Conclusion

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 405.

Giving examples

When you want to make your next point, you ‘move on'.

Moving on to the next point.

I'd like to move on to the next point if there are no further questions.

When you want to change to a completely different topic, you ‘turn to'.

I'd like to turn to something completely different.

Let's turn now to our plans for next year.

When you want to give more details about a topic you ‘expand' or ‘elaborate'.

I'd like to expand more on this problem we have had in Chicago.

Would you like me to expand a little more on that or have you understood enough?

I don't want to elaborate any more on that as I'm short of time.

When you want to talk about something which is off the topic of your presentation, you ‘digress'.

I'd like to digress here for a moment and just say a word of thanks to Bob for organizing this meeting.

Digressing for a moment, I'd like to say a few words about our problems in Chicago.

When you want to refer back to an earlier point, you ‘go back'.

Going back to something I said earlier, the situation in Chicago is serious.

I'd like to go back to something Jenny said in her presentation.