Presenting in English: Stating your purpose 2 (page 13)

First of all, I'd like to ______ the main points of my talk.

• preview

• overview

• outline

Perhaps, I should start off by _______ that this is just a preliminary report. Nothing has been finalized as yet.

• pointing

• stressing

• reminding

But later on, I will, in fact, be ______ several detailed

proposals.

• putting forward

• putting out

• putting over

One thing I’ll be _______ is the issue of a minimum wage.

• dealing with

• referring

• regarding

And I'll also be ______ the question of privatization.

• asking

• raising

• putting

So, what we‘re really ______ are likely developments in the structure of the company over the next five to ten years.

• driving at

• aiming at

• looking at

If we could just _______ our attention on the short-term objectives to begin with.

• draw

• focus

• attract

The eighteen-month plan, which by now you should’ve all had time to look at, _______ in detail our main recommendations.

• outlines

• reviews

• sets out

Basically, what we’re ______ is a complete reorganization of staff and plant.

• suggesting

• asking

• reviewing

I’d now like to ______ my attention to some of the difficulties we’re likely to face.

• turn

• draw

• focus