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Pottponing

Somctimcs during ■ talk you may need lo dęby dctcripiion of a point___________ .

Ccruin cxpicssions indicatc tiul you will not deal wilh ■ partieular topie immcdiatcly, but will return lo it later in Ibs talk:

1.    1*11 bc retuming to this point later ...

2.    I II be coming back to this point later...

3.    As 1*11 show liter

4.    Ul comc on to this later _

5.    As will be shown later _

6.    Later 1*11 cotne on to

7.    Later Fil be coming on to _

Ke/erring bitek

A speaker, during Ihc course of a talk. msy refer to iom« prcvious point or ihcme. This is • usefbl Jcvice, Tor it gives a sens* of continuity and wholcness to the talk. By refening back, a speaker may tecycle important infoiuiation antj providc greater coherence to the development of the talk:

1.    Gening back to tbe ąueslion of...

2.    Coming back now lo the issuc whkh I ralsed earlier ...

3.    Can I now go back to the qucstkin I posed at the beginning?

4.    As I soid earlier _.

5.    As I mentioned earlier ...

6.    Aswesawearlier...

7.    Pd like now to return to the ęucsłion ...

8.    As you will rcnicmbcr ._

Highlighiing

There ii a gtoup of exprcssions whkh may help the speaker to bring ccriain points to the foregromd. They havc the effect of verbally underlining an issue or crealing unusual contrast for a particular point.

1.    The interesting thing ubout... b _

2.    The significant thing ubout... is ._

3.    The important thing about._ b _

4.    The thing lo remember is ...

J. What you have to remember Is -.

6.    What we have lo realisc u ...

7.    What I And most interesting about... Is .„

8.    Strangely cnough...

9.    Funnily cnough ...

10.    Oddly cnough...

Indie at on

This gTotip of eaprestions serses lo indicate that a point or section hu bccn satisfactorily complcted and tliat a new poinl will be madę. Allemaiively, il may simpły providc Ihe speaker with a kind of springboard on which lo pause before continuing.

* Okay —

2.    Right-

3.    Righllhen-

4.    Good „

5.    Now..    '

6.    Now then —

7.    Weil-

8.    Weil now _

9.    Weil Ihen

Summartilng

Towards ihe end of a talk il bccomcs nccessary lo sum up. The main alm of Ihe laik should be rccallcd and Ihe major poinu louched upon. Obviously, il ił unwise lo introduce new informaiion in this finał section

1.    The main poinls thal have bccn madę arc -

2.    lxi me try now lo puli ihe main thrtads of this argument together —

3.    In conclusion I should just like lo say —

4.    Just befort concluding l'd like to say —

3. Summing up then...

6.    By way of summuy. the main poinls In Ihe Stlidy seem to me to be ...

7.    To sum up then —

Thanking the ouJirnrr

1.    Thank you. ^ł

2.    1*11 finish ihere. Thank you.

3.    And lei mc finish ihere. Thank you.