PRESENTATION PHRASES. Part One – INTRODUCTION. Part Two – MAIN BODY
PRESENTATION PHRASES
Part One – INTRODUCTION
1. Greeting
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· Good morning /afternoon, ladies and gentlemen /everyone.
· I’m very happy that you’ve come here today.
· Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming along here today.
| 2. Self-introduction
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· First of all, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is...
| 3. Introducing the subject /Stating the purpose
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· Today, I’m going to talk about /to tell you about...
· I’d like to talk to you today about...
· I am delighted to be here today to talk to you about…
· The subject /focus /topic of my talk /presentation /speech is...
· In my presentation today I’ll be discussing... /I’m going to explain...
· What I’d like to do today is to present...
| 4. Giving a plan of your talk
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· I’ve divided my presentation into four parts /sections. They are...
· My presentation will consist of...
· Firstly /First of all, I will...
· Secondly /then /next, I would like to...
· Thirdly /and then we come to...
· Finally /lastly /I’d like to analyze /discuss /look at /consider /explain
/tell you about /show you how /speak to you about...
| 5. Inviting questions
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· I’d be glad to answer any questions at the end of my talk.
· I’d be grateful if you could leave any questions to the end.
· If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
· Please feel free to interrupt me with any questions you may have during the presentation.
· If there’s anything you’re not clear about, feel free to stop me and ask any questions.
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Part Two – MAIN BODY
1. Grabbing
the audience’s attention
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A. use a quotation
B. ask a question
| 2. Giving examples
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· To illustrate this point, ...
· A good illustration of … is…
· To support what I’ve said...
· For instance... /for example...
| 3. Referring
to visuals
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· If you look at the graph, you can see that…
· If you look at this slide, you will see…
· I’d like you to look at this graph /table chart (pie-chart, flow-chart,
bar-chart) /diagram
· I’d like to draw your attention to...
· Now let’s look at… As you can see...
· If you look at... you can see from the graph, etc. that...
· The next slide /picture /graph shows /represents...
· Could you look at your handouts …
| 4. Transition words /Ordering
| A. reaching the end of one point and moving on to the next point
· Right, I’ve talked about /mentioned...
· We’ve looked at...
· That’s all I have to say about...
· That covers...
· Now we come to... (the second /third part of my presentation)
· That brings us to...
· I’d like to move on /draw your attention to my next point.
· The next thing I’d like to talk about is...
B. showing consequence
· therefore...
· so...
· consequently...
· because of this... /as a result....
C. highlighting
· in particular... /especially...
D. showing an additional argument
· moreover... /what’s more… /furthermore...
· in addition to this...
· not only... but also
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