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…
- In my experience…
- I don’t have much experience in that field.
- I’m afraid that’s outside the scope of my talk.
- I’ll have to come to that later, perhaps during the break as we’re short of time.
- Sorry, I’m not sure I’ve understood. Could you repeat?
- Do you mean…?
- I didn’t catch (the last part of) your question.
- If I understood you correctly, you mean…? Is that right?
- That’s not really my field.
- Does that answer your question?
- Is that okay?
Другие полезные выражения можно найти в приложении 1.
ОСНОВНАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА
1. Erica J. Williams - Presentation in English. Macmillan, 2008.
ДОПОЛНИТЕЛЬНАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА
1. Comfort Jeremy. Effective Presentations. Oxford University Press, 1997.
2. Cotton D. Market Leader. Longman, 2006.
3. Ellis M., O’Driskoll. Giving Presentations. Longman, 1994.
4. Grussendorf M. English for Presentations. Oxford University Press, 2006.