Effective opening
| Asking a question or recognizing the knowledge of the audience
| Have you ever heard of...?
You may already know...
I feel sure that some of you...
Every day you encounter...
You've probably seen countless times...
You may have wondered...
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| Problem to think about
| Imagine you had to… What would be your first step?
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| Interesting fact
| Did you know that…?
I’d like to share an amazing fact/figure with you
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THE MAIN BODY
| Saying what is coming
| Now let us turn to point one.
In this part of my presentation, I’d like to talk about…
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| 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…
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| Moving on to the next point
| This leads us directly to my next point.
This brings us to the next point/issue/problem.
Let’s now move on to/ turn to…
Let’s now take a look at…
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| Referring to
what you have said previously
| As I have already said/ mentioned/ explained earlier...
As we saw in part one...
To repeat what I've already said...
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| Giving an example
| Now let's take an example.
An example of this can be found...
To illustrate this...
Let's see this through an example.
For example/ for instance /e.g.
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| Rephrasing
| Let me rephrase that,
In other words
Another way of saying the same thing is…
That is to say, for example...
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| Summarizing a point
| Before I move on, I’d like to recap the main points.
I’d like to summarize what I’ve said so far…
To summarize…/ To sum up…
Let me summarize by saying
So that concludes my overview
Briefly said…/ In short,…
What I've tried to show in this part...
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| Emphasizing a point
| What is very significant is...
What is important to remember...
I'd like to emphasize the fact that...
I'd like to stress the importance of...
To highlight.../To underline...
What I tried to bring out...
What we need to focus on...
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| Referring to what is coming
| We will see this a little later on.
This will be the subject of part 3.
We will go into more detail on that later.
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| Referring to
what an expert says:
| I quote the words of...
In the words of...
According to...
Here I'd like to quote...
As Mr. Brown says in his book...
There is a famous quotation that goes...
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| Referring to
common knowledge
| As you all may well know...
It is generally accepted that...
As you are probably aware (of)...
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