每题1分,共7分 1、 Look after your voiceOften speakers at ameeting experience dry mouths and ask for a glass of water. You can solve theproblem by activating the saliva in your mouth. First gently bite the edges ofyour tongue with your teeth. Or, press your entire tongue to the bottom of yourmouth and hold it there until the saliva flow. Or you can imagine that you areslicing a big juicy lemon and sucking the juice.Before you beginyour talk, be kind to your voice. Avoid milk or creamy drinks that coat yourthroat. Keep your throat wet by drinking a little sweetened warm tea or dilutedfruit juice.If you sense thatyou are losing your voice, stop talking completely. Save your voice for yourspeech. You may feel foolish using paper to write notes, but the best thing youcan do is to rest your voice. If you need to see a doctor, perhaps you can get someadvice from a professional singer. In the meantime, do not even talk in a lowvoice.What about drinkingalcohol to wet your throat? I advice you not to touch alcohol before speaking.The problem with alcohol is that one drink gives you a little confidence. Thesecond drink gives you even more confidence. Finally you will feel all-powerfuland you will feel you can do everything, but in fact your brain and your mouthdo not work together properly. Save the alcohol until after you finishspeaking.Perhaps you want toaccept the advice, but you may wonder if you can change the habits of alifetime. Of course you can. Goethe, who lived before indoor skating rinks orswimming pools, said, we learn to skate in the summer and swim in thewinter’. Take this message to heart and giveyourself time to develop your new habits. If you are willing to change, youwill soon be able to say that you will never forget these techniques becausethey became a part of your body.
1To solve the problem of dry mouths, one isadvised to take cool milk.
2The first paragraph mentions three ways ofactivating the saliva in the mouth.
3The writer suggests that you go to see a doctorwhen you feel you are losing your voice.
4The writer’s adviceabout alcohol before you make a speech is to take one or two drinks so as togive yourself some confidence.
5.Due to the effect of alcohol, your thoughtand your mouth will not coordinate properly.
6Geothe often did outdoor skating andswimming.
7The writer cites Geothe to prove that onecan change one''s habits.
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