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VOCABULARY PRACTICE.

PRACTISE YOUR VOCABULARY ON LINE.

Apple Boss Steve Jobs Dies Aged 56 (, 2011)

The chairman and co-founder of Apple Steve Jobs has died aged 56. Jobs became one of the most famous people in the world after making his technology company Apple into a household name. He gave us many amazing and beautifully designed products, including the iPod, iPad, iPhone and iTunes. A lot of the technology he pioneered changed our lives. In 2004, Jobs announced that he had pancreatic cancer. He stepped down as Apple CEO in January 2011 due to ill health.

Tributes to Steve Jobs reflect how important he was. Apple said: “The world is immeasurably better because of Steve…and the world has lost an amazing human being". New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said: "America lost a genius who will be remembered with Edison and Einstein, and whose ideas will shape the world for generations to come." U.S. President Barack Obama said Mr Jobs was “bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it”.
From Breakingnews.

ACRONYSMS IN SOCIAL NETWORKING MESSAGES

Social Networking Abbreviations

  






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PRESENTATIONS: DESCRIBING PEOPLE

Watch the video and use it as a possible way to prepare your PRESENTATION for the 1st unit of AMPLIACION.

 I'll include here several general ideas to take into account whenever you present a topic.

Vocabulary and phrases for making presentations

Overviews After you give your opening statement, you should give a brief overview of your presentation. This includes what your presentation is about, how long you will take and how you are going to handle questions.
For example, a presentation toa your classsmates could start like this:
"Welcome / "Hello everyone."
Opening statement
"As you all know, I am asked to talk about ...
Overview
 "My presentation will be in three parts. Firstly I am going to ... Then I am going to talk to you about ...  Finally, I'm going to... The presentation will probably take around    minutes. There will be time for questions at the end of my talk."
Useful language for overviews
"My presentation is in three parts."
"My presentation is divided into three main sections."
"Firstly, secondly, thirdly, finally…"
"I'm going to…
take a look at…
talk about…
examine…
tell you something about the background…
give you some facts and figures…
fill you in on the history of…
concentrate on…
limit myself to the question of…
"Please feel free to interrupt me if you have questions."
"There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation."
"I'd be grateful if you could ask your questions after the presentation."
The main body of the presentation
During your presentation, it’s a good idea to remind your audience occasionally of the benefit of what you are saying.
"As I said at the beginning…"
"This, of course, ..
"As you remember, we are concerned with…"
"This ties in with my original statement…"
"This relates directly to the question I put to you before…"
Keeping your audience with you
Remember that what you are saying is new to your audience. You are clear about the structure of your talk, but let your audience know when you are moving on to a new point. You can do this by saying something like "right", or "OK". You can also use some of the following expressions:
"I'd now like to move on to…"
"I'd like to turn to…"
"That's all I have to say about…"
"Now I'd like to look at…"
"This leads me to my next point…"
If you are using index cards, putting the link on the cards will help you remember to keep the audience with you. In addition, by glancing at your index cards you will be pausing – this will also help your audience to realise that you are moving on to something new.
Language for using visuals
It's important to introduce your visual to the audience. You can use the following phrases:
"This photo shows you…"
"Take a look at this…"
"If you look at this, you will see…"
"I'd like you to look at this…"

Give your audience enough time to absorb the information on the visual. Pause to allow them to look at the information and then explain why the visual is important:
"As you can see…"
"This clearly shows …"
Summarising
At the end of your presentation, you should summarise your talk and remind the audience of what you have told them:
"That brings me to the end of my presentation. I've talked about…"
"Well, that's about it for now."
"To summarise, I…"

Thank the audience for their attention and invite questions.
"Thank you for listening – and now if there are any questions, I would be pleased to answer them."

Don't forget – if you speak too fast you will lose your audience!