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转帖一
成功英语演讲的秘诀：
开场白、结束语

应对问题
-I will be pleased to answer any
questions you may have at the end of the presentation.
-Please can
you save your questions till the end.

-If you have any questions,
I will be pleased to answer them at the end of the presentation.
-there
will be time at the end of the presentation to answer your questions-so
please feel free to ask me anything then.
-Don't hesitate to
interrupt if you have a question.
-Please feel free to interrupt me
at any time.
-Please stop me if you have any questions.
-If you
need clarification on any point, you're welcome to ask questions at any
time.
-Can I come back to that point later?
-I will be coming to
that point in a minute.
-That's a tricky question.
-We will go
into details later. But just to give you an idea of...
-I am afraid
there's no easy answer to that one...
-Yes, that's a very good point.
-Perhaps
we could leave that point until the questions at the end of the
presentation
-I think I said that I would answer questions at the end
of the presentation---perhaps you wouldn't mind waiting until then.
-I
think we have time for just one more question

欢迎听众(正式)
-
Welcome to our company
- I am pleased to be able to welcome you to
our company...
- I'd like to thank you for coming.

- May I take
this opportunity of thanking you for coming

欢迎听众(非正式 )
- I'm
glad you could all get here...
- I'm glad to see so many people here.
-
It's GREat to be back here.
- Hello again everybody. Thank you for
being on time/making the effort to come today.
- Welcome to X Part
II.

受邀请在会议上致词
- I am delighted/pleased/glad to have the
opportunity to present/of making this presentation...
- I am grateful
for the opportunity to present...
- I'd like to thank you for
inviting/asking me/giving me the chance to...
- Good
morning/afternoon/evening ladies and gentleman
- It's my pleasant
duty today to...
- I've been asked to...

告知演讲的话题
- the
subject of my presentation is...
- I shall be speaking today about...
-
My presentation concerns...
- Today's topic is...
- Today we are
here to give a presentation on...
- Today we are here to talk
about...Before we start, I'd like you meet my team members...
- A
brief look at today's agenda...(告诉听众所讲内容的先后顺序)
- Before we start our
presentation, let's take a brief look at the agenda...
- I shall be
offering a brief analysis of...
- the main area that I intend to
cover in this presentation is...
- Take a moment and think of...
-
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to tell you about...

告诉听众
发言的长度
- During the next ten minutes, I shall...
- I shall be
speaking for about ten minutes...

- My presentation will last for
about ten minutes...
- I won't take up more than ten minutes of your
time...
- I don't intend to speak for longer than ten minutes...
-
I know that time is short, so I intend to keep this brief
- I have a
lot to cram in to the next ten minutes, so I'd better make a start...

引
起听众的兴趣
- I'm going to be speaking about something that is vitally
important to all of us.
- My presentation will help solve a problem
that has puzzled people for years...
- At the end of this
presentation you will understand why this company has been so successful
for so long...
- I am going to be talking about a product that could
double your profit margins...
- the next ten minutes will change
your attitude to sales and marketing...
- Over the next ten minutes
you are going to hear about something that will change the way your
companies operate...
- By the end of this presentation you will know
all there is to know about...

告诉听众内容要点
- there are five main
aspects to this topic (...the first, ... the second, ...a third,
...another, ... the final)
- I am going to examine these topics in
the following order (...first, ...next, ...after that, ...finally)
-
I've divided my talk into five parts...
- I will deal with these
topics in chronological order...
- I'm going to start with a general
overview and then focus on this particular problem (...in general,
...more particularly).
- I want to start with this particular topic,
and then draw some more general conclusions from it (...specifically,
... in a wider context).
- there are (a number of) factors that may
affect...
- We have to take into account in any discussion of this
subject, the following considerations.
- We all ought to be aware of
the following points.

结束语
-In conclusion, I'd like to...
-I'd
like to finish by...
-Finally...
-By way of conclusion...

-I
hope I have made myself understood
-I hope you have found this
useful
-I hope this has given you some idea/clear idea/an outline
of...
-Let me end by saying...
-That, then was all I had to say
on...
-That concludes our presentation...
-I hope I've managed to
give you a clearer picture of...
-If there are any questions, I'd be
delighted to...
-Thank you for your attention...
-Let's break for a
coffee at this point
-I am afraid that the clock is against us, so
we had better stop here
-You have been a very attentive
audience---thank you

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转帖二

做presentation，
我们要注意对话题的准备以及态度和身体语言等等，除此之外，我们还应该掌握一些常
用句型。

1. Right, let's
get started.

2. Let me introduce myself.

3. I've
divided my presentation into three main parts.

4. Just to
give you a brief overview.

5. I'll be saying more about this
in a minute.

6. I'm sure the implications of this are clear
to all of us.

7. There's an important point to be made
here.

8. OK, let's move on. (go on to make your next point)


9. As you can see, the figures speak for themselves.

10.
To go back to what I was saying earlier.

11. Are there any
questions you'd like to ask at this point?

12. I'd like to
look at this in more detail.

13. Let's put this into
perspective. (to explain it this way)

14. Perhaps I should
expand on that a little.

15. To digress for a moment? (to
depart from your plan)

16. So, to sum up?

17.
That brings me to the end of my talk.

18. Thank you. I'm
sure you all have lots of questions.



转帖三

1.Greeting, name, position
Ladies and
gentlemen. It’s an honor to have the opportunity to address such a
distinguished audience.
Good morning. Let me start by saying just a
few words about my own background. I started out in….
Good afternoon
and thank you for making the effort to be here with us today.
Good
morning, ladies and gentlemen. It’s a pleasure to be with you today.


2.Ttile/Subject
I’d like to talk(to you)
about….
I’m going to present the recent…
               
   explain our position on…
                    brief you on….

                  inform you about…
                    describe…


The subject/focus/topic of my presentation….




We are here today to decide…
                              
    agree…
                                    learn about….

The
purpose of this talk is to update you on
                        
                     put you in the picture about…
               
                              give you the background to…


3.Length
I shall only take …minutes of
your time.
I plan to be brief.
This should only last …minutes.


4.Outline/Main parts
I’ve divided my
presentation into four parts/sections. They are….
The subject can be
looked at under the following headings:….
We can break this area down
into the following fields:
First/First of all…
Secondly/then/next…
Thirdly/and
then we come to…
Finally/lastly/last of all….

5.Questions
I’d be glad to answer any
questions at the end of the my talk.
If you have any questions,
please feel free to interrupt.
Please interrupt me if there’s
something which needs clarifying. Otherwise, there’ll be time for
discussion at the end



转帖四

  I. Opening Remarks开场： Sample Opening
Remarks

1)
Thank you very much, Prof. Fawcett, for your very kind introduction.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and gentleman, Good morning! I consider it a great
honor to be asked to speak about …on this session of our symposium.

2) Ladies and gentleman. It’s an
honor to have the opportunity to address such a distinguished audience.

3) Good morning. Let me start by
saying just a few words about my own background.

4) Mr. Chairman, thank you very
much for your kind introduction. President, Distinguished colleagues,
Ladies and gentleman, Good morning! Is my voice loud enough?

5) Good morning, everyone. I
appreciate the opportunity to be with you today. I am here to talk to
you about…

6)
Good morning, everyone. I am very happy to have this chance to give my
presentation. Before I start my speech, let me ask you a question. By a
show of hands, how many of you own a car?

Expressing thanks
to the Chairperson 向主持人致谢

Mr. Chairman,
thank you for your introduction.

First, I would
like to thank Mr. Chairman for his gracious introduction.

Thank you very much, Prof. Fawcett, for your very kind
introduction.

I would like to thank Dr. Huang （主
持人或推荐你来发言的上司）for permitting
me the privilege to speak to this audience.

Forms of Address
and Greetings对听众的称呼

Distinguished colleagues, Ladies and gentleman, Good morning!

Members of the conference!

Expressing Pleasure and Honor 向听众致意

I am very happy/glad/pleased to be here in Hong Kong.

I am honored/privileged to be here (with you this afternoon).

I am proud to be here on this special occasion.

It’s a very great pleasure for me to be able to attend this
conference.

I consider it a great honor to be
asked to speak about …on this session of our symposium/ at this
conference..

It is a great pleasure to be given
the honor of first speaker on this important topic.

Others 细节，如确认话筒音量

Can you hear me all right?

Is my voice too
loud?

Reference to the Audience 与听众呼应

I can see many of you are from …department.

I know many of you are familiar with this topic.

You all look as though you’ve heard this before.

I understand that you’ve all traveled a long way./ After hours
of conference, you must feel a little tired. Now I’d like you to see an
interesting topic…

II. Introducing
the Subject and the outline of the Presentation引入话题 Background
Information


I would like to start
by briefly reviewing the history of open heart surgery.

Let us start with the theoretical basis of this new technique.

To begin with, we have to consider the principle.

I think it would be best to start out by looking at a few
slides.

I should like to preface my
remarks with a de  script   ion of the basic idea.

May I begin with a general outline of this project?

The first thing I would like to talk about is the definition of
the terms I shall use in my lecture.

The first
point I'd like to make is the historical background of the invention.

First, I shall explain to you why this new program is correct
and feasible.

Topic

I would like to concentrate on theproblem Of antibiotic abuse
in hospitals.

I shall devote my talk to the
surgical treatment of coronary disease.

I want to
confine my talk to the latest developments in civil engineering.

Today, I am going to give a talk on the application of computers
in medicine.

My topic today will deal with the
observation of supernova.

In today's talk, I' 11 restrict
myself to the etiology of 15-epa~i;s.

In my
presentation this morning, I' 11 limit myself to three major points
only.

I take the liberty of restricting
my discussion mainly to highway bridge construction.

Now, I would like to address myself to the most important aspect
of this problem.

Among the many languages, I shall
mention only BASIC.

What I am going to present today
is the methodology and the data analysis.

I'm not
going to say much about that except to discuss the literature on that
topic.

Outlining

My talk today consists of two parts. One is... and the other
is...

I've divided my presentation into
four parts.

I shall first talk about ... and
then touch on... and finally discuss ...

The subject
can be looked at under the following headings: ... (Pointing to the
PowerPoint display)

I would like to divide my talk
into two parts. The first part deals with…, the second part concerns ...

My presentation will be given in four parts. The first part
deals with ... The second part relates to... The third part concerns ...
And the last part discusses…

Purpose/Objective

The purpose of this presentation is to...

This talk is designed to…

Comprehensive Samples

Sample 1

Thank you, Mr. Chairperson, Mr.
Director-General, distinguished members of the ILO's Governing Body and
friends. I welcome this opportunity to be here today, with an
Organization which in many ways belongs to all of us workers. I can
think of, in fact, no other international body that one can claim as
one's own so unambiguously.


I have also had a
longstanding formal association with the ILO. Many of my early pieces on
women and technological change and on land rights were published by the
ILO, as well as was the work of many other scholars. It is therefore a
pleasure for me to be here on this important Symposium.

The canvas of the Symposium is very large. I will focus on two
aspects of gender  inequality that centrally effect millions of women as
workers but perhaps have failed to receive the attention they deserve.
First, the gender gap in command over property and Productive assets
and, second, gender biased social perceptions and social norms.

Sample 2

I learned last May that you have
to be careful in speaking to a group of professional communicators.
After I conducted a writer' s workshop at the Toronto Conference of the
International Association of Business Communicators, Janine Lichaczwrote
asked me to speak here tonight and used the communication techniques I
had recommended. She even included a footnote citing my lecture. I am
susceptible to good communication and to flattery so I am pleased to be
with you to discuss your topic for the evening, the use of language in
the art of speech writing.


I suppose we must begin by
shaking our heads, woefully, over the sad state of language today,
whether in formal speeches, casual conversation, or in writing. Most of
us in this room no doubt agree with the generally negative tone of Time
Magazine's year-end assessment which claims “our language has been
besieged by vulgarities”. But to preserve our sanity as professionals in
communication of us would probably join Time in optimistically
expecting English somehow to   survive and even to prosper.


Expressions
on Other Occasions

Correcting the
Title of the Presentation

First of all, I would like to
mention that the title of my presentation should be ...

Please allow me to correct a mistake in the title of my speech
which appeared in the program. Instead of... it should read...

Reading. Another Person's Paper

Sometimes you
are selected to read another person's paper, as he or she is absent.

I shall read a paper by Dr. Li from Guangzhou, china, who
regrets that he could not be here. The title of his paper is...

I'm going to read the paper by Dr. Wang. It's a great pity that,
because of a health problem, he could not be here.

I was asked by the author to read his paper. He apologizes for
not being able to come here.


The next speaker, Prof.
Zhang, regrets that she could not be here and has submitted her paper to
me. I am not sure if I can present it as well as she expected.

I am not sure whether I' 11 be able to be very confident in
answering specific questions. However, I am somewhat familiar with his
work, so I' 11 try my best.

Checking the Microphone

First I want to check if all of you can hear me clearly.

Am I speaking clearly and loudly enough for those in the rear of
the room?

I wonder if those in the rear of
the room can hear me.

If those in the rear of the room
can hear me, would someone please raise his hand?

Can you hear me clearly?

Can you hear me if
I am away from the microphone?

Is the microphone
working?

* Summary-How to Prepare a Good
Introduction

Realize file great importance of
the introduction of file presentation mad then do your best in
delivering it.

Don' t make file introduction
either too wordy, or too brief. Usually, it covers 10 to 15 percent of
your entire speech.

Select tile ways to capture the
audience attention.

Indicate tile topic.

Outline your Speech.


Announce your purpose.

Prepare several versions of tile introduction, compare them, and
then select the best version. Finally, learn it by heart so as to be
able to deliver it easily mid fluently.

Don't start
your speech with apologies.


Pay attention to your body
language.

Chapter II Developing the Speech Text I. Announcing the
Beginning of the Speech Text

To begin with, I
would like to talk about a principle.

I think it
would be best to start out by looking at some pictures.

The first thing I would like to talk about is the definition of
the terms which I’11 use in my presentation.

II. Shifting to the Next Main Point

Well, let's move on to the next point.

We will now come to the second problem.

Turning to the next question, I' 11 talk about the stages of the
procedure.

As the second topic, I shall stop
here. Now let' s turn our attention to the third topic.

So much for the methodology of our experiment. I would now like
to shift to the discussion of the results.

Now, let's
move away from the first part and switch over to the next part of my
presentation.

That's all for the introduction
and now we can go on to the literature review.

Next, I would like to turn to a more difficult problem.

The next point I'd like to talk about is the feasibility of this
project.

That brings me to my second point.

I am glad that we can now leave this rather boring subject of
mathematic deduction and go into a more attractive one, that is the
application of the formula.

III. Resuming the
Topic

Let' s come back to what I said in
the first part of my speech.


Getting back to the
subject of the problem of theoretical considerations we can find that...

I want to return to the first part of my presentation.

Now, to get back to the effect of temperature, you may be aware
that the problems have been solved.

This brings me
back to the question of security.

At this point I
would like to refer again to the question of methods in the first part
of my lecture.

Referring again to the first
question, I think...

Referring to the Coming Point

I'll deal with it later.

I' 11 touch upon
that point in a moment.

I shall tell you in detail
shortly.

IV. Introducing the Supporting
Materials

I think this part is the most
difficult, so I'll explain it in greater detail.

I think this part of my paper is most important, so I plan to
spend more time on it.

Please allow me to deal with this
matter more extensively.

Being the most important part of
my presentation, I will elaborate on it with more slides.

I' 11 expand this topic with drawings and figures.

Indicating the Points Briefly

Limited by the
time available, I can only give you a very brief account of this
matter.

I don't think that I should
describe the methods in detail, because they are included in the
handout.

I will not go into detail on it.

This point has been talked about repeatedly in this symposium,
so I am not going to spend too much time on it.

Let's go through the following points very rapidly.

I just want to outline for you what I experienced in using this
new drug.

I shall not go over all these
explanations. My time is running short. So I'’11 be brief.

It is sufficient to say that these experiments were poorly
designed and without controls.

V. Repairing a
Slip of Tone

The first of such experiments
began in 2000, rather than 1999.

May I have the
lights, I mean the slides.


The temperature increased, I
shall say decreased.

The population is 13 million,
sorry, 31 million.

The exchange rate dropped from 2.5
to 1.8, I beg your pardon, 1.9.

As you can see
from the first row, excuse me, the second row, that the output increased
two fold.

VI. Expressions Concerning Audio-Visual
Aids

Could we have the lights off? And
the first slide, please.

Lights off, first slide, please.

Dim the lights, and first slide, please.

The slide is not so clear. Please darken the room a little more.

Could you please turn on the lights, please?

Now, we can have the lights on.

Please switch
on the lights.

Lights on, please.

I apologize that this slide is not so clear, but I hope you can
still make out the general idea.

Sorry for the
small print.

I'm sorry we left a figure out
here.

VI. Explaining the Contents on the
Slides

This slide demonstrates ...

On this slide, you can see...

This curve in
this slide shows...

This figure in this slide
exhibits...

This table on this slide
presents...

This diagram on this slide
depicts...

This chart on this slide displaces
...

The picture on this slide shows
...

The photomicrograph on this slide
shows ...

The flow-chart on this slide
points out...

The circuit diagram on this slide
represents~...~

Indicating the Sources of the
Content in a

This figure is taken from.., by
Dr. Li.

This diagram is after that of
Prof. Wang with some modification

VII. Demanding to
Show the Next Slide

May I proceed to the next slide,
please?

I think we can move on to the next
slide.

Let me show you the next slide.

Now, we can go on to the next slide.               '

Next slide, please.


Next, please.

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