Students in American schools learn from an early age to give presentations as part of their regular classroom activities．Children as young as five years old often give brief talks about（1）
they bring in to school─called"show and tell，"this training is a（2）
for later public speaking．
Even so，many native English-speaking adults are（3）
to speak or give presentations in front of a large group．
Speaking English in public meetings is（4）
for many students and employees．The best way to improve is to practice public speaking in a（5）
environment．Learners need to receive feedback about what they are doing well and about their（6）
．
Charles LeBeau is a public（7）
professor and consultant．He began his career in Japan in 1982．Currently，he teaches at two universities and at the Toshiba International Training Center．He has also written books on the subject．
English language（8）
around the world use his book Speaking of Speech．
Speaking of Speech tells about a method of teaching public speaking for non-native speakers．Mr．LeBeau says a simple approach（9）
English learners．
"The（10）
that I've taken is to simplify and break it down．First if we look at presentation，what's going on，there are basically three messages that the presenter is giving the（11）
，all simultaneously．There's what I call the（12）
message．Physical message is basically body language．And then there's also the visual message．The visual message（s）are the slides that we now make and（13）
the audience．The（14）
message is the story message，which is the content of our presentation．It also（15）
how we organize our ideas to present to the audience，"LeBeau said．
| 1．A．objects | B．homework | C．problems | D．happiness |
| 2．A．must | B．process | C．research | D．basis |
| 3．A．happy | B．satisfied | C．afraid | D．excited |
| 4．A．necessary | B．useless | C．available | D．unimportant |
| 5．A．nervous | B．friendly | C．embarrassed | D．competitive |
| 6．A．improvement | B．progress | C．mistakes | D．development |
| 7．A．listening | B．speaking | C．writing | D．reading |
| 8．A．teachers | B．professors | C．amateurs | D．learners |
| 9．A．affects | B．harms | C．helps | D．interests |
| 10．A．approach | B．story | C．problem | D．solution |
| 11．A．students | B．writers | C．readers | D．audience |
| 12．A．mental | B．physical | C．psychological | D．spiritual |
| 13．A．guide | B．persuade | C．show | D．tell |
| 14．A．first | B．third | C．second | D．fourth |
| 15．A．includes | B．excludes | C．connects | D．decides． |