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BBC Learning English   

Talking Business 

Presentations: opening 

Useful Phrases 

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming along here today 

The purpose of today’s presentation is to discuss how we can… 

I’ve invited you here today to have a look at my findings 

Now let me begin by… 

Secondly¹… 

…and finally… 

I’d be happy to invite you to ask questions at the end of the session 

At the end I’d be very happy to answer any of your questions 

Transcript 

“Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming along here today. I hope my 

presentation isn’t going to take too long and that you will find it interesting. The purpose of 

today’s presentation is to discuss how we can improve internal communications within our 

company.   

Now let me begin by explaining that I’d like to talk about the business case for better 

communication; secondly, I want to cover different styles and methods; and finally I would 

like to finish off by talking about some of the basics we need to have in place to deliver good 

quality, consistent communications across the company. I’d be very happy to invite you to 

ask questions at the end of the session and I’m sure there’ll be plenty of time for us to 

discuss some of the points that have been raised.” 

“Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for finding the time to come and join me 

for this presentation this afternoon. My name is Tim Mason, I‘m a retail² consultant³, and many 

of you will have seen me shadowing you in your jobs and looking through the accounts and 

so on in the company over the last week. I’ve invited you here today to have a look at my 

findings. First, I’d like to have a look at the performance of the company, the sales of the 

company over the last three years; then I’d like to have a look at our market share in the 

womenswear market and look at our competitors; and thirdly, I’d like to suggest some 

improvements in our range of womenswear. At the end I’d be happy to answer any of your 

questions.” 

1 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

2 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

3 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。