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B1

Listening Exercises B1 – Presentation and talks

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1. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.

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  • 1)
    Stephanie Adams is a careers counsellor at a college in the US. She is giving a talk to final year students. Listen and number the stages of her introduction in order (1-4).
  • introduce the subject
  • welcome the audience
  • explain rules for questions
  • give an overview of the structure of the talk

2. Listen again and complete the expressions Stephanie uses.

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  • a)
    Good , and welcome.
  • b)
    Today I’m about job prospects.
  • c)
    I’ll describing the current position.
  • d)
    look at salaries.
  • e)
    , I’ll move on to career choices.
  • f)
    And , I’ll review the main points.
  • g)
    We’ll questions at the end.

3. Listen to this extract from the middle of a presentation. Complete the signposts the speaker uses.

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  • Finishing one point
  • That’s about our sales and marketing strategy.
  • Starting another point
  • Now I would our overseas operations.
  • Giving an example.
  • To example

4. Now listen to an extract from a different presentation. Tick the signposts you hear the speaker use.

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  • Finishing one point
  • I’ve told you about our pensions policy. ◻
  • We’ve looked at our pensions policy. ◻
  • Starting another point
  • Let me now turn to staff recruitment. ◻
  • Let’s move on to staff recruitment. ◻
  • Giving an example.
  • A good example of this is
  • Another example of this is

5. Listen to Stephanie Adams conclude her presentation. Number each stage of her conclusion in order (1-3).

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  • thanks the audience
  • summarizes the main points
  • invites questions

6. Listen and complete these phrases.

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  • Summarizing the main points
  • a)
    To briefly, then,
  • b)
    I’d like to the main points.
  • c)
    In , then
  • Thanking your audience
  • d)
    Thank listening.
  • e)
    Thank you very attention.
  • Inviting questions
  • f)
    Now, does anyone ?
  • g)
    any questions?
  • h)
    Are there questions?

7. Listen and repeat each phrase.

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8. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.

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  • Stephanie has a Q-and-A session at the end of her presentation. How does she encourage questions from the audience? Listen and complete the four phrases.
  • Sure. Go
  • Yes? Please
  • Yes, of course. What would you ?
  • Now, does a question?

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