Key: 3 1 2.
Text 3
Some hints for a successful presentation – 1
Preparation – 1
§ Planning Plan your presentation carefully. Thorough (1) preparation will make you more confident and help you to overcome your nervousness.
§ Objectives Think about what you want to achieve. Are you aiming to inform, persuade, train or entertain your audience?
§ Audience Whom exactly will you be addressing? How many people will be attending? What do they need to know? What do they already know? What will they expect in terms of content and approach?
§ Content Brainstorm (2) your ideas first. Then decide which are most relevant and appropriate to your audience and to your objectives and carry out any research that is necessary. Be selective! Don’t try to cram too much into your presentation.
§ Approach A good rule of thumb (3) is to ‘tell your audience what you’re going to say, say it, then tell the audience what you’ve said’. Try to develop your key points in an interesting and varied way, drawing on relevant examples, figures etc. for support as appropriate. You might also like to include one or two anecdotes for additional variety and humour.
Notes: 1. thorough a – тщательный; 2. brainstorm v – обсуждать коллективно; 3. a rule of thumb – практическое правило.
Read the text without a dictionary.
2. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions on the text such as:
1) What is the title of the text?
2) What does the text deal with?
3) What points are considered in the text?
4) What is the first point of the text?
5) What pieces of the advice does the author give?
And so on
Text 4
Some Hints for a Successful Presentation
Preparation – 2
§ Organisation Think about how you will organize your content. Your presentation should have a clear, coherent structure and cover the points you wish a brief introduction and end with a brief conclusion. Use the introduction to welcome your audience, introduce your topic/subject, outline the structure of your talk, and provide guidelines on questions. Use the conclusion to summarise the main points of your presentation, thank the audience for their attention, and invite questions.
§ Visual aids If you have a lot of complex information to explain, think about using some charts, diagrams, graphs etc., on an overhead projector of flipchart. Visual aids can make a presentation more interesting and easier to understand, but make sure they are appropriate and clear – don’t try to put too much information on each one.
§ Rehearsal Allow time to practise your presentation – this will give you a chance to identify any weak points or gaps. You will also be able to check the timing, and make sure you can pronounce any figures and proper names correctly and confidently.
Translate the text in writing with a dictionary if it is necessary.
Situation
Imagine: Your friend has bought one of the things described below.
1. Ask him/her if he/she is happy to have got it.
2. Ask him/her about the details of the purchase.
1. My very expensive Prada bag. It was a luxury buy. I was attracted by its style and it cost me a lot of money, far more than I would have spent before, but it’s extremely well-made and I suppose you could say it’s a timeless classic. I use it every day. It looks good in every situation and for every occasion.
2. I bought a tree seven years ago for my son’s birth. It cost £30. Now it’s magnificent tree. Its leaves change colour with the seasons. It provides shade; it’s a home for birds. When it’s bigger I’m going to build a tree house for the children to play in.
Presentation – 2
Pre – Text Activities
I. Try to recognize the international words without using dictionary:
Intimate a, limit v, limit n, media n, nervous a, personally adv, preparation n, professional a, projector n, slide n, various a, video n.
II. Make sure you remember the following words:
Benefit n, depend on (upon) v, forget v (forgot, forgotten), a lot of, to make notes, point n, prepare v, profit n, purpose n, useful a, way n, write (wrote, written), down.
III. Learn the words:
1. apply v 1. 1) обращаться с просьбой, просить (о чём либо);
2) подавать заявление(о приёме на работу, в
Учебное заведение и т.п.) 2. использовать,
применять, употреблять 3. касаться, относиться;
2. available a имеющийся в распоряжении, доступный;
3. deliver v 1. передавать, вручать 2. произносить, читать;
to ~ a lecture высказываться, прочитать лекцию;
to ~ a speech произнести речь;
4. delivery n 1. доставка 2. поставка, передача 3.
1) произнесение(речи и т.п.)2) манера говорить,
дикция;
5. feature n особенность, характерная черта;
6. handout n 1) рекламная листовка 2) отпечатанный текст
(раздаваемый всем присутствующим) 3)
бесплатный пробный образец товара (рекламный
приём);
7. heading n 1) заглавие, заголовок 2) рубрика, раздел;
8. hire v снимать, брать напрокат;
9. point n 1) пункт, момент, точка;
~ sin a speech пункты речи (выступления); 2) главное, суть,
смысл;
I don’t see the ~ я не понимаю «соли»;
to keep to the ~ говорить по существу;
selling ~ точка, указывающая экономическую целесо-
образность продажи изделия(на диаграмме);
10. relevant a 1) относящийся к делу; 2) важный, необходимый
11. research n исследование, изучение;
12. set v (set) ставить (задачи, цели т.п.);
to ~ a goal/an objective поставить цель;
to ~ a task поставить задачу;
13. set up phr v 1. помещать. Ставить 2. вывешивать (для
обозрения);
to ~ a notice вывесить объявление.
IV. Choose the Russian equivalents for the English words (word - combinations). Learn them:
1. the more we learn, a. унести с собой;
The more we know;
2. to keep to the objective; b. или иначе об этом забывают;
3. as I mentioned earlier; с. вам всегда есть что дать (другим);
4. to go away with; d. чем больше мы учим, тем больше мы
знаем;
5. or else it’s forgotten; е. придерживаться цели, продолжать
идти к цели;
6. you’ve always got to f. как я уже упоминал ранее;
give something;
7. to get nervous; g. записать важные пункты
(выступления);
8. to make a profit; h. нервничать, волноваться;
9. it does take the nerves i. точка, указывающая экономическую
out of the presentation; целесообразность продажи изделия
(на диаграмме);
10. to write down the relevant j. получать прибыль, доход;
Points;
11. a selling point k. презентация, несомненно, перестаёт
быть напряжённой (это, конечно,
снимает нервозность во время
проведения презентации).
Key: 1d, 2e, 3f, 4a, 5b, 6c, 7h, 8j, 9k, 10g, 11i.
