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А.А. Забровская, Е.А. Рублева
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Гуманитарный вестник
# 6 2017
I would like to start with… And then… Lastly…
Inviting questions:
If you have any questions, I’d be grateful if you
could leave them until the end.
I’m happy to take any questions after that.
Please feel free to interrupt me at any time if you have a question.
Основной этап
Starting the main presentation:
The title of my presentation is...
Why did I choose this title? Because... This morning I’m going to talk
about... This is an issue that affects us all. Take a look at this picture. What
does it tell you about...? Somebody once said that... (+
quote
).
Developing a point:
To give you some background, let me explain...
I’d like to stress one very important point. To give you an example of
what I mean, ...
Rhetorical questions:
So, what’s the problem? The problem is...
So,
what’s the solution? The solution is... What exactly is Critical Path Analy-
sis? CPA is... What does this mean in terms of costs/business
opportuni-
ties/planning for the future? It means...
So, what should we do? My an-
swer is simple. We should...
Digressing and returning:
To digress for a moment, ... Going back to
what I was saying before, ...
Changing the subject:
OK, that’s all I want to say about... Does any-
one have a question? I’d like to move on to my next point. That brings me
to my next point, which is... Turning now to a different matter, ...
Referring to visuals:
Have a look at this next slide. The horizontal
axis shows...
and the vertical axis shows... As you can see, ... You’ll notice
on the diagram that... The figures...
Заключительный этап
Signaling that you are ready to finish:
So, that brings me to the end
of my presentation.
So, that completes our presentation.
Well, that covers everything I want to say.
Giving summary:
Let me summarize what we’ve looked at.
I’ll briefly summarize the main issues.
I’d like to summarize.
Let me just go over the key points again. To sum up… At this stage,
I’d like to go over… To summarize, I’ll run through my three topics.
Giving conclusion:
I’d like to conclude by strongly recommending…
To conclude, I’d like to leave you with the following thought… In my
opinion, the only way forward is to… In conclusion, I’d like to leave you
with the following idea. I trust you gained an insight into…
Closing remarks:
Thank you for your attention.
If you have any questions, I’d be happy to answer them.
Thank you for listening [9].