ANALYSING A POINT AND GIVING RECOMMENDATIONS
| § Where does that lead us?
§ Let’s consider this in more detail.
§ Translated into real terms…
§ My recommendations are…
§ I would suggest/propose/recommend the following strategy.
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GIVING AN EXAMPLE
| § For example, …
§ A good example of this is …
§ As an illustration, …
§ To give you an example, …
§ To illustrate this point …
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DEALING WITH QUESTIONS
| § Please feel free to interrupt me if you have any questions.
§ I’d like to deal with this question later, if I may …
§ I’ll come back to this question later in my talk.
§ Perhaps you’d like to raise this point at the end.
§ We’ll be examining this point in more detail later on.
§ I won’t comment on this now.
§ I’ll keep some time for the questions after the presentation.
§ I’d be glad to answer any questions at the end of my talk.
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SUMMARISING AND CONCLUDING
| § In conclusion …
§ To sum up …
§ I’ll briefly summarize the main issues.
§ Let’s summarize briefly what we’ve looked at.
§ Finally, let me remind you of some of the issues we’ve covered …
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THANKING YOUR AUDIENCE
| § Thank you for your attention.
§ May I thank you all for being such an attentive audience?
§ Thank you for listening.
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INVITING QUESTIONS
| § Are there any questions?
§ Can I answer any questions?
§ Now I’ll try to answer any questions you may have.
§ Are there any final questions?
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ASKING POLITE QUESTIONS
| § Do you mind if I ask you …
§ Would you mind telling me …
§ Could/Can you tell me …
§ I am interested to know …
§ I’d like to know …
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CLARIFYING A QUESTION
| § If I understand you correctly, you are saying/asking…
§ I did not quite catch that.
§ Could you go over again?
§ I am not sure what you are getting at.
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AGREEING
| § I completely agree.
§ I agree with your point of view.
§ I think you are right.
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DISAGREEING
| § To be quite frank, I don’t think you are quite right.
§ I’m sorry, but I can’t agree with you on that.
§ I’m afraid, I don’t agree at all.
§ I agree in principle, but…
§ I respect your opinion, of course. However, I feel I must disagree.
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AVOIDING GIVING AN ANSWER
| § I am afraid that is not my field.
§ That is interesting, but I’d prefer not answer that today.
§ Perhaps we could deal with that later.
§ Can we talk about that on another occasion?
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