English for Masters. Маркушевская Л.П - 121 стр.

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1. To start _________, then, … 6. To give you an example
_______ what I mean, …
2. To move _______ to my next point, … 7. To digress _____ a moment, …
3. To go _____ to what I was saying, 8. To sum ______, then, …
4. To turn now _____ a different matter, …
5. To say a bit more ______ that, …
III. Which of the expressions above are used to.
a. return to an important point? d. begin the presentation?
b. repeat the main points? e. expand a point?
c. talk about something unconnected? f. change the subject?
IV. Underline the correct words.
1. First of all/after all, I’d like to thank you for inviting me here to speak to you this
morning.
2. I’ll be talking today about robotics, and anyway/in particular their commercial
exploitation.
3. Especially/Clearly there’s huge interest in the subject.
4. As far as the general public is concerned/concerning the general public, Sony
Corporation thinks that the best way place to launch the robot revolution is home
entertainment.
5. Especially/Furthermore home entertainment is likely to be the biggest market
eventually/at last.
6. As a matter of fact/Moving on to all the leading players are investing tens of
millions of dollars in the development of personal robots.
7. I mean/As a result progress has been rapid.
8. On the other hand/At the end, it’s clear that the development of ‘robo sapiens’ will
take longer, a lot longer.
9. Nevertheless/In general it’s clear that in terms of competition between countries
Japan leads in robotics at the moment.
10. So, in fact/to sum up, I’ve tried to show you how I believe we’re entering a new
age, the age of the robot, and it’s an age that’s full of business opportunities.