Summarizing and concluding

To sum up... To summarize...

Right, let's sum up, shall we?

Let's summarize briefly what we've looked at...

If I can just sum up the main points...

Finally, let me remind you of some of the issues we've covered...

To conclude... In conclusion... In short...

So, to remind you of what I’ve covered in this talk …

Unfortunately, I seem to have run out of time, so I’ll conclude very briefly by saying that …..

Invitation to discuss / ask questions

I’m happy to answer any questions.

Does anyone have any questions or comments?

Please feel free to ask questions.

Would you like to ask any questions? Any questions?

v Task 7. Read and translate the presentation of a product:

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

We haven’t met before, so I’d better introduce myself. I’m from the R/D departmet of Citrus Incorporated. I hope you’ll excuse my English, I’m a little out of practice. Anyway, I’m going to be talking this morning about a new product we are planning to launch in two months time. It’s called COOL-OUT, a lemon-flavoured drink.

Well, I’ll start with the background and procced to the product itself. I’m going to list some of the selling points. Now, firstly, as you know, we have been manufacturing mixed-fruit drinks for the last ten years, but we stopped producing lemonade last year. Secondly, the market reseach indicates that more and more customers are using soft drinks as mixers with alcohol. In оther words, it means that the market has expanded. So we decided to develop a new kind of soft drink.

I must emphasize that the new product is aimed at the young-professional, high income market and designed for a certain kind of customers. It’s not surprising, therefore, that we must consider very carefully the importance of packaging and design, new label and slogan. We must bear in mind that sophisticated packaging, for example, may cause a problem in the selling area.

So far, we have been using the new size glass bottle and small metal cans as containers. Now we are going to use cartons instead of bottles. Now back to the product. Let’s look again at the major attractions of the product. In spite of the higher price it’ll compete well with existing brands because of its modern design and high quality (see the ingredients).

That’s all. Thank you for your listening. If there are any questions, I’ll be happy to answer them.

v Task 8. Now study the example of a company presentation:

Good afternoon, everyone.

My name is Peter Chevrel. I’m the General Manager of Espassabi. The purpose of this presentation is to give you some basic information about our company. I’d like to start by saying where we are and what we do. We are situated in Grenoble, and we are manufacturers and retailers of clothes under the “C-Kool” and “Mirabelle” brand names.

Our customers are young men and women from all walks of life, in the age range from 16 to 25. We also supply wholesale products to agents and mail order catalogues.

Now, I’d like to turn to our market position. We are among the French top three in the clothing sector. As regards our workforce, we employ almost 300 people.

If we can now look at our revenues, last year we achieved an annual turnover of 190 million euros and generated profits of 7.6 million, that is to say 4% of sales.

Finally, a few words about our future plans. We are working on exciting new designs which will reflect a completely new concept of teenage fashion. I’m sure this will make Espassabi the leader of the European fashion market.

Well, thanks very much for listening to my talk. Are there any questions?

v Task 9. Imagine that you are making a presentation to a large group of people working in your industry: