If you're making a presentation of any sort, begin preparing as far ahead of time as possible. Two days before your presentation is usually too late to go into the ring and come up with a winning idea. 46. （Prepare yourself as well as your material, giving special attention to your voice. With energy and enthusiasm in your voice, the listeners say ahhh, tell me more. You read approval. ）
Like your voice, your appearance is a communication tool. For example, if you are animated, you are most likely to see animated listeners. You give the audience the message: I, m glad I’m here; I’m glad you’re here.
47. （Your approach can, in fact be a powerful weapon for deflecting hostility—from an audience, an interviewer, an employer. A benevolent aspect says I understand and conveys good will and positive expectations. It works. ）
However, don’t ever assume that an audience, an interviewer, your boss will be sympathetic. Always be prepared for a grilling. Think beforehand of the ten toughest questions you could get and be ready with your answers. And remember, when you’ve asked a hostile question, never show hostility to your questioner. If you do, you lose.
Once you're prepared for a situation, you're 50 per cent of the way toward overcoming nervousness. 48. （The other 50 per cent is the physical and mental control of nervousness: adjusting your attitude so you have confidence, and control of yourself and your audience. ）
I was in the theater for many years and always went to work with terrible stage fright—until I was in “The King and I”. While waiting offstage one night, I saw YulBrynner, the show^ star, pushing in a lunging position against a wall. It looked as though he wanted to knock it down. “This helps me control my nervousness,” he explained.
I tried it and, sure enough, freed myself from stage fright. Not only that, but pushing the wall seemed to give me a whole new kind of physical energy.49. （Later I discovered that when you push against a wall you contract the muscles that lie just below where your ribs begin to splay. I call this area the “vital triangle”.）
To understand how these muscles work, try this: Sit in a straight-backed chair and lean slightly forward. 50. （Put your palms together in front of you, your elbows pointing out the sides, your fingertips pointing upward and push so that you fed pressure in the heels of your palms and under your arms. ）
Say ssssssss, like a hiss. As you’re exhaling the “s”, contract those muscles in the vital triangle as though you were rowing a boat, pulling the oars back and up. The vital triangle should tighten. Relax the muscles at the end of your exhalation, then inhale gently.
You can also adjust your attitude to prevent nervousness. What you say to yourself sends a message to your audience. If you tell yourself you're afraid, that’s the message your listener receives. 51. （So select the attitude you want to communicate. Attitude adjusting is your mental suit of armor against nervousness. If you entertain only positive thoughts, you will be giving out these vibes: joy and ease, enthusiasm, sincerity and concern, and authority. ）
You have the power within you to become a forceful, persuasive and confident communicator. With these techniques, you will be able to ask for a raise, make a sale, deal with a family crisis, feel comfortable in social and business situations. Master the simple principles set out here and you will never be nervous again.
【正确答案】：46.在准备发言材料的同时，也要做好自身的准备，尤其要注意讲话的声音。如果你的声音充满了力量和热情，听众就会表示认同，希望你继续讲下去。你得到了他们的赞许。
47.事实上，你的做法会成为有力的武器，可以转移听众、面试官和雇主的敌视情绪。一个友善的表情可以表示你理解了，并传达出你的善意和祈盼。这一做法很有效
48.另外百分子五十是从身体和心理上对紧张情绪的控制；调整你的态度使自己有信心，并且掌握自己和你的听众
49.后来我发现，当你堆一堵墙时，你的两肋向外张开，肋下肌肉收缩。我们把这个区域叫做“关键三角区”。
50.双手的手掌并拢放在胸前，肘部朝向身体两侧，手指向上，然后向上推送，要感觉到手掌根部和腋下的压力
51.因此，要选择你想传达的态度。态度调整是战胜紧张情绪的精神武器。如果你只怀有积极的想法，你就会传递出这些情感：快乐，轻松，热情，诚恳，关系和威严。
