B1
Listening Exercises B1 – Presentation and talks
8 ejercicios
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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