Shownotes: Two principles to overcome nervousness 如何克服舞台恐惧的两个方法 No. 1 NIPP+ 1. Know it's Normal 2. Know it's Invisible 3. Prepare, prepare, prepare (3R) research revise your drafts rehearse 4. Get Physical + Focus on the thing! No.2 Five Ps Preparation and practice prevent poor performance. 1.Preparation of body: food, sleep, rest, water Preparation of mind: attitude 2.Practice: perform the same way you want to when you are in front of the audience.

Shownotes: Concept："u are what u eat, u become what u read" Outline of the speech： >My story: Why do I want to talk about this concept? My personal experience about this What have I gained from this >Central Ideas: You are what you eat: you choose your physical state You become what you read: you choose your mental state >Evidence: Common sense: keeping diet can loose weight; reading can shape thoughts Francis Bacon: Of studies >Conclusion: Be careful for your eating habit and your reading choice. Don't binge eating and indulge in superficial reading. You are what you choose to be. You have the choice to be good. Every small choice eventually shapes who you are. >Plus: Quotation from Of Studies by Francis Bacon: "Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abeunt studia in morse. (Studeis go to make up a man’s character. ) Nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies: like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises."

Shownotes: Confidence is your best makeup Appearance is fleeting, confidence is forever. The two levels of confidence: 1. Confidence is competence Build your ability in one area. When you specialize in something, you can become confident in talking about it. 2. Confidence is to accept yourself We all have drawbacks and virtues, but when you always look at your disadvantages, you will not be confident. Instead, focus on your virtues, and to make it even better, saying "I am enough", to accept all of your, you can acquire the ability of confidence. Confidence is your best calling card.

Learning in English, not learning English 用英语学习，而不是学习英语 In this episode, I will adress the following questions: 1.Why should we focus on "learning in English"? 2.What's the difference between "Learning in English" and "Learning English"? 3.How to practice learning and thinking in English? My own experience in practicing English thinking(英语思维): 1.Writing diary in English >Speaking is a faster version of writing. >Recording daily life is an easy start. 2.Make English videos to comment on a topic > Learning other's videos firstly > Reorganizing, retelling secondly 3.Recording English audio to express thoughts > Develop your own thoughts in English > Sharing your ideas with others Take-home message: 1. English is not a goal but a tool. 2. Change from "English learning" to "Learning in English". 3.English gives you a wider world to learn everything.

Shownotes: Life is not linear. We need to embrace all the experience, no matter it is good or bad. In everybody's life, we all have ups and downs that's the magical thing about life. The big moment always happens in the turning point. So now, if you're in a down time, don't be worry, don't be confused, you need to have the hope that in the near future you will have your ups. Now let's have this mindset: certainly is the only certain thing in the world and life is not linear, it's nonlinear. Embrace all the challenges in your life that is the chance to develop yourself.

Outline Elements of a good speech: 1. a good story > different > significant > inspiring 2. a good delivery >listening > imitation > shadowing

Gardening: 1. Plants are our companies just like the pets. 2. In the garden, striving does not cease. 3. Gardening is an extension of our spiritual world.

>即兴演讲的组织方法: PREP (Point. Reason. Example. Point) 观点-原因-举例-观点 这是最基本的演讲框架，基本上任何主题都适用。 这个框架也很好记忆，读起来就是prep！准备！ >举个例子，你怎么看online education？（5分钟演讲） 演讲结构: Point: I do not support online education. 【先确定观点，不支持，30秒-1分钟】 Reason: 【理由部分，根据时间决定数量，如5分钟可以选2个理由，讲述2分钟-2分半】 1. less engaged. 2. easily distracted ！ 3. emotional fatigue 4. lack of interaction ！ 5. network failure ... Example: When I was in class...【快速举例，一定要切题，1分钟】 Point: I still prefer in-person education. 【留至少30秒时间，重申观点】 >另一个例子: A man should not travel afar while his parents are still alive.——Confucius​ 演讲结构: Introduction Topic statement Thesis statement I. Position on the topic II. Overarching argument Preview of main points I. Heading of main point one II. Heading of main point two III. Heading of main point three Body I. Main point one II. Main point two III. Main point three Summary I. Statement of topic II. Review of thesis statement III. Review of preview Conclusion: Refer back to introduction

Hamlet's influence on me 1. Noble souls 2. Indecisiveness 3.Death “forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum.” 朱生豪译文：“四万个兄弟的爱合起来，还抵不过我对她的爱。” Brevity is the soul of wit。 (Hamlet 2.2)简洁是智慧的灵魂，冗长是肤浅的藻饰. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio， than are dreamt of in your philosophy. （Hamlet 1。5） 天地之间有许多事情，是你的睿智所无法想象的.-—《哈姆雷特》 There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. (Hamlet 2.2） 世上之事物本无善恶之分，思想使然。——《哈姆雷特》 There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. （Hamlet 5。2) 一只麻雀的生死都是命运预先注定的。 The rest is silence。 (Hamlet 5。2) 余下的只有沉默.——《哈姆雷特》

Why do I like impromptu speaking? 4 types of speaking: reading from manuscript recite from the memory extemporaneous speaking impromptu speaking 1. spontaneous ideas （suitable） daily life personal feelings daily words 2. fast to record (function) save a lot of time my diary moment express myself genuinely and truly 3.organizing ability (practice) have sth to say about a topic a way to express and to talk some ideas can surprise myself All in all: A record of my present life A memory of my past life