Note how registrar makes a suggestion. Study more ways of making a suggestion/giving advice and possible replies:           

I would advise you to …           Thank you for your advise.

May I advise you to …                I appreciate your advise.

I’d like to advise you to …               

You might want to …                   A am all for it.

Perhaps you should …                No objections.

I’d like to recommend …              I’ll try do to my best.

I would suggest …                        I’ll think it over.

Have you considered…                 Let me see …

9.Complete the following dialogues using the phrases given above:

1.  ___________ to check your data.
2. Thank you for your advice.

1.  __________ I would change the title of your article.
2. I’ll give it some thought.

1.  ___________ to explain your point of view?
2. I don’t mined.

1. I would suggest that you should produce more evidence.
2. _________ do it without further research.

1. You might want to make your discovery public.
2. ___________   wait for the end of the experiment.

1.  ____________ putting off the discussion.
2. _____________ I am short of time myself.

1. You look tired. __________ to stay at home.
2.  __________________- No, this is impossible. I cannot miss the lecture.

1. ___________ publishing this report?
2. ______________ It might be a good idea .

10.Paraphrase the sentences using the verb to suggest:

Model: I would advise you to contact the Chairman.

UNIT 12

PRSENTING A REPORT

Read the text. Note what pieces of advice are given to beginner.

Some useful advice to a speaker

1. Before you begin writing your paper think about two things: your purpose and your audience.
2. Regardless of your topic you should take into consideration the audience’s background and the range of their knowledge in this particular field.
3. Don’t try to cover too wide a field in your talk: one main idea consistently and methodically developed will ensure the understanding and appreciation of the audience. Arrange your arguments so as to support this main idea.
4. There are two ways of delivering your speech: talking or reading. If you decided on the first way, a previously prepared outline or notes on the cards will be good guides during your presentation. They will help you to keep the order of points and not forget something important.

You may also write down your speech word for word but don’t try to learn it by heart. Instead, practice delivering the information the speech contains in parts. After that, go over the entire speech until you can speak freely.

1. If you read the text, make the rhythm and pace of your talk closer to those of natural speech. To keep up contact with the audience don’t forget to look up regularly.
2. Emphasize the most important points, changing the tone and rate of your speech and making deliberate pauses. This will help to hold the attention of the audience.
3. You ought to remember that your listeners don’t have the opportunity to come back to what has been already said. They can’t stop at a puzzling idea and think it over. For this reason, don’t neglect repetition, specifications, internal summaries, etc.
4. If your speech exceeds the time allotted, don’t be tempted to speed up your delivery. Think over in advance which parts of the text can be left out.
5. You are to talk to the audience as if you were talking to a group of your very good friends. Make listeners feel that you are talking to each one individually.

2.Study some additional tips. Paraphrase them using the verbs should, ought to, are to, shouldn’t, oughtn’t to:

Which of the recommendations are more important from your point of view. Range them in order of their importance. Add any other recommendation.

4.Study the following recommendations to the introductory part of a report. Use them to introduce your report:

a) Presenting the theme of the report:

         I’d like to talk to you today about..

           I am going to present the recent…                                            

                                        brief you on…

                                inform you about…

                                               describe…

          The subject of my talk is…

                        presentation is …

                                 speech is … 

b) Presenting the purpose:

The purpose of this talk is to update you on..

                                 give you the background to …

          This talk is designed to act as a springboards for discussion.

                                  … start the ball rolling.

c) Presenting the length of the report:

I plan to be brief.

          I shall only take … minutes of your time.

         This should only last ….. minutes.

d) Presenting the structure of the report:

 I have divided my presentation into … parts .

        Firstly, I shall speak about …

       Secondly, I’ll present the results of …

       Finally, I’ll try to draw some conclusion …

The subject can be looked at under the following headings:

e)  Time for questions:

             I’d be glad to answer any questions at the end of my talk.

             If you have any questions, please feel free to interrupt.

Read the short introduction to a presentation. Analyze the structure.

    Good morning, everyone. It’s nice to see so many of you here today. I hope you can all hear me OK.

The subject of my presentation today is our marketing plan for the next three years.

Basically, there are three main points I want to talk about. If you look at the first slide, you can see them listed there. First, I am going to tell you about our new product range aimed at the teenage market. Secondly, I’ll talk about each of the products and our plans for marketing them. I’d like to talk briefly about the competition.

Ok, let’s start with the first point, our new product range …

6.Complete the presentation introduction with the words from the list:

Talk about     look at    points of view    questions