這是第一個(gè)被fail的演講，之后因?yàn)橐獜?fù)習(xí)備考，所以暫停一段時(shí)間投入到頭馬。但是因?yàn)檫@一次fail，痛下決心好好努力，一定要成為一個(gè)好的演講者，好的IE，所有的角色都應(yīng)該做到最好。所以，每次演講都要以拿到最佳的speaker為目標(biāo)去努力。

In 2015, It was the first time I joined Toastmaster. Three years later, it was the second time I joined Toastmaster. I have met three mentors, so I have some stories to share with you. Teachers, leaders and colleagues can be our mentors. But what makes mentors of toastmaster so different is that they are really a big fan of encouragement. Thanks to that, I am already on my way to a better me.

(legs trembling, face turning red, look around and look back)

Can you hear my voice? I am very shy and nervous. My name is is is ……. This is me stand in front of 30 person in the first year of college. I can’t even say my name out loud and almost burst into crying. But now, I have always receive compliment of my confidence on the stage from my evaluators in my previous speeches. All these thanks to my mentor——Bonnie’ s great encouragement. “You can do it! You are an elegant and beautiful girl. Just be the way you are. I trust in you.”? No one has ever encourage me as Bonnie do. She also told me that when I am nervous, just ignore the audience and look into the distance. With Bonnie’s word and encouragement, I suddenly have the courage and determination to overcome my fear of standing on the stage. The first speech, the second speech, the third speech……I finally conquer my fear.

Bonnie’s encouragement not only gave me the courage to come to the stage, but also grow confidence in my mind. Table topic speech is what I am most afraid of. Whenever I get a topic, my head will be blank. I told Bonnie my distress, and she said, If you are afraid of table topic speech, why don’t you try rainbow table topic. You would feel not so nervous when you do it online. Don’t to be strict on yourself. You are already doing good. So I sign up for every rainbow table topic session. It was Bonnie who evaluated my first speech. She also give me a lot of encouragement. Your voice are so melody. I love your speech especially the ending. The sentence you used is really amazing. That was the first time I trust in myself that I can do table topic speech. From then on, I even got the best speaker twice.

In SYSU MED, I have two mentors——Bonnie and Sissy. They are both good at English. I am also very upset about my pronunciation and the lack of vocabulary. Bonnie ,who always love to encourage me, start to encourage me again. Don’t be afraid. The reason why we join toastmaster is that we are not the perfect one we want us to be. We can always have chance to learn from others. Here are some videos about brilliant speeches. We can learn together. She help me to analyze every sentence they say in their speech and share lots of knowledge with me. But she also told me that active learning is the most important. So no matter how old I am, I will never stop learning.

In toastmaster, my mentor is not the only one person who are in fond of encouragement. Our evaluators are very good at discovering shinning points on us, constantly encouraging us and giving us opportunity to grow. They also provide useful feedback. This is a place where I find previous sincerity among peoples and where I explore a better me. Glory to encouragement.

2015年，我第一次加入頭馬。2018年，是我第二次加入頭馬。曾經(jīng)有過(guò)3個(gè)導(dǎo)師，我還是有些故事想告訴大家。老師、上級(jí)、同事都曾作為我的導(dǎo)師。但頭馬的導(dǎo)師與眾不同的點(diǎn)是一個(gè)激情四射的鼓勵(lì)師。正是來(lái)自導(dǎo)師的鼓勵(lì)讓我發(fā)現(xiàn)了更美好的自己。

鼓勵(lì)讓我擁有了勇氣

（場(chǎng)景演示：腳發(fā)抖、臉很紅，一直在扇手，左右環(huán)顧，背對(duì)觀眾）你們能聽(tīng)到我的聲音？em，我叫陳燕。我很緊張。（站到右邊）這就是我，在大學(xué)新生介紹會(huì)上，我一句話(huà)都說(shuō)不出來(lái)，甚至要哭了。而現(xiàn)在的我，在以前做過(guò)的演講中，總是被夸站在頭上很自信、臺(tái)風(fēng)很好。那都是因?yàn)槲业膶?dǎo)師Bonnie的鼓勵(lì)給了我勇氣?！癥ou can do it！ You are elegant and beautiful. Just be the way you are. I trust in you. ”她也告訴我，當(dāng)我緊張的時(shí)候，就不要看觀眾，看向遠(yuǎn)方。從來(lái)沒(méi)有人不停地給我鼓勵(lì)，正是因?yàn)檫@些鼓勵(lì)，我突然有了勇氣，知道自己必須要克服站在臺(tái)上的恐懼。第一次、第二次、第三次……我終于不再害怕舞臺(tái)。

鼓勵(lì)讓我擁有了自信

Bonnie的鼓勵(lì)不僅給了我上臺(tái)的勇氣，也給了我自信。即興演講是我最害怕的。因?yàn)槊慨?dāng)拿到一個(gè)題目的時(shí)候，我的腦袋就會(huì)一片空白。我告訴了Bonnie我的苦惱。她說(shuō)：你可以嘗試一下rainbow table topic，先做線(xiàn)上的，再做線(xiàn)下的。不用太著急，不用對(duì)自己太嚴(yán)格。第一次做rainbow table topic的時(shí)候，正好是bonnie做我的evaluator，她很真誠(chéng)地夸我：你的聲音很動(dòng)聽(tīng)。講的內(nèi)容特別地有邏輯。特別是最后一句話(huà)“that’s why human being being human ’說(shuō)得非常好?！蓖?，原來(lái)我也可以做table topic的。于是，我每次都積極參加rainbow table topic，拿了2次最佳best speaker。

鼓勵(lì)讓我不怕失敗，主動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)

我在頭馬的兩位導(dǎo)師，英文水平都比我厲害很多。我也很為自己的英語(yǔ)發(fā)音、英語(yǔ)詞匯的匱乏感到很苦惱。這時(shí)候，很愛(ài)鼓勵(lì)的Bonnie又開(kāi)始鼓勵(lì)了。“別害怕，參加頭馬就是有機(jī)會(huì)讓每個(gè)人不斷進(jìn)步。不要怕現(xiàn)在自己還不夠好。我們一起學(xué)習(xí)，提高自己?！苯又?，她會(huì)時(shí)不時(shí)地分享一些資深頭馬演講人的視頻給我，陪我一起看，一句一句地去分析他們講得好的優(yōu)點(diǎn)是什么。師傅引進(jìn)門(mén)，修行在個(gè)人。主動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)才能獲得更大的進(jìn)步。

在頭馬，不僅導(dǎo)師是愛(ài)鼓勵(lì)的，我們的evaluators都很擅長(zhǎng)發(fā)現(xiàn)我們身上的閃光點(diǎn)，不斷地鼓勵(lì)我們，給我們機(jī)會(huì)去成長(zhǎng)。也會(huì)提供一些有用的反饋。我在頭馬，看到了很寶貴的真誠(chéng)。并不斷探索更好的自己。