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Language For Presentation 1 (200820)
Language For Presentation 1 (200820)
· Good morning, gentlemen. (other words you might want to use: sections, items, problems,
· Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. questions,etc.)
· Hello. Thank you for being here.
· Thank you, Mr. Johnson, for that introduction. 4 ANNOUNCING THE MAIN ITEMS IN ORDER
2 ANNOUNCING THE PURPOSE OF YOUR TALK · First … Second … Third … Last (but not least) …
· First of all … Next … Then … After that … Finally …
· I am here today to talk about …
· My intention is to convince you that … THE MIDDLE:
· The aim of my talk is show you that …
· The purpose of my presentation is to inform you about ... 5 STARTING THE MAIN PART OF YOUR
· I'm going to talk about … PRESENTATION
· I would like to talk about …
· The purpose of my presentation is…….. · I'd like to start by saying that …
· My presentation would talk about… · Let me begin by saying that …
· Okay, let's begin by looking at …
· To begin with, I'd like to discuss …
· I would like to start of by…
· Let's take a look at the next foil (transparency / overhead / · By the way, let me say that …
slide). · Incidentally, I'd like to say that …
· As you can see from this chart, … · I might add that …
· We can see from this chart that … · Let me add a comment here.
· You will notice from this graph that …
· The table clearly shows that … 11 MAKING A GENERALIZATION/
SUMMARIZATION
7 INTRODUCING A NEW POINT
· On the whole …
· Now, I'd like to talk about … · In general …
· Next, let's turn to … · Generally speaking …
· Let's move on to … · By and large …
· For the most part …
8 GIVING AN EXAMPLE · Let me just summarize…
· In conclusion, …
· In conclusion let me say, …
· Let me conclude by saying, …
· Let me finish by saying, …
· In the end, …
To indicate time:
To indicate sequence or to order information : immediately
thereafter
first, second etc.
formerly
followed by
finally
at this point
prior to
next, last, finally
previously
previously, subsequently
then
after that
soon
initially
during
and then
at that time
next, before, after
before, after
concurrently
at this point
simultaneously
meanwhile
To logically divide an idea:
first, next, finally