常春藤生活英語：My First Speech Contest 演講初體

I still clearly remember what happened during my first speech contest. I was very nervous about talking in front of a large crowd. When it was my turn, I tried to stay calm and walked onto the stage with a big smile. Somehow, I tripped and fell. At that moment, everyone in the audience started laughing.

I felt so embarrassed that I wanted to run away. However, I told myself that things couldn't get any worse. So I got up, took a deep breath, and went on giving my speech. As soon as I finished it, I felt relieved.

At the end of the contest, I didn't expect to win anything. To my surprise, I was awarded a special prize for courage. When I held the prize and saw the audience cheering, I felt proud of myself.

我仍清楚記得第一次參加演講比賽時發(fā)生的事。對于要在大批人群前說話，我感到非常緊張。輪到我時，我試著保持冷靜，面帶笑容地走上臺。不知怎么地，我絆倒了。那一刻，所有觀眾都笑了出來。

我尷尬到想要逃走。然而，我告訴我自己事情不會更糟了。所以我爬起來，深吸了一口氣，繼續(xù)我的演說。我一講完就覺得如釋重負(fù)。

比賽結(jié)束時，我不期望贏得任何獎項。令我驚訝的是，我獲頒了一座特別的勇氣獎。當(dāng)我握著獎座，看著觀眾為我歡呼時，我以自己為榮。

Building Your Vocabulary

1.nervous　a. 緊張的

Michael is very nervous about the exam.

麥可對考試感到很緊張。

2.somehow　adv. 不知怎么地

Somehow Molly was still able to smile after she broke up with her boyfriend.

不知怎么地，茉莉在跟男友分手后還笑得出來。

3.trip　vi. 絆倒

Move this box or someone might trip over it.

把這個紙箱搬走，否則有人可能會被它絆倒。

4.award　vt. 授予，給予

The school awarded Victor a scholarship.

校方頒給維多獎學(xué)金。

5.cheer　vi. 歡呼，喝采

After the show, everyone stood up to cheer.

表演結(jié)束后，每個人都站起來喝采。

Phrases for Learning

go on + 動名詞　　繼續(xù)……

I'm too tired to go on jogging.

我累到無法繼續(xù)慢跑下去。

參考字詞

1.audience　n. 觀眾

2.embarrassed　a. 尷尬的

3.relieved　a. 松了一口氣的

Tips In Use

To my surprise, I was awarded a special prize for my courage.

(令我驚訝的是，我獲頒了一座特別的勇氣獎。)

"to my surprise"表『令我驚訝的是』。"to + 所有格 +表情緒的形容詞"可形成介詞詞組，作獨立副詞詞組用，通常置于句首，修飾全句。

常見的尚有：

to one' regret 令某人后悔的是

to one's sorrow 令某人難過的是

to one's delight 令某人高興的是

to one's satisfaction 令某人滿意的是

to one's amazement 令某人驚異的是

to one's disappointment 令某人失望的是

To Lisa's sorrow, her father couldn't make it to her wedding.

(令莉薩難過的是，她父親無法參加她的婚禮。)