Introducing yourself and your talk
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen!
Dear friends!
It’s a pleasure to be with you today.
It’s an honor to have the opportunity to address such a distinguished audience.
Title/Subject.
The subject of my presentation is …
I’d like to talk to you about …
I’m going to inform you about …
I’m going explain our position on …
I’m going to describe …
We are here today to learn about …
The purpose of this talk is to give the background to …
I’d be glad to answer any questions at the end of my talk.
Describing visual aids
In my first slide I’d like to show you …
If you look at the screen you can see …
The horizontal (vertical) axis is …
The left side shows …
The third row contains …
On the right is …
As you can see …
Here is the …
This clearly shows …
This is important because …
I’d like to draw your attention to …
Now, I’d like to move on to …
Next, let me describe …
Finally, let me explain …
Endings
Before I finish, let me just say …
That covers all that I wanted to say today.
Let me just run over the key point again.
To sum up …
In conclusion I’d like to say …
I’d like to leave you with the following idea …
Thank you for your attention.
I’d be glad to try and answer any questions.
Summarizing
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The text
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• is about… • deals with… • presents… • describes… |
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In the text
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• the reader gets to know… • the reader is confronted with… • the reader is told about… |
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The author (the narrator) |
• says, states, points out that… • claims, believes, thinks that… • describes, explains, makes clear that… • uses examples to confirm/prove that… • agrees/disagrees with the view … • contradicts the view • criticises/analyses/ comments on… • tries to express… • argues that… • suggests that… • compares X to Y… • emphasizes his point by saying that… • doubts that… • tries to convince the readers that… • concludes that… |
Different types of charts, graphs and diagrams
percentage bar chart pie chart stacked bar chart
single bar chart diagram population chart
Expressing the Movement of a Line
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Verbs |
Nouns |
Adjectives |
Adverbs |
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rise (to) |
a rise |
dramatic |
dramatically |
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increase (to) |
an increase |
sharp |
sharply |
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go up to |
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huge |
hugely |
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grow (to) |
growth |
steep |
steeply |
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climb (to) |
a climb |
substantial |
substantially |
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boom |
a boom |
considerable |
considerably |
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peak (at) |
(reach) a peak (at) |
significant |
significantly |
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fall (to) |
a fall (of) |
marked |
markedly |
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decline (to) |
a decline (of) |
moderate |
moderately |
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decrease (to) |
a decrease (of) |
slight |
slightly |
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dip (to) |
a dip (of) |
small |
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drop (to) |
a drop (of) |
minimal |
minimally |
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go down (to) |
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reduce (to) |
a reduction (of) |
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a slump |
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level out |
a leveling out |
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no change |
no change |
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remain stable (at) |
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remain steady
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stay (at) |
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stay constant (at) |
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maintain the same |
level |
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