KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD
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11.4
3
11.4
Listen to the first part of a presentation made
by a representative of the Toronto tourist board to the
Kaleidoscope World organisation. Answer the questions.
1
How many sections are there in the presentation?
2
What does the presenter say about questions?
3
Which of the following are mentioned in the first
part of the presentation?
a
population
b
climate
c
location
d
type of city
4
11.5
Listen to the second part and answer the
question: what three sights are recommended? Why?
5
11.6
Listen to the third part and answer the
question: What three activities are suggested for
visitors to try and do?
KEY LANGUAGE
CREATING IMPACT IN A PRESENTATION
6
a
11.7
Listen to an extract of the presentation again.
Complete the examples of the techniques.
Tripling (saying things in threes)
1
… it’s an important industrial,
and
centre.
2
… they help to create the
, friendly,
atmosphere the city is famous for.
Repetition
3
Toronto’s getting
and
these days, as
and
people come from all over the
world …
Rhetorical questions
(These help to create anticipation in the minds of
the audience.)
4
So,
are the main
of the city?
5
OK,
is the CN Tower
seeing?
6
b
Now look at Audio scripts 11.4–7 on page 181 and
find other examples of the techniques described in
Exercise 6a.
TASK
GIVING A FORMAL PRESENTATION
7
a
You work for the tourist board of your home town
(or city/region). You are going to prepare and deliver a
five-minute presentation to Kaleidoscope World. Use
the notes below to prepare your presentation.
•
The purpose of the presentation is to persuade the
Kaleidoscope World agents to include your town/city/
region in their list of destinations for cultural visits.
•
The presentation should have an introduction and
conclusion.
•
The main body of the presentation should be
structured in the following way.
A – three key pieces of background information, e.g.
location, climate, population, history
B – three places to visit/main sights
C – three other things a visitor should try/do, e.g. special
food, sporting events, customs, traditions, festivals
•
Try to use some of the techniques for creating impact
in your presentation.
7
b
Work with different groups and take turns to give
your presentations. Choose the best one(s).
OTHER USEFUL PHRASES
Starting
Good morning, everyone. I’d like to talk to you today
about …
Signalling structure
The presentation is organised into three sections.
I’ll begin with … Next, … and lastly, …
Moving on
Turning to the next part, …
Let’s now look at …
Summarising
In conclusion, I would just like to say …
To summarise …
Inviting questions
Now if there are any questions, I’ll be happy to try
and answer them.
Please feel free to ask any questions and I’ll do my
best to answer them.
