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Ⅰ Life English

1

I owe you.
I owe you one.
I owe you a big favor.

I appreciate it.
I’m much obliged.
I’m indebted to you.

2.

Thank you.
Thank you very much.
I can’t thank you enough.

I’m grateful.
I’m really grateful.
I’m more than grateful.

3.

I’m really sorry.
I’m extremely sorry.
I apologize from the bottom of my heart.

It’s my mistake.
It shouldn’t have happened.
I won’t let it happen again.

4.

Don’t take me seriously.
Don’t believe what I say.
I’m just talking nonsense.

I’m just making a joke.
I’m trying to be funny.
I only want to amuse you.

I’m kidding you.
I’m teasing you.
I’m just joking with you.

Ⅱ Presentation Topics

Trade Fair

WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN…?
EXHIBITING AT TRADE FAIR

· QUALITY OF DISPLAY
· STAFF SELECTED

Key issues: Quality of display in trade fairs; Staff selected for trade fairs;

Quality of display in trade fairs:

The quality of display will affect the public image of the company.

Trade fairs are the irreplaceable means of propagandizing products. They provide the manufacturers with the formal stages to display their products.

A trade fair is an important link and activity in commercial sale. Before a trade fair takes place, there normal are a lot of propagandas about it, and the organizer always tries to attract as many customers as possible to attend the trade fair.

Consequently, a trade fair will have massive influence on the public and market. And most of visitors to a trade fair will be the genuine buyers or at least would like to take interests in the companies and the products on the trade fair. And therefore a high quality of display in a trade fair would be the best opportunity for an ambitious company to promote its newest products and built up its good image.

Ⅲ Presentation Functional Sentences

(一)总起句

The present talk aims to decide…

The purpose of this talk is to answer the question of …

In brief, this talk sets out to solve the problem of …

There are currently three possible solutions to …

(二)分论点

Firstly,…; Secondly,…; Thirdly，…

In addition, …

Furthermore, …

As … is concerned, …

As for …，…

On one hand, …;On the other hand，…

(三)小结句

From the above information, it can be shown that …

Based on the study, it is clear that …

Before we close, let me just summarize the main points.

Shall I just go over the main points?

So, to sum up,…

In conclusion,…

In general, …

On the whole,…

Overall,…

(四)常用连词

1.解释性：

in other words，that/which means，namely，that is to say

2.进一步阐释性：

in particular，especially，notably，chiefly

3.对照、转折性：

but, though, even though, while, whereas

despite, in spite of

yet, however, nevertheless, still, but, even so

all the same，in contrast

4.原因、结果：

lead to, result in, bring about, give rise to, account for, be responsible for, followed by effect

rise, stem from, be attributable to, cause

because, as, since，because of, due to, owing to, on account of, as a result/consequence of

therefore, so, accordingly, consequently, hence, thus, that’s the reason why