I. Introduction
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1. Greet the audience
Good morning (afternoon, evening) everyone. I’d like to welcome you all here this morning.
Let me introduce myself. My name is … and I am ….
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2. Attract attention and introduce the topic (state the purpose)
You can use background, a quotation, statistics or rhetorical question to attract attention
And what I want to talk today is one aspect of this… The purpose of my talk (…) is to …
In my presentation today (this morning…) I’ll be talking about … (reviewing…)
I’d like to talk about…\ I’m going to talk about … As you can see, my presentation today looks at
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3. Outline your presentation (Divide into sections )
I’ll divide the talk into two main parts. First, I’d like to talk about …And after that I’ll go on to…
I have divided my talk into … parts: firstly, I’d like to …, secondly, …
I’ll be talking about three (four…) main areas:
First of all I’m going to provide information…Second. I want to consider…Finally, I’ll suggest…
The first thing I want to do is…And after that I look at…In the last part I want to present…
I’ll start by …, then we’ll look at …. Finally, I’ll give you … and show you …
First of all I’ll outline …, then I’ll discuss …, and finally we’ll look at ….
I’ll begin with … then we’ll deal with …. After that we’ll look at …
First of all I’ll describe …, then I’ll go on talking about … Finally I’ll tell you about …
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4. Mention dealing with questions
If you don’t mind, I’ll deal with questions at the end of my talk.
Please, feel free to interrupt at any time if you’d like to ask a question.
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II. The main content.
1. Getting started. I’d like to begin by … \Let’s begin. \OK, let’s get started.
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2. Changing to another topic.
Now I’d like to to/let’s/let me start with/ move on to/ turn to/ go back to/ digress/ expand on/ recap on …
So, we’ve looked at … and now I’d like to consider …
Having looked at …, let’s move on to …
This leads me to the next point which is (the question of)…So… Now, let’s …
| Referring to visuals
I’d like you to take a look at this chart, which shows …
If you look at this graph, you’ll see …
The figures in this table show …
As you can see from this pie chart …
Just have a look at this chart for a moment …
Let’s take a closer look at this figures …
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III. Conclusion
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Finish the talk (Indicate you want to finish)
OK, so that brings me to the end\finish\conclusion\last point of my presentation
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Summarize (Repeat key point from the presentation)
To sum up then, let me …To summarize the main points of my talk …I’d like to summarize \ reiterate \repeat…
I’d like to finish off by summarizing \ reiterating \repeating \ the main points…Firstly,.. Secondly, …Finally…
I’d like to run through my main points again …
I’d like to conclude by reminding you of something I said at the beginning of my talk …
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Make a final, general point
So to conclude\finish\sum up…
So overall I think it…
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Thank the audience
I’d like to thank you all for your attention …
Thank you all for listening\ your attention\coming…
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Invite questions (ask for questions or comments)
Now, if there are any questions, I’ll be pleased to answer them.
Now I’m ready to answer your questions…If you have any questions, I’ll do my best to answer them.
If there are no more questions, thank you for your interest.
I think, we’ve got a couple of minutes for any questions \ some comments \ your thoughts
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Answer questions
Sorry, could you say that again, please?
If I’ve understood your question correctly, you would like me to …
I’m sorry. I didn’t hear you. Would you mind repeating your question?
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