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英國萊斯特大學語言學家、雅思考試創始人Keith Taylor教授在一場題為“英語學習方法”的報告中，把自己30多年的教學經驗和有效的英語學習方法介紹給了大家。 要學的是信息，而不是語言 我們要學習一個國家的語言就得知道這個國家的方方面面。要學習英語就得了解英美國家的社會、經濟、人文、歷史等各方面的信息。大家請看這個公式：“E≠C; C≠E”，翻譯成中文就是：英語不等于漢語的翻譯；漢語也不等于英語的翻譯。 學習英語，我們要學習的是英語國家的文化。請問大家，你們能列舉出中國的主要港口嗎？這個問題應該很簡單。但是，請問各位，你們能列出英國的五個主要港口嗎？你們知道蘇格蘭的首府嗎？回答這兩個問題也許就不是那么容易了。 要把英語學習好，請大家記住： L＝I＝K, Language ＝Information＝Knowledge。語言就是信息，語言就是知識。要把英語學好，請大家把英語語言本身忘記，把精力投入到語言所包含的信息上來。盡可能多地了解英國的人文知識和目前的社會狀況。 學英語要有明确的目標 我們在學習英語的時候不妨問問自己這些問題： 我為什麼要學英語？我要學習什么？ 我什麼時候學習英語？ 我要在哪里學習英語？ 我要和誰在一起學習英語？ 在回答了這些問題后，再來學英語，你就會發現進步得更快，效果會更好。我們應該成為有想法的學習者。 我們學英語是為了什麼？為了出國深造？為了移民？為了出國旅遊？帶著你的目的來學習吧。這樣就能更有成效。但是，如果只是為了應付考試而學，是學不好的。為了考試而學習英語是一種不好的學習方式。選擇好你的目標，再開始學習吧，不要著急，記住學英語一定要有明確的目標。 只要每天花17分鐘，你就可以學好英語 請問各位，哪裡是學英語最好的地方呢？我在這里要告訴大家：是—衛生間。衛生間其實是最好的學英語的地方。大家一定會笑吧。 在課堂上，我們所能學到的是如何去學習；而衛生間才是學習的好地方。在座的肯定有在洗澡時唱歌的吧？的確，洗澡時唱歌是一件令人愜意的事情。下次，大家洗澡的時候不妨朗誦一段英語。要朗誦多久呢？不長，只要兩分鐘就足夠了。大聲地朗讀，每天堅持大聲地朗讀兩分鐘英語就夠了。只要堅持幾個月，也許三個月，也許兩個月，大家就會發現自己的...

Section of presentation 簡報的段落 Signpost language 標示語 Introducing the topic 介紹主題 The subject/topic of my talk is ... I'm going to talk about ... My topic today is… My talk is concerned with ... Overview (outline of presentation) 概述，介紹簡報的大綱時 I’m going to divide this talk into four parts. There are a number of points I'd like to make. Basically/ Briefly, I have three things to say. I'd like to begin/start by ... Let's begin/start by ... First of all, I'll... … and then I’ll go on to … Then/ Next ... Finally/ Lastly ... Finishing a section 結束一個段落 That's all I have to say about... We've looked at... So much for... Starting a new section 新開始一個段落時 Moving on now to … Turning to... Let’s turn now to … The next issue/topic/area I’d like to focus on … I’d like to expand/elaborate on … Now we'll move on to... I'd like now to discuss... Let's look now at... Analysing a point and giving recommendations 分析要點並給予建議時 Where does that...

A good way to make your presentations effective, interesting and easy to follow is to use  signpost language. 'Signpost language'  is the words and phrases that people use to tell the listener what has just happened, and what is going to happen next.  使你的簡報變得有效、有趣、容易跟上的一個好方法，就是使用標示語(signpost language)。標示語由字詞或片語組成，簡報演講者向聽眾解說時使用，說明發生了什麼事，以及接下來要發生什麼事。 In other words, signpost language guides the listener through the presentation. A good presenter will usually use a lot of signpost language, so it is a good idea to learn a few of the common phrases, even if you spend more time listening to presentations than giving them! Signpost language is usually fairly informal, so it is relatively easy to understand. 換句話說，標示語在簡報中被用來指導聽眾。一個好的簡報者會運用大量的標示語，故學習使用一些常見的片語未嘗不是件明智之舉，你也可以花些時間聽聽這些簡報然後應用他們。標示語通常是非正式的，相對的也很容易了解。

So what makes a good presentation?好的簡報有那些因素? Think about the presentations that you have been to. What were the characteristics of the good ones? 想想你曾經聽過的簡報中，好的簡報有哪些特性呢? The aims and the structure need to be clear 有清楚的目標與架構 Wait until the end of the presentation before people feed back on what you’ve said 等到簡報結束後，聽眾才回應你所說的(不要被聽眾打斷了你的簡報) Make sure you are entertaining, engaging and interesting 要有娛樂性，參與感，並且有趣 Don’t make it too long 不要太長 Be short, precise and to the point 簡短，精簡，切中要點  Make sure you’re relevant – make sure you’re talking to the right audience 要有關聯性，對正確的聽眾講正確的內容 

At the end of your presentation, you may wish to open the floor to questions – to ask if anyone has any questions about your presentation. 當你結束簡報時，你也許會希望會開放一個時段來請聽眾提問，看看是否有任何人對你的簡報有任何問題。 Imagine it is the end of your presentation and you are asking if there are any questions. What phrases might you use or hear? 想像一下當你結束簡報的時候問大家有沒有問題，你會用到那些關鍵片語呢? 常用片語： If you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them now 如果你們有任何問題，我很高興現在能夠回答。  Can I just ask…? 我能問...嗎? Are there any questions about any of that? 對於簡報任何部分有任何問題嗎? Yes, a very good question 是的，這是很好的問題 Can you explain to me…? 你可否幫我解釋一下...? 範例： Tim: Ladies and gentlemen, if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them  now .         各位女士各位先生，如果你們有任何疑問，我很高興現在能夠回答。 Carrie: Yeah, can I just ask , graph number 3, that last one you showed us, can you  explain to me where you’re intending to find the extra income to increase the  designer range in the maternity wear?  ...

After you have greeted your guests, you will begin to go through the main body of your presentation. It's very useful to have some visual aids - some slides, pictures or graphs that help explain what you are saying. Sometimes they can also help to keep your audience interested in your presentation! 當您進行商業英文簡報，向您的聽眾問候並完成開場白之後，你將進入簡報的主題。這時你可以用一些輔助視覺工具，如投影片、圖片、圖形等來幫助你進行說明。有時，這些工具會讓你的聽眾對你的簡報投注更多的興趣。 Imagine you are giving a presentation and using some visual aids. What phrases might you use to draw your audience’s attention to these slides? 想像一下當你在進行簡報時使用一些視覺輔助工具，你會用到那些英文句型來引起聽眾的注意呢? If you have a look at this first graph  Now let's look at As you can see A good example of  Key factor If you look at this slide A good illustration of the communication process 應用一： “If you have a look at this first graph,  you can see that our sales topped 50 million the year before last. Then last year sales dropped to 40 million, with a slight recovery at the end of t...

Lots of people get passionate about sport, politics or music. 許多人熱情於體育、政治或音樂。 One man was passionate about performing in the circus, because of the danger and the buzz of performing in front of an audience. 有一個人熱衷於馬戲團表演，因為(喜歡)危險與眾人的歡呼聲(的感覺)。 Englishman Gerry Wells is so passionate about radios, that he's filled his house with 1,200 of them and turned it into a museum. 英國人Gerry Wells對收音機情有獨鍾，他的屋子裡擺滿了1200個收音機，還成了收音機博物館呢! The British are passionate about reading. They spend over 3,000 million pounds a year on books. 英國人熱衷於閱讀，他們每年花超過30億英鎊在書籍上。 What are you passionate about? 你熱衷於什麼呢?分享一下吧? 原文引用： BBC Learning English, Express, Passions

~~ BBC Learning English-Business Presentation Imagine that you are starting a presentation. What phrases might you use?設想你正開始進行一個簡報，你會用到那些句子呢? Useful Phrases: 常用到的簡報用語 Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming along here today. 各位女士、各位先生，非常謝您今天來參加... The purpose of today’s presentation is to discuss how we can… 今天簡報的目的在於討論我們如何能夠... I’ve invited you here today to have a look at my findings... 我邀請你們今天來看看我所發現到的... Now let me begin by… 我們就從...開始 Secondly… 第二 …and finally… 然後最後 I’d be happy to invite you to ask questions at the end of the session. 希望能請各位在這個階段結束時發問 At the end I’d be very happy to answer any of your questions 在結束時我很樂意回答您的各樣問題 Transcript “ Ladies and gentlemen , thank you very much for coming along here today . I hope my  presentation isn’t going to take too long and that you will find it interesting.  各位女士、各位先生，非常感謝您的參加，希望這個簡報不會用太久的時間，也希望您對簡報 內容有興趣。 The purpose of  today’s presentation is to discuss how we c...