HOW TO

MAKE AN IMPACT TRACK 10: ENGLISH ACCENTS

WITH YOUR
OPENING!

Answers on page 51

1 Pre-listening Presentation II =
There are lots of interesting ways to capture the audience’s interest
when you start your presentation. Look over the ideas below. Which Presentation III =
ones would you use? Which ones sound interesting? Which ones
would you never use? Discuss in pairs, and give reasons for your Presentation IV =
choices or answers.
Presentation V =
Unusual ways to start your presentation
A joke Presentation VI =
A quote
A story Presentation VII =
A powerful image
A loud sound effect 3 Listening II
A rhetorical question Listen again. Then, make a note of what each speaker talks about
A personal anecdote in his/her introduction. For example:
Some alarming statistics 1. Speaker I talks about the destruction of rainforests
A prop or unusual object and asks what we can do about it.
A request for a show of hands
A description of a recent conversation 4 Useful language
A quote or common expression with a twist Complete the extracts from the audio recordings with the correct words.
to it 1. And if things continue like this, there won’t be much left
Something unexpected (such as doing a handstand) 2030.
A description of a situation that could have negative 2. And a staggering 33% of them were executed despite the
future consequences that they were innocent.
A description of a situation you’re familiar with from 3. Now, today’s talk, I’ll be showing you what
personal experience you can do to...
4. Well, in today’s talk, I’ll be showing you to live
2 Listening I your life without worry.
You’re going to listen to 7 different ways to make an impact with 5. How many of you have heard the story
the opening of your presentation. Listen once, and say what type of Pierre Standoli?
opening each presentation is. Choose from the list in the Pre-listening 6. ...he was telling me the situation that you’re
activity. For example: facing right now in your business.
Presentation I = a description of a situation that could have 7. In fact, I once worked your industry for
negative future consequences several years when I was a young man...

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