Making a Presentation

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Making a Presentation

I don't normally get stage fright, but the thought of getting up in front of my colleagues to give a presentation always gives me butterflies. But I have no choice; my boss asked me to do it, so I will.

I set up my projector and PowerPoint program on my laptop. Clearing my voice , I stood up and addressed the 10 people present at the meeting. I started off by saying, "Good afternoon. I want to thank you for inviting me to talk to you today." I had a clicker in my hand to advance the slides. "Today I'm going to talk to you about our new product, Provasic. Please feel free to ask questions as we go along," I said. I then flipped through the slides showing pictures of our product, and concluded by summarizing the main points of my talk with bullet points.

I finished by saying, "Thank you for your attention today. My contact information is on your handout." Whew! I was glad that was over

stage fright    خائف من الوقوف امام الناس لالقاء خطاب

colleagues    زملاء العمل (نفس المهنة والمكانة)

gives me butterflies: make me worried    يقلقني

projector    جهاز لعرض الرقائق الشفافة

Clearing my voice  

present at the meeting    موجودين بالاجتماع

I want to thank you for inviting me    لبداية القاء الخطاب

clicker    مثل لريموت كنترول للتنقل بين الشرائح

advance the slides    التنقل بين الشرائح

Today I'm going to talk to you about    لبداية القاء الخطاب

Please feel free to    طريقة مهذبة للحوار

flipped through the slides    التنقل بين الشرئح سريعا

main points    النقاط الاساسية

bullet points    الفقرات (الجمل التى نستخدم لها التعداد النقطي

Thank you for your attention    لانهاء الخطاب

contact information    بيانات الاتصال

handout    البيان المعد للتوزيع في الاجتماع الذي يحتوي علي البنود

Whew    للتعبير عن الراحة