unit

2 Companies
teacher’s notes
presenting your company
A Match each of the headings (1–6) to one of the expressions (a–f).
1 Introducing yourself a) H
 ere are some key figures on our amazing
2 Stating your aim growth over the last five years.
3 Outlining the presentation b) That’s it for today. Thank you very much.
4 Introducing new information c) M
 y name’s Katie Woo and I’m Head of
Marketing here at Fragrant Perfumes.
5 Changing to a new section of the talk
d) My talk is divided into four parts.
6 Ending the presentation
e) I ’m here to tell you about our exciting new
products to be launched next year.
f) T hat’s all I have time for on lipstick. I’ll move
on now to shampoo.

B Work in groups of three. The directors of three new Internet start-ups make presentations about
their companies to possible investors. You are one of the directors. Use the notes to make a
presentation about your company.
RESOURCE BANK – Speaking

Linkalot Vidcall Source-it

Based Hoxton, London Stockholm, Sweden Riga, Latvia
Nature of site Social networking Video calls using the Putting suppliers and
Internet buyers in touch with each
other
Users Young professionals aged Businesses and individual Businesses in cars,
25–40 consumers electronics and
construction
Current source of Friends and family Loan from a Swedish bank Grant from (=money given
investment by) the European Union
Amount already invested €200,000 €550,000 €1.1 million
Purpose of new investment Employ 10 new Develop new video Move into a bigger building
programmers technologies with the most up-to-date
equipment
Amount required €1 million €1.5 million €1.9 million

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