C. During the presentation – and closing it

Now let’s turn to the problem of tensile stresses.	begin to examine or talk about
Moving on, I’d like to look at the questionnaire results in more detail.	going on to the next point; (less formal than in greater detail)
I also want to talk about the supply of clean water, but I’ll come back to that later.	more formal - return to
I’d just like to go back to the graph on the previous slide.	more formal - return to
Anyway, getting back to /to return tothe question of live loads, let’s look at the drawing.	Getting back is less formal than to return to
The results were not very clear. Having said that, I feel the experiment was worthwhile.	A less formal way of saying nevertheless
I’ll skipthe next slide as time is (running) short.	skip (informal) = leave out/omit
To sum up, this innovation allowed for taller and more closely spaced openings. That’s all I have to say. Thank you for listening.	have no time left
Well, I’ll stop there as I’ve run out of time. Thank you.	have no time left
Dr. Tessman will now take questions. Are there any questions or comments?	rather formal = accept and answer questions

XX. Fill in the missing words in these introductions to presentations.

1. Dr Anwar Musat will now ……………. his research on soil erosion in Malaysian forests.

2. I’d like to ………….. on our next speaker, Eve Karlsson, to …………… her presentation.

3. Ladies and gentlemen, let’s ……………our next speaker, Professor Prodromou from the University of Athens.

4. Thanks, everybody. So, Petrov is going to talk to us now………… …………. subject ………………. ‘Modern building technologies’.

5. I’d like to ……………… today’s speaker, Dr Michael Brown, who is going to ……… the topic of permanent modular construction.

XXI. Fill in the missing prepositions.

1. I’d like to focus ………. dead loads in this presentation.

2. The situation ………. regard ……… residential construction has been very good in recent years.

3. I’d now like to turn ……….. a different problem.

4. I always find it difficult to keep ………… just 30 minutes, so please tell me when I have 5 minutes left.

5. I’d like to begin …………. asking you all to do a small task.

XXII. Write six sentences you might hear during a presentation using appropriate combinations of the words in boxes A and B.

Box A

present

take

raise

make

give

 

Box B

issue

presentation

results

overview

comment

questions

Полезные фразы для составления презентации

INTRODUCTION

Welcoming the audience.

Good morning / afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

Hello / Hi everyone.

It’s a pleasure to welcome you today.

Introducing yourself

Let me introduce myself. I’m Ann Brown from …….

Let me just start by introducing myself. My name is …..

Introducing your topic

What I’d like to present to you today is …

Today’s topic is …..

The subject / topic of my presentation is …..

In my presentation I would like to report on …..

Stating your purpose

The purpose / objective / aim of this presentation is to …..

Our goal is to determine how / the best way to …..

Today I’ll be showing you / reporting on …..

Structuring

I’ve divided my presentation into three (main) parts.

In my presentation I’ll focus on three major issues.

Sequencing

Point one deals with …, point two …, and point three …

First, I’ll be looking at …, second …, and third ….

I’ll begin / start off by … Then I’ll move on to …

Then / Next / After that …

I’ll end with …

Timing

My presentation will take about 30 minutes.

It will take about 20 minutes to cover these issues.

Handouts

Does everybody have a handout / brochure / copy of the report? Please take one and pass them on.

Don’t worry about taking notes. I’ve put all the important statistics on a handout for you.

Questions

There will be time for questions after my presentation

THE MIDDLE / MAIN PART

Saying what is coming

In this part of my presentation, I’d like to talk about …..

So, let me first give you a brief overview.

Indicating the end of a section

This brings me to the end of my first point.

So much for point two.

That’s all I wanted to say about …..

Summarizing a point

I’d like to summarize what I’ve said so far …..

Moving to the next point

This leads directly to my next point.

Let’s now move on / turn to …..

Let’s now take a look at …..

Going back

As I’ve said / mentioned earlier …..

Let’s go back to what we were discussing earlier.

Adding ideas

In addition to this, I’d like to say that our IT business is going very well.

Moreover / Furthermore, there are other interesting facts we should take a look at.

Talking about (difficult) issues

I think we first need to identify the problem.

Of course we’ll have to clarify a few points before we start.

We will have to take care of this problem now.

Rhetorical questions

What conclusion can we draw from this?

So, what does this mean?

So, just how good are the results?

So, how are we going to deal with this increase?

DESCRIBING VISUALS

Introducing a visual

Let’s now look at the next slide which shows …..

To illustrate this, let’s have a closer look at …..

You can see the test results in this table.

As you can see here, …..

Highlighting information

I’d like to stress / highlight / emphasize the following point(s).

I’d like to start by drawing your attention to …..

I’d like you to focus your attention on …..

What I’d like to point out here is …..

CONCLUSION

Indicating the end of your talk

Well, this brings me to the end of my presentation.

Summarizing points

To conclude / In conclusion, I’d like to …..

To sum up (then), we …..

Inviting questions

And now I’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have.

DEALING WITH QUESTIONS

Clarifying questions

I’m afraid I didn’t (quite) catch that.

I’m sorry, could you repeat your question, please?

So, in other words you would like to know whether…

If I could just rephrase your question. You’d like to know …