{"id":194,"date":"2007-10-07T02:31:45","date_gmt":"2007-10-07T10:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2007\/10\/07\/bep-103e-presenting-for-success-describing-charts-and-trends-part-1\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T06:08:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:08:33","slug":"bep-103e-presenting-for-success-describing-charts-and-trends-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2007\/10\/07\/bep-103e-presenting-for-success-describing-charts-and-trends-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 103e &#8211; Presentations: Describing Charts and Trends 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-194-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP103-Mob.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP103-Mob.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP103-Mob.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>This is the first of three Business English Pod episodes on charts and trends from our new eBook &#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/ebooks\/presenting-for-success\/\">Presenting for Success<\/a><\/strong>. Over these three shows, we&#8217;ll be learning language for dealing with visuals, describing trends, analyzing and comparing data, and making predictions. \u201cVisuals\u201d refers to any visual element of your presentation &#8211; charts, graphs, pictures and so on. A trend is the general direction &#8211; upward or downward &#8211; of some metric, that is measurement, such as price or revenue. For example, when we say, \u201cThe price of oil has risen 30% in the last three months,\u201d that&#8217;s a trend. <\/p>\n<p>In this lesson we&#8217;ll focus on the basics of how to deal with visuals in your presentation: That is, how to attract attention to them, how to emphasize the key parts, and how to relate points about different visuals as you move through your slides. A slide is just one picture in your PowerPoint presentation. <\/p>\n<p>The listening comes from a presentation at the Central European head office of Ambient, an American mobile phone manufacturer. Ambient has regained market share after a couple of bad years and has now taken over the number two place behind market leader Sirus and just ahead of the third player, CallTell.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll hear Pat, the new finance director in the Central Europe region, in the middle of a presentation to the sales team. As we join them, he is bringing up a slide on revenue trends among the top three players in the business.<\/p>\n<p>As you listen, pay attention to the language that Pat uses to call attention to his points and to relate them to each other.<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/ebook\/presentations\/pdf\/PFS103SN.pdf\">Study Notes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/ebook\/presentations\/quiz\/UNIT103QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Online Quizzes<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/ebook\/presentations\/PC\/BEP103ePC.mp3\">PhraseCast<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP103POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lesson Module<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP103-Mob.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast MP3<\/a><\/strong>[\/tp]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first of three Business English Pod lessons on describing charts and trends from our new eBook &#8211; Presenting for Success. 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