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How to become a good presenter you can find in Annex 5 and Annex 7.

PRACTICE

Exercise 1.Say which of the responses are the ones to good questions, difficult or unnecessary ones.

1) To be honest, I think that raises a different issue.

2) I'm afraid I don't have that information with me.

3) Sorry, I don't follow you.

4) I think I answered that earlier.

5) Interesting. What do you think?

6) That's a very good question.

7) I'm afraid I don't see the connection.

8) Good point.

9) Well, as I mentioned earlier, . .

10) Well, as I said . . .

11) I'm afraid I'm not in a position to comment on that.

12) I'm glad you asked that.

13) I wish I knew.

14) Can I get back to you on that?

Exercise 2. A railway engineer has just given a presentation to a group of Korean partners on the prospects for the key industrial sectors. Here is the question-and-answer session that followed his presentation. Put the following exchanges in the right order and highlight useful expressions. The first expression is always the first.

 

Inviting for debates

1) Are there any questions you'd like to ask?

2) Well, obviously the airlines would be one; railways probably another.

3) Could I ask you which industries this is most likely to affect?

4) That's right, we see that as a general trend over the next five years.

5) Yes, I have a question. You spoke about increased deregulation and privatization.

 

Clarifying a point

1) When you were looking at the railway transport sector, you mentioned Korea.

2) Quite. Did you say there might be some relaxation of the restrictions on imports?

3) Well, considering the way the government talks went, that's good news.

4) Yes, it's difficult not to mention Korea in the context of railway transportation.

5) I did. Korean businessmen are not the political force they were. Restrictions could go.

 

Asking for additional information

1) While we're on the subject of China, who would you say are the companies to watch?

2) Which is, no doubt, the reason so many Chinese locomotive makers have set up factories there.

3) Good question. Certainly not the transport companies and the locomotive manufacturers.

4) Well, the fact is, their capacity's being severely cut as pressure mounts from Europe.

5) Computer companies, I can understand, but why not the car companies?

 

Going back to an earlier point

1) Going back to what you were saying about the Chinese locomotive components industry...

2) Yes, and from Western countries like German and Britain too.

3) Ah yes, I thought someone might pick me up on that.

4) I see. So it looks as though a lot of Chinese components firms could go under.

5) You suggested it was in decline. Competition from Eastern Europe, I suppose?

 

Criticising

1) I want to take you up on what you said about Asia being a high growth area.

2) No, not really. Surely this Asian boom is just the result of low pay and long hours?



3) Even so, I still think you've exaggerated its short-term potential.

4) You're not convinced?

5) Not at all, it's actually a result of great improvements in education and infrastructure.

 

Exercise 3. Put these exchanges in the right order. Highlight useful expressions.

 

Avoiding an answer

1) Do you agree that, with low interest rates and fierce competition from Chinese locomotive manufacturers, Korean banks are going to have a fight on their hands?

2) Of course, but I think you'd do better to ask one of the people sitting next to you.

3) Maybe not. But I'm sure you have an opinion on the matter.

4) Well, to be honest, I'm not really the right person to ask about that.

5) OK. Point taken. Perhaps we can talk about it later.

 

Conceding a point

1) Wouldn't you agree that in locomotive components business R&D spending is coming under increasing pressure?

2) Right, I see what you're getting at. And, of course only one percent of those that do make it to market ever recover their R&D costs.

3) But surely you realize that only a tiny fraction of patented products ever make it to market. About one in five thousand, in fact.

4) Yes, but to some extent strategic alliances between companies compensate for that.

5) Exactly.

 


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