Exercise 6. Discuss the following questions

1. Why do presenters use visual aids?

2. What types of visuals can you name? What visuals have you used?

3. What computer programmes will help you to create visuals?

Exercise 7. Look at the visuals. What are they called in English? Match the pictures with the definitions.

1)	bar chart	3)	pie chart	5)	technical drawing
2)	table	4)	flow chart	6)	picture

A.	B.
C.	D.
E.	F.

Exercise 8. Match the English cliché s with their Russian equivalents. Divide them into three categories listed below.

 

1) a presenter notes which parts of the visuals are important and explains why he/she uses them;

2) a presenter introduces the visuals;

3) a presenter checks understanding of the results.

1.	Have a look at this chart (British). / Take a look at this diagram (American).	a.	Мне бы хотелось более подробно рассмотреть эту часть графика.
2.	I'm sure the results of these estimations are obvious.	b.	Как видите, разными цветами обозначены…
3.	Here we can see …..	c.	Мне бы хотелось привести несколько любопытных фактов.
4.	I'd also like to draw your attention to …	d.	Как вы можете видеть/ как видите…
5.	The picture shows/gives information about…	e.	Также я хочу обратить ваше внимание на…
6.	Let’s now look at the next slide which shows…	f.	Здесь вы можете видеть…
7.	Let’s look more closely at…	g.	На рисунке показаны/ дана информация о…
8.	You can see that different colours have been used to indicate…	h.	Обратите внимание на данную схему/ диаграмму.
9.	I'd like us to look at this part of the graph in more detail.	i.	Давайте рассмотрим… более подробно.
10.	I think the conclusions to be drawn from this graph are clear to all of us.	j.	Уверен/а, что результаты этих расчетов очевидны.
11.	I'd like to point out one or two interesting details.	k.	Полагаю, выводы, сделанные из этого графика понятны всем.
12.	As you can see …	l.	Позвольте обратить ваше внимание на следующий слайд, где показаны…

Exercise 9. Study the graph. Read the description and fill in the gaps:

 

Trends in GDP & Air Cargo growth rates

(1) _____________________. (2) _____________________ trends in GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and Air Cargo growth rates.

(3) __________________________________ the rates of GDP, domestic cargo and international freight respectively.

(4) __________________________________. (5) _____________________, the slowdown in cargo seems to be preceding the slowdown of the economic growth. That is why air cargo sector is known to be the barometer of the economic health of a country.

(6) ______________________________ India’s GDP at constant prices has almost quadrupled in the last two decades. (7) _________________________ of 5.6% in the 1990s (8) _________________________ of 7.7% in the first decade of 2000, the growth journey has excited many investors both in India and abroad. The latter part of 2000s particularly in the period 2008-09 to 2010-11 recorded (9) ________________ of 8.3%.

(10) ________________ in 2011-12 is expected to be temporary as the fundamentals of Indian economy are evaluated to be strong with high investment rate of 36% and growing domestic demand. Analysts forecast the Indian GDP to be growing at 7.5% in 2012 and at 8.1% subsequently till 2016.

 

a. If you look at the lines more closely, you'll notice that

b. The graph shows

c. Let’s now look at the next slide

d. I'd like you to focus your attention on the significance of these figures here.

e. The current slowdown

f. As you can see,

g. From a slower average annual growth rate …

h. to a moderately faster average annual growth rate…

i. The blue, red and green lines on the graph indicate

j. an average annual growth

Exercise 10. Listen to the report about the use of plastics and complete the chart.