GREETINGS

   ·        Good morning/afternoon/evening.

   ·        I'd like, first of all, to thank the organizers of this meeting for inviting me here
   today.

    GETTING ATTENTION

   ·        Can I have your (kind) attention, please?

   ·        So, ladies and gentlemen.

    OPENING

   ·        The title of my presentation is ...

   ·        I'd like to talk today about...

   ·        My topic today is ...

   ·        My subject today is ...

   ·        I'm here to present ...

   

    ORGANIZATION

   ·        I have divided my talk into four sections.

   ·        I have divided the subject into four sections.

   ·        I shall divide my talk in the following way.¨

   

   ·        The first point I'm going to make concerns...

   ·        My first point concerns...

   ·        The first point I'd like to make is ...

   ·        The first part of my talk will concern...

   ·        First, I'll tell you about...

   ·        To start with I'll tell you about...

   ·        To begin (with) I'll tell you about...

   

   ·        My second point concerns ...

   ·        The second part will concern ...

   ·        My third point concerns ...

   ·        In the third part I deal with the question of…

                                

                                                 OR

   ·        Next, I'd like to show you...

   ·        After that, I'd like to describe...

   ·        Then, I'll tell you about...

   ·        Finally, I'd like to talk a little about...

   ·        And finally, I shall raise briefly the issue of ...

   ·        Finally, I shall address the problem of ...

   ·        And finally, I want to discuss...

   ·        And to finish (off), I want to discuss...

   

   OPENING THE MAIN SECTION & PROVIDING background

   ·        Let me start by posing the question ...

   ·        I'd like to begin by saying that ...

   ·        I'd like to start by drawing your attention to ...

   

    MOVING TO A NEW POINT

   ·        So, having looked at (this ·        …let me now turn to (the issue of)...     
   subject)...                                                                            
                                       ·        …I'd like to turn now to the question of  
   ·        Okay, ...                  ...                                                
                                                                                          
   ·        Right (then), ...          ·        …let's now turn to ...                    
                                                                                          
   ·        So (then), ...             ·        …let's now take a look at...              
                                                                                          
   ·        Now, ...                   ·        …let's now move on to take a look at...   
                                                                                          
   ·        Then, ...                  ·        …if we now look at ...                    
                                                                                          
                                       ·        …if we (now) turn (our attention) to...   
                                                                                          
                                                                                          

   ·        I'd like to bring up the point about...

   ·        I'd like to bring up the question of...

   ·        Now I'd like to talk about...

   ·        Now I'd like to move on to...

   ·        I'd now like to draw your attention to...

   ·        Next I'd like to concentrate on...

   

   

   SUMMARIZING THE MAIN IDEA

   ·         So, ...        ·        …we can see then that...                              
                                                                                           
                            ·        …as you can see then...                               
                                                                                           
                            ·        …it seems/appears then that…                          
                                                                                           
                            ·        …what we can see then is that ...                     
                                                                                           
                            ·        …to sum up then...                                    
                                                                                           
                                                                                           

   

   INTERACTING WITH THE AUDIENCE

   ·         Is everyone       ·        still ·        with me         ·        so far?    
                                                                                           
   ·        Are you all                       ·        following me                        
                                                                                           
   ·        Any questions?                                                                 

   

   DEVELOPING A POINT

   ·        I’d like to look at this in a bit more detail.

   ·        Can I develop this point a bit further?

   ·        Let’s look at this problem in a bit more detail...

   

    POSTPONING

   ·        I'll be coming back to this point later.

   ·        I'll come to this later...

   ·        Later, I'll come to ...

   ·        Later, I'll be coming back to...

   

    REFERRING BACK

   ·        Can I now go back to the question I posed at the beginning?

   ·        As I said earlier...

   ·        As I mentioned earlier...

   ·        I’d like now to return to the question...

    HIGHLIGHTING

   ·        The interesting/significant/important thing about ... is...

   ·        The thing to remember is...

   ·        What you have to remember is …

   ·        What I find most interesting about ... is...

   

   INDICATORS

   ·        Okay...

   ·        Right…

   ·        Good...

   ·        Now...

   ·        Well ...

   

   CONCLUSION

   ·        So, the main points that have been made are: ...

   ·        In conclusion I'd like to say...

   ·        Summing up then...

   ·        Let me end by saying that...

   ·        I'd like to finish by saying that...

   ·        So, ... ·        …in summary...        ·        …there are three main...         
                                                                                             
                    ·        …in conclusion...     ·        …this report finds...            
                                                                                             
                    ·        …to summarize...      ·        …our new method...               
                                                                                             
                    ·        …to conclude...       ·        …the module system we use...     
                                                                                             
                    ·        …to sum up...                                                   

   

    THANKING THE AUDIENCE

   ·        Thank you.

   ·        I’ll finish here/there. Thank you.

   ·        And let me finish there. Thank you.

   ·        Thank you for your attention.

   DEALING WITH QUESTIONS

   ·        Right, I’m sure you’ve all got lots of questions?

   ·        Okay, any questions or comments?

   ·        If you have any questions, I’ll try/do my best to answer them.