Making a presentation

Tlre iangu,lge flf p1;..111.1lLo115 aitctl ct.,ntains less formal vocabuiarl'tharr tlrat of acadenli;
rł,riting, sil i".. ..r. !l(]i t() trse the less formal expressiorrs in
your rvritten work,
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lntroducing the presenter
Now I'd iikę to call on lvlieko to make/give
Let's rr-elconle (,.ll-tll.-i-t Ciregori, rvl-io's her presentation. Mieko, thank yor-r
gtlrIle ii, t.: i l,, Ll< |rltl]r,cn łlre
subject of 'H-,.l::,lc.lr- ]1l P3f;lgtlav'.

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T.-.]; Dr Li Meiju, rł,lro's
Fensc1 i5 qr,,,ltli ill prC5eilt going to addressI the
fig1 1,g5ę 11;'}1 1,, '1l.. topic of 'Pret,entive
nredicine'.

l rarher iorm.l1: \\,ć can also say fornrally speak to the toPic of X, ot,less formallY talk about X

B Getting started
I'1l sPeak for
,In
rhis pre se nl;LttoIr I'ci 1ike to focus on lecent clevelopments in biomass fuels.
about ł,i nlinlrtćS. to allorv time for questions and comments. Feel free tol interrupt if you
har-e an., que sttot-ts or want to make a comment,'
,First 1,1l g'ir. brief overview of the current situation with regard to intellectua1 ProPert-v
" for
rights. rhJn i,d like to raise a few issues concerning the irrternet. I'l1 try toleavęŻ time
questions at the end.'
,i,d 1ik. to begin bl, 1ooking at some previous studies of ocean temperatules. There,s a
handout goin! round], anJthere are some spare4 9opies here if you want_them,,
to go over
,In
this ,"tł t,it present the results of a study I did5 for my dissertation. I'1i try not
time ar'd keep to ]0 minutes.'
I an iniolnal rr-ar-of giving permission 2 less formal than allota - see 1 a tnore formal versior,
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5
r,ould l.e tł,llich is beii, distributed extra of, more forinal, carried out /conducted
4

c During the presentation - and closing it

Now let's turn to the problem of worl<place stress to examine or ta|l< about

to look at the questionnaire results in going on to the next point;

more detail less formal than in greater detail

l also want to talk about the supply of clean water, but l'll or, more formal, return to

come back to rhar later. Il

l'd just like to go back to the on the previous slide or, more formal, return to

Anyway, getting back to / to return to the question of gening back to is less formal than to return to

inflation, let's look at the Thai economy.

The results were not very clear. Having said that, l feel a less formal way of saying neyertheless
the experiment was worthwhile.
l'll skip the next slide as time is (.ul!Ęg)j!9f, skip (informal) = leave
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* not used
To sum up, then, urban traffic has reached a crisis, That's have no more time left informa| - I

all l have to say*. Thank you for listening. in writinS I

Well, l'll stop there as l've run out of time.Thanl< you, have no time left l

x rather formal = accept and answer

DrWoichek will now take questions*.Are there any
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questions or commentsł I questions

88 AcademicVocabulary in Use