Chapter 60 inspire curiosity

Here's the beginning of Powell Healy's speech at the Beth Arts Club in Philadelphia. If you like it, see if it picks you up quickly: At this time 82 years ago, a pamphlet was published in London.Time has proved it to be a monumental work, considered by many to be "the greatest pamphlet in the world".For some time after its publication, whenever friends met on the Strand or in Pullmar, they would ask each other: "Have you read that pamphlet?" and the answer was always: " Yes, thank God, I have read it." The book sold more than 1,000 copies on the day it was published, and more than 15,000 copies in the two weeks that followed.Since then, the book has been reprinted countless times and translated into several languages.Don't you think it's a successful start?Did it grab your attention?Is your interest getting stronger and stronger?What is the reason for all this?Isn't it because it piqued your curiosity?Did it set the suspense for you?curiosity!And who can resist it?

I have seen birds in the woods fly over me curiously; high in the foothills of the Alps I befriended a hunter who caught a chamois by arousing its curiosity by lying on his bedsheets.All kinds of animals have curiosity, such as dogs, cats and even people. So start your speech by inspiring your audience's curiosity so that you can hold their attention.Lobo Thomas's account of Colonel Lawrence's experience in Arabia tends to begin in this way: I think Colonel Lawrence is one of the most romantic and sensual figures of modern times. This opening has two advantages.Firstly, there is always something compelling about a famous person; secondly, it stimulates curiosity: "Why is it the most romantic?" Never heard of that—what did he do?"

Lobo Thomas's speeches on Lawrence often begin with this: One day, when I was walking on the Christian Avenue in Jerusalem, I met a man wearing a gorgeous coat symbolizing the oriental dignitaries, and beside him hung a curved golden sword, which only had prophecy Only descendants of Muhammad can wear it.But this man was by no means an Arab in appearance, for Arabs have black or brown eyes, whereas he was blue. This speech must have piqued your curiosity, didn't it?You'll want to hear more: Who is this person?Why is he dressed like an Arab?what is he doingwhat does he look likeIf a student speaker begins her speech with the following question:

Did you know that slavery exists in seventeen countries in the world today? So, he will not only excite the curiosity of his listeners, but also shock them: Slavery?Nowadays?Seventeen countries?It seems unbelievable.Which countries?Where are they distributed?By setting a consequence at the beginning of the speech, the speaker can often stimulate the curiosity of the audience, making them eager to know the why of things.For example, one student started his talk with the following catchy passage: A member of our legislature introduced draft legislation in the most recent legislative session that would ban tadpoles from turning into frogs within two miles of school buildings.

You can't help but laugh: Is this speaker kidding me?How absurd is this?Will this draft be adopted and implemented?So, the speaker then gave the answer. An article in the Saturday Evening Post titled "On Gangsters" begins: Are the gangsters organized?Usually this is the case.So how are they organized? In just a few words, the author of the article tells you what his subject is, tells you something about it, and whets your curiosity about how gangsters organize themselves.One thing, therefore, we are absolutely sure of: Every student who devotes himself to public speaking must seriously study the techniques used by magazine writers and immediately interest readers, from which you can learn more than from the study of speech collections, thus Instruct you on how to start a speech.