| Good morning. My name’s ……… Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a honor to have the opportunity to address such a distinguished audience.
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| Good morning. Let me start by saying just a few words about my own background. I am ………….(started out in ……..)
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| Welcome to……… I know I’ve met some of you, but just for the benefit of those I haven’t, my name’s……………
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| I’d like to talk ( to you) today about……….
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| This morning I’m going to be talking about........
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| In my talk today I will be looking at.........
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| I’d like to start by giving you.................
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| I’m going to present the recent………..
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| Ø to brief you on ………….
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| Ø to inform you about………….
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| Ø to describe……………
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| The focus \ topic \ subject of my talk \ speech presentation\ paper…………..
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| I’m here today to…
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| My purpose today is to ………
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| What I want to do today is to…
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| My objective today is to………
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| My main aim this afternoon is to…...
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| We are here today to decide \ agree \ learn about……
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| The purpose of this talk is to update you on…… \ put you in the picture about……. \ give you the background to………
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| This talk is designed to act as a springboard for discussion \ start the ball rolling.
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| After that I will am going to look at.........
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| Finally I will \ am going to..........
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| Linking subjects in your talk \ referring back
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| As I said earlier……
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| As I mentioned earlier…….
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| As we saw earlier…….
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| I will be coming back to this later…….
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| I will return to this point later
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| Later, I will be talking about…….
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| If you have a look at this figure here.......
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| As you can see from the table.......
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| There are two reasons \ explanations for this. First…Second……
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| This is \ can be explained by two factors. First…. Second………..
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| This is due to…… and also by…….
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| One reason for this is….. Another reason is………
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| Involving your audience \ checking that your listeners understand (asking rhetorical questions)
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| As you all know
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| As I’m sure you are all aware (of)
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| Are you with me so far?
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| Is that clear?
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| So, just how can this be achieved?
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| Therefore...........
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