Name your greatest fears about presenting
Write these fears in the table provided.
Ask yourself: Are these fears realistic? Is this really likely to happen?
Address each fear by noting down ideas for overcoming it.
| Fears | Realistic? | Ideas for overcoming this fear |
2. Read and translate. Dos and don’ts body language. Tips on body language.
- Make eye contact: look at each person in the audience for about a second, before moving on to the next person. Don’t concentrate on just one or two people.
- Don’t speak to the equipment or the screen: face the audience at all times.
- Smiling is fine at appropriate moments, but not too much/
- Use gestures (hand movements) to emphasize key points.
- Stay more or less in one place: don’t move around too much.
- Avoid mannerisms(ways of moving and speaking which you do repeatedly without realizing)
3.
4. Which words from ex-s 2-3 could the underlined words refer to?
1. But don't overdo it. It can seem insincere (not real)
2. Again, don't overdo it. Look round at everybody in the room.
3. Don't let these dominate the presentation. People have come to see you, not the equipment.
4. Keep them under control. Remember, for example, that pointing with your finger is rude in some cultures
5. Make sure there will be enough of them for everyone and make sure that they reach everyone in the room.
6. Some of them, for example putting your hands in your pockets or running your fingers through hair, really upset some people.
5. Watch the video “Delivering a bad presentation”. Find mistakes.
Task
Prepare and give a presentation to the class using as many of the key expressions as possible. You will need to
- open the presentation
- show a simple design of the new item/idea
- explain why it is the best idea
- describe your target market and explain how you would promote your product
- close the presentation and answer any questions.
GRAMMAR INFORMATION
Numbers in business
| Decimals | Pronunciation |
| 0.7 0.07 0.007 0.77 77.777 777.777 7.7 m | nought-point-seven nought-point-oh-seven nought-point-oh-oh-seven nought-point-seven-seven seventy-seven-point-seven-seven-seven seven hundred and seventy-seven-point-seven-seven-seven seven-point-seven million |
| Fractions | |
1/4
1/20
1/100
1/1000
2/5
7/20
33/4
72/5
| a quarter/one quarter a twentieth/one twentieth a hundredth/one hundredth a thousandth/one thousandth two-fifths seven-twentieths three and three quarters seven and two-fifths seven hundred and thirteen over nine hundred and eighty six |
| Spoken calculations | |
| 2+2=4 7-4=3 3*4=12 9:3=3 | Two and two is/are four. (informal) Two plus two equals/is four. (formal) Four from seven is/leaves three.(informal) Seven take away four is/leaves three. (informal) Seven minus four equals/is three. (formal) Three fours are twelve. (informal) Three times four is twelve. (informal) Three multiplied by four equals/is twelve. (formal) Three(s) into nine goes three (times). (informal) Nine divided by three equals/is three. (formal) |
| Non-metric measures | 1 inch (1 in)=2.5cm 12 inches= 1 foot (30 cm) 3feet (3ft)= 1 yard (90cm) 5,280 feet/1,760 yards= 1 mile (1.6 km) 5 miles= 8km 1 ounce (1oz)= 28gm 16 ounces= 1 pound (455 gm) 2.2 pounds (2.2lb)= 1 kg 14 pounds (14lb)= 1 stone (6.4kg) (BrE only) 1 British pint= 56.8 cl 1US pint= 47.3 cl 8 pints (8 pt)= 1 galloon 1 British gallon= 4.55 litres 1US gallon=3.78 litres 1 acre= 4,840 square yards= 0.4 hectares 1 square mile= 640 acres=259 ha |
Grammar exercises:
1. Read the following numbers:
a) 0.4; 0.375; 4.7; 7.9m; 555.555; 44.777; 0.37; 0.008; 0.09
b) 1/5; 1/10; 1/13; 1/3; 1/100; 1/1000; 1/2; 53/4; 92/5; 
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2. Write the following numbers:
Four point seven; one thousandth, five point eight; six and one eight; three and three quarters, eleven sixteenths; two fifths; three sevenths; one quarter; one half; one third; nought point five; nought point seven three six; nine hundred and thirteen over seven hundred and eighty six
3. Read and write the following calculations:
7+5=12; 27-9= 18; 9*8=56; 16:4=4; 91:13=7; 14*18= 252; 1560-1023=537