Phrases for the monologue part Getting started Giving your personal opinion To my mind, this Hello and welcome to my talk about… seems…. Personally, I feel / believe My task is to….. that… I would like to tell you something I firmly believe about… that… We are here today to There cannot be look at…. any doubt that…. I'm convinced that… Structuring Commenting and explaining I have structured my talk as follows. There are like to make. It may sound really …. points I'd obvious, but…. These are the points I would like to talk Let me be really clear about this: about. I would like to stress that… First, / Third, / and To me, this is the core problem of the …. / Second, … … whole issue. finally… First, I would like to say a few words Then, it is a logical consequence that… Let me illustrate this with an example. about… Here's an example to show what I'm going Then, I'll move on to…. Now I'd like to draw your attention to the on about. fact that… And finally, to round it off, I'll…. Rounding off / Concluding So, to come to an end…. Referring to the impulses on your So, all things considered, I would like… task sheet (pictures/short Well, let me just sum up my main points…. So, to wrap things quotations) up, ….. Thank you very much for your attention. I believe the pictures symbolize the following aspects of the topic. Picture shows us the following …. aspect… And this is something that shows up really well in picture… As you can see in picture….. To my mind, picture has a clear … message. The quotation given refers to the fact that… This quotation shows that… Topic sentences (to introduce a new part) Now, let's have a closer look at… Here is an argument which you often hear in discussions… This topic wouldn't be complete without a look at… OK, on to my …… point.
Phrases for the monologue part Getting started Hello and welcome to my talk about… My task is to….. I would like to tell you something about… We are here today to look at…. Structuring I have structured my talk as follows. There are …. points I'd like to make. These are the points I would like to talk about. First, …. / Second, … / Third, … / and finally… First, I would like to say a few words about… Then, I'll move on to…. Now I'd like to draw your attention to the fact that… And finally, to round it off, I'll…. Referring to the impulses on your task sheet (pictures/short quotations) I believe the pictures symbolize the following aspects of the topic. Picture …. shows us the following aspect… And this is something that shows up really well in picture… As you can see in picture….. To my mind, picture … has a clear message. The quotation given refers to the fact that… This quotation shows that… Topic sentences (to introduce a new part) Now, let's have a closer look at… Here is an argument which you often hear in discussions… This topic wouldn't be complete without a look at… OK, on to my …… point. Giving your personal opinion To my mind, this seems…. Personally, I feel / believe that… I firmly believe that… There cannot be any doubt that…. I'm convinced that… Commenting and explaining It may sound really obvious, but…. Let me be really clear about this: I would like to stress that… To me, this is the core problem of the whole issue. Then, it is a logical consequence that… Let me illustrate this with an example. Here's an example to show what I'm going on about. Rounding off / Concluding So, to come to an end…. So, all things considered, I would like… Well, let me just sum up my main points…. So, to wrap things up, ….. Thank you very much for your attention.
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