Presentation using visual

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UNIT 3: Exploiting Visuals

How to use visual aids to maximum effect

Extract 1: Have / Take a look at this graph As you can see, it's a fairly typical growth curve for a young company in

the early stages of its development The vertical axis shows turnover in millions of dollars and the horizontal axis

represents the years 1990 to 1996

Extract 2: The graph we're looking at very clearly

demonstrates the comparative productivity of our European plants, and gives you some idea of how far production

levels in the Netherlands, shown here, exceed the rest.

Extract 3: I'd like you to look at this chart, which shows

the current position of six of our leading products Let's

take a closer look for a moment at product movement in

the high

atonaboutoutto

if

However whateverWhichever

Conclusion lesson

implicationssignificancemessage

Introduction and Explanation

Take a look at this / Let’s have a look at this / I’d like you to look at this

Here we can see ………

The ……… represents ……… And the ………… represents

Highlights and Comments

I’d like us to look at ……… in more detail As you can see,

………

I’d also like to draw your attention to ………

If you look at it more closely, you’ll notice ………

Interpretations

I’m sure the implications of this / the conclusions to be draw from this are clear to all of us

Shoot up/take off

Plunge/slump

Level off

TASK 2

Now answer the following questions:

1 Which of these verbs are irregular (e.g rise – rose – risen)?

2 Which can be both a verb and a noun (e.g to rise – a rise)?

3 Which can be changed into a noun (e.g fluctuate – fluctuation)?

Task 2 1 fall-fell-fallen, ~hoot~shot-shotup, take-took-taken off, hit a low, grow-grew-grown, shrink- shrank-shrunk 2 an increase, a rise,

hit-hit-a decrehit-hit-ase, hit-hit-a fhit-hit-all, hit-hit-a lunge, hit-hit-a slump, hit-hit-a pehit-hit-ak, hit-hit-a decline 3 recover -

recovery, stabilize stabilization,grow - growth, expand - expansion,

shrink – shrinkage

Note: Some of the words in this exercise are strongly negative or

positive For example, you cannot say inflation slumped because slump 1s a negative word and a fall in inflation is a good thing You would have

to say inflation fell dramatically In the same way, you cannot say taxes recovered because recover is a positive word and a rise in

spectacularencoragingdisappointingdisastrous

Which of the words above mean more or less the same as the following:

a massive ………

b gradual ………

c significant ………

d tremendous ………

TASK 2 Cross out the word which does not fit in the following sentences: 1 Demand increased slightly / steadily / tremendously / disappointingly 2 Interest rates rose sharply / considerably / keenly / marginally 3 Profitability slumped moderately / disastrously / suddenly / rapidly 4 The price of oil fluctuated enormously / wildly / gradually / dramatically Now re-write the sentences above using a noun instead of a verb: 1 There was a(n) ………

1 There was a(n) ………

2 There was a(n) ………

Enormous, spectacular steady

Substantial, encouraging Enormous spectacular

There was an enormous I a wild / a dramatic fluctuation in the price of oil

1 downs 2 upward 

3 at 4 around

5 of 6, so

2 1 from 2 over 3 to 4 about 5 at

6 of

1 downward 2 by 

3 of 4 between 

5 over

6 down

TIP  

USEFUL WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

Just over just under well over well under

About / around approximately roughly more or less

In the region of getting on for just short of nowhere near

TASK 1

Look at the following extracts from a report Change them into what you might say in a

presentation, using and, because and to Remember to change noun phrases into verb

phrases where possible The first words are given:

1 TV coverage of the launch led to a significant increase in customer response rate

The launch was covered on TV and customer response rate increased significantly

2 There has been a dramatic fall in operating costs as a result of last year’s efforts