5 Things That Make You INSTANTLY FORGETTABLE When You Speak · English Like A Native
本视频讲解了五种让演讲者变得无趣的习惯，并提供实用建议来提升沟通技巧和听众互动。适合练习公共演讲和听力表达。
Have you ever finished speaking and realised no one really listened?
你是否曾经讲完话后才发现，其实根本没有人在认真听你说话？
You had good ideas but the other person just moved on.
你提出了不错的想法，但对方已经选择了继续前进（即不再考虑你的建议）。
That feeling is so frustrating and I know it very well.
那种感觉真的很令人沮丧，我对此深有体会。
Many years ago I was in a meeting, a big meeting with new colleagues and I really wanted to impress.
许多年前，我参加了一场重要的会议，与会者都是我的新同事。我非常希望能够给他们留下好印象。
I had prepared what I was going to say.
我已经准备好了自己要说的话。
I had notes and I knew exactly word for word what I was going to present.
我事先准备好了相关资料，也完全清楚自己要讲的内容（每一个字都是精确的）。
Then it was my turn to speak.
然后轮到我发言了。
I started talking and almost immediately I could feel it.
我开始说话，几乎立刻就感受到了那种变化（或：那种效果）。
People's eyes going soft.
人们的眼眶都湿润了（泪水盈眶）。
Someone looked at their phone.
有人看了他们的手机。
Someone even looked at the table.
甚至还有人看了看那张桌子。
I could feel I was losing them.
我能感觉到自己正在逐渐失去他们（的支持或信任）。
And so I did the worst possible thing.
于是，我做了最糟糕的事情。
I spoke more.
我说得更多了。
more detail, more explanation, more examples, trying
更多的细节、更详细的解释、更多的例子……一直在努力尝试。
to find the thing that would make them pay attention again until I ran out of things to say and I just stopped.
我一直在寻找能够让他们重新注意我的方法；直到我说完所有想说的话，最后只好停止了。
I had nothing left.
我什么都没有了。
The room looked tired.
这个房间看起来显得有些破旧、缺乏生机（或者说“显得很陈旧”）。
Some even looked a bit shocked.
有些人甚至看起来有点震惊。
And then someone said, "Right, moving on."
然后有人说道：“好吧，我们继续吧。
Later that day, one of my colleagues came up to me and in our conversation, he said, "Oh,
那天晚些时候，我的一位同事走过来找我。在交谈中，他说：“哦，
um, you presented today.
嗯，你今天进行了演讲。
What did you present again?"
你刚才又讲了什么内容呢？
I reminded him of the topic, but he looked at me completely lost and said, "I don't remember that one.
我提醒了他那个话题，但他一脸茫然地看着我说：“我不记得那个了。
Sorry, I don't remember that one.
抱歉，我不记得那件事了。
Sorry."
对不起。
That sentence stayed with me for a long time.
那句话在我心中留下了很长的时间（即：我久久无法忘记它）。
because the problem wasn't me or my ideas.
因为问题并不出在我或我的想法上。
The problem was how I communicated them.
问题在于我该如何向他们传达这些信息。
And today I want to make sure that you never make the same mistakes that I made in that presentation.
今天，我想确保你们永远不会犯我在那次演讲中犯过的那些错误。
Hello everyone, my name is Anna and on this channel I help you to speak English with more confidence.
大家好，我的名字是安娜。在这个频道里，我会帮助大家更自信地使用英语进行交流。
Not just correctly, but in a way that people actually listen to.
不仅答案要正确，而且表达方式还得能让人们真正愿意去听（即表达方式要有吸引力）。
Today I'm going to show you five things that make speakers forgettable and more importantly how to fix those five things.
今天，我将向你们介绍五种会让扬声器变得“容易被遗忘”（即失去吸引力或实用性的）因素，更重要的是，我会告诉你们如何解决这些问题。
Let's go.
我们走吧。
Mistake number one is speaking with monotone delivery.
第一个错误就是说话时语调单调、缺乏变化。
I want to tell you something very important that can really change how people see you.
我想告诉你一件非常重要的事情，这件事真的能够改变别人对你的看法。
Did you feel that the words were fine but something was off?
你是否觉得那些话本身没有问题，但总觉得有些地方不太对劲（或者说感觉有些不对）？
something was missing.
似乎缺少了什么。
When your voice stays at the same level, the same speed, the same sound, the brain stops listening.
当你的声音始终保持相同的音量、相同的语速以及相同的音质时，大脑就会停止“倾听”（即停止对声音信息的处理）。
It thinks, "Oh, nothing important is coming."
它心想：“哦，应该没有什么重要的事情会发生吧。