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Lesson 15 Handout
Part One
Creating presentation slides
1. Useful
expressions of describing slides
1)
Referring to Slides:
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As you can see
here …
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Here we can see …
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Let me show you
…
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Let’s have a look at …
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I’d like you to
look at this …
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I’d like to draw your attention to
…
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If
you look at this slide, you can see …
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This slide
shows …
2)
Giving examples:
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Let me give you
an example.
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I’d
like to give you some examples.
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A good example
of …is …
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To illustrate this point …
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To support what
I’ve said …
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Imagine that yo
u
…
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There are many ways to do this, for
example…
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There are many examples of this, such
as …
3)
Giving explanations
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The main
explanation for this is …
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There are two
reasons for this. First, …Second, …
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This can be
explained by two factors. Firstly, …Secondly,
…
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This is due to
…
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As
a result of …
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Due to the fact that …
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Thanks to
…
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One reason for this is …another reason
is …
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The problem goes back to …
4)
Introducing
the data
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This graph/chart/table
shows/illustrates that …
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According to
the figures/statistics …
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We
c
an see from …
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As is shown in
the …
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On the x/horizontal axis we have …
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The
vertical/horizontal axis represents/displays …
5)
Explaining positions
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On the
left/right
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On the left side/right side
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In the
middle/center
1
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At
the top/bottom
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The upper/lower part/half/section
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Close to/near the top right corner
6)
Steps for presenting data
Step 1. Introduction:
the title of the graph/chart, the
variables, the meanings of symbols and colors
Step 2. Body:
a
detailed description of the data
Step
3. Conclusion:
a summary of
the pattern
Part Two
Raising and handling questions
1. Four
Steps of Raising a Question
I have a
question for Prof. Lee.
Prof Lee, your speech has deeply
impressed me,
especially
the
application
of
the
new
experimental method in your field.
My
question
is
whether
the
new
method
has
some
weak
points
as
compared
with
the
old
one?
(after the answer)
Yes,
I
got
it.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
answer.
2. Six Steps of
Answering a Question
If
some
listeners
raise
their
hands
to
ask
questions.
If
questions are written on a slip of paper.
Question: …
Sorry, I didn’t catch it clearly. Could
you please
say that again?
Sorry,
I’m
not
quite
sure
of
your
question.
Could I understand your question like
this: …?
That’
s an interesting
question.
(Question:
In
your
experiment,
which
is
the
most
important
factor,
the
temperature,
the
1.
Signaling
you
want
to
ask
a
question
2.
Expressing your appreciation
3.
Asking a
specific question
4.
Giving your feedback
1.
Choosing a
questioner
2.
Listening
carefully
to
question
3.
Welcoming the question
4.
Repeating the question
the
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humidity, or any other
factors?
)
Repetition:
This lady would
like to know which
is
the
most
important
factor
in
my
experiment,
the
temperature,
the
humidity,
or
any
other
factors.
It
is
hard
to
say
which
one
is
more
important,
5.
Answering concisely
because
all these factors are closely interrelated
and
a
slight
change
in
one
factor
will
cause
a
huge difference in the result.
I
don’t
know
whether
this
answered
your
6.
Asking
the
questioner
for
question or not.
feedback
3. Useful Expressions for Q & A
Raising a question
1)
Signaling you want to ask a question
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I’d like to ask
Prof. Lee a question. / I have a question for Dr.
Lee.
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Could I ask you a question, Prof. Lee?
2) Expressing your appreciation
?
Dr. Lee, thank
you very much for your insightful talk.
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Dr.
Lee, your speech has deeply impressed me,
especially … / I appreciate your
point
about …
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Dr. Lee, you did splendid work!
3) Clarifying doubts
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Mr. Smith, what
do you refer to by getting a peak value?
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I don’t quite
understand what you really mean by saying “…”. Can
you explain it
again?
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Is it possible
for you to show me again your last slide?
4) Asking for additional information
?
You mentioned
very briefly t
hat … Would you please
elaborate on that point?
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I’m very
interested in … Could you tell me exactly how … ?
/ Would you please
say a few more words
about …
，
particularly …
5) Expressing different
opinions
?
If I
am not mistaken, you said in your presentation
that … However, as far as I
know, … Would you please give us some
explanation about this?
?
Perhaps
we’re
looking
at
the
problem
from
different
viewpoints/
angles/
approaches. To the
best of my knowledge, what you say seems to be
theoretically
unclear
in
…
For
example,
…
Could
you
give
us
further
explanation
on
that
aspect?
6) Giving your
feedback
?
Thank
you very much for your answer. / Yes, I got it.
Thank you.
Handling a
question
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