国际会议写作英语.PPT

Develop a personal, direct, and proper style The language a speaker uses in speaking is usually personal and direct. For example, rhetorical questions and personal pronouns such as “you”, “I”, and “we” are often used in his presentation. Proper language style here refers to the particular presentation style you should adopt at international academic conferences. Literary skills in Speeches The figures of speech that are often employed by presenters include similes , repetition, and antithesis.? Repeating the same sound in a series of words is called alliteration. E.g., a presenter making a speech on the drug problem employs alliteration when he says, “we must defend ourselves against the dangerous demon of drug dependency.” How to Use Technical Terms Academic speeches are full of jargon, that is, words or phrases that are specific to a particular area of study. If you use a piece of jargon, follow it with a comma and a phrase that explains it. That is the same case with acronyms (abbreviations). Acronyms are simply letters that refer to words. For example, SFG, which stands for Systemic Functional Grammar, is an acronym. Remember that the first time you use an acronym, you should give its full name. Example of a presentation (opening remarks) ? (Thanks) Thank you, Mr. Chairperson, Mr. Director-General, distinguished members of the ILO’s Governing Body and friends. I welcome this opportunity to be here today with an Organization which in many ways belongs to all of us workers. I can think of, in fact, no other international body that one can claim as one’s own so unambiguously. (Related remarks) I have also had a longstanding formal association with the ILO. Many of my early pieces on women and technological change and on land rights were published by the ILO, so was the work of many other scholars. It is therefore a pleasure for me to be here at this important Symposium. The canvas (=area of discussion) of the Symposium is very large. I will focus on two asp