Preparing for the Presentation. Adding Visual Interest to Your Presentation.

In today's business environment, few things have more impact than a well prepared presentation. Of all the forms of communication, the presentation is the most effective way to inform, motivate, persuade and convince. The need to present information to others applies to most types of business, but for many people, preparing an effective presentation can be a challenging task.

Part I Work in class

Task 1 Can you say? Let?s do it!

I. Pronunciation drills

wise ? vice	pipe-type-byte	mode-node
prevail - preview	wish - visitor	layout ? play down
viper - virtual	audience-naught	persuade - dissuade
visual whistle	gopher - photo	apply - supply
night? light- tonight	focus -circle	empathize- sympathize

II. Tongue twister

Too wise you are. Too wise you be. I see you are. Too wise for me!

If you go for a gopher a gopher will go for a gopher hole.

No need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.

I wish I were what I was when I wished I were what I am.

To put a pipe in byte mode, type pipe_type_byte.

III. Pronunciation practice

Key, successful, virtual, guidelines, otherwise, purpose, suit, solution, theory, audience, preview, wrap, familiar, proceedings, agenda, attendees, technical, sure, enough, layout, equipment, visually.

IV. Which word is different? Part of speech. Make up three more word lines.

1. make sure, make certain, safeguard, guarantee, confirm, certify, warrant, ensurance;

2. equate, connect, relate, link, associate, identifier, empathize with, sympathize with, relate to, feel for, have sympathy for, feel empathy with; 3. commemoration, remembrance, memorize, celebration, memorial; 4. suitable, expedient, opportune, convention, fitting, appropriate, useful, convenient;

Task 2 Can you translate and explain? Let?s do it!

Vocabulary

I. Do you remember the meaning of the following words? Fill in the table.

	verb	translation	noun	adjective	synonym
1.	to consider
2.	to ensure
3.	to apply
4.	to identify
5.	to suit
6.	to lead
7.	to conclude
8.	to proceed
9.	to distribute
10.	to reach
11.	to equip
12.	to emphasize
13.	to correspond
14.	to span
15.	to approximate
16.	to impact
17.	to detract
18.	to reinforce
19.	to remedy
20.	to memorize
21.	to influence
22.	to recognize
23.				convenient

II. Which word is different? Synonyms.

1. influence, impression, effect, bearing, power, emphasize control, sway, impact;

2. learn by heart, forget, learn, commit to memory, remember, memorize;

3. dispersed, concentrated, spread, disseminated, distributed, circulated, scattered;

4. decide, reach agreement, disagree, come to an agreement, come to an understanding, settle, reach a decision, approve;

5. end, close, finish, start, terminate, conclude, finish off, wrap up, call a halt;

6. respect, bear in mind, take into consideration, disregard, count, consider;

7. classify, recognize, find, categorize, detect, neglect, ascertain (formal), formal, isolate, pinpoint, label, distinguish, characterize, name, identify.

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