TYPICAL PHRASES TO PRESENT VISUALS

You don't need to know all the names of the different types of visual in order to present them. Simply say: Have a look at this. / Take a look at this. / As you can see, here... and here.... Note, that American English prefers take (take a look, take a shower, take a break). British English prefers have (have a look, have a shower, have a break).

Sometimes it is not enough to talk about increases and decreases. You need also to draw attention to the scale and speed of the change and comment on its significance [1, P. 20-25].

PRACTICE

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions:

1) What types of graphic aids do you remember?

2) There are a lot of different graphs and diagrams. Can you name them?

3) What sort of visuals do you regularly use in your studies?

4) What computer program will help you while showing the results of a survey?

5) Write a list of situations when it is necessary to use graphic aids? Why?

 

Exercise 2. Divide the visuals below into three groups: 1) graphs; 2) charts; 3) diagrams.

 

a) b)

 

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c)

d)

 

f)

e)

Exercise 3. There are a lot of important verbs used to talk about change and development. Look at the drawings and try to remember which verb describes what tendency.

A.

increase, rise decrease, fall take off, shift up plunge, slump

B.

fluctuate; recover, pick up

Stabilize, level off; remain steady

C.

peak hit slow, bottom out

grow, expand shrink, decline

Exercise 4.Write out the following sentence fragments in the correct order to make complete presentation extracts.

A.

1) sее, it's a fairly typical growth

2) Have a look at

3) stages of its development. The vertical axis

4) and the horizontal

5) this graph. As you can

6) shows freight turnover in tons per year

7) curve for the RZD company in the early

8) axis represents the years 2000 to 2009

B.

1) productivity of our domestic

2) levels in China, shown

3) looking at very clearly

4) plants, and gives you some

5) The graph we're

6) here, exceed the rest

7) idea of how far production

8) demonstrates the comparative

C.

1) products. Let's take a closer

2) which shows the current

3) growth sector

4) I'd like you

5) position of six of our leading

6) movement in the high

7) to look at this chart,

8) look for a moment at product

Exercise 5.These word combinations can be used to express important information in a visual. Complete the table using the following words:

On to at out about

Exercise 6.Complete the gaps using the following words to comment on important information in a visual:

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