Раздел 5. ЯЗЫК ПРЕЗЕНТАЦИИ

Каждому этапу презентации соответствуют определенные речевые клише. Так, во вступлении в качестве приветствия можно рекомендовать использование следующих фраз:

- Good morning / afternoon ladies and gentlemen / colleagues. My name’s …

I’m … (I’m responsible for … )

- Ladies and gentlemen. It’s in an honour to have the opportunity to address such a distinguished audience.

- It’s my privilege today to be talking to you about…

- Good morning. Let me start by saying just a few words about my own background. I started out in…

- Thank you all for coming. Shall we start?

- I’d like to welcome you all here this morning.

- OK / Right / Good / So, let’s get started.

Введение в тему можно начать со слов:

- I plan to say a few words / give you a talk about…

- I’d like to give you an overview of…

- I’m going to talk about / brief you on / inform you about / present the recent… / describe…

- The theme of my presentation is…

- The subject / topic of my talk / speech/ paper is…

Здесь же уместно объявить о регламенте:

- My talk will take about ten minutes.

- My presentation will take about two hours… but there’ll be a twenty minute break in the middle.

- After my talk there’ll be time for a discussion and any questions.

Ознакомление аудитории со структурой презентации делается различными способами:

- I’ve divided my talk into (three) parts.

- My talk will be in (three) parts.

- First… Second… Third…

- In the first part… Then in the second part… Finally…

Завершение вступительной части и переход к основному этапу презентации осуществляется при помощи таких слов, как:

- So that concludes the introduction. / That’s all for the introduction.

- Now let’s move on to the first part of my talk, which is about…

- To start with, I’d like to consider…

- To begin with…

- First of all, I’d like to look at…

- Let’s start / begin with…

- First / Firstly, …

- At the first stage…

- There are three things to consider. First…

Завершая обсуждение вопроса, можно использовать следующие языковые средства:

- Those are the main points on…

- That’s all I have to say about…

- That completes / concludes my overview of…

- That covers…

- So that’s the general picture for…

- Overall/ To put it briefly / In a nutshell…

Переход к новому вопросу, как правило, сопровождается фразами:

- Now, let’s move on to / turn to…

- Moving on to / Turning to…

- So we come to…

- The next point I’d like to make is about…

- This brings / leads me to my next point…

- A connected point is…

- Second / Secondly…

- Let me now go on to consider…

- The next step is to…

- Now, let’s look at…

Перечисление и ознакомление с последовательностью изложения материала можно сделать следующим образом:

- There are three things to consider. First… Second… Third…

- There are two kinds of… The first is… The second is…

- We can see four advantages and two disadvantages. First… Second…

- Let’s look at / consider two options… One way to solve the problem is.. Another is…

- There are (seven) different stages of the process. First / then / next / after that / then / after… there’s / last…

- There are two steps involved. The first step is… The second step is…

- There are four stages to the project. At the beginning… later… then… finally…

- I’ll describe the development of the idea. First the background, then the present situation, and then the prospects for the future.

Завершающую часть презентации обычно начинают со слов:

- Right, that ends (the third part of) my talk.

- That’s all I want to say for now on…

Далее уместно подвести итог и сделать выводы:

- I'd like to end by emphasising the main points.

- I’d like to finish with a summary of the main points / some observations based on what I’ve said / some conclusions (recommendations) / a brief conclusion.

- There are two conclusions / recommendations.

What we need is…

I think we have to…

- That concludes my talk. Thanks for listening. Now I’d like to invite your comments.

Приглашение к обсуждению рекомендуется осуществлять одним из следующих способов:

- Now we have half an hour for questions and discussion.

- Right. Now any questions or comments?

- So, now I’d be very interested to hear your comments.

- That brings me to the end of my presentation. Are there any questions?

При ответе на вопросы можно использовать такие речевые клише:

- That’s a difficult question to answer in a few words.

- I would say… / It could be…