a.For clear organization. b.To let the audience know where they are. So,signpost for the audience,at the beginning and all along the route. e.g.During your introduction,you should tell your audience what the structure of your presentation will be.You might say something like this: "I'll start by describing the current position in Europe.Then I'll move on to some of the achievements we've made in Asia. After that I'll consider the opportunities we see for further expansion in Africa. The audience can now visualize your presentation. The table below lists useful expressions that you can use to signpost the various parts of your presentation: Function Language Introducing the subject 。I'd like to start by.. ·Let's begin by.. First of all,I'll... Starting with... I'll begin by... Finishing one subject... Well,I've told you about... That's all I have to say about... 。We've looked at. So much for... ...and starting another Now we'll move on to
6 a. For clear organization. b. To let the audience know where they are. So, signpost for the audience, at the beginning and all along the route. e.g. During your introduction, you should tell your audience what the structure of your presentation will be. You might say something like this: "I'll start by describing the current position in Europe. Then I'll move on to some of the achievements we've made in Asia. After that I'll consider the opportunities we see for further expansion in Africa. The audience can now visualize your presentation. The table below lists useful expressions that you can use to signpost the various parts of your presentation: Function Language Introducing the subject I'd like to start by... Let's begin by... First of all, I'll... Starting with... I'll begin by... Finishing one subject... Well, I've told you about... That's all I have to say about... We've looked at... So much for... ...and starting another Now we'll move on to
·Let me turn now to.. 。 Next... Turning to.. 。 I'd like now to discuss... 。Let's look now at... Analyzing a point and Where does that lead us? giving recommendations Let's consider this in more detail... What does this mean for ABC? Translated into real terms... Giving an example For example,.… A good example of this is... 。As an illustration,..… To give you an example,... To illustrate this point... Dealing with questions We'll be examining this point in more detail later on.… I'd like to deal with this question later,if I may... I'll come back to this question later in my talk... Perhaps you'd like to raise this point at the end... I won't comment on this now... Summarizing and ·In conclusion... concluding Right,let's sum up,shall we? 。I'd like now to recap. Let's summarize briefly what we've looked at... Finally,let me remind you of some of the issues we've covered... If I can just sum up the main points... Ordering Firstly...secondly...thirdly...lastly... First of all...then.next...after that...finally... To start with...later...to finish up... Common Problem: Signposting not so clear. >
7 Let me turn now to... Next... Turning to... I'd like now to discuss... Let's look now at... Analyzing a point and giving recommendations Where does that lead us? Let's consider this in more detail... What does this mean for ABC? Translated into real terms... Giving an example For example,... A good example of this is... As an illustration,... To give you an example,... To illustrate this point... Dealing with questions We'll be examining this point in more detail later on... I'd like to deal with this question later, if I may... I'll come back to this question later in my talk... Perhaps you'd like to raise this point at the end... I won't comment on this now... Summarizing and concluding In conclusion,... Right, let's sum up, shall we? I'd like now to recap... Let's summarize briefly what we've looked at... Finally, let me remind you of some of the issues we've covered... If I can just sum up the main points... Ordering Firstly...secondly...thirdly...lastly... First of all...then...next...after that...finally... To start with...later...to finish up... Common Problem: Signposting not so clear