Elocution is the old, careful art of speaking clearly in public: how you stand, how you breathe, how you say each sound, how your voice rises and falls. It is not the same as eloquence, which is about having fine or moving words; elocution is about the delivery — the sound and the control.

Elocution Elocution is the old, careful art of speaking clearly in public是一種古老、講究的在公開場合說清楚話的藝術 how you stand你怎麼站 how you breathe怎麼呼吸 how you say each sound怎麼發每個音 how your voice rises and falls聲音怎麼起伏 It is not the same as eloquence它跟eloquence（口才）不一樣 which is about having fine or moving wordseloquence說的是措辭優美動人 elocution is about the deliveryelocution說的是傳達的方式 the sound and the control聲音和控制力

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, children had elocution lessons, and people recited poems with trained voices and big gestures.

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries在十九世紀和二十世紀初 children had elocution lessons小孩會上elocution課 and people recited poems with trained voices and big gestures人們用受過訓練的聲音和誇張的手勢朗誦詩

Today the word feels a bit old-fashioned and formal. A drama teacher or speech coach might still use it; a teenager would more often say public speaking, pronunciation, or voice training. You still meet it in older books and in the names of old-style speech classes.

Today the word feels a bit old-fashioned and formal現在這個詞感覺有點老派又正式 A drama teacher or speech coach might still use it戲劇老師或口語教練可能還會用它 a teenager would more often say public speaking, pronunciation, or voice training青少年比較常說public speaking、pronunciation或voice training You still meet it in older books你還是會在比較舊的書裡遇到它 and in the names of old-style speech classes也會出現在老式演說課程的名稱裡