пятница, 26 августа 2016 г.

Useful Language: Signposts

Sequence

  • To begin
  • First
  • Then
  • Next

Next Topic

  • Let’s move on to talk about our options.
  • Now let’s look at some possible reasons.
  • This leads us to the next part of our presentation, our options.
  • Moving on to the results of our study, here is some data.
  • The next thing we’re going to look at is reasons for the problem.

Explanations

  • So, why does this happen?
  • So, what can we do about this?
  • You may be wondering when/why/how…
  • Let’s look at this in a little more detail.
  • Let’s examine some reasons for this.

Showing Significance or Effects

  • What’s the significance of this?
  • What impact does this have on the process?
  • Why is this important?
  • This is important because it shows the risks in the procedure.
  • This step is important to prevent later problems.

Referring Back

  • As I mentioned before/earlier …
  • As you saw in the last slide…

Going Back

  • Let’s go back a bit here.
  • Let me go back a minute.
  • Going back up a minute, …

Promising More Later

  • I’ll come back to this later.
  • We’ll discuss this in more detail in a few minutes.

Details

  • There are two important things/factors/issues/reasons to consider:
  • First, / The first one/thing is cost.
  • One reason is cost. The other reason is time.

Examples

  • Let me give you an example.
  • To give you an example, …
  • Here’s an example.
  • Let’s look at an example.
  • For example, let’s look at fuel costs.

Rephrasing

  • To put it another way, …
  • In other words, it’s too expensive.
  • What I mean is that everyone can use it, not just tech people.
  • What I’m saying is that this plan won’t work 100% of the time.

Changing Speakers

  • Now I’m going to turn it over to Paul.
  • And now, Paul is going to talk about possible solutions to the problem.
  • Next in our presentation is the budget projection. Paul?

Conclusions

  • So, to recap…
  • To close, I’d like to summarize my main points.
  • To end,
  • In conclusion, let me just suggest…
  • I’d like to close by (verb+ing)
  • Finally,
  • Conclusions
  • Thank you.
  • Thank you for your attention.

Questions

  • Feel free to stop me anytime with your questions.
  • I’d be happy to answer questions at the end of my talk.
  • We’ll have time for questions at the end.

Postponing to the end

  • I’d be happy to answer that question at the end.
  • Let’s talk about that at the end (in a few minutes).
  • Would you mind waiting to ask that question?

Postponing to Later

  • Good question. I’ll come to that in a few minutes.
  • Yes, I’m just about to talk about that.

Asking for Questions

  • So, does anyone have any questions?
  • Any questions or comments?
  • I’m happy to answer any questions.
  • What questions do you have?

Repeating

  • Let me repeat the question.
  • Let me repeat that.

Unclear Questions

  • I’m sorry, I didn’t quite catch that.
  • Could you repeat that, please?
  • I’m sorry. Are you asking how long it will take to launch this?
  • Do you mean why can’t we get it done faster?

Difficult Questions

  • That’s a great question.
  • Yes, good question.
  • I don’t know the answer to that
  • off the top of my head
  • right here
  • I’d like to think about that / talk to you about that in the break.
  • Interesting question, but that’s not something I looked at.
  • That’s a good question, but I don’t know the answer.

Challenges

  • I understand how you must feel.
  • I understand that you have a different point of view.
  • I’m sorry that you disagree.
  • It’s true that not everyone agrees about this.
  • I don’t believe you’re right about that.
  • I don’t think that’s true.
  • Let’s not get into that discussion right now. Thank you everyone.

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