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UNIT 1 PRESENTATIONS

PART TWO LISTENING


Text 1
How to deliver an Oscar-winning presentation
Task 1: Watch the video and check [√] the true statement.

Key
1-5 TFFFT

Task 2: Watch the video again and pay attention to the following questions. Take notes if
necessary.

1. A dramatic pause at the end of a blistering point will not only work wonders but will also give
you time to sneakily plan what to say next.
2. This serves two purposes: firstly, your audience will be able to refer back to your points when
the presentation is a distant memory, and most importantly, it will give them something to look
at that isn’t you.
3. Use powerpoint as a visual prompt. It’s there to replace cheat sheets.
4. Numbers are boring to look at.
5. It could mean for you to take it easy.

Text 2
Business presentations
Task 1: Watch the video “Apple WWDC Part I” and fill in the blanks with words you have
heard.

Key
1) awesome
2) sold out
3) make it
4) tuning
5) devices
6) grab
7) hardware
8) soul
9) colleagues
10) demos

Task 2: Watch the video “Apple WWDC Part II” and finish the following statements.
Key
1. Come on, energy in the room!
2. fast growing customer base
3. present 10 key new features
4. the mouse the trackpad
5. scroll tap pinch swipe

Task 3: Watch the video “Apple WWDC Part III” and correct the one or two mistaken word(s)
in each of the following parts.

Key
1. You like everything so far? Good. I’ll try not to lose it. (blow)
2. About ten years ago, we had one of our most important signs, and that was that the PC was

going to become the digital hut for your digital life. (insights hub)
3. You were going to require it in the device or potentially on your Mac, and you were going to

basically thank it to the Mac, and everything was going to work fine. (acquire sync)
4. It did for the bigger part of ten years. But it has broken down in the last few years. Why? Well,

because the designs have changed. (better devices)


5. Then they’ve deposed some photos on the Mac, so I have to sync the iPhone again with the

Mac to get those photos. (deposited)


6. We are going to move the digital hub, the sender of your digital life into the Cloud. (center)
7. All these new devices have communications bill into them, they can all talk to the Cloud

whenever they want. (built)

PART FOUR PRESENTATION BOX

Task: Watch the video “The presentation skills of Steve Jobs” and fill in the blanks.

Key
1. theme
2. a clear transition
3. enthusiastic/passionate put to sleep
4. Numbers context
5. simple text show guests
6. rehearsing effortless

PART FIVE HOMEWORK


Task 1: Listen to the audio text of “Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics about TEDTalks” and finish
the following sentences with level A words.
Key
1. data
2. range / topics
3. statistically
4. Whereas / project / involving / statistics
5. technical / topics / topics
6. revealing
7. percent
8. brief
9. cite
10. finally / capacity
11. obvious / visual
12. analysis
13. role
14. design / ultimate
15. specifically / selected
16. version / create

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