总觉得自己的演说干巴巴缺乏说服力?来看看奥斯卡最佳男主角提名乔治·克鲁尼《在云端》中的表现。自信的姿态,迷人的微笑,清晰的吐字,行云流水的演讲稿,一定有些什么是你能够借鉴的。



你的生活有多重?花一秒钟时间,想像你自己身负包裹。现在,我要你感觉到肩带勒住肩膀的感觉。感觉到了么?接着我请你把生活中的一切都放进去。从小的开始,架子上的、抽屉里的小摆设,各种收集来的物品。一边往里头放,一边掂掂分量。然后放大物件——衣服、桌上设备、台灯桌布电视机。这会儿包裹该挺重了。更大的东西往里头搁。你们家的沙发、床、餐桌。所有东西都塞包里。车子,进去。房子,管它是独门别墅还是两房一厅。我要你统统它们都塞进你的包裹。好了,现在试着挪动下。举步维艰了,是不是?日复一日的生活,我们就是这么对待自己的。我们不断给自己增加负担,直到自己寸步难移。但毫无疑问,生命在于移动。我现在想要一把火烧掉这个包裹。你想从中取出些什么来?照片么?照片是给健忘人士留念的。喝一口酒,照片烧了。要不咱就把所有东西都烧了算了,明天一早醒来发觉自己身轻如燕。这不是件很爽的事儿么?

How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you're carrying a backpack. I want you to feel the straps on your shoulders. Feel 'em? Now I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life. Start with the little things, the things on shelves and in drawers the knick-knacks, the collectibles. Feel the weight as that adds up. Then you start adding larger stuff - clothes, table-top appliances, lamps, linens, your TV... The backpack should be getting pretty heavy now. And you go bigger. Your couch, bed, your kitchen table. Stuff it all in there. Your car, get it in there. Your home, whether it's a studio apartment or a two-bedroomed house. I want you to stuff it all into that backpack. Now try to walk. It's kind of hard, isn't it? This is what we do to ourselves on a daily basis. We weigh ourselves down until we can't even move. And make no mistake moving is living. Now, I'm gonna set that backpack on fire. What do you want to take out of it? Photos? Photos are for people who can't remember. Drink some ginkgo and let the photos burn. In fact, let everything burn and imagine waking up tomorrow with nothing. It's kind of exhilarating, isn't it?


【词组讲解】make no mistake
这是一个口语的说法,是Make no mistake about it!的缩略,意思是You can be certain.“毫无疑问、不容置疑”

【沪江小编短评】这一段演说的开头,由男主人公拉开背包开始,紧接着一个疑问句,马上吸引住了听众的注意力。可见演讲过程中小小的噱头很有必要。而一系列形象朴实的类比更是使得自己的观点让人能够接受——过多的物质束缚的确是会加重生命的负担,我们能否只留下必需,简单生活?