discussion on the importance of college students’ speech and eloquence
1. Importance
As a contemporary college student, how can we keep pace with the times? I personally think that excellent speech and eloquence skills are a more important aspect. Only with excellent speech and eloquence can one truly adapt to the development of society.
The reason why I chose the course "Speech and Eloquence" as my elective course is because you and I believe that as contemporary college students, we must have a certain degree of speech and eloquence ability and know how to speak on appropriate occasions. If appropriate, you need to understand how to better deal with people from all walks of life and how to get to know more close friends.
There was once a famous cooking master who wanted to pass on his lifelong secret to one of his most proud disciples. Before that, he first asked his disciple to cook him the most delicious dish in the world. The disciple brought him a plate of tongue. When the master asked the reason, the disciple said: "Most people who have achieved success in history have always had a pair of tongues." "The Immaculate Tongue", it is the emotional description of this thing that has brought about many beautiful civilizations, the satisfaction of many human desires and the advent of luck. "The master was pleased, and then asked. This disciple cooked him the most unpalatable dish in the world, but to his surprise, the disciple brought him a plate of tongues. The master was puzzled, and the disciple added: "The tongue is delicious, but it is also the most unpalatable. As the saying goes, disasters come from the mouth. Throughout the ages, there have been many man-made disasters and sins in the world. How many of them are there? Isn't the pile picked up by the tongue?" The master laughed after hearing this, and he finally found the most suitable person to inherit his unique skills.
This story reveals to us from one side the importance of eloquence to a person. It is one of the necessary conditions for our future career success. Without a good language expression ability, we cannot convey our thoughts to others through speaking, and we cannot be appreciated by this society. (Book Village www.mcqyy.com)
Speech relies on multiple means such as audio language, that is, "speaking"; situational language and theme images, that is, "performance", forming a comprehensive, unified and Complete communication system. If any one of these three is missing, it will not constitute a complete speech activity in the true sense. At the same time, speech activities are also inseparable from gesture language. If the speaker talks blindly on the podium without changes in posture, expression, and coordination of gestures, the speech will lack concreteness, vividness, and sense of substance; furthermore, the speech will The activity cannot be separated from audio language. Otherwise, if you only see the person but do not hear his voice, it will be difficult to achieve the purpose of communicating thoughts and feelings. It is these three elements that constitute concrete and lively speech expression activities.
Visionaries at home and abroad have always attached great importance to eloquence.
In the history of our country, there were indeed many eloquent and eloquent people who were active in the political arena at that time with their swords and tongues. Zhuge Liang's "tongue against the Confucian scholars" and "his wisdom inspired Zhou Yu" are well-known to all ages. story. Ancient sayings such as "One word can prosper a country, one word can destroy a country" closely link the rise and fall of a country with the power of eloquence, fully revealing the huge social role of speech. Everything from peace and order to a harmonious family is inseparable from speech.
Good eloquence is the cornerstone of success. A person's talents can be fully revealed through speech and conversation, so that the other party can understand you better and trust you, so that the other party dares to entrust you with important tasks. But speaking is the easiest thing and the hardest thing. The easiest, because three-year-old children can also talk; the hardest, because diplomats who are the best at rhetoric sometimes say the wrong thing. To say, or not to say? What to say? How to say it? Who to say it to? It is a culture and an art. If you master this art, you can control your wonderful tongue, and your witty words will change your life.
2. The role of speech and eloquence
American adult educator Dale Carnegie has a famous saying. He believes that only 15% of a person's career success is due to him. professional knowledge and technical level, and the other 85 depends on interpersonal relationships and life skills. The important reason why speech and eloquence have been receiving more and more attention from people is that it has a strong and extensive social role. Both the speaker and the audience can benefit from and be inspired by speech activities. The functions of speech and eloquence are multifaceted. We classify its most obvious functions into the following aspects.
Cognition is a unique function possessed by human beings. Cognition is a function of the human brain and is completed in a series of practical activities. Speech is also a practical activity in terms of its nature. When people participate in the activity, they have to think, understand, and comprehend many phenomena and problems. This thinking process is a cognitive process. There are four goals for speech to promote individual understanding: understanding oneself, understanding others, understanding society, and understanding the truth.
People in social life need to exchange ideas, exchange opinions, and connect with each other, and speech is a relatively advanced form of social interaction. Through this kind of social interaction, interpersonal understanding and unity can be enhanced, people's mental health can be improved, and work efficiency can be improved. No matter which field, no matter which class, if the level of thought, knowledge, and skills is almost the same, people who can speak and write will always be able to speak more effectively and fully through multiple channels than those who can only write but not speak. Express your thoughts and show your talents, so as to establish connections with others extensively and appropriately.
A successful speech can convey a large amount of knowledge and cultural information. The speaker can receive self-education from it during the speech process, and the audience can receive external education, receive information, be influenced, and internalize it. Oneself is an action. For example, Yu Dan's speech on "The Analects" in the well-known Baijia Forum, and Yu Minhong's speech at the freshman opening ceremony at Peking University have helped cultivate the sentiments of the majority of young people, shape beautiful hearts, establish lofty ideals, and study hard. work, all play a positive educational role.
Speech activities are activities in which the speaker and the audience directly perceive, emotionally experience and arouse aesthetic feelings about the beauty and ugliness of things. It is an interpenetration and collaboration of psychological functions such as perception, emotion, understanding and imagination. activities. Throughout the speech activity, the speaker himself can also enjoy aesthetic enjoyment: when the speaker himself is the aesthetic subject, this self-appreciation mainly comes from the audience's feedback and satisfaction with the effect. Therefore, the subject of the speech activity (the speaker) and the recipient of the speech activity (the audience) are both aesthetic subjects and aesthetic objects to varying degrees. The beauty in speech includes sincerity, philosophy, artistic conception, language, form, etc.
3. How to improve your speech and eloquence as a college student
When it comes to reading, it is difficult to imagine that a person who has never read can be in front of a well-read person. What is eloquence? Reading more in life can provide a steady source of knowledge for the formation of eloquence. The prerequisite for a person to be able to speak well is that he has something to say. Reading, in terms of speech and eloquence, is the fundamental solution to the problem of "having nothing to say".
Second, be careful what you say. Many people think that a person who can speak many words is called eloquence. "Look at him, he can talk non-stop. He is so eloquent." This is really a distorted understanding of eloquence. I personally think that being good at eloquence does not mean saying many words without thinking, but It is about saying "appropriate words". The training of eloquence skills does not mean "talking too much" without thinking, but "speaking carefully" with rational control and a process of thinking. It’s not expensive to talk a lot, but it’s important to get to the point. At the same time, you must also pay great attention to the feelings of the listener to prevent stupid behaviors that are just for the sake of oral pleasure but actually offend people! Therefore, the formation of good eloquence is not to speak too much, but to speak carefully!
Three How can we be careful when speaking if we have to "constantly think"? Of course, many people who are well-informed in world affairs and sophisticated in human relations can still speak in a measured and appropriate manner in their circles even if they have not learned any knowledge. But that is mostly because they have accumulated rich experience in interacting in their own circle. If they change to another circle, will they be able to communicate effectively? Not necessarily, because there are similarities in worldly affairs and human relationships, but different environments are different. It has its own characteristics. How can we achieve "remaining unchanged in response to all changes"? I think we should think about it often. It is a good method. A person who thinks often will have a speculative language and be easily accepted by others. People who don't think often often make a lot of jokes because of their fixed thinking patterns!
The great man Mao Zedong warned us long ago: "Language is not something that can be learned casually. It must be hard work." “Speech and eloquence skills are not innate, nor are they self-taught. Like any other talent, eloquence comes from diligent study and hard practice. "The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold." All the eloquent and eloquent speakers, all the eloquent and eloquent orators, all the communicators who are articulate and good at socializing, in ancient and modern times, are not It is natural, but it is created through self-confidence, courage, hard work, and training based on acquired efforts and hard training.
Speech and eloquence are a comprehensive art. It is not easy to truly master this art. It includes many aspects of skills, such as the correct pronunciation of the voice, the pronunciation of the words, body movements, Facial expressions and appearance etiquette, methods of controlling situations and adapting to situations, tips for impromptu speaking, the art of argumentation, clever ways of dialogue, etc. All of these require us to systematically study and apply speech skills from theory to practice.
Through the study of this course, we have a basic understanding of speech and eloquence. While mastering this knowledge, we learn a skill and get a key to the world. As we are about to graduate, we will hold on to the knowledge we have learned, join the employment stream, and turn the theory of speech and eloquence into practice.
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