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1、 English for Academic StudyInternational ConferenceLearning Objectives Chairing a meeting Conference presentation Question and answer Giving a welcome speech Giving a closing speech Giving a dinner speech Talking with professionals Guiding toursChairing a Meeting The appropriate handling of a meetin

2、g depends on a chairmans adequate preparations, expertise in the topic of the meeting, past experiences, responsibilities and tactful chairing manners. Procedures of Chairing a MeetingOpening speech:Opening the meetingIntroducing the theme of the sessionIntroducing oneself and co-chairpersonIntroduc

3、ing the keynote speakerClosing speech: Complimenting on the speech Introducing the next speaker Closing the meetingIntroducing the Keynote Speaker Introduce keynote speakers in detail and laud their speeches. In your introduction, you should mention: The speakers academic experiences and achievement

4、, position or rank, present research field.Your introduction should be brief. Rule: The better known and more respected a speaker is, the shorter your introduction can be; and the less well-known the speaker is, the more you will need to do to arouse interest in his subject and build up his prestige

5、.Preparations for chairing the meeting make sure all the necessary arrangements be made before the meeting. rehearse your remarks several times Chairing mannersWhen chairing a meeting, you should walk confidently to the podium, stand erect, look directly at your audience, and announce the beginning

6、of the meeting. decisive and confident, to be tactful, a firm but courteous manner. Sum up or comment on the presentation when finished. Make compliment on the last speaker and announce the session adjourned.Useful Expressions and Sentence Patterns Ladies and gentlemen! Will you please be quiet and

7、be seated? Please be quiet, everyone! Please be seated. Id like to open the morning/afternoon/evening session1. Opening the meeting Well, everyone, its 8 oclock now. So Id like to call the morning session to order. Its a great pleasure /privilege for me to begin /open/start the conference. Ladies an

8、d Gentlemen, may I have your attention please? The meeting seminar will come to order/is now in order is called to order.2. Self-introduction Im from Harbin Engineering University. Its a privilege for me to chair this session. Let me introduce myself. I am Li Jinsong from Peking University. I am the

9、 chair person for this mornings session.3. Introducing Co-chairman It is a great pleasure for me to share the chairmanship with Professor D. Harris from Stockholm, Swede. My co-chairman is Professor Bill form Milan, Italy. Dr. Yang, who was expected to be the co-chairman for this symposium, could no

10、t attend this meeting due to illness. We are honored, however, to have in his place as the co-chairman Dr. Li on my left. Dr. Li is the Director for the Nankai Linguistics Institute. We are extraordinarily pleased and honored to have him here today to cochair this meeting.4. Introducing the theme of

11、 the session The purpose/aim of our meeting today is to review the Development in ESL Teaching and Learning. What we are going to do this morning is to review the Relation Between Students Learning Strategies and Performance. We are assembled/gathered here to review the Future of Globalization. This

12、 session will deal with /be devoted to HIV Treatment and Care in the New Century.5. Introducing a keynote speaker The speakers past and present experience Our keynote speaker is Peter Roger, the president of National Intelligence Council. Previously, he served as a special advisor to the United King

13、dom Year 2000 Task Force and to the Russian Federation Task Force. From 2000 to2004, he was affiliated with the Institute for Social and Economic Policy in the Middle East at the Kennedy School of Harvard University. Dr.John Smith is a professor and the chairperson of the Food science and Technology

14、 Department at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The speakers educational background Our speaker got her ph.D. in agricultural economics at the University of California, Berkeley, followed by a series of teaching and research positions at Harvard, Cambridge University, and Princeton. Terr

15、y holds a Bachelor of Science degree in communications. He also holds a Master of Business Administration in marketing from George State University. Dr. Lees B.S. degree is from Rutgers University. His ph.D. is from University of Massachusetts under the guidance of Professor Fergus Clydesdale, a ren

16、owned food policy expert and personal mentor. The speakers achievement (works and articles) Our speaker is the author of Life of Design: A Do-It-Yourself Approach for Achieving Happiness and served as the editor and co-editor of Let Your Leadership Speak: How to Lead and Be Heard. Our speaker is als

17、o co-author of five books and over 40 published articles. As a communications expert, she has been quoted in the Seattle Times, the Chicago Tibune and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Hika is the author of the upcoming bookDesign a Plan to Save your Life, and four more books have already been publi

18、shed. The speakers speaking experience For the past six years, Peter de Jager has been a worldwide leader in creating awareness for the year 2000 computer problem, in both the information security community and the business world at large. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio programs here and a

19、broad. Our speaker has hosted a daily TV show on the Financial News Network and has appeared on CNN and CBS, sharing his Internet expertise. The awards and honor of the speaker Our speaker has been honored many awardsa Poet Laureate, a Pulitzer Prize winner, a National Medal of the Arts and a nation

20、al Book Award, etc. Most of the American poets younger than him tend to look up to him as their guide, their leader and their surrogate father. He has earned the title of “Distinguished Toastmaster” the highest honor given by Toastmasters International. Since 1924, only 5,000 members out of five mil

21、lion have been so honored. The presentation topic of a speaker Please join me in welcoming our guest speaker todayMr. Richard Allan, whose topic is entitled From Success to Significance. I am happy to present to you the friend of all young people, Dr. Ronald Peterson, who will now address you on “Th

22、e Future of Globalization”. So to speak to you on Scientific Breakthroughs from Mice to Men, please welcome Alice Park. Today, Stephen Green will address you on Helping China Spend the Surplus.6. Complimenting on speeches and introducing the next speaker Thank you, Mr. Carswell. Your speech is the a

23、bsolutely pure gold, very inspiring. We are delighted to be able to share your new specific strategies and techniques. I think everyone wants to be a millionaire, to make a big fortune. The secrets of creating fortune and success will be greatly cherished by the people present here. Now, lets welcom

24、e our next speaker, Prof. King. Mr. Dickens has given an eye-opener as well as a very absorbing evening, and on behalf all of us here, I would like to express to him our sincere thanks and appreciation. Thank you, Mr. Dickens. The next speaker is Dr. Smith. Prof. Campells speech is highly useful, in

25、teresting and informative. We have learnt a lot from her. Thank you again, Prof. Campell. Our next speaker is Prof. Allen. Lets welcome him. Thank you very much for your worthwhile/ enlightening/informative presentation. Lets welcome the next speaker Prof. Zhu Lei with warm applause.7. Adjourning or

26、 closing a session As you are all aware our session has now come to an end and, like you, I am now looking forward to lunch. Now remember, we reassemble at 2:00 in the afternoon, and I thank you for your attendance. We have now come to the end of the first section of this morning. Lets have a 20-min

27、ute coffee break. Please come back before 10:00. We have had five papers presented. Lets have a break before we start the discussion. You may prepare some questions relating to the five presentations during the recess. Our meeting will be resumed at 4:30.Sample DemonstrationSample 1Chairing the Plen

28、ary Session of the 4th HIV Treatment and Care in the New Century, February15-17, 2007Opening speech: Distinguished Delegates and Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. Good morning! I am Wu Wen from Beijing University. It is a great pleasure for me to share the chairmanship with Professor D. Harris from Stoc

29、kholm, Sweden. On behalf of the organizing committee of HIV Treatment and Care in the New Century, I would like to announce the session open. We have some of the worlds foremost clinicians and basic scientists and researchers, people at the forefront of this field. Let me introduce our first speaker

30、Professor Michael Saag, who is Director of the University of Alabama AIDS Outpatient Clinic in Birmingham, Alabama. Hes also the Associate Director of Clinical Care and Therapeutics at the University of Alabama AIDS Center. Professor Saag has published extensively in medical journals and books on th

31、e subject of basic science of HIV and clinical treatment of HIV. Hes extensively involved in AIDS treatment and policy, and his presentation is entitled “ Current Controversies in Antiviral Therapy”. Please join me in welcoming Prof. Michael Saag! Compliments: Thank you, Prof. Saag. Your presentatio

32、n is very convincing. From your presentation, we know that you back up the Dutch theory, that is, antiviral drugs are not preventing HIV from killing cells, but simply releasing into the blood mature CD4 cells that have been trapped elsewhere. If the Dutch team is right, the consequences could be pr

33、ofound, and scientists will find new ways of treatment for people with HIV infection in the new century. Your speech is indeed very useful, interesting and challengeable. Thank you. OK, let me introduce the next speaker Prof. Alan Simpson.Sample 2Chairing Millionaire Mind Seminar, August 10, 2006Ope

34、ning speech: Ladies and Gentlemen: Good evening! As chairperson of this Millionaire Mind Seminar, I have the pleasure and honor of welcoming all of you. We have an excellent session for you, in terms of both content and the distinction and the stature of our speakers. The first speaker is Richard Al

35、lan Carswell, who is one of the most popular professional speakers in the world today! Each year he addresses tens of thousands of men and women on the subjects of leadership, negotiation, selling, and personal and business success. A best-selling author, and an extraordinary trainer on personal and

36、 professional development, Mr. Richard Carswell believes that each person has an enormous untapped reservoir of potential that he or she can access to achieve more, be more, and ultimately have more in just a few years than the average person does in an entire lifetime. Today Mr. Carswells presentat

37、ion title is“From Success to Significance”. If you want to discover your innate, inner capacity to create permanent wealth, and more significantly, to keep your wealth and grow it exponentiall, please join me in welcoming this outstanding speakerMr. Richard Carswell! Compliments: Thank you, Mr.Carsw

38、ell. Your speech is the absolutely pure gold, and very inspiring. We are delighted to be able to share your new specific strategies and techniques. I think everyone wants to be a millionaire, to make a big fortune. The secrets of creating fortune and success will greatly cherished b the people present here.Closing speech: Id