- •Varies considerably – although is slightly skewed towards the 30-45 age group, and around 65% male.
- •Unit 2. Mice Destinations.
- •Vibrant and colorful, Brazil has a series of convention centers and exclusive resorts across its cities of Salvador, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, Recife, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
- •Unit 2. Meeting people
- •Greetings
- •Farewells
- •How to warm up to a new colleague
- •Introduce Yourself
- •Useful vocabulary:
- •Task 2. Say whether these sentences are true or false.
- •Task 3. Fill each of the blanks in the following text. Use one word only in each space.
- •Unit 6. Negotiations
- •Useful words:
- •Unit 7. Presentations
- •Useful phrases:
- •Unit 8. Meetings
- •In the recent years the situation has become less clear. Now all of the following phrases are used: "chairman", "chairperson", "chair", "chairwoman".
- •In the case of an event where the number of guests is uncertain, make sure there are sufficient break-away rooms to avoid congestion.
- •Unit 9 Exhibitions
- •How to Organize an Exhibition
- •If you arrange an exhibition you must have objectives, a strategy and a detailed plan.
- •Unit 10. Vip Treatment:
- •Unit 11. Entertaining your business clients
- •Cultural differences
- •It is a good idea to keep notes about your clients likes and dislikes. If you have a client that is a passionate Chelsea supporter, it would be better to invite them to a game.
- •Unit 12. Familiarization trips.
- •Special terms:
- •Unit 13. Useful Terms in the mice-Industry.
Unit 7. Presentations
Task 1. Read and translate the information given below
Preparation is essential for an effective presentation. When giving a presentation, certain keywords are used to signpost the different stages. It's a good idea to memorize them and practise using them, so that they come to mind easily during a presentation. |
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►Starting the presentation |
• Good morning/good afternoon ladies gentlemen •The topic of my presentation today is ... • What I'm going to talk about today is ... |
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►Why you are giving this presentation |
•The purpose of this presentation is ... •This is important because ... • My objective is to ... |
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►Stating the main points |
•The main points I will be talking about are firstly .. secondly... next, finally... we're going to look at ... |
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►Introducing the first point
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• Let's start/begin with ... |
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►Showing graphics, transparencies, slides etc.
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• I'd like to illustrate this by showing you... |
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►Moving on to the next point |
• Now let's move on to ... |
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►Giving more details |
• I'd like to expand on this aspect/problem/point • Let me elaborate on that • Would you like me to expand on/elaborate on that? |
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►Changing to a different topic |
• I'd like to turn to something completely different |
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►Referring to something which is off the topic
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• I'd like to digress here for a moment and just mention that. * Speak to the subject |
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►Referring back to an earlier point |
• Let me go back to what I said earlier about ... |
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►Summarizing or repeating the main points |
• I'd like to recap the main points of my presentation - first I covered - then we talked about - finally we looked at • I'd now like to sum up the main points which were: |
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►Conclusion |
• I'm going to conclude by... saying that/inviting you to/ quoting ... • In conclusion, let me... leave you with this thought/invite you to |
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►Questions |
• Finally, I'll be happy to answer your questions. • Now I'd like to invite any questions you may have. • Do you have any questions? |
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Task 2. Match the beginning of the phrases (1-8) to their ends (a-h)
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Task 3. Survival Language. Read and pay attention to the underlined words.
In modern English, Presentations tend to be much less formal than they were even twenty years ago. Most audience these days prefer a relatively informal approach.
However, there is a certain structure to the opening of a Presentation that you should observe.
If you get your facts wrong.
I am terribly sorry. What I meant to say was this.
Sorry. What I meant is this.
If you have been going too fast and your audience is having trouble keeping up with you.
Let me just recap on that.
I want to recap briefly on what I have been saying.
If you have forgotten to make a point.
Sorry, I should just mention one other thing.
If I can just go back to the previous point, there is something else that I forgot to mention.
If you have been too complicated and want to simplify what you said.
So, basically, what I am saying is this.
So, basically, the point I am trying to get across is this.
If you realize that what you are saying makes no sense.
Sorry, perhaps I did not make that quite clear.
Let me rephrase that to make it quite clear.
If you cannot remember the term in English.
Sorry, what is the word I am looking for?
Sorry, my mind has gone blank. How do you say 'escargot' in English?
If you are short of time.
So just to give you the main points.
As we are short of time, this is just a quick summary of the main points.