Chinese · Upper intermediate (B2) · Chapter 11 of 12
Giving a presentation
做报告Zuò bàogào
Give a talk in Chinese: signpost with 接下来 and 正如大家所见, handle questions politely, and add emphasis with 正是, 是…的 and 难道…吗？.
In this chapter you'll learn to
- Structure a talk: introduce, move on, sum up
- Present figures: 数据显示, 从…增加到…
- Handle questions: 这个问题问得很好, 如果我没理解错的话
- Add emphasis with 是…的, 正是, 连…都 and 难道…吗？
Listen
In Kunming, Duan Qing presents a mobile library project for village schools to a charitable foundation; Mr Zhuang from the foundation asks questions. Listen to the whole dialogue first, then line by line.
Duan Qing
各位好，我叫段青。今天我想跟大家分享一下我们的项目：乡村流动图书馆。首先，为什么要做这个项目？在云南，不少乡村学校的孩子几乎没有课外书可以看，离最近的图书馆开车也要两三个小时。
Gèwèi hǎo, wǒ jiào Duàn Qīng. Jīntiān wǒ xiǎng gēn dàjiā fēnxiǎng yíxià wǒmen de xiàngmù: xiāngcūn liúdòng túshūguǎn. Shǒuxiān, wèishénme yào zuò zhège xiàngmù? Zài Yúnnán, bù shǎo xiāngcūn xuéxiào de háizi jīhū méiyǒu kèwàishū kěyǐ kàn, lí zuì jìn de túshūguǎn kāichē yě yào liǎng-sān ge xiǎoshí.
Hello, everyone. My name is Duan Qing. Today I'd like to share our project with you: a mobile library for villages. First, why this project? In Yunnan, children at many village schools have almost no books to read outside their textbooks, and the nearest library is two or three hours away by car.
Duan Qing
接下来，我简单介绍一下我们是怎么做的。我们把一辆小货车改成了图书馆，车上有三千本书，每个星期去五个村子，每个村子停一天。
Jiēxiàlái, wǒ jiǎndān jièshào yíxià wǒmen shì zěnme zuò de. Wǒmen bǎ yí liàng xiǎo huòchē gǎichéngle túshūguǎn, chē shang yǒu sānqiān běn shū, měi ge xīngqī qù wǔ ge cūnzi, měi ge cūnzi tíng yì tiān.
Next, I'll briefly explain how we do it. We turned a small van into a library with three thousand books on board. Every week it visits five villages and stays one day in each.
Duan Qing
下面我们来看一下效果。正如大家在图上所见，一年来，借书的孩子从两百人增加到了一千二百人。数据还显示，孩子们平均每个月读四本书。
Xiàmian wǒmen lái kàn yíxià xiàoguǒ. Zhèngrú dàjiā zài tú shang suǒ jiàn, yì nián lái, jiè shū de háizi cóng liǎngbǎi rén zēngjiā dàole yìqiān èrbǎi rén. Shùjù hái xiǎnshì, háizimen píngjūn měi ge yuè dú sì běn shū.
Now let's look at the results. As you can see in the chart, over the past year the number of children borrowing books has risen from two hundred to twelve hundred. The figures also show that the children read four books a month on average.
Mr Zhuang
段女士，打断一下。这个数据很让人高兴。不过我想问一下成本：一辆车一年要花多少钱？
Duàn nǚshì, dǎduàn yíxià. Zhège shùjù hěn ràng rén gāoxìng. Búguò wǒ xiǎng wèn yíxià chéngběn: yí liàng chē yì nián yào huā duōshao qián?
Sorry to interrupt, Ms Duan. These figures are very encouraging. But I'd like to ask about costs: how much does one van cost a year?
Duan Qing
这个问题问得很好。包括司机工资、油费和新书，一辆车一年大约十五万元。算下来，每个孩子一年只要一百多块钱。
Zhège wèntí wèn de hěn hǎo. Bāokuò sījī gōngzī, yóufèi hé xīn shū, yí liàng chē yì nián dàyuē shíwǔ wàn yuán. Suàn xiàlai, měi ge háizi yì nián zhǐ yào yìbǎi duō kuài qián.
That's a very good question. Including the driver's wages, fuel and new books, one van costs about a hundred and fifty thousand yuan a year. That works out at just over a hundred yuan per child per year.
Mr Zhuang
你们现在只有一辆车。要是扩大到整个云南，还可行吗？
Nǐmen xiànzài zhǐ yǒu yí liàng chē. Yàoshi kuòdà dào zhěnggè Yúnnán, hái kěxíng ma?
At the moment you only have one van. Would it still be feasible if you expanded to the whole of Yunnan?
Duan Qing
如果我没理解错的话，您是想问这个办法能不能推广。我认为是可行的。我们之所以选择流动图书馆，而不是在每个村子建一个图书馆，正是因为成本低。建一个图书馆的钱，够一辆车跑五年。
Rúguǒ wǒ méi lǐjiě cuò dehuà, nín shì xiǎng wèn zhège bànfǎ néng bu néng tuīguǎng. Wǒ rènwéi shì kěxíng de. Wǒmen zhīsuǒyǐ xuǎnzé liúdòng túshūguǎn, ér bú shì zài měi ge cūnzi jiàn yí ge túshūguǎn, zhèng shì yīnwèi chéngběn dī. Jiàn yí ge túshūguǎn de qián, gòu yí liàng chē pǎo wǔ nián.
If I've understood you correctly, you're asking whether the approach can be rolled out more widely. I believe it can. The very reason we chose a mobile library, rather than building a library in every village, is that it costs less. The money for one library building would keep a van on the road for five years.
Mr Zhuang
那书看完了怎么办？时间长了，孩子们会不会就不感兴趣了？
Nà shū kànwánle zěnme bàn? Shíjiān cháng le, háizimen huì bu huì jiù bù gǎn xìngqù le?
And what happens when they've read all the books? Won't the children lose interest after a while?
Duan Qing
不会的。我们每三个月换一批书，还请志愿者给孩子们讲故事。有个村子，连孩子们的爷爷奶奶都来借书了。
Bú huì de. Wǒmen měi sān ge yuè huàn yì pī shū, hái qǐng zhìyuànzhě gěi háizimen jiǎng gùshi. Yǒu ge cūnzi, lián háizimen de yéye nǎinai dōu lái jiè shū le.
No. We change the books every three months, and volunteers come to tell the children stories. In one village, even the children's grandparents have started borrowing books.
Duan Qing
总而言之，流动图书馆成本低、效果好，也可以推广。城里的孩子走几分钟就能到图书馆，难道乡村的孩子不应该有同样的机会吗？这就是我们今天来这里的原因。感谢各位！
Zǒng ér yán zhī, liúdòng túshūguǎn chéngběn dī, xiàoguǒ hǎo, yě kěyǐ tuīguǎng. Chéng li de háizi zǒu jǐ fēnzhōng jiù néng dào túshūguǎn, nándào xiāngcūn de háizi bù yīnggāi yǒu tóngyàng de jīhuì ma? Zhè jiù shì wǒmen jīntiān lái zhèlǐ de yuányīn. Gǎnxiè gèwèi!
To sum up, a mobile library is cheap, it works, and it can be expanded. Children in the city can walk to a library in a few minutes. Shouldn't village children have the same chance? That is why we're here today. Thank you all.
Mr Zhuang
谢谢段女士，您的报告讲得很清楚。我们会认真考虑，下周给您答复。
Xièxie Duàn nǚshì, nín de bàogào jiǎng de hěn qīngchu. Wǒmen huì rènzhēn kǎolǜ, xià zhōu gěi nín dáfù.
Thank you, Ms Duan, that was a very clear presentation. We'll consider it carefully and give you our answer next week.
Understand
Signposting a talk
A good talk tells the audience where it is going. Open with (jīntiān wǒ xiǎng gēn dàjiā fēnxiǎng yíxià …), today I'd like to share … with you. Move on with (jiēxiàlái), next, or (xiàmian wǒmen lái kàn yíxià …), now let's look at … Point to a slide with (zhèngrú dàjiā suǒ jiàn), as you can see, where (suǒ) is the written word from chapter 4.
For figures, (shùjù xiǎnshì …) is “the figures show …”, and 从 A 增加到 B (cóng A zēngjiā dào B) “rise from A to B”. Close with (zǒng ér yán zhī), in short, a more formal (zǒngzhī), and thank people with (gǎnxiè gèwèi).
| Chinese | Meaning |
|---|---|
| (jīntiān wǒ xiǎng gēn dàjiā fēnxiǎng yíxià …) | today I'd like to share … with you |
| (shǒuxiān …) | first … |
| (jiēxiàlái …) | next … |
| (xiàmian wǒmen lái kàn yíxià …) | now let's look at … |
| (zhèngrú dàjiā suǒ jiàn …) | as you can see … |
| (shùjù xiǎnshì …) | the figures show … |
| (zǒng ér yán zhī …) | in short, to sum up … |
| (Gǎnxiè gèwèi!) | thank you all |
Handling questions
Thank the person and buy yourself a moment: (zhège wèntí wèn de hěn hǎo), that's a very good question. If a question isn't clear, repeat it in your own words: (rúguǒ wǒ méi lǐjiě cuò dehuà, nín shì xiǎng wèn …), if I've understood you correctly, you're asking … If you don't know the answer, say so politely: (zhè yì diǎn wǒmen hái zài yánjiū), we're still looking into that.
| Chinese | Meaning |
|---|---|
| (Zhège wèntí wèn de hěn hǎo.) | That's a very good question. |
| (rúguǒ wǒ méi lǐjiě cuò dehuà …) | if I've understood you correctly … |
| (Wǒ jiǎndān huídá yíxià.) | Let me answer briefly. |
| (Zhè yì diǎn wǒmen hái zài yánjiū.) | We're still looking into that. |
| (Hái yǒu bié de wèntí ma?) | Are there any other questions? |
Adding emphasis
(shì … de), from B1, puts the spotlight on how, when or where: (wǒ jièshào yíxià wǒmen shì zěnme zuò de), I'll explain how we do it. (zhèng shì), precisely, exactly, is a stronger (shì): (zhèng shì yīnwèi chéngběn dī), precisely because it's cheap. (zhè jiù shì …), this is (exactly) …, points to your conclusion.
(lián … dōu …) shows something surprising: (lián yéye nǎinai dōu lái jiè shū le), even the grandparents come to borrow books. And a rhetorical (nándào … ma?) at the end of a talk makes the audience think: (nándào xiāngcūn de háizi bù yīnggāi yǒu tóngyàng de jīhuì ma?), shouldn't village children have the same chance?
More in the grammar: 是…的: focusing on details
New words
- 分享fēnxiǎngto share
- 项目xiàngmùproject
- 乡村xiāngcūnvillage, rural area · (cūnzi), village
- 流动图书馆liúdòng túshūguǎnmobile library · (liúdòng), mobile, moving; (yí liàng chē), one vehicle, with (liàng), the measure word for vehicles
- 接下来jiēxiàláinext, following that
- 效果xiàoguǒeffect, result · (xiàoguǒ hěn hǎo), it works well
- 正如zhèngrújust as · (zhèngrú dàjiā suǒ jiàn), as you can see
- 数据shùjùdata, figures
- 显示xiǎnshìto show, to indicate
- 成本chéngběncost · (chéngběn dī), low cost
- 可行kěxíngfeasible, workable
- 总而言之zǒng ér yán zhīin short, to sum up · a formal (zǒngzhī)
- 感谢gǎnxièto thank · more formal than (xièxie)
- 报告bàogàopresentation, talk; report · (zuò bàogào), to give a presentation
Practise
1.You've finished the introduction and want to move on to the next part. What do you say?
2.Point the audience to your slide. Put the words in order.
Tap the words below in the right order.As you can see, the figures show that it works well.
3.Match the Chinese with the English.
Pick a word on the left, then its meaning on the right.
4.Someone asks a long, unclear question. How do you check what they mean?
5.Which sentence puts the strongest emphasis on the reason?
0 of 5 exercises done.
Say it out loud
今天我想跟大家分享一下我们的项目。
Jīntiān wǒ xiǎng gēn dàjiā fēnxiǎng yíxià wǒmen de xiàngmù.
Today I'd like to share our project with you.
Listen, then say it out loud, as close to the recording as you can.
Check
Five questions on this chapter. Then mark it as finished to add its words to your review deck.
0 of 5 answered.