Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.

　　People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication(交流). They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performer. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker's ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker's attractiveness by making him more human.

　　As you work on your speech, don't worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.

　　25. The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ______.

　　A. be smarter than you

　　B. notice your mistakes

　　C. do better than you

　　D. know what you are talking about

　　26. You don't remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ______.

　　A. your attention is on the content

　　B. you don't fully understand the speech

　　C. you don't know what the speaker plans to say

　　D. you find the way of speech-making more important

　　27. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

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