Public Speaking Skills在线视频

同学们 在这一讲里

我将给大家来介绍如何做一个劝说型演讲

主要涉及的是劝说型演讲的组织形式

Good organization is essential for persuasive speeches

It puts together the speaker's ideas in a coherent and clear way

so that the audience can

follow him without difficulty

In addition it makes the speaker's argument

convincing and smooth

One way to organize the body to a persuasive speech

is a “problem-solution” order

in which the speaker states a problem

and then proposes a solution

The following is an example of how a speech

is organized in the “problem-cause-solution” pattern

In the above example

the body part of the speech gives in detail the speaker;s main points

including the discussion of the problem itself

the causes of the problem, and then a feasible solution

Now you are supposed to give a five-minute speech

to persuade your audience that age discrimination

should be banned at work

Use the problem(cause) solution

order to organize the speech

The following outline is for your reference

Now let's have a student to give us an example

Weeks ago i watched a news report on TV about

a 50-year-old nurse who sued her employer for age discrimination

the hospital she worked for fired her

saying that a younger nurse would fit her position better

Bias against workers like this is not rare in our society

Instead it is common

and even so common that many people don't realize it's wrong

To make this point clear

why formulating laws

and changing our current retirement policy

are feasible measures to solve the problem

First let's look at the problem of age discrimination at work in detail

There are various types of age-related bias in employment

In some cases people may be excluded from certain positions

because they are considered too old

For example airline companies prefer to hire young women

to work as flight attendants

In some other cases

people may lose employment opportunities just

because they are considered too young

For instance some companies set an age

requirement for senior positions

All these cases show that age discrimination

in employment is a prevalent problem

that may affect any group of people in any field

Now that we have been seen how common age discrimination

is in the workplace let me share with you the solution

I will focus on tow measures

which are law enforcement and policy revision

My first proposal is that our government

should formulate laws to create an age-equal labor market

Employers should be banned from specifying

any type of age requirement in their recruitment ads

In addition any decisions concerning salary and duty assignment

must be made on the basis of

a person's qualifications rather than age

Employers will be forced to adopt an age-equal policy

in hiring and managing their workers

and employees will be equipped with legal tools

to protect their rights

The second measure I'd like to propose is to abolish

the current policy of mandatory retirement

and replace it with a policy of voluntary retirement

What we have now in China is that people have to

retire at a certain age

But what i am saying is that people should be able to

decide when to retire at their own will rather than be told to retire

In short age discrimination at work should be entirely eliminated

We can accomplish this with a combination of legal measures

and a voluntary retirement policy

Age equality in employment concerns all of us

With the right efforts

I believe we can create a fair society for all citizens

regardless of how old or how young we are