To begin with, I will consider the theory of ….Then I will concern myself with the methods used. In conclusion, I will make an attempt to ….
I’ll start by considering some aspects of …. Further, I’ll pass over to the discussion of …. To conclude, I’ll make some comments on ….
I’ll divide my talk into two parts. First, I’ll consider some aspects of …. Then, I’ll concentrate on ….
First, I’ll describe …. Then, I’ll be concerned with …. Further, I’ll analyze …. Finally, the results of … will be presented.
c)connecting the parts of the report:
In general…
In addition to …
With regard to …
It proves that …
Assuming that …
It follows that …
Apart from this …
As a result of …
From the point of view …
Therefore it is reasonable …
Thus…
Furthermore …
3.Use one of the following expressions to replace each of the expressions in italics in the introduction:
Don’t hesitate a chance I take care
I’m diligent sections go through
In more depth my purpose is divide
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. My name is Gordon Matthews and I am in charge of corporate finance at our headquarters here in Brussels. We are here today to review some key figures and to outline financial strategy over the next five years. So what I intend to do is to break down this presentation into the three parts: first, the financial review; second, the options facing us; and finally, the strategy I propose. If you have any questions, please feel free to interrupt me, but I should also say there will be an opportunity to discuss issues at greater length after my talk.
4.The following phrases may help you:
a)to make the composition of the text distinct:
At this point I’ll speak in more details about…
Let me now make some comments on …
Let us turn (back) to …
Now, I’ll pass over to …
I would now like to make some remarks on …
I would like to say a few words on …
b)specify and clear up the points being discussed:
From this it follows that …
Consequently, it is possible that …
Namely …
On the contrary …
On the one hand … on the other hand…
In other words …
To make it more clear…
This can easily be understood if …
c)to draw the attention of the audience to the most important points:
It is essential that …
It is particularly important that …
It should be notices that …
I’d like to draw your attention to …
It is interesting to note that …
I should like to emphasize that …
d)to conclude the report:
From this it can be concluded that …
In conclusion, we will say that …
To sum up, it is evident that …
On the bases of these considerations we may …
Literature
1. Кисунько Е.И., Музланова Е.С., Бизнес-курс английского языка, Москва, издательство ЮНВЕС, 2001, стр. 368
2. Khachaturova M.F., English for Business Activities, Киев, издательство «Криниця», 1999, стр.288
3. Malcolm Goodale, The Language of Meetings, Global ELT, 1998, p.128
4. Wayne, F. Standford, David P. Dauwalder, Communicating in Business: an action-oriented approach, Austen Press Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1994, p.716
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ВІТРЕНКО ІРИНА ПЕТРІВНА
НАВЧАЛЬНИЙ ПОСІБНИК
ДЛЯ СТУДЕНТІВ ІII КУРСУ ВСІХ СПЕЦІАЛЬНОСТЕЙ
ДІЛОВА АНГЛІЙСЬКА МОВА
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