Introduction

Must be good ….
..it’s the first impression
What is in an introduction?
 Greeting – signal to everyone to
wake up!
 What you are going to talk about?

 Why it is important for them to

listen.
 What the speech will contain.
What is in an introduction?
 Greeting – signal to everyone to
wake up!
“Good morning!”
“Hello everyone!”
“Good morning, I am delighted
to have this opportunity to tell
you about….”
What is in an introduction?
 What you are going to talk
about?
Today I am going to talk
about….
…. to describe my research to
you……….
What is in an introduction?
 Why it is important for them to
listen.
 A problem
 A situation

 A question

 You have the answer!!!!!

What is in an introduction?

 What the speech will contain.

 Remember the exercises last
week?
 A speech is like a tour and you are
the tour guide!
What is in an introduction?

 What the speech will contain.

I will be talking about…..
 I want to explain the methods I used
and the results,
First, however, I will describe the
objectives of my project…..
Have a look on page 46


Greeting   Good morning class!


Today’s lesson is   What he will talk about.
about the life cycle of a frog.


This is important for  your  Why it is important.
test on Friday.

First…   Overview – what order will
he use.
 Then..
 Finally …
How would a technical paper sound?
 Greeting   Good morning.
I’m …. from ….
 What is the   This paper

speech discusses the

about ?. results of our
recent research
into performance
of low cost hybrid
cars
A technical speech….
 As you all know – the
energy crisis has forced
 Whyis it us all to think about
saving energy. Hybrid
important? cars are too expensive
for most people. We
have been working on
a low cost, high
performance model.
A technical speech

 First…   I will show what

changes we made to
 Then..
bring the cost down and
 ……………. describe the
performance test
methods.
 But first I would like to
show you the car!
Look at page 49
 Appealing to your audience is important!

Please do the exercise.

Look at page 49
 Appealing to your audience is important!
Think about the hybrid car…
What could be important?
Look at page 49
 Appealing to your audience is important!
Think about the hybrid car…
What could be important?
price?
color?
power?
running costs?
Now let’s do the
exercises on pages
51 and 52.
Now let’s do the exercises on pages
51 and 52
.Nimbus from the Environmental
Good afternoon, I’m Professor

Protection Agency, the E.P.A.

Usually, when we think of rain, we
think of clean, fresh April showers
and beautiful May flowers.
Now let’s do the exercises on pages
51 and 52
.another kind of rain, a deadly kind
But today I’d like to talk about

of rain called acid rain. Knowing

about acid rain will help us get rid
of the causes of acid rain. I am
going to cover four points.
Now let’s do the exercises on pages
51 and 52

.First I’m going to explain what

acid rain is. Next, I’ll talk about
the causes of acid rain. After
that I’ll outline what acid rain
does. Finally, I’ll tell you what
you can do to stop acid rain.
Now let’s do the exercises on pages
51 and 52
Good afternoon, I’m Professor
Nimbus from the Environmental
Protection Agency, the E.P.A.
Usually, when we think of rain, we
think of clean, fresh April showers
and beautiful May flowers.
Now let’s do the exercises on pages
51 and 52
.deadly kind of rain called acid rain. (Knowing
But today I’d like to talk about another kind of rain, a

about acid rain get rid of the

causes of acid rain). I am going to
cover four points.
Now let’s do the exercises on pages 51
and 52

First I’m going to explain what acid rain

is. Next, I’ll talk about the causes of
acid rain. After that I’ll outline what
acid rain does. Finally, I’ll tell you what
you can do to stop acid rain.
Now let’s do the exercises on pages 51 an
d 52

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