Effective Presentations = Эффективные презентации. Практикум

Exercise 17. The graph below shows Total engineering turnover figuresatcurrentprices(£billion)9.Usingtheinformationdescribe the graph.

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Exercise 18. The graph below shows Value of fuel exports10. Using the information describe the graph.

Exercise 19. The graph below shows Ebook annual sales growth11. Using the information describe the graph

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2.4. Voice12

Stressing a point

It is vital (essential, imperative) that we… We must…

Stressing vowels

These figures are extreeeemely useful. We are waaaay ahead of the competition.

Repeating words

Communication is vital. Without communication nothing is achieved. With little communication, little is achieved.

Stressed auxiliaries

We can’t and won’t be able to accept the offer. Finance is the key.

Targets have been reached over the last year.

Adding do, does or did

To implement an appraisal system, we do need management support. The economy does need investment.

We did work hard and the results show that.

Using adverbs (Emphasizing)

Strong adverbs intensify adjectives: we’ve had an extremely good year.

Adverbs can be total, very strong, or moderate.

12 Comfort J. Effective Presentations. — Oxford University Press, 2000; Goodale M. Professional Presentations. A video-based course. — Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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Minimizing

Look at the way the following expressions of degree and uncertainty modify, or minimize, the message. Intonation is also very important in giving more or less emphasis to what we say.

Itseemswewillhavetodelaythedelivery.TheChiefExecutiveOfficer appears to have left the country.

It’s just a little bit further. We’re going to reduce our staff a bit. Perhaps we should consider resigning. There might be another way. I tend to think we should stop now. To some extent, the company has failed to realize its potential.

EXERCISES

Exercise 20. Read the sentencesbelow emphasising the underlined words and match the sentences to their meanings.

1.This course will help you to become a much better presenter.

2.This course will help you to become a much better presenter.

3.This course will help you to become a much better presenter.

4.This course will help you to become a much better presenter.

a.refers to audience, not presenter

b.significant improvement expected

c.not another one

d.it’s certain whereas other courses may not

Exercise 21. How many different ways can you say this sentence? When you say the sentence, stress a different word each time. What meaning do the individual ways of saying the sentence give?

1.Everyone wants to be a winner.

2.Winners have their eyes open for opportunities.

3.Goals are the steps that will guide you to success.

4.Every winner fails many times on their road to success.

5.Your business benefits from existing brand name recognition.

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6.Effective managers know that delegation is the key to getting better results.

7.Winners will always frame out the goals they want to achieve in their life.

8.Aproper job is just a part of your career path, which is enhanced by professionalism.

9.A winner will always be flexible enough to modify the short term goals as and when needed.

10.If you are not too sure about your own assessment then you can always fall back on help from others.

Exercise 22. Read the following sentences aloud, stressing the auxiliaries.

1.You do not want to surprise your Japanese associate.

2.It’s a gesture that you are looking forward to a long lasting relationship.

3.When you are organized you will be much more productive and so will everyone else.

4. The early 21st century has had a profound impact on the condition of music distribution.

5.A winner will always be flexible enough to modify the short term goals as and when needed.

6.Then when you do give a gift, be sure to say it’s being offered as a gesture of your friendship, not business.

7.We know our roles will continually change throughout our life spans, and the more flexible we are, the better our relationship will work out.

8. If you have established a good working relationship with someone and want to give a gift, arrange a time when the two of you are alone to present it.

9.Early in your business relationships, you may want to make your gift selections from a local store where you will be given the proper information and direction.

10.Public schools have learned to take advantage of cyber schools with computer labs, where students can take classes not offered at their particular school.

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Exercise 23. When there is no auxiliary, you can emphasis a point by adding the auxiliary do, does or did.

We believe that… We do believe that…

Rewrite the following in the same way. Read them aloud.

1.Managers have a position of authority vested in them by the company.

2.Their subordinates work for them and largely do as they are told. 3. Many organizational leaders have subordinates, but only because they are also managers.

4. Managers focus on tactical activities and often times have a more directive and controlling approach.

5.John Pemberton invented many drugs, but none of them ever made any money.

6.Frank Robinson registered Coca-Cola’s formula with the patent office, and he designed the logo.

7. Asa Griggs Candler rescued the business became the sole owner of Coca-Cola.

8. The company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world.

9.The Coca-Cola Company sells concentrate for soda fountains to major restaurants and food service distributors.

10.The current formula of Coca-Cola remains a trade secret, although a variety of reported recipes and experimental recreations have been published.

Exercise 24. Read these extracts from a presentation on crosscultural communication and underline those words you would emphasise. Read them aloud.

1.Even when employees located in different locations or offices speak the same language, there are some cultural differences that should be considered in an effort to optimize communications between the two parties.

2.Without getting into cultures and sub-cultures, it is perhaps most important for people to realize that a basic understanding of cultural diversity is the key to effective cross-cultural communications.

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3.This is necessary even for the basic level of understanding required to engage in appropriate greetings and physical contact, which can be a tricky area interculturally.

4.Be mindful of time zone differences and work to keep everyone involved aware and respectful of such differences.

5.Most people will appreciate the information and will work hard to understand different needs and different means used to reach common goals.

6.Team members should contribute to and not hinder the team’s mission or harm the delivery to the team’s customer.

7.Team members should not damage the cohesion of the team or prevent it from becoming more effective.

8.When dealing with people in a different culture, courtesy and goodwillcanalsogoalongwayinensuringsuccessfulcommunication.

9.When you communicate, keep in mind that even though English is considered the international language of business, it is a mistake to assume that every businessperson speaks good English.

10.In fact, only about half of the 800 million people who speak English learned it as a first language.

Exercise25.Repeatingimportantwordsisimportant.Peoplehave morechanceofrememberingimportantwordsiftheyarerepeated three times. Rewrite these extracts so that the underlined word / phrase is repeated three times.

1.We are facing an economic, a social and a political challenge.

2.Total quality is important for everyone at every stage of the process, from beginning to end, from top to bottom.

3.In the first ten seconds of meeting you for the first time, people make seven judgements about you, about your appearance, about whether they’re going to be able to do business with you.

4.Many Teens coming from foreign countries are keen of learning about different culture as well as having fun through entertainments, watching movies, going to a concert etc.

5.Nepali Musical Artists perform overseas all year around, go from countries to countries and entertain Nepalese alone.

6.That is why all people of the world live, work, study and do their best to be happy.

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7.There are people who are optimistic and take everything through the feeling of joy, and find something good and positive in the worst things.

8.Joy is something that keeps the light of life in us and helps us to get up every day and to go to work, to communicate with people, to cook and to sleep.

9.The joy of getting up in the morning and seeing the sun shining brightly, the first snow, the green grass after the winter, the smile of the person you are in love with, the hug of your brother or sister, coming back home after long trip, swimming in the lake and tasting berries — all these things bring joy to people.

10.Winners have their eyes open for opportunities, always invests the money and don’t get stuck to fulfilling short term goals.

2.5. Ending13

Summing up

So, to sum up, … . To summarize, … .

To recapitulate (recap), … . Let me now sum up.

Let me just run over the key points again. I’ll briefly summarize the main issues. Briefly … .

Concluding

Let me end by saying … .

I’d like to finish by emphasizing … . In conclusion I’d like to say … .

In conclusion … . Finally, may I say … .

As you can see, there are some very good reasons … . I’d like to leave you with the following thought/idea.

13 Comfort J. Effective Presentations. — Oxford University Press, 2000; Goodale M. Professional Presentations. A video-based course. — Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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Making a recommendation

So, what I would suggest is that we …

So. I would recommend that …

I’d like to propose …

In my opinion, the only way forward is …

Handouts

I’ll be distributing the handouts in a few moments. The handouts are over by the door.

Copies of my slides (transparencies) are on the table by the door.

Questions

If you have any questions or comments, I’ll be happy to answer them. If there are any questions, I’ll do my best to answer them.

Are there any questions. Any questions?

I’ll be happy to answer any questions, but I’d like to hold the last few minutes for a summary.

If anyone has any questions or comments to start us off … I’d be glad to try and answer any questions.

So, let’s throw it open to questions.

Closing

Thank you for your attention.

Thank you for listening.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

I hope you will have gained an insight into …

EXERCISES

Exercise 26. Make full sentences by matching the correct halves.

1.Before we come to the end,

2.I’d be glad to answer

3.To summarize,

4.We can conclude

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5.In my opinion,

6.I’d like to suggest

a.there are four major features

b.we start the discussion now.

c.by quoting a well-known saying.

d.we should reduce our costs.

e.any questions now.

f.I’d like to thank you for your participation.

Exercise 27. Put the extracts of a presentation in a logical order.

1.If you have any more questions, I’d be happy to answer them.

2.Thank you for your time and interest.

3.So, to summarise, we’ve looked at four of the main areas where cross-culturalcommunicationcanbeimproved:language,time,space, and logical reasoning.

4.In conclusion, I’d like to leave you with one of my favourite quotations: ″The peoples of the world are like islands shouting at each other over seas of misunderstanding″. Let’s start building those bridges.

5.In the handouts, which I’ll be distributing in a moment, you’ll find a more detailed analysis of what we’ve been talking about today.

Exercise28.Thesentences1–5belowaretheendofapresentation, but they are in the wrong order. Put them into the right order.

1. So, I’d now be glad to answer any questions.

2. I sincerely hope you’ll all go away with a more complete picture of the principal activities of UNEXCO.

3. Very briefly, there are three. Firstly, fund-rising, secondly, publicity; and thirdly, political lobbying.

4. So, that brings me to the end of this presentation.

5. Finally, I’d like to leave you with something which I heard recently. ″You can’t please all the people all the time, but we should certainly be able to feed all the people all the time″.

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