Business Matters
Business Matters
Business Matters
Imagine that you work for the company which is losing the budget and clients. The company has an
old system of payment. Think about the technology the company can use, how they can protect the
company from security attacks and what features and tools the website should have.
3. Look through the useful phrases for presentation and make presentation on the issue in
Activity 2.
Introduction
Good morning/afternoon everyone and welcome to my presentation. First of all, let me thank
you all for coming here today.
Let me start by saying a few words about my own background.
As you can see on the screen, our topic today is......
This morning/ afternoon I’m going to take a look at the recent developments in.....
Presentation structure
In my presentation I’ll focus on three major issues.
This presentation is structured as follows....
The subject can be looked at under the following headings.....
Timing
It will take about X minutes to cover these questions.
Handouts
Does everybody have a handout / copy of my report?
I’ll be handing out copies of the slides at the end of my talk.
I can email the PowerPoint presentation to anyone who would like it.
Don’t worry about taking notes, I’ve put all the relevant statistics on a handout for you
Questions
If you have any questions, I am happy to answer them
If you don’t mind, I'd like to leave questions until the end of my talk /there will be time for a
questions -answers part at the end...
Sequencing phrases
First of all, I’d like to give you an overview of....
Next, I’ll focus on.....and then we’ll consider....
Then I’ll go on to highlight what I see as the main points of....
Finally, I’d like to raise briefly the issue of....
Highlighting information
I’d like to put the situation into some kind of perspective
I’d like to make more detailed recommendations regarding....
I’d like you to think about the significance of this point here
Conclusion
I’d just like to finish with the words of a famous scientist/ politician/ author.......
To conclude…
Thank you very much for listening me.
4. Grammar and Vocabulary. Complete the sentences with the appropriate words.
1. Let me ___________ by saying a few words about my own background.
2. I’m going to take _______ at the recent developments in IT sphere.
3. In my presentation I’ll _________ on 3 issues: features of the website, payment system and
security.
4. Does everybody have __________of my report?
5. Next, I’ll focus ___ security and then we’ll __________ ways of increasing the number of clients.
6. Then I’ll go on to _______ what I see as the main points of online transaction.
7. Thank you very much for ___________ me.