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Unit 10. Communication at International Conference. Part I. Presentation at international conference---continued. Closing Before you close your presentation, pause for a while. Using one or two sentences to end your presentation. Signaling the end part.
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Unit 10. Communication at International Conference
Part I. Presentation at international conference---continued • Closing • Before you close your presentation, pause for a while. • Using one or two sentences to end your presentation.
Signaling the end part • 1. Well, that brings me to the end of my presentation. The last slide is a brief summary of what I have talked about. • 2. Before I finish, let me just say…. • 3. To close my speech, I’ll show you the last slide.
4. Let’s look at what I have talked. • 5. To end my presentation, I’d like to show you the last slide. • 6. Finally, I am going to talk about….
Closing your presentation • 1. Thank you for your attention. • 2. Thank you for listening 3. That’s all I want to show you about… Thank you.
4. That’s all for my presentation. Thanks for your attention. • 5. Ladies and gentlemen, that’s the brief introduction about my work. I welcome all comments. Thank you. • 6. That’s all for my talk. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask me. Thank you.
7. ladies and gentlemen, thanks for your attention and I am quite willing to discuss with you anytime. Thank you. • 8. Then thank you for the privilege of being present of this conference. • 9. That’s all of my talk. Thank you for the opportunity of sharing my view with you.
Inviting questions • 1. Now I’d like to answer questions ,if any. • 2. Now I am ready for questions, if any. • 3. So, let’s throw it open to questions. • 4. I would be glad to try and answer any questions.
Inviting the repetition of question • Pardon, I couldn’t hear what you said. • I am sorry I forget your first question. Would you please be so kind as to repeat it? • Well, I am not quite sure what your question is. Does it mean…?
Are you referring to the significance of the difference? • Are you suggesting that …? • Sorry, I don’t quite catch that. Could you please say it again? • If I understand you correctly, you are asking/saying that….
Pardon. I didn’t quite get the last point of your question • I beg your pardon, I didn’t catch what you said.
Welcoming the question • Thank you. I appreciate that question. • This is a hard question. • I’d be delighted to answer your question • In answer to your question, I would say that….
Thank you for your question. I’ll try to answer it briefly. • That’s a very good/interesting/big question. I ‘ll try to explain…briefly here and I wish to have a further discussion with you on… after the meeting.
I appreciate your interest in my research, but this needs further study. • I I think it will be possible to answer your question when more experiments are completed. • The only answer I can give at present is to ….
We are now working on this problem and, if you agree, I’ll answer your question in a few weeks by email. • This is a question worth further discussion. Perhaps I could answer it in the seminar tomorrow. • I think that’s something we could look into in details later.
Part II. Exchanging ideas at discussion • Indicating that you have a question and asking a question • Excuse me, did you say that…? • Pardon. You mean that you’ve tested it in…? • Well, I am not quite understand how you reached the conclusion. Could you please explain…?
Yes. It shows the…. Well, my question is…? • Excuse me, if …how…(about…/to do…/could it…)? • Sorry, I don’t quite understand …. Could it be possibly changed if…?
Expressing different ideas at a discussion • Dr. Smith, have you ever…. And if we take … into account, perhaps …. • Perhaps we could…. • I suppose that … but the fact is… • Sorry, I am not quite convinced that …. Perhaps, we need….
Yes. Any …could bring about…. But …. • In case of … , the result could be different. • If I may say so, without…we can’t …. • If I may ask…(对敏感问题)
Part III. Initiating a conversation • Excuse me, aren’t you Dr. Engleton? • Excuse me, Dr…. I am…from China. I am interested in…. Could you …? • Hello, Dr. xxx. Nice to meet you. I’d appreciate the chance to talk to you sometime because I….
Part IV. Communicate with people • Example: • Dr. Kerridge, may I introduce you to Dr. Hyman? • Gld to meet you. • Glad to meet you , too. • I’m pleased to meet you at last. I’ve heard so much about you from Dr. Liu . I believe you’re doing research in the field of Agri-economy. • That’s right.
I was most interested in hearing about your recent paper on the immigrants from country to urban areas. Do you think you could let me have a copy? • I’d be delighted to. In fact, I’ve got a few copies with me. I’ll bring one with me tomorrow. • Thank you very much.