"外研社杯"英语演讲大赛介绍 本课重点 一、"外研社杯"全国英语演讲大赛:从校选赛到国赛 二、"外研社杯"全国英语演讲大赛:国赛流程及备赛建议 Hi, this is Alice! 大家好 我是Alice First, congratulations! 首先恭喜各位 You have finished learning some important skills 大家已经学完了英语公众演讲的 and theories of English public speaking, 一些重要技巧和理论 and I believe now you are getting closer and closer 相信各位正在朝着一名合格的演讲者 to a qualified speaker. 一步步前进着 Now, you may be looking for a different, 现在 是时候站上不同的 or a bigger stage. 更大的舞台了 Speaking competitions will definitely 演讲大赛绝对是一个 offer you a shining stage 能让你闪耀的舞台 to help you have a unique experience 能让你积累更多独特的 in public speaking. 演讲经历 And preparation for speaking contests 而且在备赛过程中 will improve your speaking ability 你的演讲能力 and comprehensive skills, 以及综合能力都会得到提升 and broaden your horizon. 你的视野也会变得宽阔 Each year, thousands of students 每年 数以千计的学生 participate in provincial 都会参加到各类省级 and national speech competitions. 和国家级的演讲大赛中 In China, there are 3 major English speaking contests: 目前中国主要有三大演讲大赛 the FLTRP Cup English Speaking Contest, "外研社杯"英语演讲大赛 The 21st Century Cup English Speaking Contest, "21世纪"英语演讲大赛 and the Star of Outlook English Talent Competition. "希望之星"英语风采大赛 I've been training students 在过去的十二年里 to take part in these 3 competitions for over 12 years. 我一直致力于培训学生参加这些比赛 So, I'd like to give a brief introduction 在这里 我会为大家 of these 3 major competitions for you. 简单介绍一下这三大赛事 The FLTRP Cup was founded in 2002 "外研社杯"英语演讲大赛于2002年创立 and has received wide attention at home and abroad. 在国内外均广受关注 At that time, 在当时 the contest was called 这一赛事叫做 the CCTV Cup English Speaking Contest. "CCTV杯"英语演讲大赛 In 2010, the contest was renamed 直到2010年才改名为 the FLTRP Cup English Speaking Contest. "外研社杯"英语演讲大赛 Now, it is jointly held by 现在该项赛事是由 Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press 外语教学与研究出版社 and the Ministry of Education. 以及教育部联合举办 Over the years, 创办多年来 it is regarded to have the greatest scale, 该项比赛成为了中国规模最大 the largest number of participants 参赛选手最多 and the highest level in China. 级别最高的演讲大赛 Each year, a different topic for the prepared speech 每年的定题演讲主题都不同 will be released about in April. 赛题会于当年4月公布 Different universities may hold the campus selections 各大高校会在不同的时间 at different time. 举办校园选拔赛 Take Central South University for example, 就拿中南大学来说 normally we hold the campus selection 我们通常会在每年五月或六月 every May or June. 举办校园选拔赛 Every year, 每年 more than 100 students in CSU 有100多名中南大学学生 will attend the final round of campus contest. 会参加最后一轮的校园选拔 From the campus contest, 我们会在比赛中 5 to 6 top contestants will be selected 选出五至六名优秀选手 to join the centralized training for provincial contest. 参加省级竞赛的集中训练 Before my contestant take part in provincial contest, 在我的选手参加省级比赛之前 I would do face to face training to my contestants 我会对我的选手进行 for at least 400 hours. 至少400小时的面对面训练 The Hunan Provincial Speaking Contest 湖南省演讲大赛 will be held in mid-October every year, 于每年10月中旬举行 consisting of 3 sections: 比赛包括三个部分 prepared speech for 3 minutes, 定题演讲3分钟 impromptu speech for 2 minutes 即兴演讲2分钟 and Q&A for 2 minutes. 问答环节2分钟 The provincial contest will be held for 2 days. 省赛为期两天 The first day is for non-English majors, 第一天是非英语专业场 and the second for English major. 第二天是英语专业场 Every year, nearly 200 contestants 每年 来自湖南近40所大学的 from nearly 40 universities in Hunan 将近200名选手 will take part in the provincial speaking contest, 将会参加省级演讲大赛 and finally, 而最后 only the top 3 contestants from different universities 只有来自不同大学的前三名选手 can have the chance to represent Hunan province 才有机会代表湖南省 to go to national final. 去参加全国决赛 From 2014, 从2014起 FLTRP opened the online channel. 外研社开通了网络赛场 Anyone under 35 years old 任何未满35岁的选手 can sign up for the online contest. 都可以报名参加 The final score will be calculated based on 最后的分数将根据 the video of the prepared speech you submit online, 你在网上提交的定题演讲视频 the phone interview and your votes online. 电话面试和网络投票来计算 Every year, the top 90 out of 每年 在数千名参赛选手中 the thousands of contestants 有90位会脱颖而出 can go directly to national contest 通过网络赛场 through online selection! 直接进入全国决赛 From provincial contest to national contest, 省赛和国赛之间 there are 2 months. 隔了两个月 No matter our contestants 不管参赛选手 take part in the online contest 参加的是网络赛场 or ground contest, 还是地面赛场 they all need to go through the "devil training"! 都必须在这段时间接受魔鬼训练 The national final is held 全国总决赛 in mid-December each year in Beijing 每年于十二月中旬在北京举行 usually lasting for a week. 通常为期一周 It consists of 4 rounds. 比赛一共分为四轮 The first round is about prepared speech for 3 minutes 第一轮为三分钟定题演讲 and Q&A for 2 minutes. 和两分钟问答 The prepared speech topic 定题演讲的题目 is the same topic in your provincial contest. 与省赛的题目相同 In the Q&A part, 在问答环节 one of the "question masters" is from China 在两名"提问评委"中 一位是中国人 and the other is from foreign countries. 另一位是外国人 In the first round, 在第一轮比赛中 all the 180 contestants will be divided into 3 groups 180名选手将被分成3组 and compete simultaneously 并且会同时在 in 3 different competition terrains 三个不同的比赛场地进行比赛 The order of contestants' presence is determined 选手的比赛顺序 in the morning right before the contest. 会在比赛当天早晨抽出 The top 30 in each competition terrain 每个赛场的前30名 will enter the second round next day. 将进入次日的第二轮比赛 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. 女士们先生们 下午好 My grandma was a college teacher before her retirement. 我的奶奶是一位退休的大学教师 She was intelligent, eloquent and graceful. 她思维敏捷 能说会道 风度翩翩 Because of her wonderful communication skills, 因为她非常善于沟通 her colleagues respected her, 同事们很尊重她 and her students loved chatting with her. 学生也喜欢找她谈心 The second round is about 第二轮比赛包括 impromptu speech for 3 minutes, 三分钟即兴演讲 Q&A for 2 minutes and quiz. 两分钟问答以及综合知识速答 In this section, 在这一轮中 each contestant will have 20 minutes for preparation. 每位参赛者将有20分钟的准备时间 The topics contain proverbs, pictures and videos 话题包括谚语 图片或视频等 The order of contestants 比赛的顺序 is also determined in the morning, 也是在当天早晨决定的 and the competitions also go on simultaneously 比赛也会在三个不同的场地 in 3 different competition terrains. 同时进行 The final score will be calculated 最后的分数 based on the speech, 将根据演讲 Q&A and the quiz. 问答和知识速答来计算 Finally, the top 9 in each competition terrain 最后 每个赛场的前九名选手 will enter the third round. 将进入第三轮比赛 In this round, 在这一轮中 coaches will prepare together with contestants. 指导老师可以和参赛选手一起准备 And the coaches will help their contestants 并且帮助选手 to establish the basic theme, 确立基本主题 design the basic structure, 设计基本结构 choose the suitable examples 选择合适的范例 and sharpen the language. 润色语言 So the coaches and contestants 所以指导老师和选手 must know how to respect each other 必须学会互相尊重 and cooperate well with each other! 互相打好配合 I always enjoyed my trip to that place, 我很享受去那个地方旅行 because I enjoyed the beautiful view, 因为我很喜欢那里的美景 of pure Yellow River flowing into the giant ocean. 波澜壮阔的黄河水奔向大海 But today, what I can see 但如今 我看到的黄河 is not only pure Yellow River anymore. 不再是纯粹的黄河了 We can see green, red, purple, 河里有绿色红色紫色 black and all sorts of colors. 黑色各种颜色 It's colorful now, but it's not beautiful at all. 虽然五彩缤纷 但这一点都不美 The third round is about 第三轮比赛包括 prepared speech for 2 minutes, 两分钟定题演讲 Q&A for 1 minute, 一分钟问答环节 extension speech for 1 minute 一分钟拓展演讲 and group quiz. 以及知识抢答 In this round, 在这一轮中 contestants will be divided into different groups 选手将被分到不同的组别 made up of 3 people. 每组三人 Different group will get a different topic 各组会提前一天 one day ahead of time. 拿到不同的话题 In 2016, Winnie got the topic about 2016年 文宁的话题是 "Ode to Joy in G20 Summit". "G20峰会上的欢乐颂" In 2017, Wang Chenyu got the topic about 2017年 王宸宇则抽到的话题是 "Which quality is more important "在大学建设中 in the development of university?" 哪种要素更重要" Apart from the speech, 除了演讲得分外 the contestants' score 参赛者的分数 will be calculated based on Q&A, 还将根据问答环节 an extension speech based on the topic 基于话题的拓展演讲 and a group quiz. 以及知识抢答计算得出 The night before the contest will be a hard night 比赛的前一晚会非常艰辛 for both coaches and contestants. 不管是对指导老师还是参赛选手 Basically speaking, 基本上来说 they are going to spend the whole night 他们会花一整夜的时间 preparing for the next day's speech! 来准备第二天的演讲 In my eyes, this is also a test 在我看来 这也是在考验 for the relationship and "tacit understanding" 指导老师与选手之间的 between coaches and contestants! 关系和默契程度 The top one in each group 每组的第一名 and an extra excellent contestant 以及一位表现特别突出的复活选手 will enter the fourth round! 将进入第四轮比赛 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. 女士们先生们 下午好 In the opening speech of G20 Summit, 在G20峰会的开幕致辞中 our President Xi offered a quite interesting number, 习主席提到了一个很有意思的数字 0.7, this is the Gini Coefficient in 2016, 2016年中国的基尼系数为0.7 which refers to the standard measure of inequality, 基尼系数是衡量不平等程度的常用指标 higher at the alarm level of 0.6. 0.7这一数字超过了0.6的危险线 This marks a widening gap in economic development 基尼系数表明了全球不同国家之间 among different nations around the world. 经济发展的差距 The fourth round is a surprising round. 第四轮的比赛形式不定 In this round, every year, the form is a bit different. 每年都会有些许改变 Basically speaking, 但基本上 it contains speaking and debating. 都包含了演讲和辩论 First, all the 9 contestants 首先 九位参赛选手 will compete on the same stage, 将同台竞技 and give a speech on a certain topic. 并就某一话题发表演讲 The topic will be given one day ahead of time. 话题将于比赛前一天给出 In 2016, the topic was 2016年的话题是 "raise a good question in your eyes". "提一个你觉得很好的问题" In 2017, the topic is 2017年的话题是 "What will you do to contribute "如果你是大学校长 to the development of mankind 你会为人类的发展 if you were a university president?" 做出哪些贡献" After that, 这一环节过后 the top 5 contestants will have a debate 前五名选手 with each other and with the judges 将会与对方以及评审展开辩论 to compete for the final champion. 以角逐最后的总冠军 The final round will be broadcast online live. 最后一轮比赛会在线上直播 Central South University, where is it? 中南大学在哪里 Hubei? Guangzhou? 是在湖北 还是广州 Well, even with a bleeding heart, 尽管我的心在滴血 I should always tell the other people 我每次还是会面带着微笑 with a smile on my face: 告诉提问的人 we're in Changsha, 中南大学在湖南省 the beautiful star city in Hunan Province. 美丽的星城长沙 And to be honest, it's quite understandable that 不过老实说 我也能理解 people are not so familiar with our university, 为什么大家不太了解我们学校 because he is so young. 因为它实在是太年轻了 Sounds really intense right? 是不是很刺激呀 But don't get scared by so many rounds. 但不要因为轮次太多就害怕紧张 Think about each round as a whole new show. 把每轮比赛都当作一次表现的机会 It's not a repetition of your old speeches. 这并不是重复你之前的演讲 Each time, it's a new challenge, 每一次都是一个新的挑战 and a new opportunity for you 也是一个全新的机会 And during the entire 4 rounds 而且在四轮比赛中 you will always have your coach stay with you, 你的指导老师都会伴你左右 help you and prepare with you. 帮助你准备比赛 What's more 此外 the winners of first prizes or higher prizes 获得了一等奖以及更高奖项的选手 can go to the USA, UK 可以前往美国 英国 Australia, Macao or Singapore 澳大利亚 澳门或者新加坡 for exchange projects! 参加交换项目 In next class 下节课 we will talk about the next 2 competitions: 我们会介绍另外两大比赛 21st Century National English Speaking Competition "21世纪"全国英语演讲大赛 and Star of Outlook English Talent Competition 和"希望之星"英语风采比赛 See you next time! 下节课见 请记住本课重点