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(dòng)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(dòng)，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(huì)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(píng)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 ideais a very, very small ideathat can unlockbillions of big ideasthat are at the moment dormant inside us.And my little idea that will do thatis sleep.This is a room of type-A women.This is a roomof 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 journeyof 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 youthat the way to a more productive,more inspired, more joyful lifeis getting enough sleep....