這些演講或幽默，或給人以啟示，或直指人心，不過今年的熱門演講都有一個共同點：它們剛一出現(xiàn)在YouTube上，便會被全世界的人所關(guān)注和轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)。非盈利機構(gòu)國際演講會（Toastmasters International）在評選年度最熱門演講時，觀看了數(shù)百名競爭者的視頻，最終選出下列七場演講（按時間順序排列）：

1.馬修?麥康納憑借在電影《達拉斯買家俱樂部》（Dallas Buyers Club）中的精彩表現(xiàn)榮獲奧斯卡最佳男演員獎，他在發(fā)表獲獎感言時表示自己每天必做三件事：“一是找到我敬仰之事，二是找到我期盼之事，三是找到我要追趕之人?！?

2.管理理論家和作家西蒙?斯涅克，在TED演講中談到普通管理者和真正的領導者之間的區(qū)別，他表示領導者能讓員工感覺到安全，吸引員工進入“信任圈”，從而產(chǎn)生安全感，尤其是在充滿不確定的經(jīng)濟時期。

3.俄克拉荷馬雷霆隊（Oklahoma City Thunder）大前鋒凱文?杜蘭特在獲得NBA最有價值球員（MVP）獎后，對媽媽表示了感謝，并說她才是“真正的MVP”，令現(xiàn)場觀眾感動落淚。

4.謝莉爾?桑德伯格在母校哈佛大學對即將畢業(yè)的大四學生發(fā)表演講時，特意對2014屆的女畢業(yè)生們說道：“我第一次站出來公開宣揚職場女權(quán)主義，是在不到五年前。這意味著，畢業(yè)后我有18年時間都保持著沉默，這種沉默似乎是在說，一切像這樣就好了。你們肯定能比我做得更好，我由衷地這樣認為?！?/p>

5.來自羅德島坎伯蘭的少年棒球隊在少年棒球聯(lián)盟世界大賽（Little League World Series）上遭遇一場慘敗之后，球隊教練戴維?貝利斯勒在賽后發(fā)表了一段激動人心的講話，他告訴隊員：“你們讓我經(jīng)歷了我運動和教練生涯中最珍貴的時刻。”

6.來自斯里蘭卡的丹南嘉亞?赫蒂阿拉奇在演講《我看見》中講述了自己的成長故事，并憑借該演講擊敗了來自126個國家的30,000多名競爭對手，最終奪得國際演講會公開演講國際錦標賽（Championship of Public Speaking）冠軍。

7.從恐怖襲擊中幸存下來的馬拉拉?尤薩法扎伊，在之后的兩年時間，一直在呼吁巴基斯坦的女性受教育權(quán)利。17歲的馬拉拉在今年榮獲諾貝爾和平獎。馬拉拉在發(fā)表獲獎感言時發(fā)誓，將繼續(xù)宣揚教育的重要性，她表示全世界的兒童都“應該站起來爭取自己的權(quán)力，而不是等待、依靠別人去爭取”。

溝通教練迪利普?阿巴亞斯卡拉認為，這些演講雖然各不相同，但每一場演講均反映出演講者的“激情和對話題的深度思考?！卑蛠喫箍ɡ鴥啥热雵鷩H演講會演講比賽的決賽，他說：“每個人都有自己的風格，但謙遜和坦誠示弱，總能贏得觀眾的傾力支持?！保ㄘ敻恢形木W(wǎng)）

譯者：劉進龍/汪皓

hey can be funny, or inspiring, or go straight for the heartstrings, but the one thing the year’s best speeches have in common is that, once they turned up on YouTube, people around the world tuned in — and told their friends. For its annual list of the talks that got the most buzz, nonprofit public-speaking organization Toastmasters International looked at videos of hundreds of contenders and narrowed the field to these seven, in chronological order:

1.Accepting the Oscar for Best Actor, for his performance in “Dallas Buyers Club”, Matthew McConaughey described the three things he needs each day: “Something to look up to, something to look forward to, and someone to chase.”

2.Management theorist and author Simon Sinek, in a TED talk on what distinguishes mere managers from true leaders, said that a leader makes employees feel secure and draws them into a “circle of trust,” creating a sense of safety, especially in uncertain economic times.

3.After winning the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award, power forward Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, brought many in the audience (and himself) to tears while thanking his mother for being “the real MVP.”

4.Sheryl Sandberg, speaking to graduating seniors at her alma mater Harvard, at one point addressed the women in the Class of 2014: “The first time I spoke out about what it was like to be a woman in the workforce was less than five years ago. That means for 18 years, from where you sit to where I stand, my silence implied that everything was okay. You can do better than I did, and I mean that so sincerely.”

5.Following a big loss in the Little League World Series, David Belisle, coach of a team of young players from Cumberland, R.I., gave a stirring postgame talk, telling his team, “You’ve given me the most precious moments of my athletic and coaching career.”

6.For his story of personal growth, entitled “I See Something”, Sri Lankan Dananjaya Hettiarachchi won Toastmasters’ Championship of Public Speaking. He won out over 30,000 other contestants from 126 countries.

7. Two years after surviving a terrorist attack for advocating girls’ education in Pakistan, 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize. In her acceptance speech, Yousafzai vowed to keep speaking out on the importance of education, saying children around the world “should stand up for their rights” and “not wait for someone else” to do it.

Different as they are, says communications coach Dilip Abayasekara, each of these talks reflected the speaker’s “passion, and a deep involvement with the topic.” Himself twice a Toastmasters Championship finalist, Abayasekara adds, “Everyone has his or her own style, but humility, and a willingness to be vulnerable, always wins over an audience.”