II. Translate the following word combinations.

to list order, to explain order, satisfactory resolution, to agree with you, to describe exactly, in their order of importance, a bit longer, to cover your topic, the learning objectives, brief explanation, to state verbally, a call to action, want to be made, want to be followed, suggested action, let them know

III. Make a word combination.

1. Describe ______________.

2. Compare/contrast ______________.

3. Call the audience __________.

4. Give _______________.

5. Tantalize ________________ .

6. Create ________________.

7. Close ___________________.

8. Ask ________________.

9. Ask ___________________.

10. Seize _________________.

11. Disclose ________________.

IV. Make up the sentences and read the text.

The Purpose of Presentations

1. to communicate/ Presentations / are a powerful way/ to a group. / your message/ 2. an opportunity to gather /They are / in one room /to engage your audience together/ / in a two-way dialogue.

3. to persuade the audience/ Use presentations/ of action to take a particular course/.

4. Convey/ the audience to know./something you want/

5. Tailor information/ of a particular audience./ to meet the needs/

6. for discussion of controversial /Provide a forum / or challenging ideas.

7. to a situation/ Find out / or an idea. /how people are reacting /

8. alignment./Gain /commitment and/

9. Get an audience /a solution to a problem. /to participate in designing

V. Ask the questions to the situations.

1. When viewing a presentation, slide progression can be manual, using the computer mouse or keyboard to progress to the next slide, or slides can be set up to progress after a specified length of time. Slide introductions and transitions can be added to the slides. For example "fade through black," "checkerboard across" or "random transition."

2. PowerPoint presentations can be viewed on a computer on which PowerPoint software is installed. Alternatively, PowerPointViewer is available for free download from Microsoft's website for individual use. PowerPoint presentations can be viewed using PowerPointViewer, but cannot be created or edited.

3. PowerPoint software features and formatting options include a wizard that walks you through the presentation creation process. Design templates (prepackaged background designs and font styles that will be applied to all slides in a presentation) can be used, or you can create your own slide design if desired using a combination of layout arrangement, background color, text font and color, and extras such as call-out boxes, graphics (from clip art or from a file), photos, diagrams and movies. Sound can be added to a presentation from a PowerPoint library of sounds, from a saved music file, from a CD, or sound can be recorded using a microphone.

VI. Fill in the gaps with prepositions by, of, in, for,up, with.

Features

1. PowerPoint presentations usually begin ? a title slide that may contain the name or the topic ? the presentation and sometimes will contain the name(s) ? the presenter(s).

2. The title slide is followed ? content slides that contain information usually ? the form ? text (often ? the form ? a bulleted list and sometimes graphics.

3. Examples ? graphics that may be contained ? a PowerPoint presentation include charts, graphs, diagrams, screenshots, photos, movies and animations.

4. A final slide or group ? slides is sometimes included to wrap the presentation, ? example "Conclusions," "References" or a slide ? the text "Questions?".

VII. Find information on different types of presentations. Google information on punctuation marks http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/ marks.htm and read it attentively. Put the necessary punctuation marks in the text given below (:, -, ., ;). Translate the text and draw the table in which classify presentations according to the specific needs they are used and their purpose.

There are many different types of presentations that meet specific needs__ These are some examples__

Sales__Benefits, features, and reasons to buy__

Persuasion__Reasons to pursue a particular idea or path__

Status report__The progress of a project, a task force, or product sales__

Product demonstration__How something works__

Business plan or strategy__What to do next__ What are the goals of your business__

Sharing detailed information is not a good use of a presentation__ Audiences will not remember detail__ You can use a presentation to inform an audience about a major change or initiative__ but use written forms of communication for the detail__ Thus__ your purpose drives the type of presentation you choose__ You will also need to tailor your presentation to

the size of the audience (large__ medium__ small)__

the formality of the situation__

the regularity of the meeting (one-time__ occasional__ frequent)__

the time of the day and other particulars of the occasion__

VIII. Emphasis is the stress on any element of a sentence which is made with the help of intonation, repetition, syntactical position and other methods. With the help of emphatic constructions separate parts of a sentence are stressed, they influence into the expressive color of the whole sentence. Emphatic constructions are taken as those in opposition to neutral constructions.

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