April 7^th is the World Health Day. To celebrate it and draw people’s attention to health, Class 17 has held a Health Corner. Here is a health tip from a student.

Public speaking undoes the best of us. There is fear that, if you fail to prepare adequately, 【小题1】. Fumbles (笨嘴拙舌讲话) like these can cost you that desired promotion or a profitable new partnership. Its not always fair, but people are judged on their public-speaking skills. The good news, however, is that improvement is possible. Below are a few basic tips.

Language is the major component a speaker needs to focus on. 【小题2】. Say “use” instead of “utilize”, and “detailed” instead of “granular”. Try not to refer to your growth plan as a “global recovery plan”. Language can perform its effectiveness by the speaker restating main points, providing a special message or encouraging audience to ask questions. 【小题3】. Good ones involve open palms, joined fingertips, or spread arms.

While listening, audience have a tendency to position themselves into the situation created. 【小题4】. They could be enjoyable or defeated ones. For instance, tell your listeners about a time you got it wrong. Let them learn from your mistakes.

【小题5】. Adopting pictures, diagrams or catalogues (目录) can help make your presentation impressive. Include a brief clip from a well-known movie to entertain your audience and drive the point home. But bear in mind — don’t let them distract from you.

Generally speaking, respect is something that is earned. One earns another' s respect by voluntarily doing things like taking that person's feelings, needs and thoughts into consideration.

Respect seems to be like a boomerang in the sense that you must send it out before it will come back to you. Respect cannot be demanded or forced, though sometimes people mistakenly believe that it can, as discussed below.

Since a baby has no concept of respect, and feels only its own needs when it is first born, it seems the only successful way to teach a child what respect is, is to earn the respect of the child as they slowly grow into a thinking human being.

The way this is done is first of all by attending to the child's natural needs, such as to be fed and nurtured (养育). As the child grows, his needs change. His psychological needs have increasingly advanced. He begins to express his own views, his own preferences, and he has an increasing need for freedom, autonomy and independence. This is when the adults in his life can treat him with increasing respect and thereby earn his respect in return.

It doesn't make sense to think of respecting a baby in the same way that we say we respect an adult. Yet on some level the two concepts are similar. This similarity has to do with our voluntarily helping that person with their needs. In either case, we must first accept the needs. For example, if a baby needs to be fed at three in the morning we don't do it reluctantly if we respect his natural needs; we simply accept that the infant has a natural need to eat at that particular moment. Likewise, if an adolescent or an adult needs to talk, we accept this need and we show respect by listening voluntarily.

In the same way, when we are respected we gain the voluntary cooperation of people. We don't have to use as much of our energy and resources trying to get our needs met.