演講是一門藝術(shù)。好的演講自有一種激發(fā)聽眾情緒、贏得好感的鼓動性。要做到這一點(diǎn)，首先要依靠演講稿思想內(nèi)容的豐富、深刻，見解精辟，有獨(dú)到之處，發(fā)人深思，語言表達(dá)要形象、生動，富有感染力。如果演講稿寫得平淡無味，毫無新意，即使在現(xiàn)場“演”得再賣力，效果也不會好，甚至相反。在內(nèi)容豐富的前提下，演講的開場白也是非常重要的，如果演講者能在開場白上激發(fā)起聽眾或者評委老師的興趣，那么，他的演講至少成功了一半，下面兩個(gè)是比較成功的能引起聽眾興趣的英語開場白：
1. So earlier this year, I was informed that I would be doing a TED Talk. So I was excited, then I panicked, then I was excited, then I panicked, and in between the excitement and the panicking, I started to do my research, and my research primarily consisted of Googling how to give a great TED Talk.And interspersed with that, I was Googling Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. How many of you know who that is?...

2. My big idea?is a very, very small idea?that can unlock?billions of big ideas?that are at the moment dormant inside us.?And my little idea that will do that?is sleep.This is a room of type-A women.?This is a room?of sleep-deprived women.?And I learned the hard way,the value of sleep.?Two-and-a-half years ago,?I fainted from exhaustion.?I hit my head on my desk. I broke my cheekbone,?I got five stitches on my right eye.?And I began the journey?of rediscovering the value of sleep.?And in the course of that,?I studied,?I met with medical doctors, scientists,?and I'm here to tell you?that the way to a more productive,?more inspired, more joyful life?is getting enough sleep....