講解演說

老大（8年級）學年過半，看看英語課都學了什麽：兩本小說，其中一本是”To kill a mocking bird”， 一本詩集，一年一度的全校演講。

除此之外最近有一個講解演說(introduction speech)，這個有點意思說一下。演說要求是每個學生自己選擇一樣東西，先寫詳細如何使用的書麵說明，然後帶實物到班上現場講解。講解完了每個同學都給各個展示者的幾個方麵寫評語。

這件事兒老大興趣很高，兩個星期前就在飯桌上讓我們給brainstorming (想主意)，我們出的主意比如，介紹怎麽裝計算機啊，怎麽玩某個遊戲啊，都被他否認了。後來也都給忘了。 昨天晚上看老大在計算機上猛敲，問幹什麽，說是這個introduction speech的評語。 “哦，你後來介紹的是什麽東西？” “ 我介紹的是如何識樂譜。” 俺心想這個倒是簡單。

他在那裏猛敲的是對其他同學演示的評論，班上每個同學評論下來足足有兩三張紙。看了兩段，唉，這人跟俺一樣太負麵而且說話不會加糖皮。摘兩端：

Connie: She spoke loudly and clearly and was easily understandable. She knew a lot about her topic. She did a decent job of explaining everything step-by-step and from the beginning but there still were some parts where I did not know what she was talking about. Her visual aid was good and made things easier to visualize. However, like Jenny, she could have brought in an actual example.’

Lily: Her speech was very short and concise. She had a good visual aid but didn’t demonstrate it. She jumped around a lot and didn’t really follow an order of facts. She didn’t really have a comparison to other kinds of white-out. I liked that she passed it around so everyone could see what it is like up close. It would have been better if she had shown how to use it and how well it works.

個人覺得這樣的練習非常好，很實用。不光自己得到鍛煉，也通過對別的同學的評定從中體會到怎麽能夠更好的做presentation。