Summarizing and Concluding

                              总结和结束

学习内容提要：

• Finishing a presentation effectively 恰当有效地结束报告

• Useful phrases for ending your presentation, summarizing, handing over and thanking 结束报告、总结、转交发言权和致谢可用的实用表达

Context 情景

1 下面的内容选自一篇关于如何做好报告的指南。阅读这段节选，并用文中的词汇完成下面有关如何结束报告的小贴士。

To avoid any problems, take as much time preparing the end of your presentation as the rest of it.

First of all, make sure you signal that you are coming to the end. Then, although you should have explained the main points in the body of your presentation, it is a good idea to summarize them at the end, and finish with a strong final statement. This is what the audience will remember and take away with them. 

If your presentation introduced action points, be sure to outline them in the closing part of the presentation and name who is responsible for them with the corresponding deadlines. Each speaker deals with questions differently; you may have answered them during the talk, or you may have asked the audience to wait until lthe end. Whichever was the case, now is the time to invite final questions.

Some people feel it unncecessary to to thank the audience for listening, but it is generally considered good practice, particularly in more formal settings. 

Finally, the audience needs to know what happens next. If you are talking as part of a large conference, you may need to hand over to the next speaker or you may need to explain that there is now a coffee break. If there is nothing following your presentation, you can simply say goodbye. 

Tips

• 1 S________ that you are coming to the 2 e__________.

• Make a strong 3 f___________ s_________.

• 4 S______ the main points.

• 5 O______ any  6 a_______ points.

• 7 I_________ any 8 f________ questions.

• 9 T_________ the audience for 10 I __________.

• 11 H__________ o___________ to someone else/ make reference to what happens next / say 12 g__________. 

2 如果是给同事们做非正式报告，小贴士的内容是否会有所不同？

Presentation 语言呈现

结束报告

1 Paul Baily 是National Logistics Ltd公司的市场主管，他正要结束自己的报告。听录音，判断以下说法是否正确，改正错误的说法。

1 Paul has been speaking about branding.   [True]    [False]

2 Paul's strong final statement is that rebranding is more than just a new logo.  

   [True]    [False]

3 There are no action points. [True]    [False]

4 His colleague Penny is going to speak next. [True]    [False]

5 Paul is going to deal with final questions over coffee. [True]    [False]

6 He thanks everyone for travelling to the presentation. [True]    [False]

2 下面是一些用于结束报告的实用表达，再听一遍录音，选出Paul使用的表达。

1 a This brings me to the end of...

    b I'd like to close by...

2  a Thank you all for listening.

    b Thank you for your attention.

3  a To summarize, then, ...

    b To conclude,...

4  a What needs to be done now is...

    b We'll aim to actin these points by...

5  a Does anyone have any final questions?

    b Are there any more questions?

6  a I'd now like to ask Julie to say something about...

    b Dr Smith is now going to speak about...

小贴士：参见Unit 5， 学习处理故障和问题的方法。

3 Paul所用的表达颇为正式，从中找出与下列非正式表达相对应的正式表达。必要时，可参照第112页音频6.1的录音文本。

4 听几个可以用来结束报告的表达，注意说话人升降调的方式（她的语调）。在句子末尾，说话人什么时候用升调？什么时候用降调？

Practice 演练

结束报告

1 将下列句子重新排序，组成报告的结尾。

a and an important first step. What nees to be done now is to have our new log

b some handouts and I'll hand over to Mr Martin, who is going to say

c I'd like to close my presentation now as my time is up. Thank you all

d something about the launch of the new brand.

e for coming today. In summary, a new logo is just part of the rebranding process

f designed. I'll get onto that next week. Mrs Kiraly is now going to give you

2 根据下面的提示词，写出可以用来结束报告的实用表达。

1 bring/me/end/presentation

2 summarize/ branding/ more than/ logo

3 thank/ attention

4 ask/ my colleague/ say/ cost/ rebanding project

5 questions?

6 James/ aim to/ action/ point 3/ next few weeks

3 把下列非正式表达变得正式一些。

1 That's it.

2 Thanks for coming.

3 To sum up,...

4 I'll tell the customers next week.

5 Here's Andrea to say a bit more.

6 Any questions?

小贴士：可以使用项目符号列示要点。

4 在下列句子上方画箭头，标出恰当的语调。听音频6.2核对答案。

1 This bring me to the end of my presentation.

2 Julie, could you say few words aobut meeting the staff?

3 Thank you for your attention.

4 To sum up, rebranding our company will  make us more competitive.

5 We'll aim to action these points by the end of next month.

6 Does anyone want to ask anything?

小贴士：降调表示你已经讲完。

5 录音中，一家公司正在尝试推出一个新品牌，听录音，概括要点。

6 运用练习5的要点概括和以下信息，为该报告准备一个结尾。试讲并录音。

•   Action points: report to the board tomorrow

•   Take final questions over coffee

•   Hand over to David--talk about language in marketing material

Consolidation 巩固练习

1 想一想你将要做的报告。使用第89页的表格来准备报告的结尾。（如果你没有要做的报告，想想你会给Unit1中“演练”部分的练习6设计一个怎样的结尾。）

2 试做一个报告，注意你的语调，并录音。

3 报告结束后，话几分钟时间反思一下。

• Did you signal the end of your presentation?

• Did your intonation go down at the end of each statement to show that you were finishing?

• Did you summarize the main points at the end?

• Did you refer to any aciton points and/ or what happens next?

• What would you do differently next time?

Reference 重要词汇和表达

Useful phrases 实用表达

Signalling the end示意结束

Thanking 致谢

 Summarizing 总结

Referring to action oionts  提及行动要点

Handing over 转交发言权

Inviting final questions邀请最后提问

Vocabulary词汇

Ending Presentations 结束报告

Banding 品牌设计

学习建议

为报告做准备和练习时，可以给自己录音。听自己的录音，注意发音是否正确，使用的词汇、表达和语法是否恰当。

Review  复习

Skills 技巧

你是否同意下面的说法？为什么？

It's not important to spend much time planning the end of a presentation.

Useful phrases 实用表达

在正确的标题下分别写出一个正式的表达和非正式表达。把正式表达写在粉色椭圆里，非正式表达写在黄色椭圆里。

Vocabulary 词汇

用本单元的单词补全下列句子，首字母已经给出。

1 The symbol that represents a company or product is the l________.

2 A company that has new ideas and thinks about the future is f______.

3 If a company wants to get ideas from outside, it might employ an external a_____.

4 R__________ is when a company changes its whole image.

5 Companies often change their image to a _______ to different people, such as younger people, or to become more c___________.

Pronunciation 发音练习

学习了本单元后，写出6个你在做报告时能用到的表达，练习使用这些表达，注意自己的语调，并录音。将自己的录音和音频中的版本进行比较。

Transcripts

6.1

So, this brings me to the end of my presentation on the importance of branding. Thank you for your attention. I hope you've found it useful. To summarize, then, I propose giving our company a new image that will make us more attractive in the market. If we get  a new logo and new slogan and if we make our brochures and correspondence more colourful and up-to-date, our customers will see us a forward-looking company, which will make us more competitive. Remember, though, we all need to work at making this a success--we need to believe in the new image and  make sure our customers  do, too. Rebranding is more thn jsut a new logo.

So, what happens now? Well, I'm going to contact some design agencies, and my colleague Julie willl start speaking to members of staff to collect any ideas you might have. We'll aim to action these points by the end of the month.  I've been answering your questions throughout my talk, but does anyone have any final questions? I can take them now before handing over. No? Right, well, I'd now like to ask Julie to say something about her arrangements for talking to members of staff. Julie, over to you.

6.2

This brings me to the end of my presentation.

 Julie, could you say a few words about meeting the staff?

Thank you for your attention. 

To sum up, rebranding our company will make us more competitive. 

We'll aim to action these points by the end of next month. 

Does anyone want to ask anything?

6.3

We've been trying to develop a new brand, as we want to appeal to younger people. The marketing department has asked an external agency to come up with suggestions for a new language, that is how we should address our customers--for example, perhaps we should use more informal, frendly language--you know, the sort of language that young people often use in text messages or in Internet chatrooms.

Answer key

Context

1   1 Signal    2 end   3  final statement   4 Summarize    5 Outline

      6 action   7 Invite     8 final   9 Thank    20 listening

      11 Hand over        12 listening

2  Not necessarily -- you still need to be clear that your presentation is ending and what the main points were. However, the language you use might be different in that it might be more informal.

Presentation

1   1 True    2 True     3 False( There are two action points.)

     4 Flalse (Julie is going to speak next.)

     5 False ( He's going to deal with them now)

     6 False( He thanks everyone for their attention.)

2  1a   2b    3a    4b    5a     6a

3

1 This brings me to the end of ...

2 Thank you for your attention.

3 To summarize, then...

4 We'll aim to action these points by ...

5 Does anyone have any final questions?

6 I'd now like to ask Julie to say something about...

4   The voice generally goes down at the end of a statement and up when asking a question.

Practice

1  c, e, a, f, b, d

2 Suggested answers

   1 That brings me to the end of my presentation.

   2 To summarize, branding is more than just the logo.

   3 Thank you for your attention.

   4 I"d like to ask my colleague to say something about the cost of the rebranding project.

   5 Are there any final questions?

   6 James will aim to action point 3 in the next few weeks.

3 Suggested answers

   1 That concludes my talk for today.

   2 Thank you for your attention.

   3 To summarize, ...

   4 I will aim to inform the customers next week.

   5 I'd now like to hand over to Andrea, who will give some further details.

  6 Does anyone have anything to ask?

4 See transcript.

1 This brings me to the end of my presentation. 

2 Julie, could you say a few words about meeting the staff?

3 Thank you for your attention. 

4 To sum up, rebranding our company will make us more competitive. 

5 We'll aim to action these points by the end of next month. 

6 Does anyone want to ask anything?

5 Suggested answers

developing new brand

want to appeal to younger people

external agencey coming up with new language and proposing how to address customers--use more informal, friendly luanguage?

6 Suggested answers

So, that brings me to the end of my presentation. Thank you for listening. To summarize, we're developing a new brand, as our current image is out-of-date and  we want to appeal to younger people so we can increase our market share. An external agency is coming up with a new logo and proposing how to address our customers --perhaps we should use more informal, friendly language, for example. What needs to be done now is for me to report to the Board tomorrow. RIght, I'll take final questions over coffee, but now David is going to talk about the language we should use in our marketing material.

Review

Skills

Suggested answers

Disagree, because it is advisable to make a strong ending, as that is often what the audience remembers.

Useful phrases

Suggested answers

Vocabualry

1 logo    2 forward-looking     3 agency      4 Rebranding    

5 appeal; competitive