Exercise 4.2. Use the appropriate words and phrases on the right to complete the following paragraphs.
| Presentation 1 | to focus; the test results in this table; moderate |
| You can see (a)_____. I’d like us (b)_____ our attention on the significance of this figure here. In 2017, we saw a (c)_____ fall. | |
| Presentation 2 | According to this chart; draw your attention; look at it more closely |
| I’d also like to (d)_____ to the upper half of the chart. If you (e)_____, you’ll notice there are several surprising developments. (f)_____, our net profit has doubled. | |
| Presentation 3 | shows the development; obvious; the underlying trend |
| Let’s now look at the next slide which (g)_____ over the past five years. I’d like to focus your attention on (h)_____ here. As you can see, the underlying trend is (i)_____. |
Exercise 4.3. Match two parts to make sentences used to refer to describing visuals.
| 1 Let’s now look at the next slide which shows | (a) our net profit has doubled. |
| 2 The problem is illustrated | (b) over the past five years. |
| 3 According to this graph, | (c) of this figure here. |
| 4 You can see | (d) the test results in this table. |
| 5 First, let me quickly | (e) a slight increase in turnover since May. |
| 6 I’d like us to focus our attention on the significance | (f) across the bottom. |
| 7 The new models are listed | (g) in the next bar chart. |
| 8 You can see here the development | (h) explain the graph. |
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| Useful Information Saying Numbers Numbers, especially long ones, are often difficult for the audience to understand. Try to say numbers slowly and clearly, and point them while speaking. Mind pronunciation of some numbers and other numerical values: v 500 five hundred v 1,500 one thousand five hundred v 350,421 three hundred and fifty thousand, four hundred and twenty-one v 211,050,780 two hundred and eleven million, fifty thousand, seven hundred and eighty v 10.6 ten point six v 8.735 eight point seven three five v 0.009 zero point oh oh nine v -5ºC five degrees below zero Celsius v ½ one-half; a half v 2/3 two-thirds v 7/8 seven-eighths v km/h kilometres per hour Remember that comma in English is used to show thousands and a point to show the decimal place. |
Exercise 4.4. How do you say these numbers in English? Write the numbers out in full. Then li sten and check your answers. T4.1.
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1) 457____________________________________________________
2) 8,793___________________________________________________
3) 387,521_________________________________________________
4) 0.454___________________________________________________
5) 12.7 cm_________________________________________________
6) ¾______________________________________________________
7) 1/8_____________________________________________________
8) 1.852 km________________________________________________
9) 22%____________________________________________________
10)16 m/sec_________________________________________________
Exercise 4.5. Choose an appropriate preposition from the box and put it into each gap.
| between (twice); by; up from… to; by… to (twice); from … to; to; at; of |
1 Our business grew _____ 10% last year.
2 Profits rose 11% _____ $2.7 billion.
3 Profits have gone _____ 3 million _____ 4 million euros.
4 Our household income has actually dropped _____ 10% _____ 15 %.
5 There’s been a decrease in annual sales _____ 1 million euros.
6 Last year profits stood _____ 2.5 million pounds.
7 This has now jumped _____ nearly $400 million _____almost $700 million.
8 Our expenditure on ready meals fluctuated somewhere _____ $250 million and $300 million just 2 years ago.
9 The proportion of the food budget that we spend in restaurants has risen _____ 2% _____ 4% in the same period.
10 There is a cost _____ 200 pounds and 300 pounds.
Exercise 4.6. If you give numbers during your presentation, you don’t always need to give exact figures. An audience can be confused by too much complexity, and it is often better to use approximate figures in presentations as they are easier for the audience to understand and remember. Lead your audience to your conclusion by using approximations in the table below:
| - (less) | a little, less than, just under |
| +/ - (about the same) | about, almost, approximately, around, nearly, roughly |
| + (more) | just over, well over, so far |
Now, present the following sentences using approximations.
1 As Lord May pointed, 1,548 million species of animals had been named since then._____
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2 According to the Water Companies Association (WCA), bottled water costs 687 times more than tap water._____
3 Train fares have risen by 5.3% in the past two years._____
4 Over the next three months, the figures continued to rise steadily and reached record levels each month: 11.5% in July, 12.8% in August, and 14.4% in September._____ _____ _____
5 The World Health Organization receives reports of 3,120 cases annually._____
6 We have 794 offices in 163 cities worldwide._____
7 Food production has increased by 102% since 1965._____
8 Audience ratings improved significantly, climbing to 10.7% in May._____
9 There are 358 million cases of malaria a year._____
10 Volcano eruption involved 98 cubic kilometers of material being blown into the sky._____
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